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[Tenumi]

I actually finished off two shows I've been watching: Zyuranger, and Power Rangers RPM

Zyuranger.... was not all that great. Very much too much focus on kids, and once Burai showed up, it became the Burai and friends show until his bit of the plot was done. And making that worse was that entire time, the rest of the Zyuranger suddenly became incompetent, unable to beat anything without his help.

RPM, however, was worth its hype. It blended the self-referential humor with the seriousness rather nicely, and even though the plots have been done before mostly (Ranger possibly has a villian sister? In Space, anyone?), it was still fresh and entertaining enough that it didn't really matter. Strong characters definitely made the season work as well as it did, though.

Now, onwards to my last "backlog" Sentai in Dairanger, and beginning a rewatch of the Power Rangers series, starting from the very beginning...

 

[alvmew]

Gaim 13 (Aesir subs are out btw!)

This show just keeps getting better and better. Dat BGM that played when

Spoiler

Hase-chan transformed

was so fitting.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

Gaim is anime as shit

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

I've heard rumors that Butcher's actually helping write the upcoming SHT and it will connect with the Gaim main series...

Be cool if he got like an Arms based off a Showa Rider (or a Tokkyuger Arms?).

 

[YosemiteHam]

Gaim is anime as shit

It's also good as shit, so I'm very okay with this.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

It's also good as shit, so I'm very okay with this.

Yeah, Episode 13 was probably one of the bigger "shit is going down!" episodes in Rider since, well, a long time since the past few seasons kind of kept up the status quo more or less till the end.

My favorite part of the episode was the Holo DJ Sagara though...what a waste of CG. But then I realize we've never seen him interact with anyone else in person, so I wonder if he's even real.

 

[Slayven]

Yeah, Episode 13 was probably one of the bigger "shit is going down!" episodes in Rider since, well, a long time since the past few seasons kind of kept up the status quo more or less till the end.

My favorite part of the episode was the Holo DJ Sagara though...what a waste of CG. But then I realize we've never seen him interact with anyone else in person, so I wonder if he's even real.

I think he is either a computer program or the first forest victim talking to people through a computer.

 

[CrimsonN0]

http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2014/01/09/gen-urobuchi-why-kamen-rider-gaim-was-delayed/

Interview with the writer of Gaim.

Also...

Y: What is your vision of a hero?
Gen: Someone that influences goodness in other people. There’s also the sense of justice, but the whole justice thing won’t appear until episode 14. From there it will be a story about justice, finally becoming a Rider story.

Next episode is where the Rider story truly begins.

 

[WillyFive]

More like that's where the standard rider formula of Riders vs Monsters begins.

 

[Tenumi]

I am really surprised with Gaim. All my previous Kamen Rider watch attempts have been, well, terrible. Something about the formula hasn't clicked with me. But Gaim's different, and I'm loving it.

Also, Dairanger so far... way better than Zyuranger. Also, great looking foot soldiers.

 

[shaowebb]

Any ideas for the 2014 OT, TokuGAF?

"Bravo"

Because he is best Rider.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

Have you watched W? Now there's a Rider show.

 

[drizzle]

Have you watched W? Now there's a Rider show.

Still waiting on more HD re-releases of that... But I really want to watch it.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUMroD8N6Tw

Damn right

 

[MHWilliams]

Have you watched W? Now there's a Rider show.

W is the bomb. I've watched (and subbed briefly) Kamen Rider for a long time, but W is my go-to "First Kamen Rider series" that I recommend to people.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUMroD8N6Tw

Damn right

Hahahaha, one of my friends made that. We keep telling him he needs to get into voice acting. :lol

 

[A Pretty Panda]

I agree with his assertion of who the best Power Ranger is

 

[WillyFive]

Hahahaha, one of my friends made that. We keep telling him he needs to get into voice acting. :lol

Heck, he should replace the editors Saban has now.

 

[BatDan]

That guy at least knows sound mixing, which I can't say the same for Saban.
Seriously, the music is constantly blaring over the dialogue, it's really annoying.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

I still think OOOs is the best post-Decade show, but in a sense you don't really appreciate it till after you finish it (which means sitting through quite a bit of a boring middle), where everything sort of comes together.

 

[alvmew]

I still think OOOs is the best post-Decade show, but in a sense you don't really appreciate it till after you finish it (which means sitting through quite a bit of a boring middle), where everything sort of comes together.

