What kind of movies do you guys like?
Intense... horror!
Watching a lovey-dovey couple...
becoming the first victims, in a gruesome fashion!
It's tradition!
I like sci-fi!
I love space and stuff!
I stick with mysteries.
I really like...
love stories.
Kind of weird how we all have different opinions, huh?
Personally... I prefer musicals, I think.
Why, what are you going to see?
Kagura! You need to go with intense horror!
Next is the East City Studios Station.
East City Studios Station, as its name implies, is near a film studio!
A film studio?!
Where they make movies, yes!
We'll be stopped for a bit, so feel free to do what you want.
That's great!
By the way, I like historical movies best.
And I like action.
Owowow! Hey, that hurts!
Guys! Come on!
A movie studio—!
Maybe we can meet a celebrity!
Let's take a tour!
- Yeah!
You can't just go in!
Hey! Stop right there!
Good afternoon!
Good afternoon.
After them!
- Wait!
I have you now.
That's enough!
What a drag... we run into a Shadow monster instead of a celebrity.
The ToQGers?
I'm in the middle of business right now! Butt out!
Nope.
Now transforming.
Please remain behind the white line while waiting.
ToQ Change!
All aboard!
SUPER SENTAI SERIES
Express Sentai ToQGer will be departing at 7:30.
Please make sure not to miss your connection.
Go for it!
Go Go! Go Go!
Go Go Go Go Go!
Hateshinai senro no mukou gawa
Just what is that shining object
kagayaiteiru mono wa nandarou?!
Beyond this never ending railway?!
DOKIDOKI keiyu no ressha ni notte
Let's hop aboard the train to excitement
Tashikame ni ikou
and find it out for ourselves
Saa hashire! oretachi no EXPRESS
Time to pull out on our express!
DON'T BE LATE! noriokure ni gochuui!
Don't be late! You don't want to miss this train!
GATAGOTO! yume wo nose
Load your dreams down the clanging tracks
Kaze wo kitte susumu
Fly through the wind on your way
dokomademo
As far as you need to go
Yubisashi kakunin
Just point in the right direction
Acchi-kocchi-docchida
Wherever you end up heading
Kimi no eki made michibike! IMAGINATION
Just be yourself when you get there! IMAGINATION!
TUNNEL nuketara
Once you make it out of the tunnel
asu ni mukete NON-STOP
Head towards the future, non-stop!
Ressha Sentai Hassha OORAI! ToQGer!
Express Sentai departing, alright! ToQGer!
Station 38
Let's Make a Movie
Cut!
Station 38
Let's Make a Movie
Cut! Cut!
Too slow!
Kagura!
Hikari!
Cut!
Try this out!
Film Noir!
What the?!
Hey!
And now, the burning passion of a summertime aventure!
What? What—?
Hot! Too hot, hot, hot!
That one really caught on fire!
This guy's not too bad...
And now for a spectacle that will shake up the era!
Kagura!
Mio!
Why's it coming at me?!
Help!
Tokatti!
What was that?!
Probably an illusion...
It felt incredibly realistic, though...
In that case, I'll use the Hyper Express!
Come on, you can't whip that thing out already.
You need to save it for the climax!
Then...
What are we supposed to do?
Let's call it a wrap for now.
Really?
Look forward to the sequel!
Coming Soon!
Hey, wait!
He got away...
But when can I use this?!
Are you okay?
Thank you so much! I can never repay you all!
Oh, that's okay...
Do you have any idea why he might have attacked you?
No, not a one...
I see...
I should introduce myself.
I am Bubaigawara Warajiro...
Thank you.
A producer—?
You work in movies?!
Oh, yes. We're actually filming one right now.
Really?!
Then please, can we visit the set?
Could you tell us who's in the movie?
Oh man, I'm starting to get excited!
- Well, we've got...
I wanna go too!
I'm so excited!
Don't forget about me!
...What about the Shadow?
Right this way.
Well, this is the East City Films studio.
This is our large prop department.
Oh, no, you can't go in, no, no...
And this is wardrobe.
The studio—Whoa, no! Stop, no touching!
And this is special equipment storage.
Wait, wait! Don't touch that!
And this is the set where we're filming my current project...
No, careful!
They should be right in the middle of filming— Huh?
Where is everybody?!
Where are they?
It's a real movie set!
Wara, what's going on, man?
Shibasaki? And Kokuryo...
Who're they?
The starring duo.
Can I get an autograph?!
Wara...
Here.
The director and everyone else ran off.
W-wait a minute...
This is, literally, actually, the first I'm hearing of this.
I thought this was a professional production.
You're quite right!
