AkibaRanger Episode 06

Hikounin Sentai AkibaRanger Previous episode: Episode 5 Next episode: Episode 7

Fly On, Great Leader! The Painful Trap of the Delusion Studio
はばたけ大御所！妄想撮影所の痛い罠

Air date: May 11, 2012

Important things that happened

• Mitsuki learns the importance of properly announcing her name.
• After exiting the closet in the classroom, Malshiina notices one of the children's drawings on the wall has the name Hakase Hiroyo.
• Akagi gains Jetman's Outrageous Power, wings that give him the ability to fly.
• Malshiina appears in the real world.
• The ending song plays through the whole ending for the first time since episode one.

Monster of the Week

Shimokitazawa Hoya 下北沢ホヤ

A hoya is a "sea squirt". This clerk has earrings and uses female speech patterns. This prompts Mitsuki to ask why he has a "gray zone" style of talking. The theme of his attacks is the theater.

His human form is also extremely flamboyant.

Guest Stars

Niibori Kazuo as himself 新堀和男.

Itokutora DANCEROID as a cafe employee (DekaPink outfit)

Super Sentai References

• Kozukozu is dressed as Sakura from GoGo Sentai Boukenger.
• During the gambling scene a man and a monster are shown. Apparently from Jetman. Later Yumeria is playing with posing dolls and a villain from Jetman appears.
• The other girl is dressed as Umeko from Tokusou Sentai DekaRanger.
• Building from a giant battle in episode 6 of JyuKen Sentai GekiRanger appears.
• Akagi reenacts a scene from episode 39 of Mirai Sentai TimeRanger.
• During the battle, Red Hawk falls out of the sky and joins in. Choujin Sentai Jetman

Trivia

• For her guest appearance, Itokutora posted a picture of herself as DekaPink on her blog here. She's a member of DANCEROID, the same group that Kozukozu's actress is in.
• Akagi is able to recognize Hakase and Kozukozu's scene as being from Jetman just from a roulette, and two name tags that say "Gai" and "Gray".
• While talking about the package from Toei, Kozukozu and the other waitress get in an imaginary battle.
• At Toei studio they have a poster for Gabian the Movie, the bootleg toy from the delusion from episode 5.
• When Mitsuki is dueling Hoya in the warehouse, she makes the <gan> and <bashi> sounds that Niibori taught her.

External Links

Blog post about it (Japanese)

Another Blog Post Part 1 (Japanese)

Another Blog Post Part 2 (Japanese)