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.

Ikura - Itokutora DANCEROID as a cafe employee (DekaPink outfit). When Akagi asks her if her name is Itokutora, she corrects him by saying it's "Ikura". On her blog it says Ikura's official blog, so Ikura seems to be another name she goes by.

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.
• One of the buildings on Malshiina's card is Otamix, which was mentioned in a previous episode.

External Links

Blog post about it (Japanese)

Another Blog Post Part 1 (Japanese)

Another Blog Post Part 2 (Japanese)