Super Sentai (Squadron) Strongest Battle Team Analysis Part 18: The Gokaigers and the Go-Busters
Well, the intensifying battle of a Space Pirate is "showy". However, the Energy Management Center Warriors, on the other hand, has lots of controversial issues due to jealousy, misunderstanding and suspicion. Thus, they were busted.
We resumed our Super Sentai (Squadron) Strongest Battle Team Analysis. Last time, we analyzed the opposing teams the Shinkengers/True Sword Rangers and the Goseigers/Guard Star Rangers belong. And today, may I present to you the 35th and 36th Super Sentai (Squadron) Series' Teams. They are: Kaizoku Sentai Goukaijaa (Pirate Squadron Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers) from February 13, 2011 Sunday to February 19, 2012 Sunday and Tokumei Sentai GouBasutaazu (Mission/Special Operation Squadron Go-Busters/Five Busters) from February 26, 2012 Sunday to February 10, 2013 Sunday. Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers was adapted in the United States as Power Rangers Super Megaforce of 2014 while Go-Busters/Five Busters is currently adapted in the land of Uncle Sam as Power Rangers Beast Morphers this year (2019) and by next year (2020), it will be adapted as Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers. So, let's get along with these opposing teams, alright? Let's do this right this time!
35) The Gokaigers
As we have seen in the first episode of the Super Sentai (Squadron) Strongest Battle miniseries, the Goukaigers/Gokaigers/Heroic Rangers-Captain Marvelous/GoukaiRed/GokaiRed/Red Heroic Ranger, Joe Gibken/GoukaiBlue/GokaiBlue/Blue Heroic Ranger, Don "Doc" Dogoier/GoukaiGreen/GokaiGreen/Green Heroic Ranger, Ahim De Famille/GoukaiPink/GokaiPink/Pink Heroic Ranger and Gai Ikari/GoukaiSilver/GokaiSilver/Silver Heroic Ranger-were looking for their missing comrade Luka Millfy/GoukaiYellow/GokaiYellow/Yellow Heroic Ranger, who was last seen in Uchuu Sentai KyuuRenjaa Tai/Baasasu Supeesu Sukuwaddo (Space Squadron KyuuRanger/KyuRanger/Sphere Rangers/Nine Rangers Vs. Space Squad) because their contact to her was broken in an unknown planet. However, things get worse for them when Gaisorg/Gaisoulg (later became the Ryuusoulger/Ryusoulger/Saur Soul Rangers Villain) appeared before them and then overpowered and defeated them. He then left a ticket to the planet Nemesis to Captain Marvelous, who was angry about his failure of defenses and the lack of fighting strategy. Despite his comrades' protests not to go, he had to because he had to find Luka...alone. Speaking of which, Luka was kidnapped by Gaisorg/Gaisoulg and was taken to the said planet and she was tied up in chains in a space factory. And when Captain Marvelous arrived at the spot where the two astronauts accidentally released Bandora and her gang in 1992 (that's 27 years ago), he is gonna have some revenge against the Super Sentai (Squadron) Teams before and after Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers. Unbeknownst to him, he was among the teams being brainwashed by Rita, a young villainess who was more insane than other Sentai (Squadron) Villianesses before and after her unless otherwise noted. Let's recap the teams the Goukaigers/Gokaigers/Heroic Rangers belong to. Let's make this showy!
Captain Marvelous/GoukaiRed/GokaiRed/Red Heroic Ranger: Oddball Team
Joe Gibken/GoukaiBlue/GokaiBlue/Blue Heroic Ranger: N/A
Luka Millfy/GoukaiYellow/GokaiYellow/Yellow Heroic Ranger: N/A
Don "Doc" Dogoier/GoukaiGreen/GokaiGreen/Green Heroic Ranger: N/A
Ahim De Famille/GoukaiPink/GokaiPink/Pink Heroic ranger: N/A
Gai Ikari/GoukaiSilver/GokaiSilver/Silver Heroic Ranger: N/A
Well, at least Ryouta Ozawa and Mao Ichimichi's characters were there physically during the miniseries run. The other actors and actresses-Yuki Yamada (Joe), Kauzki Shimizu (Doc), Yui Koike (Ahim) and Junya Ikeda (Gai, no, not you, Toshihide Wakamatsu as Gai Yuuki)-refused to reprised their roles. I still don't get it. And why are those voices of the other Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers recycled from the audio archives between 2011 and 2016? Well, that's because it's their fault (sans Ryouta and Mao) for not showing up in time. Will they reappear in 2021 for the 45th Anniversary of the Super Sentai (Squadron) Series and the 10th Anniversary of Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers? We'll see about that very soon. But for now, let's make this showy by fighting against those Senior Citizens, Middle-Aged People, Parents and Teenagers of the Super Sentai (Squadron) Teams, okay? Here are the results of the tournament:
Round Of 32
Captain Marvelous' Team defeated the Serious Team. How I wished I wanna see how Captain Marvelous defeated Kouichirou Endou/MegaBlack/Black Mega Ranger of MegaRanger/MegaRangers and Hyde/GoseiBlue/Blue Guard Star Ranger of Goseiger/Guard Star Rangers of the Oddball Team together with his Oddball Teammates Takaharu Igasaki/AkaNinger/Red Ninja/Endurance Ranger of Ninninger/Ninja/Endurance Rangers and Stinger/Sasori Orange/Orange Scorpion Ranger of KyuuRanger/KyuRanger/Sphere Rangers/Nine Rangers in the Super Sentai (Squadron) Strongest Battle Director's Cut DVD.
