Shout! Factory Will Stream a ‘Super Sentai Zyuranger’ Marathon on January 23
Set the date: On January 23rd at 9am PST, Shout! Factory will stream a marathon of Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, the original Super Sentai series from Japan that provided the aesthetic basis of Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, on Shout! Factory TV. The marathon will be hosted by Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters author August Ragone, who previously hosted Shout! Factory’s various kaiju movie marathons last year.
I never thought as a die-hard Power Rangers fan that we’d ever see a U.S. domestic release of the Super Sentai series that provided the basis for Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. Yet in 2015, Shout! Factory made our dreams come true with not one, but two complete DVD sets of Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger and Gosei Sentai Dairanger. I’ve been working my way through Dairanger a lot more slowly than I like, but I’m also just enjoying them like fine wine: Slow, steady, and savoring every second. (Even if Dairanger is admittedly not that great.)
I’m also considering this a present from Shout! Factory to me since the marathon is happening literally the day before my birthday. Thanks Shout! You guys shouldn’t have. But please do, and more often.
