Greetings and salutations, fellow aficionados of anime, Power Rangers, Super Sentai, and everything early 1990s to early 2000s, Antoni here. As promised, I have updated the Toonami-era Inurangers team-ups starting with this version of the three-part episode “A Friend in Need” and ending with this version of “Countdown to Destruction.” This is also reflected in the recent update I have made, and I am more motivated to put these team-ups at the forefront. As always, certain characters in my Inurangers AU headcanon are composite characters and de-composite characters of select real-life counterparts in the shows mostly ranging from Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers to Power Rangers Turbo. This means that these team-ups will also follow the Super Sentai formula of having different characters per Inuranger team. As always, look out for a Mighty Morphin’ and Zeo team-up, the Zeo and Alien Ranger team-up that also happened in real life, a Zeo and Turbo team-up, and a Turbo and In Space team-up. With that said, let us not waste any more time with preliminaries. It’s Morphin’ Time! Shift into Turbo! Let’s Rocket! Mighty Morphin Inurangers Season 3: A Friend in Need Parts 1 to 3 (2000) The first team-up sees the main seven Mighty Morphin Inurangers consisting of Inuyasha, Shuran, Sesshoumaru, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran being assigned to the Milky Way, as it is under attack by the Inurangers universe’s version of Lord Dregon, Admiral Gunter Prozen and Hiltz. This is the team-up where they encounter Prince Rudolph Zeppelin III and help him fight against Prozen, Hiltz, and their cronies. Unlike the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 3 first set of three-part episodes where Kimberly gets the flu, Shunran does not get sick with the flu and joins her fellow Inurangers all while coming back to earth to do battle with the monster of the day. Furthermore, Prince Rudolph has a superhero alter-ego called the Cloaked Pilot, which is the Inurangers’ universe’s version of the Masked Rider. Inuyasha from Inuyasha the 18-year-old Red Tyrannosaurus Ranger version of Tommy Oliver and Jason Lee Scott voiced by Richard Ian Cox Shuran from Inuyasha the 18-year-old Green Dragonzord Ranger version of Tommy Oliver and Rocky DeSantos voiced by Scott Logie Sesshoumaru from Inuyasha the 19-year-old White Tigerzord Ranger version of Tommy Oliver and David Truehart voiced by David Kaye Hakkaku from Inuyasha the 17-year-old Black Mastodon Ranger version of Zack Taylor and Adam Park voiced by Alistair Abell Ginta from Inuyasha the 17-year-old Blue Triceratops Ranger version of Billy Cranston and Adam Park voiced by Paul Dobson Ayame from Inuyasha the 15-year-old Yellow Sabertoothed Tiger Ranger version of Trini Kwan, Tanya Sloan, and Aisha Campbell voiced by Natalie Walters Shunran from Inuyasha the 14-year-old Pink Pterodactyl Ranger version of Kimberly Ann Hart and Katherine Hillard voiced by Jocelyne Loewen Prince Rudolph Zeppelin III the 11-year-old Cloaked Pilot version of Prince Dex of Edenoi aka The Masked Rider voiced by Elinor Holt The Entirety of Mighty Ronin Inurangers (2001) This is the ten-episode Mighty Ronin Inurangers saga after Urasue and Naraku turn Inuyasha, Shuran, Sesshoumaru, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran into children. As the seven Yokai warriors with attitude cannot morph into their Inuranger suits, a new set of Inurangers come to fight evil in their stead. They are the Ronin Inurangers from the planet Mithril. Some select episodes also have the young Inuyasha maintain his leadership role as the Ronin Inurangers are fighting monsters and protecting civilians as well as giving his teammates assurance of their next journey. While the Ronin Inurangers of Mithril fight against Urasue’s and Naraku’s demons and monsters, the Mighty Morphin Inuranger Kids search for the Zeo Crystals as well as new friends to become a new set of Inurangers. Takeshi Sendo from Hajime no Ippo the 18-year-old Red Ronin Inuranger version of Aurico voiced by Doug Erholtz Inuyasha from Inuyasha the 9-year-old Red Tyrannosaurus Ranger Kid version of Tommy Oliver and Jason Lee Scott voiced by Richard Ian Cox Kaname Chidori from Full Metal Panic the 17-year-old Green Ronin Inuranger version of Dulcea voiced by Luci Christian Shuran from Inuyasha the 9-year-old Green Dragonzord Ranger Kid version of Tommy Oliver and Rocky DeSantos voiced by Alex House Teletha “Tessa” Testarossa from Full Metal Panic the 17-year-old White Ronin Inuranger version of Delphine voiced by Hilary Haag Sesshoumaru from Inuyasha the 10-year-old White Tigerzord Ranger Kid version of Tommy Oliver and David Trueheart voiced by Jason Marsden Mario