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01-05-2012, 02:20 PM | #1 |
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I posted this up on HJU last week, but since New Years is still less than a week behind us it seemed like a cool thing to start off here, too. This is just sort of a general survey of what you guys thought were the highlights of 2011 in tokusatsu.
A couple quick notes: Personally, for 2011 series I'm counting anything that aired a new episode this year: Goseiger, OOO, Gokaiger, Fourze, Garo MaikaiSenki, Power Rangers Samurai, and anything else that I don't remember or know about. For movies I'm counting anything that came out this year (W Returns, Let's Go Riders, 199 Heroes, etc.) as well as anything that came out last year but wasn't available as a dvd/fansub until this year (A to Z, Red Requiem, Movie War Core - which I'm sure will be on many people's favorite list- etc.). If you want to include stuff like MegaMax or Ghost Pirate Ship that hasn't been available for viewing outside of Japan yet, go ahead. Best New Show of 2011 Best New-to-You Show of 2011 (aka, what older series did you watch for the first time and absolutely fall in love with?) Best Rewatch of 2011 (for those, like me, who rewatched one or more shows they'd already seen before) Best Movie of 2011 Best Male Character Best Female Character Best Actor Best Actress And, to try and separate the last four from "zomg, ______ is soooo hot:" Biggest Toku Crush of 2011 Best Villain Best Returning Character (Gokaiger cameo, Rider movie appearance, cast of Garo, etc.) And for those of you who know the production side better than I do: Best Suit Actor Best Writer Best Director Best Producer Best Visual Designer And some more miscellaneous categories: Best Hero Suit Design Best Monster Suit Design Best Weapon Best Vehicle/Mecha Best Fight Scene Best Dramatic Scene Best Song Best Piece of Merchandise Biggest Surprise Now personally, I like to try and stay positive, focusing more on what I liked and what worked well, but for all you Negative Nancies out there: Single Worst Thing in 2011 Tokusatsu So, let me know what you guys think, I'm curious to read the results. I have my own picks, of course, but I'll post them later to avoid cluttering this post. Last edited by Switchblade; 01-05-2012 at 03:49 PM.. |
01-05-2012, 02:32 PM | #2 |
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Best New Show of 2011 Gokaiger
Best New-to-You Show of 2011 (aka, what older series did you watch for the first time and absolutely fall in love with?) Shinkenger Best Movie of 2011 199 Sentai War Best Male Character Captain Marvelous Best Female Character Luka Millfy Biggest Toku Crush of 2011 Luka Millfy Best Villain Jealosyto Best Returning CharacterGavan To be continued...
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01-05-2012, 02:54 PM | #3 |
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Here's my list for this past year... man I needed to keep up with Gokaiger....
Best New Show of 2011 - Kamen Rider Fourze Best New-to-You Show of 2011 - GARO Best Rewatch of 2011 - The First Episode of Kamen Rider Double... Yeah, I rarely rewatch stuff. Best Movie of 2011 - Kamen Rider Double Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal Best Male Character - Ankh (Kamen Rider OOO's) Best Female Character - Kaoru (GARO: Makai Senki) Best Actor - Ryosuke Miura (Ankh - Kamen Rider OOO's) Best Actress - Mika Hijii (Kaoru - GARO: Makai Senki) Biggest Toku Crush of 2011 - Minase Yashiro (Heat Dopant - Kamen Rider Double AtoZ / Returns: Eternal) (Switchblade Reminded me of Her) Best Villain - Dr. Maki (Kamen Rider OOO's) Best Returning Character - Tie: GARO Cast / Shotaro and Philip in Movie War MEGAMAX Best Suit Actor - Seiji Takaiwa (Kamen Rider OOO's and Fourze) Best Writer - Kazuki Nakashima/Riku Sanjo (Kamen Rider Fourze) Best Director - Koichi Sakamoto (Kamen Rider Fourze, Double Returns, Gokaiger) Best Producer - Hideaki Tsukuda (Kamen Rider Fourze) Best Visual Designer - Keita Amemiya (GARO: Makai Senki) Best Hero Suit Design - PLEX (Kamen Rider OOO's / Gokaiger) Best Monster Suit Design - Keita Amemiya (GARO: Makai Senki) Best Weapon - The Dino Axe (Kamen Rider OOO's) Best Vehicle/Mecha - Power Dizer (Kamen Rider Fourze) Best Fight Scene - Fourze vs. Last One Orion Zodiart (Kamen Rider Fourze) Best Dramatic Scene - The Fate of Maki's Sister (Kamen Rider OOO's) Best Song - Shooting Star by Everset (Kamen Rider Meteor's Theme) Best Piece of Merchandise - Tie: O-Medals / Switches Biggest Surprise - The Return of GARO Single Worst Thing in 2011 Tokusatsu - The DVD Release of Movie War Core Last edited by Rider Strike; 01-05-2012 at 03:31 PM.. |
