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02-01-2021, 10:17 PM | #101 |
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And, yes, plenty of Mutsuki in the next one. (I peeked!)
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02-02-2021, 04:48 AM | #102 |
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Hey, isn't that the "main guy" from Ryuki? :P
Gosh, that Devilman film though. I was so excited to get that, having loved the OVAs and the old cartoon, and then I watched it, and... I hated it. I absolutely hated it, hahaha. Still, it's nice to see so much Cutie Honey. Sato Erika was a big deal when she was cast in this role, and I think, despite how big budget it was, this is the one work in Anno's filmography that people seem to forget now, which is a real shame. |
02-02-2021, 10:47 AM | #103 |
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I think it's pretty fascinating, what with all of the Shin Ultraman stuff dropping this past week. Anno doing Cutie Honey was a thing that was never even on my radar until I was given these magazines, and it's treated as a huge project by Newtype. For it to largely be forgotten... was it not good? Has anyone here seen it?
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02-02-2021, 11:58 AM | #104 |
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I can't speak for how it was received in Japan, or other places in Europe that did obviously have that connexion, but I feel that here, and in America, people expected it to do well but they didn't take into consideration that audiences just didn't know what it was. |
02-02-2021, 12:12 PM | #105 |
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I thought it was good. I mean I am clearly biased, being a huge fan of Anno's work, but I think at the time it came out there was no real understanding of Cutie Honey in English speaking territories, and no nostalgia for it, so regardless of how they pushed it here, it made little difference.
I can't speak for how it was received in Japan, or other places in Europe that did obviously have that connexion, but I feel that here, and in America, people expected it to do well but they didn't take into consideration that audiences just didn't know what it was.
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02-02-2021, 12:52 PM | #106 |
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I imagine they'd do a lot better in a world with more resources to learn about foreign properties? Like, there are a ton of people who loved Shin Godzilla that are about to do some deep goddamn dives on Ultraman, just to make sure they get all the references in the new movie.
I know there was an English dub of Ultraman and maybe Ultraseven in America, but I think the first we ever saw of the franchise was the cartoon, The Ultraman, and I remember being fairly indifferent to that as I was well into Battle of the Planets instead. *snaps fingers at you* You there, boy, bring me my walking stick. |
02-02-2021, 05:55 PM | #107 |
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Oh, definitely, the internet has changed things to even a greater degree then when I first crawled into this fandom. I think the Casshern cartoon was fairly popular in France, if I recall correctly—the French also got Liveman in the '80s, which I am eternally jealous of—but I know that the first time I knew of it was when I saw the movie as a HK bootleg and noted that Aso Kumiko was in it, and just brought it on a whim.
I know there was an English dub of Ultraman and maybe Ultraseven in America, but I think the first we ever saw of the franchise was the cartoon, The Ultraman, and I remember being fairly indifferent to that as I was well into Battle of the Planets instead. *snaps fingers at you* You there, boy, bring me my walking stick. As for the Casshern movie, it sadly was a failure despite having live action Jotaro, Kamen Rider G3, Kamen Rider Sango, and the suit actor for Riderman in the Kamen Rider ZX special. For starters, getting rid of the helmet? That's like Wolverine with adamantium knuckledusters instead of adamantium claws. Apparently the director is the ex-husband to Hikaru Utada and his previous credits were mostly music videos with Casshern being his directorial debut. The visuals were great, really good stuff here and there, but the story in general felt boring and I lost interest after the Casshern vs Barashin fight. In general I would say it ended up being a dumpster fire of a meal despite all the good ingredients it had lined up for it figuratively speaking. Last edited by Sunred; 02-02-2021 at 06:03 PM.. |
02-02-2021, 06:10 PM | #108 |
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But yay for Liveman, which is, in my opinion, the best sentai show ever, regardless of how much I might like later iterations. |
02-02-2021, 06:26 PM | #109 |
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Yeah, I recall a fuss being made of the fact that it was Hikki's husband directing, and she was doing a song for the film. I remember feeling spectacularly untouched by the visuals, despite being told how "lavish" they were, and how much money had gone into the film—to me, the film was just the same as the Devilman movie: two young men cast disparaging looks at one another in front of a green screen for an hour, followed by 20 minutes of computer animation.
But yay for Liveman, which is, in my opinion, the best sentai show ever, regardless of how much I might like later iterations. And yes, Yay for Liveman; great tagline, great story and characters, first to have two robots combine into a bigger robot, first to have a female blue ranger, great story, Takeru/Kamen Rider Ghost's dad in his early 20s as a skater dude, Joji Nakata as a charismatic villain, and who can forget that shih tzu on a skateboard. Look at it, just cruising like it is nothing. Last edited by Sunred; 02-02-2021 at 06:31 PM.. |
02-03-2021, 08:07 AM | #110 |
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This dog is my favourite part of any sentai opening ever, hahah. Honestly, everything about the show is so well crafted, yet this skateboarding dog is the icing on the cake. |
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