Musicanova from Geneshaft the 19-year-old Black Ronin Inuranger version of Corcus voiced by Crispin Freeman Hakkaku from Inuyasha the 8-year-old Black Mastodon Ranger Kid version of Zack Taylor and Adam Park voiced by Jonathan Malen Atsunobu Hayashimizu from Full Metal Panic the 18-year-old Blue Ronin Inuranger version of Cestro voiced by Christopher Ayres Ginta from Inuyasha the 8-year-old Blue Triceratops Ranger Kid version of Billy Cranston and Adam Park voiced by Noah Reid Mizuki Inaba from Full Metal Panic the 16-year-old Yellow Ronin Inuranger version of Tideus voiced by Mandy Clark Ayame from Inuyasha the 6-year-old Yellow Sabertoothed Tiger Ranger Kid version of Trini Kwan, Tanya Sloan, and Aisha Campbell voiced by Natalie Walters Remmy Levy-Strauss from Geneshaft the 15-year-old Pink Ronin Inuranger version of Cestria voiced by Brianne Siddall Shunran from Inuyasha the 5-year-old Pink Pterodactyl Ranger Kid version of Kimberly Ann Hart and Katherine Hillard voiced by Jocelyne Loewen Inurangers Zeo: The Mighty Morphin Inurangers and Inurangers Zeo Team-Up (2001) As I have already established in my Inurangers AU headcanon, every Inuranger season shall have different characters for the different ranger roles. Unlike Zeo, where the Mighty Morphin cast plus Tanya Sloan continue being involved, the Mighty Morphin Inurangers and Zeo Inurangers are completely different people. This gets to the point where the Mighty Morphin Inuranger Kids and the Inuranger Zeo Kids turn back into teenagers and young adults, thanks to using the regenerator powered by the Mighty Morphin Inurangers’ power coins and Zeo Crystals. After that, they have their first and only team-up against their new enemies, the…
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Greetings and salutations, fellow aficionados of anime, Power Rangers, Super Sentai, and everything early 1990s to early 2000s, Antoni here. With the Halloween season fast approaching and with some updates to my anime martial arts teams AU headcanon being the ones I am most satisfied with, I turn my attention to another anime multiverse AU headcanon that has been close to my heart, mind, and soul: the Inurangers AU headcanon universe. This is the case of the fictional counterpart to the real-life original Saban era of the Power Rangers franchise, which is the Inurangers’ Toonami era. Since I love Power Rangers unconditionally, it is time to give the original Toonami teams a good makeover. Granted, the original Mighty Morphin’ Inurangers will still be the same as they have always been. However, there will be slighter changes for the other teams, as I was not satisfied with the updated version I did over seven months ago. The same protocol applies to how the teams are arranged. There shall be seven members per Inuranger team and will be strictly arranged according to the following schemes: the five-male-member/two-female-member scheme and the three-male-member/four-female-member scheme. As always, each team lineup shall have seven main members: the Red Ranger, the Sixth Ranger, the Seventh Ranger, the Black/Blue Ranger, the Blue/Green Ranger, the Yellow Ranger, and the Pink Ranger. All three seasons of Mighty Morphin Inurangers, Inurangers Turbo, and Inurangers Time Force shall have five male members and two female members. Meanwhile, Mighty Ronin Inurangers, Inurangers Zeo, Inurangers in Space, Inurangers Lost Galaxy, Inurangers Lightspeed Rescue, and Inurangers Wild Force shall have three male members and four female members. All three seasons of Mighty Morphin Inurangers will have the same cast members all the way through, as there are also composite characters, while the subsequent Inurangers seasons will have different characters just like the real-life Super Sentai counterparts. With that said, let us get acquainted with the new, improved, and way clearer version of the Toonami-Era Inuranger teams’ lineups. It’s Morphin’ Time! Shift into Turbo! Let’s rocket! Go galactic! Lightspeed Rescue! Time for Time Force! Quantum Power! Wild Access! Mighty Morphin Inurangers Seasons 1 to 3 and Mighty Morphin Inurangers the Movie (2000) Inuyasha from Inuyasha the 18-year-old Red Tyrannosaurus Ranger version of Tommy Oliver and Jason Lee Scott voiced by Richard Ian Cox Shuran from Inuyasha the 18-year-old Green Dragonzord Ranger version of Tommy Oliver and Rocky DeSantos voiced by Scott Logie Sesshoumaru from Inuyasha the 19-year-old White Tigerzord Ranger version of Tommy Oliver and David Trueheart voiced by David Kaye Hakkaku from Inuyasha the 17-year-old Black Mastodon Ranger version of Zack Taylor and Adam Park voiced by Alistair Abell Ginta from Inuyasha the 17-year-old Blue Triceratops Ranger version of Billy Cranston and Adam Park