Didn't we see this figure back in August last year? Well yes, we did - only know we can enjoy S.H. Figuarts Akiba Yellow in glorious Akibaranger Season 2 edition! Yumeria Moegi is back, newly married and now going by her real name of Yuko Yokoyama . Once again Akiba Yellow has been lucky enough to receive a mass release, only this time sharing the same July 2013 release month as Akiba Blue  rather than coming a month later. Akiba Yellow follows the same packaging pattern as the previous two releases from Akibaranger Season 2 , featuring plenty of images of the "new" costume. As promised, I can now also give a vague idea of what the text printed on the box says! While I still don't have any idea what it says specifically, my Japanese-speaking friend has informed me that Red and Blue's were descriptions of their characters, so I assume the same can be said here. One of the best things about the Akibaranger girls is how Blue and Yellow aren't...

When  Hikōnin Sentai Akibaranger first hit television screens in April last year, I don't think anyone knew quite what to expect. But as it turned out what we get was not only a Super Sentai   parody that was hilariously funny on a meta level, but one that was clearly a love letter to the official heroes that both appeared and were mentioned. In the year that past the merchandising drive has been pretty huge, and with fans left wanting more from the unofficial Sentai it seems Toei   were more than happy to oblige. Akibaranger Season 2  (or Tsuu , which also doubles as "pain") returned exactly a year later for a further 13 episodes, promising more delusion chaos. Meet your new Akiba Blue The season opens with the events of Akibaranger  season one rewritten by its manipulative creator Hatte Saburo. The Akibarangers never became self aware that they were in a TV show, Dr Z and the Delusional Empire never happened, Mitsuki (Akiba Blue) was the one p...

The biggest problem with last year's fantastic Hikōnin Sentai Akibaranger was the it was simply too short. 12 episodes of delusion-filled Super Sentai parody just wasn't enough for fans, and they quickly went about campaigning to see more of the unofficial heroes. Thankfully roughly a year after Akibaranger began airing, Toei (and Bandai Tamashii Nations ) have pulled through with a second season of the show. There's already been plenty of hype and teasing for the show, and we know it promises a new Akiba Blue (as Kyoko Hinami sadly had to leave the show), new villains, a super mode for Akiba Red and a whole new selection of official hero cameos. We begin season two several months after the events of the previous season, with Nobou visiting Hakase and Kozkoz at the Super Sentai cafe. As they begin to reminiscence about the Akibarangers' adventures, it seems like this episode will be little more than a clip show recapping the events of the first season. However al...

Rounding off the Akibaranger team is cosplaying fanatic Yumeria Moegi, aka Akiba Yellow! Like her blue team mate, Akiba Yellow was surprisingly a mass release Figuart, making these two the only Sentai heroines to escape the clutches of Tamashii web...and they aren't even official! The box is more of the same, with anime rainbows and a yellow "unofficial" stamp on the clear window section. Like Blue there's no reference to the inordinate powers included with the reds of Jetman, Dekaranger and Boukenger, the three pictures instead showing off the figure posed with all the accessories included. Making it three for three, the "simple style and HIROIC action" slogan still remains. At this stage I wouldn't want it any other way really. Akiba Yellow shares an almost identical body to Blue, but with a different all-around skirt much more akin to official Sentai girls (well, it would be if not for the creases). The headsculpt is perfectly recre...

However you look at it, Super Sentai is kids show. It may have a large adult fanbase, but it has and probably always will be mainly for children. So what if Toei made a Sentai show strictly for adults? Well our prayers have been answered....somewhat.  Hikōnin (Unofficial) Sentai Akibaranger is a 13-episode series is an adult parody Super Sentai series geared for adult fans of the show and is not part of the main Super Sentai series of shows. Just like in reality, Super Sentai is a long-running television show within the world of Akibaranger. Our heroes In the otaku paradise of Akihabara, three individuals are chosen by a scientist to become the unofficial Sentai Akibaranger, protecting Akihabara from the evil Stema Otsu Corporation and their attempts to destroy otaku culture. These three individuals - long time Super Sentai fan and 29-year-old delivery boy Nobuo Akagi, 18-year-old martial artist Mitsuki Aoyagi and 23-year-old cosplay fanatic Yumeria Moegi battle th...