The news: Ninninninninninninninninninninninger The weeklies: No, Drive is totally a serialized show just like Gaim, honest! Plus, more excuses for ToQger to show off great action directing. Power Playback:

The news: Underwhelming Drive forms are underwhelming. The weeklies: What’s Wrong With Drive: Week 2, and what if a sentai’s villain theme was nothing but furniture? Power Playback: No, wait, we did something even better!

The news: NYCC was basically all stuff we saw before. The weeklies: ToQger outperforms Drive, which is having trouble starting.. Power Playback: ToQger bumped it – look for Gingaman next time! Also: The audio quality varies a bit throughout the episode due to mixing two recording sources. We’ll do better next week.

The news: Funimation picks up the Garo anime, to the surprise of many. The weeklies: Let’s talk about why Orange is the best color in sentai. Power Playback: We should have done this last week since Battle Fever only takes about two minutes to go over. Also: The greatest video of Thomas The Tank Engine.