A city built upon delusion: Akihabara.
Once, there were three young people...
...who mistook pain for power, and fought an imaginary battle.
They were called...
Unofficial Sentai... Akibaranger!
Kouya susabu reppu wa
A burning gaze stirs the air
Akagi Nobuo Formerly Akiba Red
Wada Masato
Hoshi no koe ka doukoku ka
Does the planet's voice tremble with fear?
Tashika ni tatta yuusha e no geki ka
Looks like it's the beginning of a heroic adventure!
Aoyagi Mitsuki Formerly Akiba Blue
Hinami Kyoko
Kizu moshi wo mo itowanai
They're not afraid of being hurt or killed
Moegi Yumeria (Cosplay Name) Formerly Akiba Yellow
Ogino Karin
Nikuki aku wo uteru nara
When it's time to shoot down the hated enemy
Sange no kigai
Brace for spectacular failure,
Guren no hi e tobikome
and throw yourself into a crimson inferno!
Denkou eiri da
The mysterious heroes of Electric Town!
(We Are Akibaranger!)
Shouri no flag wo tatero
Trigger the flag for victory!
A! A! Abunakatta
A! A! Ah, that was close...
Ki! Ki! Keyboard ni
Ki! Ki! Take your keyboard and
Ba! Ba! Bakusui yodare ga tareteta
Ba! Ba! Bash into it as you crash asleep and drool everywhere!
A! A! Anchi no resu
A! A! Already mad about hateful posts
Ki! Ki! Ki ni shisugite
Ki! Ki! Keeping me so tense that
Ba! Ba! Bangohan nodo wo tooranai
Ba! Ba! It feels like I'm gonna barf soon!
Hitokara tokuson matsuri da zekkyou
We may sing toku karaoke alone, but we can really belt it out!
Cho oma (www)
Wait, you-LOL
Yamero (www) tenin (www)
Stop-LOL-here comes the staff-LOL
Ima wa totsuru na (wwww)
Don't come in here now! LOLOL
Akibaranger!
Hikounin Sentai
The Unofficial Sentai!
Final Episode
Performance Review! If It Doesn't Hurt, Then That's All Right!
Akibaranger has won its battle against Dr. Z.
Final Episode
Performance Review! If It Doesn't Hurt, Then That's All Right!
For Review
On that day, their powers were mysteriously sealed away,
For Review
and they returned to their ordinary, peaceful lives.
For Review
On this day, a DVD is suddenly delivered to them.
For Review
If you want a second season, watch this and figure out what you did wrong.
Hey, do you think this is...
Are they serious nyabout a second season?!
Let's do it, come on! We'll think about it right now!
Hakase!
Hatte Saburo
OK!
PLAY
Episode 1
Pain is Power
They even have episode titles!
I remember this!
Being able to film the contents of my brain... nice one, Hatte Saburo!
Couldn't nyou try a little harder with your jacket?!
You really do love Sentai more, don't you, Nobuo?
The cardboard stand just talked?!
Bang.
I can't imagine Aoi begging for attention like that.
OK. Here it comes.
Oh, it's the old man and his crush.
This is hideous...
It's fine! It was just a delusion!
He's right. It's that incredible power to delude yourselves that lets you be Akibarangers.
Yeah, see?!
You two were picked because you're deluded, too! We're all in the same boat!
I guess nyou're right about that...
I'd still rather not be compared to you.
It's "Grand Delusion".
Grand Delusion!
...grand delusion?
Bang!
They've got stock footage for our transformations!
So that's what it looked like?!
That's cooler than I thought!
We're... the Unofficial Sentai, Akibaranger...?
Our mission is to become super heroes that defend the Earth...
Get our own TV show... and become an official Super Sentai!
Eh, whatever works.
Hiroyo! That means you were lying to us, right?
It's more like I didn't know all the details... teehee!
You still went and dragged us into it, though!
Akiba Red!
Uh... I'm Akiba Blue?
