This week on Castranger we discuss the trio teaming up with Lango to finally kill the president with the debut of Gavv's surprise endgame Amazingummy Form, Gozyuger's meta-ass recap episode set at Toei Studios, and then back to Gavv for the ramen-themed Hyper Battle Video. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/137138612?pr=true Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 48, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 26, Kamen Rider Gavv Hyper Battle Video: The Snacks Gourmet Woo!-mai Wak...
Aug 23, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 1292
This week we discuss Nyelv's explosive removal from Gavv as we barrel towards the finale, and then we deal with both Gozyuger and Sentai Daishikkaku's "students trapped in a school" plotlines. Casters Present: Blue Gray Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/136594512 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 47, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 25, Sentai Daishikkaku 13-14 Watch on YouTube: Hungry? Get CA$15 off your first 3 UberEats orders of CA$20 or more! https://ubereats.com/feed?promoCode=eats-christopher...
Aug 16, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 1291
Gar joins us for the news while Lane gushes over Power Rangers in Fortnite. We discuss Nyelv's plan going very wrong, the High School Lupinranger VS Patranger arc, and FINALLY Kamen Rider Shadow Moon happens. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/136067746 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 46, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 24, Kamen Rider Black Sun 07-08 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wrVCo8TgYw Hungry? Get CA$15 off your first 3 UberEats orders ...
Aug 09, 2025•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 1290
It's a two-boy episode this week as we discuss Sachika's formal discovery of Rakia's true form and backstory, Shouma being propositioned by Nyelv, Fire Candle and Hoeru's badass new powerups, and how the Dogengers break into pairs of Nice Buddies to get their villain back from Not!Red Buster. Casters Present: Blue Gray Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/135526790 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 45, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 23, Dogengers Nice Buddy 02-03 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtub...
Aug 02, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 1289
On this week's very special episode, Gavv saves some money by serving us a clip show, Gozyuger competes to literally save money, and with hilarious timing, our feature topic is an indie tokusatsu series called Avalon, Knight of the Round Table, starring a charming British gentleman, just in time for the debut of its second season. We are joined for the feature topic discussion by tokusatsu darling Tom Constantine, who worked extensively on Avalon as well, and we wrap up with a special message fr...
Jul 26, 2025•2 hr 32 min•Ep. 1288
In this episode, Ichi sits down with Max Ellis of Sword & Shield Productions, who made the indie tokusatsu Avalon, Knight of the Round Table, to answer questions from CastFans regarding inspiration, choices made and not made, effective budgeting ideologies, and a few thoughts on what we might see in the upcoming second season. Check out Avalon on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUfAQVlX7E1N8BUJD7ZqTYP-ZmkmkUpXo Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUVMnyt3NEo Hun...
Jul 26, 2025•57 min•Ep. 1283
This week we discuss the Gavv crew deciding whether or not they should tell New Uncle Masaru about his sister while President Bocca takes a trip to the human world, Kinjiro and Ryugi team up to save the summer festival in Gozyuger, and we get another token Girls Remix special that hits some marks and misses some others. Casters Present: Blue Gray Red Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/134454981 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 43, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 21, Kamen Rider Majade with Girls R...
Jul 19, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 1287
In this week's news we take our first look at Kamen Rider Zeztz, his Driver, and first four forms, and what's this? His belt's on his torso? We discuss Hanto over coming his brainwashing in Gavv, the gyaru disaster in Gozyuger, and then another diamond-in-the-rough obscure toku gem of a movie, the clearly RoboCop-derivative Lady Battle Cop. Wow. Casters Present: Blue Gray North Red Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/133945507 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 42, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 20,...
Jul 12, 2025•2 hr 38 min•Ep. 1286
The Casters come at you this week as we discuss the reveal of the snack owner shop's identity and the "return" of Suga in Gavv, Hoeru's tragic romance episode in Gozyuger as Mashiro and Kuon get more and more annoying, and the political BS continues in Black Sun as Aoi gets turned into a kaijin and Kotaro finally properly henshins. Casters Present: Blue Gray North Red Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/133411802 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 41, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 19, Kamen Rider B...
Jul 05, 2025•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 1285
We changed the feature topic because Gar wasn't feeling well again. We discuss the debut of Vram's new final Mode, Sumino finally getting to be a detective in a closed room murder, and how the Gotchard cast finally graduated high school. Casters Present: Blue Gray North Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/132550972 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 40, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 18, Kamen Rider Gotchard Graduations Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WllVPCsL5sk Hungry? Get CA$15 ...
