Rangercast: A Power Rangers Podcast

Tyler and Josh review Legend of the White Dragon, the late Jason David Frank's final creative endeavor.

The film, produced by Bat in the Sun, tells the story of Erik Reed, the White Dragon. Three years after a fateful encounter in Virtua City, Reed reemerges to reclaim his identity, clear his name and confront a mysterious foe known as Dragon Prime. The film co-stars Aaron Schoenke (who co-writes and directs), Jason Faunt, Rachele Brooke Smith, Ciara Hanna, Ron Roggé, Cerina Vincent, Mark Dacascos, David Ramsey, Andrew Bachelor (aka King Bach) and Michael Madsen.

Legend of the White Dragon is available now on digital, and Oct. 20 on DVD and Blu-Ray.

There are spoilers in this episode (we give you fair warning). There is also yelling.

For a second time, a new Power Rangers project has failed to get out of the starting gate. Deadline reports Disney, set to produce the show through 20th Television and stream it on Disney+, balked at paying to produce a high-end superhero show for a property they do not own. Tyler and Josh discuss the implications of this news and the possibility of a longer-term break for Power Rangers.

Also in this episode:

• Playmates rolls out Power Rangers Unlimited figs
• Playmates launches Kickstarter to get Dragonzord made
• Playmates exec Jeff Trojan explains why they went to Kickstarter
• Discotek announces Kamen Rider Super 1, refreshed Samurai Pizza Cats, more Digimon
• Kamen Rider My-Th now available on Toei's own YouTube page (as is Zeztz, but we didn't know this when we were recording)
• ThreeZero unveils chrome edition Gold Zeo Ranger
• Juspion's Hikaru Kurosaki has died
• Renegade plans RPG card game Power Rangers: Impossible Odds, due out next year
• Joshua Moore, author of Morphenomenal, offers his take on the Disney+ project's collapse

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We're back! After months away (because someone had to go work on his master's), Tyler, Greg and Josh break down the recent headlines and wishcasting, absent any reports or set photos, what we want out of the new Power Rangers series helmed by Dan Shotz and Jonathan E. Steinberg.

Also in this episode:

Kenji Ohba, iconic tokusatsu star of Gavan fame, dead at 72

Arne Olsen, writer of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, dead after battle with cancer

Power Rangers to appear on new multicast channel developed in partnership with Get After It Media

Legend of the White Dragon due for one-night theatrical engagement on Aug. 28 (the Friday of Power Morphicon for those keeping track)

Ranger Boom Baltimore welcomes numerous rangers, influencer for first-year event in August

Tsuburaya defeats Chaiyo in Japanese court, vanquishing controversial claims to broad global Ultraman rights

Hiroshi Miyauchi reflects on Kaiketsu Zubat

Members of Peelander-Z, a tokusatsu-influenced "Japanese Action Comic Punk" band, critically injured in New Mexico crash

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The fandom is reeling after last week's shocking firing of Maya Imamori, who til recently played Sumino/GozyuUnicorn on No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger. Imamori's agency reportedly dropped her over an allegation of underage drinking, and the show has been thrown into chaos. We're talking about it.

Also:

• Super Sentai is over...? (But probably not really)
• Shout! Factory transitions storefront to third-party site GRUV
• At long last, a Power Rangers LEGO set
• Ninja Kidz MMPR teaser raises eyebrows
• Disney: "We have Power Rangers at home," will stream live-action/animation hybrid Armorsaurs
• Hasbro Entertainment exec Olivier Dumont, formerly of Entertainment One, moves on
• Crowdfunding for the final expenses of Adam Ramusiewicz, aka liladam87, who died suddenly while on vacation in Las Vegas

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We're back after an absence, and discussing, well, Power Rangers' possible return after its absence.

A report in the trade publication Production Weekly has a new series set to begin filming in January for Disney+, with Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) helming.

Tyler, Josh and Greg have a spirited discussion about what this new series could and should be.

Also:

• Greg Aronowitz announces SPD retrospective podcast with Matt Austin
• NinjaKidz Power Ranger series set to film in Utah
• Doug Sloan memoir Kickstarter succeeds
• Writers of Jonathan Entwistle's unproduced Power Rangers movie tapped to write Magic: The Gathering film
• Kamen Rider Zeztz to stream in US and Canada
• Ultraman stage show to come to New Jersey in November
• New anime Tojima Wants To Be A Kamen Rider, based on the manga, to debut in October

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The showrunners of the Disney+ Percy Jackson series are reportedly in talks to helm a new Power Rangers series for 20th Television and Hasbro Entertainment.

Tyler, Mike and newcomer Greg talk about our expectations and hopes, with what little we have to go on at the moment.

Also referenced:

Super7 announces layoffs due to tariffs

Entertainment Earth changes prices on pre-orders due to tariffs

Austin St. John sentenced to probation for PPP scam

MMPRTM Funkos announced

Green Ranger Funko Pop is an Entertainment Earth exclusive (affiliate link)

BOOM! Studios announces VR Troopers series

Rita's Rewind to be adapted to comics

Toei eyes global expansion, including a new hero created for international markets

Dave Mallow, best known as MMPR announcer and voice of Baboo, and as Digimon's Angemon, has died

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Author Joshua Moore (@KentuckyJAM) joins us to discuss his new book Morphenomenal: How the Power Rangers Conquered the World. Through more than 100 interviews and countless hours spent sifting through archival material, Moore charts the path of Power Rangers from its roots in the 1980s to revolutionizing children's television and everything that came next.

Morphenomenal: How the Power Rangers Conquered the World, is available May 20 wherever books are sold.

We have a lot of news to cover, so we'll be back with a regular episode very very soon.

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Tyler and Josh talk about the announcements out of Toy Fair in New York, including details of the upcoming Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Re-Ignition toy line and plans for an AI upscaling of the first season.

Also mentioned in this episode:

• Greg Aronowitz has been looking back at SPD
• Renegade's final Heroes of the Grid Kickstarter raises nearly $300,000
• Janperson, Kikaider Reboot, Kamen Rider X coming to Blu-Ray, courtesy of Discotek
• Hector David Jr. recently did time for battery
• Robert Baldwin dead after battle with cancer
• David Weatherley, best known as Spencer in Operation Overdrive, dead at 85
• "Father of Ultra Music" Toru Fuyuki has died
• A Different World reveals perils of using AI

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We had the pleasure of speaking with Shawn Pryor, author of the reference guide Kaiju Unleashed, which is now available from Epic Ink. The book covers giant monsters in film and television, in Japan and beyond. It looks back at Ultraman, Daimajin, Pacific Rim and even Colossal.

Sad news to share: This week we learned of the death of David Weatherley. Best known to Power Ranger fans as Spencer, the trustworthy butler to the Hartfords in Operation Overdrive, the accomplished thespian was 85. We'll have more to say about him next time.

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Tyler and Josh talk about the dramatic $3 million auction of props, suits and other ephemera from 30 years of Power Rangers. We talk about the surprises, the heavy hitters and the mixed emotions that came with the sale.

Also in this episode:

• IGN's preview of MMPR: Rita's Rewind, out Dec. 10
• Simon Bennett reflects on Cosmic Fury, what his next season would've been like
• Power Rangers/VR Troopers comic for Free Comic Book Day
• Gozyuger confirmed as next Sentai series
• Next Ultraman series is Ultraman Omega
• Ultraman Z hits Blu-ray in January

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