I'll find them right now, and get them back in a flash!
You want us to work with a director who ditched production?
I think I'm done...
This movie...
really is cursed.
Cursed—?
Cuuuurrsssseeddd—!
I'm so terribly sorry!
I'll get another crew together in no time!
You make it sound easy. Where are you gonna get them from?
You're not gonna find staff that conveniently out of no—
- Here, here, here, here!
We'll do it!
Crime Reporter Pescatore.
It's a story about a pair of reporters looking to score a major story who end up caught in the crossfire of a gang war...
filled with betrayal and romance,
Okay, excuse me..
and a major conspiracy behind the gang war.
Why are we doing this?
We didn't have a choice. Kagura volunteered us.
Okay, let's get some test shots!
Director!
This way.
Director Kagura
Hmm... It's sort of like...
The most important thing here is...
passion?
...Is it?
Scene 13, take one...
Ready...
Action!
Pescatore! We've got our story.
The Carbonara family is making major moves.
They're trying to wipe out the Lasagnas...
So what?!
We, the journalists, will win in the end!
With the power of the pen—
- Okay, cut, cut!
That's no good!
It's sort of like... your performance is too intimidating?
You need to smile!
You can make it more cute, can't you?
But... a crime reporter needs to have some intensity—
It's sort of like...
The most important thing is...
fashion?
Huh?
That's it! Let's do something about your fashion, first.
The Carbonara family and their people are making their move, meow!
They're trying to wipe out the Lasagnas, meow!
I don't care, woof!
We, the journalists, will win in the end!
Woof woof!
Meow!
Woof!
Woof.
Meow.
Woof.
Cut!
Very good...
Uh... Kagura...
Not Kagura...
Call me "Director."
Oh, that's right, sorry...
Then, Director,
I'm not sure about these performances...
Wara, baby...
Yes?
Don't bring up the tiny details.
The most important thing in making movies is...
Is what?
Emotion.
Well said, Director!
Emotion!
...Should we let this go on?
I don't think so.
I'm going to pretend I'm not here...
Hey, Noire...
You're up to another stupid scheme, aren't you?
No, no, of course not, sir.
I was simply seeking a means to gather large amounts of quality darkness from the humans.
You talk a big game,
but do you seriously think that chump can gather any darkness?
Rest assured...
Film Shadow is a monster who knows the ins and outs of cinema in detail.
I'm certain he will gather quality darkness.
And you will be needing it, soon...
Yeah...
I guess you're right.
Now the actors have run off?!
Yes... it seems that way.
This... is pretty clearly Kagura's fault, huh?
Hey... if there's no actors, how do you make a movie?
I'm not sure I have any answers for that...
This movie really is cursed!
It's gonna be okay.
I thought this might happen,
so I called in a replacement.
I'm not sure I fully grasp what's happening.
You're the star, my boy!
I... was director of photography, I thought—?
Director!
You've got so many amazing ideas!
Something is pretty clearly off with how this looks!
It's fine, it's fine!
We can always fix it in post with CG.
CG—?
What's the point with us here, then?
Excuse me... I had another question.
Scene 45, take 12...
Rolling!
Ready...
Action!
Jacqueline...
Dear big brother...
Dear big brother is...
Mutter mutter mutter...
- Calm yourself, Catherine.
W-We...
You must stop your... delusions...
Mutter mutter mutter.
- And leave this town... in the... greatest haste...
But dear big brother is...
...She's crying?
That sound...
Who's doing that?! We're rolling here!
With a Kendama in hand, I wander from here...
to there.
And wherever I roam...
I shine a light upon hidden truths!
People call me the Kendama Detective,
Hikari!
Re-Imagined!
Hikari?
Kagura—err, Director, this wasn't in the script.
It's entertaining, so it stays!
Ready... action!
Okay.
This movie isn't cursed...
If anything, that impression itself is wrong.
Yes...
Your impression.
Huh? Mine?
The staff and cast may have seemed to have gotten sick of production and left,
but that's not the case.
Try and remember...
Before, in the green room...
It was faint, but there were traces of a struggle.
And on top of the table, there was a set of car keys.
Excuse me!
I thought it was strange, so I checked with the security guard...
Have you seen...
And the actor's car was still parked at the entrance.
And there was no record of him ever leaving the studio.
And upon closer examination, neither did any of the staff.
There was no trace of any of them leaving the lot.
Which would make this—
A sealed room murder!
No one's dead... but you're half correct.
This studio is, in a way, a closed space.
By which I mean the missing staff are all still somewhere on the premises.
Huh? Where are they?
I asked about that, too, with the Security Guard.
