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07-23-2020, 09:27 PM | #61 |
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I tried to recreate the impossible pose Kikaider has on the DVD boxart and...
Yeah it ain't happening, haha. Although this does make me wanna ask, do you guys want me to upload the DVD bonuses? The rights are long gone so I don't think I'd get in trouble for it, and no one else has uploaded them so. That said they aren't much. Just a couple trailers and an image gallery. Oh and I also took a pic of my favorite Toku heroes. Maybe an Ultraman will be added in someday.
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07-24-2020, 07:12 PM | #62 |
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Will you be watching the Kikaider vs Inazuman special?
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07-24-2020, 07:14 PM | #63 |
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I mean, I could do a post on it, but Fish actually did a great breakdown of it a page or two back. But if you all want me to do a super short cover of it with me giving my two cents(although I kinda already did in my response to Fish's' post, haha), I will.
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07-31-2020, 10:40 PM | #64 |
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Now I know literally no one asked for it, but I find stuff like this interesting, so ya'll can just deal with it. First off, here's all of the trailers that can be found on the Android Kikaider DVD Boxset:
I edited the order of them a bit, but they are infact, all there(including one trailer which they used twice). If the only one you care about is the Kikaider one it's at the very start. But keep watching and it's also got trailers for shows like s-CRY-ed and .hack//SIGN(two more of my favorite anime ever)! The only other bonus feature the Set has is concept art and character profiles, of which I'll do you all a favor and have them as links instead of images so that way this page doesn't take 600 years to load. Jiro Jiro 2 Mitsuko Mitsuko 2 Kikaider Kikaider 2 Kikaider 3 Gray Rhino Gray Rhino 2 Green Mantis Orange Ant (Human) Orange Ant (Robot) Carmine Spider Masaru Hattori Etsuko Miyuki Yellow Jaguar Toru Golden Bat Saburo Kuya, Kaito, & Riku Silver Bear Chigusa White Scorpion Old Kohmyoji Residence Old Kohmyoji Residence Trap Room Golden Bat's Monitor Room Hakaider Young Professor Gill Gill's Monitor Room Gill's Monitor Room(Side) Professor Gill Dr. Kohmyoji Dr. Kohmyoji's Lab The Side Machine There are images for Kikaider 01 as well, but they're all just screenshots from the episodes themselves. One I will highlight though is this one. That's what they were saying! Gattaider! Mystery solved.
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08-06-2020, 02:55 PM | #65 |
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A video popped up in my recommends today, and uh, holy crap what a coincidence, because it actually has to do with the show(s) I was considering covering next. That video is this:
And yes, the Golden Bat in Kikaider is a very small allusion to the Golden Bat talked about in that video. Now, I wasn't planning on watching/covering Golden Bat itself(atleast not yet), but I'm definitely choosing to take it as a sign, because the two shows I was debating both actually have references to and were atleast somewhat inspired by Golden Bat. Those shows are: 1. The Skull Man: While the manga predates the anime by a good many years, The Skull Man is essentially an "Ultimate Universe" for Shotaro Ishinomori's' works as a whole; Containing a ton of references to nearly every one of his stories and you could even go so far as to say ties them all into a single, shared universe. It's even based on Shinomori's' original concept for Kamen Rider! I've only ever sen this show once before, back when it came out in the early 2000s, and while I remember liking it fine, I feel as though I'd have a much bigger appreciation for it nowadays, even if I'm by no means an Ishinomori expert. 2. Garo The Animation: I actually planned to use this as my entryway into the Garo franchise back when the show aired in 2014, but unfortunately a bunch of other shows and games I was interested in were coming out at the time and thus, Garo kept getting pushed deeper and deeper into my backlog. So yeah, never seen this one, and know damn near nothing about it, but it looked really interesting and I have friends who have vouched for it. And hey, I doubt it'd leave as sour a taste in my mouth as what Netflix Ultraman did! Which reminds me, season 2 of that comes out soon... Honestly I'm having a really hard time deciding between the two, so if any of you wanna weigh in and cast your vote over which you think would be the more interesting show to watch/discuss, then by all means, lemme know! Either way, again, it's gonna be a bit because I'm still watching Kamen Rider Fourze(10 episodes left to go!) and I might also finally watch my first proper Ultraman show in Nexus, but after that it's back to doing daily updates to this thread again. Or if there's no clear consensus maybe I'll just flip a coin. That works too.
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08-18-2020, 01:20 PM | #66 |
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I finally started the Kikaider anime, and I liked these first two episodes!