Um, I'm Nyellow, Akiba Yellow, but y'know,
I think that at the next Comiket, I might—
Enough!
Looking back on this... it's so chaotic, it's hard to watch...
So, you've finally figured out the show's style!
That proves that Mitsukinyan has grown as a person!
I'm not sure Akagi, who's just shouting about his favorite Sentai characters,
or Moegi, who's basically just chattering, have any right to lecture someone else...
You were great at action from the very beginning, Aoyagi!
Well, that's the whole reason I wanted to become an Akibaranger.
I guess I should finish you off...
I guess it's already over!
You, uh, you can take it from here...
There's the defeat flag!
And then...
Finisher! Moe Magnum!
Here it comes!
What a beautiful victory!
Although it looks like we beat him, he's actually going to return as a giant!
They broadcast that part?!
What the hell is going on?!
So then there's the preview for the next episode,
Episode 2
The Activation Of A Bizarrely Decorated Vehicle Summons a Full Blast of Red Delusion
and then, "Episode 2: The Activation Of A Bizarrely Decorated..."
That's really long!
Please teach me!
Is that Deka Red?!
Uh, no, it's just...
Uh... sorry, but that's kinda...
I'm not Ban, I'm just Sainei Ryuuji. Sorry!
Nyaa!
Nobunyan, nyou met the real Sainei?!
But it wasn't Ban!
Still super jealous!
Hey look, it's the bubble sheets!
So you really did know about that stuff.
Everyone does!
If you're going to have delusions, it should be about gi...
...er... nevermind.
Say, what was the difference between Shibuya Uroleuconpicridis and Shibuya Uroleuconnigrotuberculatum?
You moron!
PAUSE
ZOOM
Hey, those gold teeth! The other one didn't have those!
I wonder if there were a lot of similar-looking and revived monsters to keep our budget down?
I was hoping for something like this!
Why didn't you guys call me?!
We did. Nyou were busy sulking!
Weren't all of this Aphid's attacks basically just sexual harassment?
I bet I know how Hatte felt! "He" probably wanted to do all kinds of stuff you can't do on Sunday morning!
Deka Red again!
That's right!
I got hit with the same dropkick Houji did! By Deka Red!
Why isn't he talking though?
Oh crap...
You sent him, Hakase?!
Now that I look closer, that was just a stage show helmet!
Why didn't I realize this sooner—?!
Quit whining about the past!
Look, it's Machine Itasha!
Unofficial transformation!
Itasha Robo is still as cute as ever!
Oh, wow! A robot doing an otaku dance!
Oh, right! This is your first time seeing this, isn't it, Hakase?
Old man, quit moping and watch.
It's the real Deka Red this time! Well, a delusion of him.
I guess you're right! The real Deka Red will live on forever in my mind!
Not just him, either!
Episode 3
The Pain! Drunken Superhero Adventure!!
The official heroes will always shine on in my brain!
SurviBlade!
It's Master Kabukicho!
That was rough...
You two were hammered, and I was the only one making sense.
Man, I wanna try that one day...
Like, where he saves the heroine and it's super cool!
Nobuo!
I'm coming to save you, Sayaka!
You talked a big game, but ultimately just got fooled.
Yeah, going back over this, even I feel embarrassed.
Yumeria, do you have these kind of fantasies about the official—
Don't ask her! I don't wanna know the answer!
I'm just glad it wasn't Chief or another Red who had to suffer through this!
I'm glad to have spared them the indignity!
But if you say that, she'll start having delusions about Akiba Red again...
That's not what I meant, Yumeria!
It was just a figure of speech!
...Yumeria?
Huh, what? I was too busy staring at the screen.
That's what they call a real adventure!
This was when Aoyagi started learning about Sentai.
Well, I was tired of you guys making fun of me.
And once I actually started watching it, it was pretty entertaining.
You're finally starting to sound like an otaku!
Don't compare me to you! It's nothing like that.