voiced by Paul Dobson Ayame from Inuyasha the 15-year-old Yellow Sabertoothed Tiger Ranger version of Trini Kwan, Tanya Sloan, and Aisha Campbell voiced by Natalie Walters Shunran from Inuyasha the 14-year-old Pink Pterodactyl Ranger version of Kimberly Ann Hart and Katherine Hillard voiced by Jocelyne Loewen Mighty Ronin Inurangers (2001) Takeshi Sendo from Hajime no Ippo the 18-year-old Red Ronin Inuranger version of Aurico voiced by Doug Erholtz Kaname Chidori from Full Metal Panic the 17-year-old Green Ronin Inuranger version of Dulcea voiced by Luci Christian Teletha “Tessa” Testarossa from Full Metal Panic the 17-year-old White Ronin Inuranger version of Delphine voiced by Hilary Haag Mario Musicanova from Geneshaft the 19-year-old Black Ronin Inuranger version of Corcus voiced by Crispin Freeman Atsunobu Hayashimizu from Full Metal Panic the 18-year-old Blue Ronin Inuranger version of Cestro voiced by Christopher Ayres Mizuki Inaba from Full Metal Panic the 16-year-old Yellow Ronin Inuranger version of Tideus voiced by Mandy Clark Remmy Levy-Strauss from Geneshaft the 15-year-old Pink Ronin Inuranger version of Cestria voiced by Brianne Siddall Inurangers Zeo (2001) Toran from Inuyasha the 19-year-old Zeo Ranger V Red version of Tommy Oliver voiced by Alison Matthews Tsume from Wolf’s Rain the 20-year-old Platinum Gold Ranger version of Trey of Triforia and Jason Lee Scott voiced by Crispin Freeman Kuranosuke Takeda from Inuyasha the 21-year-old Titanium Gold Ranger version of Trey of Triforia and David Trueheart voiced by Ted Cole Ryuichi Hayami from Hajime no Ippo the 18-year-old Zeo Ranger III Blue version of Rocky DeSantos voiced by Nathan Smythe Enju from Inuyasha the 16-year-old Zeo Ranger IV Green version of Adam Park voiced by Rebecca Shoichet Sakurako Yukihira from Detective School Q the 15-year-old Zeo Ranger II Yellow version of Tanya Sloan voiced by Hunter McKenzie Austin Megumi Minami from Detective School Q the 12-year-old Zeo Ranger I Pink version of Katherine Hillard voiced by Hilary Haag Turbo: An Inurangers Movie and Inurangers Turbo (2002) Alexander Volg Zangief from Hajime no Ippo the 19-year-old Red Lightning Turbo Ranger version of Tommy Oliver and Theodore Jay “TJ” Jarvis Johnson voiced by Dave Wittenberg Mamoru Takamura from Hajime no Ippo the 22-year-old Azure Centurion Turbo Ranger version of the Blue Senturion voiced by Eddie Frierson Yoshiki Takaishi from Shootfighter Tekken the 22-year-old Black Phantom Turbo Ranger version of the Phantom Ranger voiced by Marc Diraison Kazuma Narusawa from Detective School Q the 11-year-old Blue Mountain Blaster Turbo Ranger version of Justin Stewart voiced by Jessica D. Stone Hiroto Amagiwa from Geneshaft the 17-year-old Green Desert Thunder Turbo Ranger version of Adam Park and Carlos Vallerte voiced by Dominic Armato Kuniko Touya from Detective School Q the 14-year-old Yellow Dune Star Turbo Ranger version of Tanya Sloan and Ashley Hammond voiced by Mela Lee Maya Orihara from Ultra Maniac the 13-year-old Pink Wind Chaser Turbo Ranger version of Katherine Hillard and Cassie Chan voiced by Philece Sampler Inurangers in Space (2002) Mika Seido from Geneshaft the 18-year-old Red Space Ranger version of Andros voiced by Amanda Winn Lee Kisuke from Inuyasha the 21-year-old Emerald Space Ranger version of Adam Park voiced by Colin Murdock Mitsuhide Kuroda from Shootfighter Tekken the 21-year-old Silver Space Ranger version of Zhane voiced by Tom Wayland Masaru Aoki from Hajime no Ippo…
Greetings, anime fans, martial arts aficionados, fighting game devotees, and enthusiasts of all things about anime, martial arts, video games, and fighting tournaments. Antoni here with another written entry. This has been a long time in the making since I finished writing my Master’s Thesis over three weeks ago. Since I started making that lovely present for my dear friend and one of my most loyal watchers, Jeffrey Quick aka Ginga1122, last year, I thought it would be grand to provide a more updated version of the fourteen anime martial arts teams training Dudley and Daisy. I promise that this revised version shall be a lot more exciting, considering the more updated choices I have for a great chunk of the martial arts teams. Besides, Dudley x Daisy has remained top of mind as my most beloved T.U.F.F. Puppy one true pairing of all time. As always, I have placed Dudley’s and Daisy’s human ages on show. Furthermore, they will learn the signature techniques from each individual group member and will be divided into weeks according to the groups. I am going to town with this version this time. So, I hope you all sit back, relax, and enjoy this more updated version. Tokyo, Japan. May 17, 2014, the date which the second season’s twenty-sixth episode “Girlfriend or Foe?” aired on the Nicktoons Network. 