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XYZpdq Jr. said:
hadn't caught most of the movies

unrelated did they make more Bardion? I think it sorta stopped after a few eps, seemed pretty cool, especially for a nonJP production
iirc it wasn't even JP-assisted like Bima
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I'm not familiar with Bardion but from a quick search, it only reached up to ep. 6. I do remember watching an episode of Bima-X a long time ago that guest starred Tetsuo Kurata.
 
crunchy bits are the best said:
I'm not familiar with Bardion but from a quick search, it only reached up to ep. 6. I do remember watching an episode of Bima-X a long time ago that guest starred Tetsuo Kurata.
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yeah the youtube only went to 6 but it seemed like there was other content not on youtube
I caught a bit of Bima first series, it looked nice enough.
 
lol I was just at my friendly local weed shop and some poor bastard had the bad luck of wearing a spidermanga shirt
the clerk started telling him the Good News of Supaidaaman and I then jumped in
after about five minutes of us tag teaming him about how great The Emissary Of Hell is I had to get back to work, Clerk had clips from the show up on his phone to show the victim as I left
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There was an interview between the head writer and director for the first two episodes of Gozyuger. Both had been told by the producer to try and not make a DonBrothers 2. Which if so, I can happily say they failed. And I'm not the only one who noticed this.



After seeing the third episode this week (and its reveal at the end), I can say I've been thoroughly entertained and intrigued by its initial episodes far more than any series since DonBrothers. Many Sentai series are unfortunately very formulaic and are honestly not to exciting to follow week to week. I can't imagine they'll be able to keep this kinda pace up but I look forward to what the younger Inoue has in store.

It isn't without faults though.

Mister Ferro said:
The major pet peeve of Gozyuger so far has been the Sword/Shield audience cheers.
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I can agree with that. I believe that the production is at least 4-6 months ahead of the currently airing schedule. I don't know how far ahead editing is, but I hope they'll see the sort of disconnect with those parts. I get what they're going for: it's based on the Japanese cheer squads aka ouendan (which I'm probably most familiar via that game that inspired Elite Beat Agents). It seems to just be a stylish flair thing that should in theory be easily discarded after a while. But whenever they properly explain the contests then maybe it'll make more sense? The whole series has a wedding theme: they shot 'engage' and literally put a ring on a hand, the villains are all based off wedding stuff like a bouquet, the mooks are wedding bells fighting with champagne, etc. It also has a vs theme mostly akin to video games like fighting games. Both of these two themes don't mesh at all with the cheering sections.

My personal gripe right now is that Red's actor seems kind of bad? He has the same tone in his voice for everything. Hopefully it's just nerves and he gets better.

In other news, an anime adaptation has been airing as well. Known in English as The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World.

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Its eighth episode aired this week and it was an anime original written by someone many on here might be familiar with:
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It also contained cameos from probably even more familiar faces throughout. Many are even voiced by their original actors.

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Did you spot them all?
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sneedem&feedem said:
There was an interview between the head writer and director for the first two episodes of Gozyuger. Both had been told by the producer to try and not make a DonBrothers 2. Which if so, I can happily say they failed.
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Its not there for me yet. Donbrothers had well defined characters with personal and relatable motivations. These guys (at least at the moment) just seem so random.

Also, fuck that producer.
 
I must say that I enjoy toku much more than anime. It has a lot of limitations due to being live-action and can feel quite cheap, but I really like it. Even monster designs are very creative in both kamen rider and super sentai, plus the story and themes sometimes feel more experimental compared to anime, like with ryuki becoming main inspiration for fate or madoka.
 
I'm at the halfway point of Kamen Rider Faiz. On the one hand, it's super clear this was made by the guy behind Death Note based on how much pointless dialogue and nonsensical melodrama there is (seriously, why do people like Inoue so much?) and how slowly the story moves, but on the other hand, it's way better than most anime, and it does have some cool parts in between like the Faiz/Kaixa teamups, Faiz's timed super mode, and the transforming bikes (Kaixa's bike is amazing; it's like G1 Ironhide but that's okay since it's a piloted robot). Maybe this is just a problem with Heisei toku (Operation Overdrive is such an improvement on Boukenger it's not even funny) since what I've seen of Showa shows isn't like this. The other thing is that this is probably the gayest show I've ever seen (even Bravern couldn't hope to be this gay); it transcends bait and subtext and is straight-up text.
Leech said:
plus the story and themes sometimes feel more experimental compared to anime, like with ryuki becoming main inspiration for fate or madoka.
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Even if Faiz is slow, it doesn't feel preachy and pretentious like similar anime. The dialogue also seems to be of a higher standard; they don't call people "-kun" and "-chan" or have overexaggerated emotions that kill any nuanced point they're trying to make. It can stand toe-to-toe with stuff like Orguss or Gundam since, though the setting and designs aren't as interesting, it's a lot less cringeworthy. I'd even say it's better than Macross despite transforming fighter jets on a transforming spaceship with a city inside being cooler on paper than anything in Faiz.
 
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New Ultraman: https://x.com/TsuburayaGlobal/status/1902889733719724521

And special fan event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Goranger's broadcast: https://x.com/sentai_official/status/1902887889333260533 They have to be announcing something.

