POWER MORPHICON ANNOUNCES FIRST WAVE OF GUESTS, CAST FROM KYORYU SENTAI ZYURANGER AND GOSEI SENTAI DAIRANGER TO ATTEND

Pasadena, CA – The three-day event will be held on August 12th-14th, 2016, at the Pasadena Convention Center.

Yuuta Mochizuki, best known for his role as Geki, the red Tyranno Ranger, from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, will be making his second appearance at Power Morphicon.

Fellow Zyuranger cast members Seiju Umon , Reiko Chiba, and Takumi Hashimoto will be attending their first Power Morphicon event.

Seiji Umo, known for his role as Goushi, is the (black) Mammoth Ranger.

Reiko Chiba played Mei, the (pink) Ptera Ranger. After Zyuranger, Chiba made her J-Pop debut as a member of Aurora Gonin Musume. Chiba’s voice work includes playing herself in the anime movie Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture and the voice of Cham Cham in the Samurai Showdown video game series.

Takumi Hashimoto played Boi, the (yellow) Tiger Ranger. He later provided the voice of King Ranger, in Chouriki Sentai Ohranger and had a role in Denji Sentai Megaranger as a classmate of the Megarangers.

Appearing for the 1st time at Power Morphicon, Keiichi Wada, best known for his role as Ryo of the Heavenly Fire Star, in Gosei Sentai Dairanger. Wada also played the first Kamen Rider Ryuki, Koichi Sakakibara and Akiba Red (Alternate Timeline) in Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger Season 2.

Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger was the basis for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The White Ranger from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers originated from Gosei Sentai Dairanger, known as the “Kiba Ranger”.

More information about Power Morphicon can be found online at officialpowermorphicon.com

About Power Rangers

Power Rangers is a live action television series featuring a team of heroes in bright colored costumes, saving the world from evil on a daily basis. The show uses Japanese footage from Super Sentai, “Super” referring to mecha and “Sentai” is the Japanese word for “task force or ”fighting squadron”, produced by Toei Company. The show was first produced by Saban Entertainment, later by BVS Entertainment and as of 2015, by SCG Power Rangers. The very first season of Power Rangers, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, debuted on August 28th, 1993.

As of 2015, the franchise has 22 seasons with 19 different themed series and two theatrical films, with a third film  currently in development with Lionsgate, with a January 13th, 2017 release date.

About Power Morphicon

Power Morphicon is a three-day convention held every two years that celebrate Power Rangers and related series such as VR Troopers, Beetleborgs, Kamen Rider, Superhuman Syber Squad, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The three-day event brings in over 7,000 people from all over the world to participate in cosplay events, panels featuring all guests, breakfast with the guests, martial arts classes/demo, prop/FX workshops, and more. Power Morphicon is a local business owned by painter and artist, Scott Zillner, and is an event that is directed by an all volunteer, unpaid staff.

For more information about Power Morphicon, please visit officialpowermorphicon.com

Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 037

Lexington Comic and Toy Convention

It’s time to Ranger Up with @trekkieb47 @secretrangerfan & @TheCinemaSlob as he talks all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR!

Eric reminisces with Jordan (@DenO_TokuNation), RJ, Matt (@PRGenerations) and Grant (@RangerGrant) about the Lexington Comic and Toy Convention that happened last weekend. They discuss their favorite moments of the convention, their con hauls and more. Then, we give you the very best highlights of the Lex Con Power Rangers panels!

We’ve included timestamps to make it easier to listen to a specific panel’s highlights.

Turbo Q&A – 1:03:00
MMPR Panel – 1:15:15
Baddie Panel – 1:33:08
Paul Freeman Q&A – 1:52:45
Austin St. John Q&A – 2:01:02
Zyuranger Q&A – 2:18:26

For full panels, please visit Lex Con’s official Youtube channel.

Special thanks to the Lexington Comic and Toy Convention for providing us with Press access for the weekend.

Listen now: RCPH Episode 37: “Ranger Command at Lex Con 2015”

STITCHER – SPREAKER – ITUNES

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Power Morphicon Announces 9 New Guests! Zyuranger!

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The incredible amount of guests at Power Morphicon has not stopped! Check out the latest press release below on 9 new guests, all first timers to the convention!

Thanks to @bboyrealm for providing the press release and images.

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