26-year-old Dudley Puppy and his 24-year-old wife, Daisy Spaniel-Puppy, were enthusiastic to set foot in Tokyo for fourteen weeks of totally intense martial arts immersion. Joining them were their seven children: 4-year-old twin sons Damien Callum Puppy and Darren Carlton Puppy, 3-year-old triplet sons Dennis Edward Puppy, David Elmer Puppy, and Devon Ezekiel Puppy; and 2-year-old twin daughters Dorothy Grace Puppy and Dominique Glory Puppy. The Puppy family arranged for their driver to travel around the various locales they were training in. The driver in question was Totosai, who was old but was still sufficiently active to drive the Puppy family around, babysit the Puppy offspring, and tend to Dudley and Daisy if they found themselves in physical pain from their intense training. Totosai showed them their apartment complete with a huge kitchen, a bathroom downstairs and another upstairs, and a spacious room fit for the whole Puppy family. The room also included a twin bed for Damien and Darren; a triplet bed for Dennis, David, and Devon; and a twin bed for Dorothy and Dominique on one side of the room and a queen-sized bed for Dudley and Daisy on the other side of the room. Totosai also had his own bedroom downstairs, given that he was the Puppy family’s chauffeur and caretaker during their fourteen weeks in Tokyo. The Puppy family settled into their new apartment with bags unpacked and itineraries prepared for fourteen weeks of intense martial arts training. Damien, Darren, Dennis, David, Devon, Dorothy, and Dominique were still very young toddlers trying out the techniques that their parents would learn. Nevertheless, they were prepared to absorb new skills that would assist them in their growth as combatants. As Dudley and Daisy were agents and combat specialists for the Turbo Undercover Fighting Force or T.U.F.F. for short, they were ecstatic to see that their little children wanted to be just as proficient as they were in combat. They even agreed to let their children start young for them to be just as immersed as they were, with Totosai lending his watchful eye to them. Time waited for nobody. Dudley and Daisy prepared their bodies, minds, and souls for highly intense training, while their children were going to participate and root for their parents. The journey has just begun in learning various techniques while trying to remain in one piece. Week 1- The Splendid Seven of Nerima: Feral Beasts on a Roaring Rampage (Sesshoumaru, Shuran, Inuyasha, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran) Dudley’s and Daisy’s first mentors were a septet of ferocious Yokai martial arts warriors renowned for their feral brutality in international martial arts tournaments. They were the platonic duo Sesshoumaru and Shuran, the power couple Inuyasha and Ayame, and the gorgeous throuple Hakkaku, Shunran, and Ginta. They were excited to train under them, as their children heard stories about Sesshoumaru’s cold deadliness, Shuran’s rampaging brutishness, Inuyasha’s muscular strength, Hakkaku’s undying stealth, Ginta’s unwavering stamina, Ayame’s determined ferocity, and Shunran’s sharp accuracy. They were even renowned for triumphing against opponents bigger and stronger than they were, such as the case of their epic win in the Winter 2004 Austrian Alps martial arts tournament against Ulrich Wernerstein and his bodybuilder goons. The Splendid Seven’s reputation for being seven fearsome Yokai martial arts warriors was about to be put to the extreme test and would end up putting Dudley and Daisy in a world of pain and pandemonium. Nevertheless, they were prepared to learn to overcome even the fiercest and scariest of opponents. Day 1- Mixed Martial Arts plus Vale Tudo, Luta Livre, Huka-Huka, Modern Pankration, Pancrase, Combat Sambo, and Catch Wrestling with 33-year-old Sesshoumaru from Inuyasha (Hell’s Gate submission holds) Day 2- Professional Wrestling plus Sumo Wrestling, Lutte Traditionelle, Gidigbo, Malla-yuddha, Pehlwani, Boli Khela, and Mongolian Wrestling with 32-year-old Shuran from Inuyasha (Canadian backbreaker racks) Day 3- Ancient Greek Wrestling plus Shoot Wrestling, Kapu Kuialua, Ancient Pankration, Ssireum, Greco-Roman Wrestling, Freestyle Wrestling, and Folkstyle Wrestling with 32-year-old Inuyasha from Inuyasha (sharpshooters) Day 4- Muay Boran plus Lerdrit, Bokator, Muay Lao, Muay Korat, Muay Chaiya, Muay Lopburi, and Muay Thasao with 31-year-old Hakkaku from Inuyasha (spine-lock takedowns) Day 5- Lethwei plus Bokator, Lerdrit, Muay Lao, Muay Thasao, Muay Lopburi, Muay Korat, and Muay Chaiya with 31-year-old Ginta from Inuyasha (neck-snap takedowns) Day 6- Xtreme Gladiator Kickboxing plus Shooto, Shootfighting, Shoot Boxing, Draka Kickboxing, Kyuk Too Ki, Muay Thai, and Pradal Serey with 29-year-old Ayame from Inuyasha (ground-and-pounds) Day 7- Sanda plus Dutch Kickboxing, Japanese Kickboxing, American Kickboxing, Wing Chun, Bajiquan, Baguazhang, and Changquan with 28-year-old Shunran from Inuyasha (sprawl-and-brawls) Week 2- The Stupendously Stellar Septenary of Shinjuku: Devastating Missiles on Fire (Kurz, Masaru,…
