Did anybody aside from TVN sub the new Garo?

>>23789720
You can watch the google translate version on youtube.

>>23790123
fight for just ice

Anyone still got Battle Hawk or Azteckaiser? For Battle Hawk there used to be an archive link and for both shows some guy posted a Mega link years ago, but but no longer work.

>>23789512
Speaking of Spectreman, it looks like the English dub is pretty readily available, but was it never fully subbed?

>>23793052
Except for these 2 episodes.
https://skarohuntingsociety.wordpress.com/2023/03/29/spectreman-1971-episodes-48-49/

> Ryuga lost waifu
> Ryuga gets new waifu

what the heck Garo only 8 eps???

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Face of a man who spent decades fighting to save humanity and ended up losing everything at the end. This summed up the current state of the franchise sadly.
>>23794817
Around the runtime of a movie, so yeah this could have been one movie instead.

They should just put Garo to bed at this point. They clearly don't have the budget or story ideas to keep it going. As far as I'm concerned it should have ended with the movie with all three Saejima men.

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>>23795118
I like Ryuga but yeah, at this point they're running out of ideas.
It's not even because of his universe, I don't know if they're doing a Raiga sequel series would work.

>>23795374
Raiga got Mayuri pregnant right? Just do Saegima Gen 4 at this point

I was hoping they at least had the budget for the final fight, but well, the cursed armor just appeared and gone like that, Garzas is a glorified dark knight with some sand magic trick, and Garo didn't even get a new form to defeat him.
Honestly I have no idea what they are even trying to do with this franchise at this point.

Seeing Garo reach this state is a little depressing, but I'm also not surprised given the constant steady decline of each series. Shouldn't they start with a new series at this point? Garo should've been a one and done, with Makai Senki being a pleasant surprise. Divine Flame was more than what we could've asked for, and there were some parts of Vanishing Line that were awesome, even if the story and main antagonists were a nothing burger at the beginning, middle and end.

>>23795612
I'm still disappointed we never got a Vanishing Line movie.

>>23795380
I feel Raiga having a son made a closure for the character, that's why Ryuga stay single.

>>23795638
Mappa went mainstream, director also left.

>>23795091
so how does this work? is he gunna stay virgin for 500 years until Rian is old dragon hag?

>>23796065
Makai knights are still normal human in term of lifespan anon, he will be fucking dust by then.
Either they just bullshit out some excuse for Rian to get out and have a uber Garo heir with dragon blood, or Ryuga get a new wife to continue the Garo bloodline, or someone will have to inherit that armor after he kicked the bucket as virgin.

>>23796070
Just need Elimina to breed with Ryuga for like 5 generations so Rian can /ss/ their descendant

Giant Robo episode 1 HD Remaster official from Toei
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQClgkuoc-I

>>23796114
Would be hilarious if the Jinga story connected to the Ryuga verse and the reason why there was no Garo user in that timeline because Ryuga dead as a virgin without heir.

At least Lector can give Ryuga free handjobs since Rian fixed his hand.....

>>23796120
It was implied Jinga's brother was supposed to be that universe's Garo until he became a Horror.

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Two characters revealed for the upcoming Keroro movie, Aruru and Deruru, and their designs are clearly references to Grounzel and Skyzel from Kyodain.

>>23795374
I don't think they actually ran out of ideas. It is more like they keep introducing new ideas that don't actually work and slowly diminishing the magic the original series has - Which is somewhat a flection of how a Makai Knight loses his rationality and grace the longer he wears the armor. This franchise is turning into a lost soul beast, all muscles and no brain.

>>23797356
They should die just like the originals, too.

Mach Baron is now subbed up to episode 12!
https://archive.org/details/machbaronsub

& the subber just told me they've finished timing episodes 13-20 & have just started working on subbing 13 proper, finally breaking their streak of only ever doing half of shows!

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I watched the first episode of Akumaizer 3 a couple days ago. It's probably the oldest "hero" tokusatsu I've ever watched. I was surprised at how much they crammed into that single episode so they could establish the trio and the supporting cast as quickly as possible. I feel like if they were to remake or reboot it today, it would probably be episode 4 or 5 before all three protagonists formally teamed up, especially when the story is already so focused on Xavitan.

>>23797837
I need to get back into that. What I've watched of it was pretty fun.

>>23797368
Maybe not entirely ran out of ideas but it's getting boring that almost every seasons/movies having Makai Knights/Priests going rogue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9qBZ6NaMfY

>>23789512
I just realized that Dr. Gori is just Dr. Gorilla. (gorira).

