Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger 03 – Turning Magic Into Courage ~Maagi Magi Go Gokai~

Kai Ozu, secretly uses the Force.

Since this is a special episode, I decided to use the original episode title instead of making my own episode title for this review. Anyways, the Gokaigers are stuck in some place thanks to a Zangyack attack and now meets a Jedi Knight, I mean a wizard named, Kai Ozu. Now separated with their group, Doc and Marvelous decides to chase Kai to learn where the devil this greatest treasure of the entire universe is.

Young Padawan, use the force, you shall.

Since I barely watched any Magiranger, I will just say my impressions about Kai in this episode, and luckily, I was able to watch some clips coming from the original series. Based on what I remembered, in Magiranger, Kai himself is not courageous, but reckless and he giving the test about courage felt something weird in my case. I guess that is what I call character development in the original series.

Anyways, what I can say about him in this episode is that, he felt like somewhat a cross between a Jedi Knight less the light saber and Harry Potter less the glasses, which is awesome especially that their aim is to chase him (with Doc and Marvelous being chased by the rock while chasing him, Indie reference, FTW!) to get the info regarding the greatest treasure of the entire universe! Asides from that, he played a semi-mentor role that has this same feel like that of Wataru when he appeared in Kamen Rider Decade, he tells what is their aim and leaves later, in Kai’s case, he left magically.

While Doc and Marvelous are chasing Kai, Joe, Luka and Ahim are fighting the Zangyack forces while they are away. If there are two things that I liked in this episode, it might be that they transformed into Black and later, White Rangers and two, Pink turning into White Swan (or Pink Swan in the dub back in my childhood) and caused me to remember some fond memories of Jetman. Ah, those were the days where Dora the Explorer never existed… ah yes. Anyways, as for them turning into Black and later, White Rangers, it was amazing. Asides that they are utilizing their own unique style while in a different Ranger form (for the second time, finally!), they were able to stand out as individual Rangers while in battle, especially Luka.

Since this is a Doc focused episode, let’s talk about him. Doc is the pacifist in the group and tends to run away if a strong threat will came into picture. In this episode, they were able to flesh out more of Doc’s character that even if he is like that, but if it is for his friends, he will do everything just to save them, yes, even jumping on a cliff and shoot a boulder even if the chances of landing on clear ground is zero.

Asides from that, they have unlocked the Magiranger Keys’ full potential. So the ability they displayed in the earlier episode was just a fluke? Now, I am starting to have a Kamen Rider Decade feel after this revelation. To put it simply in Decade sense, they can transform into the said Rider but can’t use its other forms or special attacks. I think I am seeing a possible pattern once the Dekarangers will appear in the next two episodes.

As for the Magi GokaiOh, the Magi Dragon in the chest of the GokaiOh felt weird. But hey, at least they can use magic and fly, what’s wrong with a giant dragon in your chest? And oh, you can remove the dragon and let it burn its enemies! How cool is that?

Overall, this is one epic episode of Gokaiger. Asides that we have an old Sentai actor back to become a pseudo mentor figure to Doc and Marvelous and it seems that that Toei has learned by some of the mistakes they made back in Kamen Rider Decade… and some of the fandom wants this show not to exist after Movie Wars 2010! Asides from Kai returning in this episode, the part where the remaining Rangers turned into Black and later, White Rangers is fun to watch, especially that they put their own spice and distinct style while in a different Ranger form, which makes those scenes fun.

And on the next episode, GokaiBlue decides to master his swordsmanship and ends up like Roronoa Zero from One Piece, and on our ending sequence this week, they have ended their Super Sentai Hero Getter theme with Gaoranger-Goseiger in the sequence... and on top is some guy decided to mesh all of the ED sequence in a single vid!

Gokaiger Transforms Into Magiranger Ver. 2!

Gokaigers as Magirangers back in ep 1

As we all remembered, the Gokaigers transformed into the Magirangers back at the show's first episode, and there is nothing special with it except that MagiBlue doesn't have a skirt and MagiYellow has a skirt. Just recently, on the show's third episode where they met MagiRed, Kai Ozu, they transformed into the Magirangers for the second time... except there are some changes.

As you can see in the video, asides that they did the Magiranger's pose, the Mobirates turned into the Magiranger's henshin device, the Magiphone and what's more is that as the Gokaigers transformed into the Magirangers, a BGM from the said show is playing!

The Real Goukaiger Episode 1-3 Summaries!