Hold on... It's more like the security guard's the ace detective, right?
Lately, there had been rumors of hauntings on the studio grounds, leaving one room vacant.
Which one?
Screening room #3 at the East City Studios lot.
The schedule's not gonna work—!
Woof...
When are we gonna finish...
- Meow...
Woof...
Director!
Yes?
No, I mean, the original director!
Are you okay?
Woof...
This is terrible! Who would have done this?
You should recognize the film they're tied up with.
I am completely certain...
the culprit...
is Film Shadow!
I suppose there's no point in hiding any longer.
Film Shadow!
What were you trying to do here?
Do you realize who you're talking to?
I was making a movie, of course!
A movie?
I have the ability to record nightmares on film.
I'll edit together the nightmares of the staff here, and create a movie of pure darkness!
And after it premieres nationwide,
ROAD SHOW
audiences who see it will generate even more darkness, until the entire world is engulfed!
But why target movie staff?
They're professionals in the industry.
And thanks to that, the production was a success!
Darkness and Monster Z THE MOVIE
I'm not gonna let you do that!
Movies are supposed to make people laugh, or touch their hearts,
or even excite them. They're things you're supposed to enjoy!
What you're doing doesn't make sense!
Oh, my... criticizing my film before you've even watched it?
I'll never accept your dumb movie!
Film Shadow! Get down from there right now!
Uh, Right, that's just a screen...
Very impressive, ToQGers. You discovered my location with ease.
Got you.
Guys!
Now transforming.
ToQ Change!
ToQ #1!
ToQ #2!
- Jacqueline.
ToQ #3!
ToQ #4!
ToQ #5!
- Hi!
ToQ #6!
- Catherine!
Imagining Victory!
Express Sentai,
ToQGer!
All aboard!
Cut!
Wait! What about the movie?!
Sorry! This is kind of more important!
Film Noir!
And then, the tragic end of a complicated and twisted life!
Seeing that attack of yours once was plenty.
- Come on, come on, almost done. - Whoaaaa!
Well it worked on them!
What a blunder...
Shut up! You're gonna pay for what you did!
And now for a spectacle that will shake up the era!
Shooting!
Well, that's bad.
Whoa, incoming!
There!
Gun action that defies the standards!
Fantastic—!
Huh?
Time to make some cuts!
There! Cut!
Cut!
Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut!
Cut!
...There you are.
Yeah.
This stupid thing...
- Alright! - We did it!
No—!
My ephemeral, yet intense, story—!
Alright...
Time to wrap this up!
Finally caught up...
Could it be that... this is the actual climax?!
Nah, nevermind.
We don't need the Hyper Express to take you out! We'll use this.
Coupling Bazooka!
Rainbow Ru— Whoa!
I'll do it!
The train is now departing.
Rainbow Rush! Security Guard!
Huh?
Boom!
All aboard!
That's tight security—!
Alright!
Yay!
All thanks to our Director.
Good work today.
Same to you.
This is—!
Now this is a movie!
Time to scale up to epic proportions!
Okay...
Yeah.
One more time!
Hyper Express Coupling!
Please step back...
The Hyper Express Terminal is now entering its special coupling mode!
And then let's stand it up!
All aboard ToQ Rainbow!
Okay, take two! Action!
Huh? Wha—?
It's dark... What happened?
What the?
It's so dark and scary!
Huh? Wha? Bwuh—?
SCREAM
You are about to enter a world of horror.
HELP ME...
Based on a
true ToQ Story
HORROR
Something's there!
Make sure not to watch alone...
DEMON BEGONE
CRY IN AGONY
No more!
This isn't that scary.
Whoa.
Okay, let's go!
I-It wasn't scary?
And if a horror movie isn't scary, it isn't worth watching!
I can see it! Your... final scene!
ToQ Rainbow! Final Slash!
ToQ Rainbow Final Slash
And this is my end mark—?!
Fin!
Everyone! They were able to finish the movie from the other day!
See, here!
...Seriously?
I'm amazed they tried to finish it.
Well, what does it say?
Let's see...
"A story with a series of completely unpredictable twists..."
"A hard-boiled approach, with elements of comedy..."
"Or at times, a mystery with elements of comedy."
"The final battle was more intense than even Hollywood's best!"
No way! It's getting good reviews?
They said it's fully CG animated!
Hey, so...
Let's make sure to go see the movie, okay?
Next Station
Next time...
The time has come, Zaram! Come with me!
This is the best opportunity to get Grita back!
Akira would never leave the Rainbow Line!
Station 39 The Beginning of the End
ToQGers! Stay out of the way!
Be sure not to miss your train.