Power Morphicon

[Lord Malakite]

Anyone plan on going to this? I wish I could, but it is out of my means.

Power Morphicon:
The first fan-run convention commemorating nearly fifteen years of Power Rangers and its worldwide audience.
It will be a big year for Power Rangers. Not only is it the fifteenth anniversary of Power Rangers in North America, but it will have been thirty years since Power Rangers' parent, Super Sentai, premiered to Japanese audiences.
We are pleased to have to opportunity to bring together fans with actors from almost every single series from 1993's MMPR all the way through 2007's Operation Overdrive.

Date:
June 22-24, 2007

Location:
2007's Power Morphicon is being held in beautiful downtown Los Angeles, surrounded by shopping plazas, museums, theatres, and restaurants.
Within walking distance is the new theatre district including the new Walt Disney Concert Hall and numerous theaters where there are sounds of Broadway Musicals, live theatre, and numerous special events. And wihtin just minutes is the Mark Taper Theatre and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Other places of interest that are just steps from the convention include the popular Garment District, the Jewelry District, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Union Station, and USC, just to name a few.
If a star sighting is on your agenda, you can jump on the Metro directly across the hotel and be in Hollywood in less than 15 minutes. You can also take Metro right to the gates of Universal Studios Theme Park and City Walk.
Within 20 minutes of the hotel you'll also find the La Brea Tar Pits, Santa Monica Pier and Promenade, and LAX. The offical hotel of 2007's Power Morphicon is the Wilshire Grand, the same building the convention is being held in. Remember, the promo code for booking your rooms is MMCORP

Registration:
Friday $20, Saturday $25, Sunday $15, Whole Weekend $40
Registration will be provided by “YesEvents” corporation.

Guests:
Johnny Yong Bosch
Adam Park - MMPR, PRZ, PRT
First appearing during the second season of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, Johnny Yong Bosch went on to appear in over 200 episodes as well as both feature films. Post-PR, Johnny has voiced numerous anime and video game characters. He's also a member of the rock band Eyeshine who will be appearing at Morphicon with Johnny.

Eyeshine
Musical Guest
The Southern California based alternative rock group Eyeshine, have managed to “compile a great mix of ninja action melodies with karate explosive lyrics, well that is how they describe it.” Eyeshine's performers are: Johnny Yong Bosch (vocals, guitar); Maurice Salmin (vocals, drums): and Alex Orantes (vocals, bass).

Paulie Schrier
Farkus "Bulk" Bulkmeier - MMPR, PRZ, PRT, PRiS, PRLG
Although he never donned the spandex, there's no denying how big of a part "Bulk" was to Power Rangers. Appearing in the show longer than any other character, Paulie Schrier also directed a number of episodes. His band, "Fat Paulie and the Witchita Linemen" (or "Fat Paulie and the Hoochie Coochie Pirates" or "Chili Goggles") will be appearing at Morphicon with him.

Tony Oliver
Writer, Producer, Voice Actor
Perhaps best known as the voice of Rick Hunter in Robotech, Tony Oliver served as supervising producer of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, co-producer of Power Rangers Zeo, as well as writing several episodes between MMPR and Power Rangers Turbo. In addition to his behind the scenes work, Tony has also provided the voices of Saba and a number of monsters.

Neil Kaplan
Diabolico - PRLR, Gluto - PRTF
Providing the voices for villains Diabolico and Gluto, as well as a handful of minor monsters, Neil Kaplan is a respected voice actor whose work outside Power Rangers includes Digimon: Digital Monsters (as Hawkmon) and Transformers: Robots in Disguise (as Optimus Prime).

Erin Cahill
Jen Scotts - PRTF
Appearing as the Pink Ranger, Jen, in Power Rangers: Time Force, Erin also appeared as Jen in two episodes of Power Rangers: Wild Force. Since then, Erin has appeared in a number of productions on stage and screen.