Round Of 16
Captain Marvelous has done it again! His Oddball Team defeated the Vehicle Team. Back in 2011, Ryouta was working with Yasuhisa Furuhara (Sousuke Esumi/Go-OnRed/Red Go-On Ranger) in the Go-onger/Go On Rangers tribute episodes parts 1 and 2. I'm talking about Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers Episode Nos. 35 "On The Other Side Of The Dimension" (October 23, 2011 Sunday) and 36 "Pirate Partners" (October 30, 2011 Sunday). However, eight years later, their separate characters are now enemies. That's way different from being allies back then.
Quarterfinals
Captain Marvelous' Team defeated the Land, Sea and Air Team. Again, in 2011, he was working with Noboru Kaneko (Dr. Kakeru Shishi/GaoRed/Red Roaring Ranger) in a GaoRanger/Roaring Ranger tribute episode of Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers called "The Lion, Runs" (Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers Episode No. 9; April 17, 2011 Sunday). Likewise, the two had becoming foes from allies before. Meanwhile, while the Leader Team and the Martial Artist Team were fighting against each other, Gaisorg/Gaisoulg intervened and crashed the fight. All of them except Ryou of the Heavenly Fire Star/RyuuRanger/RyuRanger/Dragon Ranger of DaiRanger/Great Rangers of the Martial Artist Team were disappeared, taken away by Rita and were imprisoned in her gem. However, Captain Marvelous did a Goukai/Gokai/Heroic Change Techniques. He summoned two Ranger Keys and they are: Yousuke Shiina's/Hurricane Red's/Red Hurricane Ranger's Ranger Key and Banban "Ban" Akaza's/DekaRed's/Red Detective Ranger's Ranger Key (These two were not in the Super Sentai (Squadron) Strongest Battle list. Onore (Curse you), TOEI!!!). Using Yousuke's Hayatemaru (Wind Round/Circle) Katana of 2002 and Ban's D-Magnums (later combining into Hybrid Magnum) Laser Guns of 2004, Captain Marvelous had succeeded in breaking the armor and its helmet. When the helmet was removed, it is revealed that the person inside Gaisorg's/Gaisoulg's armor was his teammate: Takaharu Igasaki, who was angry at Captain Marvelous for being foolish, the accusation that GoukaiRed/GokaiRed/Red Heroic Ranger denied. Gaisorg/Gaisoulg had taken Takaharu away to another space factory, where he was tied up in chains with Luka and his teammate Captain Marvelous was so shocked about this incident. Oh, and by the way, in 2011, Ryouta was working with Keiichi Wada (Ryou of the Heavenly Fire Star) in a DaiRanger/Great Ranger tribute episode "It's A Hero!!!" (Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Ranger Episode No. 33; October 9, 2011 Sunday). Unfortunately, eight years later, only Keiichi did a voice dubbing in Episode Nos. 2 and 3 of this miniseries which involved the bloody tournament. However, in Keiichi's Twitter account (@k1_wonder), he was shown with the some of the other Super Sentai (Squadron) Strongest Battle Cast in a photograph. I don't know if Keiichi was talking to Ryouta physically, but go check his tweets out. And yes, Ryouta was also working with Satomi Hirose (Tsuruhime/Crane Princess) in the KakuRanger/Hidden Rangers tribute episodes parts 1 and 2 and they were: "The Confused Ninja" (Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers Episode No. 45; January 8, 2012 Sunday) and "A Hero Eligibility" (Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers Episode No. 46; January 15, 2012 Sunday). Like Keiichi, Satomi was only a voice dubber rather than appearing physically in the said miniseries. Her pictures and comments of her involvement were shown on her website (Twitter: @0927Satoku). I believed the pictures she posted on her site were with the rest of the S.S.S.B. Cast.
Semifinals
Captain Marvelous' Team defeated the Swordsman Team. Likewise, in 2011, Ryouta was working with the voice dubber of Doggie "Boss" Kruger/DekaMaster/Master Detective Ranger Hideaki Kusaka in a DekaRanger/Detective Rangers tribute episode called "Judgment Pirates" (Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers Episode No. 5; March 20, 2011 Sunday). They were once allies, but now the enemies against each other. It looks like the Captain Marvelous-Boss rivalry since 2011 has come to a close with the former being the victor. Meanwhile, while the Super Strong Team and the Martial Artist Team are fighting against each other, Gaisorg/Gaisoulg crashed the fight. All four of them-Gouki/GingaBlue/Blue Galaxy Man of GingaMan/Galaxy Men and Soutarou Ushigome/GaoBlack/Black Roaring Ranger of GaoRanger/Roaring Rangers of the Super Strong Team; Ryou of the Heavenly Fire Star/RyuuRanger/RyuRanger/Dragon Ranger of DaiRanger/Great Rangers and Tatsuya Asami/TimeRed/Red Time Ranger of TimeRanger/Time Rangers of the Martial Artist Team-were disappeared, taken away by Rita and were imprisoned in her gem. Captain Marvelous had used another Goukai/Gokai/Heroic Change Techniques. This time, he got three Ranger Keys: Ippei Akagi's/DenziRed's/Red Electromagnetic Man's Ranger Key, Hokuto Dan's/DynaRed's/Red Dyna Man's Ranger Key and Kai Ozu's/MagiRed's/Red Magic Ranger's/Red Magical Ranger's Ranger Key. Of the three mentioned, only Ippei was absent in the bloody tournament. Using the combined techniques of those three Red Sentai (Squadron) Warriors of 1980, 1983 and 2005 (Ippei's Denzi/Electromagnetic Kick and Denzi/Electromagnetic Punch; Hokuto's Dyna Swords and Dream Galactic; and Kai's Magistick Sword Mode and Red Fire Attacks), he succeeded in breaking up Gaisorg's/Gaisoulg's armor and helmet. So, who's inside that cursed armor? It's Captain Marvelous' teammate Stinger! Unlike Takaharu, he didn't remembered what happened to him. Captain Marvelous then wear Gaisorg's/Gaisoulg's helmet to find his Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers comrade Luka and his Oddball teammate Takaharu.
