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TokuGAF 2016 |OT| Fantastic Beasts and Ghostly Beats
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Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
So where's V3
also I just realized the Amazon pun on the retailer lol
also I just realized the Amazon pun on the retailer lol
Complaints include "too mechanical for Amazon" but I kinda get the feeling that that's the point.
Though I'd kill to have Takayuki Takeya or Keita Amemiya design a Rider again.
Looks pretty damn good.
MHWilliams
Member
Amazon probably funded it to beef up its original content offerings on Amazon Prime. Amazon, Netflix, and others have slowly been doing that over the past few years.
So it looks like Amazon Omega will have a feral form before he gets to the final suit.
Otherwise, damn. That looks pretty good. Splitting the line between Kamen Rider and something like Garo.
Ultraman IMO. A spiritual successor to Nexus.
NeonZ
Member
Toei's take on a Sentai for adults was Akibaranger. I don't think they'll attempt to push a "serious and dark Sentai" concept, unless the new Power Rangers movie somehow is very successful in Japan.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
V3 was in Kamen Rider the Next.
Tiu Neo
Member
I watched one or two Ultraman series when I was younger and Toku was all the rage here. I remember watching the classic one, and one with purple details, back then. Giant battles are the worst part of sentai, imo, but maybe it's just because they don't really focus on that.
Maybe someday I'll watch one or other again.
Nah, I'm ok with Akibaranger being Sentai for adults. What I wanted to say was that, for the year of Super Heroes, this is kinda one sided up to now.
(That and Sentai is at it's best when it's a mix between serious and silly, imo)
Ultra Seven X existed and it was....forgettable....to say the least.
Also LMAO at Shirakura's comments on the press release. "Do you think current Kamen Rider is interesting? I don't think so". I'd love to see what he actually said in Japanese.
Akibaranger was fun but it was a show about fans as much as it was a sentai. It also parodied some tropes, called out others and acknokledged sentai as a tv franchise.
I would love if Toei did a serious amazon sentai, why not? A new take on Goranger or JAKQ is more likely to be serious and dark than it would ne lighthearted and fun. Those shows were pretty brutal with their liberal use of real guns being used against humans.
So I've been listening to some of the Tokusatsu Network's podcasts and went to the Ninninger episode.
Apparently, the show's production staff created a general story, then, at certain junctures, created a number of options for the story to develop into. So in general, they were deciding the plot like a choose-your-own-adventure book.
Definitely explains why Ninninger felt so uneven with its story.
Apparently, the show's production staff created a general story, then, at certain junctures, created a number of options for the story to develop into. So in general, they were deciding the plot like a choose-your-own-adventure book.
Definitely explains why Ninninger felt so uneven with its story.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
And I think halfway through the head of the staff was fired?
I guess that counts.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
How was Ultraman X anyway
It was pretty good, and the last boss was the best thing I seen in toku not named Garo
Damn, Ninninger got that dire? Good thing I waited until Zyuohger to jump into SS.
Nice, I didn't know that site offered podcasts.
Ninninger was so lame, though; the 3rd ninja series and yet the least unique of them all. It's so bland.
that sounds like a general toku method though. many shows feel like they junction off at points away from initial plots
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
I recommend the show. There is a lot of good moments and the kaijus are pretty good.
It looks really good I hope someone plans to sub it.
Can't be helped, I suppose. I don't think Toei would want another Shin.
Mr. Pointy
Member
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
But Faiz said it's bad, or am I missing a joke
Hell, Amazons is being shown in Amazon Prime.
What are the chances that is his super mode lol
Very good and refreshing show compared to Sentai and Rider nowadays. It very much focuses less on an overarching plot (though there is one there) and focuses more on strong individual episodes and the occasional two-parters.
NeonZ
Member
Nah, that didn't happen.
At the very least, Omega likely is meant to look armored, since his transformation has been modified by that equipment that he uses.
Mr. Pointy
Member
OOO is a good choice.
I like Ghost quite a bit at the moment, but if you plan to watch it, beware the first 8-10 episodes are not very good. It gets better after that.
plasmawave
Banned
Kamen Rider's been Metal Heroes for awhile now so whatever. I do wish the design was more like Black with organic muscles poking out from the joints.
I thought it sucked
. Some of the other Ultra appearances were cool but I couldn't hang for the long haul.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
OOO is a good choice and Ghost is pretty good so far.
Akib--
Yeah. I'm very glad we got two seasons of Akibaranger, and even more glad they didn't push for a third one.
This reminds me that I wish Rider had its own version of Akibaranger.
"OH MY GOD, JOE ODAGIRI. KAMEN RIDER KUUGA!"
"Please don't talk to me..."
Power Rangers episodes and morals are not really a thing.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
that ghost x zoo crossover
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
Totally Agreed. At some point, I was okay with Akibaranger ending.
Mr. Pointy
Member
Amu doujins at Comiket 90 confirmed.
Even S2 was already stretching it for a bit. The only bad thing about no more Akibaranger is we don't get more Red Sentai figuarts.
Akibaranger S2 was some next level narrative stuff.
I was initially disappointed when the first episode was a long clip show, until I started to realize like 20 minutes in that it was all new stuff and my mind was blown....no other show would ever try something that subtle and so bold.
I was initially disappointed when the first episode was a long clip show, until I started to realize like 20 minutes in that it was all new stuff and my mind was blown....no other show would ever try something that subtle and so bold.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
that "is Goku a superhero" thread...
Sucks that for people, they think Japan has no concept of superhero, or that "anime characters" are superheroes, forgetting that Japan has a concept of superheroes and it is generally seen as tokusatsu
Sucks that for people, they think Japan has no concept of superhero, or that "anime characters" are superheroes, forgetting that Japan has a concept of superheroes and it is generally seen as tokusatsu
I can't really blame them tbh. It's a long running misconception. I remember a n article in either Animerica or Protoculture like 20 years ago that basically parroted the whole "Japan has no concept of super heros" bit. I'm surprised it hasn't completely died yet given how big Power Rangers has been in NA since the 90s, but I just take it for granted at this point.