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6/01/10 Power Rangers Online now has a facebook page. The Yahoo Group will remain open. But I will now promote the Facebook page as our main group. With the changes in the times, its makes much more sense to use facebook.  This does not effect our message board. With will remain on Yuku. Here is the  facebook page .

6/01/10 Power Rangers Online is having a minor domain change.  Update you're  bookmarks to http:///www.powerrangersonline.com.  If you link to PRO in you're link section, please update you're link.   The current domain ( powerrangersonline.org) will still lead to a mirror site to PRO. And will eventually be parked on the .com. I would just prefer that everyone update their bookmarks to the .com.  This has been in the works for years. I aquired the .com a few years ago. It has mostly been a mirror site of this page since then . Which just means its an exact copy of this site. I have been slowly trying to switch domains to the  .com. without loosing too much  momentum. Now I am actively hyping the name change and starting to get links to the .org changed to the .com.  The transition should be seemless. Since the old address will still work.

5/23/10  It seems that  casting sides have leaked for the new season of Power Rangers. They give character names as well as backgrounds for them ( keep in mind these things could be changed for the actual show. The sheets say that cast members would have to relocate to New Zealand for several months. Seemingly confirming that production will resume in New Zealand  and not in the states. It also seems that they will adapt Shinkenger for their source footage. The Range names announced are Reese, Baron, Sadie, Ava, and Wesley. A character named Megan is listed as a Princess. .  Go to Gaijinside  to read the information.  The orginal story was broken by Rangerzro of Rangerboard ( it was later confirmed after some doubts).  Here is the official page for this ( you will need to register to see).

5/23/10   Nickelodeon as released a press release officially announcing Power Rangers arrival to the network.... And that the new season that will begin production over the summer of 2010. No Pink Spandex has a copy of the press release here.

5/23/10  Rangercast has put up a new episode specifically about the Saban PR buyout and PR's return. Among the guests are Tyler Waldman, Chris Funaro, Derik Smith, Ryland Duncan, and others.  They discuss the back story of the buyout, what it means for the future of the franchise, and many other tidbits. Its a very interesting podcast. I suggest given it a listen. Its very informative. Click here to go to the Rangercast  website.

5/15/10  Tristianism of Hero Power has written an interesting blog about the potential Sentai Power Rangers could use for the new season. He compares the pros/cons of going with Shinkenger or Goseiger.  Its all speculation on his part but it is an interesting read.  Go h to Hero Power to  read the blog.

5/15/10  Saban Brands has negociated a new long term deal with Nameco Bandai  to produce new Power Rangers video games. No specific games have been announces as of now. ( Credit: Euro Gamers)

 included in the article ( they are from the same Holywood Reporter article that I sourced for are story).  Saban supposedly bought Power Rangers for close to 100 million. No official comment has been made. Saban renewed the Toy Deal with Bandai to  continue making Power Ranger toys. ( Credit: Holywood Reporter)

5/12/10    Haim Saban  has re-aquired the rights to  Power Rangers Franchise from Disney.  Twenty new episodes are slated for 2011....... Which are set to  air on the  Nickelodeon and Nicktoons Cable Networks. Reruns of the past seasons will also begin airing. Jonathon Tzachor is set to return as Showrunner.The sale includes  includes alll episodes, dvd/video rights, trademarks, ect... Power Rangers will now fall under the Saban Brands umbrella ( a new company Saban as set up)  Toei will continue to co-own the franchise, as it always has.  (Credit: Holywood Reporter)

10/16/09 Ranger Web Portal has been on hatius for awhile. That hatius is coming to an end now. Ranger Web Portal acts as a guide to the Power Rangers fandom. Presenting daily Power Rangers news throughout the fandom. Go here to visit the site. 

10/16/09  The rumors of Disney remastering MMPR have been proven true. It has been announced that a remastered MMPR will begin airing on ABC Kids in January 2010. Basically taking the timeslot of RPM ( which finishes its run in Deciember). Meaning that the Power Rangers brand will continue post cancellation. Bandai will release a new MMPR toyline to conincide with this. It is unclear what remastering will entail. It could mean remastering the Sentai footage and possibly some edits. It is also unclear how much of MMPR will air.

MMPR has been rerun on Fox Kid , Toon Disney ( now Disney XD), and MMPR family in the past. It was most recently aired as part of the Power Rangers Generations block. Which aired on ABC Family and Toon Disney at various times. Which also featured many other former seasons. This was discontinued to due to royality issues. An uncut version of MMPR has been release via DVD in Germany. But no MMPR box sets have been released in the United States. Go to Rangercrew  for more info.

( This move makes a lot of sense. Now that Power Rangers is over, its only a matter of time before MMPR nostalgia kicks in. It smart stratagy to start showing the old MMPR episodes again. Captilizing on this with a toyline is smart from Bandai's prespective. Its probably cheaper to pay the actors and Saban ( for the old music cues) royalties.  I am surirpsied that this thing isn't airing on DisneyXD. But I suppose that there is a possibility that it could, since we haven't heard either way. Perhaps this could lead to DVD box sets in the future. But thats just speculation.

I am  interested to see just how much is edited. Disney's Standard's and Practices is a lot tougher then the old Fox Kids Standards and Practices. Which is why we don't get as much unmorphed fighting and a lot of explosions to cover up the banned blows. MMPR featured a lot of martial arts ( unmorphed) battles between the Rangers and the putties. It will be interesting to see if they let them air without editing those old battles. Any improvements to the old Zyuranger will be interesting to follow as well. )  

9/12/09 I have been given the opertunity to review the latest RPM DVD, "RPM Volume 2: Race For Corinth". Which is currently on sale at most retail stores. This included online stores. The following is my reviews along with some video clips, provided by a pr agency connected to Disney. I highly recommond the DVD. But read my review in full here.  

8/31/09  Disney has purchased Marvel Comics. Which gives them power over the comic book company and all its characters. This also means Marvel Studios is also a subdidary to Disney.  Its unclear how this will effect the Power Rangers brand if at all. Read more about this here  ( from Scifiwire).

( This move makes sense for Disney is a lot of ways. They have always lacked a diverse amoung of boy brands. This gives them the character rights to roughly 5,000 characters. Not to mention the big potential the movie rights will bring. Marvel Studios should benefit from thsi merger , as they now have a huge backer in Disney.

Of course the only problem is that  Spider Man and X-men 's film rights are under the control of other companies. But Disney still gets a cut of the profits. Just not as much as the in house Marvel Studios properties.

This is just speculation. But Power Rangers would seem like a good fit within the Marvel Studios umbrella someday. With Disney now owning Marvel, this now becomes a plausible possibility. With PR heading into cancellation and the inevitable nostalgia revival, this move could make sense in a few years. A Power Rangers Movie produced by Marvel Studios could do good bussiness. But again, this is just speculation on my  part. )

08/31/09  Other fandom bussiness that we missed during our recent several month downtime..... PRE has closed down for good it seems. Odd Sentai ( a former associate of Mesogog) seems interested in starting  a new board of some type......Rangertalk is slowly moving to Otaku Hero Acess......Starpoints Rangercast  has changed its name to Starpoints Rangercrew. To clear up the confusion with the Rangercast Podcast.

8/31/09   Power Morphicon will be taking place in the Summer of 2010.  It will take place in LA, at a undisclosed time and location. An official site has been set up with a Message Board. That is the best place to discuss convention news.

Power Morphcion is the will ever Power Rangers Convention. The first took place in LA, during the summer of 2005. The official sanctioned convetion was a success. The new Morphicon is under new management , but maintians the spirit of the orginal.

8/31/09  The RPM Giveaway Contest has ended. We we're able to raise seven dollars for the Jimmy Fund. Not  a lot of money, but every bit counts. I am going to make sure that money goes to the Jimmy Fund. I encourage everyone to go to the official Jimmy Fund website and donate. Especially if you we're leary of donating to me as a third party.   This wouldn't be for any contest, but it would be a nice gesture.  I would like to thank Click Communications for given me the opertunity to do this contest. Remember, RPM Volume 2: Race For Corinth will be released on DVD.... Tuesday Septiember 8, 2009. I will be posting a review of the DVD early next week.

8/24/09 A company associated with the release of the RPM Volume 2: Race For Corinth, has given Power Rangers Online the opertunity to host a DVD giveaway contest. The winner will get a free copy of the new RPM DVD as well as  the previous DVD ( RPM Volume 1).

The details are as followed. Participants will donate a undisclosed amount of money that PRO will donate to the Jimmy Fund ( which is a charity the Boston Red Sox run to help kids with cancer). The fan with the biggest donation will win the DVD. If there is a tie the winner will be the one who donated first. The deadline for bidding will be Sunday at 12 pm. Any one who sends money after this point will have their money returned and will not be included in the contest.

Send you're donations through pay pal, using tuxedodragon@aol.com. You must give you're home address as well ( eitheras part of the pay pal donation or a separate email. The winner will have the DVD mailed to them.  All donations are non refundable. And if you fail to win the money will still get donated to the Jimmy Fund. 

Please note the Power Rangers Online has no affilation to Disney or the Jimmy fFund. We are simply  acting as a third party that will send donations to them fromt eh money generated by this contest. Here is the contest page.

8/24/09 Judd Lynn's half of RPM has begun  to air. Marking the end of the tenure of Eddie Gruizzlian ( although some of the draft's Judd's crew completed could have been rough scripts worked on during Eddie's regime).

Judd Lynn  was one time the Story Editor during Space-Time Force. He worked as a writer, directior, and production manager prior to that period. He worked as a scab during the scond half of Jungle Fury.

When Eddie Gruzzilian was fired during the producion of RPM. Judd Lynn was brought into replace him until the end of production

( This issue created a big debate over the future quality of RPM episodes. Some fans and sources decried that the second half of RPM was not going to be true to Eddie's vision. But it has come out since then that Judd's half was in fact well done in its own way. Since the new episodes have aired there hasn't been any marked drop in quality at all.

Its clear Judd is going to go in a different direction from Eddie's ideas for the second half. But its impossible to do things Eddie's way,  he was fired. Judd's direction will most likely be true to the first half of RPM and will be good in its own way.

With most of the backstory being fleshed out in  Eddie's episodes, there really isn't much for Judd to mess up. And the fandom has faith in him, due to his long tenure with the show. Lynn is considered one of the best writers in the show's history).


8/24/09   Bandai is aparently dismantling their Power Rangers toy divison. Only a small freelance team will handle the Power Rangers brand going foward. This  is according to Funadodo at Henshin Justice Unlimited. This  thread  at Rangercrew talks about Bandai's problems with the PR Brand. Which seems relevent to this.

( This move came off surprising to me, As I was very certian that Bandai was going to keep producing the toys even with the show cancelled. But now knowing that Bandai has been having trouble with the  toys, it isn't such a big shock Its possible the toyline will continue in some form, perhaps in the form of the Super Legends brand. But that isn't a certainity in any form. I would assume the brand would return eventually though. There is too much long term potential with the Power Rangers brand ).


8/24/09  Tony Oliver  has heard that Disney may re-air an edited version of MMPR  season 1-3.  Its unclear just what would be edited or how they would get around the SAG  and music fees issues. Its not even a certianity that this will happen. Go to  Rangercrew for more information. This thread at Rangercrew is also helpful ( orginal source: Tyler Waldman from Rangercast, who recored an ACNE Convention Panel where Tony Oliver spoke.)

Saban Entertainment made a deal with the Screen Actors Guild that made the show union and promised that the Non-Union actors from prior seasons would  be compensated with re-run Royalites. So everytime MMPR airs, the actors would have to get royalities for their appearances. This isn't an issue with NS-RPM, since the show  went non Union at that point. It only effects MMPR-WF ( Wild Force was owned by Disney but still union).

When Saban Entertainment sold the franchise to Disney they retianed the Music rights to the years it owned the show. So every time reruns air Saban must get  royalities. These become more expensive when the music airs in a new episode ( which is why they don't use the old music outside of clips of old episodes).

Tony Oliver is the former Supervising Producer of Power Rangers. He was in charged during the first few seasons.  He is considered one of the co-creators of Power Rangers  by many fans. He has done Voice Over work for the series. He is also very famous for his role as Rick Hunter in Robotech.



Power Rangers fans became suspecious when RPM seemed missing from the new Disney XD line up ( or all Power Rangers for that matter).  RPM was going to be exclusive to the ABC Kids Block with no real fanfare. We soon learned from MR-Aftershock and Power Animals that there sources had been telling them that RPM was to be the last season. News articles from a New Zealand newspaper and the New York Times confirmed that the show had indeed been cancelled.  ( It should be pointed out the Jetix Europe was a huge reason why RPM was made in the first place)

Eddie Gruzzilan (Executive Producer for Power Rangers RPM's first  half) mentioned that he was told it was going to be the last season going into production of RPM. Disney or Bandai have never officially confirmed the end of the show.

( The writing was pretty much on the while when RPM was relegated to being ABC Kids exclusive , in a medicore timeslot. RPM also got no real promotion at all. Which seemed to show that RPM was going to be a lame duck season.  Despite a few naysayers, no one was surprised when more tangible sources started to come out about this.

I can't say I blame Disney for cancelling  the show.  They tried to make the brand work for several years. And lost lots of money. Disney accidently bought the brand during the Saban/Fox  Family aquisition. A deal in which they wound up losing billions. Power Rangers is a boy brand, where Disney has little experiance with. In this economy Disney can't justify spending the money to produce the show. 

I think it is important to remember that big time brands get cancelled and come back all the time. Transforms and GI Joe come to mind. Power Rangers has never had the hatius that those brands have had from TV.  Nostalgia is a very powerful thing and the Power Rangers brand still had long term value to Disney. It will not be gone forever. In whatever form it returns in.)


8/24/09 The newsbytes below that we're dated 3/11/09 were just uploaded today. The 3/11/09 date was when I started working on the newsbyte. I left this date on them, to show that its old news. Unfortunately news updates have been non existant. I want to get back on track.   

3/10/09 ( Please keep in mind that I wrote this newsbyte back in March and never uploaded it.)   Eddie Guzzielan has surfaced on Starpoints Rangercast to  tell his side of the story. He claims that rumors of him going over budget and micromanaging everything were greatly exgerated. Read the following  interview.

He says that he had no control over the budget .  And didn't micromanage the show,. he had a lot of help from the great cast and crew.  He also did not  ignore Disney's memos. He claims to have had good contact with the Disney execs.  He admits to falling dangerously behind on scripts. But he  worked out a plan to get out of the whole and got caught up by the time he was fired. But he doesn't deny that it could have had a hand in his firing. He isn't sure exactly why he was terminated.

He also claims that Disney wanted him to go in a darker and more mature direction.  And seemed to support him as he went on. He claims that RPM isn't as dark as some people think. He was more calling back to the old Science Fiction movies of the 80s and wanted to make it fun. He made it about the last group of humans fighting for survival to bring the takes higher for the older fans.

