Fresh off the heels of our 500th episode, we unite to send off Gotchard by discussing its finale, and having a round table discussion on our thoughts on Gotchard as a whole. Who better to join us this week but Gotchard's #1 fanboy, Decker? But first, Boonboomger recycles its toilet monster for a clip show of sorts as we inch towards a compelling ne…

It's episode 500! For this celebration, we got as many Casters as we could fit into Ichi's place (so the mic audio's not as amazing, sorry!) to talk about the penultimate episode of Gotchard and the defeat of Cannonborg. Finally, instead of a feature topic, we do a Q&A session comprised of (mostly) questions asked by YOU, the CastFans! Casters Pres…

This week on Castranger, we discuss the very late-game debut of Twilight Majade, how Geryon almost became an interesting villain, what REALLY happened to Taiya's first love Mashiro-sensei, and how Fighter D and Hibiki Sakurama team up to either destroy or fix the Dragonkeepers. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow Orange Show Notes: https://www.patreo…

The three Caster boys unite to discuss Hotaro and Spanner finally fighting their differences out, Boonboomger taking their turn to do a baseball episode, and how Yanma got to almost-kiss his childhood crush DekaYellow. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109819449 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gotchard 47, Ba…

This week Three Little Casters discuss Spanner's late-game heel turn, the debut of BoonBoomLeoRescue, and the Hyper Battle Video that should have been an early episode of Gotchard. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109368361 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gotchard 46, Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger 22, Kamen Rid…

This week on Castranger we react to some new and weird Gavv updates and a familiar face ONOREs back onto the scene and rewrites canon again. We then discuss the Happy Ending that Kajiki deserves, Taiya's firefighter powerup, and how Zi-O became the next up-and-coming para-athlete and also toku hero. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow Orange Show Not…

This week on Castranger we explore the magical world of upcoming Gochizo for Gavv, we begin the two-parter finally dealing with how much Minato has french fried Kajiki's brain, Mira's ex from episode 1 tries to be controlling in multiple ways, and we catch up a bit with the Dogengers as they fight and then date a suspicious looking female robot. Ca…

This week on Castranger we discuss the goddamn banger second part of the Sabimaru-focused episodes of Gotchard, the Boonboomgers get crushed by their wealth at the hands of the ATM Monster, and then... THEN... the Kingohger VS Kyoryuger movie attempts to bridge the gaps in the timeline but ends up making an incomprehensible mess that we must forcib…

It's a good week for toku fans! We have the official Kamen Rider Gavv reveal to discuss, Gotchard talks about some interesting lore for once, BunViolet joins the team proper, and we discuss the Faiz anniversary movie and side specials, which are equal parts awesome and confusing, but that's Inoue for you. Casters Present: Blue Gray Orange Show Note…

This week on Castranger all six core members are together! We discuss Nijigon's Day Out featuring idols and Geryon's return, we discuss the lore of the name Boonboomger with the debut of ByunByunMach Robo, and finally we discuss a tonally disjointed, perverted, violent yet weirdly wholesome movie poking fun at not only tokusatsu but the television …

It's Ichi's (and Jerry's) birthday, and we're celebrating by discussing the Pilot Episode that started Power Rangers; the one that started it all! But first, the two other Hades Kings Brett and Germain show up to fuck up the status quo, and BunViolet debuts this week to upstage literally everyone. Finally, god I hope you're watching the video versi…

The Four Casters of Light assemble to discuss Nijigon settling into the Gotchard team as they collect the last remaining Pokemon cards, Jou tries to befriend a nonviolent MOTW and we all know how that ends up, and finally Ichi must cope with his PTSD as the Donbrothers slather their brand of chaotic nonsense all over the Kingohgers. Casters Present…

This week is the Just In Time For Pride Month Debut of Kamen Rider Rainbow Gotchard, aka Hotaro Switches From Pokemon to Digimon. Next, Shashiro experiences some Marineland Therapy to process his Spy Mission Days Trauma. Finally, we watch the Geats / Gotchard crossover, featuring Ace's pet that he totally had the whole time, some pacing issues, and…

