#Ressha Sentai ToQger Character Songs Rainbow Line

[himitsusentaiblog]

I'm sure you've gotten this question before, but what are some of your favorite sentai shows?

Never a concern when people are asking me to talk about things I love!  This list is really in no particular order, just whatever comes to mind as I type it.  That said, no one who follows me for long will be surprised by my first entry on this list:

NINJA SENTAI KAKURANGER

Kakuranger was the very first Super Sentai series I ever saw episodes of in Japanese.  This was back in the mid-1990s and I was deep into anime fandom, attending Project A-Kon in Dallas and a friend of mine showed me a tape with four episodes of this series.  It was love at first sight and kickstarted my current love of tokusatsu heroes. It is also just a fun series filled with a lot of humor, some great villains based on traditional Youkai, a fun theme song and the best leader any Sentai team ever had, Ninja White/Tsuruhime!

Jumping back, way back we come to the series this blog gets its name from:

HIMITSU SENTAI GORANGER

There is always something special about the origins of a franchise, something that marks it as special and hooks people enough to want to see more after the first entry is over with.  Goranger is the template from which all other Sentai series are based with five-colored heroes, a theme of teamwork, an evil organization to oppose, fantastic weaponry and vehicles.  Aside from the lack of a giant robot and no transformation device, it was all there from the beginning. Once again, it also had a great woman on the team in the form of their explosives expert, Peggy Matsuyama a.k.a. MomoRanger.

KAGAKU SENTAI DYNAMAN

This is the show where all the elements came together.  The five-colored heroes, the transforming robot, the finishing weapons and the final ingredient, spandex.  Before this, the costumes were made of cloth but this one, originally intended to be a baseball-themed series, opted for a more form-fitting, sporty material and the rest is history.  The team dynamics in this one are a lot of fun and the villains even moreso.  It’s a total tossup for me as to which character I prefer more, Rei Tachibana/Dynapink or the villainess Princess Chimera. 

SAMURAI SENTAI SHINKENGER

Though I do love the characters in this one, what really made this series stand out among some frankly great entries in the 2000s was the story.  I had rarely felt so invested in a story as I did with this series and I couldn’t wait for each new episode.  There were so many great arcs and revelations as it went on, secrets that were revealed and acts of heroism and villainy aplenty.  It wasn’t perfect but wow, when it was hitting on all cylinders, this show was just fantastic! It also had one of the most bizarre Blue heroes of all time in the form of Shinken Blue/Ryuunosuke.

I guess this has been one from each decade but when it comes to the 2010′s my choices get harder.  I guess that’s because the memories are so much fresher or maybe it’s that we’ve had a really good 7 years of Super Sentai (one or two series aside).  So, torn between Ressha Sentai ToQger and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, I am going to go with ToQger.  Don’t get me wrong, I ADORE Gokaiger and think it’s the best Anniversary series I have ever seen with some fantastic characters.

However, nothing beat the absolute emotional roller coaster that was:

RESSHA SENTAI TOQGER

This series gave me everything I wanted in a Super Sentai series; great characters, interesting villains, a story that kept me interested, imaginative and hilarious villain plots and pathos galore.  I have not felt so absolutely emotionally wrecked after the end of a series.  As for stand out character, all of them!  Optimistic Right, Nervous Tokatchi, Imaginative Kagura, Responsible Mio, Reserved Hikari and even the reformed villain and 6th Hero Akira were all entirely fantastic.  I still miss these adorable train babies and their adventures today.  It was a great trip we took on the Rainbow Line and one I long to take again.

Thank you for the question and thank you for the chance to just gush about things I love!

[alextheundeadgeneral]

Akira's theme is definitely the most surprising out of the 6 ToQgers. That doesn't mean it's bad in any way though. It's one of my favorites off of the album. It was just unexpected... a good unexpected.

[alextheundeadgeneral]

So I'm about a month older that Kagura. (I was born in December of '97 and she was born in January of '98)

I'm not sure if that's funny to me, or a little saddening seeing as she's an actress already and I'm just an adequate bassoonist :p)

[alextheundeadgeneral]

The entire feel of this song is so unexpected, but it kicks so much ass. While the other ToQger's themes are super soft and positive, Hikari's is harder rock and it shines for that.

[alextheundeadgeneral]

If I can applaud this album for doing one thing, it's the fact that all of their character themes encapsulate their personalities; and Mio's character theme is the best at that in my opinion.

[alextheundeadgeneral]

I love how positive Tokacchi's theme is. I guess it's only suspected seeing how cheesy ToQger is. It mirrors the chessyness perfectly.

[alextheundeadgeneral]

Right surprisingly has a great singing voice.

You could say....He imagined it cx