He claims that he didn't let Judd Lynn on the writers staff because some of the writers were unhappy that he worked on Jungle Fury as a scab. Eddie didn't know that the scab was Judd Lynn at the time, who he was familar with as a writer on PR. He wished Judd Lynn the best during Jungle Fury's second half and knows that he was put in a bad position  taking over for him.

Eddie Guzzlians was Execuctve Producer for the first half fo RPM. He  was terminated midway into the show's run  and replaced with Judd Lynn. Rumors of his dismissal stated that he tried to micromanage everything and went dangerously close to being overbudget. Also his scripts were aparently  falling behind production.  There was anlso a rumor with him not wanting Judd Lyunn on Staff because he was a scab at the end of Jungle Fury,. Eddie of course has tried to dispell this rumors.

(This was written months after the newsbyte ( 8/24/09).  Eddie's story really is very similar to the rumors he was trying to debunk. It all really comes down to prespective. I am sure Eddie had good intentions and this is how he saw things from his end. There diffinitly had to be budget and production issues going on. Disney has never fired an Exec mid season since they bought the show. But Eddie did a good job with RPM"s first half and is a good writer. I wish him the best. I do think all the talk badmouthing Judd Lynn's half of RPM was way overblown. I think both halfs of RPM will be good in their own way.   )  Click here for the interview at Rangercrew. )


3/10/98  ( This story was supposed to be uploaded months ago so its ols news now) Its worth noting that Skylar Deloen was in fact the actor who played Roger in "A Second Chance". That was the orginal rumor but then it came out that  he was an extra  in MMPR.  PRO actually repeated the Roger rumor. Only to issue an apology once it was thought that Deloen was just an extra. But now thanks to a 20/20 special, its been confirmed that Deloen actually did play Roger in "A Second Chance".

Skylar Deloen was convicted of murdering a couple on their yhact. A frenzy once broke when it was claimed that he was a former star of Mighty Morphing Power Rangers. But in the end he was really just one obscure guest star.  Go to Funaroboard for more info.

( The fact that he was Roger doesn't really change the fact that he was no where near a star on Power Rangers. Thankefully the news seems to be educated to this fact now.)

2/15/09 I recommend fully that you check out the last two podcasts that Rangercast has put out. Which are podcast 110 and 111



2/15/09 A rough cut promo of RPM has leaked on the internet. It was something created in house and not intended for the viewing of the general public. Somehow it leaked on the internet.

Reaction to it has been very positive. It has gotten people excited about the driection of early RPM.  The promo gives us our first looks at the  the RPM characters and the premise of the show. It comes off as pretty epic.We also hay have got a possible  sample of the RPM threm song mid way through. The  Rangercast Podcast  has a link to the youtube video of it.


Some members of the   cast   are not  happy with his scripts so far and the direction the show has taken post Eddie Grizllia'ns'; departure. [Credit: Mesh ( Fury Diamond.)]

Chris Funaro made a case for Judd Lynn at Starpoints Rangercast. Basically that  the actors were loyal to Eddie and don't know of Lynn. They also may not understand what Power Rangers is. Its very possible that  Lynn is doing what has to be done to salavage the  second half of the season. But you're better off reading Chris's post to get his full message.
 
Judd Lynn  started out on the production staff during early MMPR. He started out as the production manager and ended up doing some directing. He ended up transitioning to the writing end of things. He became Story Editor in the middle of Turbo ( which had production drama midway that parrallels RPM's drama).

 Judd was instrumental in the creative direction of Power Rangers from Mid Turbo- Power Rangers Time Force.  And is regarded by many to be one of the finiest writers in the history for the franchise.  

He left after Time Force, due to  burnout and creative differences with Johnathon Tzachar ( who was showrunnrer from mid turbo-WF and a big part of Saban era PR as a whole). Judd left the TV bussiness and went into constructing houses last we knew of him. He is return to PR is unexpected. 

( Its a shame that Judd isn't returning under better circumstances. He is one of my personal favorite writers thats ever worked on  Power Rangers. And seems to be someone that cared about the show when he worked on it in the passed. Judd wrote most of the scripts during Mid Turbo-TF. Which is unprecendent for a Story Editor. Its surprising to see that some are not happy with his work. But its understanable with him coming into the current situation. He almost has to be the bad guy here, to get production back on track. Its impossible for him to come in and follow Eddie's vision, since he isn't Eddie.

I agree with Chris here. If he was brought in to make sure the rest of production goes smoothly, it makes sense to do what he is doing. And its highly possible that the actors are biased. Who knows if Mesh's source isn't one of the bitter ones.  We simply can't really tell until we see RPM as a whole anyway. Judd Lynn's return does give me some hope that RPM's second half will still be good. )


Mesh source presents things as Disney making Eddie look back so they couild fire him without the actor's walking off the set.  He hasn't heard Chris's side of the story, but thinks it could be plausible. Here is his post.

( I personally think Funaro's information makes sense. You could see where a newbie Exec would get over ambitious and make those rookie mistakes. Its noble that he cared about Power Rangers and tried to make a qaulity tv program. But if he really was threatning things on the production end and not responding to Dssiney's memos.... You can't really blame them for making a change. Thats this the way show biz works)

2/15/09  More has come out about the RPM production situation. Fury Diamond is reporting that Eddie Guzelian  had a very clear vision for what he wanted to do in Power Rangers. A crew member didn't like what he was trying to some of the changes he was trying to make. So the crewmember convinced Disney to have him fired.  His final episode is episode 18. Go here to see the post.

2/15/09. There has been a a lot of drama at Rangerboard lately. Jack Olesker ( a long time TV writer that has worked on such shows as New Adventures of He-man, Hecliff, The Littles, and Mask) showed up at Rangerboard claiming to be the writer of the early MMPR bible.

At first he just answered a  slew of questions from the board and was very casual. But then he presented a pitch challenge. Which he intended to present to Disney.  Rangerboard posters submited their ideas for an animated version of Power Rangers. Some people suspected that Olesker was acting officially.

But then it came down that Olesker was actually workng on his own and didn't go through Disney first. Disney ordered his thread be shut down and that Oleskar cease the pitch challenge immidiately.

It is actually a big no no to get  ideas from fans. Since it opens up tons of legal issues later on. Since fans might claim future storylines were their ideas. Which could lead to lawsuits. Plus Jack was not working officialy with Disney, so it was illegal for him to  even be doing the pitch challenge.

Jack has apolgized for his end and claims that he had good intentions. He admits that he should have went to Disney first. His plan was to try and present Disney with fan  feedback. In hopes of creating a reality show where fans got to   compete against each other's ideas. With the winner's idea being used for an animated version of Power Rangers.

Jack Olesker invovlement would have been early on before production on MMPR began. Most people in production don't even remember him. But it is assumed that he had at least had some ealry invovlement in MMPR. Its hard to say just how much the MMPR bible was similar to the actual show we got in season 1.

But Olesker is a real person tha thas been active in other fandoms before. He showed up at He-man.org to discud the New Adventeures of He-man. And he is a legit name in the tv industry.

A lot of the threads  got  deleted or restricted. But here is his apoligy for the contest idea. The pitch thread is no longer accissible.

2/15/09  Since our last update, Richard Genelle sadly passed away at the young age of 47. He reportly suffered an heart attack. We wish him and his family the best. Please keep them in you're thoughts and prayers.

Richard Genelle is notable iin Power Rangers circles for potraying Erinie. Who ran the Juice Bar at the Youth Center during MMPR-Zeo. Richard 's character played a pretty significant role in early Power Rangers. Most old time Power Ranges fans should have fond memories of the Ernie character. He was always the lovable Juice Bar  owner. Who was a positive figure in the Ranger's life. Ernie's was wrttiien out by Turbo. When Lt Stone bought the Jucie Bar.

But in real life, Richard was a loving  husband and father to his family. Which is far more important than his contributions to a saturday morning kids show. Which is why we wish him and his family the best. Click here  for more information.

2/15/09  A lot has happened since our last news update. I'll try to get us caught up here. I'll try to go in order and work my way up

 I've actually been working on the site the past since the last new update. I've been focused on rewatching MMPR, VR Troopers, and keeping up with Dragon Knight. I've been updating the Episode Guides  as I watch. I just haven't been able to finish proofreading my updates, so the haven't been updated. I'm rewatching Power Rangers from the beginning. I plan on expanding all the episode guides and screen capping every episode. That will of course take a long time.

I'm sorry that I  keep falling behind on the news. In a perfect world, I'd like to make some sort of news update every day. But its easy to get behind and get discouraged. Or just side tracked by another part of the site I am working on. Hopefully, I can eventually get in a grove where I update news everyday. 

1/21/09  Fury Diamond is saying that Eddie Guzelian was not let go because of RPM's darker plot. He was actually hired for his creative vision. Some behind the scenes issues led to his departure midway into production. Here is Fury Diamond's post.

Fury Diamond broke the story about Eddie Guzelian being the new Executive Producer of RPM. With the catch being that he was let go halfway through the season.  His vision for RPM was said to be darker and more mature then recent PR.  ( Scroll down for the prior newsbye about this).

1/21/09  With Power Rangers exclusively airing on ABC Kids we can assume that reruns from prior season  will cease to air. Currently Toon Disney airs Power Rangers reruns from NS on. But with the relaunch to Disney XD Power Rangers doesn't seem to be on the schedule.  


1/21/09  It appears  that the rumors of Power Rangers being exclusive to ABC Kids  are true. Power Animals sent an email to a Disney  official and recieved confirmation that Power Rangers is only airing on ABC KIds ( go here to see his post). This is after Burgandy Ranger ( of Power Rangers On Air Central) said that he didn't see RPM on Disney XD's schedule for the month of feburary. The GKA times noticed that PR didn't appear in the press release for XD's programming. But that wasn't confirmation that PR would not be airing on on Disney XD. Spikytv claimed RPM was debuting in Febuary on DisneyXD. But that is not the case.

Power Rangers began airing on ABC Kids  in 2001, several months after the Disney Buyout. But it also aired on ABC Family a week later. At some point  ABC Family  began to get the episodes first. Then PR began to air on Toon Disney.  Eventually, Toon Disney had the first  run airing and ABC Family stopped airing Power Rangers entirely ABC kids continued to air new episodes on delay.  

Power Rangers orginally debuted on the Fox Kids Network in 1993. It was produced by Saban Entertianment. Which ended up having a 50 percent stake in the kids network.  In 2001 Saban Entertianment (along with Power Rangers) was sold to Disney/

1/18/09  Fury Diamond reports that  Ari Boyland  will be the Blue Ranger in Power Rangers RPM.  Here is the post about this. Go here for more casting information.


Zarius says that Guzelian was the  Executive Producer  of American Dragon: Jake Long.  As well as a  Story Editor on Kim Possible and Fillmore. And also worked on Xiaolin Showdown. Here is his thread.

1/16/09   I started a website that will serve as a database for VR Troopers. I am currently rewatching the whole series and updating as I go. I aim to create a comphrensive episode guide along the way. I also want to get a campaign together to get VR Troopers back on the air. I have created a message board to go with the site.

1/15/09  I have made a major decsion. We are returning to the Power Rangers Online Ezboard. Which has upgraded to a Yuku Forum. The Power Rangers Online Yuku was the orginal Message Board for the orginal PRO. When I gained control of the board I created this version to bring that site back. I lost sight of my goal  and moved to more upgraded forums. Now I have decided to go back to PRO's Routes

Rider Power will still be a part of my affilates of sites. It will just become a Kamen Rider forum. I think its better to focus RP on one topic then to try to turn it into a board for three or four different shows.  It will be the forum for Kamen Rider Online.

1/8/09  Mutant Chat ( A bunch of pr fans from Rangerboard and Funaroboard) is hosting a aim chat with  Greg Arnowitz ( one of the Executive Producers for Power Rangers SPD) tommarrow night ( Saturday). The chat doesn't have a link. To be elegible to be part of the chat, you need to sign up here and give you're aim name ( you need to have aim and be signed on that night). Space is limited.

1/7/09  DisneyXD ( the soon to be rebranded Toon Disney)  has released its Spring/Fall Schedule.  Power Rangers was not mentioned at all. Despite what another outlet has reported, this does not mean that Power Rangers is'nt going to air  DisneyXD. It could very well mean that they were simply not mentioned on the release.  At this point, we have to assume Power Rangers RPM will  air on  DisneyXD ( after it changes over from Toon Disney). This could mean that Power Rangers will not be considered a high priority on the new network. But for that we will have to wait and see. Bruce's Kalish's new show ( Aaron Stone) is mentioned. But there is no mention of his work on Power Rangers. Kalish was of course the showrunner of Power Rangers SPD-Jungle Fury. And has recently left the series. See the   Press Release is  here  .

1/5/09  Power Rangers RPM will debuted in Feburary 2009  on Toon Disney ( soon to become DisneyXD).  RPM wil preimere on ABC Kids on March 7, 2009. The source for this story is Spikytv.  

1/5/09   Gage has opened a new version of his Power Ranger Webportal. He seems off to a very good start. Go there for news on Power Rangers and its forum.

1/5/09 I want to draw attention to two Power Rangers forums. The first  forum is  the Time Force Forums and is located at Timeforce.ca/  . The forum is owned by Argus. The second forum is Power Rangers United.  Both forums are  worth checking out.          

1/5/09  Lets highlight some major threads on some of the boards throughout the fandom. There not affilated with PRO.

 Power Rangers Wild Force : Bad season or the worst season? by JDF'd

  Jason David Frank met  Thuy Trang Years Later?    by  New York Man.

  Rescue Force - The Australian Toku (Pic Heavy)   by  Snoopswarner.

 Power Rangers Forever Red behind the scenes   by t-rex.

Rate the very first five seasons of PR and tell   by RedPsychoRanger23.  

 Ranger vs. Ranger  by RyanRXP.

 Power Rangers RPM 6th And 7th Rangers  by Simango.      

Jungle Fury Theories   by  Jade

Rewatching Old Power Ranger Seasons  by  Goose

1/4/09    Mesagog/Dai Shi  (owner of the Power Rangers Empire forum)  is tentatively planning a Power Rangers Convention..However, there is some controversy.  Disney  aparently doesn't want any Power Rangers Conventions  without the Morphicon group. So its debatable as to wether the PRE Convention would be allowed to happen at all. The good news is that there does seem to be plans for a Morphicon 2 in the future. Mesagog/ Dai Shi has created a forum for feedback.  The threads here are the source for this newsbyte ( the first paragraph).

