Dekaranger subs got you hype huh.
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Dekaranger subs got you hype huh.
Dang, this movie has a ton of product placement. Small hero walking on high-tech gadgets = goldmine for marketing.
Maybe Toei should do more product placement, as in stuff outside their own Bandai toys and the occasional Apple stuff. That would at least finance better FX animation.
The iPhone episode in OOO (and the nature of KR in general) really makes it hard to take the season's theme seriously.
They go on about the horrors of desire while at the same time demanding that you ask your parents to buy every Core Medal and action figure in stores.
I don't know... just seems messed up to me.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Ankh's iPhone shilling was hilarious.
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Well, Fourze's little robot bodies were basically McDonald's advertising, although I don't think they ever said that in the show itself outside of the Sponsor Messages during the eye-catches.
Alleged silhouette of Ghost along with the logo (which had a Yokai Watch feel to it, lol). Legit? Looks weird enough to be.
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That seems to support the rumor about an eyeglass theme (Ghost EyeCon) if legit...
Notice in the logo you can see spectacles (above the Go character), and in the silhouette you can see what appear to be glasses frames on his hip, possibly the "GanGan Sabre".
Notice in the logo you can see spectacles (above the Go character), and in the silhouette you can see what appear to be glasses frames on his hip, possibly the "GanGan Sabre".
The neck looks kinda weird, but aside from that, the logo looks nice and the silhouette is getting my hopes up for an alright design.
Box of Bunnies
Banned
I love VS Arashi but I think the tv channel that plays it here are a couple years behind and I have no idea if they're subbing more. Argh, it would have been so cool to see this on TV in English.
GAF has been selling this movie better than Marvel to me.
that looks like a sketch. the proportions seem off for some reason
or maybe ghost is a woman
Maybe he has one hand that bigger than the other
Halfway through Dragon Knight. 20 episodes and still nothing has happened.
I'm still trying to figure out how people like this. Were people so blinded by the idea that it's a "matoor" adaptation of Kamen Rider that they willingly threw away criticism?
I'm still trying to figure out how people like this. Were people so blinded by the idea that it's a "matoor" adaptation of Kamen Rider that they willingly threw away criticism?
People actually liked Dragon Knight? I remember it getting clowned for the most part.
MHWilliams
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Logo looks fine, but the silhouette looks odd because it has cartoon proportions. Look at the fist in comparison to the head.
Then look at other Rider silhouettes.
If it's real, it's not a shot of an actual suit, like most silhouettes are.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
It's just Kamen Rider Mage
In an old Rangerboard thread titled "RPM vs Dragon Knight"
It certainly had it's apologists.
Where? Most people liked it when it was airing. Mainly due to its villians. It wasnt beating rpm, bit ive seen more detractors in recent years than when it started
pretty much.
Thought I knew him from somewhere
30 episodes of Dragon Knight done. I swear, you could cut out half the episodes and the same amount of story would have taken place.
It's funny how Kit had something of a personality when he was in government custody. Cracking jokes, being sarcastic, he actually acted like a Kamen Rider. But now that he's out, back to boring bland plywood...
Also, a second clip show. Why did this need two clip shows?! Especially when one of the clips was a dream!
It's funny how Kit had something of a personality when he was in government custody. Cracking jokes, being sarcastic, he actually acted like a Kamen Rider. But now that he's out, back to boring bland plywood...
Also, a second clip show. Why did this need two clip shows?! Especially when one of the clips was a dream!
MHWilliams
Member
Budget.
Was it really that low?
MHWilliams
Member
Budget, time, and footage were the big focuses of the DK shoot.
http://henshinjustice.com/2010/01/18/kamen-rider-dragon-knight-interview-final/
You see that pop up in many answers.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Well Rangerboard is a shithole so...
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yo, whats the special with joker and kouta?
Q had me in stitches
This is what being on crack feels like?
I feel like there's some missing context, or I'm on drugs.
I'm guessing this is Japan's version of a Youtube Poop.
I hope that his final form is Grim Reaper themed and he fights with a giant scythe.
looks like Kabuto
The design matches up somewhat with the silhouette photo earlier. I love the fact that they're going with purple as the (somewhat) primary color if it's true.
