The Power Rangers franchise surely isn’t messing around this year, is it? I can’t walk three steps without tripping over some new announcement concerning the spandex-clad heroes that have filled my imagination since the early 1990s with adventure and charm. No sooner than I’ve let it sink in that Saban Brands has broken up with […]
Welcome back to Super Hero Synopses, where it’s tough to tell friend from foe. In Kamen Rider Build Evolt keeps trying to convince his fellow Martian that they need to join forces, and seems determined to press the issue at any cost. Meanwhile in Kaito Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger our two female rangers […]
Welcome back to Super Hero Synopses, where heroes can get really mixed up sometimes. Kamen Rider Build demonstrated how far Kazumi (Grease) has come when it introduces yet another hostage situation only for him to not take the bait in favour of seeing the bigger picture. Meanwhile series-long villain Gentoku (Rogue) could be making a […]
Welcome back to Super Hero Synopses, where protagonists always find the strength to rise from defeat and fight on to victory! Kamen Rider Build recounts Ryuga’s hitherto secluded backstory, while Ryuga demonstrates his conversion from sidekick to hero in his own right by coming back from a quick defeat and finds the inner strength to […]
Well, here’s a twist. One place where you’re almost sure not to find any patented daddy issues in the tokusatsu subgenre this year is the upcoming Hero Mama League, a wholly unexpected crossover event that gathers three heroines from Super Sentai television history, for a story about these superpowered ladies balancing their lives as world-saving […]
Welcome back to Super Hero Synopses, where it’s dangerous to be related to Riders or Rangers. Kamen Rider Build continues its themes of identity, but also changes the mood by shifting the thrust of the story over to Ryuga (Cross-Z), who is about as close to a comedic relief character as the show gets. It […]
Welcome back to Super Hero Synopses, where Japanese heroes strive to discover who they really are. Kamen Rider Build has always had some element of identity within it. Whether it’s Sento’s (Build) forgotten past, as referenced in the new intro sequence introduced this week, Kazumi (Grease) pretending to have similar amnesia in an attempt to […]
Welcome back to Super Hero Synopses, where the female of the species is more deadly than the male. Or at the very least, the subject of our focus this week. In Kamen Rider Build Sawa is forced to come clean about her true loyalties, while over in Kaito Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger Umika […]
Welcome back to Super Hero Synopses, where we crash ideologies headlong into each other to see which will survive. This week in Kamen Rider Build the duels continue as the spotlight settles upon Build and Rogue’s clash of ideals, fists, and extending feet. Meanwhile in Kaito Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger Lupin Red tries […]
Another day, another crossover event in the land of cool guys who rarely look at explosions as their enemies pun all the way to fiery doom. This time, it’s Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger who steps up to bat. The series about a crew of space-faring heroes fighting against the unscrupulous Jark Matter only recently ended its […]