RedHoodedOwl
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Kegareshia was the star of the trio.
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Kegareshia was the star of the trio.
RedHoodedOwl
Member
Ninja Steel butchered Baron Nero's design by turning him into Elgar.
Tiu Neo
Member
I just saw the image. Poor Nero, what did they do to you?
In one episode he changed his face around like Man-E-Faces from Masters of the Universe so there's a slight small chance he's retained his original Nero face.
... But this is a shitty PR season written by hacks and clearly interfered by Nickelodeon so it likely won't happen.
Ex-Aid 36
- Only in a toku a raid event for a crowdfunded survival MMO being developed for over 10 years still in early access would drastically raise sales :V
- Oh my God, Muteki is so so so ugly. It's borderline parody.
- Muteki is a musou? Is this a snarky commentary about how OP musou character are against the thousands of rank and file soldiers they kill with a wave of hand? lol
- Hiiro is going full on Super Ghouls and Ghosts eh? Can't stop picturing him in underwear jumping around.
- A couple of really weird cuts in this episode.
- Kiriya and Nico 10/10
- I still dislike Excite as a song but I'll be damned if I'm not singing it every time at this point.
- Only in a toku a raid event for a crowdfunded survival MMO being developed for over 10 years still in early access would drastically raise sales :V
- Oh my God, Muteki is so so so ugly. It's borderline parody.
- Muteki is a musou? Is this a snarky commentary about how OP musou character are against the thousands of rank and file soldiers they kill with a wave of hand? lol
- Hiiro is going full on Super Ghouls and Ghosts eh? Can't stop picturing him in underwear jumping around.
- A couple of really weird cuts in this episode.
- Kiriya and Nico 10/10
- I still dislike Excite as a song but I'll be damned if I'm not singing it every time at this point.
Yeah, I remember that. The last line always gets me.
Sakamoto without a leash is just bad.
RedHoodedOwl
Member
Do you guys think Akibarangers deserves a third season?
NeonZ
Member
I think it could work, but the 2nd season didn't inspire confidence that the staff could do it. There were still general cliches left (they didn't even really handle 6th Rangers, only 70s/80s Sentai style cast replacement), but rather than that they focused straight up on specific references to past shows, overall just hurting the humor.
RedHoodedOwl
Member
Season 2 felt a bit lacking, but there's definitely material for a 3rd season if they wanted to do it.
Seriously. The decision not to bring in a sixth/new ranger for S2 (given the opportunities and jokes in the setup) is still baffling to me. Not to mention how the Akibaranger trio felt a tad lopsided without Mitsuki to even out the craziness.
GARlockSpiral
Member
I love the new Power Rangers movie.
There's more character and personality in the first twenty minutes than i think the rest of the franchise has ever had.
Even if it DOES take them too long to suit up.
There's more character and personality in the first twenty minutes than i think the rest of the franchise has ever had.
Even if it DOES take them too long to suit up.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
So yeah, the W thing is a manga.
Ex-Aid episode XX
This fucking show! I'm absolutely loving what they're doing with everything here. They even had Poppy fight with M and Kiriya! That was great, especially since Poppy started the conversation. And then (next EP spoilers)
Ehhhh. I might have to pass on that.
This fucking show! I'm absolutely loving what they're doing with everything here. They even had Poppy fight with M and Kiriya! That was great, especially since Poppy started the conversation. And then (next EP spoilers)
them using Taiga's potential death to further Hiro's plot is gold. Even if they copped out on his death, there'll still be some meaningful progress from it. I'm so glad they thought that through.
Its better that way. The ranger action was pretty bad.
Ehhhh. I might have to pass on that.
NeonZ
Member
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2017/07/03/kiji/20170702s00041000316000c.html
Starting from October (the new Rider show) Rider is moving to 9:00am from its current 8:00am timeslot that it had occupied since Kuuga. Meanwhile, Sentai is moving from 7:30am to 9:30am. This means Sentai and Rider will be running against Dragonball Super and One Piece... The anime block that previously aired before Rider and Sentai, with shows like Heybot, is ending.