Greetings, anime fans, martial arts aficionados, fighting game devotees, and enthusiasts of all things about anime, martial arts, video games, and fighting tournaments. Antoni here with another written entry. I know I already made a previous entry regarding my fourteen teams each consisting of seven anime characters practicing various martial arts barely three months ago. While, I was satisfied with a majority of the martial arts choices I gave to them, there were some issues. First, a couple of the team-ups no longer made sense in hindsight. Secondly, I thought it would be better to switch up some of the martial arts per practitioner. Third, there are also some names that must be changed. As you can tell from the title, this is the last time I will make these important changes and find myself more satisfied with the line-up arranged. As always, the drill is that I list down the teams, the members, their martial arts styles, birthdays, and current ages. I’ve also changed some of the birthdays, since I was also not that satisfied with some of them. These changes will make me feel a lot more at ease combined with a heightened sense of joy. With that said, let’s get ready to rumble once again! Osu! Hajime! The Splendid Seven (Sesshoumaru, Shuran, Inuyasha, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran) The arena resounds in triumph and enthrallment when two mighty dog yokai warrior brothers in Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha, three spiky-haired yokai warrior brothers in Shuran, Hakkaku, and Ginta, and two auburn-haired yokai warrior sisters in Ayame and Shunran enter the arena. They are always felicitated to provide their rivals with a one-way ticket to perilous pandemonium. Sesshoumaru’s Hell’s Gate submission holds, Shuran’s Canadian backbreaker racks, Inuyasha’s sharpshooters, Hakkaku’s spine-lock takedowns, Ginta’s neck-snap takedowns, Ayame’s ground-and-pounds, and Shunran’s sprawl-and-brawls cause fatal and collateral damage to their opponents. Sesshoumaru from Inuyasha– Mixed Martial Arts with a background in Vale Tudo, Luta Livre, Huka-Huka, Modern Pankration, Pancrase, Combat Sambo, and Catch Wrestling; March 17, 1981; 43 years old Shuran from Inuyasha– Professional Wrestling with a background in Sumo Wrestling, Lutte Traditionelle, Gidigbo, Malla-yuddha, Pehlwani, Boli Khela, and Mongolian Wrestling; March 1, 1982; 42 years old Inuyasha from Inuyasha– Ancient Greek Wrestling with a background in Shoot Wrestling, Kapu Kuialua, Ancient Pankration, Ssireum, Greco-Roman Wrestling, Freestyle Wrestling, and Folkstyle Wrestling; March 9, 1982; 42 years old Hakkaku from Inuyasha– Muay Boran with a background in Lerdrit, Bokator, Muay Lao, Muay Korat, Muay Chaiya, Muay Lopburi, and Muay Thasao; March 22, 1983; 41 years old Ginta from Inuyasha– Lethwei with a background in Bokator, Lerdrit, Muay Lao, Muay Thasao, Muay Lopburi, Muay Korat, and Muay Chaiya; March 29, 1983; 41 years old Ayame from Inuyasha– Xtreme Gladiator Kickboxing with a background in Shooto, Shootfighting, Shoot Boxing, Draka Kickboxing, Kyuk Too Ki, Muay Thai, and Pradal Serey; February 7, 1985; 39 years old Shunran from Inuyasha– Sanda with a background in Dutch Kickboxing, Japanese Kickboxing, American Kickboxing, Wing Chun, Bajiquan, Baguazhang, and Changquan; February 14, 1986; 38 years old The Stupendously Stellar Septenary (Kurz, Masaru, Tatsuya, Ichise, Kiba, Ran, and Cheza) The stakes in combat and viewer spectatorship shall increase when Kurz Weber, Masaru Aoki, and Tatsuya Kimura exude formidable fortitude; Ichise and Kiba demonstrate lethal determination, and Ran and Cheza exercise focused accuracy to triumph over any competition in the arena. Their rivals will know neither sleep nor peace when these seven formidable combatants give them a piece of their minds. Kurz’s body avalanches, Masaru’s double axe handles, Tatsuya’s flying body scissors, Ichise’s rear-naked chokes, Kiba’s triangle chokes, Ran’s leopard blows, and Cheza’s tiger claw strikes can make their opponents pay a terrible price for underestimating their combat prowess and skills. Kurz Weber from Full Metal Panic– Vale Tudo; April 1, 1982; 42 years old Masaru Aoki from Hajime no Ippo– Luta Livre; September 9, 1982; 42 years old Tatsuya Kimura