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05-22-2021, 12:55 PM | #8591 |
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Up to episode 47 of Go-Busters. I should be able to finish this series sometime today. Also, I think Go-Busters might just be another favorite of mine which is really saying something since I went into this, like Goseiger, with very little expectations and I didn't want to suffer a severe case of Hype Backlash again like I did with Shinkenger.
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05-22-2021, 03:21 PM | #8592 |
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Watch List Update
Aba (Episode 22) Bouken (Episode 25) Go Busters (Episode 32) Kyo Ryu (Episode 13) To Quger (Episode 17) Ninja Ranger (Episode 22) Zyu Oh (Episode 13) Kyu Ranger (Episode 12) Lu Pat (Episode 10) Ryu Soul (Episode 18) Kira Mage Ranger (Episode 02) Delayed Oh - Hurricane Ranger Completed Zyu - Kaku Car Ranger Deka Magi Geki - Gokai Ranger Shipping in Kira Mage Ranger in a few days.
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05-23-2021, 12:31 AM | #8593 |
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Just finished Go-Busters. Now, it's onward to Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger.
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05-23-2021, 01:20 PM | #8594 |
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I started Kyo Ryu and am on 13.
Also finishing up Mega Ranger and Go Busters.
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05-27-2021, 08:13 PM | #8595 |
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Episode 12 – Choujuu Sentai Liveman People sure do seem to love Liveman, huh? Granted, I don't always have the biggest picture of The Fandom at large, but in my experience, with astonishing consistency over all the years I've been interested in Super Sentai, whenever anybody wants to gush about how awesome the Hirohisa Soda era of the franchise was, Liveman is almost guaranteed to be the series that immediately comes up. It's not exactly hard to see why? First of all, we've finally got another team with an animal motif, and that concept hasn't gotten any less great since Sun Vulcan. On the contrary, it's arguably gotten better this time around, with all the growing the franchise has been doing in the intervening time. Helmets now stylishly reflect each character's trademark creature through the entirety of their design. You've got the theming extending to the pretty pictures on their chests; to their unique weapons; to their mecha! Oh man, Live Robo! What an icon! Can you believe it took us twelve whole shows to get a Sentai robot with a lion head on its chest? In fact, they're so rightfully proud of that impressive miniature Land Lion – with its organic stride that's so unlike any of the myriad jets and tanks up to that point – that Land Lion is the only mecha to make it into the premiere. They were still willing to hold off on the robot proper for the sake of smoother pacing, but that big metal cat was so impossibly cool and fresh that they forcibly eject Yellow Lion from the main battle just so he can have an excuse to drive it around. Clearly their priorities were in order. Oh, oh! And the premiere itself was pretty dang good up to that point! Obviously the lion kinda takes steals the show in the end, but while Land Lion's presence symbolizes the continuing evolution of the franchise on a visual level, the writing to get there further demonstrates how much more willing Sentai was becoming to focus on having genuine pathos backing all the explosions and lasers. The atmosphere of Liveman's first episode felt very different from even the past few shows that have already been heading in this direction. The plot is concerned with the emotions of its main heroes above all else, taking as little time away from them as possible. Your typical Sentai show from this era would have at least one scene of the villains all standing around in their base to establish their names and desire to rule the world, but Liveman ditches that to have a question instead. A rather iconic question at that, thanks to the opening narration. "Friends, why have you sold your souls to the devil?" It's such a great thrust to kick off a narrative, so attention grabbing and memorable that I could've easily opened the post with simply that line as the thing I knew about the show going in. Because of course I know that line, and if you somehow didn't yet, you probably just got way more interested in Liveman. While we've been inching our way there, Liveman frames its story on a considerably more intimate level than had really been done before, keeping the bulk of the obligatory evil organization as more of a background element here to put the spotlight on three of the classmates of our academically-minded protagonists, leaving the cutting edge island school they all attend behind in the middle of the night to join up with the bad guys, shooting two of their other classmates dead in the process. The script doesn't shy away from the grief of this whole situation, with the main trio weeping in the rain in the aftermath of the incident, and them shown to still be mourning the loss two years down the line, as the big satellite project they were all working on has finally come to fruition. Naturally, this is the perfect timing for the villains to rub salt in the wound by finally showing back up to wreck that too. Not only does Liveman still do the exciting thing of having the team's first transformation be in the midst of danger, the aforementioned expository villain scene is moved there too, with it now coming out of the mouths of characters who are already dramatically engaging thanks to that setup. It's just a killer start to a series that has a way of gripping you and not letting go. Big surprise coming from such a beloved and important Sentai, I know. When it comes to Liveman, it's less a matter of whether or not I'm excited to watch the whole series one day, and more a matter of it simply being good? Like, it's honestly something I just accept as a fact at face value, as ridiculous as that sounds. Maybe I feel it's hard to go wrong with a team of animals with the stated mission of protecting all that lives; maybe I'm inclined to trust the show that introduced the concept of two combining robots that combine with each other to Sentai. Who knows? At any rate, Liveman's first episode didn't give me much reason to dispute the consensus.
