takenoko wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:35 am Screw Kamen RIder, what's the deal with this robo lady?

I must admit, I'd love more context on this news program, as well. And is the announcer's name a reference to Magearna from Pocket Monsters? The katakana's the same. Though if it is a reference, it's kind of a random one.

takenoko wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 3:30 pm
Considering Super Tatoba is just a movie form, I don't see why it'd be a contender for being a final form?

Well, in the final episode of Wizard (meaning the big crossover story with all of the Heisei Riders up to Gaim), OOO becomes Super Tatoba when they all shift into their final forms.

https://kotaku.com/japan-says-goodbye-to-the-heisei-era-1834406452 I liked your Riders [03:09] <&Lunagel> watched the ceremony this afternoon [03:09] <&Lunagel> the emperess's dress was so pretty [03:09] <~takenoko> how did the new emperor take the power from the old one? [03:09] <~takenoko...

People have been comparing this show to this dinosaur-themed Sentai and that, but the one Sentai this first episode strongly reminds me of is Gingaman. There's a society of people hidden away in a forest, a warrior's tradition handed down through the generations, the enemy attacks just as the latest...

Yeah but in the live action he had a crush on Jupiter. They even went on a date Sorry, I wasn't denying that. More like seeing it from the point of view of Motoki's usual role in the franchise, I guess? "Usagi's love interests" is an odd lens to view this casting through, and I have no cl...

Aww man, I was really looking forward to the further adventures of Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask, and the one karaoke dude who had a crush on Jupiter. (Srsly though, what crazy casting) Erm, wasn't the karaoke dude the tokusatsu version of Motoki Furuhata, who runs the Crown Arcade in other versions of ...

I noticed the Emerjason VHS tape has "Emerjason fight for rescue" on its cover. This may be a reference to "Janperson fights for justice", which was said (in English) at the beginning of the Tokusou Robo Janperson opening sequence.

Aww, there are only seven episodes of this? Usually a J-drama lasts around a dozen episodes.

How well is this doing in Japan? Are there any hopes for a second season?

"Never give up" was Kai Samezu/Gao Blue's catchphrase (usually said when his good friend Soutarou Ushigome/Gao Black was struggling). So it's understandable that Kakeru said it here.

My only complaint is that nobody gave Herlock a Thai Kick.

this isn't the first time I've seen the "Dragon Balls" angle in a sentai, though... first off my head is KR Ghost. trying to think of Sentai series.... Gokaiger, to an extent, had the DB angle too, iirc. Unless I'm remembering it wrong, Chousei Kantai Sazer X had a similar angle with the ...

Where exactly did these figures originally come from, other than some forum? Is there a Bandai page that lists these things?

Wait, two dinosaur-themed Sentai in the same decade? I wasn't expecting something like this until at least the early 2020s. Maybe their reasoning is that, since the Heisei era is coming to an end, it's okay to do a second dinosaur-themed Sentai already? I'm just pulling that out of the air.

takenoko wrote: ↑Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:54 pm -Finally, a mecha fires the Lupin Magnum as a gun

Didn't Lupin Kaiser already do this at the end of episode 35? "Good Striker Shoot 'em Up Magnum"?

That's just weird. I wonder what the (presumably) real Densha and Hermes think of the news?