Just as Ankh didn't seem to appreciate being Eiji's hand to hold onto

Spoiler

until he was gone ;_;

. OOO > W > Fourze > Wizard Infinty's suit and the show's music >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wizard itself. Gaim might be the one to beat OOO though, so good.

 

[MHWilliams]

I still think OOOs is the best post-Decade show, but in a sense you don't really appreciate it till after you finish it (which means sitting through quite a bit of a boring middle), where everything sort of comes together.

I like OOOs and think Eiji/Anhk/Hina is a strong character combo even if Hina gets left out at times, but W was amazing for me. I love the Shotaro/Philip combo, and far preferred the Sonozaki Family/Nazca/Weather to the Greeds overall. W was a more satisfying show for me.

I'd go W > OOO=Fourze >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Wizard. Gaim is trending really strong though.

And that's before my absolute bro Riku Sanjo (W's head writer) decided he wanted to grace me with Kyoryuger. I'll pretty much follow that dude anywhere now and I much prefer the outsider head writers to the usual suspects (see: Urobuchi on Gaim so far).

 

[drizzle]

Watching the new Kyoryuger reminded me of the Torinity Strazor, which in turn reminded me to do this: (now with more Photoshop, better quality and smaller size. 13mb for that at 12fps, as opposed to a worse looking 20mb one with the older process.)

 

[chickdigger802]

any video of legacy dragonzord yet?

 

[A Pretty Panda]

Rewatching the W summer movie. Way better than when I first watched as I marathoned the series.

And that's before my absolute bro Riku Sanjo (W's head writer) decided he wanted to grace me with Kyoryuger. I'll pretty much follow that dude anywhere now and I much prefer the outsider head writers to the usual suspects (see: Urobuchi on Gaim so far).

It's similar to comic books in a sense. Not a big comic guy myself, but I think at a point you stop following certain characters you like and go with creators you like. Riku Sanjou's a guy to follow for his writing and Sakamoto for his action. But unlike comics these people are only switching off between two shows.

It's why I think Tokkyuger will be fine in terms of action since it has the Gokaiger/Wizard people on it. Even if the story sucks the fights will probably be good at least.

 

[vareon]

Rewatching the W summer movie. Way better than when I first watched as I marathoned the series.


It's similar to comic books in a sense. Not a big comic guy myself, but I think at a point you stop following certain characters you like and go with creators you like. Riku Sanjou's a guy to follow for his writing and Sakamoto for his action. But unlike comics these people are only switching off between two shows.

It's why I think Tokkyuger will be fine in terms of action since it has the Gokaiger/Wizard people on it. Even if the story sucks the fights will probably be good at least.

Except the selection is so limited that you'll follow each year's series anyway.

 

[chickdigger802]

You know, now that i think about it, i've never ever felt sentai as 'heroes'. Don't they always kick ass because of power of numbers? I mean they can wack mooks fine but outside of rare cases they do usually do some gang bang execution on pretty much every baddy of the week.

 

[drizzle]

Back when I made the Flashman gifs, not only I made the Shut Goggle gifs, but I also timed each of the personal henshin, group henshin and group roll call and noticed something.

There's no complete "let's transform, each of our members transform, each of our members do a little intro, then we do a complete intro" in Flashman. They're always transforming in a hurry (as illustrated by the multiple "let's all shut our goggles at the same time" gif).

It was either "let's henshin, all members show transforming, all members present themselves as a group" or a even smaller version of that.

Each member only had their personal presentations on their specific character episodes (when they transformed by themselves), and in some special cases (Blue), that only happened twice in the entire series.

Weird, when nowadays, the henshin, individual transformation and presentation is like half the episode alone. And I like it that way.

 

[WillyFive]

^ Speaking of which, less than a month to go until we get our finale unmorphed roll call for Kyoryuger. ;_;

 

[drizzle]

^ Speaking of which, less than a month to go until we get our finale unmorphed roll call for Kyoryuger. ;_;

Which makes me really sad. I didn't like the "full 10 kyoryuger" henshin they did. The one that always shows up in the intro in recent episodes.

Green in midjump and falling down all weird, while everybody is stuck in their statue poses while everything is blowing up behind them is really disconcerting. At least to me.

 

[WillyFive]

Which makes me really sad. I didn't like the "full 10 kyoryuger" henshin they did. The one that always shows up in the intro in recent episodes.

