Ryusoulger 01 released

[takenoko]

Random question that is probably super subjective: As a general rule does a Super Sentai that is friendly to older audiences sell fewer toys?

The two examples that I can think of, TimeRanger and Go-Busters, yes? Kids have no taste!

[BreadToku]

Don't forget Gekiranger, although with that one I can more easily see why the merchandise didn't sell. I mean, the changers just looked like regular gloves, the first additional ranger's mecha was just a leg, and what parent was going to let their child buy straight-up nunchaku and batons.

[midorininger]

so.... i have a question!
What are they protecting us from exactly? Like i know thew Druidons ... ok, and the minosaurs? and ok this is where i need my answer, are the Druidons on control of the minsaurs...? or do our would be somewhat displaced from the rest of the world heroes has 2 foes?

Super would have prefered the mentors as the heroes over the ACTUAL team. my only issue is blue haired Melto. And to ask another question are we to believe that these knights have lived secluded within the hidden city, and now must go out into our modern worlds hence WHY we need the Ui girl and his father(?) to house them?

FINAL question: when was the last time we had heroes who werent part of our society? sure Gokaiger were 5/6 aliens, but they were still functional within our world.

[takenoko]

>What are they protecting us from exactly? Like i know thew Druidons ... ok, and the minosaurs? and ok this is where i need my answer, are the Druidons on control of the minsaurs...? or do our would be somewhat displaced from the rest of the world heroes has 2 foes?

They're Minusaurs, since they come from the "minus" energy of humans or something. Nothing to do with minotaurs

>FINAL question: when was the last time we had heroes who werent part of our society? sure Gokaiger were 5/6 aliens, but they were still functional within our world.

Jyuohgers were from another world count?

[Lunagel]

>What are they protecting us from exactly? Like i know thew Druidons ... ok, and the minosaurs? and ok this is where i need my answer, are the Druidons on control of the minsaurs...? or do our would be somewhat displaced from the rest of the world heroes has 2 foes?

They're Minusaurs, since they come from the "minus" energy of humans or something. Nothing to do with minotaurs

Actually I ended up using Minosaur cause https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ryusoul/character/

[takenoko]

>人間のマイナスな感情から生まれるモンスター

"A monster born from humans and minus energy."

Am I missing something?

[kangchan]

>人間のマイナスな感情から生まれるモンスター

"A monster born from humans and minus energy."

Am I missing something?

From spoiler on magazine last month

Spoiler

They are created by Kureon from ordinary humans by absorbing their negative emotions and are based on mythical creatures.

[Lunagel]

I mean it's still from minus + dinosaur, it's just minus + dinosaur as opposed to minus + dinosaur

[takenoko]

I mean it's still from minus + dinosaur, it's just minus + dinosaur as opposed to minus + dinosaur

I still feel like people will look at it and go "oh it's from minotaur". What would the point of it being from the word minus if you're not going to represent it in a way people would recognize?

マイナス
MAINASU/Minus

ダイナソー
DAINASOU/Dinosaur

マイナソー
MAINA-SOU
(MAINA/Minu) + (SOU/saur)
Minusaur

[ViRGE]

Well that was an interesting start to things. I'm still trying to digest this first episode, but there was definitely a mix of good and bad.

As everyone else has noted, it's definitely rushed. Which is unfortunate because it does the series no favors beyond perhaps blasting the viewer with everything they need to know/buy right away. This, of course, isn't unusual for a Sentai. But other series have managed to avoid it.

On the flip side however, it's interesting how straight this episode was played. Maybe it's just me, but it didn't feel especially Sentai-like, and I mean that in a good way. It definitely leaned on a number of the usual Sentai tropes. But it didn't feel like yet another episode of Super Sentai. We'll see how long that feeling lasts, though.

As far as the villains go, I'm less sure what to make of them. The castle guy is so very clearly not the series' big-bad. So who is? And I cannot take the mushroom seriously at all. That's just a hideous design; it's the kind of thing I'd expect to see in a Sentai parody.