Morphicon was the very first Power Rangers Convention ( held in LA). It was helped back in 2007 after a few years of planning. The convention was officiall sanctioned by Disney. All profits were givening to the Make A Wish Foundation.Morphicon featured various cast and crew members that worked on the show over the years. The event was organized  by Maureen Dawson ( also known as  Ivydraken). Plans are tentative for a new convention. Morphicon is in no way associated with the prespective PRE Convention.  

1/4/09 Here is a  Selection of Fan Fiction from Fanfiction.net. The authors are not affilated with PRO in any way. ( descriptions and ratings  taken from FanFiction.net).  

Romance of the Phoenix and Mermaid » by hansbmd reviews It's been six months since Nick left Briarwood, and Madison is completely devastated that he hasn't returned. But when he finally does, she's mad about it. When a new villain arrives, will she go to his side or be rescued by her knight-in-shining armor? Fiction Rated: K+

 Love Across Time » by AnimeJunkieGrrl reviews A PRSPD/PRMF crossover. A magical mishap brings two teams together. What happens when the new girls on each team falls for members from the opposite teams? Do opposites really attract? Daggeron/OC and Sky/OC Fiction Rated: T   

 Once a Ranger: The Legend Continues » by Kat Ranger reviews The fight is far from over for the Retro Rangers as they return to action at full force against a new enemy. The battle is on... Fiction Rated: K+

To the past » by ShadowTrunks1128 reviews DT & MMPR- An evil monster sends the DinoThunder Rangers into the past where they face the Might Mophin Rangers, past villains, and maybe a new on! was original called 'Full Circle' by Timeout. yes i asked if i couldFiction Rated: T

1/3/09 Here is a selection  of fan fiction from accress various message boards. This authors are not afflilated with Power Rangers Online in anyway. (if you can't see a story, it might mean you have to log in to their forum.

  Orgins :  A Power Rangers Saga by Xanderian.

 Power Rangers The Movie: The Return Of The  Ooze by Bradlee_Scott.

 Prophecies Of The Morphing Grid: Special Edition by Darky

 Power Rangers: Overdrive  by Dark Huntress

 Power Rangers Ninja Strike .   by Hope Hayashi.

 This Christmas: A JF Christmas Story by Rangermistress.

The Power Rangers    by  graygaurdianranger

 Power Rangers: A New Beginning  by The Game.  


Power Rangers Turbo: The Story by Dame1980.

 PRJF: Engulf by the Darkness.   by  MysticKnight.

 Merry Christmas SPD  by Delgado.

01/1/09  The GKA Times is reporting a rumor that Jetix Europe and Disney may be producing a Power Rangers TV Show just for Europe.  Aparently, crew members are already prepping to shoot down in New Zealand. Disney recently bought out Jetix Europe, which has become a co-producer of Power Rangers. This move would not effect the US Series. Click here for the story.

12/12/08  Kamen Rider Central ( an affilate of Power Rangers Online  , Kamen Rider Online, and Rider Power) is hosting a internet chat with the Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Cast and Crew. It will be held on Saturday 8 pm eastern ( 5 pm pacific). I'd like to thank MR-Aftershock for making this possible. I'm proud to be hosting this chat for him. Usernames in the chat delete after a certain amount of time. So you're best bet is to show up at the chat early and register ( its easy and takes five seconds). Please be respectful and kind. Below are the confirmed guests and the link to the chat.

CONFIRMED GUESTS :

Stephen Lunsford - Actor - Kit Taylor ( Dragon Knight )

Yvonne Aries - Actor - Maya

Matthew Mullins - Actor - Len ( Wing Knight )

David Jakubovic -Production Editor

Nathan Long - Story Editor

Chat Link

http://kamenridercentral.com/krdk/phpMyChat.php3

( Most Dragon Knight news  I  cite or report will now only be posted at Kamen Rider Online)
 
12/12/08   Kamen Rider Online has been down for the last day or so,  due to  a webhost change. The site will be back up as soon ( if not already), when my new webhost account is activated. This move doesn't effect any of my other sites yet, since I am sticking with the old webhost for most of them. Kamen Rider Online will be you're source for Kamen Rider Dragon Knight news and series information. It basically will be what this site is for PR but for Dragon Knight.  

12/12/08  I've been doing some massive updates to the Jungle Fury section. Its going to have information up into about midway through the season. I am actually catching up with JF while I update. So the JF site should be comprehensive by the time I am finished with it. The goal is obviously to cover the whole season. A JF episode guide has also been added. I opened an RPM section but there isn't much there right now. Don't expect much until the season actually starts.

08/24/08 No Pink Spandex has relased another podcast. Which is part three of their Anime Central 2008 convention coverage. More specifically the Life After Power Rangers Panel with Jason David Frank ( Jason David Frank), Steve Cardenas (Rocky), Karan Ashley (Aishia), and Robert Axelrod (Lord Zedd).

08/24/08  Rangercast has posted a new podcast. And features part two of their Okaton coverage. As well as some video Tyler shot at Okaton. The goal of their donation drive for the American Cancer Society is now at 200. They have been able to raise 182 in donations so far.

08/24/08 The Spandex Report has updated for the week.  Including a  newsbyte about changes hin Tonn Disney and AbC kids schedule.  Also including links to some fan fics and fan art. As well as some of the better message board posts at the top PR boards.  And linmks to some of the lasts podcasts. As usually the Spandex Report is a good glance over the fandom news.

8/18/08 Rangernews has a an interesting newsbyte of a JDF panel apearance up. Along with a link to some video. Frank discusses how he almost had a role on Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, his "Undressed" apearance with Alyison Kippermen ( who went on to play Taylor in Wild Force, and  meeting up with the late Thuy Trang (Trini) a few years after she had left the show.  Click here for  more about this (leads you to Ranger News)

08/18/08  A new Live Journal community as sprung up, known as Rangernews.  It strives to Power Rangers related news. Anything that has to do with the cast and crew or any type of fandom related news. Rangernews was created by Lisa J, who is best known for her work on Awwman.com and the No Pink Spandex podcast. She is also a former co-host of the Rangercast podcast.  I really think Rangernews is worth a visit from everyone here. The Spandex Report has already givening it a vote of confidence.

08/18/08 Power Rangers Jungle Fury  got a reference on the Daily Show. The show focused on the Olympics.. Which takes place in China this year. Host John Stewart jokingly said he had to summon the Power of the Jaguar or Ferret and mentioned the Jungle Fury Power Rangers. Aparentlly his son watches the show. Its always impressive to see a mainstream Power Rangers reference that doesn't just refer to MMPR. Credit this to XtrEEmMaShEEn3k2. Here is his post , which links to a video of this .

08/18/08 The  Rangercast podcast  has a new episode up. That was filmed on location at the Otakon. And features an interview with Tony Oliver. Former Story Editor of MMPR season 1 and an important part of Power Ranger's creation. He is most famous for his role has Rick Hunter in Robotech. As well as audio from a press conference by Jam Project ( a Japenese band).  Go  here for the link to  listen to the podcast.

08/18/08   No Pink Spandex has released its latest podcast in two formats.  This is part two of the Power Rangers Panel from the Anime Central Convention. Which  consisted off Jason David Frank ( Jason David Frank), Steve Cardenas (Rocky), Karan Ashley (Aishia), and Robert Axelrod (Lord Zedd). The two formats are quicktime and AVI. Here is the quicktime version and the AVI version.

08/18/08   The Spandex Report has made two updates during the previous two weeks. Discussing news on the rebranding of Toon Disney, Power Rangers remaining in New Zealand, Turbo DVD Box sets in Great Britain, and a Daily Show Power Rangers reference. And of course spotlights posts from various message boards. As well as Fan Fiction on various life generals. It also spotlights  some podcasts, merchandise, mulitmedia, and fan art.  Click here to go to the Spandex Report.

08/18/08 The PRN situation is currently in limbo. The domain owner is hesitant to bring back the board.  He has given me the old website files that he aquired from PRN Ranger. Which changes my plans considerably. Since I was orginally just going to  remake the site from scratch one of the old layouts. Not it might make more sense just to finish the content on the current PRN layout ( which is the next to last layout designed, the final one ended up being a reboot that never went past an incomplete SPD site). I'm not currently  sure where I precede from here. But I will keep you all updated on any changes. For now you can view the PRN website here.

08/18/08 I wanted to spotlight  a Power Rangers forum. Power Rangers United is a populated board  that deserves some reconition. The Spandex Report has been covering it in its weekly updates. The forum was started after the owners of Power Rangers Universe wanted a reboot.

08/09/08  Toon Disney is being rebranded into Disney XD. This move is to  go with a strategy to target the boys 6-12 demo. Toon Disney is of course the home of first run Power Rangers episodes. Which carter to that same demo. The change is gouing to happen in Faburary 09.  The Los Angelos Times first reported this story. Here is the link to the Toonzone newsbyte on this.

08/09/08 A webpage is making the rounds in the fandom ( aparently orginating from  a reporter at Toonzone)  with some information on the shooting location for Power Rangers 09. And it seems to indicate that they are shooting  in New Zealand. Several months ago Power Animals heard a rumor that Power Rangers's production might move to Canada. But later debunked the rumor. So its no shock that Power Rangers is keeping its production in New Zealand.  Here is the link to the page with the information.

8/09/08  Jesse Herndon has posted a copy of the orginal Toei/Saban contract. Which dealt with how Saban was going to recieve the Toei footage to adapt into Power Rangers. The contract deals with the Zyuranger ( which was used for MMPR season 1) . Its a very interesting read. Go to funaroboard to see.

08/09/08 A while back I discussed a possible relaunce of Power Rangers Network. The plans for the relaunch feel through. However I am already working on new plans. I have already begun working on the relaunched site. And have found the old proboard PRN board, to use as a temporary base. But all admin accounts have to be approved byt he admin, who is no longer around. The board does allow some guest posting. Unfortunately it only allows guests to post in Advirtisements.  But this is only temporaty anyway. As I hope to convince the current owner of PRN to bring back the vbulletin. My goal right now is to get the site back up, but I still need to sell the owner on the idea.

I put up a new PRN test page.  There isn't much there yet and there are a lot of broken links. So its very much in beta ( the testing phase).  Its not even the permanent url, since my goal is to gain use of the real domain eventually .I made a post at the old PRN board asking people if they want PRN back. If you really want PRN back post that you do in the thread. Post as a guest though. We don't have an admin to aprove new memberships. But that won't be a problem if the Vbulletin comes back.  Here is the link to the thread.  Here is the link to the site I am constructing.  

What does this mean for PRO.... Well, nothing really.  I don't plan on taking anything away from PRO in any major way. I want PRN to stand on its own. I may use a lot of concepts I wanted to do but  never implemented to PRO. But I am not going to take major sections of PRO and move them to PRN.  So rest assured that PRO is not going anywhere. If you are interested in helping with the new PRN email me here.

08/03/08  The Spandex Reporthas made its latest update for the week. It provides with us with numerous Power Rangers news. This week deals with the Power Rangers RPM's trademark, Morphicon's charity auction, Power Rangers boxsets in Germany, and more. As well as the weekly happenings on message boards,  merchandise related items , podcasts, fan art, fan fiction, and more. They update every week with a new group of updates. That now cover Power Rangers Empire in their forum updates. 

08/03/08  Germany is getting a DVD boxset for Power Rangers Turbo. They already have box sets for  MMPR-Zeo in germany. The Turbo one will come out on August 25 and costs 24.99 ( Euros). There are english tracks avialable. But if you buy the set make sure you're DVD Player supports the DVD format they use. Since its a foriegn produced DVD. Here is a link to information on the DVD, which is in German.  credit: The Spandex Report.
 
8/03/08  The lastest episode of the No Pink Spandex Podcast is now up. It has panel footage from the Anime Central 2008 Convention. Which consisted off Jason David Frank, Steve Cardenas, Karan Ashley, and Robert Axelrod. Frank of course protrayed Tommy Oliver from MMPR-Turbo, "Forever Red", and Dinothunder. Cardensa protrayed Rock Desantos from MMPR season 2-the first episode of Turbo. Karen Ashley protrayed Aishia from MMPR season 2- season 3, Robert Axelron portrayed Lord Zedd from MMPR season 2- Space. No Pink Spandex is produced by Lisa J.  This link will lead you to the podcast.

8/03/08 The Rangercast podcast has come out with their lastest episode. With a two part episode. The first part deal with Okaton hype. And the second featueres a descussion on  "Arise the Crystals Eyes" ( the latest Jungle Fury episode, well before tonights new episode airs). They also talk about Morphicon's charity auction. They also remind you to donate to the American Cancer Society. If you use the Pay Pal link on their site, it could make you elgible to when prizes. More information on that can be heard on their podcast or by contacting the staff.  
  
8/03/08  The Okaton Anime convention begins this Friday;  from  Baltimore  Maryland . Some alums from Power Rangers will be there. Richard Epcar, Tony Oliver, and Derek Stephen Prince  are slated to appear. Richard Epcar protrayed various voices for Power Rangers villains MMPR-Wild Force ( as well as other Toku and anime roles). Derek Stephen Prince played the Elgar  and Treacheron during Turbo and Galaxy respectively. Among some voice other acting roles  ( including Auric the Conquer, during Zeo).  Tony Oliver was the orginal story editor for  MMPR and essentially one of the early show creators. He also provided the voice you here during the orginal Megazord's transformation sequence. As well as a few other vocal roles on the show. He is best known for his role as Rick Hunter in the Robotech anime series. Click here for Okaton's official site. Here are threads  about fan gatherings for Rangerboard and Henshin Justice users ( gets you're parent's permission kids).
 
8/3/08   The people behind Morphicon are auctioning off three banners from the convention. The procceeds of which will go to support the Make A Wish Foundation.. In some controversy, the fourth banner is in the hands of Samuel Benta ( Will in Operation Overdrive) . The actor aparently wishes to keep it as a collectors item and has refused to give the banner back to convention President Maureen. The Morphicon team asks that fans do not take partt in any auctions invovling this fourth banner. As they are not  sponsering this auction. And it would not be Benta's right to auction it off at all. Morphicon is the fan orginized Power Rangers convention from June 2005Check out Chris Funaro's thread at Rangerboard for more information on the banner auction.

8/3/08   Raida|23 of Henshin Justice has descovered that Power Rangers RPM is in fact trademarked by BVS Entertianment. Which makes it pretty much the official title of Power Ranger 09.

Power Animals orginally reported that RPM was the working title for Power Rangers 09 several months ago. But later reported that their was a chance the name was going to be something different. This latest report shows that RPM is most likely going to remain the title.

Power Rangers RPM will be based off of Go-onger and adapt that Sentai into a new PR season. BVS Entertainment is a subsideray of Disney and the parent company for Power Ranger.  Go here for Raidaj23's thread .