from Hajime no Ippo– Huka-Huka; October 10, 1982; 42 years old Ichise from Texhnolyze– Shooto; February 11, 1984; 40 years old Kiba from Wolf’s Rain– Shootfighting; November 24, 1984; 40 years old Ran from Texhnolyze– Wing Chun; April 12, 1989; 35 years old Cheza from Wolf’s Rain– Bajiquan; April 22, 1989; 35 years old The Superbly Sweeping Septet (Mario, Atsunobu, Ryuichi, Hiroto, Kintaro, Ayu, and Nina) Martial arts fanatics and casual viewers combined better prepare themselves when Mario Musicanova and Atsunobu Hayashimizu exhibit their accurate thoroughness; Ryuichi Hayami, Hiroto Amagiwa, and Kintaro Toyama win over the crowd with their charismatic charm, and Ayu and Nina flaunt their peerless physical flexibility. Physically stronger and more skilled rivals would marvel at how superbly their capabilities excel their imaginations. Mario’s European uppercuts, Atsunobu’s elbow smashes, Ryuichi’s elbow drops, Hiroto’s forearm clubs, Kintaro’s guillotine chokes, Ayu’s eagle claw strikes, and Nina’s crane beak strikes make their opponents flee in terror for their lives. Mario Musicanova from Geneshaft– Modern Pankration; December 26, 1982; 42 years old Atsunobu Hayashimizu from Full Metal Panic– Pancrase; April 19, 1983; 41 years old Ryuichi Hayami from Hajime no Ippo– Combat Sambo; December 23, 1983; 41 years old Hiroto Amagiwa from Geneshaft– Catch Wrestling; March 12, 1984; 40 years old Kintaro Toyama from Detective School Q– Shoot Boxing; November 28, 1984; 40 years old Ayu Tateishi from Ultra Maniac– Baguazhang; May 21, 1989; 35 years old Nina Sakura from Ultra Maniac– Changquan; May 31, 1989; 35 years old The Iron Brawn Emperors (Yoshiki, Mamoru, Kuranosuke, Tsume, Mitsuhide, Kisuke, and Shinosuke) Massively magnificent muscles bulging like mountain ranges and victorious virility to match their bulging muscles are the attributes that bring Yoshiki Takaishi, Mamoru Takamura, Kuranosuke Takeda, Tsume, Mitsuhide Kuroda, Kisuke, and Shinosuke to triumph against much stronger rivals as warlord emperor wrestlers. These seven musclebound emperor wrestlers also possess earth-shaking roars that make gorillas, lions, and tyrannosaurus rexes blush. Yoshiki’s vertebreakers, Mamoru’s burning hammers, Kuranosuke’s brainbusters, Tsume’s powerbombs, Mitsuhide’s piledrivers, Kisuke’s Canadian destroyers, and Shinosuke’s shooting star presses annihilate their opponents. Yoshiki Takaishi from Shootfighter Tekken– Sumo Wrestling;…
I may be eight months late in proclaiming this. However, I thank Elena Tsallagova’s encouraging Facebook comment when I reviewed Jossie Wieler’s, Anna Viebrock’s, and Sergio Morabito’s production of Richard Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She sang Eva Pogner. Although I had my initial doubts about how she was going to fare in stark comparison to a lot of my favorite Evas such as Elisabeth Rethberg, Tiana Lemnitz, and Margarete Teschemacher among the many spinto and full lyric sopranos of the past, Mrs. Tsallagova continued to demonstrate her pristine technique and unparalleled musical prowess to own Eva’s music. Therefore, she was one of the stars who shone so brilliantly that night. Comments of this ilk remind me why I love and continue to be passionate about producing online music and media reviews. It is never enough to sit back, relax, and enjoy any opera or musical work I watch. I always revel in engaging with the various presented works, analyzing said works, and constructing arguments based on thorough research, profound understanding, and unwavering passion for the performing arts. This is especially where acting and singing are concerned. Yes, some people find me “unfair” or “mean” when I make my reviews. Nonetheless, I do not care because the only attribute I highly regard is ensuring that any performer has an excellent pedigree to fulfill what their roles demand. I will constantly remain true to my assessments and never let them be silenced. Once again, a heartfelt thank you to Elena Tsallagova for her empowering comment. I will continue to integrate deep analysis, high passion, and clear criticism in my content for all my viewers. This is especially true for all the operas, concerts, albums, musicals, operettas, and ballets I review. I will also persevere even when certain “triggered commenters” whine about me being too mean. Quality technique and precise clarity will always remain the top priorities of every performer I assess. Moreover, I am sufficiently brave to implement my education to keep my mind open and ensure that my arguments align well with what must be conveyed. Thus, I will continue to exercise critical analysis as an online music and media reviewer and will never waver from my arguments and critiques.
