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04-07-2020, 07:12 AM | #11 |
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The issue with this would be that for a variety of reasons, most Toku series are set in urban locations. Even some of the more fantastical ones that try something different like Magiranger or Hibiki or Kyuranger end up sticking to modern Tokyo for at least a very large chunk of it.
Though the funny thing is, this also means that 'Isekai' type situations do happen a fair bit -- in movies. There's countless Rider and Sentai movies that have our heroes transported to an alternate universe for a jaunt, and I think it's in those you could really see the potential for this type of story.
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04-07-2020, 07:32 AM | #12 |
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The issue with this would be that for a variety of reasons, most Toku series are set in urban locations. Even some of the more fantastical ones that try something different like Magiranger or Hibiki or Kyuranger end up sticking to modern Tokyo for at least a very large chunk of it.
Though the funny thing is, this also means that 'Isekai' type situations do happen a fair bit -- in movies. There's countless Rider and Sentai movies that have our heroes transported to an alternate universe for a jaunt, and I think it's in those you could really see the potential for this type of story. The thing is though that isekai means 'different world'. It's just that there's been too many isekais taking place in a medieval Europe-like location or fantasy land. There's no rule stating that an isekai series has to take place in a similar location like that. Hell, I found an isekai series where a guy got reincarnated into some sort of sci-fi space age realm! (I forgot the name of it.) There's no rule saying that isekai can't take place within an urban-like realm. This is why I say that the isekai is wasting its potential. Last edited by gashatfreak; 04-07-2020 at 07:35 AM.. |
04-07-2020, 11:07 AM | #13 |
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04-07-2020, 12:32 PM | #14 |
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Something I just thought of, after reading the wiki page for "Isekai" (I'm not much of an anime fan, boo me if you want) is that you could probably get a good Rider series out of a reverse-Isekai. Have our main Rider pulled forwards in time at the moment of his victory against some evil foe, to the modern day, where it's making a resurgence, or maybe some new foe is striking again, or maybe someone wants to revive the past. Have his prerequisite group of friends be the only people who believe he's really the hero of legend (who the world thinks died fighting years ago, only, ya know, to come back in their hour of need). Have the secondary be someone who inherited his power - a descendent, maybe, which pens up tonne of rider-level angst about him leaving everyone he knew in the past, or maybe the hope he'll oen day be able to return. Antagonist Rider who shows up in Quarter 2? Uses a modern upgrade of whatever gives our hero his power, obviously proclaiming it to be better despite how lame Bandai makes the toy compared to the main belt.
What's the main theme, you may ask? Tradition vs Modernity. What traditions should we keep, what needs to go for society to move on, do we even need traditions anymore, how much should we look to the past for guidance, versus what should we strive to move onto. Can our "naive" main Rider survive in a modern world, painted in shades of grey? (Of course they can). Can their totally-not-Kotaro-Nogami descendent secondary Rider learn that their past can help them, and isn't to be ashamed of? All I need is for Bandai to ask me to right in 20 different merch plugs and I've basically got a series plan for them.
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04-07-2020, 01:08 PM | #15 |
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I'm surprised an Iseaki theme Kamen Rider or Sentai show has not happen given how popular the genre is. I think a digital world type of setting would be cool.
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04-07-2020, 01:30 PM | #16 |
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This. Versus Road has some cool visuals, but right now the plot about is as bog standard Isekai as it gets.
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04-07-2020, 01:35 PM | #17 |
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Thank you, Google, for allowing me to understand what the hell an isekai is
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04-07-2020, 03:31 PM | #18 |
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I wondered if Digimon counted as that type of thing! TBH the first episode of Zyuohger did remind me of the original Digimon, but then the rest of the show took place in the human world so that probably doesn't count. It would probably be easier to do in Kamen Rider than Sentai due to Sentai generally having to take place in modern-day Japan. I would like a full time travel sentai but it's unlikely for the same reason.
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04-07-2020, 03:47 PM | #19 |
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I think the big challenge to a toku isekai would be the costume and locations. Like, for something in the real world (or close enough to it), you can just dress the characters in actual clothes and film in real places, but the further removed from that you get, the more you have to spend on creating fantasy costumes and either building fantasy sets or finding locations that look like the fantasy world (or probably a mix of both).
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