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Has the new Gato series premiered yet? Has anyone watched it?

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The coolest.

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Solbrain is just Winspector's sloppy seconds and I got bored fast. Solbrain has to be the most overrated Metal Hero series.

>>23736166
overrated? I've never heard anyone talk about it ever

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>>23736166
>Be me marathoning Solbrain
>Every fucking OP
>HERRRPPP
>HERRRPPP
>mfw

>>23736166
(You) problem.

>>23736166
I’ve seen winspector and I thought it was fine, the rescue aspect was actually a bit more intense than I was expecting and loved the book end finale by having the first criminal be the last, Solbrain and the next series are the only Metal hero shows I haven’t watched yet but I have heard they’re slightly better

>>23736082
1 episode so far. Didn't watch it.

>>23736330
>>23736166
I actually agree. Winspector hit a very good balance between "rescue" and "hero", but Solbrain leans too hard on "Rescue". The criminals are often portrayed as victims too and the heroes attempt to rescue them from the situations they create themselves (although the criminals can just die during this for tragic episode endings). The main issue with this in a toku show is that it ends up meaning -very- little action in most episodes. The "rescue" part takes much more focus, and since we're talking about a show from 1991 that isn't heavily using CGI, it often means just carrying around people with flames in the background or props falling on them. It all gets very samey. Solbrain considers the previous hero Fire an "edgy" character compared to its protagonists.

Exceedraft feels more like "generic toku", but I'd easily take it over Solbrain just because it has more consistent action and doesn't resort to sad stories about enemy of the week so often.

>>23736554
That bit of Solbrain leaning too hard on “Rescue” was foreshadowed at the end of winspector which sounds about right given it’s an acronym for the “Soul and Brain”. Again I haven’t seen the show myself yet and I probably don’t intend to anytime soon given I already have a backlog of shows I want to watch first

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god she's SO mommy

>>23736082
I'll be watching it today. Will report back on how I feel.

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I think it's funny that it turned out Jiger was male this whole time and that him being female was just someone's headcanon that got treated like fact this whole time. I've read the Gamera and Daiei books and it never once said anything about Jiger being female. What I'm curious now though, where exactly did the misconception come from? I guess for the longest time it was a safe assumption, given he did lay eggs but there's been evidence to prove contrary now. Does anyone know when it first started? Curious.

>>23737902
the one in rebirth is male

>>23738048
I know, that's what kickstarted it all. The fact that Jiger in Rebirth is male pretty much confirms it.

>>23738154
it really doesn;t

>>23738393
Except it does? Even you choose to ignore that, there is nothing stating Jiger was ever female. I've actually even bought official Daiei monster encyclopedias and asked some Japanese people around, and I could never find anything concrete. Again, it was just someone's headcanon that got treated as fact.

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Could a remake of Akumaizer3 work on this Toku era?

>>23738435
I'd watch it.

What happened to that Koichi Sakamoto's new toku? Beat Chasers or something?

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>>23738776
No sub groups picked it up but it's there.

>>23736166
I dunno how the series is, but the yellow construction bot and red vehicle designs ate speaking to me.

>>23738435
Which Prime Warframes are these? What relics do I have to farm to get them?

>>23738776
>>23738828
Don't bother it's horrible. So CGI laden its unwatchable.

>>23738933
I mean going CG heavy is disappointing but the pitch of the series seemed to be "Symphogeah if it was actually a toku" so I'm still curious.

>>23738933
It looks no different from Ultra Galaxy Fight. Granted that looks like shit too.

>>23738890
Kazuma Kaneko's designs for devil may cry 3 devil triggers

>>23739399
Did Kaneko ever work as a designer for a tokusatsu production? Because his style works so well the Toku vibe

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>>23739458
There's fanart of the DTs as Kamen Rider forms.

>>23738933
>So CGI laden its unwatchable.
Sounds like where all toku is going.

>>23736554
>Exceedraft feels more like "generic toku"
In the beginning? Sure. But as it goes on it starts going more and more towards the batshit, including having the litteral Prince Of Darkness himself , capital-S Satan, as the final boss.

>>23739475
That looks so good

Just finished the original GARO
Really liked how Barago came back for one last grudge match after Messiah was defeated, considering how he was the most active and personal threat

>>23739852
You've watched the best (live action) Garo. It's a steady slide downwards in quality from here.

>>23739862
Some would consider Makai Senki to be better than the original because of the expanded world view and setting but it also started the whole EVIL MAKAI PRIEST that is still plaguing the whole franchise.

>>23739869
I also just personally think that the more they expand on the Makai world and culture, the less interesting it is. The original Garo nailed the atmosphere and feeling of this mysterious ancient order of warriors and magicians protecting humanity from the shadows because we saw a lot of it from Kaoru's point of view and knew almost nothing about it, so it gave the actual supernatural stuff a legitimate otherworldly air. Now that there are basically zero normal people in the cast it's turned into something mundane.

>>23739879
NTA, I think part of the problem is that GARO wasn't written as a grand universe that's being uncovered with each instalment. Amemiya, Kaji, and Kobayashi didn't create an expansive backstory and lore to be used in future shows/movies.
The people creating all sequels were building off of what came before and making it up as they went.
It's not really surprising that problems arised after the first show. All their best ideas where going to be expressed in that first show, and maybe the first few movies right after. That's just the nature of writing, and why they had to introduce new characters to follow, and animeverses.

>>23736082
It started out pretty exciting. Season looks promising.

>>23740217
You see that kind of thing primarily in the first season. There's this implication that the Makai community wasn't as big or as old as later seasons would show. Makai Knights, or at least titled ones, were a rarity and one covers a large territory, that sort of thing.

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What's that? Saejima Kouga is also a shitty dad in real life?

https://www.tokyokinky.com/father-single-mom-hiroko-sato-child-actor-ryosei-konishi/