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>>23797837
I had a tough time looking for their faces to change
I'm used to just sorta expecting a vague flap at most so actual facial dynamics took getting used to
also a mask of Zabitan (along with a fuckton of other showa crap) shows up in the Tobe Hooper version of Invaders From Mars

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I've been reading through this manga and they keep bringing up this Southern Krauzer series where it's killing me that while some of the other homages are really on the nose I have not the slightest inkling of an idea what this one might be referencing.
>its purpose in the narrative is a "bad toku"
>aired some time in the 80s, implied to be a Metal Heroes-esque show (a scrapped character design was refined and used in the in-universe Janperson proxy)
>MC's dumb buckethead made it initially flop
>the writing itself was also not very good, it had rewrites before the series even started airing
>had a retool where they rework the setting to a samurai focus, the main villain is defeated in an instant and replaced, the horse just stops appearing altogether
>was such a flop it only was featured in Televi-kun a single time
This imagined toku keeps showing up since it's a major character's favorite but I don't know if it's actually based on anything specific or the idea of it being intended as a "really bad show" may have incentivized the author to make something up that wouldn't be perceived as taking jabs at a specific series. It's killing me not to know for certain.
I've seen some whispers about it being Jiraiya because the MC looks like Baron Owl but it seems like Jiraiya is looked on fondly.

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>>23800598
It's kind of weird because Xavitan and Evil's faces are so abstract. The SIC/modernized designs they used in Fourze are a little better at showing those details.

>>23800608
Could be a general combination of things related to the genre that were somewhat infamous at the time, I know Denjin Zaborger went through like 3 to 4 retools throughout the show but that was the 70s. The only metal hero show that I kinda recall having quite a few changes was spielban like the side-cast and their little hideout vanishing completely at one point. And yeah he does look like baron owl but he was pretty cool

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https://x.com/yabai_kamen/status/2039001241460871513

I know it's an April Fools prank, but I genuinely wish this was real, I miss the old AHK so much.

>>23802272
who?

>>23803721
Dogengers villian.

>>23795612
Hell Yami was their attempt to expand and do Garo without Kouga, and Gold Storm was their attempt to make Ryuga more in line to traditional Garo after Yami being radically different. And Gold Storm being a success (likely because of Jinga) caused them to keep continuing on and on.

>>23796120
>>23796195
Wait the Jinga series is another universe as opposed to the far future of Ryugaverse? Frankly they need to tie up that one with Ryuga facing Jinga to close their story altogether.

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I'm still laughing at the banner
>tokusatsu
>but has voltes v
yeah I know it has anime episodes but still

>>23804283
They kept it as vague as possible but Jinga mentioned Ryuga as someone he fought a long time ago, but at the same time it's hard to take at face value that the story takes place in some far future Ryugaverse when the setting is still that of a modern town.

>>23804835
damn, they really can't display Sentai on the banner huh

Is it normal for Ultraman to just randomly have important story content in the compilation program which then promptly disappears from the face of the Earth forever? That kinda puts me off

>>23805734
Shouldn't have sold their ass to the great Israel

can anyone seed Moero!! Robocon or have the episodes.

>>23805896
>randomly have important story content in the compilation progra
Can you give an example? Most Ultra shows are MOTW with only the slightest hint of an overarching story.

>>23806406
I think that anon talking about one of those Retsuden (Anthology) shows.
The newest one (New Generation Stars) just had an episode yesterday that basically a continuation of Omega finale despite most of the episode is a clip show.

>>23807605
Dat all caps filename.

>>23808093
It's not even funny how much better this suit is compared to Gavan Infinity from overall design to construction.

>>23808140
(You)

>>23807605
fuck, I wish he was getting a full series

>>23807605
>>23808093
its funny how ever since sentai died, all these other toku have been crawling out of the woodworks

>>23808306
Toku seems to be undergoing a bit of a boom period, maybe because more normalfag friendly entries like theatrical movies and anime. As well as perhaps people constantly hankering for superhero stuff and the previous strong points for that like the MCU and shonen manga have not been delivering too well recently.
But I'm not sure if this is actually the case, but I've seen more online discourse stray into toku than ever before, at least in the West.

>>23808306
While MKP was coincidental they're doing Forticus because Sentai died

>>23808320
Hopefully the west can deliver on superhero shows again without making them edgy deconstructions or some turbo left wing gender/raceswapping preachbox. But for now I am glad we have Kamen Rider, as long as it isn't shit like Black Sun, or "Adult Tokusatsu".