Jun 28, 2025•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 1284
The Casters attempt a new mic setup as we discuss Glotta struggling to become plot-relevant, the Gozyugers adjusting to the presence of their new would-be god, and we finally finish the first season of TheBoysger. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow North Red Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/131947098 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 39, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 17, Sentai Daishikkaku 11-12 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MehYiphlWg Hungry? Get CA$15 off your first 3 Uber...
Jun 21, 2025•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 1282
This week three Casters come at you to discuss itter Gavv Baki Baki Stick FINALLY debuting, as well as Gozyu Polar taking over the protagonist slot on Gozyuger. We then discuss how the exam arc of Sentai Daishikkaku leds into the battle between Blue Keeper and Peltrola. Casters Present: Blue Gray North Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/131428176 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 38, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 16, Sentai Daishikkaku 09-10 Watch on YouTube: Hungry? Get CA$15 off your first 3 Ub...
Jun 14, 2025•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 1281
This week we discuss how a failing snack shop led to more Hanto character plot, Gozyuger ends its season early with a megazord shotgun wedding, and we wrap up our discussion of the awesome-yet-confusing Outsiders miniseries. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow Red Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/130905485 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 37, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 15, Kamen Rider Outsiders 6-7 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLU3pbq9tCA Hungry? Get CA$15 off your first ...
Jun 07, 2025•2 hr 6 min•Ep. 1280
Raven's here and Gar's back as we go thru a thick news week including the reveal of Gozyu Polar and some nice Showa figuarts. We discuss the debut of Master Gavv, the second half of Ryugi's backstory arc, and we finally, FINALLY finish the first season of Symphogear. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow Orange Red Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/130323375 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 36, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 14, Senki Zesshou Symphogear 11-13 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.co...
May 31, 2025•2 hr 51 min•Ep. 1279
It's an Ichi and Lane episode as we discuss Lango finally doing a thing, Ryugi getting his backstory episode, and Chris finally joining the other Symphogear users. Casters Present: Blue Gray Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/castranger-536-129731508 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 35, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 13, Senki Zesshou Symphogear 09-10 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gEBCgf6NCs Hungry? Get CA$15 off your first 3 UberEats orders of CA$20 or more! https://ubereats...
May 24, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 1278
This week we discover the existence of Lady Battlecop, Shouma learns the secret ingredients to snacks, the suicidal cowboy saves himself from suicide with the power of an ocarina, and The Dogengers stageplay themselves off the stage after getting cancelled. Casters Present: Blue Gray Orange North Red Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/129165208 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 34, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 12, Dogengers Nice Buddy 1 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vZDD2itn...
May 17, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 1277
Decker joins Ichi and Lane as we discuss the debut of Gavv Over Mode - more like Over Powered! Several new rival red Universe Warriors show up this ep, including GaoRed played by Zeronos, and he's here to tame the Gozyugers' pet dog. Finally, in Go Go Loser Ranger, the exam continues on as Peltrola lasers various faces. Casters Present: Blue Gray Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/128586057 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 33, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 11, Sentai Daishikkaku 7-8 Watch on You...
May 10, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1276
We've finally cleared Akiba April, so this week we're getting into backstories of all sorts. First, Hanto is the last to learn Rakia's backstory. Kinjiro and Sumino learn the backstory of the Reiwa Era: the Showa Era. Then, we learn the backstory of the human who got turned into Lachesis from Gotchard, and it's a bloody good time. Casters Present: Blue Gray Orange Green Red Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/128034619 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 32, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 10, Kamen R...
May 03, 2025•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 1275
Our friend from the Discord, Jackson, joins us this week as we discuss Hanto and Rakia's amazingly comical stuck-together episode, Hoeru and Candle having a moment before the debut of the Decalibur and DekaClaw Tegasword, and we wrap up Akiba April as things start to get meta as the season approaches its ending. Casters Present: Blue Gray North Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/127486280 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 31, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 9, Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger 10-12 Watch...
Apr 26, 2025•2 hr 19 min•Ep. 1274
The one and only Tom Constantine, actor, stunt actor, action director, and beloved "white guy in a Japanese thing" joins us for a two-part Q&A session. In part 2, we talk more about Tom himself, the work he's done, some of his favorite tokusatsu entries, and what else he gets up to aside from tokusatsu. Again, tangents abound. Check out Avalon, Knight of the Round Table! https://www.youtube.com/@ShieldandSwordPro Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow North Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube...