Finals
Originally, there would've been a Finals match between Captain Marvelous' Oddball Team and the Martial Artist Team. Unfortunately, Rita has imprisoned 155 of 160 Super Sentai (Squadron) Teams in her gem for some torture. How despicable! Meanwhile, in another space factory, Captain Marvelous found his comrade Luka and his teammate Takaharu being tied up in chains and he almost slayed them by unintentionally break the chains. But Luka has her Goukai/Gokai/Heroic Gun to separate Gaisorg's/Gaisoulg's helmet from Captain Marvelous' head and it was a success. Boy! Is Luka called her comrade an "imp" and a "nincompoop"! Of course, Captain Marvelous did denied the accusations. If I were Kagura Izumi/ToQ 5gou/Limited Express Ranger No. 5, Captain Marvelous' another teammate, I should've summoned my ToQBlaster/Limited Express Blaster and teach her some respect. I may have said to her, "Oh, shut up, you deluded chump! Haven't we met before? Then, I'll teach you some manners for hurting MY teammate!". Fortunately, she can't do it to her. However, Rita appeared before the Oddball and now, she had revived and summoned Great Satan, the main villain of ZyuRanger/Beast Rangers from her gem. Captain Marvelous' enemies (the opposing Super Sentai (Squadron) Teams) inside of her gem were suffering the worst and so, he used his Goukai/Gokai/Heroic Gold Mode in an attempt to defeat the huge floating being, who was transformed into Ultimate Great Satan, but the latter blasted him and his Oddball Teammates. Meanwhile, Luka had found Rita's barrier machine that prevented mecha summoning and communications from Earth and other planets. She tried to wreck it, but the barrier knocked her out and she was detransformed back to her normal form. She didn't gave up, and with her Goukai/Gokai/Heroic Saber/Sabre despite her injuries (ouch!), she wrecked the barrier machine, which leads to the disappearance of the barrier around the planet Nemesis. Outside, Captain Marvelous and his Oddball teammates were talking with Tsuyoshi Kaijou/AkaRanger/AkaRenger/Red Ranger via Tsuyoshi's/AkaRanger's/AkaRenger's/Red Ranger's Ranger Key. And Tsuyoshi, who was among the 100+ Super Sentai (Squadron) Teams that were excluded in the list, made some final requests to them: Summon the Red Sentai (Squadron) Warriors' Spirits that have sought for justice and also summon the mecha that will defeat the 1992 main villain. His last words to them were "Until we will meet again..." despite pleas from the Oddball team members, who said, "Wait! We wanna talked with you more!" With the barrier gone, Captain Marvelous used his Mobirate/Mobilate and then pressed 5501 to summon his mecha, Goukai/Gokai/Heroic Galleon and had his teammates aboard for the very first time in their lives. The Galleon fired its Galleon Cannons and then rammed the Ultimate Great Satan's head using its Galleon Ram. And as the Oddball Team members had evacuated the Galleon in time, they used their own version of GoRanger's/GoRenger's/Five Rangers Hurricane and with the help of Red Sentai (Squadron) Warriors' Spirits, Ultimate Great Satan was shattered into multiple pieces the second time around. Rita was so dismayed and angry about this and she summoned Gaisorg/Gaisoulg as her armor. She blasted Captain Marvelous and the other Oddball boys and took Kagura hostage at the same time. But the Ryuusoulgers/Ryusoulgers/Saur Soul Rangers rescued her from the clutches of Rita-Gaisorg/Gaisoulg. They then separate the the latter from the former and once Rita's gem was shattered, the rest of the Super Sentai (Squadron) Teams were allegedly released. Captain Marvelous was so surprised and was wondering who were the two Ryuusoulgers/Ryusoulgers/Saur Soul Rangers Towa/RyuusoulGreen/RyusoulGreen/Green Saur Soul Ranger and Banba/RyuusoulBlack/RyusoulBlack/Black Saur Soul Ranger are. We'll see about that in 2021. Meanwhile, Captain Marvelous had almost forgot to chaperone Luka, who was still in the space factory injured just like the other Oddball Team members had. He and the Oddball Team members had gone separate ways as they left the planet Nemesis. He and Luka's gonna have their wounds treated and we'll see if these two will be among the characters to be returned for the 45th Anniversary of the Super Sentai (Squadron) Series and also the 10th Anniversary of Pirate Squadron Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers in 2021.
