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

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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

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

On July 11th, host @trekkieb47 attended G-Fest 22. G-FEST is a family-oriented convention which caters to a wide variety of interests within the kaiju genre. It is the largest regular gathering of Godzilla and Japanese monster fans in the world. Held every summer, it typically attracts more than 1000 attendees and has seen a gradual increase in attendance over the past few years.

In this episode we present Noboru Kaneko‘s panel in its entirety. Noboru-san played the character of Kakeru who transformed into Blazing Lion, GaoRed, leader of the Gaorangers. Gaoranger was Toei Company’s twenty-fifth production of the Super Sentai series, which aired in 2001, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the franchise. For Godzilla fans, Mr. Noboru is best known for his role as lead scientist Yoshito Chujo in Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

Speaking of Tokyo S.O.S, at the end of Noboru’s panel we are including panel highlights from Masaaki Tezuka, Director for the Godzilla Millennium Series movies Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

Enjoy the show!

Listen now: RCPH Extra Episode 007 : “Ranger Con Coverage: G-Fest 2015 – Noboru Kaneko (Gao Red) Panel + Masaaki Tezuka panel highlights”

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

On this episode we welcome back frequent guest co-host to the show, Chris aka Kickback (@rankal) of TokuNation.com! He shares all of his stories and experiences from San Diego Comic Con. He interviewed Executive Producer Chip Lynn of Power Rangers Dino Charge, talked with Bandai America about the latest in toys, attended the Dino Charge panel hosted by Andre the Black Nerd and more!

Then A.P. and Eric discuss Shout Factory releasing Dairanger and what they want to see next in domestic sentai releases. They also talk about the upcoming Megazord Madness contest, and Eric previews our next bonus episode all about G-Fest!

You don’t have to wait in a line to listen to this episode!

Listen now: RCPH Episode 47: “I’m Back and Sober! – Kickback’s SDCC 2015 Recap”

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

On this episode we welcome back Cisco Davis Jr. (@ciscodavisjr),  creator, director, writer, and producer of the recently released Power Ranger fan film Zordon of Eltar and the previously released Teenagers with Attitude short film. We catch up with Cisco and learn about his plans for the future.

Then we dive into the recent drama over the MMPR Reboot Movie from Heroic Hollywood’s tweets. We discuss what went wrong and who was involved and the fallout afterwards.

Finally, in an addendum we recap the biggest #PowerRangersSDCC reveals from San Diego Comic Con 2015. We drool over the new Legacy Thunder Megazord as well as the Dino Drive mode which made a live appearance at the show.

It’s time to get CHARGED UP!

Listen now: RCPH Episode 46: “Ranger Nation Interview: Cisco Davis Jr. Fan Films plus SDCC Coverage”

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SABAN’S POWER RANGERS CHARGE UP SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2015

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As members of the Power Force, Saban Brands gave us a press release for everything going on at San Diego Comic-Con that’s Power Rangers related. And there is A LOT going on!

SABAN’S POWER RANGERS CHARGE UP SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2015

WHO: Saban’s Power Rangers Dino Charge

WHEN: July 9-12

WHERE: San Diego, California

WHAT: Saban’s Power Rangers will be back in full force at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International, showcasing the strength of the powerhouse franchise! Comic-Con will be jam-packed with Power Rangers action, including an official San Diego Comic-Con panel featuring the cast of Power Rangers Dino Charge, exclusive merchandise available across the show floor, Ranger meet & greets and much more!

Click below for the Full Schedule!

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

IT’S TIME FOR MORE RANGERSTOP! Before we get into our main episode, we announce the 19th and 20th guests for RangerStop. We want to thank Mikey Buoni and Mike Valdes for their help with this announcement.

Then in “Rangers Together, Questions Forever”, we answer your questions in a whole episode of our “Questions from Ranger Nation” segment. Who do we cast in a Power Rangers version of Marvel and DC Superheroes? What would our own Megazord look like? Chicago SPD? Our favorite Toku songs and more!

We also take the Power Rangers generation quiz from Nick.com with hilarious technical difficulties.

Comedy Gold!

Listen now: RCPH Episode 44: Rangers Together, Questions Forever

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Tulsa Comic Expo

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

In a bit of a surprise we have another bonus episode for you this weekend! One of our listeners, Charlie Niemeyer also known as @orangeranger198 on Twitter, went to the Tulsa Comic Expo this weekend and recorded the Power Rangers panel there.

This panel includes:

NAKIA BURRISE who played Tanya in Power Rangers Zeo and Turbo.

CATHERINE SUTHERLAND who played Kat in Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers season 3, Zeo and Turbo.

JASON NARVY who played Eugene “Skull” Skullovitch in Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers through Lost Galaxy and cameos in “Forever Red” and Power Rangers Super Samurai.

and PAUL SCHRIER who played Farkas “Bulk” Bulkmeier in Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers through Lost Galaxy and cameos in “Forever Red” and came back to play Bulk for Power Rangers Samurai and Super Samurai.

Enjoy!

Listen now: RCPH Extra Episode 005 : “Ranger Con Coverage: Tulsa Comic Expo” 

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David J. Fielding

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

Today we are interviewing David J.Fielding, best known in Ranger Nation as Zordon, the Power Rangers’ mentor in Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers through In Space. He voiced Zordon in the first season of the show and his likeness was used for all of Zordon’s appearances.

David holds two degrees in acting – a BFA from Texas State and an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to his stage and film work, David has provided voice work for video games, including Empire Earth, Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna, and Anvil of Dawn.

His published works have appeared in Nevermet Press; Rebel ePublishers LLC, Source Point Press, the Capes and Clockwork Anthology from Dark Oak Press and the recently released Something Strange is Going On anthology from Flinch! Books. His novella Buddy Holly and the Cold, Cold Ground was released by Cool Beans in October 2014.

You can read his blog at The Tao of Zordon.

We also nerd out about comic books and comic book movies including a lot of the Marvel Cinematic Universe!

Let the Power Protect you!

Listen now: Ranger Command Power Hour Episode 40: “Ranger Nation Interview: David J. Fielding”

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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!

Today we talk with Michael Buoni(@Buoni), Mike Valdes (@mjvaldes84), and Jonathan Sepulveda (@JonimusPrime) about The RangerStop’s Superhero Toy & Comic Con 3, November 13-15 in Orlando, FL. Also joining us is Susan, who runs the annual Power Rangers After Dark panel.

How did RangerStop get started? What’s can con goers expect this year? Why is RangerStop so awesome?

Then, in a RangerStop EXCLUSIVE, we announce RangerStop’s newest guest, Dan Southworth and interview him.

Finally, we talk about who would be on our Ranger team if we were stuck on a monster infested island and include some fun bloopers at the end.

This November, Ranger Up at Ranger Stop!

Listen now: RCPH Episode 39: “Rangers Talk Ranger Stop”

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Exclusive RangerStop Guest Announcement!

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This Saturday (4/18) we release a brand new episode! We will be talking with the convention organizers from RangerStop. You will find out what you can expect from this awesome Power Rangers convention’s third year.

ALSO, we will be announcing RangerStop’s newest guest and have them on the show. This is an EXCLUSIVE thanks to RangerStop!

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