Green in midjump and falling down all weird, while everybody is stuck in their statue poses while everything is blowing up behind them is really disconcerting. At least to me.

For a synchronized roll call that big (10 suit actors + explosion), I wouldn't think they'd have a lot of time to get it all synced to a T. They probably had limited time so they just went with the best shot they were able to get, which it's only flaw was that Green was behind the rest. The ones we didn't see were probably even less in sync.

And as we saw with the RPM Behind-the-Scenes special (which also had action by Sakamoto), the actors are really far away from the actual explosion; they use forced perspective to make it seem like the explosion is right behind them. So we shouldn't have any problem seeing a full unmorphed one.

 

[Tenumi]

What the hell, Dairanger? This is creepy!

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

What the hell, Dairanger? This is creepy!

Wait till you get to the Cactus episode...

 

[MHWilliams]

Except the selection is so limited that you'll follow each year's series anyway.

If I'm not digging a show, I have a standard plan in place. I'll watch the first few episodes, any eps a new ranger/Rider/form appears, and the last three episodes. For Wizard that grew to the last five episodes, but the essence remains the same. When you can download them a la carte, it's not a problem.

 

[LostAnkh]

http://tamashii.jp/special/shf_gaimu/

SO HYPED FOR THESE FIGUARTS

 

[Slayven]

http://tamashii.jp/special/shf_gaimu/

SO HYPED FOR THESE FIGUARTS

They come with their own stage?

 

[LostAnkh]

They come with their own stage?

Naw, it's a special campaign for Gaim and Baron

Gaim = STAGE
Baron = Byobu

 

[vareon]

http://tamashii.jp/special/shf_gaimu/

SO HYPED FOR THESE FIGUARTS

I was planning to get only Baron, but Gaim looks so tempting. I hope Zangetsu looks better than his actual suit, though, particularly the shoulders. There are angles where Zangetsu's shoulders can look cool, like the one in episode 13.

 

[Parallax]

http://tamashii.jp/special/shf_gaimu/

SO HYPED FOR THESE FIGUARTS

oh god, i need to get melon

 

[Slayven]

The Sonic Arrow bothers me with it's toyness.

 

[SousedLouse]

The Sonic Arrow bothers me with it's toyness.

Oh good, I thought I was the only one who was bugged by it. Even for a toy, it looks chunky - like one of those off-brand foam bow-and-arrow sets. That's what it basically is, but it doesn't have to look like it.

 

[Parallax]

The Sonic Arrow bothers me with it's toyness.

Oh good, I thought I was the only one who was bugged by it. Even for a toy, it looks chunky - like one of those off-brand foam bow-and-arrow sets. That's what it basically is, but it doesn't have to look like it.

do the energy fruit have their own specialty weapons? or are they stuck with the bow?

 

[Slayven]

Oh good, I thought I was the only one who was bugged by it. Even for a toy, it looks chunky - like one of those off-brand foam bow-and-arrow sets. That's what it basically is, but it doesn't have to look like it.

yeah I hate those ebcause the pull think takes away the awesomeness of a bow.

do the energy fruit have their own specialty weapons? or are they stuck with the bow?

Nope just the sonic arrow.

 

[Parallax]

Nope just the sonic arrow.

thats. incredibly lame

 

[MHWilliams]

http://tamashii.jp/special/shf_gaimu/

SO HYPED FOR THESE FIGUARTS

That's all well and good, but Gaim is out, meaning they should be on Fourze SICs already. But noooooooooo, still OOOs.

do the energy fruit have their own specialty weapons? or are they stuck with the bow?

All Sonic Arrow, all the time.

 

[Slayven]

thats. incredibly lame

What would be good Cherry, Peach, and Lemon themed weapons?

 

[SousedLouse]

What would be good Cherry, Peach, and Lemon themed weapons?

Cherry bombs, peach flail, lemon peel whip?

Maybe a Sonic Sword, to go with the Sonic Arrows?

 

[Parallax]

What would be good Cherry, Peach, and Lemon themed weapons?

cherry explosives, a peach shaped knuckle, and some sort of lemon slice axe

 

[LostAnkh]

What would be good Cherry, Peach, and Lemon themed weapons?

Lemon Sword

Cherry axes (fits the viking armory)

Peach fan

 

[MHWilliams]

Cherry Flail (The Pit Smasher?)

Lemon Halberd

Peach Guillotine (a bit close to Kiwi, I know.)

Axe was my idea for Apple, with the name Core Splitter.