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 1272
The one and only Tom Constantine, actor, stunt actor, action director, and beloved "white guy in a Japanese thing" joins us for a two-part Q&A session. In part 1, we field a few questions from the Castranger community aimed more towards the filming and technical sides of tokusatsu production. Of course, we go down a few random tangents along the way, as Castranger often ourselves do. Check out Avalon, Knight of the Round Table! https://www.youtube.com/@ShieldandSwordPro Casters Present: Blue...
Apr 20, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1273
The Three Little Casters bring you this week's reactions to Gavv as the Zeludacs begin their takeovers. In Gozyuger, Garyudo's formal debut is as questionable as Hoeru's acting. In week 3 of Akiba April, the Akibarangers break into reality, but not without consequences. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/126977175 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 30, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 8, Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger 7-9 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Apr 19, 2025•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 1271
The full seven casters are here this week as we continue Akiba April! Shouma and Rakia get to some Space Jam-nanigans, Doctor Who-rannoRanger teaches the Gozyugers how to be a Sentai, and then for Akibaranger, cosplay goes out of control, Yumeria's mom comes to visit, and the team visits the Toei filming lot. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow Orange Green North Red Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/126479116 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 29, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 7, Hikonin Sentai Ak...
Apr 12, 2025•2 hr 32 min•Ep. 1270
This week of Castranger, which falls on the 50th Anniversary of Super Sentai and the anniversary of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger, which we totally timed on purpose, begins with us enjoying Shouma and Hanto's blooming bromance with the debut of Valen Frappe Custom, the graceful bowout of Tokonatsu aka Don Momotaro in Gozyuger, and beginning Akiba April, we discuss how our two nerds and one karate girl delude themselves into being the Super Sentai that parodies its own genre in a way that, to some, ...
Apr 05, 2025•2 hr 29 min•Ep. 1269
Doctor Sugar reveals most? of his evil plan in this week's Gavv as he debuts Kamen Rider Bake. GozyuUnicorn debuts amidst a sea of confusing motivations and Kinjiro still being hilarious and awesome. Finally we get back to Symphogear, the series of armored magical girls who sing while fighting, as Chris-chan debuts Ichii-Bal... er, I mean Ichaival. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow North Red Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/125422934 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 27, No.1 Sentai Go...
Mar 29, 2025•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 1268
No episodes of Gavv or Gozyuger aired this past week so instead we discussed the Gavv Graduations special, aka ten minutes of non-canon high school visual novel gags. We then fill the gap with two more episodes of Black Sun, the politics and racism show featuring Whale-Man and Crab-Dad. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow Green North Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/124899181 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv Graduations, Kamen Rider Black Sun 3-4 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.co...
Mar 22, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 1267
Paul's back this week as we discuss Hanto's continuing dark arc, Rakia's continuing humanization, and the impending evil of Suga and the Bitters. We then discuss the hottest new guy on the sentai scene, the egg-fueled GozyuEagle. Finally, we visit the far-off future year of 2025 and see where Power Rangers SPD started. Casters Present: Blue Gray Green North Red Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/124399249 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Gavv 26, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger 4, Power Rangers SPD 1-2...
Mar 15, 2025•2 hr 6 min•Ep. 1266
It's Castranger's 11th Anniversary, and we're celebrating by welcoming back into the fold one of the OG Castrangers - Red Caster ChouRaven! This week we talk about how an evil vtuber gets foiled by Gavv and Vram while Hanto continues to explore his Venom arc, the popularity contest and a terrifying new incarnation of Don Momotaro, and how Dan Kuroto wishes himself human again in Outsiders. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow Orange North Red Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/123895280 Requ...
Mar 08, 2025•2 hr 21 min•Ep. 1265
This week we cap off February with Precurary, aka our look at the first two episodes of the new Pretty Cure, You & Idol Precure. But first, we have Gavv debut Chocold and Blizzard Sorbet forms, and Sachika completes her triad of adopted sons. Next in Gozyuger we have the debut of not only Rikuo as GozyuLeon, but the fandom's new and immediate favorite character, Ryugi Bakugami aka GozyuTyranno. Casters Present: Blue Gray Orange North Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/123363646 Requir...
Mar 01, 2025•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 1264
It's a brand new sentai and things are immediately off the rails! All other megazords dead, Master Hand recruiting Reds, our new protag is a Hot Topic lone wolf, and the villains think they're the good guys? Ideas and theories abound as we discuss and theorycraft Gozyuger's debut. But first, Shouma shows Sachika his gavv, Hanto learns the fate of his mother, and Lakia almost kills Grunkle Dente. Casters Present: Blue Gray Yellow Orange North Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/122828380 Re...
Feb 22, 2025•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 1263