Good evening, everybody. I know this summer has been getting a whole lot hotter. Nevertheless, I want to cool you down with some exciting news. I have just reached 2,300 YouTube subscribers, and I continue to be grateful for all your support and encouragement during my YouTube tenure. As I write this, I am currently on the 37th out of 66 pages of my Master’s Thesis main content. I am continuing to make this my main priority before it is due on August 27, and then there will be a lot of editing before August. Outside this current, I have continued to stream for you on certain occasions to keep my channel growing. Once I complete my thesis, I want to pursue some tributes, lookbacks, and slams of Halloween specials from old television shows between September and October. The work continues to grow, but I will never surrender. I will not even rest on my laurels of the two Saban-era Blue Ranger morph attempt videos I did last winter 2023. The Blue Ranger morph attempt videos for Power Rangers’ Disney era remain top of mind for winter 2024. I will see how circumstances and all that jazz pan out. Finally, I want to thank all my 2,300 subscribers for constantly supporting me and my content on YouTube. I also want to thank my parents, siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins, friends, colleagues, and teachers for making me the passionate and unwavering man I am today. I further extend my gratitude to all of my fellow actors, voice actors, singers, musicians, filmmakers, online content creators, reviewers, writers, bloggers, scholars, and artists for constantly giving me reasons to wake up in the morning and live out my passions creating content for you all. Take care and have a great summer, everybody. https://www.youtube.com/@operaanimelover369
Greetings, anime fans, martial arts aficionados, fighting game devotees, and enthusiasts of all things about anime, martial arts, video games, and fighting tournaments. Antoni here with another written entry. It is no secret that I revel in my fourteen seven-anime-character martial arts team AU headcanon, as I have been developing this concept since a year ago. However, this concept has been tried and tested from childhood to adolescence to adulthood. From 1998 to 2009, I have been traveling with my family and by myself on a couple of occasions to various locales, encountered different television stations, and played a good chunk of fighting video games. Cebu and Manila in the Philippines; Oxford, England in the United Kingdom; Hong Kong; New York, New Jersey, Minnesota, California, Florida, North Carolina, and Hawaii in the United States of America were among the many destinations my family and I traveled to, especially when it came to searching for anime that I still hold dearly to this day. Whenever I tuned in to ABS-CBN, Adult Swim, Animax, The Anime Network, AXN, Cartoon Network, the Funimation Channel, GMA-7, Hero TV, QTV, RPN 9, Studio 23, Solar TV, Toonami, and even on YouTube, I have always kept my mind open to the characters I enjoyed the most and delved into a lot of the fan-related discourse on various anime and pop-culture magazines. Bulking this passion for anime with fighting video games I played on Play Station 1, 2, and 3 as well as in the arcades such as Tekken, Street Fighter, Mortal Combat, and King of Fighters also helped to feed the ever-burning flame. All of this led me to create the pipe dream of wanting to be a voice actor for anime and video games and even want to go the direction of announcing, being the performing arts aficionado I have always been. However, I am glad to have taken a more objective route with the visual media I care for the most in written-discourse and video-review forms. Cutting this long prelude short, I want to thank my family and extended family from the Philippines to the United Kingdom to the United States of America to Canada to various parts of the world for encouraging me to be open-minded, passionate, and maintain high interest in anime, martial arts, and fighting video games. I owe it to each and every one of you for giving me the drive and determination to create my anime martial arts teams AU headcanon. This anime fan-related AU headcanon concept has been on the backburner for over two decades, especially since I started to become a full-fledged anime fan as a 12-year-old sixth grader in 2004. Now that I am a 32-year-old man about to finish my Master’s in American Studies degree in a couple of months, I am more determined as ever to cherish my anime martial arts teams AU headcanon and learn a lot about the martial arts I have been providing to the anime characters I have always enjoyed on the small screen. While I truly revel in my fourteen seven-anime character martial arts teams AU headcanon, I realized that some of the team-ups did not make sense in hindsight. Granted, I am still happy and satisfied with a good number of the team-ups. However, some of them must have the switch-up treatment. This has also extended to some of the martial arts I gave to a good number of them, which did not hold up as well as I thought it did. After much reflection, reassessment, and rethinking, I present you the fourteen anime martial arts teams I have formulated consisting of seven anime characters per team. The selected characters come from Inuyasha, Baki the Grappler, Shura no Toki, Shootfighter Tekken, Hajime no Ippo, Fullmetal Alchemist, Solty Rei, Ultra Maniac, Wolf’s Rain, Texhnolyze, Geneshaft, Chrono Crusade, Samurai 7, Kiddy Grade, Hungry Heart, Full Metal Panic, GetBackers, and Cardcaptor Sakura. Some of the martial arts choices I have come up for some of the characters might seem bizarre and contradictory to some of the anime series’ canon universes. Nonetheless, I can roll with those choices and thrive at them with all of my being. Furthermore, I am arranging the team members from oldest to youngest that include their main martial arts, their birthdays, and their ages as of 2024. With that said, let’s get ready to rumble and may this be a