36) The Go-Busters
Hiromu Sakurada/Red Buster is now 27 Years Old, Ryuuji Iwasaki/Blue Buster is now 35 Years Old, Youko Usami/Yellow Buster is now 23 Years Old and Beet J. Stag's/Stag Buster's age as of 2019 remained uncertain to this very day. The only missing Go-Buster/Five Buster that was among the living was Masato Jin/Beet Buster. He died at the age of 41 on February 10, 2013 Sunday and would've been 47 Years Old if he were alive today. Well, it looks like the Energy Management Center seems to be fine without Masato. That was until unbeknownst to their mentor Takeshi Kuroki, the Go-Busters/Five Busters went to the planet Nemesis for some intense rivalry against each other and the Super Sentai (Squadron) Teams before and after them. Boy! I can't believe their separate missions on the battlefield will left them undermined! So, let's analyze the teams the Go-Busters/Five Busters assigned to.
Hiromu Sakurada/Red Buster: Speed Team
Ryuuji Iwasaki/Blue Buster: Gunman Team
Youko Usami/Yellow Buster: Animal Lover Team
Masato Jin/Beet Buster: Brain Team
Beet J. Stag/Stag Buster: Frivolous Team
It looks like TOEI had made Hiroya Matsumoto's character being resurrected again and wants to fight against his former comrades! And this is going to be a headache to those who are living on Earth while they are still alive today. It looks like the missions were split into five because the Energy Management Center is about to collapse! Woah! That's one big blunder for E.M.C.! And now, here are the results of this bloody tournament, so Busters, Ready, GO!!! To where? To their doom, of course!
Round Of 32
Youko's and Beet's teams were defeated while Hiromu's Team was defeated by Masato's Team and Ryuuji's Team defeated the Pink Warrior Team. Take note that Beet's Team was defeated by the Leader Team. I also noticed that Beet was so mad at Hiromu for "turning his backs on him and the other Go-Busters/Five Busters" because his anger against Red Buster was so intense that he defeated his once longtime friend, who is now his foe. So, Hiromu, Youko and Beet were disappeared, taken away by Rita and were imprisoned in her gem. Mission Failed!
Round Of 16
Ryuuji's Team Vs. Masato's Team? Oh my! This is going to be an interesting match-up! Unfortunately, neither of the team has won the match which resulted in a stalemate and because of that, both of them were likewise joined the gem imprisonment that Rita has in store for them! Mission Failed Again! All of the Go-Busters/Five Busters have been busted due to the disunity of their characteristics and attitudes. Of course, they were inside Rita's gem and they were tortured as well. What a bust! And their worst nightmare came when Great Satan, ZyuRanger's/Beast Rangers' main villain was revived from her gem. This means that the Go-Busters/Five Busters were suffering even further and their health were in critical condition. When Great Satan was transformed into Ultimate Great Satan, he tried to blast the Oddball Team, but they summoned Goukai/Gokai/Heroic Galleon to crash the giant floating being's head before they evacuated in time. The Red Sentai (Squadron) Warriors' Spirits had aided them in order to defeat Ultimate Great Satan, who was shattered into pieces the second time around. And Rita was not happy about this. So, she summoned Gaisorg/Gaisoulg as her armor to blast the Oddball boys and to take Kagura Izumi/ToQ 5gou/Limited Express Ranger No. 5 hostage. But the Ryuusoulgers/Ryusoulgers/Saur Soul Rangers had rescued Kagura from Rita-Gaisorg/Gaisoulg's clutches and they separate the latter from the former as Rita's gem was shattered into multiple pieces and the Super Sentai (Squadron) Teams, including the Go-Busters/Five Busters, were allegedly released from their bondage.
Like I said before, Ryouta and Mao did reprised their roles as Captain Marvelous and Luka Millfy respectively. Their stories and pictures were posted on their websites (Twitter: @rst_fmyokohama
and @Ichimichibot; Instagram: @ozawa_ryota and @ichimichi_mao; and Ameblo: ozawaryota. What? No Ameblo account for Mao Ichimichi? How shameful!). Ryouta has more filming days than Mao, who has only one day to shoot the film for the television miniseries. But what about the Go-Busters/Five Busters actors and actresses? They didn't even make a single statement or comment about the miniseries since neither one of them had reprised their roles, which is very unfortunate for them. Mute, isn't it? So, will the Goukaigers/Gokaigers/Heroic Rangers and the Go-Busters/Five Busters return in 2021 for the 45th Anniversary of the Super Sentai (Squadron) Series? Also, will the Goukaigers/Gokaigers/Heroic Rangers return in the same year for the Pirate Squadron Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers 10 Years After Movie? Let's find out soon if these will become a reality.
And with that, we concluded the part 18 of the Super Sentai (Squadron) Strongest Battle Team Analysis featuring the Goukaigers/Gokaigers/Heroic Rangers of 2011 and the Go-Busters/Five Busters of 2012. We still have three parts remaining to complete the cycle! Next time, we'll feature the Kyouryuugers/Kyoryugers/Dinosaur Rangers, the third and last Dinosaur Squadron Team of the Heisei Era that has the "Vamola!" and "Gaburincho!" feelings in them and the Tokkyuugers/ToQgers/Limited Express Rangers in which their "wish" or aim was to extend the Imagination Rainbow Line up to planet Nemesis. So, it's the Juudenryuu/Zyudenryuu (Beast Electric/Beast-Powered Dinosaurs) Vs. the Trains clashing against each other for supremacy! Which of these two teams will win in the bloody tournament? We'll find out soon enough when we return. For now, let's take a rest and focus on the computer games, alright? See ya!