This week we discuss the episode of Gotchard that's been making the internet cry, the debut of Boonboom Killer Robo, and Yodonna learning to smile by joining a gang of bankrobbing women. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow North Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/105347788 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gotchard 37, Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger 1…

This week Decker and Jerry join Lane and Ichi as we discuss the reveal of BunViolet, Gigist finally getting to do villain things, Go-On Red's cameo in Boonboomger, and the El-Brave and Fukuokalibur focus episodes in Dogengers. Casters Present: Blue Gray Rainbow Knight Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/104889014 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider…

It's a hilarious, gorgeous, child death themed episode this week as we discuss 9 hours of nothing happening followed by Legend finally going back to his own world, how BunRed fulfills All Might Kougami's request to deliver Premium Bandai merch to a Make A Wish child, and then we discuss the debut of Buffa John Rage as Michinaga becomes a stepdad to…

Emily's back from her trip and joins us for this week's show! We discuss the newly trademarked Kamen Rider Gavv, Legendary Legend gorgeouses all over the place and the team is of two minds on it, we discuss Genba doing a delivery which is somehow different than a supply run, and then we get into the lore of the DGP in the Gazer special that leads i…

This week Three Little Casters assemble to talk about the debut of Legendary Legend, how the Boonboomgers send off Madrex, and how a sentai of assholes get plotted against by mooks in the show that definitely is NOT called Go Go Loser Ranger. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/103597634 Required Viewing: Kam…

Five Casters unite to bring you another week of news and reviews. After a long news week, Gotchard stumbles out of the backrooms and into a plot not its own, while Boonboomger finally starts to pull the curtain away from its plot. Finally, we end Metal April with a big one we've been waiting for - the adventures of Fire, Bikel, and Walter - the Win…

This week on Castranger, we discuss Majade attempting to undergo character development, the debut of BunOrange, and how Shadow The Hedgebot saved Jesustown. Joining us for the feature topic are our own Vegas as well as Matt from Monstrosities! Check out Monstrosities! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmarpmrUVKPDdagZNfDyCOw Casters Present: Blue Gr…

This week Cel's here as we discuss Gotchard remembering that it's about high schoolers while we empty every high school show trope in the book, Boonboomger manages to make a toilet monster cool and interesting, and then we dig giant robots making fun of Transformers. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow North Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/…

Gar's Yellow Caster again and he's in the studio this week while Lane endlessly gushes about BunBlack and his debut. But first we witness Gotchard continue its rural village hijinx. Finally, for week 2 of Metal April VI, we discuss the other Metal Hero show that makes up footage from VR Troopers. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow Show Notes: https:…

Our 10th Anniversary finally kicks in as Ichi updates all our art assets and a brand new rollcall featuring Lenne Hardt, voice of the Zenkaiger Geartolinger! This week we discuss Gotchard, having dealt with whatever plot it had, goes back to their Chemy Of The Week shtick, Boonboomger finally formally introduces Akuse Jou and Saibu Shirabe to the T…

Our good bud Decker joins us this week for the debut of Platinum Gotchard, Mira delivering a mirror, and the KitaQman and Yamashiron episodes of Dogengers. Casters Present: Blue Gray Orange Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/100896149 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gotchard 27, Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger 3, Dogengers 3-4 Watch on YouTube: htt…

This week on Castranger it's Things That Suck Week, between the debut of the black hole-using Kamen Rider Wind, and the Vacuum Kurumajuu on Boonboomger, as we discuss Gotchard finally getting back to its plot, and how Boonboomger continues its acceleration forward. Finally, we take a trip back to the series of racism and sadness as we discuss more …

It's Castranger's 10th anniversary and we're celebrating by discussing Iron Gotchard, aka Captain Train Hands, as well as the debut of Boonboomger, the back-to-basics sentai oozing style the way cars ooze gas into the ozone. We discuss our thoughts on the debut episode as well as our thoughts and ideas about where this show might go from here. Cast…