>>23808320
>undergoing a bit of a boom period
Isn't it the opposite? Toku is more expensive to make than ever and people that aren't the big 3 studios or Garo are only able to make shorts like Beat Runners and MKP, and now one of those 3 are struggling since even something as iconic as Super Sentai couldn't sustain itself

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>>23808488
>>23808320

>>23808488
Well there's the financial issues but I mean culturally.
I get that the financials are having struggles but it seems like there's a growing interest in tokusatsu at the moment. It wouldn't convert to sales overnight, especially not if a lot of the interest is coming from foreign markets, admittedly.

>>23808494
Thank you for explaining, you're right. There's been a harder push of people trying to launch their own toku or Japanese directors helping with Chinese toku due to filming limitations
Also I forgot which country but Toei is apparently doing a new toku on another country just like how they did with Bima but I forgot which one

>>23808564
It's because the modern toku scene in Japan is so dire. Sentai is dead, Ultraman is on life support, Rider is slowly dying, and Project RED is DOA. Indie groups and China have been trying to fill the increasingly large holes that Japan's big studios are creating.

>>23808896
>Rider is slowly dying
Is it? The last show was popular in japan despite the sales decreae but that was mostly because underproduction of toys as everything would sell out but they didn't have suply for it. The anime that ended recently also was one of the most popular anime in japan airing that season. They're also now doing their own movie and anime brand.

>>23808140
What's frustrating with Gavan is that judging by the concept arts the suits didn't ended up looking bad for any creative porpuse but rather the staff just being legitimately too much of a cheapstake to make a fully armored suit.

>>23808896
I honestly doubt it, project RED is doing fine and the ultra series is quite stable too and even if hypothetically that was on life support it’s not tsuburaya’s first rodeo in that territory, when things get tough they always bounce back

>>23809005
>project RED
Is it? I thought the show was only mildly popular in japan and that toy stores have reported the toys shelf warming
You're right about Ultraman though

>>23808306
Not really, Other Heroes appear all the time.

>>23807605
Why is he called that anyway?
Forty? TTFC is only 10 years old.

>>23808140
Because it's designed by THE Tsuyoshi Nonaka who also did Metal Heroes back then.

>>23808896
Ultraman is doing well and Rider is still doing great. What the fuck are you talking about?

>>23809005
>>23809537
>Ultraman doing well
lol

>>23809564
I keep reading that Ultraman is in trouble but no one ever posts any kind of proof so I never know what to believe. It's just a bunch of anons talking.

>>23809609
You can ask for the financial reports in /m78/
Ultraman has been on a downward trend since Trigger, but "in trouble" is the usual "sky is falling" talk from retards

>>23808320
We're in a transition time, right now. CGI is still expensive, so Toei's all greenscreen show projects will still be some time away. It's necessary for the greenscreen because of the limited access to locations to shoot toku.
It'd be nice if we could go back to the time of models and quarries, but it'll never happen.

>>23808489
BAN SOCIAL MEDIA FOREVER!

>>23809637
it was always going to have a downward trend since Trigger. Nostalgia sells and the past 3 series have mostly been doing new things rather then banking on nostalgia.

>>23809564
its doing far FAR better then Project Red and Outlived Sentai

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I really wanted to like Juspion more then I did. It has fantastic on foot fights but....that's pretty much it. The Megabeasts are cool, but most of their fights suck, the show abandons its outer space adventures after like 4 episodes, Juspion himself starts out interesting by being a total buffoon out of the suit, but he suddenly becomes uber serious after getting a hair cut in episode 11 or so, with no development whatsoever.

I still had fun with it and its hardly the worst MH series I've seen, that would still be Jiban, but it really was nowhere near as good as I had been led to believe

>>23812061
Sounds like a (You) problem.

>>23800585
Karras you fool!

>>23812061
Yeah it's popular because it was one of the first metal heroes that came to Brazil but the show isn't that good
I didn't mind the cast getting stuck on earth due to budgetary reasons because the staff still made the show stylish as fuck but the actor complaining that his character was a poor influence to children and the show changing channels halfway through screwed the show up

>>23814266
I'd be fine with Juspion becoming more heroic and mature over time aft the show went on. But it was literally one ep he's a clown but then he gets a haircut and the next ep he's now super serious and mature.

It comes out of nowhere

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>https://x.com/i/status/2040105445121982672
Alright anons, who wants to help them finish Armor Hero Star Ray?

>>23814986
Are they gonna pay me for it? Star Ray is ass and I am not wasting my free time on that garbage

>>23814986
They're not looking for Star Ray help. They need a second unit so they do simultaneous work on Alpha's two new series: Nocturne Knights & Awaken! Lion Hero. Don't spread lies, Anon.

>>23814266
what a bitch