7/29/08 In my  Fan Fic newsbyte from a few days  ago,  I made one big mistake. If you look at Fanfiction.net there seem to be plenty of fan fics based off the PRU and actual characters. So the orginal team trend is mainly happenning at message boards. It was still a topic worth discussing though. But Fanfiction.net was very underrated by me. And we could diffinitly use more Power Rangers Fan owned archives. For Fanficton.net, Parental Guidance is suggested. .Here is the link to fanfiction.net's  Power Rangers section .

7/29/08  Lets spotlight some fan fiction from Fanfiction.net. Parental Guidence is suggested, just in case.  Vespera writes "Blues ". Which expands upon love story between Tori and Blake.  Vespera also writes "Color Scheme", which gives some insight on Tommy;s motive's during DinoThunder.   SilverRider writes "Words Apart". Which explores on some additonal reasons why Eric left prep school. Etcetera writes   "Roaring On the Wind". Which deals with a Red Ranger team up alternate universe.. These stories are from the Power Rangers Unlimited community of Fanfiction.net. Which is managed by Cassandra S. Fisher.  Here is a link to other Fanfiction.net communities. Here is the link to the Power Rangers section in general.

7/29/08  Its been awhile since I have givening Naks Power Rangers a plug. But words cannot describe how great a site it is. It has probably the best episode guide in the fandom. It  has every episode of  Power Rangers summerized, in special detail for the last several years. It has character profiles for every character. It has a great links section. The site also has great pictures. The layout doesn't look like much but it doesn't matter, since the site is a great resource. That rivals even Power Rangers Central. The site has been in operation since Lightspeed Rescue was on the air. Which is quite an accomplishment.

7/28/09  Lets highlight some message board fan fiction. Parental Guidance is suggested, some of these fics have ratings at the beginning of them.   On Rangerboard you have, " An Unstoppable Storm" (by Kameorulz).  A story about the Ninja Storm Rangers and some original, chracters.  On Power Rangers Empire  ( must  register or log on to see the fan fic section)  you have, "Power Rangers: Overdrive" (by Dark Huntress). Which remakes Operation Overdrive to be more in line with Space Patrol Delta.  At Starpoints Rangercast you have,  "Once A Ranger: The Legend Continues" ( by Delgado). Which celebrates the one year anniversy of "Once A Ranger".  On Rangertalk you have, "Crisis: An SPD Rewrite" (by Tempest). Which seems to be  some sort of SPD remake. On Funaroboard you have,  " The Zedd and Rita Chronicles" ( by Power Animals). Which tries to give some insight on Lord Zedd and Rita's back story, relating to Mystic Force. .

7/28/08  Henshintalk has gone through a restart and is once again Rangertalk. The board has been restarted on the Rangertalk domain. The archives to the old posts and member profiles are still around as an archive. You just can't actively post on the archive. On the restarted board members will have to sign up for new accounts. This was done to get a fresh start and for the admins to get a handle of some things that got out of control. Do to the archive being kept, nothing was really lost at all.

Upons aquriing Power Rangers Central Micheal Bastian created Rangertalk to act as the ne support board for PRC ( Since RB was retained by Ray Calderon, who decided to let it stand on its own). And quickly grew into one of the largest boards in the fandom. Power Ranger Lagacy was later merged into Rangertalk. 

The site became Jetix Talk in an attempt to reach out to other Jetix fandoms. But this idea was abandoned for a return to the Rangertalk name. Some time later the decsion was made to expand thins to all Tokus and Henshin Talk became the new name. Until the recent return to the Rangertalk.com idenity. here have been a number of crashes and restartes over the years, but for the must part things have been steady since its 2004 start. But this latest restart has not resulted in any real data loss ( again, because of the archive). Go to Rangertalk or go to the archives.

7/28/08 Well the fanfic thread  yesterday at Rangerboard that I mentioned has turned quite interesting. Chris Funaro has jumped in with his own viewpoint. And there were a lot of other responses as well. So I would check it out if you haven't already. I also started another related thread at Funaroboard, thats worth checking out too.

7/27/08  This is a big selfish of me. But I just started a thread at Rangerboard pertianing to fan fiction. More specifically about the appeal of Mary Sue  characters and fan  made teams in Power Rangers fanfiction.  I am hoping to get some good discussion on this subject.

Personally, I feel its a shame that we don't have more fan fiction based off the actual show's canon. In the past fan fiction seemed to focus more on this. But now we seem to get more of the Mary Sue/new team stuff ( not that there isn't still some fan fiction based of of the actual Power Rangers  characters). So I am just curious to why these authors do this? Basically to get in the heads of the opposing viewpoint of mine and some others.

A Mary Sue character is a fan made character that usually can do no wrong and just kicks butt ( to put it bluntly). Sometimes being representive of the author himself/herself. In Power Rangers Fan  Fiction this usually invovles a fan created Ranger.

In the last several years we have seen an outbreak of fics that feature fan created teams. Which basically use the Sentai concept that Power Rangers itself has adapted,  with each season starting over with a new team and villains. Which in the cast of fan fiction, the powers are  purely fan created. And usually has little do do with existing Power Rangers stories.

In the early days of the fandoms (when Fan Fiction Archives played a more important role) fanfiction was more based off of  stories based on the actual series. Obviously this could never be officially canon, but it could diffinitly be interesting. With  some authors going to great lengths to solve the conical mysteries of Power Rangers.

The change to fan created teams over canon expansion,  had a lot to do with Power Ranger' s switch to the Sentai approach. As well the shut down  of many of the fan fic archives. Click here for the thread I started ( if you haven't been there already).

7/27/08 The Spandex Report has updated for the week. They spotlight some of the major message boards posts and fan fiction entiries of the week. Among other things of note; like mulitimedia, episode air time schedules, merchandise, and fan art.

7/27/08  I wanted to give a Plug to the "After the Power " website. It featurea pictures from Ranger actives in other acting roles. The site has many actors profiled for their various roles in TV and Film. Its quite unique idea and served a purpose. Since there are fans that like to follow the actors closely and see what they have done outside of the Power Rangers  bubble.

7/ 27/08  After a two week break, the Rangercast Podcast is back with a new episode. They discuss the reason for their short hatius as well as the "Dash for the Dagger" and "Race To the Nexus". As we  the upcoming Otakon convention. They also discuss what they would have liked to have seen in a Power Ranger's animated series ( which isn't happening). Rangercast has been nominated for a Parsec Award for Best Fan Podcast. They also begin a drive for the donation to the American Cancer Society. The episode is dedicated to James Waldman (1953-2008).

7/23/08 Xrangeronline is a news site for Super Sentai and other Tokusatu. Its run by Boukenger. And has been in operation for a few years, with some retoolings over the years. It also has a picture gallery and forum.

XRangeronline.com once had a site that I ran. Originally I had a site called the Power Rangers Online Database on rangerdatabase.com, in hopes of promoting the Power Rangers Online Ezboard. The companion news and opinion site for it was XRangerOnline ( thats how I spelt it when I ran a site on the domain). It eventualy took a similar format to this news section.

Eventually I dropped XRangerOnline  and just focused on PROD. I  morphed PROD into the new version of the PRO website ( My work is inspired and meant to be a continuation of the old PRO but thats another story that is answered in the FAQ)  and ended up adding a news section. I then let Boukenger  use the xrangeronline.com domain, to make a brand new site of his own. He has really impressed me. I am happy I let someone use the domain, that is making good use for it. 

7/23/08  Power Rangers Gateway contains a group of websites  with information detailling  Ninja Story, Space Patrol Delta, Mystic Force, Operation Overdrive, and Jungle Fury. Power Rangers Gateway is a long running site that stands up pretty well with most sites its age. This includes ranger bios, news, pictures, weapons bios, villians bios,  and much more for each season.

In an era, where new websites are hard to come by and message boards oversaturated...Its nice to see a quality site that has come about during the past five years. Its not the only one, but a good one none the less.

7/23/08 Xrangeronline is a news site for Super Sentai and other Tokusatu. Its run by Boukenger. And has been in operation for a few years, with some retoolings over the years. It also has a picture gallery and forum.

XRangeronline.com once had a site that I ran. Originally I had a site called the Power Rangers Online Database on rangerdatabase.com, in hopes of promoting the Power Rangers Online Ezboard. The companion news and opinion site for it was XRangerOnline ( thats how I spelt it when I ran a site on the domain). It eventualy took a similar format to this news section.

Eventually I dropped XRangerOnline  and just focused on PROD. I  morphed PROD into the new version of the PRO website ( My work is inspired and meant to be a continuation of the old PRO but thats another story that is answered in the FAQ)  and ended up adding a news section. I then let Boukenger  use the xrangeronline.com domain, to make a brand new site of his own. He has really impressed me. I am happy I let someone use the domain, that is making good use for it. 

7/23/08  Power Rangers Gateway contains a group of websites  with information detailling  Ninja Story, Space Patrol Delta, Mystic Force, Operation Overdrive, and Jungle Fury. Power Rangers Gateway is a long running site that stands up pretty well with most sites its age. This includes ranger bios, news, pictures, weapons bios, villians bios,  and much more for each season.

In an era, where new websites are hard to come by and message boards oversaturated...Its nice to see a quality site that has come about during the past five years. Its not the only one, but a good one none the less.
 
 

7/22/08   It seems someone is trying to start a Beetleborg's Message Board. The layout needs a lot of work ( the colors make it hard to read) and its not very active yet. But it is a nice idea. There aren't many  active Beetleborg's sites or boards around. So I hope this new board works out.

Big Bad Beetleborgs was a spin off series of Power Rangers back in the mid ninties, from Saban Entertiantment. It adapted another Toku Series.  In Beetleborgs three ordinary kids used a wish to become their favorite comic book superheros. As a ramification the villan's were able to escape the comic book world. The show was later retooled into Beetleborg's Metallix.  Beetleborg's aired on Fox Kids and got some pretty good ratings during its run. 

7/22/08  I'd like to spotlight a notable site that is very useful. Rangerprops provides the fandom with a place to discuss props. Whether you are collecting them or looking to make you're own. They cover Power Rangers and Kamen Rider props. They have a gallery and forum among other things. The forum is a great place to discuss the props of PR and Kamen Rider. And is full of some fan propmakers. This site fuffills a niche in this fandom.

7/21/08 Lets spotlight some notable threads.  Parental Guidence suggested ( just in case). At Henshintalk you have, " Who Didn;t like the Zordon era"  and "How Should Disney Handle the Decline of Power Rangers" .  Starpoints Rangerscasts has, " Can Disney's Series live up to Saban's"  and "Power Rangers Anniversy". At Rangerboard you have, "What You Miss Most About  PR Pre-Lost Galaxy-Jungle Fury  and  "PRLG: Quasar Quest Review ". At PRE you have,  "Does Anyone Know Who Sky's Dad Was" and "Most Touching Momment in Power Rangers"

7/21/08 Time to go into more Fan Fiction plugs. As usually parent's should check these fics out first before letting their kids. This time I'm going to highlight fics from Power Rangers Empire.  You have to be registered there to see the fics. But registration is free.

 First up we have " Its Morphing Time: Part 1" , by Red One. Which is a retelling of MMPR. M14Mouse takes the comedic route for NS, in her " Hug the Guinea Pig" fan fic.  M14Mouse also writes, PRLG Stars. Which is a story about the friendship between Kendrix and Damon.  "Power Rangers : A Wild Time" for  SPD is written down by MarieScott. And seems to feature a team up between Time Force, SPD, and Wild Force. Magi-Mermaid writes "Power Rangers DinoThunder: The Jerrasic Age ". Which deals with the DT Ranger's children. "Power Rangers Jungle Fury: Unleash the Beasts" is written by Master RJ. It features the Jungle Fury Rangers and a few new characters. Darky5k ( who I believe is Darky from Rangerboard) writes, "Prophecies Of the Morphing Grid".  Which seems to dive into the ancient history of the Power Rangers Universe.

7/20/08 When I was catching  up on news last week, I forgot to include  an important update. Its old news now but...... Nutty88 posted some interesting news at Rangerboard, about the UK getting DVD boxsets for Ninja Storm-Operation Overdrive . Before non UK fans try buying these they must make sure their DVD players can play the foriegn format that the UK uses. In the US, we have Operation Overdrive released in various volumes of DVDs. But no complete collections of episodes for other seasons.

Here is the thread at Rangerboard about this

7/20/08  Time to spotlight some fan fiction being posted on various PR forums. . I'd suggest parents sample these before letting their children read. Just because I am not closely reading these. But I want to try and promote some fan fics on various boards. I'm actually looking for someone that follows stuff like this. So drop me an email if you're interested in sending me links to some good fics.  I'm not going to be able to list stuff from every board in this newsbyte. But I  will try to rotate and plug fics from the other boards next time. I want to try and make this an everyday newsbyte, or at least fequent ( Yes, I actually plan on posting newsbytes everyday).

Lets start with Rangerboard. There is Twilight Ranger's own sequel to Forever Red,"Forever Red  2". Shycode is writing  "Mighty Morphing Power Rangers: Return to Angel", whichs  features the return of Master Vile , Thrax, and Angel Grove. Darky writes yet another continuation of  Power Rangers in, "A Future In Recovery: AFIR 2- Revolution In The Land Of Confusion". Which features the return of Tommy Oliver as Green Ranger and Dex as Masked Rider, relating to SPD as well. Lastly, here is a pair of  JF  fan fics to qwell you're taste buds; GenerationX7's " Big Trouble in China"  and  "Aggression of the Scorpion" by Jerry. For more RB Fan Fiction go to their fan fic section.   

Now on to Henshin Talk. You have Pinkranger's  "Power Rangers Time Force: The Missing Year" , which  continues the adventures of the TF Rangers  ( once they return to the future). A Sequel to DinoThunder in "Power Rangers DinoThunder Season 2", by DTY.  Which acts a somewhat of a sequel to Ninja Storm with new Rangers. But with some old allies in the former DT Rangers. Here is Skelemon's , "Friend In Need" . Which is an SPD fic centering on Sam and Z. For more Henshin Talk Fics, go to their fan fic forum.

Now lets look at Starpoints Rangercast. A Forever Red inspired "Power  Rangers : Forever Pink", by Dracus ( There have been numeroud Forever Pink fics over the years by different authors).  Dracus writes another fan  fic that takes place during MMPR season 1, "Mighty Morphing Power Rangers: Maiden of Destruction".  Solarbaby614 writes " PRJF: Mommy Dearest". Which is a story about Casey's mother. For more Rangercast fiction go here.

7/20/08 Speaking of Chris Funaro, I wanted to point out an interesting thread on Funaroboard. Which I coincidently started ( the thread not the board, obviously  ). Its asking about why we don't have new fandom contributers to take the riens of the old guard.  It garnered some very interesting responses. And is a very worthwhiled read.  