It's the Kingohger finale and we're not ready to say goodbye to what might be the greatest sentai most of us have and will ever see, especially for Ichi. But first, we have to get this Gotchard clip show out of the way, but not too fast because they also debuted two new forms this week! Finally, the saga of kings comes to its end, but just how epic…

This week on Castranger, we discuss the revealed Boonboomger characters, the debut of Majade MoonCerberus as Gotchard defeats Kingdom Hearts, how Kingohger's penultimate episode absolutely evokes Avengers Endgame with its war against Dugded, and finally, Emily stays for our feature topic as we do this year's Precurary, the show about how a dog beca…

It's Gar's last episode for a while as he's taking some time off for school. But first, we discuss some news, some tangents, a lovey-dovey vampire cult, the Kingohgers' SUPER Evacuation Plan, and Kamen Rider X-Men. Casters Present: Blue Gray Ultra Orange Green North Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/98631193 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Go…

This week on Castranger, we discuss the debut of Kamen Rider Valvarad, aka How Many Times Can Spanner Watch His Parents Die? Next, Kingohger executes their amazing evacuation to Bugnarokland Plan and finally ends Grodie's reign of terror and death. Finally, we discuss the first episode of Dogengers, a show we've not only been pronouncing wrong but …

Emily's not here, but Paul, Cel, and Blaze (just for news) are here, and it's a chaos-wrought episode this week as we discuss the big Boonboomger trailer and initial toy reveal of all the cars, go over the newly and recently released Chemies and Legend Rider Cards, and then talk about Spanner getting brutalized and Jeramie making an amazing sacrifi…

It's a laugh-packed episode this week as The Four Casters of Light come together to discuss how the first female secondary Rider, Kamen Rider Majade, debuts to save the little flute girl. Next, Kingohger delivers a complex and heartwarming episode of Ice and Fire. Finally, we end off our discussion of High School Heroes as the teens of justice brin…

Gar takes over the News Mode with some Ultra/Kaiju, then hands his spot in the show to Jerry as we discuss the debut of Fire Gotchard, the Kingohgers awakening the power of their symbols, and the amazing Geats movie, literally breaking Ace up into different and amazing personas as the DGP team deals with a terrorist from beyond time. Casters Presen…

This week's feature topic was perfectly timed with this week's Kingohger. But first, Gotchard changes up its status quo with the Moon Malgam, Minato becoming Dredd, and the main characters effectively becoming rebels. Kingohger dips more into the history of Shugoddom, answering MANY long-standing questions since Kingohger's outset. Short version: I…

Castranger's back for 2024 and what a DOOZY of a pair of Kingohger episodes to come back on! But first, Gotchard finishes debuting X-Rex, and the terrifying Jyamatonoorochi Malgam is taken down by the debut of the amazing Kamen Rider Gotchard Daybreak. Finally, the 17-year master plan by Racules Hasty comes to light as the Kuwagata Ohgers stand tog…

It's our yearly roundup of news while the main show's on break! We have the formal reveal of the next sentai, Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger, and we have some split opinions on them! We have the reveal of Kamen Riders Majade, Valvarad, and Gotchard Daybreak! The Memorial Ohgercalibur! And plenty else! But most of all, thank you for helping Castranger p…

It's our last episode of 2023! First off, some new sentai leaks has the fandom in a tizzy. We share thoughts on the suits. Both our toku episodes this week involve red T-Rexes. Weird. Gotchard goes Gurren Lagann. Prince reclaims his missing Gabutyra and Racles tries to convince everyone Gira is an alien clone, but we're not buying it. Finally, we e…

This week on Castranger we finally fight back against cancel culture, oversensitive zoomers, piss, and social media. Or wait, no, the Abaranger anniversary movie does that. But first, Gotchard gets abducted by a polarizing new form, and Kingohger makes up for last week with the raw and primal Fangs of Defiance teamwide powerup. Casters Present: Blu…