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05-27-2021, 08:29 PM | #8596 |
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Yeah, the few clips I've seen floating around of Liveman definitely highlighted how proud they were of that Lion mech, to the point I remember some people in comments sections outright asking if Yellow was the leader this time around.
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05-27-2021, 08:32 PM | #8597 |
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I've said it multiple times. Liveman is THE final Showa era sentai and THE best Showa era sentai ever. The slogan really sells what the show is about.
Friends, why did you sell your souls to the devil? Also, it seems that it was a big deal at the time cause Daisuke Shima who already was an established celebrity as a recording artist was the Red Ranger as well as Megumi Mori who was gaining attention as an actress and pop idol. The closest level of buzz would be Hideo Ishiguro and Tatsuomi Hamada being announced as Orb and Geed respectively. And then you got hotshot Kazuhiko Nishimura joining the team as the yellow ranger after a small role in Maskman as one of the engineers for the Maskman team. Joji Nakata who previously played Sir Cowler and Yutaka Hirose who was Ley Wanda in Flashman respectively returns as Great Professor Bias and Dr. Kemp/Kenji Tsukigata. Other notable alumni are Akiko Amamatsuri as Dr.Mazenda/Rui Senda(she was Gara in Dairanger and that liontamer lady in Ohranger) as well as Mr. Battle Cossack & Jiro/Kikaider himself Daisuke Ban playing the role of their school headmaster early on. While Flashman and Maskman gave us two robots, Liveman gave us two robots but then for the first time ever combined the two to form a super robot. And the show has the honor of having the franchise's FIRST EVER FEMALE BLUE RANGER and FIRST TEAM TO HAVE BOTH GREEN AND BLACK RANGERS. While Sun Vulcan is the first animal motif team, this team was the first to have mechanical robot animals for its robots. And I have mentioned this before, but yeah this show was airing the same year the Olympics were a thing and whaddya know, all five of them are the same color as the five rings of the Olympics. And I cannot help but think that this show was most likely the inspiration behind the premise for Hurricanger. Hurricanger was basically Heisei Liveman redecorated with ninjas to be honest. I mean even the two rangers that were added to their crew are modeled after animals with horns. But the real great stuff about Liveman is the dichotomy. The way Liveman clashes with the more brainpower hungry Volt and how along the way they try to win back those that betrayed them was cool to see. So in conclusion, great show, and it has a moonwalking robot. Also the theme song is one of my favs.
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05-27-2021, 08:37 PM | #8598 |
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God, hearing this show kicks off with its emotional pathos right off the bat only makes me more excited to see this. I've been juggling around my options for my next Sentai and this is one I've been thinking about... which you've now all but convinced me on. DESPERATELY need to see how good this thing is right after that glowing praise!
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05-27-2021, 08:41 PM | #8599 |
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New Liveman fans are always welcome. Liveman alongside Jetman is truly the holy grail of Super Sentai. Ignore how bad the film quality is and how dated the show is. This show is a must see when it comes to super sentai.
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05-27-2021, 08:50 PM | #8600 |
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It's absolutely 100% on my list, it's one of those ones I can't not watch; but it might just have moved up on my list is what I'm saying
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