VELOSENTAI CHARIRANGER!
Having mentioned the possibility of having a Sentai show (re-edited into the Power Rangers series in the West) about cyclists in jest a few posts ago, it occured to me that the stereotypical cyclist, in this country at any rate, have more in common with the your average sentai member than meets the eye, which is plenty in itself.
| Sentai Member | Stereotypical Cyclist |
|---|---|
| wears colour-coordinated spandex suits.. | wears colour-coordinated lycra suits.. |
| with ridicolous 80’s futuristic helmets.. | with ridiculous 80’s futuristic helmets.. |
| and vehicles & accessories to match.. | and vehicles & accessories to match.. |
| but look like everyone else when not battling.. | but look like everyone else when not battling.. |
| space monsters on city roads.. | road monstrosities for space in the city.. |
| although fiercely idealistic in righterously defending humanity.. | although idealistically fierce in humanely defending his/her rights.. |
| but often resorts to violence in doing so. | but often has thoughts about using violence in doing so. |
| has motional consonance with others sentai members | has emotional consonance with other cyclists |
That’s pretty funny, having watched a bit too much sentai myself. I still think it’s weird there is an anime about cycling. It’s about racing, of course.
Nonsense, you can never watch too much sentai shows :-D
Actuallly I’d be surprised if there wasn’t an anime about cycling! I mean there’s an anime for practically anything else you can think of. You do mean Nasu, right? It’s pretty mediocre as far as story & animation goes, but I do want a full shimagnolo groupset and most of all, a pao pao beer jersey!
And yes, Asians are all utter geeks, I myself included o_O”)