It's a CRAZY week of tokusatsu this week. Kamen Rider Gotchard finally ratchets the plot into action with the forceful, bone-crunching debut of Kamen Rider Dread. Kingohger gives us a batshit crazy, fourth wall-breaking episode where Rita tries to become an idol. Kamen Rider Legend flexes his giant golden dick all over Decade, Diend, and Zi-O in Go…

This week on Castranger, Emily's back! We discuss Gotchard's amazing BunnyParka Form among some other Level 10 happenings, Kaguragi's complicated backstory finally revealed in Kingohger, and Gar subjects us to a Hurricaneger movie that isn't about the Hurricanegers. Casters Present: Blue Gray Ultra Orange Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/c…

This week, to mitigate the unabashed joy Ichi experienced last episode, we bring him crashing down to Earth by forcing him to watch a new Donbrothers thing. But first, Kajiki's love story progresses while Gotchard debuts two new forms, and some Himeno-related prophecies come to pass over in Kingohger. Casters Present: Blue Gray Ultra Green North Sh…

The Three Caster boys unite to go full nerd lore mode, as during this week when Gotchard and Kingohger aren't airing, we finally tackle Kamen Rider Outsiders, the anthology crossover with a lot of lore and homework involved, with its amazing callbacks, cameos and references aplenty, and a story with a not-so-clear good and bad side. Casters Present…

Ichi is rejoined by Lane, Cel, and Paul, as we recount this week of episodes. In Gotchard, the Kyoto trip turns into a romance subplot and a giant robot-kaiju fight. In Kingohger, we get more of Yanma's heartfelt backstory and some badass character development. Finally, we continue on with High School Heroes, with a surprisingly genuine coming-out …

This week, Ichi, instead of any of the Core Casters, is joined by Vegas, Jerry, and Kaguya from the Discord as we discuss this Heracles-themed week of episodes. First, we discuss how a prick of a Pokemon helped a prickly boy reunite with his prick father. Then we discuss how the Kingohgers return to Chikyuu to find out yet another timeskip has happ…

This week on Castranger Gar's here in person! We discuss the Gotchard episode in which Hotaro gets owned by a child before getting owned by his dad, we discuss the second Kingohger-Kyoryuger crossover episode filled with just as many plot bombs as there are unanswered questions AND ALSO A REAL ROLLCALL?? Finally we discuss three episodes of B-Fight…

Our good friend Decker joins us as we discuss this week's Gotchard featuring an edgy weeb literally named Boruto, the first episode of the Kingohger-Kyoryuger crossover featuring a subtle yet earthshattering plot drop that we painstakingly theorycraft, and for the second week of Borgtober III, are the next two episodes of B-Fighter as bad as the fi…

The Four Main Casters assemble this week to marvel at Gotchard's wrestling episode, to congratulate Kingohger for fixing their mistake and admonish the spider-thirsty fandom, and we begin Borgtober III with the first two episodes of the Japanese source series that would eventually become Big Bad Beetleborgs. Is it as good? I guess you could say it …

This week on Castranger we discuss Kurogane Spanner's cool debut but immediate descent into creeperdom, we discuss the debut of creeper reaper Grodie in Kingohger, and for our feature topic we prepare for Halloween by witnessing Lord Zedd's most evil scheme yet: A Halloween party. Discord and my mic were giving us some problems mid-show so apologie…

This week on Castranger we discuss how Hotaro channels his inner weeb to appeal to a samurai, as well as the debut of Alpharad... er, I mean Valvarad. Next... what's this? A Kingohger episode that Ichi isn't happy with?! Finally, we're forced to remember Donbrothers exists as Abaranger sets up their anniversary movie. Casters Present: Blue Gray Ora…

This week on Castranger, we discuss how Hotaro protagonist bullshits his way into a career college in Gotchard, how a kooky funny body swap episode ended up with several countries prospering immensely in Kingohger, and finally, the mixed bag of references and compromises that is Power Rangers Once and Always. Casters Present: Blue Gray Ultra Orange…