Right off the bat, it really reminded me of Astro Boy (well Ishinomori was an assistant to Tezuka after all), and Jiro himself felt a lot like a teen version of Atom. Which is fine and dandy, I love Astro Boy, and Kikaider so far felt like a more toku-fied version of it with a super distinct transformation sequence and signature vehicle. Very much looking forward to the eventual elucidation on the red-and-blue duality, as well as that random ass guitar on his back. The atmosphere was indeed very GRIMDARK, almost to the point of overdoing it with all the rain, cloudy sky, and nighttime battles. It makes for a pretty amusing contrast to the cartoonish-looking character design, but somehow it worked out pretty well overall and there were already some moments that I think wouldn't work as effectively in live action form. My favorite moment so far was the scene of Jiro helping the kids with their kite. Jiro's solution to the problem was both hilarious and sad, and it very effectively underlines his character, the show's thematic crux, and Ishinomori's general philosophy (superhero power being a blessing and a curse, but really, it's a curse 99% of the time :v). Such a good 'show, don't tell' example of a scene. I agree that the character work has been really clean and strong so far. The interaction between Jiro and Mitsuko was on point with appropriate amount of tension, and I totally got the logic behind each character's perspective (hopefully they don't drag it out for too long and make it too much of a melodrama though...). Quote:
Honestly I'm having a really hard time deciding between the two, so if any of you wanna weigh in and cast your vote over which you think would be the more interesting show to watch/discuss, then by all means, lemme know! Either way, again, it's gonna be a bit because I'm still watching Kamen Rider Fourze(10 episodes left to go!) and I might also finally watch my first proper Ultraman show in Nexus, but after that it's back to doing daily updates to this thread again.
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08-18-2020, 06:22 PM | #67 |
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My favorite moment so far was the scene of Jiro helping the kids with their kite. Jiro's solution to the problem was both hilarious and sad, and it very effectively underlines his character, the show's thematic crux, and Ishinomori's general philosophy (superhero power being a blessing and a curse, but really, it's a curse 99% of the time :v). Such a good 'show, don't tell' example of a scene.
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Skull Man sounded interesting and more Ishinomori stuff is always good, but I'll throw a vote for Garo because I've seen it, it's pretty damn good, and the Spanish Inquisition backdrop makes for a pretty unique toku/toku-inspired show. Also, seeing it again through others' perspective may motivate me to finally see the live action version, which I've been delaying to do for far too long~
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08-25-2020, 11:53 PM | #68 |
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I've now seen Episode 3-4 of the Kikaider anime. Love the addition of the detective character and his assistant to the cast, they provide great additional perspective and I can't help but be amused at how their way more caricature-ish design (they look like they literally came from Fujiko Fujio manga!) can coexist with Jiro, Mitsuko, and the show's generally gloomy visual tone. Solid character work as always with more hilarious/sad moments from Jiro (love that scene with the busker), and Episode 4 has my favorite battle scene so far with the character from DreamSword's sig (based on the pic alone, I had thought he's actually a higher-up antagonist rather than a Villain of The Week :v Still a pretty memorable character!). It got quite melodramatic at the end, but it's the kind of melodrama I can get behind; I watched more than hundreds episodes of Astro Boy, after all, give me all the robotic existential crisis! The "mad machine" line is totally meme-worthy for how fond the show is at repeating that flashback scene (particularly during certain hilariously redundant sequence in Episode 3), but setting that aside, I actually like the progression of Mitsuko's character and thought process. Also, this thread REALLY got me into the mood to check out more toku anime, so I started watching SSSS Gridman on a whim once I noticed it's on Netflix. It's based on the cyber superhero show Denkou Chojin Gridman (which I recognize through its American adaptation, Super Samuray Syber Squad), and the first episode was very solid with some distinct visual flair and direction. Really looking forward to watch more of that as well. |
08-26-2020, 05:40 AM | #69 |
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Neat!
I've now seen Episode 3-4 of the Kikaider anime. Love the addition of the detective character and his assistant to the cast, they provide great additional perspective and I can't help but be amused at how their way more caricature-ish design (they look like they literally came from Fujiko Fujio manga!) can coexist with Jiro, Mitsuko, and the show's generally gloomy visual tone. Quote:
Also, this thread REALLY got me into the mood to check out more toku anime, so I started watching SSSS Gridman on a whim once I noticed it's on Netflix. It's based on the cyber superhero show Denkou Chojin Gridman (which I recognize through its American adaptation, Super Samuray Syber Squad), and the first episode was very solid with some distinct visual flair and direction. Really looking forward to watch more of that as well.
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08-26-2020, 08:53 AM | #70 |
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Also, this thread REALLY got me into the mood to check out more toku anime, so I started watching SSSS Gridman on a whim once I noticed it's on Netflix. It's based on the cyber superhero show Denkou Chojin Gridman (which I recognize through its American adaptation, Super Samuray Syber Squad), and the first episode was very solid with some distinct visual flair and direction. Really looking forward to watch more of that as well.
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