Nothing like that?
Episode 4
A Forbidden Delusion Brings With It The Pain of Blue Corruption
And what were you doing this time, after you told us not to have any delusions?!
Cool Passion
To Investigate an illegal fighting ring,
Cool Passion
To Investigate an illegal fighting ring, the Dekarangers
Cool Passion
To Investigate an illegal fighting ring, the Dekarangers Go undercover to visit their underground arena
Cool Passion
To Investigate an illegal fighting ring, the Dekarangers go undercover to visit their underground arena During which, Tetsu dresses up as a woman
They actually explain where the delusions come from?
NO DELUSIONS ALLOWED
Well, not every viewer is going to be as hardcore as you, Akagi.
Hatte Saburo was just covering "his" bases.
NO DELUSIONS ALLOWED
He's been known to approach young boys
Oh no, after this is... oh crap!
NO DELUSIONS ALLOWED
Never mind this scene, hit fast-forward!
Why?
GoGo Sentai Boukenger
Night Warriors Dark Shadow
SHIZUKA OF THE WIND
Blastosaur Sentai Abaranger
Evil Life Form Evolien Apostle of Destruction
JEANNE
Evil Life Form Evolien Apostle of Dawn
LIJE
Good luck!
LIJEWEL
Magnificent~!
Sentai Police Dekaranger
Space Police Earth Branch
SHIRATORI SWAN
Doggie!
No...!
Hundred-beast Sentai Gaoranger
Priestess
TETOM
I sense an Org!
Blitzkrieg Sentai Changeman
Earth Defense Force Change Mermaid
NAGISA SAYAKA
So, nyou were thinking about this back then?
Starbeast Sentai Gingaman
Barbarn Space Pirates Helmswoman
SHELINDA
You dirty old creep! You suck!
Rampant Machine Administration Minister of Water Pollution
KEGALESIA
Starbeast Sentai Gingaman
Barbarn Space Pirates Helmswoman
SHELINDA
Ninja Wind Sentai Hurricanger
Space Ninja Corps Jakanja Fourth Spear
WENDINU
I think this is what Hatte Saburo meant was wrong...
It's natural for a man! You should be glad it didn't go any further!
It did go further. Here you are grabbing me...
Y-you've got it all wrong! I was just trying to cure your brainwashing—
Nyou flipped up my skirt!
Now he's talking about bear panties...
Shut up, shut up!
This all happened because you, Mitsuki, ditched us to go to an Aoi-tan event!
I apologized for that already!
Then this is...
Unofficial Arsenal File Part 01 Moe Moe Z-Cune (MMZ-01)
While Akibaranger was a questionable group, their equipment was certainly impressive!
Unofficial Arsenal File, Part 01: the Moe Moe Z-Cune!
Built to resemble a figurine from the popular anime, Z-Cune Aoi,
it's really an amazing device that can combine delusions, transforming the user into a superhero!
After transforming, it becomes a super gun, allowing both regular attacks and finishing moves.
Here it comes!
It also lets you communicate with the real world.
Well, you're going to have to handle it now!
Finisher, Moe Magnum!
And even variations like this!
Don't you just want to buy one right now?!
Unofficial Arsenal File, Part 02: Itasha Robo! Taking to the road!
Unofficial Arsenal File Part 02 Machine Itasha / Itasha Robo
An itasha with an Aoi design! Or is it?
Its secret ability is to transform into a giant robot, a marvel of machinery!
A rare case of Akibaranger's delusions being productive!
Across the city!
In another dimension!
The Signage Gun!
And the Tsundere Swords!
It was even able to become giant!
How was that, director?
Hi there.
Who's that in the booth with you?
Huh? The original creator?
Episode 5
Oh The Pain ✩ Yellow Mama
Mama?
It's Mama!
This was a lot of fun!
Pi pi po, long time no see.
I know this artist!
Here we are, pi po!
Pi po!
