Teach Me Sentai

Power Rangers is fun again!! Just Natalie and John for episodes 5-8 of season 2 of MMPR and bask in the glory of Amy Jo Johnson. Also, Tommy losing his powers but we'll get through it!! Featuring minor inconveniences, tracker iguanas, club sign ups, introducing a new thing but acting like it's an old thing, and the best "It's Morphin Time" in franchise history. Follow us on T...

We did it. We watched good episodes of Sentai. Dairanger Episodes 5-8 are an action packed delight and feature so many twists and turns that you will completely see coming. Featuring feminism, a strong lip, teleporting to China, family reunions, and a monster potentially inspired by biblically accurate angels. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr @teachmesentai Contact the show at teachmese...

Look. Most of this episode is about the three part "The Mutiny" which is quite bad. John and Natalie have many complaints. But we know you're going to have fun listening as they whine about episodes 1-4 of Season 2 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Featuring four wheelers, lightning, wasted time, evil spells, and a kid who looks like Marcia Gay Harden. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram,...

Season 2 begins now. Who are the Dairanger? What great threat have they gathered to face? Will we like this season more than Zyuranger? After episode 1-4 of Dairanger, Natalie and John are ready to give a firm answer - we have no idea. But the fights are really great! Featuring entry level jobs, stranger danger, leather, incredible monsters, and a quagmire of potentially problematic representation...

We're back! And so are the Power Rangers after all these years. And they're older but still rangers? Power Rangers Once and Always was a special that they made so now we're talking about it. It's not all bad! Season two next episode! Featuring Congressman Zack, grief but only kind of, lying to your employees, effort to engage with continuity, and for some reason no Bulk and Skull??...

It's our season one finale and unfortunately, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episodes 57-60 didn't get the memo. For a finale, they're a little soft, but you know Natalie and John are going to pick them apart and have a blast! Featuring team sports, team building, Arnold Schwarzenegger, double dates, and one last episode with the incredible Angela. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tu...

This episode covers Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episodes 53-56. And lots of things happen in those episodes. But one of those things is Pumpkin Rapper and why would this description cover anything else??? Featuring magic show, a rapping monster, trick questions, a monster that's a Halloween pumpkin, targeted children because they're bad at soccer, lovers quarrels, and a monster called Pum...

A legend carried on the wind. A mysterious group of warriors. Powerful, capable, down to hang with some eligible teens. It's the Angel Grove MILFs and Natalie and John are going to tell you all about them. This episode covers Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episodes 48-52. Also Tommy is back. Featuring blackmail, too much Goldar, a food fight, Jason David Frank's unparalleled Power Rangers ex...

Have you missed Sentai? Because John and Natalie missed Sentai. Join them on a journey through the opening of three Sentai seasons and explore the wild ways this series can launch, and different tones we can experience. Also John accidentally refers to Jetman's Yuki Gai as Gokaiger's Ikari Gai and he's sorry. Featuring school, American voiceovers, glam villains, flying, girlfriends, being rich, st...

If there's two things Natalie and John disagree on, it's Zord Fights and Ernie's business practices. Unfortunately in this episode, Natalie comes out on top. Join them as they unpack Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1, episodes 45-48 and be sure to participate in the season 2 twitter poll! Featuring wholesome teen vacations, drag, a cute dog, time capsules, cockroach style kung fu, and a slammi...

If you thought that Zyu2 would usher in an era of cleaner storytelling, better integrated footage, and fresh, fun monsters, I regret to inform you that's only kind of true. But as John and Natalie dive into episodes 41-44 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, they do get an absolute banger of a fight song, literally! Featuring farms, getting involved in your community, Angela's confusing emotions, scub...

If you thought the Zyuranger finale was exciting, wait until the MMPR version does the same thing but worse so it's better by comparison! Even though the plot is a little blah, Natalie and John have a ton of fun with episodes 39 and 40 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Plus, a deep dive into what exactly this "Zyu2" thing John keeps mentioning actually is! Featuring production finance, too much Gol...

It all comes down to this! John and Natalie are here to take you through the four part end-game of Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger (that's episodes 47-50) and bid farewell to our dinosaur heroes. Featuring a ton of mecha fights, a bratty child, mind control, Bandora's tragic backstory, and dramatic bubbles. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr @teachmesentai Contact the show at teachmesentai@gmail....

