France Five

Xenoborg · Posté le: 07 Nov 2006, 22:15 Sujet du message:

Welcom Deka1

I was wondering how does the people when people see you re costume. Do they think you cosplay a "power rangers" or do they know about france five?

P.S: sorry my english is kind of rusty

deka1 · Posté le: 07 Nov 2006, 22:46 Sujet du message:

Boy I feell sorry for that guy i took a picture with on the second day, plus when i first saw him, it kinda made me want to have Battlizer for my Red Fromage costume ! Chouette

http://www.fansview.com/2006/animeexpo/0704c0135.jpg
http://www.fansview.com/2006/animeexpo/0704c0137.jpg

The Reason why i felt so sorry for him was the fact that...

#1. He's costume was the best, but no one would give him a break !

#2. Every time he tried too take off his helmet, some one would always be there for a picture ! Plus he said that his helmet smelled like crap inside !

#3. it took him 6 long hours just too walk to & through the Main exhibit hall, & walk back too he's hotel room ! (this would take a NonCosplayer just a half hour to do !) Triste

#4. He said when he finally took off his costume after so long, he said he had sore purple marks on both of his sholders !

then later that afternoon he dressed of as Sportacus from LazyTown

http://www.fansview.com/2006/animeexpo/0704d0093.jpg
http://www.fansview.com/2006/animeexpo/0704d0089.jpg

Boy that would still be really hard for any one looking good on the outside, & suffering on in the inside ! Na !

deka1 · Posté le: 07 Nov 2006, 23:26 Sujet du message:

I was wondering how does the people when people see you re costume. Do they think you cosplay a "power rangers" or do they know about france five?

Well in the USA, how people view my costume, 100% they all think "Power Rangers" !
There is a only a 5% rate they think sentai, & im sorry to say there is only a 1% rate that think France five !

for example when i worked a SuperMarket in(2004) I told my Co-workers about my idea of cosplaying as "FranceFive" at AX2005, & they all laughed in my face, they called me childish, & told me to straight-up too GROW-UP, & they even mocked me saying "Go Go Power Rangers" in my face !
But i did'nt let them, put me down i still made my dream come true !

The only people really that know about France five are Computer Nerds or Geeks and Tokusatsu Fans, & a few Anime Fans !
in the USA Tokusatsu means nothing, No one really know's anything about SuperSentai, or a japanese version of the power rangers so to call it !

When i tell a American Citizen about France five, they always think about the Saban, & Disney's Power Rangers ! & in there mind they view PowerRangers Crappy, kids show ! they would probley think that PowerRangers, & SuperSentai are the same & they both suck in the same way ! & for some Reason they always they the "American one" was before the "japanese one" !

Im sorry to say this but it's a true, only A few americans know about F5 !

Xenoborg · Posté le: 07 Nov 2006, 23:48 Sujet du message:

Well that was the response i imagine you would give me.
But since i d never imagined I would see an american francfive cosplay i thought maybee there would be other surprise like that.

Le Farfadet Spatial · Visiteur Inscrit le: 04 Oct 2005 Messages: 261

Hello everybody out there !

Deka1, as everyone (as far as I am concern), I am very happy you came to post here. And congratulation for your France Five suit, this definitevly is a great job.

It does not suprise me at all that only a few people in US have heard about France Five. Actually, I was very suprise, when I learn about you, that someone in US could be fan enough to cosplay in a Red Fromage suit.

May I ask you something : do you understand french ? If not, can you understand something in France Five ?

Best regards.

The Spacial Sprite

deka1 · Posté le: 08 Nov 2006, 19:46 Sujet du message:

No, i do not understand french, i do understand something about france five ! i understand that it is a good sentai, it the first Sentai made in your country, french designed, & i wonder why my country has done that, the only known American design'ed Ranger was the : "Titanium Lightspeed Rescue Ranger"
http://www.rangercentral.com/images/prlr-rg-ryan.jpg

I got in to Sentai in (2002), I was like many of those normal Americans, thinking thinking PowerRangers was stuiped,& American made, until one day at High School a japanese friend named tak showed me a SuperSentai Magazine ! i was shocked has looked page by page to see how many Show's there were before the MMPR in (1993) ! this was a time when i had no idea how to use the internet !

Then in later that year I was in the Main Place Mall(Santa Ana), in a Anime store called "Simple Kid's", And i came across my first SuperSentai DVD !
Goaranger vs. SuperSentai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70J0Fukxd8w

This Movie made me see how different Sentai was from PR, I learn that it was not really for kids(american kids), it more look like it was made for teens, & Young Adults ! I show'ed my high school friends & they liked it ! to bad i would have to wait until 2005(youtube), to truely understand Tokusatsu !

I bought other DVD's from the same store !, I bought them all for $17.99 each, ofcourse i bought them through the month's !

1. Timeranger vs. GoGoV (Bought)
2. Gao Ranger the Movie, Fire Mountain Howls (Bought)
3. Ultraman Cosmos 2 Blue Planet (Christmas Gift)
4. Godzilla VS Mechagodzilla (Bought)

then in "Simple Kid's" Did'nt Sell Tokusatsu Movies any more ! So i tried looking in other Anime store, and all the place I looked they did'nt have, or have never heard of such Japanese shows !