Click here to view this thread

http://egvstudios.110mb.com/Rangerverse/index.html


http://media.libsyn.com/media/rangercast/rc94.mp3






New PR title

http://riderpower.net/showthread.php?t=1970 

Scroll down to see an aim conversation that PA had with his source about the name being in jeperody. Don't pay any head to the Dragon Knight stuff. This was before it was picked up by CW Kids

http://riderpower.net/showthread.php?t=1970&page=10


Dragon Knight is the latest american adaption of Kamen Rider. Another Toku show that is owned by Toei.  Kamen Rider Dragon Knight is being produced by Adness Entertianment. And more specifically adapts Kamen Rider Ryuki.


News of Kamen Rider Dragon Knights Pick up ( orginally posted on rangerboard.com)

http://riderpower.net/showthread.php?t=2043

Kieth's Time at the Wrap Party.

http://henshinjustice.com/


Credit: Kyl416

Scroll down to see his post







The 2009 Power Rangers season will adapt Go-onger into a Power Rangers series. Which may or may not end up with Power Rangers RPM as the title. Click on the link to see Power Animal's  post.

4/7/8 .MR-Aftershock has posted an exclusive look at some of the bikes that will be featured in Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. The bikes have Dragon Knight and Wing Knight on them.

Kamen Rider Dragon Knight is an American  adaption of Kamen Rider Ryuki. Which is scheduled to debut at some point in 2008.Click on the link to see Aftershock's  post

4/7/8 I don't know what the plan for the new Power Rangers Network is. But I was givening permission by Bastian to try and recruit new webmasters for PRN. I'm looking for someone to be the man. To recreate the PRN website like I did Power Rangers Online. Someone who loved the old PRN like  I did the old PRO.

Another idea would be to gather a bunch of fans together for a network of sites to be hosted on the PRN domain. For instance one site could be an MMPR site, another a Zeo site, ect.....  

I'm not sure how all this would fit in the current plans for PRN. But its worth a try. Email me here.


For the first time in awhile the message on Ranger Power  has been changed. Its unclear what exactly the plan is, and what incarnation PRN will come back as.

4/7/8  Some posters at Rangerboard are talking about bring Rangerforums back. Its unclear whether they have permission from the owner of the board.


The Lightspeed remake is set in Delta's EVG remake universe. Which I recently plugged here and probably have ( and will) many times. It details the story of Operation Lightspeeds battle against the  Demons.

Kendrix Morgan returns from the Lost Galaxy remake, to help Lightspeed develop Ranger powers of their own. And finds herself thrown back into the role of Pink Ranger, when new Lightspeed Pink goes missing.

Led by  Carter Greyson the new Lightspeed team is forced to battle agaisnt he demons. But are they ready to face the evil of Dobolico's forces?  You can find out in Episode 1 of this exciting series.Which is only part of the greater EVG Universe. The comprhenshive alternate Timeline to the Power Rangers Universe.



The Forum has always been known for a lot of changes. As Mesogog has always claimed that it was his experiment. So he played arond with a lot of things. At one point the site became Odd Empire, after a meger with the now defunct Odd Sentai site.




3/21/08 Tommy Lawson, posted his thoughts on why he thinks  production of Power Rangers won't move to Canada. And about why it would be a bad move by Disney. He orginally posted this at the Toonzone forums. But the The GKA times  transcriped his post. Check it out.




3/13/08  I would like to plug this new site by MTADoug. Its not exclusively  a Power Rangers site, but seems to have a lot of Power Rangers content.  The site is called Stumpf Productions.

3/13/08 This is sort of old news, but Henshin Empire is once again back. Henshin Empire being one of the many names of the forum once known as Power Ranger Empire. The forum closed down months prior. As the owner ( Mesogog) lost interest and decided to open up a non Power Rangers forum. But now he has decided to bring his forum back, using the Henshin Empire name once again. Its a completely fresh start with a new database. And he claims that the PRE name will never be used again. But visitors of the old board have already returned. Power Rangers Empire/Henshin Empire was among the bigger Power Rangers and Toku  forums until it shut down.

3/13/08 I feel silly for posting this now. But the Writers Strike ended several weeks ago. Which saw the members of the writers union in holywood go on strike for several weeks. This effected the Power Rangers production teams as well. But now the strike is over.

3/6/8 I  would like to apoligize to the vistors of this site. In the last few years I have done a medicore job maintianing this site. I don't know if it was  burn out, lazyness,  or lack of interest. It was probably a little bit of all of this. But my creative spark had been rekindled. And I am still very much a Power Rangers fan.

 So starting now I am going to get this site active again. To the level that it was in 2004 and 2005. Where I  basically had to build the site from scratch ( with a lot of help in terms of layout). I am starting out with much more this time and a healthy amount of traffic. So I know  can take it back to that level and beyond.

I want a site that is routinely updated and relevent.  I can't promise an update everyday but I am going to try to work on the site everyday. I have worked on the site for the past four  days. My return actually officially happened on Monday. When the new main page went up. I I have already adapted some things to Jungle Fury. Thanks to Mr-Aftershock for the new site banner and picture on the splash.

I know I have made these kind of promises before. But this time I really want to get things going again. I  have been working on my OO episode guide. I just need to give it a proofread before I post it. I want to get OO caught up and begin working on the JF section. A brief summery of JF is up already.

 I am back full time now. Not in a literal sense where I am going to be working on this 40 hours a week. But in the sense that will be updating at the rate I did in 04 and 05.So let  lets hope we can get this thing back together. Scroll down to read some of the new newsbytes I just added. 

2/6/8   I fully recommend everyone give the Rangercast podcast a try. This is not to be confused with the Rangercast Message Board.  Chris Funaro gives a lot of wonderful insights into the Power Rangers universe. Tyler is an excellent host. An there is a whole panel of other opinions. If  you haven't listened to the show since the beggning, I'd suggest givening it another try. 

2/6/08 Power Rangers Online woild like to wish a Happy Birthday to Chris Funaro. Otherwise known as Cmdr Crayfish. He is a  well known Power Rangers fan that is among one of the most intellegent posters at any PR board.

He used to run Funaroverse. Which was once a web portal for the Power Rangers fandom. And was pretty successful for the few years that it was active.Chris current runs the funaroboard. A small board that is meant a small place for PR fans to go and with little rules. He also is one of the members of the Rangercast podcast. And can be found posting at Rangerboard.

3/6/08   Joe Rovang has written thrity-eight screenplays for a fan series using Jetman ( the sentai series before  Zuyranger, which was used for MMPR Season 1). The scripts are written in hopes  of them one day getting produced into actual episodes for a fan series. He is going to start releasing the scripts weekly. So that fans can read the series. The last few episodes are are being written now.  Here is the thread he made on Rangerboard.

Joe Rovang is a well known Power Rangers fan that has been around for a long time. He is a well known fan fiction author but best known for his work on The Writers Guide To The Power Rangers Universe. Which is  a massive guide to Power Rnagers continuity, designed to help fan fic authors research the show's history. He also has othe projects listed at Rovang.org.

3/6/08   This is way late. But in case you missed it you may want to check out the official press release on Jungle Fury. It contains spoiler so be warned. Even though the show has already started,  it reveals who the fourth and fifth Rangers are going to be. Burgandy Ranger posted the release at Rangerboard. before JF debuted.  

3/6/08  Catching up on some old news, Poweranimals reported some time ago... If live action does continue it may also move production to Canada. Due to the fact that it would cost the same to producr them in Nrw Zealand. This was reported at PRO's own Rider Power a few months ago. Check it out.

Power Rangers was orginally produced in Valencia, California. and remained there for the first ten seasons of its production. After Disney bought the show they moved production to New Zealand, in hopes of saving money. They also fired most of the production staff. But production costs in New Zealand has been rising.  Which could lead to the show moving to Canada.

01/31/08 Power Animals has some potentially great news. It seems that one of his sources has reason to believe that there may very well be a live action.  Power Rangers series in 2009. Power Animals was of course one of the few people that broke the original rumor about Power Rangers possibly switching to animation in 2009. Which has been widely known for the past few months. This is the first news that really seems to give hope that live action may continue. So this latest news is encouraging for those of you that wish Power Rangers to continue as a live action series.  But its still  not confirmed that we will get another live action season yet. So don't think this means we are diffinitly out of the woods Power Animals reported the news at Rider Power, PRO's very own message board.
 
http://www.riderpower.net/showthread.php?p=30428#post30428

For more info on how you can help get the word out about Saving Live Action, visit the Save Power Rangers website. Which is affilated with PRO. Special thanks to Ross for his wonderful work on the site. As well as Rangerking for some of the design.

http://www.savepowerrangers.com

1/31/08 Power Rangers Online Message Board has merged with Talk Rider, Digimon Central forums, Sailor Moon Kingdom forums ( not the invisonfree), and Lahana Forums. If you had an account at any of the forums it should work at Rider Power. All the databases of the boards were merged. So most if not all of the posts should be there. This is not the end of the Power Rangers Online Message Board or any of the other forums invovled. Its just a new beginning. And an attempt to create a big Power Rangers and Kamen Rider Board ( with other toku like genres mixed in).
 
Power Animals and MR-Aftershock will be givening us exclusive updates on Power Rangers Jungle Fury and Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. Both men have are the ones to discover Dragon Knights preduction. Power Animals has also broke a lot of PR news as of late.
 
1/31/08 Once again, it has been awhile since my  last update. I  hope to update more continually once Power Rangers Jungle Fury begins. PRO's sister Kamen Rider site will update more once Dragon Knight starts. But there is some interesting PR news above. So nows a good time to update this news page.
11/19/07  Gage has brought back his webportal. Ranger Web Portal is a source for Power Rangers news. As well as for whats going on in the fandom.  He briefly opened the site in the summer but had to close it. Now it is back. Check it out for all the latest news.

11/19/07 Power Animals is reporting that Jungle Fury is currently scheduled to be the last live action season of Power Rangers. At which point the show would switch to animation. As has been previously rumored. PA is suggesting a massive fan writing campiagn to convince Disney otherwise. Please keep this letters proffesional. As any kind of hateful letters will hurt the cause. If you are sceptical, keep in mind that it will be too late once an official announcement is made. Its better to act now, it surely can't hurt. Emails are ok, but regular letters are much more effective. As it shows you care more. Here is PA's thread at Rangerboard. Here is the address you should use in the letters, also from PA:

The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521
11/19/07 The GKA Times  is reporting about  a story on Yahoo news, that shows  Jackie Mericand picketing for the Writers Guide Strike. Which shows that the strike affects Power Rangers as well. Tommy Lawson ( posting his thoughts at Toonzone Forums) thinks this  could be part of the reason why the switched to animation is being discussed for 2009.

Jackie Marchand is a long time Story Editor for the Power Rangers Television Show. And also serves as an Executive Producer. The GKA Times is a news site for various action adventure shows. Which mainly deals with Power Rangers and Toku.  Toozone is a long running forum for Cartoons and other kids properties. Here is the actual post  on the subject,  at the GKA Times. Go there for more information.

11/19/07 I  It appears Stan Lee at one point  wanted to adapt Super Sentai into an American TV series. Margaret Loesch tried to help him sell the concept to Kids TV Networks. But they were laughed out of every network. When Loesch became President of Fox Kids she orderd Power Rangers from Haim Saban ( who had the same idea  years later).

The  Blast From the Past website  did an interview with Loesh  that revealed this. The interview itself was about the X-Men animated series, but  Stan Lee and Power Rangers came up . Loesch was President of Fox Kids in the late ninties. And is responsible for bringing Power Rangers, X-men and many other shows to the Network. Blast from the Past is a website dedicated to old ninties shows on Fox Kids.   For more information on the subject go to the interview. 

11/19/07  A little while ago, Power Animals released information on the new Jungle Fury cast. revealing the actual cast in the proccess. Here is his thread at Rangerboard, for all the information.

11/19/07 Go here for a sneak peak at the new official Jungle Fury Website. As found by Power Animals.

11/19/07 Rangerboard is holding another fan gathering in New York City. They did a few a few  years back, that were said to be successful.  Go to this thread for more information. Power Rangers Online has no affilation with this gathering. Kids get your parent's permission before going. 

11/04/07  The Writers Guild has officially gone on strike , as of Monday Nov. 4. This effects all forms of scripted television and film. One can expect it could have a big effect on Power Rangers as well. Since the writers are members of the guild. Production on Overdrive is obviously already complete. But they must at least be in the pre-production phase for Jungle Fury. So you have to wonder if production will be halted at some point. No new scriptes can be produced by non producers. So one would expect it would, if this strike goes on long enough.

11/04/07 Back to more current news.  It seems that Power Ranger Empire has shut down yet again. And this time seems to be for good. Mesogog has cited unhappiness with the fandom and server costs as an issue.. He did thank all his friends and supporters. And will be making a non Power Rangers website in the future. But it appeares as though PRE is not coming back this time. Here is his message on  the domain.
11/04/07  And there you have it. That should catch us up. If I forgot anything important I may post it later. But I am sure most of you have been following as closely as I. The Power Rangers going to animation possibility is pretty big. But we don't know if its really going to happen or not.. So we will follow that story as it happens. Again I apoligize for wait this long to update.

11/04/07   A few months ago, rumors about Power Rangers becoming an animated cartoon in 2009 swirled. I apoligize for not posting about this important rumor  sooner. Power Rangers Online has not updated since that news broke. But it from the people I have talked to this looks like more then a rumor.

Samuell Benta referenced some rumor ( at Starpoints Rangercast) about Power Rangers possibly going animated in 2009.  Not much was said about it. But it seems to be something Disney is actually thinking about This wouldn't effect Jungle Fury but the season afterwards. Here is the thread on the subject. Make sure you scroll down to see the actual post. Here is a news article I have written, that goes more in depth.

11/04/07  According to MR-Aftershock ( one of the key people that broke the Kamen Rider Dragon Knight story) , four episodes of Kamen Rider Dragong Knight have been produced. Currently production is on hatius. We seem to be looking at a March debut now as a start date for the show. With merchandise coming out in May. A network announcement is forth comming ( although most evidence points to Cartoon Network,. its just not offcially announced by either party yet) I personally am looking forward to another American Toku show and hope it is a success. As the more Toku shows the better it is for the fans and the genre's success in America. And of course could conciveabley pave the way for more imports/adaptions.  It remains to be seen if we will ever see the amount of  Toku we got in Power Range'rs heyday. But Kamen Rider Dragon Knights sounds like a cool concept.  And should be fun to watch when it debuts in 2008.  
09/11/07 Aparently, the Morphicon Team is getting closer on a decison as to whether there will be a second Morphicon or not. The staff is going to get together and discuss what they need to do to make a second con happen. And more importantly, whetner they are going to do another one or not. Its said to be  looking good, but it is not a lock that there will be another one.

