Mighty Mirth & Power Rangers: Momoiro Clover Z!!

Ever since the Year-End Specials introduced me to the wonder of the adorably silly antics of Momoiro Clover Z, I’ve been checking out all their older videos, and I have to say that this is a girls group like none I’ve ever seen! If I had to make any comparison I’d say they reminded me a bit of old Hello Project act Minimoni (complete with the duckwalking and leg-teetering dance moves) but their complete adherence to the great Super-Sentai superhero shows puts them in a league of their own!

After their kick butt performances on the Kohaku and MS Super Live, I began randomly clicking on some of their other videos, and each one that came up had both insanely super catchy songs as well as amazing Japanese Super-Hero direction and sensibilities!

 The Power Rangers motif is obvious, but I like how there’s little things in it that are clearly from the heroes I grew up with as a kid, in particular, Goranger (5 Rangers) and Kamen-Rider! Watching the video for “Z Densetsu Owarinaki Kakumei”, I had to laugh at the references to heroes of the past like the elaborate “Henshin” belt complete with cartoon rays of energy emanating when the belt is activated…

Tried and true personality traits like “Yellow” Momoiro Clover Z girl Shiori having an uncontrollable appetite for Curry:

"Red" Momoclo Ranger Kanako positioned in the center as the group's leader...all super sentai leaders are the red ones, don't you know?

And in what has to be the most HILARIOUS Kamen Rider Reference, when the voice-over dramatically describes how the girls got their super-powers, they show a clip of Purple Momoclo girl Reni strapped to the diabolical backlit operating table (where so many other Riders met their fates), only in THIS instance, she is struggling because the other girls are tickling her! AHAHAHAHA

Even the backdrops that the girls are fighting in harken back to the Superhero shows of the 70’s; Old Shipyards with huge rusty containers and brawls on the docks right at the ocean’s edge…

And if that wasn't enough to seal the deal, they even got Tokusatsu Vocal Legend MIZUKI ICHIRO (he of Kamen Rider X and Mazinger Z vocal fame, among countless others) to help out during the chorus parts yelling "ZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!"!!! How COOL is that??!!!
AHAHAHA! Oh man, this is one group I’ll have to examine closer, as it looks like they have something quite unique in this explosion of idol pop!

Below: a smattering of eclectic Momoiro Clover Z Videos to knock your socks off, first with the Action-packed Momorio Clover Theme song "Z Densetsu ~Owarinaki Kakumei~"
(Charismatic " Z!" Yelling provided by Mizuki Ichiro)

LOL, it's hilarious when the announcer calls out their colors, when he gets to "blue", the girls kind of go 'Uhhhh..." since "Blue" Ranger Akari Hayami had since departed!

Below: an example of how "Epic" the scope of Momoclo's Super Heroic Videos can be with the powerful "Otome Senso"

Below: the girls perform the theme song for Keiko Kitagawa's Akumu Chan Drama,"Saraba, Itoshiki Kanashimitachi Yo" in a cool Angel/Devil themed motif: 

Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com