We resumed our Super Sentai (Squadron) Strongest Battle Team Analysis. Last time, we analyzed the opposing teams the Shinkengers/True Sword Rangers and the Goseigers/Guard Star Rangers belong. And today, may I present to you the 35th and 36th Super Sentai (Squadron) Series' Teams. They are: Kaizoku Sentai Goukaijaa (Pirate Squadron Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers) from February 13, 2011 Sunday to February 19, 2012 Sunday and Tokumei Sentai GouBasutaazu (Mission/Special Operation Squadron Go-Busters/Five Busters) from February 26, 2012 Sunday to February 10, 2013 Sunday. Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers was adapted in the United States as Power Rangers Super Megaforce of 2014 while Go-Busters/Five Busters is currently adapted in the land of Uncle Sam as Power Rangers Beast Morphers this year (2019) and by next year (2020), it will be adapted as Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers. So, let's get along with these opposing teams, alright? Let's do this right this time!
35) The Gokaigers
As we have seen in the first episode of the Super Sentai (Squadron) Strongest Battle miniseries, the Goukaigers/Gokaigers/Heroic Rangers-Captain Marvelous/GoukaiRed/GokaiRed/Red Heroic Ranger, Joe Gibken/GoukaiBlue/GokaiBlue/Blue Heroic Ranger, Don "Doc" Dogoier/GoukaiGreen/GokaiGreen/Green Heroic Ranger, Ahim De Famille/GoukaiPink/GokaiPink/Pink Heroic Ranger and Gai Ikari/GoukaiSilver/GokaiSilver/Silver Heroic Ranger-were looking for their missing comrade Luka Millfy/GoukaiYellow/GokaiYellow/Yellow Heroic Ranger, who was last seen in Uchuu Sentai KyuuRenjaa Tai/Baasasu Supeesu Sukuwaddo (Space Squadron KyuuRanger/KyuRanger/Sphere Rangers/Nine Rangers Vs. Space Squad) because their contact to her was broken in an unknown planet. However, things get worse for them when Gaisorg/Gaisoulg (later became the Ryuusoulger/Ryusoulger/Saur Soul Rangers Villain) appeared before them and then overpowered and defeated them. He then left a ticket to the planet Nemesis to Captain Marvelous, who was angry about his failure of defenses and the lack of fighting strategy. Despite his comrades' protests not to go, he had to because he had to find Luka...alone. Speaking of which, Luka was kidnapped by Gaisorg/Gaisoulg and was taken to the said planet and she was tied up in chains in a space factory. And when Captain Marvelous arrived at the spot where the two astronauts accidentally released Bandora and her gang in 1992 (that's 27 years ago), he is gonna have some revenge against the Super Sentai (Squadron) Teams before and after Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers. Unbeknownst to him, he was among the teams being brainwashed by Rita, a young villainess who was more insane than other Sentai (Squadron) Villianesses before and after her unless otherwise noted. Let's recap the teams the Goukaigers/Gokaigers/Heroic Rangers belong to. Let's make this showy!
Captain Marvelous/GoukaiRed/GokaiRed/Red Heroic Ranger: Oddball Team
Joe Gibken/GoukaiBlue/GokaiBlue/Blue Heroic Ranger: N/A
Luka Millfy/GoukaiYellow/GokaiYellow/Yellow Heroic Ranger: N/A
Don "Doc" Dogoier/GoukaiGreen/GokaiGreen/Green Heroic Ranger: N/A
Ahim De Famille/GoukaiPink/GokaiPink/Pink Heroic ranger: N/A
Gai Ikari/GoukaiSilver/GokaiSilver/Silver Heroic Ranger: N/A
Well, at least Ryouta Ozawa and Mao Ichimichi's characters were there physically during the miniseries run. The other actors and actresses-Yuki Yamada (Joe), Kauzki Shimizu (Doc), Yui Koike (Ahim) and Junya Ikeda (Gai, no, not you, Toshihide Wakamatsu as Gai Yuuki)-refused to reprised their roles. I still don't get it. And why are those voices of the other Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers recycled from the audio archives between 2011 and 2016? Well, that's because it's their fault (sans Ryouta and Mao) for not showing up in time. Will they reappear in 2021 for the 45th Anniversary of the Super Sentai (Squadron) Series and the 10th Anniversary of Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers? We'll see about that very soon. But for now, let's make this showy by fighting against those Senior Citizens, Middle-Aged People, Parents and Teenagers of the Super Sentai (Squadron) Teams, okay? Here are the results of the tournament:
Round Of 32
Captain Marvelous' Team defeated the Serious Team. How I wished I wanna see how Captain Marvelous defeated Kouichirou Endou/MegaBlack/Black Mega Ranger of MegaRanger/MegaRangers and Hyde/GoseiBlue/Blue Guard Star Ranger of Goseiger/Guard Star Rangers of the Oddball Team together with his Oddball Teammates Takaharu Igasaki/AkaNinger/Red Ninja/Endurance Ranger of Ninninger/Ninja/Endurance Rangers and Stinger/Sasori Orange/Orange Scorpion Ranger of KyuuRanger/KyuRanger/Sphere Rangers/Nine Rangers in the Super Sentai (Squadron) Strongest Battle Director's Cut DVD.