On the other hand, I loved the Minosaur design. Sentai monsters have a certain human-like look to them for obvious reasons, and instead this one was a straight-up classic kaiju. It looked absolutely fantastic! I can't imagine we're going to keep getting these kinds of designs, which is a shame. But it left a good first impression, particularly with that mecha fight.

Speaking of which, that mecha fight was the other awesome bit of this first episode. Just as we speculated based on the trailers, this year's primary robo is a very light design. And that means the fight choreography doesn't need to be big, slow swings. But instead we can get some fast, nimble action the likes of which we haven't really seen since Go-Busters. This fight in particular had some very interesting wire-fu folded into it, and I honestly cannot recall the last time that's been in a mecha fight; for obvious reasons, CGI is normally used here.

The first mecha fight of the show is always the flashiest, and I know they'll have to tone things down for the rest of the series. But if they can keep up even a fraction of that energy, we're in for a treat!

On the other hand, the fact that Red started out with a fully combined robo is a bit lame. An awesome fight for sure, but it did come at the cost of the story.

Finally, I really, really hope they're not going to be playing the same quasi-European bagpipe/flute music all season long as the BGM. I am already tired of it after one episode, and I just might go crazy if they keep it up. It is incredibly annoying.

I mean it's still from minus + dinosaur, it's just minus + dinosaur as opposed to minus + dinosaur

I still feel like people will look at it and go "oh it's from minotaur". What would the point of it being from the word minus if you're not going to represent it in a way people would recognize?

マイナス
MAINASU/Minus

ダイナソー
DAINASOU/Dinosaur

マイナソー
MAINA-SOU
(MAINA/Minu) + (SOU/saur)
Minusaur

FWIW, Minotaur didn't even cross my mind when watching this. When I saw "minosaur" and heard it pronounced mine-o-saur (rather than min-o-saur), it was clear to me that it was supposed to be minus + dinosaur. But I'm also genre savvy, so I don't necessarily expect that everyone read it in the same way.

[Dragg]

I like how the guy who plays Red can actually act, and not turning out to be annoying.

And the initial mech is pretty cool, it's not the usual big and clunky ones that we tend to get. I hope the choreography for the mecha fights are like this for the rest of the series.

[Dengar]

Well, I'm not going to judge this first episode on story, since there basically was none. So I'm have to go by presentation... Which was also no more than "okay".

Lupat had me hooked from day 1. I'll give them a few more episodes to get my attention but I might just go back to my habit of not watching Sentai before long.

[takenoko]

FWIW, Minotaur didn't even cross my mind when watching this. When I saw "minosaur" and heard it pronounced mine-o-saur (rather than min-o-saur), it was clear to me that it was supposed to be minus + dinosaur. But I'm also genre savvy, so I don't necessarily expect that everyone read it in the same way.

That's good and all, but other people, myself included, definitely thought it was minotaur when we saw minosaur.

I mean, just from a reasonable person perspective, if you were going to go "let's combine Minus and Dinosaur". No one would go "let's take the min and the osaur and combine those". You don't need to be a linguist to see that's a ridiculous way of splitting those words up.

Everyone would go "let's add saur to minus".

[Hanarka]

I like that. It's closer to "boom" which is its pun. What do you think Luna?

Que bon is "It's good" versus que bom "it's nice". Hmm, that might be a stretch though

I dunno, I think I'd want a French or Portuguese speaker weighing in, I don't trust google translate

I'm French and "Que bon" makes no sense in French. "It's good" translates as "C'est bon". I think the Portuguese option "que bom" is better here.

[ViRGE]

I mean, just from a reasonable person perspective, if you were going to go "let's combine Minus and Dinosaur". No one would go "let's take the min and the osaur and combine those". You don't need to be a linguist to see that's a ridiculous way of splitting those words up.

Everyone would go "let's add saur to minus".

You're not wrong. But then minusaur doesn't rhyme with dinosaur. And Toei is not about to let the English language get in the way of bad rhymes.