Matt Austin
Bridge Carson - SPD
Matt Austin played the role of Space Patrol Delta's Green Ranger, Bridge. He also composed the song "Me" for the series. Outside of PR, Matt also writes, directs, and produces in addition to his acting career.

Emma Lahana
Kira Ford - PRDT
Dino Thunder's Yellow Ranger, Kira, Emma also performed her own songs during Dino Thunder. A talented musician and actress, Emma's most recent role on the small screen was in the CW's Supernatural.

Richard Brancatisano
Xander Bly - PRMF
Rich appeared as Xander, the Green Ranger, in Power Rangers Mystic Force. When not saving the world from the forces of evil, Richard is also a guitarist, singer, writer, and actor on both stage and screen.

Jason Narvy
Eugene "Skull" Skullovich - MMPR, PRZ, PRT, PRiS
Appearing through the "Zordon-era" of PR, "Skull" was a part of PR longer than many of the Rangers. After leaving the show, Jason Narvy appeared in Wicked Game alongside Paulie and Johnny, and as since gone on to further his education. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D in dramatic arts.

Alycia Purrott
Sydney Drew - SPD
Alycia Purrott played the role of SPD's Pink Ranger, Syd. Since then, she's finished her business degree, appeared in the feature film "Black Christmas", and appeared in the CW's Supernatural.

Austin St. John
Jason Scott - MMPR, PRZ, T:APRM
You didn't think we were going to do this without the original Red Ranger did you? Power Morphicon is proud to announce the appearance of Austin St. John - Jason Scott, MMPR's Red Ranger and Zeo's Gold Ranger.

Steve Cardenas
Rocky DeSantos - MMPR, PRZ, T:APRM
MMPR's second Red Ranger and Zeo's Blue Ranger, Steve Cardenas, is the latest guest to be announced for Power Morphicon.

Additional Guests:
Samuell Benta
Will - PROO
Operation Overdrive's Black Ranger.

Caitlin Murphy
Ronny - PROO
Operation Overdrive's Yellow Ranger.

Rhoda Montemayor
Rose - PROO
Operation Overdrive's Pink Ranger.

Gareth Yuen
Dax - PROO
Operation Overdrive's Blue Ranger.

James Maclurcan
Mack - PROO
Operation Overdrive's Red Ranger.

Kelson Henderson
Boom - SPD, Phineas - PRMF, Norg - PROO

Monica May
Z Delgado - SPD
SPD's B-Squad Yellow Ranger.

Melanie Vallejo
Madison - PRMF
Mystic Force's Blue Ranger.

Firass Dirani
Nick - PRMF
Mystic Force's Red Ranger

Koichi Sakamoto
Producer - PRLG through PROO

Events:

Opening Ceremony - Friday 14:00

"Going into OVERDRIVE" - Overdrive Cast Panel

"The Dream Team" - Bulk and Skull Panel

"SPD Emergency" - SPD Cast Panel

"Pretty and Powerful" - Pink and Yellow Rangers Panel

"Humble Beginnings" - Original MMPR Cast/Crew

"Where it All Began" - Tony Oliver

"Where Are They Now" - Rangers After the Power

"Voice Acting on PR" - Lex Lang, Kelson Henderson, Neil Kaplan

Eyeshine Concert - Saturday night

Fan Music Video and Fan Films Contest

Trivia Contest

Masquerade

Closing Ceremony - Sunday 15:00
There will also be a video viewing room and a gaming room in addition to the exhibitor hall in the Wilshire room.

[plasticfetish]

"Other places of interest that are just steps from the convention include the popular Garment District"

[COLOR=dimgray]Yes, after you've spent time sharing your love of Super Sentai with others, why not round out the weekend by touring a few sweat shops in the ugliest part of LA?[/COLOR]

Seriously though, I'll bet this convention is a lot of fun.

[El Chuxter]

Little Tokyo?

I'd be careful. I've heard there's big trouble there.

