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I also highly suggest Kikaider, which has the same writer as Zubat. I think it strikes a really great balance between being a funny, kitschy Showa-era show and the more poignant, serious elements to its story. Jiro is an interesting protagonist too. In contrast to Showa-era Riders, who have had some of their humanity stripped from them, Jiro is an android who desperately wants to be more like an imperfect human. I really enjoyed it! |
I only managed to watch the first eleven episodes of Kikaider myself. I really need to watch the rest of the show at some point.
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Coming back in here to say I watched Space Sheriff Sharivan. It wasn't incredible, but was pretty solid!
I learned as I watched this show that apparently the first 5 Metal Hero shows all had Shozo Uehara as head writer, which probably explains why the three I've seen so far have all been so similar. I think Sharivan manages to pull ahead of Gavan and Juspion though, largely on the merit of Sharivan being much, much weirder. I complained about Gavan being too boring when I watched it, but this one managed to be pretty consistently entertaining with its surreal visuals and plots about the spirit world, even if it carries forward some of my complains about Gavan, like the chaotic video editing. Heck, I ever think the atmosphere manages to make up for the out of suit action feeling weaker and the episodic plots often being very abruptly ended. The whole thing is actually a pretty good case study in how important "the vibe" is to these shows. Good Showa-era tokusatsu junk food. |
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Which Metal Heroes series would you recommend for something that's more story-based? |
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If you want a more conventional story-based Metal Hero, from my experience I can recommend Spielvan and Jiban. I'm currently 30 episodes in to Janperson and I'm enjoying that as well. Or there's Sekai Ninja Sen, if you like ninjas. |
I am currently 16 episodes into Jiban.
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Still keeping with Spielvan, but it gets somewhat repetitive. It has a tendency to pad the episode times by repeating the same facts and backstory that the audience should already be aware of. Granted, it was the '80s and syndication wasn't like we understand it now, but it's still grating and compounded by the clearly recycled footage of Gaios and Gran Nazca blowing up ships and jets and tanks.
Another note worthy detail is how they replaced the original ending theme with the "Kesshou Da" insert theme around Ep. 11, but still used the former as an insert theme. |
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