Doppelgängers. We all love them. But if you promise Natalie and John doppelgänger hijinks, you better deliver! Join us for episodes 45 and 46 of Zyuranger and episode 28 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers to see how these series did. Then, as a special treat to wind down the festive season, a holiday special edition of Two Truths and a Sent-lie! Featuring eco-terrorism, taking a bath with an old lady...

Oh! What's that delicious holiday smell? Why, it's John and Natalie here to talk to you about some filler episodes from Power Ranger and Super Sentai. Episodes 43 and 44 of Zyuranger and episodes 36 and 37 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers may not push the story forward but they sure are a lot of fun. CW:  The beginning of this episode includes discussion of suicide. Please skip the first two o...

Tommy Oliver has been many things - a hero, a himbo, a karate master. But how will he fare as the center of this two part story as Rita tries to steal his powers! Natalie and John walk through Green Candle, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Episodes 34 and 35 and then give you a 100% accurate guide to Power Ranger colors. Featuring school dances, Zack's dating advice, the Dark Dimension, a lot of Golda...

It's the moment we've been waiting for since Clotho first showed her creepy little face. John and Natalie have made it to the Green Candle Saga. Episodes 40-42 of Zyuranger bring an end to the ticking clock that's been following Burai since he joined the team. But what will be his ultimate fate? Is the fact that episode 42 is called "Burai Dies!" a clue?? Featuring time dilation, unexpected cockpi...

Mei, Lamy, subterranean monster Goda - Zyuranger episodes 38 and 39 bring John and Natalie some awesome ladies getting it done. Episodes 32 and 33 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers bring them himbo Tommy Oliver. At least he's fun to laugh at. Featuring existentialism, Tuxedo Mask, Billy in a cowboy hat, show business, and the official hierarchy of 90s humor. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumb...

Welcome to the Putty Bowl! Grab a table, we'll get you some drinks, and you can enjoy today's special - filler episodes! But just because episodes 36 and 37 of Zyuranger and episodes 30 and 31 of Mighty Morphin are filler, doesn't mean they're not fun! Featuring flamingos, 17th century pirates, cousins, Chinese folklore, inflating your ego, culinary innovation, and a functioning restaurant run by...

Episodes 34 and 35 of Zyuranger are some fun filler with questionable life choices. Episodes 28 and 29 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are a bloated and repetitive two parter. But this episode of Teach Me Sentai is John and Natalie having as much fun as they can with it! Featuring prop babies, time dilations, spontaneous ninja powers, a cure for cancer, believing in yourself, and an accidentally d...

John and Natalie come down from the high of fighting Satan and Shattered Grid to... these episodes. Episodes 32 and 33 of Zyuranger and Episode 27 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, to be precise. Are they great? No. Are they silly? Oh yes. Plus the return of Two Truths and a Sent-lie (with some minor audio issues sorry). Featuring teen flirting, inspiring the youths, wet Geki, surprise suits of arm...

It's time to go back to Zyuranger for a wild, intense four part epic! Natalie and John unpack episodes 28-31 and follow the team through ramen shops and fighting Satan. Featuring Beast Knight God King Brachion, ill-timed smirking, child sacrifice, JUSTICE, and homosexual side-eye.  Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr @teachmesentai Contact the show at teachmesentai@gmail.com Support u...

It's SHATTERED GRID TIME! John and Natalie finish their excursion though the Boom Studios books by dissecting this brilliant crossover event. This crossover includes issues 25-30 of MMPR, Issues 9-12 of Go Go Power Rangers, the 2018 Annual, the 2018 Free Comic Book Day Special, and the Shattered Grid Finale special. Featuring cameos, high stakes, cleaning up the toys when you're done playing, and...

It's year two of the Boom Studios Ranger books and we're all over the timeline. From Zordon's secret rangers of 1969 to previously untold tales of the Ranger's earliest days. John and Natalie talk through all of the big swings in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers issues 13-24 and Go Go Power Rangers Issues 1-12. Featuring tonally inconsistent bullying, the moon landing, FEELINGS, violence against senti...

Time to take a little break from our regular coverage to explore the offerings of Boom Studios Power Rangers comics, and spoiler alert, they're great. John and Natalie walk through the wild adventures and clever characterizations of this reimagined Ranger team in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers issues 0-12, the 2016 Annual and the 2017 Annual. Featuring fashion, the multiverse, the best Jason, a real...