from what i've read, it is pretty recent. it wasn't illegal until 1872 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_Japan) and was reportedly every common among samurai.

interesting news, i just saw the other day about Shunkoin temple offering to marry same gender couples.

I wonder how much of this is just a matter of Japan getting over the western/christian influence that is apparently what made it "wrong"/illegal in the first place.

i saw this on Youtube but the subs/effects and logos during henshin make it so much better. awesome job!

Bandai Fashion has the practice costumes for sale but they are lacking the high top sneakers they wear. They are clearly modified as they have the Ninninger logo on the tongue, but it seems unlikely they would have custom fabricated something as simple as sneakers. Any idea what brand these might be...

noticed a small typo at 20:00 minutes in. The sub says "I can't get enoughaphant of this!}" (includes the curly bracket)

~~edit for clarity, the typo isn't the pun, it's the curly bracket being there.

I wouldn't be opposed to going back and releasing a v2. We've still got the files up. But yeah, koitsu is a bit ambiguous since it can be for a boy or a girl. you don't have to release a v2 solely on my behalf, I'm more so just curious from an academic point of view, as I'm starting to learn more a...

As for the Izayoi's gender... I don't know any more. I assumed female initially but that reference to being Gengetsu's page made me think of Oda Nobunaga's page Mori Ranmaru . And now I am confused. :? I was waiting to see more before settling on a gender, but them being a page/koshou definitely ma...

I've got a question about when When Nagi first takes on Kasha, I can hear when he says "gyofu no ri", then he yells, "itadakimasu" ??

Is this a common attack phrase? I remember Kamen Rider Beast doing it, but it made sense then because he would actually eat the ghouls/phantoms.

if Bomper were a girl, they'd probably look like this all the time, right?

Today, this word has a youthful and male feeling to it (because of it’s youthful nature, it is rarely written in its kanji form: 己等), and is the I-word of choice for… housepets! (as spoken through their owners, of course…) Try a quick google image search for this word, it will bring up many picture...

I always thought Navi was genderless. When you posted the poll I was actually curious about the pronouns Navi used, but sadly didn't pay close enough attention when watching through the series. :( About the pronoun, is 'oira' just a male pronoun? (not that i don't trust you, i'm just curious and che...

This may be more of an opinion question, but how does Zyuranger compare to the other sentai groups? I liked the original 4 seasons of MMPR (they lost me at turbo) when i was younger, and got back into tokusatsu a few years ago when a friend showed me Kamen Rider. I've since watched almost all of the...

was the inside of that dollhouse the Greeeds' house from later in OOO? I'm almost positive it is. Got a good laugh out of it. BTW did anyone notice a slight lag between the audio and video near the end of the episode? It seemed most notible when the camera zooms in on Kagura when she is talking at ...

am i the only one who thought mach's pre-attack 'power up' motion was a little on the inappropriate side?

probably my favorite episode of Drive yet, the rapid tire-koukan's at the end really upped the excitement level!

also, at 13:23 it looks like there was a typo, 'Roidmude' is missing the 'd'. I noticed other sites online spelling it 'roimude' but the rest of the episode has the 'd' so it stood out.