Leech said:
I must say that I enjoy toku much more than anime. It has a lot of limitations due to being live-action and can feel quite cheap, but I really like it. Even monster designs are very creative in both kamen rider and super sentai, plus the story and themes sometimes feel more experimental compared to anime, like with ryuki becoming main inspiration for fate or madoka.
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Toku for the most part is very sincere which I think is it's high point. Especially as an American bombarded by Marvel and DC slop where they're both embarrassed and beholden to the properties cause the retard creators don't have enough talent to produce work that stand on their own. They'll mock and deride the source material when it's the only reason they have a job.

I'd also add that Toku is much better "live action anime" than any live action movie based on anime from both sides of the pond.

Space Police said:
I'm at the halfway point of Kamen Rider Faiz. On the one hand, it's super clear this was made by the guy behind Death Note based on how much pointless dialogue and nonsensical melodrama there is (seriously, why do people like Inoue so much?)
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Faiz is Kamen Rider at it's J-Drama-iest. It's filled with melodrama, misunderstandings and plot contrivances that would be settled if characters just stopped talked for like a half hours. Faiz is definitely more well remembered for the characters and cool suits. Its well cast and they got a lot to work with.

Inoue can be very hit or miss, with the misses mostly being when he's allowed to run wild (for instance, in the Faiz novels he has Kusaka running around raping). What can't be denied is that all his work is at least memorable, even his worst works I can hardly ever call bland (Kamen Rider The First comes close though).

For Inoue recommendations, I think Agito is the much better and more disciplined work from Inoue when it comes to Rider (Kiva is kinda bad, only helped by entertaining characters like Otoya and the majority of the 1980s cast). Jetman and Donbrothers are good as well. If you don't have times for TV series, the Hakaider movie he wrote is also very good and has very Inoue writing.

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Recently watched Chōjin Sentai Jetman and
thanks to the lolcows in fiction thread, I discovered Gridman and enjoyed it.

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Leech said:
I must say that I enjoy toku much more than anime. It has a lot of limitations due to being live-action and can feel quite cheap, but I really like it. Even monster designs are very creative in both kamen rider and super sentai, plus the story and themes sometimes feel more experimental compared to anime, like with ryuki becoming main inspiration for fate or madoka.
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sneedem&feedem said:
Toku for the most part is very sincere which I think is it's high point. Especially as an American bombarded by Marvel and DC slop where they're both embarrassed and beholden to the properties cause the retard creators don't have enough talent to produce work that stand on their own. They'll mock and deride the source material when it's the only reason they have a job.
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With tokusatsu, you can really see the effort the crew puts into the effects. Yeah, CGI is still used frequently in modern shows, but filming and special effects techniques that have been used since at least the 70s like miniatures or filming most of the fight scenes at the quarry are still used to this day.
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There's a meme that summarizes the difference between tokusatsu and the MCU perfectly.
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I liked both Kuuga and Agito back when they were newly released. Those two shows re-ignited my love for Kamen Rider in the early 2000's.

Speaking of toys, does anyone here still collect the DX/SMP versions of the recent/past mecha? I was in Japan a few weeks ago and saw a DX Toradora Onitaijin Kiwami being displayed in a hobby store, albeit damaged. Pretty impressive despite the bulk.
 
crunchy bits are the best said:
I liked both Kuuga and Agito back when they were newly released. Those two shows re-ignited my love for Kamen Rider in the early 2000's.

Speaking of toys, does anyone here still collect the DX/SMP versions of the recent/past mecha? I was in Japan a few weeks ago and saw a DX Toradora Onitaijin Kiwami being displayed in a hobby store, albeit damaged. Pretty impressive despite the bulk.
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I do have the mecha in question, along with all the other Reiwa mecha to date. My true love in any given Sentai is the mecha. That said, I will probably be skipping Gozyuger since the mecha seems to be to encourage roll-play for little kids and the main mecha suffers in quality for it. I'm not opposed to picking it up later if newer toys end up making the whole thing much cooler.
 
King Of Braves said:
I do have the mecha in question, along with all the other Reiwa mecha to date. My true love in any given Sentai is the mecha. That said, I will probably be skipping Gozyuger since the mecha seems to be to encourage roll-play for little kids and the main mecha suffers in quality for it. I'm not opposed to picking it up later if newer toys end up making the whole thing much cooler.
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The mecha from Donbrothers and King-Ohger are impressive. The Boonboomger mecha.....not so much but the ultimate mecha is just like 4 parts and that's it with the limb-swapping option.

As for Gozyuger mecha, I was hoping it'll be a decent combined mecha but we're just getting the individual mecha/weapon right now.
 

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“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” showrunners Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz are in talks to write, showrun and produce a live-action “Power Rangers” series for Disney+ and 20th Century TV, TheWrap has exclusively learned.

Hasbro will produce the series, which will reinvent the franchise for a whole new generation of fans while delighting those who already know and love the world of Power Rangers.

The ’90s TV show, originally called “The Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers,” was inspired by a Japanese children’s show, “Super Sentai” (even using footage from that show). It featured five teenagers who gain the ability to “morph” into superheroes known as the Power Rangers, complete with their own mech fighters. A film version of the series that starred most of the original cast was released in 1995, with a second one in 1997 (this one featured only a few original cast members).

The series has had many different iterations throughout the past 25 years.
 
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