Morphicon was the first Power Rangers Convention ever. Which featured various Casts and Crew , as well as many fans. The Power Rangers Convention idea was for a long time considered almost impossible. But Maurreen  and her team made it happen. Morphicon was approved by Disney as a  official Power Rangers Convention. And they are arpently the only group Disney is interested in being invovled with. So any other convention group would probably have a very hard time getting any kind of official clearance ( not to mention doing a brand new conventions would be very hard anyway). Hopefully The Morphicon Staff will ultimately decide to do a second convention. As the first wone was said to be a lot of fun and a big success. They are looking at a possible 2009 or 2010 convention date. The actual location is up in the air, but it probably will be in LA again. Since its the easiest and cheapest way to attract more actors. Since most of them live and work up there.

11/04/07 Its been a few months since Power Rangers Online had been updated. Much less since any news has been  reported her. Of course news stops for no one. And we missed out on reporting some news the past few months. One that could very well end up being a huge story in several months. We will try to catch up as best we can. I apoligize for waiting so long to post the  next four newsbytes. And will try to stay on top of the news more often. I also really want to get the Overdrive section current again.

08/20/07  Star Points Rangercast  has already  the source of big news. Samuell Benta has confirmed that there will be no Operation Overdrive/ Jungle Fury team up next season. It seems that the money just isn't there. It doesn't surprise me at all. Since the move to New Zealand, team ups seem to no longer be a lock. As we got no team up for Wild Force/Ninja Storm or Space Patrol Delta/Mystic Force. In a sense its really not that big of a deal. The team up concept does get wattered down when they happen every year. When team ups don't happen every year, they become more special.
08/20/07  A new board has been created by Mesh ( the Owner of Starpoints), Samuell Benta ( protrays Will on Operation Overdrive) and Mysterious. It is a board designed  for cast member interacton with the fans. They already have Samuell Benta (Will), Gerald Urquhart (Flurious), David Weatherly (Spencer) ,  Ria Vandervis (Miratrix), Karen Ashley (Aishia), Rhoda Montemayor (Rose), Steve Cardenas (Rocky)  are current signed up or have agreed too. Its an interesting concept that seems to be off to a good start. The board is called Star Points Rangercast.

08/20/07  Kamen Rider Dragon Knight has been picked up by the Cartoon Network. So it looks like it is officially good to go. It won't debut untill early 2008 however. Cartoon Network is an interesting station, as it usually just airs cartoons. But Dragon Knight will be targeting kids so it makes sense. Plus Cartoon Network is a reasonably big network. This is a good day for American Toku fans.  

Actress Kathleen Gati has a site that confirms this. Aparently  she is going to be a guest star on the show at some point. Scroll down towards the bottom of the site and you will see Kamen Rider listed ( it says its on Cartoon Network). It refers to it as Kamen Rider  Black Knight.  Its not confirmed or not, as to if the show has had a name change or if that was just some mistake . Click here to go to the  Gati's site.

For more on Kamen Rider Dragon Knight check out Kamen Rider Online. Which is  Power Rangers Online's sister site, dedicated to  Kamen Rider (specifically Dragon Knight and any other future American incarnation)..

07/26/07 I've prepared an editorial about the Tyzonne character and how he seems to have lost a lot of his initial luster. I'd like to do more of these type of opinion pieces in the future. As I think it ads to the site. If anyone is interesting in writing there own editorial, send them into me and I will see about putting them on the site.  For now here is, "The Problem With Ty".

07/26/07   Bandai America ( the American branch of the toy company that destributes Power Rangers and Super Sentai toys)  has released a press release  regarding the 15th anniversy of the show and various activties associated with it. Which includes a tour and details on how fans can vote Power Ranegrs toys into the Toy Hall of Fame. As well as information for actor apearances at Comic-con. Go to Bandai's site to read the press release in full.

07/25/07   It seems Kamen Rider Dragon Knight is going through some type of recasting. Most notably, the role of Kit Taylor seems to have been recast. all the important information. Kit Taylor was orginall slated to be played by Matt Smith.  Who preformed the role in the piolet presentation. Now it seemsthat Stephon Lunsford is playing the role. According to IMBD.

The first five episodes of Dragon Knight are being rewritten to suit a younger audience.  Credit this story to Power Animals and MR-Aftershock. As revealed in a thread at Rangerboard. Here  is the thread, which explains more. Read the full first page to get the whole story.

This may cause some fans to groan. But it is far to early to tell just how the show is going to be. As we don't even know how the first five episode would have been anyway. It makes sense for them to target a younger audience, since they have to suit their target demo. It doesn't neccessarly mean that the show will end up been better or worse because of it. Power Rangers suites a young demo, yet most of the older fans have no problem still watching it.

No word on where Dragon Knight will actually air is avialable. Just that it is slated for an early 2008 release. For more information on Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, go to our Kamen Rider Website. Kamen Rider Online is still in its begining stages.
06/25/07 This past weekend Morphicon, the very first Power Rangers Convention took place. From the sound of things it looks to have been a big success.  Congrats should go out to Maureen and all the orginizers. Various cast and crew members from the past attended. As well as the current Overdrive Ranger cast. Such vets as Austin St. John, Steve  Cardenas,  Walter Johnson, Jason Narvy, Emma Lahana and many more showed up. Not to mention Jackie Marchand, Koichi Sakamoto, and Tony Oliver among the crew side. Visit this thread at Rangerboard for some fun stuff regarding the convention.
06/25/07  It seems Operation Overdrive is going to be the first season of Power Rangers to completely be released on DVD. The catch is that its not going to be in one single boxset. Its going to be in a series of Volumns. But its better then nothing. Hopefully this will lead to better things down the line.   Click here for the article confirming this.

06/25/07  It appears that the Jason David Frank bowed out of his scheduled MMA fight. Due to the Promoter changing the rules to boxing only. Since the opponent only knew boxing. JDF did not like the last minute change and bowed out of the main event. Interestingly enough, the promoter was using JDF's past on Power Rangers as a draw for the show. And it seems people actually showed up to see JDF fight. Its a shame the fight didn't happen. Check out the article on the subject here..

06/25/07 Rangerboard member Lunar Wolf Ranger ( along with Zeored)  meant Cerina Vincient at Texas Frightmare Weekend. He got some photes of her and himself. Which he posted in a thread at Rangerboard.  

06/25/07  I want to put a plug in for Power Rangers Planet. Its site thats been around for a year or so and has become pretty popular.  It seems to mainly be a site for downloads and such. It is worth checking out.  Linear Ranger's new Jungle Fury website is up.  Mystic Diamond of Starpoints has put up his Jungle Fury site.   I'd also  like to place a plug for a Power Rangers message board called Ranger Discovery. Ranger  Discovery seems failry active and worth trying out. Another board called Tokusatsu-fusion, is worth a try. Its run by Kwaga Thunder, the current head admin of Ranger Power. Which is another forum worth checking out.

06/25/07  Blue Power Shrine has gotten a makeover. I have gening it the PRO layout. As it seemed to make sense, since it was much better then the basic layout it had before.I'm probably going to do that with my other affilates as well. I have already done that with Kamen Rider Online.

06/25/07 With Kamen Rider Dragon Knight coming in 2008, I have decided to open up a Kamen Rider website. Mainly focusing on Dragon Knight and any future US Incarnations. There will be some content on the Japenese versions and Masked Rider. Obviously there isn't much at the site now. But there will be time. Particlually after Dragon Knight debuts. You can also check out the website's forum.  Which actually has been around for several months. It is hosted by me and ran by MR-Aftershock. I also admin the board. So it seems natrual for Kamen Rider Online and Ridertalk to work together ( the names of the website and board respectively).

06/22/07 Gage has already closed Ranger Web Portal. He is busy in his personal life. Its a shame, because I thought his site had a lot of potential. But it only lasted for a few weeks.

I am sure he had good reason to take it down though. As running a Power Rangers site is just a hobby. A news/web portal is time consuming to run. And not everyone has the time for  that kind of work load.

Obviously, our real lives are  more important then running a Power Rangers site. But there will always be someone new with a new site. So if this is truely the end for Gage's work in the fandom, its not the end of the world. I have removed all links to his blog, as the links all seem to be broken now.  If anyone is interested in starting their own web portal. Give me an email and I can give you someone advice on getting started.

Mixed Martial Arts ( MMA) is a rising sport that combines Martial arts and Amature Wrestling. UFC is the top MMA promotion in the US and is in a big boom period. Which has made MMA very hot.

JDF isn't really fighting for a big promotions or anything. Sounds like something he is doing for fun or on the side. But it is an interesting story none the less.

Credit the Story to Figure Four Newsletter ( I believe you have to have premium access to see the newsbyte) and .siude.com  (the article seems to be gone). Here is a thread at Rangerboard about it, which has the Suide Story.

06/19/07  It seems that there was PR content at this year's lisencing show after all. Ray Calderon, Con, and Lisa J attended the convention. Ray has a bunch of scans, which include the logo for Power Rangers Jungle Force. Which seems to be a lock for the title of PR 2008 now. Of course the title was revealed several months ago. Ray also has scans from other properties at the show. Including Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. I should note that I was wrong several newsbytes back. I said that the licencing show is about kid properties. It is actually for a variety of movie, tv , and video game propertise. So its far from just a kids show convention. Its a convention for just about everything. Its actually not for the general public though. Its for the companies invovled to sell their franchises to advirtisers.  As you will see by viewing the picture gallery. Ray Calderon is somehow able to get in every year.  View the thread about the new Logo on Rangerboard. View Ray's pictures.

06/17/07  Ranger Web Portal has been restarted at a new address.  The old link no longer works. The site will still serve the same purpose at its new address. I recommend checking it out. Its a great way to catch up on Power Rangers News. The webmaster ( Gage) is off to a good start. Click here to go to the site.

06/14/07  Some fans not able to attend Morphicon this year have decided to try their hand at a new Power Rangers Convention. Tentatively planned for 2010. The Group is called Ranger Alliance. And plants on running an East Coast Power Rangers Convention. They are looking into Detriot, Chicago, and New York City.  Of course Detriot and Chicago are technically part of the Midwest. The project is in the early planning stages. So it is far from a lock. But its nice to see people trying.  As we would all probably like to see a second convention after Morphicon.  Here is the thread discussing this at Rangerboard.

0/6/14/07  Aparently the big team up episode could be airing. on ABC kids on August 11 and August 18.  I assume it will air earlier on Toon Disney. The title is "Once A Ranger".  It is slated to be a two parter.  Credit Power Rangers On-Air Central

06/14/07 Aparently there will most likely be no information for PR at the upcoming liscening Show in New York. Which will make the second year that no PR info is present. After a several year tradition of it being the place where the new PR Incarnation is revealed.

The Licensing Show is a yearly gathering of TV Execs. Where new televison products are presented to sell to advirtisers.  Mainly Children's  propertises are  presented there.

In the past Power Rangers always promoted its upcoming season. For several years Ray Calderon  ( Owner of Rangerboard  and founder of Power Rangers Central) found a way into the show. Making him the one to reveal the new Power Rangers   season's theme. Chronoranger  even went to a few early shows and shared the credit on the scope one year.

In recent years the new incarnation of Power Rangers has been announced in press releases, before the show. Just this past year there was no Power Rangers  presentation. So it looks like its the end of that era. As we already know the new incarnation's  name is  Jungle Force. Although its an early title that could change. Credit the Story to Linear Ranger

06/14/07  I have finally aquired the powerrangersonline.com domain. PRO.com was the orginal domain for PRO under Chronoranger. When the orginal PRO shutdown the domain was purchased by a third party , for advirtisement purposes. At which point it had multiple owners over the past several years. I have been trying to buy the domain for a few years now.  The domain recently expired and I was able to aquire it after the fact. Tts very satisfying to finally have the .com.

 I am glad to have the domain back in the PRO family and back in the Power Rangers fandom. For now it parks on our current domain, powerrangersonline.org. Which means powerrangersonline.com will bring you to Power Rangers Online. I don't want to change domains at this point. But its nice having powerrangersonline.com parked on PRO. Its a great time  for Power Rangers Online. 

06/14/07  PRO-Board and Rangergallery are back up. As some of you probably already know. The host fixed the problem a day or so ago. They just reset the database. So no information was lost.  Expect a major announcement invovling PRO-board soon. As we are merging with another forum. Our memberships and posts will be moved over to the said forum ( which will be revealed when the merger is complete). The other forum is more active and will be a good partner for PRO.

06/14/07  There is a new Web Portal  I would like to advirtise.  The Webmaster is collecting all the news from across the fandom and posting it in   his blog. He wants to create a resource for webmasters and fans in general. Its actually   a great idea. As the fandom can use a good web portal. He is also doing a newsletter.  I wish him the best of luck. I encourage every one of you to visit  Ranger Web Portal.  

06/10/07  For some reason the databases accross my webhost account have disapeared. Which has resulted in Ranger Gallery and PROboard being down. I have database backups on my cpu. RG's back up was from several months ago. But its better then starting from scratch. However, before I mess with anything I am going to get in touch with my host. To see if anything can be restored. So please be  patient. I just wanted to give any curious people the heads up.

 ( Tori), Emma Lahana ( Kira), Richard Brancatisano ( Xander), and Matt Austin (Bridge) are coming back  for the big team up. With Bridge as the SPD Red Ranger. Which was pretty much already known anyway.  Here is the link to his thread with the picture.

Click here for the thread


05/21/07 Rangerking has created a splash to link to both of his sites on his Ranger Mania domain. A third cast site is expected to be created eventually. His two existing sites are Legacy of Power and Rangernews ( formly Rangermania)/ Legacy is a Power Rangers information site, much like PRO. Rangernews is a news sites with links to old interviews with cast and crews. Rangerking has put together a nice network for himself thus far.

http://www.rangermania.com

05/21/07  I have brought back he old Splash Page ( from when this layout first debuted), as most of you probably know by now. It just seemed to work better then just using this page as the splash. I think its a real nice splash. So thats why I brought it back. Previous plans to do audio podcasts and editorials have been dropped for now. But it doesn't mean that they won't happen in the future. I would say Editorals will eventually happen at least. Its jsut a matter of time and motivation. Power Rangers Online will continue to be a comprehensive resource to Power Ranger's  Mythology. As it has always been under my tenure.

http://rangerboard.com/showthread.php?t=104402

05/21/07 Over the past few weeks the archives to the orginal PRO have been avaliable on Way Back Machine. A website that archives websites. PRO's archives had been blocked by the current domain owners. But  now they are accesible for the time being. Its fun looking back at Chronoranger's PRO. Especially for me, since it insipried me to create this version of the site.

Power Rangers Online was created by Chronoranger in 1999 and grew to become a popular website and web portal. It launched its own succesfull forum on Coolboards and later Ezboard. In 2001 the site closed down and the Message Board became Domant.