After we got the crew's character profiles and before we can get a new promo tomorrow (hopefully), we finally got some new confirmed Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger episode summaries. This involves their first encounter with the Zangyakku and first Super Sentai series that they'll visit.

If you remember, we also posted a summary of the first four episodes of Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger, but only the first episode is confirmed and the next ones are proven fake. And since Goukaiger will be airing in two weeks time, more information had became clear.

Ep 1: Space Pirates Appear! (Uchuu Kaizoku Arawareru!) - 2/13/11
In the past, the 34 Super Sentai defended the Earth against Space Empire Zangyakku. The soldiers of legend lost their powers during this  battle, but through their sacrifice, Zangyakku was able to be repelled  from the Earth.

Several years later, we meet a group of young pirates who travel aboard  the ship, GoukaiGalleon. They are in search of the "Uchuu Saidai no  Takara" (Greatest Treasure in the Universe). They head towards Earth,  where it is said the Greatest Treasure rests.

Ep 2: The Worth of this Planet (Kono Hoshi no Kachi) - 2/20/11
The Space Empire Zangyakku begins their second invasion of Earth. They set up their fleet  headquarters between the Earth and the Moon. On the other hand,  Marvelous and co. are told by Navi to "start their treasure hunt on  Earth by finding people with black clothes." However, because of Navi's  rough navigation, they are having a bit of trouble doing that.  Coincidentally, in front of them appears a man.

Ep 3: Change Courage into Magic ~Maji ･Maji ･ Gou ･ Goukai~ (Yuuki wo Mahou no Kaete ~Maji ･Maji ･ Gou ･ Goukai~) - 2/27/11
GoukaiGalleon has a midair collision with a Zangyakku battleship, sending  the battleship into a firey crash. GoukaiGalleon is forced to make an  emergency landing as well. Before they know it, the team is under the  attack of Kodou Taichou Salamandam, and the five are blown off by an eruption he causes. When they come to, they once again meet the mystery  man, but who is he really?

In this episode Hashimoto Atsushi will reprise his role as Kai Ozu aka MagiRed from Mahou Sentai Magiranger!

The Monsters of the Week this series will be called "Kodou Taichou" (Action  Captains or Mobilization Captains). The action captain who appears in Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger episode one is Kodou Taichou Shikabanen, while in episode two it's Kodou Taichou Bongan.

And according and interview with the Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger's producer, Makoto Naoya will be lending his voice to Goukaiger's premier, and return as Aka Ranger from Himitsu Sentai Goranger. It is also revealed that 182 Super Sentai warriors will appear in the first episode, which confirms the rumor regarding a Legend War.

Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger will start sailing on February 13.

Source: dukemon22, Mantan Web via sasuke2233 and DecaEnd, Presscon images courtesy of Oricon via Gold Samurai, compiled by JEFusion

Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger Episode 1-4 Rumors!

Just recently, someone at /m/ has just posted rumored episode names and their respective summaries and accordingly, these rumors came from Uchuusen a credible source in terms of tokusatsu! It is rumored that each episode will be called, Islands and for their first trip, they will go on Go-onger's and Magiranger's respective Islands!

Island 1 - Let's Fight!

The Gokaigers were Captain Marvelous, Joe Gibken, and Luca Millefi. Their ship was in disrepair and they needed money. The three young pirates make the mistake of kidnapping the young princess Aim de Famille for ransom and soon have an entire galaxy after them. Don Dockoiyer, Aim's childhood friend, follows the rangers, who have heard of something called "the greatest treasure in all of space" on an out of the way planet known as Earth. On Earth, Marvelous finds a treasure map.

For the rumored 2nd episode summary, you can check it here. Screw it. Here is Island 2:
Captain Marvelous decides to sail to the Island of Go-onger to search for the island's treasure, the Engine Soul. When they get to the island, they find that the Go-onger have joined forces with Zangyaku, and the Goukaiger fight against them.

Island 3 - Enemies of All

The Gokaigers move on and learn why the Go-Onger had teamed up with the Zangyaku. "Super Sentai are the enemies of peace!" declares a poster with a picture of the Gokaiger trio. The various Super Sentai teams have gone into hiding and some are working with the Zangyaku to keep themselves safe and keep a close eye on this strange new threat.

Island 4 - Magi Circus' Majestic Spell

Magiranger Island seems strange, but things soon grow ever stranger when they learn the Magirangers have disappeared! Doc travels the island and discovers the great Sibling Traveling Circus.