Do you like Super Sentai? Always finding yourself excited for the reveal of the sixth ranger every season? Want to be part of sharing that very excitement and love with others through your works and supporting others'? Well hello there , you've come to just the right place friend!This is a for-charity zine dedicated to all the sixth rangers ever across all of Super Sentai so far! Giving spotlight attention to as many sixth rangers as we can: their legacies as heroes and as part of their team will be brought to life through art and writing pieces.Our Charity of choice: UNICEF!
Current phase: Creation of Works In Progress!
Project Schedule:
Interest Check Open - 8/1 - 9/12
Contributor Applications Open - 9/14-10/15
Acceptance emails Sent -10/16-10/20
Piece Pitches and Assignments - 10/21-10/30
Creation Phase - 11/1-2/21
Zine Formatting Phase -2/22-3/17
Sales Begin - 3/20-5/30
Final Donation Made - 6/7Please note this is a rough schedule for the project and is open to change based on events during it's creation. Should any changes occur they will be updated here to reflect that.
F.A.Q.
✦ ~ "Why aren't extra rangers allowed?" ~
So this is a matter of keeping to focus for the sake of a set range. Extra rangers are well loved here we assure! But they have a different place in the franchise and their own history and the way they've been marketed by the franchise over the years and to include all of them atop the already 36 sixths (and that's including a few that are debatable already) would just be too much for one project.✦ ~ "Why is X in the zine but not Y? / Why isn't X in the zine aren't they a sixth ranger? / I don't think Y should be in this zine." ~
So to start, most sixth rangers are generally self explanatory and obvious within their respective shows. Fair enough, but that's most of them. Not all. For those few stragglers (a couple oddball team structures in phase 2 and some of the showa entries) it's a little less clear or even debateable, so for those situations we made our judgements based on the following considerations:- When and how were they introduced to the team?
- What role do they play in the narrative and how do they play off the team to do so?
- How much do they serve to further the plot whether directly or by affect of new information or skills they bring?
- How were they treated in marketing to the original audience when the show was airing?
- Do they follow the legacy and aforementioned more closely to other sixths or are they actually an extra ranger?✦ Are only Super Sentai rangers allowed or are Power Rangers also going to featured?So this answer has actually changed a bit over the course of forms due to the surprising amount of power ranger fans and artist who've come to support us already. So in light of this, though it would be too much a split to keep track of both versions indivudually of each ranger, we're allowing the following:
- Solo pieces for Ryan(Titanium Ranger) & Fern (Cosmic Fury Orange) are allowed! As PR only rangers, they're equally important to the legacy of sixth rangers overall.
- Pieces, whether art or writing, of both the sentai and power ranger counterparts of the same ranger are allowed! You cannot do only a power ranger aside the aforementioned cases, but you may have the sentai & power ranger characters together or interacting!✦ How do you plan to distribute sixths between participants so no one character gets an overwhelming amount of content while someone only gets 1 piece about them?
There is going to be a limit of 2 pieces for every ranger in the roster! When applying, we'll ask for your top 5 options to work on and keep it in consideration as we give assignments to contributors. No one may make 2 pieces for the same ranger either.
- "dibs" will be given on a mix of when you send in your pitches and then, as needed, discussing familiarity with other series if there's gaps you could fill potentially elsewhere even if not your first pick. We understand not everyone is going to know every show and ranger so there will potentially be gaps, but we also want to cover as much as possible.If you only know one or two shows and especially if they are more popular in nature, it might be better to either be willing to do some research on other shows while the application period is open or not apply if worried.
Meet the Mods:
Project Head & Writing Mod
✦ Can be found at: Shingansoul (Tumblr, AO3, Twitter)
✦ Other Zines - Path of the Dinosaurs Zine(mod), Murciélago: An Ulquiorra Cifer Zine, Never Turn Back Zine (writer) [and others]
✦ Responsibilities: Project head, all social media account posts, communications & Organization, Writing Mod (and writing contributor)
✦ Favorite Sentai sixths: Eiji (Bouken Silver), Misao (Zyuoh the World), Stinger (Sasori Orange), Takamichi (Kiramai Silver), "Dangerous" Jiro (Don Torabolt)
Art Mod
✦ Can be found at: Sunstonespark (Tumblr)
✦ Other Zines: Rider System: A Kamen Rider Zine (Artist)
✦ Responsibilities: Art Mod (overseeing and assisting artists for project, helping with assets for zine and accounts), Artist contributor
✦ Favorite Sentai sixths: Go-On Wings (Go-On Gold & Go-On Silver)
Formatting Mod
✦ Can be found at: Squarebosk (Tumblr, Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram)
✦ Other Zines - Path of the Dinosaurs Zine(mod & artist), Fan Zinetai Celebranger: A 45th anniversary sentai zine (Project Head & artist)
✦ Responsibilities: Formatting mod (putting the final product together and making zine assets), setting guidelines for art pieces
✦ Favorite Sentai sixth:
Akira (Toq 6Gou)
X Mod
✦ Can be found at: unsteadyheroes (X, Ttumblr, and instagram)
✦ Other Zines: SideM 10th zine, YE@RBOOK zine, Our Brutal, Beautiful, Miserable Fantasy zine (Artist)
✦ Responsibilities: X account Mod (reformatting information for X, keeping up with posts and comments/questions made on platform), Artist Contributor
✦ Favorite Sentai sixths: Akira! (Toqger)
Meet the Contributors
Jaden (Jadendoes-stuff)
theamazingelu (theamazingelu)
TBA
Hoenn Gem
(Randomhoennplayer)
Lee Thorne
(LEEBLISSY)
TBA