Grand Delusion!
Guys, you don't have to be so quiet!
These are good memories for me!
I guess you're right...
Moegi, I'll rip this DVD later, so you can take it home, okay?
Really?! Thank nyou!
Now I'll have a highlight reel for all the best Master Kabukicho x Akiba Red moments!
That's why you want it?!
It's your turn!
I'm glad that you're my Mama.
Thank you for having me.
Episode 6
Take Flight, Forefather! The Painful Trap at the Delusional Film Set
That's when we went to the studio!
This is one time I'll be thankful for Hatte Saburo's love of mixing up locations!
Greek Pillars
I set foot on sacred ground! It was so much fun!
Still, this is going beyond nyerdy, into the realm of crazy...
I don't wanna hear that from the person who was having rotten fantasies in the alleys of Akihabara!
"Then that will be my zone..."
It's Mr. Niibori!
So cool!
I still fight with Mr. Niibori's teachings in mind.
Whoosh, bang, got it?
Whoosh, bang, right!
Mitsukinyan, you're so cool!
Aw, I wish I could have gotten his autograph...
Aoyagi finally pulled it off!
Meeting Mr. Niibori really helped Mitsuki evolve!
Right!
Now, her pose is just as flashy as anyone's has ever been!
You're on the Toei Delusional Studio lot...
Toei Delusional Studio
No way!
It's that kind of weirdness that makes film so awesome!
Still, this is a crazy battle, even for you guys.
Chalk it up to that Delusion Studio!
It's an eruption of imagination!
The help from Mr. Niibori, along with Moegi's Jetman BL fantasies...
Those two things probably combined to summon Red Hawk.
Our delusions just keep getting stronger!
But that's also what allowed Malshina to find her way into reality...
We'll meet again...
Episode 7
Fly, Itasha, break past the limits!
Hatte Saburo was laying the groundwork for the show's change in direction by now.
I'm going even if you try to stop me...
This cosplay, and the way Aoi was being woven more into the story are probably a sign of that.
I see...
Yeah, not to mention Malshina was basically manipulating all our battles around this point.
Now, turn them into vampires!
Grand Delusion!
Akiba—
Where's Malshina?!
Those vampires are getting a free lunch!
So the vampires weren't real, it was just Malshina toying with us.
And after you three entered the Grand Delusion, Malshina showed up here.
Kozkoz is doing a good job!
Kozkoz!
Takehiro's daughter, correct?
Make your delusion more powerful!
Right now...
That was her, too?! That's pretty impressive!
Let's combine our delusional powers!
It worked, I think!
He changed again!
That was when we crashed the Itasha into reality!
Limitless delusional power... just how far can they go?!
I was pretty excited to fight in reality for the first time, but...
We were just playing into Malshina's hands the whole time.
Well, more like into Hatte Saburo's hands.
This is the manager, Hakase, speaking.
Episode 8
The Bonds Forged Through Painful Special Training Lead Down the Road Of Becoming Official To A Conspiracy
This is from where we were working hard to get Tsuka-P's nyattention!
It ended up just being part of Malshina's plan to get us to tear the wall down.
Damn you, Malshina! You're toying with the pure hearts of Sentai otaku!
Alpacaaaa!
I thought that you might know what my father had been up to over the past year...
Meanwhile, I was running around in the background trying to solve a mystery.
I can't hold back anymore!
No!
Slowly pushing the story in a more serious direction...
Now that you mention it, your scenes and ours could almost be from different shows.
They were probably trying to contrast the battle scenes with the father-daughter drama.
Paca!
Alpaca!
Take one!
Thank you, this is great!
Nice to meet you!
Is that Dr. Z?!
So he had already shown up by then.
Episode 9
The Pain Sentai, disbanded.
Hatte Saburo is such a jerk! Making my Papa dress like that...
Just taking them back.
As of today, Akibaranger is no more.
And there she dismisses us.
One of Hatte's old tricks for ratcheting up the tension.