[Lord Malakite]

Seriously though, I'll bet this convention is a lot of fun.

Yeah, it does sound like it would be a blast. Who would of thought 15 years ago Power Rangers would be right up there with the likes of Star Wars, Star Trek, and Transformers in the crazed celebration/convention department.

Pity I can't be there, because I bet amongst all the fans dressed as Power Rangers at least one of this guy's homemade Zord costumes will also be there.

Megazord

Dragonzord

Red Dragon Thunderzord - Warrior Mode

Little Tokyo?

I'd be careful. I've heard there's big trouble there.

Good thing there will be around 16 Power Rangers and several dozens of wanna-be Rangers to keep things under control.

[Lord Malakite]

Two more guests have officially been announced.

Lex Lang
Louie Kaboom (voice) - PRZ, Lerigot/Rygog (voices) - PRT, Ecliptor (voice) - PRiS, Zen-Aku (voice) - PRWF
Ria Vandervis
Miratrix - PROO

[El Chuxter]

But no Rita Repulsa?

Forget this. If I'm paying to go to a Power Rangers convention, Rita had better be there, signing pictures of herself for free!

[Lord Malakite]

But no Rita Repulsa?

Forget this. If I'm paying to go to a Power Rangers convention, Rita had better be there, signing pictures of herself for free!

Which Rita Repulsa (now known as Mystic Mother) would you like?

[COLOR=black]Machiko Soga (Rita Repulsa/Mystic Mother - Power Rangers TV series (Japanese footage), 1993–1994, 2006-2007) - deceased (pancreatic cancer)[/COLOR]
[COLOR=black]Carla Perez (Power Rangers TV series (American footage)/Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, 1994–1998) [/COLOR]
[COLOR=black]Julia Cortez (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, 1995) [/COLOR]
[COLOR=black]Barbara Goodson (Rita Repulsa (voice) - Power Rangers TV series/Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie/Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, 1993-1998) [/COLOR]
[COLOR=black]Susan Brady (Mystic Mother (voice) - Power Rangers TV series, 2006-2007)[/COLOR]

[Lord Malakite]

Another guest has been announced and this one has to be one of my personal favorites. He is probably the best villain character to hit the show since Lord Zedd's debut.

Latham Gaines
Anton Mercer/Mesogog - PRDT

[Lord Malakite]

I have been on cloud 9 for the past few days just pouring over all the stories, pictures, and video snippets taken from the show.

While I didn't get the first hand experience, it looks like Power Morphicon was a big success. Fans got to go out and have breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinks with the cast/crew (at least a dozen more than what were announced) to casually discuss the show. Bandai showed up at the convention with some new items in the works for PR's 15th anniversary. Tons of props and costumes (or parts of costumes) that were used on the actual show were being sold off. A documentary film on the PR fandom was announced to be in the works by Tony Oliver and a good deal for it was filmed at the convention. There is even promise that a majority of the panels were filmed and will be available to view online within the next couple of days/weeks for fans like myself who were unfortunate enough to not be able to attend.

Even the cast/crew were happy and suprised by the success of the convention's turn out (especially by the likes of adult fans). It was so successful in fact the VIPs of Disney were impressed enough to ask (more like give an ultamatum) to the PR fans who started MMCorp. They are asking MMCorp exclusively to do another Power Morphicon in 2 and a half years.
Disney apparently will ONLY give sanction to MMCorp to do another ranger convention. Disney and Bandai (not to mention the guests) only want to do this if the same people are involved. An answer is expected by MMCorp within a month after the MMCorp have had a chance to rest after the hectic pressure they have been under for the past couple months/weeks getting ready for the first Power Morphicon.

[mmartina]

I will be at Power Morphicon 2 this year ordered my Gold Ranger Pass and booked my Hotel just need to order plane tickets in a few months.

I can't wait this will be my first Convention. will be a long Flight. Michigan to Pasadena is like a 5 hour flight.