Round Of 16
Captain Marvelous has done it again! His Oddball Team defeated the Vehicle Team. Back in 2011, Ryouta was working with Yasuhisa Furuhara (Sousuke Esumi/Go-OnRed/Red Go-On Ranger) in the Go-onger/Go On Rangers tribute episodes parts 1 and 2. I'm talking about Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers Episode Nos. 35 "On The Other Side Of The Dimension" (October 23, 2011 Sunday) and 36 "Pirate Partners" (October 30, 2011 Sunday). However, eight years later, their separate characters are now enemies. That's way different from being allies back then.
Quarterfinals
Captain Marvelous' Team defeated the Land, Sea and Air Team. Again, in 2011, he was working with Noboru Kaneko (Dr. Kakeru Shishi/GaoRed/Red Roaring Ranger) in a GaoRanger/Roaring Ranger tribute episode of Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers called "The Lion, Runs" (Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers Episode No. 9; April 17, 2011 Sunday). Likewise, the two had becoming foes from allies before. Meanwhile, while the Leader Team and the Martial Artist Team were fighting against each other, Gaisorg/Gaisoulg intervened and crashed the fight. All of them except Ryou of the Heavenly Fire Star/RyuuRanger/RyuRanger/Dragon Ranger of DaiRanger/Great Rangers of the Martial Artist Team were disappeared, taken away by Rita and were imprisoned in her gem. However, Captain Marvelous did a Goukai/Gokai/Heroic Change Techniques. He summoned two Ranger Keys and they are: Yousuke Shiina's/Hurricane Red's/Red Hurricane Ranger's Ranger Key and Banban "Ban" Akaza's/DekaRed's/Red Detective Ranger's Ranger Key (These two were not in the Super Sentai (Squadron) Strongest Battle list. Onore (Curse you), TOEI!!!). Using Yousuke's Hayatemaru (Wind Round/Circle) Katana of 2002 and Ban's D-Magnums (later combining into Hybrid Magnum) Laser Guns of 2004, Captain Marvelous had succeeded in breaking the armor and its helmet. When the helmet was removed, it is revealed that the person inside Gaisorg's/Gaisoulg's armor was his teammate: Takaharu Igasaki, who was angry at Captain Marvelous for being foolish, the accusation that GoukaiRed/GokaiRed/Red Heroic Ranger denied. Gaisorg/Gaisoulg had taken Takaharu away to another space factory, where he was tied up in chains with Luka and his teammate Captain Marvelous was so shocked about this incident. Oh, and by the way, in 2011, Ryouta was working with Keiichi Wada (Ryou of the Heavenly Fire Star) in a DaiRanger/Great Ranger tribute episode "It's A Hero!!!" (Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Ranger Episode No. 33; October 9, 2011 Sunday). Unfortunately, eight years later, only Keiichi did a voice dubbing in Episode Nos. 2 and 3 of this miniseries which involved the bloody tournament. However, in Keiichi's Twitter account (@k1_wonder), he was shown with the some of the other Super Sentai (Squadron) Strongest Battle Cast in a photograph. I don't know if Keiichi was talking to Ryouta physically, but go check his tweets out. And yes, Ryouta was also working with Satomi Hirose (Tsuruhime/Crane Princess) in the KakuRanger/Hidden Rangers tribute episodes parts 1 and 2 and they were: "The Confused Ninja" (Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers Episode No. 45; January 8, 2012 Sunday) and "A Hero Eligibility" (Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers Episode No. 46; January 15, 2012 Sunday). Like Keiichi, Satomi was only a voice dubber rather than appearing physically in the said miniseries. Her pictures and comments of her involvement were shown on her website (Twitter: @0927Satoku). I believed the pictures she posted on her site were with the rest of the S.S.S.B. Cast.
Semifinals
Captain Marvelous' Team defeated the Swordsman Team. Likewise, in 2011, Ryouta was working with the voice dubber of Doggie "Boss" Kruger/DekaMaster/Master Detective Ranger Hideaki Kusaka in a DekaRanger/Detective Rangers tribute episode called "Judgment Pirates" (Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers Episode No. 5; March 20, 2011 Sunday). They were once allies, but now the enemies against each other. It looks like the Captain Marvelous-Boss rivalry since 2011 has come to a close with the former being the victor. Meanwhile, while the Super Strong Team and the Martial Artist Team are fighting against each other, Gaisorg/Gaisoulg crashed the fight. All four of them-Gouki/GingaBlue/Blue Galaxy Man of GingaMan/Galaxy Men and Soutarou Ushigome/GaoBlack/Black Roaring Ranger of GaoRanger/Roaring Rangers of the Super Strong Team; Ryou of the Heavenly Fire Star/RyuuRanger/RyuRanger/Dragon Ranger of DaiRanger/Great Rangers and Tatsuya Asami/TimeRed/Red Time Ranger of TimeRanger/Time Rangers of the Martial Artist Team-were disappeared, taken away by Rita and were imprisoned in her gem. Captain Marvelous had used another Goukai/Gokai/Heroic Change Techniques. This time, he got three Ranger Keys: Ippei Akagi's/DenziRed's/Red Electromagnetic Man's Ranger Key, Hokuto Dan's/DynaRed's/Red Dyna Man's Ranger Key and Kai Ozu's/MagiRed's/Red Magic Ranger's/Red Magical Ranger's Ranger Key. Of the three mentioned, only Ippei was absent in the bloody tournament. Using the combined techniques of those three Red Sentai (Squadron) Warriors of 1980, 1983 and 2005 (Ippei's Denzi/Electromagnetic Kick and Denzi/Electromagnetic Punch; Hokuto's Dyna Swords and Dream Galactic; and Kai's Magistick Sword Mode and Red Fire Attacks), he succeeded in breaking up Gaisorg's/Gaisoulg's armor and helmet. So, who's inside that cursed armor? It's Captain Marvelous' teammate Stinger! Unlike Takaharu, he didn't remembered what happened to him. Captain Marvelous then wear Gaisorg's/Gaisoulg's helmet to find his Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers comrade Luka and his Oddball teammate Takaharu.