Also, are those black parts bandages of some sort (well, either that or are ripped) with the white part being the inner layer and the black part being worn over it?
I know I'm super late, but I finally watched the Gaim × Drive movie and damn, it's a great entry for both series.
The entire movie felt like two separate and really well done episodes, joined together by a quick conclusion later. I think this was VERY well done, to the point wheer I forgot I was watching a movie a couple times.
The Gaim episode felt like a natural continuation of the Zangetsu and Baron V-Cinemas and really made me notice how I miss the series. Interesting how they got some characters back, even though they no longer have belts to fight and only served as background characters.
The Drive episode seemed completely compartmentalized and a decent story too. I found it interesting how every Kamen Rider in the series so far was based off the Car/Racing motif, while Kamen Rider Lupin was more based on the other facet of the series: The police/thieving part of it. I also found it super interesting how all of Lupin's attacks were based off Movie Strips, which is yet another reference of the old Japanese detective movies. I was pretty surprised with it and didn't expect such care to be put into it.
The over-arching enemy is quite literally the Borg and the enemy themselves gave the information necessary for the heroes to destroy them (oh, we opened a portal to our home planet for NO REASON WHATSOEVER, and we'll also tell you that it's the origin of our consciousnesses. It's not like you can use that information against us anyway!). I found strange that there's very little inter-rider conversation and they basically just immediately identified each other as the "good guys", but I liked the interactions between Kouta and Shinnosuke, with each one explaining the other one how to use their attacks and being surprised about the differences between them.
The final climax was also a goddamn Deathstar trench run, but I think the movie was very well done as a whole and kept each series feel as they do in the tv series.
I wonder how they'll treat the next V-Cinemas for Gaim. Can't wait!
The entire movie felt like two separate and really well done episodes, joined together by a quick conclusion later. I think this was VERY well done, to the point wheer I forgot I was watching a movie a couple times.
The Gaim episode felt like a natural continuation of the Zangetsu and Baron V-Cinemas and really made me notice how I miss the series. Interesting how they got some characters back, even though they no longer have belts to fight and only served as background characters.
The Drive episode seemed completely compartmentalized and a decent story too. I found it interesting how every Kamen Rider in the series so far was based off the Car/Racing motif, while Kamen Rider Lupin was more based on the other facet of the series: The police/thieving part of it. I also found it super interesting how all of Lupin's attacks were based off Movie Strips, which is yet another reference of the old Japanese detective movies. I was pretty surprised with it and didn't expect such care to be put into it.
The over-arching enemy is quite literally the Borg and the enemy themselves gave the information necessary for the heroes to destroy them (oh, we opened a portal to our home planet for NO REASON WHATSOEVER, and we'll also tell you that it's the origin of our consciousnesses. It's not like you can use that information against us anyway!). I found strange that there's very little inter-rider conversation and they basically just immediately identified each other as the "good guys", but I liked the interactions between Kouta and Shinnosuke, with each one explaining the other one how to use their attacks and being surprised about the differences between them.
The final climax was also a goddamn Deathstar trench run, but I think the movie was very well done as a whole and kept each series feel as they do in the tv series.
I wonder how they'll treat the next V-Cinemas for Gaim. Can't wait!
Kamen Rider Dragon Knight
....FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
That was terrible! I was completely bored through the whole thing, whether it's the slow as hell action scenes, or the wooden acting, or the non-existent story. Well, they finally did give us a story in the last 10 episodes. This show could have been done in like 25 episodes not 40.
And THREE clip shows. I get the budget was low, but that is painful. Hell, the final episode was one of the clip shows.
I'm reading the long dissertation on why Dragon Knight is terrible (this one right here) and it is right in so many ways.
Plots just start, but never conclude. Characters are given arcs but are never fleshed out (Chris being the worst, his asthma is miraculously cured), and the main thing of Kit's character, his missing dad, just disappears. Hell, Kit becoming Onyx for the last fourth of the series was such a writing misstep. Let's get rid of the protagonist we spend most of the series building up, and replace him with his double who is in every way a horrible person. Also, he gets away with everything. He betrays his people, but no consequences!
I am so glad that someone is subbing Ryuki (still refuse to watch TVN).
