Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

Go Go Power Rangers? Well I hate to admit it but I'm getting tired of hearing "Go Go Power Rangers" in EVERY post-Disney season. So I wonder is Hasbro just distributing or what? The credits still say Haim Saban and Toei Ltd. so I guess they are still involved. Why doesn't Toei even step in and STOP it? It's already 2019 and why are we still putting "Go Go Power Rangers" into EVERY post-Disney season since Power Rangers Samurai? In truth, Dino Charge should have also avoided putting "Go Go Power Rangers" since it was actually deviating from the Mighty Morphin' hype! Perhaps what makes me dislike Power Rangers even more is why in the world is it riding on the Mighty Morphin' hype? While I'm getting critical about Toei's latest decision to use dinosaurs (again) with Ryuusoulger (though it's too early to judge how the show will do) -- I am way more critical with Power Rangers now still getting into the Mighty Morphin' ...

With the upcoming Ryuusoulger -- it's hard NOT to think of the Dragon Quest theme playing in my head. I thought weren't there other ways Toei could have reached the international market with Saban? I remembered Saban actually did his own fantasy series called Knights of Tir Na Nog. Sadly, Saban's dubbing of Dragon Quest didn't go so well and lasted for only 13 episodes. But what if they actually decided to co-produce a Dragon Quest live-action series? So here's what I wish really happened. Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball Z (which has help from Toei Animation) and the show did get a Saban dub. So why didn't Toei and Saban just decide to team up and create a Dragon Warrior live-action series? Saban and Toei may still need to go over to Squaresoft (now Square Enix) to get the rights to the Dragon Warrior franchise. Then the two could do their parts -- Saban could start getting cast members while Toei may go with the costume design. Then they can start paying r...

Power Rangers Beast Morphers' release date of March 2, 2019 has been announced -- that would be 15 days before Kishinryu Sentai Ryusoulger will be aired on March 17, 2019. So what's the big issue I've been having with Power Rangers? I admit, I used to like some seasons but was only when there was nothing else to watch on TV. But now, there are fansubs and hopefully, Super Sentai will be accessible on Netflix in other regions. But now, I'd like to declare my right to remain negative about Power Rangers! So what happened? I could go ahead and talk about why Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers no longer remains watchable to me. It's due to the overextension that led to no clear finale. It's typical of plenty of successful American shows to just drop it mostly with a no conclusion -- then we fast forward to Power Rangers Zeo. One reason why I don't like Zeo is how it's just a continuation of Mighty Morphin' aside from the Tommy hype or that stupid Dear...

The Jade Emperor's traditional birthday falls on the 9th day of the 1st lunar month. There are many stories considering the Jade Emperor. Some consider him to be one of the many manifestations of the first Elder God. Others say he's an avatar of the Three Pure Ones. Some say he's actually Yuan Shi Tian Jun or others he succeeded. My favorite version is where he's the current manifestation of Yuan Shi Tian Jun or the Primeval Elder God. So what would be his role in the Mortal Kombat Universe as the Supreme Elder God? He would be the one who holds the final mandate of Heaven. He would be involved in leading his fellow Elder Gods in the war against Pan Gu or the One Being. Some stories of Pan Gu are that he simply died after the creation. Others may have said that the Elder Gods themselves banished Pan Gu and divided his body into what could become all of reality. That's why it's said that all beings in all the realms are what are called to be fragments of the col...

The Elder Gods weren't really given names in Mortal Kombat. However, I'd like to assume these gods actually play a part in the Mortal Kombat universe. Just a note that Pan Gu would be the One Being and Tong Tian Jiao Zhu would be Shinnok. Now here they are... The Jade Emperor is the Supreme Elder God. He would be the one who calls for the affairs of the world. He would only intervene when all realms are in disaster. Other than that, he has delegated the tasks to many gods and goddesses. His possible reason for not directly intervening is because he fears that such actions would reawaken the One Being and end all the realms themselves. He presumably holds the mandate of the Mortal Kombat tournament and stamps the seal of approval every time he accepts a challenge. Wang Mu Niang Niang or Queen Mother of Heaven is the wife of the Jade Emperor and Empress of Heaven. A peach banquet is held every 3,000 years because that's the only time the peaches would bloom. She and...

It's really my habit to always wait for a console to have lower cost before buying it so I usually get to play cool games when they're sold on discount. I just picked up Dragon Quest Heroes II after finishing Draogn Quest Heroes -- where you can get an entirely new story or not. We get two new heroes who are cousins namely Lazarel and Teresa. You have characters getting mixed into the fray from old school Dragon Quest games, such as Maribel and Gabo from Dragon Quest VII, Torneko and Meena from Dragon Quest IV, and Angelo from Dragon Quest VIII. So how did the game improve from the first Dragon Quest Heroes game? The first game didn't have much free roaming or civilian interaction. This one changes something, such as a quest that requires civilian interaction or that there's more freedom for roaming in some areas. The exploration field has become bigger than it was in the first game. Also, what's nice is that if you've played the first game, then you can get...