I'm totally under the creator's control at this point.
It wasn't just you.
Us, the Guerrilla Marketers... all of us were being controlled by Hatte Saburo.
Well, we did permanently destroy the wall that separates delusions from reality.
Huh? We're back, pyon!
Time for the main event!
The wall... it's been broken!
It's reality time!
Look! It's the Akiba legend, Momoi!
And the singer for official songs Yamagata Yukio, a.k.a. Gao Human!
Even people like that were caught up in the reality-based battle!
You were surprisingly cool this time, old man.
Yup, yup! He even manyaged to transform by himself.
R-Really?
Doctor Z!
But with Dr. Z's appearance, the stage was really set for Hatte Saburo's direction change.
If you think about it, Akagi's impressive fight might have been his last hurrah,
his last big scene before retiring.
Quit making it sound like that was the end, Hakase—
Unofficial Arsenal File, Part 03: Penultimate Powers Act 1!
Unofficial Arsenal File Part 03 Penultimate Powers Act 1 (Deka Cuffs / Bouken Shovel)
Time for the Deka Cuffs!
The powers that the official Sentai have shared with the Akibarangers!
First is Deka Red's Deka Cuffs!
When you think of Deka Red, you think of drop kicks!
And Ban's partner, Houji!
Deka Blue was so cool! It'd be great to see their friendship again!
The second penultimate power was Bouken Red's Bouken Shovel!
Powerful, isn't it?
Underground Culture Attack!
You... dirty rat!
Try this!
The appearance of that rare form may have been a shock, but...
But in the end, the Chief was as cool as ever!
Mr. Hatte, was that alright?
You're a credit to the work.
Unofficial Arsenal File Part 04 Penultimate Powers Act 2 (Jet Winger / Penultimate Cannon)
Unofficial Arsenal File, Part 04: Penultimate Powers Act 2!
The third power was the Jet Winger!
Red Hawk gave them the amazing power to fly through the sky.
Jet Winger!
And when it comes to Jetman, Black Condor, Yuuki Gai was also cool!
Their rivalry was one of the best parts of Jetman!
And finally...
When three separate powers unite, the most powerful Penultimate Cannon is made manifest!
The combination of the power of official heroes really is unstoppable!
And this concludes our look at the Unofficial Arsenal Files!
Mr. Hatte, it seems to me like Deka Blue and Black Condor are mentioned for no real reason.
Am I imagining things?
Episode 10
The Painfully Unofficial Curse of Z And A New Beginning
Watch where you're jumping, dumbass!
Here he is!
The new character, Tsuzuki Takuma!
He appeared alongside the nyew enemy commander, Delu-Knight!
Grand Delusion!
Changes to the premise really came one after another around here.
Well, I could see the setup between Papa and I being part of the original concept.
Since I'm Aoi's voice actress, and the transformation device looks like her.
I see! So they took those concepts nyand expanded on them to change the direction!
I'm a special agent from Interpol.
Then... what about the scorpion brand, and the curse of the Moe Moe Z-Cunes,
and meeting your brother for the first time?
Oh, I think those were made up after the fact.
I mean, that was when the really strange stuff happened,
like Akagi being called out to the Pentagon.
You guys sure are lucky!
If I hadn't figured it out and came back, you'd all be puppets for Hatte Saburo!
But... I didn't mind working with Takuma.
Episode 11
The Next Generation Heralds a Pain-Free, Down to Earth Warrior
I mean, we fought more seriously than when you were around...
I didn't mind, either!
You too, Yumeria?!
I mean, having a young hottie around is fuel for my delusions!
If you think about it, instead of a middle-aged otaku,
the tall, down-to-Earth, cool Takuma would probably be a bigger hit with kids and women.
That's what the official Sentai heroes are usually like.
Like someone from D-Boys!
It's a change that makes a lot of sense.
You guys! Quit making fun of me!