It's funny, Dragon Knight was set out to be the anti-Power Rangers, to go "Power Rangers is kiddy, our show is mature and dark!". Yet it was airing at the same time as RPM, probably the darkest season of Power Rangers. Despite that, RPM still had plenty of levity, thanks to good writing and a bit of self-awareness. Dragon Knight was such an inept slog that it felt like a bad fan film (yep, there's that comparison again).
I know Tzachor followed RPM with some of the most juvenile seasons of PR, but that's another point entirely and doesn't matter here.
....FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
That was terrible! I was completely bored through the whole thing, whether it's the slow as hell action scenes, or the wooden acting, or the non-existent story. Well, they finally did give us a story in the last 10 episodes. This show could have been done in like 25 episodes not 40.
And THREE clip shows. I get the budget was low, but that is painful. Hell, the final episode was one of the clip shows.
I'm reading the long dissertation on why Dragon Knight is terrible (this one right here) and it is right in so many ways.
Plots just start, but never conclude. Characters are given arcs but are never fleshed out (Chris being the worst, his asthma is miraculously cured), and the main thing of Kit's character, his missing dad, just disappears. Hell, Kit becoming Onyx for the last fourth of the series was such a writing misstep. Let's get rid of the protagonist we spend most of the series building up, and replace him with his double who is in every way a horrible person. Also, he gets away with everything. He betrays his people, but no consequences!
I am so glad that someone is subbing Ryuki (still refuse to watch TVN).
It's funny, Dragon Knight was set out to be the anti-Power Rangers, to go "Power Rangers is kiddy, our show is mature and dark!". Yet it was airing at the same time as RPM, probably the darkest season of Power Rangers. Despite that, RPM still had plenty of levity, thanks to good writing and a bit of self-awareness. Dragon Knight was such an inept slog that it felt like a bad fan film (yep, there's that comparison again).
I know Tzachor followed RPM with some of the most juvenile seasons of PR, but that's another point entirely and doesn't matter here.
Even with that, that year was the best year of Toku in a long time.
You had:
Decade
W
Shinkenger
RPM
and Dragon Knight
But yeah, Dragon Knight was going to be the savior, ended up being nothing more than a bunch of amateurs doing their weeabo show as if they were some legit thing. One of the worst parts was the actual Adness logo, which was literally just the Toei logo with the letters changed around. It would have been mocked even if it was released on Youtube (here stuff of it's caliber, and usually of FAR better quality is posted), let alone aired on broadcast TV.
You had:
Decade
W
Shinkenger
RPM
and Dragon Knight
But yeah, Dragon Knight was going to be the savior, ended up being nothing more than a bunch of amateurs doing their weeabo show as if they were some legit thing. One of the worst parts was the actual Adness logo, which was literally just the Toei logo with the letters changed around. It would have been mocked even if it was released on Youtube (here stuff of it's caliber, and usually of FAR better quality is posted), let alone aired on broadcast TV.
Indeed. The year that gave us W, Shinkenger and RPM is one to be remembered.
The whole show did feel like "we're cool, like us!" But by removing all the fun, you're just left with a joke. As I said before, the villain seemed to actually understand the show he was in. Hamming it up appropriately.
Also, I love how there was a sequel hook. Maybe he could have encountered the Kamen Rider that presses the 5 button on his phone three times, or the other one that uses cards, or the one that hits things with giant sticks, or the speedy bug man. Pffftt
Wait, are those out and subbed? Not sure if I watched them!
So much stuff to catch up after I finally get my vacation D=
You'll get your energy sword or gun and you'll like it.
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There's a rumor from one of the "reliable" 2ch trips that Ghost is going to be an "all CG Rider"...
That's kinda hard to believe unless the CG team is willing to work paid in peanuts.
I do wish Takaiwa's not the main Rider this time, though.
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Well, the rumor was along the lines that they were given a bigger budget and it was competing with Yokai Watch lol.
But, I've seen speculation about the "Glasses" collectibles that are rumored, and how the main character putting them on might allow them to see some other world expressed through CG-animation or something.
Well holy shit then lol. Though I don't see KR competing with Yokai Watch is a good idea.
Maybe an all-CG partner? Now that reminds me of Kivaala, which was downgraded to prop mid-season.