In 2004. I decided to repopulate the Message Board and create my own site. Which eventually became the new Power Rangers Online. I have moved the remaining Ezboard posts to my current Vbullten version of the board.

http://web.archive.org/web/20010515194504/www.powerrangersonline.com/


05/21/07  According to the  Henshin Justice forum , the tenative title for PR 2008 is Jungle Fury . Not much is known about the season otherwise. Disney just registered the domain, no official press releases have been announced. It just seems likely as the tenative title.  The title could end up changing even so. The orginal title for Operation  Overdrive was Drive Force.

http://www.rangerboard.com/showthread.php?t=104174

05/21/07  According to Brown Ranger at Rangerboard , Emma Lahana is appearing in the piolet for a remake of the Bionic Woman. It was not said what role she has in it. But I assume its some sort of guest spot.

05/21/07  Once again the site has been in a bit of a lull. But things should be picking up as I catch up on  the OO section and other aspects of the site.  I may go on these king of breaks frequently. But rest assured Power Rangers Online should be around for a long time.

4/01/07  It seems Funaroverse no longer has Scorpion Rain up for download. I guess they were serious when they said limited time. I hope most of you were lucky to download it while you had the chance.

4/01/07  So aparently Power Animals  pulled an April Fools joke on the fandom. The whole thing about "At All Cost" building to the anniversary team up was just a joke. As anyone who saw the episode can see. We did get a cool little reference to Mystic Force though.

4/01/07 Chris Funaro and Derk Smith have put up a video featuring  the fifth part of Scorpion Rain. It is aparently the only copy they have left. They claim it will only be for a limited time so I would download it now while you have the chance. Its a pretty small file and easy to download. Even with dial up.

Scorpion Rain is a legendary fan film created by Amit Bhaumik, Joe Rovang, Derik Smith, and Satu. Chris Funaro got involved later in the project. Amit went on to become Story Editor for Power Rangers Wild Force. Personally writing "Reienforcements from the Future" and "Forever Red".  

Scorpion Rain took place between Zeo and the Turbo movie. It was meant to show why Zedd and Ritas didn't stick around after Zeo. Since the Turbo Movie seemed to leave several loose ends from Zeo. It was all supposed to be an april fools joke ten years ago. But they were exposed and decided to not show the video to anyone. Forever Red was written using Scorpion Rain as its backstory.  A lot of people have been wanting  to see this for a long time. I would take advantage of this opertunity. The video can be accessed at the Funaroverse.

Go to the  Funaroverse

Scroll Down for Some Info on Scorpion Rain from Funaro himself

04/01/07 Tonight an new episode of Operation Overdrive debuts on Toon Disney, at 8 pm Eastern. The episode title is "At all Cost". According to Power Animals at Rangerboard, it features some build up th the 15th anniversy  team up. At least in a minor way.  Follow this link to read PA's spoilers. You will have to scroll down, the screename to look for is Power Animals Returns.

http://rangerboard.com/showthread.php?t=102522&page=2&highlight=costs

03/29/07  A Japanese magazine scan has revealed some rather interesting spoilers for the upcoming 15th Aniversy Special of Power Rangers. Which will be an episode of Power Rangers OO, airing later in the season.  According to the translation, Lord Zedd and Rita's son is going to be featured. With him ploting revenge against the Rangers. The article makes reference to a collection of hereos. Which probably has to do with the returning Rangers. Its long been known that  Johnny Yong Bosh was returning for the special. A long with what was rumored to be Emma Lahana, Sally Martin, and Richard Brancatisano.  The scan didn't give any names though or go into much detail at all.  The concept is diffinitly an interesting one. As it would be an excellent nod to the past for long time fans. And fitting for a one or two part anniversy special.  

Of course this also has the real chance of not making sense. Since Zedd and Rita turned good after "Countdown to Destruction".  And with Rita becoming Mystic Mother , as we learned last season. Which already seemed to make little sense givening what happened in C2D.  Much to do with  Rita suddently looking older then she did in C2D. And just the fact that it was confusing as to how she could be the source of good magic in so short a time. It just didn't seem to completely jive.Of course there son could have went evil on his own or be somehow stolen from them and raised to be evil. But its going to leave confusion for many. And I get the feeling their might not be a long drawn out answer.

 Another problem, is that the child would still be nine years old in Earth Years. But who knows how long it takes for Zedd and Rita's specious to reach maturity. Frankly, they should have just  used Dark's Spector's son. It would have made much more sense and still been a nice nod. Spector was actually killed, so his son would have more reason for revenge.  

For better or worse it should be very interesting to see how the special unfolds. Especially if the list of returning Rangers is accurate. It will be nice having JYB  in for an apearance. Not something many would have ever expected to see again. It should be a fun team up episode. I just hope the son aspect makes sense. Even if the clues to the mystery are only vaguely solved.

Credit this story to DiscoInferno of Rangerboard. Who posted the scans there and his brief translation. These are the same scans that confirmed this years new battlizer design ( scans like this pop up every year, and have since NS).  Other sites reported the battlizer news but PRO never did.  Disco Inferno also broke that story on RB.  And did so a month or so back.

Here is the post with the magazine scan

Here is the post about the battlizer

03/27/07  I'd like to plug a fan site here, which is unaffilated with Power Rangers Online and is run by another webmaster. Of whom I don't know personally.  The site is called Power Rangers Unlimited. It has content for every season just about. With some season story  info, a lot of character stuff, downloads, and more. It also has a sister site that deals with Fan Fiction. Run by the webmaster's sister.

Go to Power Rangers Unlimted
03/27/07  The planned Morphicon fan convention looks to be a go. It is about to become the first ever Power Rangers Convention. Which is quite a feat for this fandom. As at one piont it was considered an impossibility. The crew invovled her really has worked their tales off. Maureen Dawson  ( better known as Ivydraken) has organized the whole thing. She is a long time member of the fandom and soon to be a Law School Graduate. The convention itself is happening in LA ,June 22-24. Its was first announced two years ago. Now Ivy has confirmed that it is diffinitly happening. But this is going to be the last convention she plans on running. So if there is ever another someone else will have to step up. And who knows if that is ever going to happen. I am going to link you to her recent thread at RB and the Morphicon Website.  Go to the below links for more information and contact info.

Rangerboard Thread

Morphicon Official Site

03/27/07 Rumors have surfaced at Rangerboard of a possible US adaption of Granzazer. Which is another Japenese Toku. Of the same genre as Super Sentai Its far from confirmed however. I suggest all of you read the thread I am about to link to. As it has evidence for both sides. The American Name is aparently Zodiac Guardians.

With Kamen Rider Dragon Knight being shopped around, its nice to see another potential American Toku series.  It would usher in a big rival of American Toku . As PR has been the only kid on the block for several years. Since Big Bad Beetleborgs ended. Sonlightson broke the news.

http://rangerboard.com/showthread.php?t=102384

03/27/07   I have found the old PRO site on Way Back Machine. The one that was owned by Mike Wayne and used the domain powerrangersonline.com.  Way Back Machine usually blocked it to carry out the domain owners wishes. Its owned by a  cybersquatter currently.  But for some reason the site wasn't blocked for a short time. Which allowed me to save the main page and some of the sections.  Below is what the Main Page looked like in those days. 

Most of the links don't work. As they link to other parts of the Way Back Archive that is blocked. The link to the Ezboard takes you to an archive of what the Ezboard looked like back then. I don't know if I will do anything with the old site. I have been playing around with the idea of using the layout. But I  haven't talked to Mike Wayne in a long time. So I am not sure if I should do it.

http://powerrangersonline.org/oldpage.html

03/27/07 Once again I have been lacking with news updates. I plan on getting a few done now. I am not going to try to catch up for news that I missed. Odds your  got it from somwhere else anyway. I am just going to move forward.

I have however been keeping up with Overdrive the past several weeks. For those that don't know the Mystic Force section has been updated. With it now being laregly caught up. There is still more work to be done in areas. The MF Episode Guide is complete. The Overdrive section is up and running. I need to do the Zord and weapon profiles. I have been summerizing OO episodes as the series goes. I will update the OO episode guide very soon, if not the same day I post this.

I have found a banner program. And have been able to make more passable banner buttons for Overdrive. They don't match up with the old stuff perfectly. But they are sufficiant .  A lot of parts of the site still have a Mystic Force buttons instead of an OO one. Its going to take time for be to fix that. But the OO Section is up in datafiles if you can't find it.
3/05/07  Tonight Power Rangers Operation Overdrive debuts its third episode ( last weeks premiere was actually two episodes).  The new episode is titled "The Underwater World. I enjoyed last weeks premiere. I really like the new cast so far.  It will be interesting to see the direction the season goes in. The episode airs tonight on Toon Disney, at 8 PM Eastern.

2/27/07 The popular Funaroverse website is now being updated again. Chris Funaro (Commander Crayfish)  started the site with Derik Smith (Derik). With Jesse Herndon ( Sirstack),  Lynn ( Symbolic Agony), and others on staff. The site's goal was to not only provide PR news, but to try to better connect the fandom. By letting  everyone know what other webmasters or fanfic writers were up to.  There was also a few good opinion pieces and interviews. Most notably one with former Power Rangers Story Editor, Judd Lynn.
It started modestly as a geocities page with no advertising from anyone invovled with the site. And gradually grew to become one of the more popular Ranger sites on the web. It served as a valauble resource for the fandom. Aroung the time of Wild Force's end Funaroverse ceased to be active. But the site remained up as an archive. There were a few breif periods of updates periodically ( one short perioud during DinoThunder). But it was not active for all intents and purposes. 

Chris and Derik went on to create Funaroboard to act as a niche board where people could say what was on their mind without recourse from a mod staff. Now Funaroverse is back with a new look. Updates are now frequent again. And it apears the site is back for the long haul. The fandom could use a good web portal again. I am glad to see the site back. I encourage everyone of you to visit the site. Most of the old staff is back. It looks like Lynn is not part of the site anymore, however Impy is now part of the staff.

Chris Funaro, Derik Smith, and Jesse Herndon are long time PR fans that have been a major part of the Power Rangers Fandom since its beginning. Derik and Jesse were invovled with the enfamous Scorpion Rain Fan Film. Jesse is currently the editor of TV.com's Power Rangers Section. He is the owner of Power Rangers Spoiler Warnings, which still exists as an archive. He had a short stint as Editor of the Writers Guide before Joe Rovang returned to the postiton. Funaro has long been a great poster at Power Rangers Newsgroups and Message Boards. I seriously have never meant a more intellegent Power Rangers fan. Visit Funaroverse by clicking on the link below.

Funaroverse
2/26/07  The Power Rangers "Kick Into Overdrive" tonight, as Power Rangers Operation Overdrive debuts on Toon Disney.  Updates at PRO should become more frequent as Overdrive continues. The Overdrive section is finally up. There isn't much there but it will grow week by week.

I apologize for the hokey graphics for Overdrive. This is only temporary. Both my graphic designers from last season are no longer working on the site. So I am behind in getting new banners for Overdrive. So for now the tacky banners and buttons will be used for Overdrive. I hope to get this fixed soon.

The Mystic Force section still needs updates. I was able to update the episode guide for the season. Only the final two episodes are left to summerize. Expect more updates to that section as time allows. I know have failed to report a lot fo the news that has been reported on other sites, the past few months.

With my focus on making this site an up to date archive  the news aspect may suffer greatly. I would suggest visiting my friend's site for up to date Ranger news, when I can not provide it.. Visit Rangerking's Rangermania, which is linked to below.

Thus doesn't mean that I am not going to post news here. I am just not promising to allways be up to datwe with it. As my focus will be  writing about  what has happened on the show. I would like to incorporate more editorial pieces to the site this season.

Rangermania.
12/15/06  Ross "Jzt451" has gone back to making  PR Websites. You may know him from some of his older works, in addition to assisting me on PRO and Ranger Gallery.  He has opened a new website called Ranger Album.

Ross opened a Dinothunder Website in 2004.  Ross attempted to expand and run and SPD site on a new subdomain. Eventually he decided to open a PR site for every season called the Morphing Grid. Eventually he scrapped that entirely and created the Morphing Grid Gallery. Ross stepped down from hsi duties and closed his site. I actually owned his domain at the time. I have sensed sold it to someone else.

Now Ross is back with a new domain and another website. This one seems to be a full PR website that Morphing Grid was intended to be. The site is under heavy construction. But I have no doubt it will match his prior quality in time.
Go to Ranger Album

12/15/06  Power Ranger Empire has reopened. Mesogog ( now Shadow Master) has found a back up for it. He has decided to bring the site back after all. The site is supposed to open this weekend, if not already.  All the posts and threads from before are still going to be there. Congratulations to the members there. I know the plays was well liked by its membership and will still. be. Club Showdown will be opened as a separate Project.

Go to Power Rangers Empire.

11/29/06   It seems that Power Rangers Empire and Ranger Forums have closed down. Although that may depend on your point of view.

Power Rangers Empire was started by Mesogog in  2003.. His goal was to create a kid back forum for Power Rangers fans to gather. PRE provided downloads, picture galleries, and other services not provided by other boards at the time. It  grew into the second biggest board in the fandom. It was very well loved among its members. But there were plenty of others who didnt like the site at all. But no one can deny it was a legimate board in the fandom. There was some kind of server crash or hack that caused Mesogog to lose  PRE. Mesogog has decided to open a non PR board. I suspect many of his members will visit there, and it will pretty much be the same thing. So I wouldn't count PRE out just yet. Go to PRE for more information.

http:///www.powerrangerempire.com

Rangerforums was created months after PRE by Liam. It was a smaller PR board that had a loyal membership base. It became most notable for having every episode of PR avialable for download. When Liam could no longer run the site he sold it to SnoopsWarner. Rangerforums just had some kind of  database error, which caused most of it to be unrecoverable. Some of the Media threads were recovered. Snoops is trying to recover the rest, but it doesn't look likely. He has directed the members there to go to the Ranger-Retrocenter Forums that he just restarted. He moved some of the media threads there. So this looks like another case where the spirit of the board will survive under a new name. Retro Forums  was actually a board he had separately before, but he is restarting it.   Here is the url for the new board.

 http://www.ranger-retrocenter.com/forum/

11/20/06 There is also a rumor going around (according to Shadowzord) that Johnny Yong Bosch.  is coming back for a special team up. Also set to return at this point are Emma Lahana,  Sally Martin, and possibly Richard Brancatisano. Brandon Jay McLaren was supposed to be a part of the team up but had to drop out, due to another commitment. So if this goes down he should be replaced. This rumor was actually reported more than a month ago. But I felt it was worth noting now, for those of you unaware.. I actually reported the JYB rumor when the story broke eslewhere. But I never reported the rumor about the others returning. Again it is not official yet. But this looks like it will happen, in some shape or form. Based on what Shadowzord has said. But let me be clear, its just supposed to be a team up type thing ( probably a one or two parter). It is not them returning to be the Overdrive Rangers. 
11/20/06   A very interesting rumor has just surfaced at Rangerboard. Aparently someone who visited  Youmacon ( a big scifi and fantasy convention)  learned that Tony Oliver is returning to Power Rangers for Operation Overdrive. Now this is by no means confirmed, so take this with a grain of salt.