Starting from October (the new Rider show) Rider is moving to 9:00am from its current 8:00am timeslot that it had occupied since Kuuga. Meanwhile, Sentai is moving from 7:30am to 9:30am. This means Sentai and Rider will be running against Dragonball Super and One Piece... The anime block that previously aired before Rider and Sentai, with shows like Heybot, is ending.
That's a pretty big deal. TV Asahi finally making moves to attract a bigger audience, changing things that have been in place for decades.
I still think TV is a dead end for the genre aimed at this audience, but maybe it could help a bit.
Tiu Neo
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Amazons Season 2 - Finale
Mamoru and the old team
Jin and Nanaha fight was great, too. That Jin Henshin was so... classic Amazon. The fight between Haruka and Chihiro was cool, too.
And now, the conclusions...
Now, this is some speculation, some true:
Overall... Good season. The new characters (Chihiro, Iyu, the other new guy, the new hunter team) weren't as good as the last season's ones, but the returning characters more than compensated for that. I'd say every returning character was better here than on the original series.
The ending was a lot more fulfilling than last season's, too.
This could be good for Sentai, at least. Doesn't it run against Pokémon, currently?
Mamoru and the old team
Jin and Nanaha fight was great, too. That Jin Henshin was so... classic Amazon. The fight between Haruka and Chihiro was cool, too. And now, the conclusions...
Mamoru's Death flags finally paid off. It was kinda obvious he would die sooner or later, and in the end he survived until the last episode, so that was kinda surprising. Even after everything he made, I still liked him Well, rest in peace.
Iyu and Chihiro... I can't say I like them that much, but I like what they were trying to do with that ending. It was cute, even if their relationship development was kinda hamfisted, imo.
On the other side, Nanaha and Jin was one of my favorite plot points this season,
and even if it ended as expected, it was well done.
While I wish we could see the final fight, it was kinda more impactful that way.
Well, rest in peace.Iyu and Chihiro... I can't say I like them that much, but I like what they were trying to do with that ending. It was cute, even if their relationship development was kinda hamfisted, imo.
On the other side, Nanaha and Jin was one of my favorite plot points this season,
and even if it ended as expected, it was well done.
While I wish we could see the final fight, it was kinda more impactful that way.
Now, this is some speculation, some true:
Season 3 pretty much confirmed. Some Amazon still alive, including Haruka and Jin. Another one year wait
Well, there's another element they didn't use this season, that could return next one: That golden bracelet.
Well, there's another element they didn't use this season, that could return next one: That golden bracelet.
Overall... Good season. The new characters (Chihiro, Iyu, the other new guy, the new hunter team) weren't as good as the last season's ones, but the returning characters more than compensated for that. I'd say every returning character was better here than on the original series.
The ending was a lot more fulfilling than last season's, too.
This could be good for Sentai, at least. Doesn't it run against Pokémon, currently?
NeonZ
Member
Pokemon reruns and talk show, not the actual anime.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
That's right kill these shows faster
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
Hope it works out for them.
Wait so NichiAsa is no more? What about PreCure?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
W manga art
Also Kamen Rider Chronicle - Ride-Player Nico edition
precure remains unchanged, so now precure airs before kamen rider rather than after
from the looks of things, I thought they're killing these shows since they're facing off against OP and DBS
Also Kamen Rider Chronicle - Ride-Player Nico edition
precure remains unchanged, so now precure airs before kamen rider rather than after
from the looks of things, I thought they're killing these shows since they're facing off against OP and DBS
That is a risk, but when you move a show to a slot with a bigger audience you run the risk of competing with bigger shows.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
They're competing with their own bigger shows. What sense does this make?
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
A W manga is cool to me.
RedHoodedOwl
Member
I didn't care for the toilet humor of Heybot.
Right now they're facing off against some Pokemon show that's killing them in the ratings.
One Piece and DBS are made for an older audience than Rider and sentai.
MHWilliams
Member
So they're merging the Japanese and US names together? Interesting.
According to this tweet it's called just Gridman.
https://mobile.twitter.com/trigger_inc/status/881690202271395840
How often did that happen when Power Rangers used their own human bosses?
Tiu Neo
Member
Oh, I remember reading somewhere that competing with Pokemon was killing Sentai. If that's the case, well, it was already bad.
