Kanpai Senshi After V

File:Kanpai Senshi After-V Poster.jpg
**Kanpai Senshi After V** is a 2014 *Super Sentai* parody tokusatsu series, airing concurrently with *Ressha Sentai ToQgerFile:Icon-crosswiki.png*. In a similar vein to Toei's own 'unofficial' Sentai parody *Hikonin Sentai AkibarangerFile:Icon-crosswiki.png*, it light-heartedly pokes fun at the traditions and tropes seen in Sentai series.

## Plot

> The police and Self-Defense Force were powerless against evildoers hellbent on ruling the world. A new organization was created to defeat these villains... The Golden Warriors Treasure V: A team of five combat specialists. However, their drinking parties after battles became better known than the battles themselves, and they became known as the Cheers Soldiers, After V!
>
> Opening narration., Kanpai Senshi After V

*to be added*

## Characters

### After V

Main article: After V (team)
 File:Kanpai Senshi After-V.jpg

### Villains

* Commander (After V)
* Combatant (After V)

## References/Homages to Super Sentai and other Tokusatsu

* Aesthetically, After V is especially reminiscent of *Super Sentai* series made in the early 1980s. The name 'After V' is a homage to the 1982 Sentai series *Goggle VFile:Icon-crosswiki.png*. The teams' suits appear as a hybrid of the 1980 and 1981 Sentai *DenzimanFile:Icon-crosswiki.png* and *Sun VulcanFile:Icon-crosswiki.png* with gems on the helmet like *Goggle V*. Likewise, the Treasure Robo is reminiscent of DaiDenzinFile:Icon-crosswiki.png and the Sun Vulcan RoboFile:Icon-crosswiki.png.
* Treasure V is a five-man team with the color scheme Red/Blue/Pink/Yellow/Green, the most commonly used quintet of colors since the original *Himitsu Sentai GorengerFile:Icon-crosswiki.png*, also used in *Denziman* and various later Sentai including *Ressha Sentai ToQgerFile:Icon-crosswiki.png*, the Sentai whose run *After V* aired within.
* Yellow has been shown to love eating curry, as the original KirengerFile:Icon-crosswiki.png in *Himitsu Sentai GorengerFile:Icon-crosswiki.png* did.
* As was the norm for early Sentai, the gender ratio is four men (Red/Blue/Yellow/Green) and one woman (Pink).
	+ Yellow's replacement being female is a reference to the change started by *Choudenshi BiomanFile:Icon-crosswiki.png*, the first Sentai with a female Yellow alongside the Pink, which gradually became the prefered option to this day.
		- The departure of the New Yellow (due to maternity leave) from the team and subsequent replacement by the original Yellow is another reference to Kirenger. In *Gorenger*, Daita Ooiwa left the team for a period of 13 episodes before rejoining following the death of his replacement Daigorou KumanoFile:Icon-crosswiki.png.
* Like the original MidorengerFile:Icon-crosswiki.png and Green SaiFile:Icon-crosswiki.png from *Choujuu Sentai LivemanFile:Icon-crosswiki.png*, Green wields a boomerang weapon.
* The Chief emerging as Lame Gold is an example of the 6th RangerFile:Icon-crosswiki.png additions which was first experimented with in *Bioman* and *MaskmanFile:Icon-crosswiki.png* before becoming tradition starting in *ZyurangerFile:Icon-crosswiki.png*. The trope of the mentorFile:Icon-crosswiki.png becoming a hero assisting the team has also appeared in many Sentai.
* The combatant's battle uniform while fighting After V is reminiscent of the combatmenFile:Icon-crosswiki.png of ShockerFile:Icon-crosswiki.png seen in the originalFile:Icon-crosswiki.png *Kamen Rider Series*, in particular the presence of a mask reminiscent of those worn by lucha libre wrestlers. While in the restaurant, the combatant addresses the commander with a salute and "Eeeee!" like servants of Shocker.

## Cast

* Red - Ryouta Murai
* Blue - Kazuki Kato
* Pink - Yu Kikkawa
* Yellow - Buffalo Goro A
* Green - Tsubasa Tobinhaga (Rubber Girl)
* Commander - Shigeru Saiki
* Combatant - Jiro Shison'nu
* Store manager - Ryu Nakatani

## Episodes

1. After-V Arrives!
2. Red! My Justice
3. Battle with the Gold Devil!
4. Flames Rising! Mass Panic
5. Tears! Farewell, Yellow
6. Our Yellow
7. Once again, Farewell Yellow!

## Notes

* The show's title is a pun based on the old adage that people should not drink until after 5:00pm because the alcohol will cause afternoon fatigue.
	+ The title also contains the word Kampai and the characters are in a bar talking about their lives. The word *Kampai* translates to "Cheers"