01-05-2012, 03:09 PM | #4 |
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Again, copypastaed from HJU:
Best New Show of 2011 Gokaiger. I thought OOO was good but not great, Fourze is still too young to properly judge, and the same is pretty much true of MakaiSenki. Gokaiger, though, has been a ton of fun from beginning to end, even though it's the first Sentai I've really seen a lot of. Best New-to-You Show of 2011 Just started watching it last week, but I have already fallen madly in love with Metalder. I love the designs, the concept is really interesting, and the villain army is made up of a lot of surprisingly engaging characters. Best Rewatch of 2011 Kamen Rider Ryuki. I wasn't that impressed the first time around, but I decided to give it a second go and I like it a lot more now. Best Movie of 2011 This is a tough one for me. Let's Go Riders and 199 Heroes were both great anniversary films, but they still had their weaknesses. A to Z was amazing, but I feel kind of weird picking it since it came out in summer 2010, even if it's totally allowable under my own rules. I'm inclined to go with W Returns Eternal instead, which I really, really enjoyed. Best Male Character This is another tough one, but I have to go with Date from OOO. He was such a fun character and absolutely stole the spotlight every time he was on screen. Ankh is a very, very close second, though, and Captain Marvelous isn't that far behind either. Best Female Character Luka from Gokaiger. I've always had a soft spot in my heart for plucky girl thieves. Best Actor Ryosuke Miura, aka Ankh/Shingo. Holy crap, this guy is amazing. Two separate characters who are worlds apart yet both believable. He was fantastic. Best Actress Mika Hijii from Garo. I've always loved her as Kaoru and she continues to be fantastic. Biggest Toku Crush of 2011 Minase Yashiro, the Heat Dopant from A to Z and the Eternal movie. I'm not even a leg man, but daaaaaaamn. :wub: Best Villain This one is hard, too, largely because none of this year's villains have impressed me much. Never cared for the Greeds, thought Maki was too much of a joke, Zangyack has been largely boring, Zodiarts are largely still too underdeveloped, and the main baddie from MakaiSenki is still too enigmatic. I guess I'll go with Basco, since he tends to be such a magnificent bastard and savvy enough to be a consistent threat. Best Returning Character I'm going to cheat a little and say both Shotaro and Philip from W. I love that the producers have managed to keep bringing them back, even if they usually just get cameos. It's a nice throwback to the old days of Rider when the actors kept popping up in later series, both in and out of suit. Plus I just love these guys. Skipping the next few since I don't really know the production side of these shows that well, although... Best Visual Designer Keita Amemiya is doing another series of Garo, so he easily wins this category for me. Best Hero Suit Design I wasn't a big fan of most of this year's hero suits, but I do love the five main Gokaiger and their pirate themed costumes. Best Monster Suit Design It's hard to remember all of these, but I'd probably go with Basco's monster design. Damaras isn't far behind. Best Weapon I love the Gokai Saber/Gokai Gun combination. The weapons are a nice blend of old fashioned, high tech, and kid friendly and they're usually used very well on the show. Best Vehicle/Mecha The Gokai Galleon. What can possibly top a flying pirate ship designed to travel in space? Best Fight Scene The one that easily sticks in my head the most is the first fight between the Gokaigers and the Zangyack in the first episode of Gokaiger. We got to see all of the