Oliver more famous for his voice acting in Robotech, is very underated in fandom history. He was PR's Supervising Produce for the first few years of MMPR. Which is the equilvant to what we call Story Edtior now. Basically the head writer.  Oliver was  heavily invovled with the creation of the show and a lot of its concepts. He also had bit voice acting parts. He played the voice of Saba, The Wizard of Deception, the Megazord voice you heard when the orginal megazord formed, ect... He continued to write episodes here and there until Turbo.  And even came back for some voice acting roles and produced/wrote some specials. He was a co producer on the show  (after his run as Supervising Producer ended  during Season 2) until Zeo. He also was a supervising producer for VR Troopers and Masked Rider.

Its hard to tell what his return would bring to the show. Since times have obviously changed, MMPR ( although Oliver had other ties with PR for years after, as noted above) was the beginning of PR and a very different era. We don't know what new ideas Oliver would bring in or what his  philosphy would be. If I had to guess, I would say that things wouldn't change very drastically . But I think Oliver could be a very creative addition to the production team. Of course the rumor doesn't reveal what his role would be. But I would assume some sort of wrting or producing role. But thats just my speculation. Again this could all wind up being tottally false. Here is the thread that sparked this discussion.

http://rangerboard.com/showthread.php?t=97193&page=3

This thread has more about Oliver's background. Its a thread from Funaroboard.

http://www.funaroverse.db-destiny.net/fbBB/viewtopic.php?t=1387

11/20/06 Its been a little while since I posted an update. But the site is far from dead. I just uploaded some new Mystic Force content. With more to come in the future. The forum has been moved to Vbulletin software.  All posts and memberships from the invisionfree were moved over. Posts from the old Ezboard also were moved. Posts and Memberships from Lahana Forums were also merged into the new software. 

10/29/06  I want to point out a upstart website that could end up being a good resource. Arrow has been running Ranger Wiki for  several months. It is an intereactive resource. It is the software taken from Wikipedia.  If you sign up you can add informationa and edit it. Or you can just visit and read whats there. In time it could really become a valuable guide to the show. 

10/29/06 Micheal Bastian has brought back Power Rangers Network. He has purchased it from PRN Ranger. He obtianed some of the  files from the old message board. He has sinced merged those memberships and posts with Rangertalk. So if you are a member of the old PRN you might want to check RT out. Your old log in should work. This is not to be confused with Ranger Power Forums. Which is actually where the old PRN forums moved too. Micheal just has the files up from before the move. RP is now a compeletely separate entity. The PRN splash has also been obtained. Not much is present right now. But plans seem to indicate that something shall be done with it overtime. I wish Micheal luck with it. I hope PRN can have a purpose as a website. If you have any serious ideas  on how to make the site better,  give me an email. I am not associated with the site. But I can pass the ideas a long to Micheal.  


10/29/06  I want to correct a mistake I made earlier. Steve Wang was not a writer on Lost Galaxy. He directed " The Rescue Misson" episode of Lost Galaxy. And did some work on the Turbo movie. He has worked on other projects as well. Like directing Guyver 2: Dark Hero ( similar to Kamen Rider in a lot of ways).  He recently directed a movie entitled "Drive". Which may or may not be out yet. Special thanks to MR-Aftershock and Power Animals/Shadowzord for  pointing this out to me.


10/22/06 The following is a message from Steve Wang. That was orginally sent by MR-Aftershock:

"I am very aware that there are numerous forums that have posted early drafts of the script pages. I am not entirely happy about that and it's my fault for not taking precautions in the beginning. For some reason, it did not occur to me that there was a big cult following here in the US. (then again, I was not getting any sleep for weeks trying to prepare the show...)

Anyway, I am sure you are aware of this as well as I. There are a lot of haters on these forums and any negative press from them could greatly jeopardize the chance of this show getting picked up here in the US.

I don't know what they are expecting from the show. But you can tell them that it's definitely a kid's show (ages 7-12) and not to expect super dark stories and bloody violence. I have been a fan of Kamen rider since the 70's (that's why I was chose by the powers that be to re-imagine the US adaptation.)

You can count on the fact that the vibe of the show is definitely going to be different than MMPR. And you can expect that as a fan of the original series, I will treat the show with total respect. This is not going to be a carbon copy of Ryuki, it's loosely based on some of the concepts and storyline. Different does not mean disrespect. I was asked by Toei people if I know what IS Kamenrider? Guess they approve of my answer.

People who want to see this show succeed should support the effort and not blast it to hell. making this show appeal to an American audience and fans of the original is a hugely difficult task!

We are doing our best with our limited resources. "

That sounds reasonable to me. I think  it sounds like the people behind this proposed series know what there doing.  It sounds like it is going to be done in a similar  way to Power Rangers. But won't be a goofy as Masked Rider.  I really hope the piolet gets picked up. It really feels like this is going to be a good show.


10/04/06  More info has come in about the new Kamen Rider adaption, which seems to be titled Kamen Rider Dragon Knight ( set to adapt Kamen Rider Ryuki), at least for now.  The producer/director seems to be Mike Wang.  Steve Wang is another producer of the show and is Mike Wang's bother. Steve Wang previously worked on Power Rangers Lost Galaxy as a writer. Chris Phillips seems to be a writer on the project and is writing the piolet. The script that was uncovered was actually from part of the first draft. There is a final draft out there somewhere. The project is actually set to shoot very soon ( probably  Oct. 14-18).  In case your wondering the script pages  were found from a casting site that MR-Aftershock had access to.  This project does not seem to have any invovlement with Disney.  No word on what network this is being sold too. 

Credit this news to MR-Aftershock. Who uncovered all this from an unnamed online source. I can't reveal it but I checked it out myself to verify what he told me. But keep in mind folks, this is just a piolet. Nothing has been green lit beyond this.

10/04/06 In what could be pretty big news, it seems a new piolet is being shot invovling some sort of US adaption of Kamen Rider. Kamen Rider much like Super Sentai,  has yearly series featuring the adventures of various Kamen Riders. Each series is basically its own self contained story. But past Riders do usually appear in a team up. Kamen Rider actually took a fairly long hatius in Japan. But made a come back in recent years.

Of course the first (and only)  Kamen Rider adapation in the US was Saban's own Masked Rider. Orginally designed as Spin Off of Power Rangers to captialize on its popularity. Masked Rider stared TJ Roberts and only last for one season.  Saban Entertianment lost the rights to even air the show or any Kamen Rider footage afterwards ( although the reruns of the series did have a brief run in syndication for a short time after its cancellation). This has resulted in the Power Rangers episode,  "Friend in Need"  from airing on the US airwaves for years. "Friend in Need" is of course the Masked Rider/Power Rangers team up multi-pater that opened the  third season of MMPR. It served to launch the Masked Rider TV series that aired the same tv season.

Disney has since bought Saban Entertianment.  This new Kamen Rider project looks to have nothing to do with the  Disney or the old Masked Rider Series. Keep in mind that the show might not even happen.We are just talking about a piolet here. A piolet is basically just someone trying to sell a show to a network. So there is no gaurentee that the show will even be ordered. So there is a good chance this all might be for nothing. But there is just as  good a chance that this will lead to a new US Toku show as well. But nothing is for certain yet.

Credit Cyber Black for breaking this story. MR-Aftershock provided  Shadowzord (formally known as  Power Animals)  with scans of part of the piolet script. Its up in the Rangerboard thread about this very story. But its towards the end of the thread that the scans first start to be posted. Here is the thread.

10/04/06  It seems Haim Saban is getting back into the kids television business. Saban of course is the credited creator of Power Rangers. Even if he did little for it creatively. It was his idea to import Super Sentai as Power Rangers. So he deserves credit for that. And of course his company put its money into the show. Saban Entertainment also destributed many other kids shows and was closely associated with the Fox Kids Network. Saban served as president of that divison for many years.  Saban of course sold Saban Entertainment to Disney around or during production of Wild Force. So he has been out of the kids TV genre for a long time. Saban recently has begun buy some international tv channels. Now he is invovled in producing a children's show that invovles some sort of fairy tales. This story was first reported by Yahoo News.

10/04/06 Over at the Power Rangers Online Invisionfree Forum ,The Virginian ( resident member and mod of the RPG section, formally known as Cheetamus Primal) is running an rpg in the Power Rangers X Universe ( which is an subforum of the main RPG section). Virginian is looking for new players  for his RPG. And is also open to people who would like to  start their own RPG's in the Power Rangers X Universe. But you must get aproval for him first on all accounts. Go here to sign up. If you have any questions either pm or email the Virginina through the board.  You must have a membership at the board to participate. But its free and easy to register. Kids get your parent's permission. 

9/27/06   I think its apropiate to aknowledge two other actors that have passed away earlier this year. Both did so during my hatius from the site, so I never had the opertunity to give my condolences.  Machiko Soga was a long time Japenese actress and voice artist. She has apeared in many anime as well as many Super Sentai Shows. Most notable to Power Rangers  fans would be her role in Bandora in Zuyranger. Footage of her as Bandora was of course used for Rita Repulsa in Mighty Morphing Power Rangers Season 1.  An American actress was used to protray the role in later seasons. Our condolences go to Soga and her family. May she rest in peace.  Soga passed on May 7, 2006. For more info on our life and carreer visit her wikipedia entry.

Bob Pappenbrook also passed away earlier this year.  Pappenbrook was a  long time  voice actor, who also had some live action roles. . He is best known to Power Rangers fans, as the voice of Rito Revolto and Deviot. But his contrubutions to the show do not stop there. He was also featured on Digimon  and Big Bad Beattleborgs. Our condolences go out to him and his family. May he rest in peace.   Pappenbrook passed away on March 17, 2006. Go to  his wikopedia article for more info on him and his various roles.

9/27/06   Veteren actor Edward Albert  passed away on Septiember 22, 2006. He is best known to our fandom, as having  protrayed Mr. Collins in Power Rangers Time Force.  Albert is said to have not been  just a good actor but a classy guy as well. At age 55, he has left us too soon. My condolences go out to his family and friends. May he rest in peace.  The following  is an article from a website covering his passing. It should shed more light on Albert and just who he was as a person. 

9/13/06 A rather interesting rumor has popped up at rangerboard. Shadowzord ( better known as Power Animals)  claims that Johnny Yong Bosch is going to make a guest apearance on Power Rangers Operation Overdrive.  He claims this to come from a legit source of his.  Johnny Yong Bosch of course protrayed Adam Park during MMPR season 2 thru  Power Rangers Turbo ( returning as a guest star in Power Rangers In Space). Yong and his Adam  character have always been favoites among the Power Rangers fandom. Yong has gone on to become a succesful vioce artist for many American adaptions of Japenese Anime. He is part of a successful band known as Eyeshine. Bosch showed up at Rangerboard a year ago, to intereact with some of his fans.

If Bosch truely is making a guest apearance during Overdrive , this will be huge news.  Its not often that we get the return of a  old cast member from so long ago. Even if it is just for one episode it woulf be a pretty big story.  Power Animals  has made mistakes before but its not like him to spread lies or outlandish stories. He does have some credibility. But I advise everyone to take this news with a grain of salt. You never know if  PA got false info or if plans change. Plus who knows how big of a role JYB would end up playing. But  it sure is an interesting story  to follow.  Go here to see PA's thread.

9/6/06 Well ,  I have been catching up on my mystic force. I just watched Long Ago last night. But I just want to say how great a two parter Gatekeeper was. It made me really get hooked on Mystic force. Its clearly the best episode of the season that I have seen so far.  It was a strech to see Clare go all badass all of the sudden but  she was using her mothers power. So her mother's spirit was helping her. That makes it make more sense. I loved seeing Clare kick but though, that was awesome. They might as well have named Clare Serena and made her the Moon Princess.

Of course those of you that are following the current series probably are laught at me since this episode aired months ago.  But it was just that goo I had to comment. I like all the twists that have been happening since than.  With Impurius and Daggeron to name a few. Also lets not forget Leelee being Necolria's daughter. Which happened before Gatekeeper. That also was a nice touch.  I am sure I am in for more surprises as I contunue to catch up.

 For those of you that actually like this place, this is all good news for your. Since catching up will lead to a lot more updates around here. I am already working on the Mystic Force Episode Guide. Hopefully, some of the updates to the section will be ready soon.

8/31/06 I perodically get emails from people asking me for autographs or inside information on the Show. I just want to let you how know that I am not a  Insider, nor do I have any connections to Power Rangers or disney. I am just a fan who enjoys the show and the fandom. I also just so happen to enjoy running this site.  Most of my knowledge comes from what I have read from other sites or message board and from just participating in the fandom since late 2000.  So I am sorry to say that I can;t get anyone any autographs. Except for mine but I don't think that would be worth much. But you could always try selling it to the boyz at funaroboard. They just love me there, especially Zarius. The last two sentances was  sarcasm, for those of you who don't know what the heck I am talking about. Not that anyone ever does anyway. But I do make bad inside jokes.

8/31/06 So I turned on my tv the other day to see an informercial on Ebay just happen to be on. Who was the talent hosting the informercial? Just so happened to be PR Alum Ann Marie Crouch.  Talk about funny occurences.She looked so different out of her Shayla costume. You could diffinitly tell it was here though, by her vioce. And she said her name at the beggining so it isn't one of my perniod delusions. But we don't need to talk about that on this site. Speaking of Crouch,  she gave birth to a baby girl months ago. I neglected to mention it during my "brief" hatius. A belated congratulations to her.

8/28/06 Power Rangers Online hasn't been updated much over the last  several months. But I assure you the site is not going anywhere. I have just been caught up with other things. I feel way behind with Mystic Force. I have recently started to catch up. Expect updates to the Mystic Force Section  very soon. I am going to update it as I catch up. PRO  will continue to be your source for  PR Info and hopefully PR news once again. There is still plenty of PRO info on this site. Don't be afriad to check out Ranger Gallery or the PRO Forum ( Lahana Forums is going through a big change, vist the domain to see what is going on) . Lets hope this site continues to grow and become even better in the future, as we head into the end of Mystic Force and the beginning of Power Rangers Operation Overdrive.

The orginal Power Rangers Online began in  1999 as  the Power Rangers Online Universe by  the webmaster later known  as Chronoranger. It quickly became Power Rangers Online when it got its own domain.  PRO  had a popular message board for its time.  The site shut down in 2001 and the  Ezboard  was left to  become  deserted. I  decided to try and make that board active again. So I created the  Power Rangers Online Database. Eventually I gained control of the Ezboard and  changed my site into my own version of PRO.  Later I created an invisionfree board to replace the ezboard.