Finals
Originally, there would've been a Finals match between Captain Marvelous' Oddball Team and the Martial Artist Team. Unfortunately, Rita has imprisoned 155 of 160 Super Sentai (Squadron) Teams in her gem for some torture. How despicable! Meanwhile, in another space factory, Captain Marvelous found his comrade Luka and his teammate Takaharu being tied up in chains and he almost slayed them by unintentionally break the chains. But Luka has her Goukai/Gokai/Heroic Gun to separate Gaisorg's/Gaisoulg's helmet from Captain Marvelous' head and it was a success. Boy! Is Luka called her comrade an "imp" and a "nincompoop"! Of course, Captain Marvelous did denied the accusations. If I were Kagura Izumi/ToQ 5gou/Limited Express Ranger No. 5, Captain Marvelous' another teammate, I should've summoned my ToQBlaster/Limited Express Blaster and teach her some respect. I may have said to her, "Oh, shut up, you deluded chump! Haven't we met before? Then, I'll teach you some manners for hurting MY teammate!". Fortunately, she can't do it to her. However, Rita appeared before the Oddball and now, she had revived and summoned Great Satan, the main villain of ZyuRanger/Beast Rangers from her gem. Captain Marvelous' enemies (the opposing Super Sentai (Squadron) Teams) inside of her gem were suffering the worst and so, he used his Goukai/Gokai/Heroic Gold Mode in an attempt to defeat the huge floating being, who was transformed into Ultimate Great Satan, but the latter blasted him and his Oddball Teammates. Meanwhile, Luka had found Rita's barrier machine that prevented mecha summoning and communications from Earth and other planets. She tried to wreck it, but the barrier knocked her out and she was detransformed back to her normal form. She didn't gave up, and with her Goukai/Gokai/Heroic Saber/Sabre despite her injuries (ouch!), she wrecked the barrier machine, which leads to the disappearance of the barrier around the planet Nemesis. Outside, Captain Marvelous and his Oddball teammates were talking with Tsuyoshi Kaijou/AkaRanger/AkaRenger/Red Ranger via Tsuyoshi's/AkaRanger's/AkaRenger's/Red Ranger's Ranger Key. And Tsuyoshi, who was among the 100+ Super Sentai (Squadron) Teams that were excluded in the list, made some final requests to them: Summon the Red Sentai (Squadron) Warriors' Spirits that have sought for justice and also summon the mecha that will defeat the 1992 main villain. His last words to them were "Until we will meet again..." despite pleas from the Oddball team members, who said, "Wait! We wanna talked with you more!" With the barrier gone, Captain Marvelous used his Mobirate/Mobilate and then pressed 5501 to summon his mecha, Goukai/Gokai/Heroic Galleon and had his teammates aboard for the very first time in their lives. The Galleon fired its Galleon Cannons and then rammed the Ultimate Great Satan's head using its Galleon Ram. And as the Oddball Team members had evacuated the Galleon in time, they used their own version of GoRanger's/GoRenger's/Five Rangers Hurricane and with the help of Red Sentai (Squadron) Warriors' Spirits, Ultimate Great Satan was shattered into multiple pieces the second time around. Rita was so dismayed and angry about this and she summoned Gaisorg/Gaisoulg as her armor. She blasted Captain Marvelous and the other Oddball boys and took Kagura hostage at the same time. But the Ryuusoulgers/Ryusoulgers/Saur Soul Rangers rescued her from the clutches of Rita-Gaisorg/Gaisoulg. They then separate the the latter from the former and once Rita's gem was shattered, the rest of the Super Sentai (Squadron) Teams were allegedly released. Captain Marvelous was so surprised and was wondering who were the two Ryuusoulgers/Ryusoulgers/Saur Soul Rangers Towa/RyuusoulGreen/RyusoulGreen/Green Saur Soul Ranger and Banba/RyuusoulBlack/RyusoulBlack/Black Saur Soul Ranger are. We'll see about that in 2021. Meanwhile, Captain Marvelous had almost forgot to chaperone Luka, who was still in the space factory injured just like the other Oddball Team members had. He and the Oddball Team members had gone separate ways as they left the planet Nemesis. He and Luka's gonna have their wounds treated and we'll see if these two will be among the characters to be returned for the 45th Anniversary of the Super Sentai (Squadron) Series and also the 10th Anniversary of Pirate Squadron Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers in 2021.
