AkibaRanger 2 Episode 03

Episode 03; Delusion Kung-fu Movie; 妄想拳劇
	Hikounin Sentai AkibaRanger 2 episode
Writer	Arakawa Naruhisa
Director	Tasaki Ryuuta
Original air date	April 20, 2013
Forum Thread	Thread
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Hikounin Sentai AkibaRanger 2
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Important things that happened

Malshiina returns.
The AkibaRangers succeed in restoring RyuuRanger and KibaRanger to normal.
The DaiRangers combine to form a new Outrageous Power.
Luna returns her MMZ and says she's quitting, since she wants to focus on becoming a worldwide idol.

Enemies

HVD Editor Chief

HVD編集長

A recolor of Blu-ray Chief Clerk.

Guests

MoJo - As himself.
Yamagata Yukio - As himself.

Voice Actors

RyuuRanger - Wada Keiichi
KibaRanger -
China Red
HVD編集長　山口勝平

Trivia

Malshiina's business card says the new group name and her title is "Female Commander". The address is 0-4-7 Tokyo, Mousou ward, Irokoi block. Irokoi means "bewitching love".
Malshiina communicates to Tsuu Shogun with modified MMZ's.
HVD stands for Holographic Versatile Disc which has a 6 TB capacity and may be the future standard for Quad HD and Ultra HD. Needless to say, it would surpass the Blu-ray format in quality if actualized.
When they look up Akiba's wiki page, the site is actually Mikiqedia, which is just Wikipedia with the W flipped over and p mirrored into a q.
The words flying when HVD is brought to life are done in Niconico comment format. Some comments are "It's over", "Malshiina-sama kitaa", "LOL explanation?", "AkibaRangers kita!", "Sutema". [1]

Sentai References

Malshiina says she was revived from an iceberg, a reference to Queen Hedrian's revival from Denjiman to Sun Vulcan.
KibaRanger summons Mojo and Yamagata to sing Sentai songs, GaoRanger and Battle Fever J's opening.
Two signatures are shown on Secret Base's wall. One is from Director Watanabe Katsuya dated September 12, 2002 (2002-09-12). The other is from Director Takemoto Noboru and is dated January 6, 2013 (2013-01-06). Both are written to Secret Base.
- Incidentally, September 12, 2002 would place it during the time when Watanabe Katsuya was working on Hurricaneger. The date fits between episodes 29 and 30, which he directed.
- The other date was Go-Busters Mission 45's air date. Takemoto didn't direct this episode, but it was written by Shimoyama Kento, and it looks like they did a lot of collaborations throughout Go-Busters. A tenuous connection?
Tsuu's monster creation is reminiscent of Puripurikan's from ZyuRanger. Tsuu creates a little monster mold, and then flips a big switch. Then the monster is teleported like in Go-Busters, but not really according to Tsuu Shogun.
In the alternate universe, AkibaRangers was mainly written by Arakawa Naruhisa, the main writer for AkibaRangers. However, for DaiRangers he only wrote about 10-12 episodes.
The wiki article describes Akiba as a dismal failure of a series, so much so, that Inoue Toshiki was brought in to fix it. This is a reference to the shakeup that occurred with Kamen Rider Hibiki.
It also mentions Gosei Sentai AkibaRangers being cancelled after 13 episodes, which is the true length of the original AkbiaRangers series, but would have been a slap in the face if they were an original 50 something episode series.
Finally, after the whole article there's a "Needs citation" link, meaning that none of the information that they read can be verified.
The wiki link below says that Nobuo's explanation for the reenactment being "This is what an otaku is" is a reference to Captain Marvelous justifications for his actions "This is what a pirate is".
In his rage, Tsuu Shogun picks up Kirika from his Girls in Uniform collection and nearly throws her, but then stops and apologizes. It's worth noting that since his thing is bad guys, most of his figures are female villains. The red figure looks like Kimera from Dynaman. The black figure looks like Farah Cat from Bioman. And on the right is Mele from GekiRanger, a limited edition release.

DaiRanger References

The AkibaRangers reenact the DaiRanger opening from memory. They hum out the RyuuRanger part, since they want ChinaRed to remember it.
Wada Keiichi (RyuuRanger) does the voice for RyuuRanger when he returns to normal. He doesn't show up in the filming, but he appears as a still image as Akagi's role in Gosei Sentai AkibaRanger. They call him Wonder Wada. A combination of his real life nickname, Wonder, and the real Akagi's actor, Wada Masato. Double Wadas!
- Up to that point, ChinaRed was voiced by seiyuu Seki Tomokazu.
The name of the reenactment script has the daaa in it, which was common for a lot of DaiRangers' titles.
The monster of the week calls himself a Gouma kaijin, the DaiRangers' enemies. The Gouma were known for their one-eye motif.
Reenactment from DaiRanger 27 where RyuuRanger confronts his rival, Matoba Jin.
- AkibaRed quotes the episode title "Final Fist da da da!" including the da da da parts.
AkibaYellow reenacts Rin's idol episode, DaiRanger 33.
RyuuRanger quotes a line from the DaiRanger opening song before giving AkibaRed the Outrageous Power.
Outrageous Power DaiRan Bomber ダイレンボンバー, a reference to KiRyoku Bomber.
When asking the otaku about DaiRanger, they mention DaiRenOu, Wong Tiger, KiRyoku Bomber, and JuuKouKiDen.

AkibaRed's recommendation

カップ麺なら麺鳳凰推し！中国四千年のときめき風が伝えてくれました！アキバレッド！

For cup noodles, I recommend Phoenix Noodles. Let the wind convey to you China's 4000 exciting years! AkibaRed!

AkibaBlue's rollcall

イワシ大好き、侮ルナ！　石清水美月（ルナ）

I love sardines, don't underestimate them! Iwashimizu Luna!

The thing is basically a pun on her roll call. If you look at the Japanese:

IWASHI daisuki, anadoRUNA
Iwashimizu Luna

AkibaYellow's meandering thoughts during the rollcall

えーっとー　ちょーっとひみつきち離れてたけど、じ・つ・はー　うふふふ！　野暮用っていうのはー！

I was away from Secret Base for a bit... To be honest... My minor business was...

Cosplay in AkibaRangers

Corrections

09:52 "spring break" he says natsuyasumi (summer break) not haruyasumi

Songs

AkibaRanger Season Tsuu!
Go! Love Sick sung by Iwashimizu Luna.
Hyakujyuu Sentai GaoRanger (Song)
Battle Fever J's opening.

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