The only hope is that Sentai ratings is that its audience is probably a bit younger than DB and One Piece.
KR... eh. Not sure. Maybe they'll make some changes? I mean, Sentai changed quite a bit after the timeslot change, but it could be that it would change anyway.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
FYI there're no more pokemon reruns since last two years ago. Sophia the First took over that first half of the hour. Back then it was first half hour rerun, second half hour variety show. Now it's Sophia the First, then the variety show.
Kyuranger 20
Maybe now is the time you'll remember "this is about teamwork" Stinger?
He'll survive.
Next week looks hype though.
Ex-Aid 37
Masamune circumventing the game code to beat the unbeatable enemy.
Taiga possibly dying, that's something. Maybe he'll get an upgrade? Then again I haven't heard of any new toys so... he'll probably be stuck with Bong Bong Simulations.
I do love that Hyper Muteki essentially has a Fist of the North Star finisher.
Amazons 26 (END?)
You cut out the final fight?! Come on! Well at least I got my wish and Chihiro died, even if it was off-screen.
So what's Haruka going to do now? Be a homeless guy living off McDonalds burgers? And Jin can't survive much longer as a blind vagrant
... And are they seriously teasing a third season?
Maybe now is the time you'll remember "this is about teamwork" Stinger?
He'll survive.
Next week looks hype though.
Ex-Aid 37
Masamune circumventing the game code to beat the unbeatable enemy.
Taiga possibly dying, that's something. Maybe he'll get an upgrade? Then again I haven't heard of any new toys so... he'll probably be stuck with Bong Bong Simulations.
I do love that Hyper Muteki essentially has a Fist of the North Star finisher.
Amazons 26 (END?)
You cut out the final fight?! Come on! Well at least I got my wish and Chihiro died, even if it was off-screen.
So what's Haruka going to do now? Be a homeless guy living off McDonalds burgers? And Jin can't survive much longer as a blind vagrant
... And are they seriously teasing a third season?
Tiu Neo
Member
At least a movie/longer extra episode.
But I can easily see that turning into Season 3.
RedHoodedOwl
Member
Superhuman Samurai Squad?
Tiu Neo
Member
Kyuranger 20
So, Stinger/Scorpio power is turning themselves into Amazons, heh. At least they had the antidote here. Kotaro may be a bit cliche, but I'm glad he isn't as annoying as certain other kid characters. Heh, the Zyuman plushies must have sold well. The Kyuranger plushies also made a cameo.
Next episode will be good. Final battle against Scorpio, already, and KyuFire will show up.
Ex-Aid 37
They really don't know what to do with that opening, huh? The little intro is already gone. Gotta say, through, while Excite still is one of my least favorite Rider opening songs, it grew quite a bit on me.
Ok, Muteki is pretty badass, fighting. And at least the victim of the week part was both fast and kinda important.
Welp, that's one way of killing a character in a way he can't come back. But Hiiro will probably save him.
Dan didn't show up a lot this episode, but even at the toy commercial at the end he was the best.
So, Stinger/Scorpio power is turning themselves into Amazons, heh. At least they had the antidote here. Kotaro may be a bit cliche, but I'm glad he isn't as annoying as certain other kid characters. Heh, the Zyuman plushies must have sold well. The Kyuranger plushies also made a cameo.
Next episode will be good. Final battle against Scorpio, already, and KyuFire will show up.
Ex-Aid 37
They really don't know what to do with that opening, huh? The little intro is already gone. Gotta say, through, while Excite still is one of my least favorite Rider opening songs, it grew quite a bit on me.
Ok, Muteki is pretty badass, fighting. And at least the victim of the week part was both fast and kinda important.
Welp, that's one way of killing a character in a way he can't come back. But Hiiro will probably save him.
Dan didn't show up a lot this episode, but even at the toy commercial at the end he was the best.
Original human villains?
In Space
Time Force
Wild Force
Ninja Storm
RPM
Dino Supercharge
There were other original villains (the purple guy from The Movie, the villain of Dino Thunder, SPD, etc), but they either weren't human or were very different characters in their human form.
RedHoodedOwl
Member
Master Org is a nice guy who got friendzoned and became a megalomaniac.