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Tokusatsu "Best ofs" 2017: SHIN sitting around doing nothing, talk about lucky!
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12-31-2017, 03:35 PM
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Waited a bit to post my own answers because I wanted to watch something I'd forgotten about before the end of the year.
This wasn't a busy year for me on the tokusatsu front. I've been really busy with work and what casual viewing time I have had ended up getting devoted to the backlog of Critical Role. I'm even behind on new shows, with about eight episodes of Geed left to finish. But I haven't completely fallen away, so:
Best New Show of 2017:
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, continuing from where it left off last year. Ex-Aid was such a fantastic show and it only continued to improve throughout the year. For me it is definitely the best Rider series since W and it's probably one of my all-time favorites.
Best New-to-You Show of 2017:
Didn't really discover any older shows this year. I did try to start finally watching Kamen Rider Super-1, but I only got three episodes in before getting sidetracked with other stuff.
Best Rewatch of 2017:
Likewise, didn't really rewatch anything either, even my new Garo blu-rays.
Best Movie of 2017:
This is what I was doing this morning. I've developed a weird fondness for the new Space Sheriff movies that Toei has been putting out and this year they upped the ante by throwing in my favorite Sentai team. The results were two films that I quite enjoyed, but my favorite was the Gavan vs. Dekaranger movie that I finally remembered to watch today. Lots of good Deka stuff, some good Gavan moments, Kenji Ohba back in action, interesting sequel hooks, Umeko getting several good scenes: this movie did a lot for me.
Best Male Lead Character:
Joining in on the love for Riku Asakura here. Gai from Orb left some very big shoes to fill, but Riku has done a fine job as the follow-up Ultra by going in very different directions and creating a fun and engaging main character.
Best Female Lead Character:
Laiha Toba. Very fun character that adds a lot to Geed, including each episodes mandatory tai chi display.
Best Male Supporting Character:
Kuroto Dan. Yes, I'm counting him as a supporting character and not a villain. He did well as a villain, but I feel that most of his best moments came after he was conscripted into fighting alongside the heroes (and seemingly lost a big chunk of his sanity in the process of turning into a Bugster).
Best Female Supporting Character:
There are a lot of good options here this year, but I'm going to give my support to Misora from Build. I've been really enjoying her grumpy, dead pan form of humor and the way it gets juxtaposed by her Mii-tan persona. I like all of Build's cast, but she's kind of surprisingly become my favorite.
Best Villain:
Masamune Dan. A good measure of a successful villain is how much the audience comes to hate him and I despised Masamune. He was cruel, he was heartless, and it was really awful how he saw individuals only as products or consumers. I had a great time hating his guts and waiting for him to finally get defeated.
Best Returning Past Character:
This one is a tie for me. Obviously, one vote goes to Mika Kikuchi as Umeko because Umeko; that's a given. But I also have to give a shout out to Takanori Kikuchi as Kaoru Kino/Another Agito. Agito holds a special place in my heart as the show that really got me into Kamen Rider and I never, ever, ever thought I would see him come back to the franchise in any way, but there he was in the Gorider specials, slipping back into the role without missing a beat. Gorider had a lot of great return appearances, but nothing tops seeing Kino-san again.
Best Actor:
Yuta Ozawa as Leito/Ultraman Zero from Geed. He does a fantastic job of pulling off the Clark Kent/Superman trick with his performance and does an excellent job of selling both identities as separate characters.
Best Actress:
This is going to be an odd one, but Reina Kurosaki as Nico Saiba from Ex-Aid. Nico wasn't the most important or complex character, but her actress was always on. Watch some of the scenes where she's just in the background and she's always doing something interesting. She really made the character a joy to watch.
Toku Crush of 2017:
Yukari Taki keeps doing tokusatsu and I keep crushing on her.
Best Suit Actor:
Also going for the Dangerous Zombie actors. Love, love, loved the creepy body language they used.
Best Writer:
Going with Yuya Takahashi for his fantastic work bringing Ex-Aid to life.
Best Director:
Between several movies and the Geed series, this was a great year for Koichi Sakamoto.
Best Hero Suit Design:
Ultraman Geed Solid Burning. I was initially put off by how greebly this suit looked, but in action it really grew on me a lot (as opposed to Royal Mega-Master, which makes my eyeballs hurt).
Best Monster Suit Design:
Chimeraberos from Geed's midpoint. Very cool fusion of Belial and two other monsters.
Best Weapon:
Honestly, nothing from the new shoes really did much for me. I mentioned this in another thread recently, but I hate the current tokusatsu trend of every weapon looking like a giant plastic roleplay toy. Even the Gavan vs. Dekaranger movie disappointed me with the side plot about Gavan's sword falling flat when the thing is blatantly made out of foam rubber.
Best Vehicle/Mecha:
I'm not sure what it's called, but I love that ridiculous walker mode that the Guardians can merge into on Build. It is so adorably stupid.
Best Fight Scene:
The final fight between Zero and the dragon on Dragon Blood. It's hard to top an awesome final fight from a Garo series.
Best Dramatic Scene:
The big villain reveal on Dragon Blood. I won't spoil it, but it did a fantastic job of paying off everything that had come before. I thought the character was a little off at first, but as the show went on I forgot about that more and more until WHAM! I really didn't see that coming and it was a major highlight of the series for me.
Best Comedic Scene:
Kuroto repeatedly working himself to death while working on Hyper Muteki. Kind of horrifying if you stop and think about it, but the over-the-top acting and goofy continue pipe really made it hilarious.
Biggest "WTF did I just watch?" Moment:
The actual Goriders scene from the Gorider specials. It was weird enough having five Gorenger-colored OG-style Kamen Riders running around, using goofy mid-70s attacks, but then you factor in who the characters in the suits are meant to be and the whole thing gets even more bizarre. Plus it's a complete Big-Lipped Alligator moment with minimal lead-in and absolutely no one talks about what just happened afterwards. WT actual F.
Best Song:
Dragonflame, the opening theme to Dragon Blood. Just a very nice, old school JAM Project Garo opening.
Best Piece of Merchandise:
I didn't get much this year, but I'm going to go with the Garo blu-rays because they're Garo blu-rays. Even if I have only watched one episode and the 2005 CGI is starting to fall apart a little when viewed 12 years later in high definition.
Biggest Surprise of 2017:
Holy crap, Ankh and Eiji are back for this year's Movie War. I hate that I'm going to have to wait until April to see this.
Biggest Disappointment of 2017:
Amazons season 2. I'll be honest, I never finished this; I still have about five episodes of it sitting on my laptop waiting for me to get around to them. I just could not get into this season. I know he wasn't involved, but so much of this season felt like classic Toshiki Inoue Rider. I wouldn't be surprised if Kobayashi went back and watched The First for inspiration. The show seriously overestimated how much I cared about Chihiro wanting to date the zombie girl and decided to make that the main focus of the series. Add in a lot of underwhelming new characters and some incredibly stiff staging and the show ultimately failed to hold my interest.
The Onari Award for Single Worst Thing in 2017 Tokusatsu:
Say it with me now (or don't if, like me, you've seen one episode of the show and heard it approximately seven times in 23 minutes):
YOSHA RUCKY!!!
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