36) The Go-Busters
Hiromu Sakurada/Red Buster is now 27 Years Old, Ryuuji Iwasaki/Blue Buster is now 35 Years Old, Youko Usami/Yellow Buster is now 23 Years Old and Beet J. Stag's/Stag Buster's age as of 2019 remained uncertain to this very day. The only missing Go-Buster/Five Buster that was among the living was Masato Jin/Beet Buster. He died at the age of 41 on February 10, 2013 Sunday and would've been 47 Years Old if he were alive today. Well, it looks like the Energy Management Center seems to be fine without Masato. That was until unbeknownst to their mentor Takeshi Kuroki, the Go-Busters/Five Busters went to the planet Nemesis for some intense rivalry against each other and the Super Sentai (Squadron) Teams before and after them. Boy! I can't believe their separate missions on the battlefield will left them undermined! So, let's analyze the teams the Go-Busters/Five Busters assigned to.
Hiromu Sakurada/Red Buster: Speed Team
Ryuuji Iwasaki/Blue Buster: Gunman Team
Youko Usami/Yellow Buster: Animal Lover Team
Masato Jin/Beet Buster: Brain Team
Beet J. Stag/Stag Buster: Frivolous Team
It looks like TOEI had made Hiroya Matsumoto's character being resurrected again and wants to fight against his former comrades! And this is going to be a headache to those who are living on Earth while they are still alive today. It looks like the missions were split into five because the Energy Management Center is about to collapse! Woah! That's one big blunder for E.M.C.! And now, here are the results of this bloody tournament, so Busters, Ready, GO!!! To where? To their doom, of course!
Round Of 32
Youko's and Beet's teams were defeated while Hiromu's Team was defeated by Masato's Team and Ryuuji's Team defeated the Pink Warrior Team. Take note that Beet's Team was defeated by the Leader Team. I also noticed that Beet was so mad at Hiromu for "turning his backs on him and the other Go-Busters/Five Busters" because his anger against Red Buster was so intense that he defeated his once longtime friend, who is now his foe. So, Hiromu, Youko and Beet were disappeared, taken away by Rita and were imprisoned in her gem. Mission Failed!
Round Of 16
Ryuuji's Team Vs. Masato's Team? Oh my! This is going to be an interesting match-up! Unfortunately, neither of the team has won the match which resulted in a stalemate and because of that, both of them were likewise joined the gem imprisonment that Rita has in store for them! Mission Failed Again! All of the Go-Busters/Five Busters have been busted due to the disunity of their characteristics and attitudes. Of course, they were inside Rita's gem and they were tortured as well. What a bust! And their worst nightmare came when Great Satan, ZyuRanger's/Beast Rangers' main villain was revived from her gem. This means that the Go-Busters/Five Busters were suffering even further and their health were in critical condition. When Great Satan was transformed into Ultimate Great Satan, he tried to blast the Oddball Team, but they summoned Goukai/Gokai/Heroic Galleon to crash the giant floating being's head before they evacuated in time. The Red Sentai (Squadron) Warriors' Spirits had aided them in order to defeat Ultimate Great Satan, who was shattered into pieces the second time around. And Rita was not happy about this. So, she summoned Gaisorg/Gaisoulg as her armor to blast the Oddball boys and to take Kagura Izumi/ToQ 5gou/Limited Express Ranger No. 5 hostage. But the Ryuusoulgers/Ryusoulgers/Saur Soul Rangers had rescued Kagura from Rita-Gaisorg/Gaisoulg's clutches and they separate the latter from the former as Rita's gem was shattered into multiple pieces and the Super Sentai (Squadron) Teams, including the Go-Busters/Five Busters, were allegedly released from their bondage.
Like I said before, Ryouta and Mao did reprised their roles as Captain Marvelous and Luka Millfy respectively. Their stories and pictures were posted on their websites (Twitter: @rst_fmyokohama
and @Ichimichibot; Instagram: @ozawa_ryota and @ichimichi_mao; and Ameblo: ozawaryota. What? No Ameblo account for Mao Ichimichi? How shameful!). Ryouta has more filming days than Mao, who has only one day to shoot the film for the television miniseries. But what about the Go-Busters/Five Busters actors and actresses? They didn't even make a single statement or comment about the miniseries since neither one of them had reprised their roles, which is very unfortunate for them. Mute, isn't it? So, will the Goukaigers/Gokaigers/Heroic Rangers and the Go-Busters/Five Busters return in 2021 for the 45th Anniversary of the Super Sentai (Squadron) Series? Also, will the Goukaigers/Gokaigers/Heroic Rangers return in the same year for the Pirate Squadron Goukaiger/Gokaiger/Heroic Rangers 10 Years After Movie? Let's find out soon if these will become a reality.
And with that, we concluded the part 18 of the Super Sentai (Squadron) Strongest Battle Team Analysis featuring the Goukaigers/Gokaigers/Heroic Rangers of 2011 and the Go-Busters/Five Busters of 2012. We still have three parts remaining to complete the cycle! Next time, we'll feature the Kyouryuugers/Kyoryugers/Dinosaur Rangers, the third and last Dinosaur Squadron Team of the Heisei Era that has the "Vamola!" and "Gaburincho!" feelings in them and the Tokkyuugers/ToQgers/Limited Express Rangers in which their "wish" or aim was to extend the Imagination Rainbow Line up to planet Nemesis. So, it's the Juudenryuu/Zyudenryuu (Beast Electric/Beast-Powered Dinosaurs) Vs. the Trains clashing against each other for supremacy! Which of these two teams will win in the bloody tournament? We'll find out soon enough when we return. For now, let's take a rest and focus on the computer games, alright? See ya!
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