Then in the summer of 2003, i went to Disneyland, & used the internet for the first time at "Innoventions", in Tomorrowland ! typed in "Sentai" ! it Brought me to the "Super Sentai Time Capulse"(or now "SuperSentai.com) website ! i also found other Website's too, like...

1. Japan Hero
2. SENTAI SANCTORUM

then in around late 2003 I got my first internet installed on my computer by my Dad, i would'nt find Francefive until the time episode 4 came out in (2004) !

Well the day i found France five, was the day i watch my first F5 episode ! which was episode 3 ! how I found France five was really by coincidence !

I was on Cyborg's Power Rangers.com, looking under "Power Ranger Teams", looking at fan art ranger picture's, i then i saw "france five" which i did'nt know was a real sentai team !
i clicked on the picture it was based off of ! the picture looked real to be real, so i went to Google, & searched for France five to see if it's real, & that's how i found France five ! Chouette

http://www.cyborgpower.wz.cz/teams.htm
http://www.cyborgpower.wz.cz/teams_soubory/FranceFive.gif
http://www.cyborgpower.wz.cz/teams_soubory/FranceFive.jpg

I watched all the episode's, I thought Ep 2 was the funniest, then after the discovery of france five, call my friend & spred the news of France five to them !
I download france five episodes, & burned them on Cd's ! I gave them to my Friend's, & even watched Francefive at High School, R.O.P., & College !

One of my Friend's that i have known since Elementary School, & we were in R.O.P. together, is still a fan of FranceFive, & a big fan of Star Trek ! his Name is "John French", I even got him to come with me to AX2006 ! plus i even made him a little internet star too !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSVMJ2_M7oM
Yes i was in the crowed too, giving him support ! the language he was singing in was a Star Trek language known as "Klingon", which he is petty good in speaking, as for me... i only know a few word's ! Chouette

Le Farfadet Spatial · Visiteur Inscrit le: 04 Oct 2005 Messages: 261

Hello everybody out there !

deka1 · Posté le: 09 Jan 2007, 12:23 Sujet du message:

http://www.cosplayphotos.com/conventions/grab_image.php?id=29869&type=1&conid=27&sorter=counter&cs_start=1420&ranker=1430

I may not know any French, but atleast i know how to make my Costume notesable ! thou only a few people know my costume, Atleast it give's some people a chance to learn about france five, & SuperSentai !

Plus I feel lucky to be in 2 video's

#1. Ax Naruto Sexy jutsu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5O1I-iZyeY

#2. Klingon Rap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSVMJ2_M7oM

In truth The French Language has nothing to do with anything, All I know is that "France Five" change'd my life ! & If it was'nt for "France Five" i would'nt be the person I am today ! Plus i made my Dream come true, & that was to be the first Cosplayer of "France five" in the USA, & It really happened ! Thank you too all the Dreamers, Creators & makers of France five, you changed a Life !

Xenoborg · Posté le: 09 Jan 2007, 12:52 Sujet du message:

Well since you re the only France Cosplayerwe know about, maybee you re the only France five cosplayer in the world.

deka1 · Posté le: 09 Jan 2007, 13:31 Sujet du message:

no that's not true, I have seen others

http://www.nautiljon.com/images/conventions/je2004/photos/JE_041.jpg

http://anima2000images.free.fr/images/14gd.jpg

I even once saw a picture of a cosplayer of RedFromage from Episode 2 or 3 !

I also once saw pictures of 3 cosplayers dressed up as Glou Man Chou, Extasy, & Warduke !
I Guess you could say FranceFive Cosplayers are out there, but im the only known one & first in the USA, I think the other FranceFive Cosplayers would be from Japan or Europe that what I think, or i could be wrong, I guess will just have too see what happens in the Future, only time will tell !

Ash 2 en 1 · Posté le: 09 Jan 2007, 20:01 Sujet du message:

Deka it's not a cosplayer... It's the real Red Fromage !
He was at Cartoonist 2002 in Paris and some other french conv since 2002.

Le Farfadet Spatial · Visiteur Inscrit le: 04 Oct 2005 Messages: 261

Hello everybody out there !

deka1 · Posté le: 10 Jan 2007, 10:21 Sujet du message:

the one thing i have always felt like do to my costume, was to add the original Prototype Helmet of RedFromage ! Chouette

http://cyborgpower.wz.cz/your_soubory/SaschaAmend/FranceFivePrototyp.gif

http://www.francefive.com/newsite/photos/design/17_nonaka.jpg

Boy thank God you guys did'nt go with that Silver design, that costumes look's almost like "KamenRider Super", & nothing near close to Silvers "Dairanger" Design ! Hmm...

And after AX2006 i Felt like my Costume needed some improvements too it, so i think i want to Add a France five Battlizer too my Costume !

http://francefive.com/newsite/photos/design/27_red.jpg Chouette

I think it would look something similar too France Robo !

deka1

http://www.gamerabaenre.com/thumbnails/ax2007%20203%20(19)_jpg.jpg

http://www.gamerabaenre.com/ax_2007.htm

Hey i made it to AX2007 this year, this is my first found picture of this year !