characters show off their different fighting styles and the fight choreography still really blows me away. Best Dramatic Scene Ankh's death at the end of OOO and his subsequent lack of a resurrection or miraculous survival. I'm not one of those that got really pissed at how fast Philip came back, but I do think that Ankh's death is more powerful because it wasn't revoked within an episode. Best Song Predestination, the ending theme for MakaiSenki. Not quite as amazing as the original series' ending, but it's still great. Best Piece of Merchandise SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Knight. Holy crap, that thing is amazing. Ryuki is a close second, but Knight has to take the top prize. Biggest Surprise This is another one that I have a hard time picking. The unveiling of a new Garo series was a big, highly welcome surprise. So was the announcement of the Decade/Gokaiger team-up. Still, for my money, the biggest surprised had to be "Wait, the Gokaigers are teaming up with who in their third movie? Toei actually remembers Metal Heroes!?" Single Worst Thing in 2011 Tokusatsu The OOO portion of Movie War Core. I'd sooner sit through The Next again before I try to watch this without fastforwarding. Last edited by Switchblade; 01-05-2012 at 03:49 PM.. |
01-05-2012, 03:10 PM | #5 |
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Best female: Luka Millfy
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01-05-2012, 07:29 PM | #6 |
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Best New Show of 2011
Gokaiger. Best New-to-You Show of 2011 Janperson. Saw a few episodes and I like. OP is my fav. Best Rewatch of 2011 Shinkenger. Best Movie of 2011 Kamen Rider W Returns Eternal. Best Male Character Gokaisilver/Ikari Gai. He's the fanboy that could. Best Female Character Izumi Hina. She can lift a vending machine with her bare hands, nuff said. Best Actor Toshihide Wakamatsu. Seeing him be Black Condor again was a great moment. Best Actress Shiho(Nozama Tomoko in Kamen Rider Fourze). So far her role as Tomoko in Fourze is fun to watch. Biggest Toku Crush of 2011 Navi from Gokaiger. Best Villain Doctor Maki Kiyoto. Kiyo-chan ftw. Best Returning Character Yuuki Gai/Black Condor in Gokaiger. Best Suit Actor Takeuchi Yasuhiro as Gokaigreen. Best Writer Riku Sanjo. Best Director Koichi Sakamoto. Best Producer Gokaiger staff. Best Visual Designer PLEX. Best Hero Suit Design PLEX. Best Monster Suit Design Eiji Greed. Best Weapon Eternal Edge. Looks cool. Best Vehicle/Mecha Kanzen Gokaioh. Best Fight Scene Legend Taisen. Best Dramatic Scene Gokaiblue and Barizorg's final battle Best Song Gokai Zenkai Dash Best Piece of Merchandise - Tie Ranger Keys Biggest Surprise Fourze will be a Pompadour-sporting dude Single Worst Thing in 2011 Tokusatsu Still no Ultraman Zero TV show |
01-06-2012, 01:35 AM | #7 |
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Best New Show of 2011: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
Best New-to-You Show of 2011:[/b] Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Best Rewatch of 2011: Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger Best Movie of 2011: Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle Best Male Character: Captain Marvelous Best Female Character: Luka Millfy Best Actor: Ryota Ozawa Best Actress: Mao Ichimichi Biggest Toku Crush of 2011: Mao Ichimichi Best Villain: Basco ta Jolokia Best Returning Character Kyosuke Jinnai of Gekisou Sentai Carranger Best Suit Actor: Hirofumi Fukuzawa Best Writer: Naruhisa Arakawa Best Director: Noboru Takemoto Best Producer: Gokaiger staff Best Visual Designer: Gokaiger staff Best Hero Suit Design: Gokaigers Best Monster Suit Design: Basco ta Jolokia Best Weapon: Gokai Gun & Gokai Sabre Best Vehicle/Mecha: Gokaioh Best Fight Scene: Gokai Blue vs. Barizorg Best Dramatic Scene: Gokai Blue vs. Barizorg Best Song: "Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger" by Tsuyoshi Matsubara Best Piece of Merchandise: Super Robot Chogokin Dekaranger Robo & Gokaioh Biggest Surprise: Basco ta Jolokia's true form Single Worst Thing in 2011 Tokusatsu: Kamen Rider Fourze
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