full house in the anime martial arts tournament arena. Osu! Hajime! The Splendid Seven (Sesshoumaru, Shuran, Inuyasha, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran) The arena resounds in triumph and majesty when Sesshoumaru, Shuran, Inuyasha, Hakkaku, Ginta, Ayame, and Shunran take center stage. Opponents would be foolish to trounce two dog yokai brothers in Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha, three spiky-haired yokai brothers in Shuran, Hakkaku, and Ginta, and two auburn-haired sisters in Ayame and Shunran. Sesshoumaru’s German suplexes, Shuran’s torture racks, Inuyasha’s piledrivers, Hakkaku’s upward headbutts, Ginta’s downward headbutts, Ayame’s elbow slashes, and Shunran’s leopard blows can cause collateral damage to their opponents and leave them half-dead. Sesshoumaru from Inuyasha– Mixed Martial Arts with a background in Vale Tudo, Kapu Kuialua, Folkstyle Wrestling, Pancrase, Combat Sambo, Catch Wrestling, and Huka-Huka; April 30, 1981; 43 years old Shuran from Inuyasha– Professional Wrestling with a background in Sumo Wrestling, Lutte Traditionelle, Gidigbo, Malla-yuddha, Pehlwani, Boli Khela, and Mongolian Wrestling; March 12, 1981; 42 years old Inuyasha from Inuyasha– Ancient Greek Wrestling with a background in Ancient Pankration, Modern Pankration, Luta Livre, Ssireum, Greco-Roman Wrestling, Freestyle Wrestling, and Shoot Wrestling; April 1, 1982; 42 years old Hakkaku from Inuyasha– Muay Boran with a background in Lerdrit, Bokator, Muay Lao, Muay Korat, Muay Chaiya, Muay Lopburi, and Muay Thasao; May 13, 1983; 41 years old Ginta from Inuyasha– Lethwei with a background in Bokator, Lerdrit, Muay Lopburi, Muay Lao, Muay Thasao, Muay Korat, and Muay Chaiya; May 15, 1983; 41 years old Ayame from Inuyasha– Xtreme Gladiator Kickboxing with a background in Shooto, Shootfighting, Shoot Boxing, Draka Kickboxing, Kyuk Too Ki, Muay…
This is my face when embracing new challenges as a 32-year-old man about to complete my Master’s in American Studies degree in a few months with the completion of my Master’s Thesis. I know I should have proclaimed this over three weeks ago. However, I want to thank you all for greeting me on my 32nd birthday three Mondays ago. I am elated and humbled by all of your wonderful wishes, and they have helped me become more motivated to accept every new challenge I encounter as an artist, a performer, a scholar, an online reviewer, and a total media, popular culture, literature, and music enthusiast. As much as I would have loved to thank you much earlier, I have been dealing with my Master’s Thesis. I am currently in my 27th going on the 28th page out of the standard 60 pages, let alone the maximum limit of 66 pages. There is going to be a fair bit of close reading and analysis of a certain 1990’s Black American sitcom that I hold dearest to me starring a certain movie star who started as a rap star in his prime, hint hint wink wink. Therefore, I am filled with high motivation to get this last piece of academic work for Humboldt done so that I can graduate with excellently flying colors. Throughout this current tenure doing my thesis, I have also learned to embrace critical objectivity both as a scholar and as a media, pop culture, and music enthusiast. Healthwise, I am glad to remain no longer obese. Granted, I am still madly keen on losing 3 to 4 more stone (42 to 56 pounds or 19.1 to 25.4 kilograms) of my excess weight. Nevertheless, I am glad to still remain mobile and physically independent, and I have also discarded the foolish victim mindset. I’m strong enough to stand and thrive well. I want to wrap this up by thanking all of you for the warm birthday wishes. Thank you to my parents, siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins, family members from other families, fellow online reviewers, fellow actors, fellow filmmakers, fellow artists, fellow writers, university colleagues, fellow singers, fellow musicians, and fellow enthusiasts of popular culture, media, and music. You have all made my transition to my 32nd year in life an exciting one. Have a grand spring/summer season.
Good evening, everybody. This morning, I discovered that I reached the 2,200 YouTube subscriber mark. I continue to be grateful for all the love, support, encouragement, and joy you all have been giving me during my YouTube tenure. As much as I have been continuing to upload more videos on my channel, I have started to do a bit more streaming where I can be communicative with all of you, dear viewers. Yes, I am continuing to write my Master’s Thesis like the full-time academic job like it is. However, I will continue to find some time to stream for you and keep on growing my channel. I even hope to do some Halloween-related reviews from September to October once I have all my academic prerequisites behind me. The videos that continue to gain a lot more traction than ever before are, of course, my Saban-era Blue Ranger morph attempts and ranking the Saban-era Power Rangers series Blue Ranger-morph style. So, I thank all of you wonderful Power Rangers fans for keeping up with me. Hopefully, by this coming Red Ribbon Reviewers’ month, I will do the Disney-era Blue Ranger morphs. I want to thank all of you 2,202 YouTube subscribers for keeping up with me and my content. I also want to thank my parents, siblings, fellow actors, fellow singers, fellow musicians, fellow voice actors, fellow filmmakers, fellow artists, university colleagues, teachers, mentors, fellow online reviewers, fellow writers, fellow online content creators, and fellow aficionados of media, music, and popular culture for inspiring me to be the man I am today. Take care and have a grand spring/summer season, everybody. https://youtube.com/@operaanimelover369?si=uHitrCPzjrQH_kiJ
I do not regret saying that Nickelodeon’s over-milked cash cow, SpongeBob SquarePants, needs to die already! It should have even died much earlier! This is the trailer for my seventeenth video for Vierthaler Studios’ Things That Piss Me Off series. Please enjoy.