If I hadn't realized they were changing direction, do you know what would've happened?!
What would've happened?
Unofficial
The show would still be going, wouldn't it?
Body
Heart
Technique
Yeah. You're right!
Only the old man was going to be replaced, after all.
If you had just gone to the Pentagon,
we could've been the retooled Akibaranger with Takuma!
I get it! Hatte Saburo wanted us to realize, with this DVD, that Akagi was ruining the show!
We've figured out what's keeping us from a second season!
You were probably the reason they started changing things in the first place.
Your delusions were too nerdy... and perverted!
Y-you guys shouldn't blame me for all of this!
Hatte Saburo was the one who made me the main character!
If you've got a problem, complain to—-
Wait. If you think about it, fighting in a delusion,
and the premise for the early episodes was chosen by Hatte Saburo, right?
The fact that I'm Red, and the reason you two joined up, was all decided by "him" right?!
Episode 12
Episode Painful: Goodbye Delusion Sentai
So isn't "he" the one who needs to realize what "he" did wrong?!
Why didn't we realize that soonyer?
We didn't need to go over this DVD in the first place... how stupid.
He's trying to blame what happened to the show on us, the characters!
Well, it's a bit like the recap episodes they air at the end of the nyear for official Sentai, so that's kind of fun, right?
Recap episode?!
Hakase, how long has this DVD been running?
Uh, about twenty minutes...
Crap! Hatte got us again!
What's wrong?
"He" doesn't want us to review the show!
Now that Akibaranger's ending, we need to fill leftover time in the broadcast schedule, as cheaply as possible!
I bet we're being recorded, even as we speak!
Then us talking like this is going to be Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger episode thirteen?!
Twenty minutes or so of us talking along with a few special segments
is more than enough to fill a half hour of airtime!
The whole "second season" thing was just bait!
No! At this rate, the show's going to end! We shouldn't be watching this!
STOP
Is there anything we can do with the time we have left?!
We're out of time!
We'll have to rely on the audience!
Is there anything we can do to pander to them?!
I know! We can do that!
This way!
Come on!
Um, everyone, I'll sing Heroic Lily while you wait!
The bright hot muzzle fire fades with a bang
As the flowers bear with the pain
Anyone who tries to tear down courageous dreams
Is a monster who will be shot through with love
We're ready!
I've decided to stick with being unofficial for the time being!
Akiba Red!
Akiba Blue!
With these costumes that Hakase and I made, we can just create nyew footage ourselves!
We can even show up at live shows!
Pain is power!
Ready?!
Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger!
Thanks for sticking with us!
Send Toei plenty of feedback on the show!
Your positive comments could lead to a second season!
We're counting on you!
And waiting!
You want to see it, don't you?!
A swimsuit episode! A body swap episode! An Idol episode!
THE END
New teammates! A combining robot!
A scene where our helmets have battle damage! An episode shot in Kyoto! Super modes!
Everyone expects you to behave when you're official
Taun deru no kutsu toka kounin wa atarimae
You'd be lucky to enjoy yourself while you're unofficial!
Hikounin made atsumedashite honmono sa
A lot's bound to happen,
Tama gya deaeru
and you might look back on it with a smile
Maji de ai no aru horidashimono ni
Even if it's bizarre, that's all right!
Bimyou demo That’s alright!
Because it's times like these that life seems like a dream!
Konna jidai no yume dakara
It's okay now, that's alright!
Daijoubu That’s alright!
Everything's fine now, because it's a dream!
Umaku itteru yume dakara
It's okay now, that's alright!
Daijoubu That’s alright!
...it's okay...
...daijoubu...
Because the future is always inside of your dreams!
Itsumo mirai wa yume no naka
Ashita wa Akiba no
And tomorrow the same wind will blow
Kaze ga fuku no sa shabadaba
through Akiba like it always does, shabadaba!
Thanks for watching!
Our gratitude goes out to the Unofficial fans... by Hatte Saburo