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I remember seeing advertisements on TV for the Mighty Morphing Power Rangers when I was a kid. I may have even seen an episode or two, but I certainly didn't watch it on a regular basis. I don't think it was until much later that I found out it was originally a Japanese show called Super Sentai. When they brought it to the USA they cast american kids and refilmed scenes where the characters weren't in costume, and then spliced that new footage with the action sequences from the Japanese show.
Well, I hadn't heard anything about the Power Rangers or Super Sentai for a long time, and I had sort of assumed the show was long gone. Just today, I discovered that it is currently in its 35th season in Japan. I also learned that each season of the show is treated as a separate series, dealing with a totally different set of heroes dealing with a totally different menace. All of this was brought to my attention when I found this video of the opening to the 33rd Super Sentai series.
Now, party of me wants to laugh at the pure campy-ness of that, but part of me feels like a ten-year-old boy sitting in front of the TV on a Saturday morning thinking "This is so awesome!" I did a quick Google image search and found the picture below of the main cast from that series. Why are campy Japanese superheroes so awesome? And why do Japanese kids look so much cooler than American kids?
One of my teachers in highschool had auditioned to be the green ranger, lol! But gosh when I was in 1st grade that was like the awesomest show. And it was so cool how all of their vehicles combined to make that super machine thing. Go Go Power Rangers~LOL
Arcadia Page said...
March 9, 2011 at 12:49 PM
The Power Rangers intrigued me as a kid even though I wasn't really allowed to watch it. Who would have guess a show like that would last sooo long...I know, only in Japan. lol. Anyway, I think that the Japanese kids look cooler too. Maybe it's their awesome hairstyles? :D
Siriyah said...
March 9, 2011 at 5:06 PM
Well... it could be that they ARE cooler than American kids - or its the hair! I go with both! Loved the campy link - unreal how long its been running over there - guess there is not a show here that even comes close to that uninterrupred length. My older boys LOVED the Power Rangers - heh heh!
Ladyquilt said...
March 10, 2011 at 4:06 PM
Maybe beneath all the campy-ness (?) the characters or story is really intriguing. Don't know since I haven't seen it. And Japanese kids do look cooler than American kids because...they're JAPANESE! =D
Mairead said...
March 27, 2011 at 12:09 AM