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03-03-2023, 11:43 PM | #951 |
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It seems like a pretty lovable show!
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03-04-2023, 04:59 AM | #952 |
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Well here we are, at part two. I’ll start with more etymology.
Kaito Goshikida: five-colour world person. Juran: derived from “Jurassic” Gaon: onomatopoeia for a lion’s roar Magine: Derived from “Majin” (Mage), but with the last syllable sounding like the onomatopoeia for nervousness. Vroon: Onomatopoeia for a car starting. Yatsude: From Saburo Yatsude, Toei’s equivalent to Alan Smithee Bokkowaus: Derived from bukkowausu (to destroy) Barashitara: onomatopoeia for disassembling. Ijirude: From Izil (tinker) And I totally called Fish would go into details about Magine. To explain my initial response, Yumi Yamamoto is Angela Mei’s real name. I’ll also mention that the embrace between the two at the end was not in the script. And this fangirling was notable enough that it was being referenced during Donbrothers.(In the midst of jokes about Sononi and Mezool becoming fast friends due to their shared goal of experiencing love, and then fast enemies due to the former’s mission to destroy overwhelming desire clashing with the latter being… well, you know) And I mentioned last time that Orihime Wald was voiced by a man, and I’ll reveal why here. The same VA - Soichiro Hoshi (who Toku fans may recognise as Birca from Go-Onger, and for dubbing over C K Lee in Power Rangers, while Cartoon Network fans may recognise him as the Japanese VA for Ben 10 and several characters in Bakugan) also voices Hikkoboshi Wald (it was the idea of one of the associate producers, to tie into the Tanabata theme) And we end this two parter with a demon escaping his seal. I’ll use this chance to mention that one early plan for the series was for the giant sword in the background of Wonder World to turn out to be a prison for a demon king that would become the final boss. Last edited by Androzani84; 05-13-2024 at 06:08 PM.. |
03-04-2023, 05:06 AM | #953 |
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A great fun fanfic that's a good continuation of the previous one. I liked it very much. Last edited by Mesnick; 03-04-2023 at 08:57 AM.. |
03-04-2023, 08:55 AM | #954 |
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This only just occurred to me, but I feel like it says a lot about Zenkaiger that you described that episode that way instead of as "the one with Don Momotaro", which I assume is why you were watching it in the first place? I think you might already be a fan of this show without knowing it, Die!
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03-04-2023, 09:52 AM | #955 |
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This only just occurred to me, but I feel like it says a lot about Zenkaiger that you described that episode that way instead of as "the one with Don Momotaro", which I assume is why you were watching it in the first place? I think you might already be a fan of this show without knowing it, Die!
Though I can say his memory is faulty, since he was there when I had episode 29 as part of a “sports” event (alongside Gaim 37. He noted the irony that the solo hero franchise had an epsidoe about a teamwork sport, but the teamwork franchise had an episode about a solo sport). Another event had Zenkaiger 26 (alongside Transformers Super Link 39, as part of a “Black Repaint” event), but he wasn’t there for that one. |
03-04-2023, 10:51 AM | #956 |
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I also can't delve two deeply into this, as this is a midway part of an another series, and I usually won't watch a series which is aired midway.
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KAMEN RIDER SABER SPECIAL CHAPTER - “THE WORLD PIRATE ARRIVES, AS WORLDS COLLIDE”
And on that level, it’s great! It’s a frothy goof-off adventure, the kind where Rintaro can be confused by Sentai dancing and Touma can engage in wacky physical comedy. It’s strange that it took a Sentai crossover special to pull out one of the most basic tropes for a writer in a fantasy story – Touma’s writing accidentally gets the team into a scrape – but it’s nice to see the characters run through that story finally. The whole thing is real low-pressure, with a villain whose power makes things a little more difficult for the cast without ever being too dangerous to defeat. It’s warm-up fun for the summer movie. Quote:
The big deal for it is the appearance of Twokaiser, whom I found to be… fine. Diend casts a long shadow for any interdimensional tokusatsu thief, and Twokaiser definitely doesn’t challenge for that title off of this single appearance. He’s classically dismissive about suggestions of heroism, and he exists at a baseline of Untrustworthy. He doesn’t add a ton to the group dynamic (almost all of the problem-solving comes from Touma and Kento), and his initial scenes are the best the character got for me. He did the minimum of both selling his character traits and not getting completely overshadowed by a more beloved cast (of mine, anyway), so I don’t harbor any ill will against him or anything. He was okay, for an episode.
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03-04-2023, 12:02 PM | #957 |
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Haha, I like how you use Ryouga's stoicism for comedic effect. If the show did that more often, I think he would've been a much more endearing character.
Well, now that Fish has started this, I also feel obliged as a Zenkaiger fan to properly represent my favorite. Juran quickly became an inspiration to me. A lot of people were depressed at the start of 2021, following a year of dealing with you-know-what. It was the same problem for me. Going in to Zenkaiger, I was hoping it would once more show people the true meaning of justice that Super Sentai is loved for, to remind people what it's like to be a hero and hold on to hope in the face of despair. From the first episode, I got pretty much exactly what I wanted in Juran. Without going in to too much spoiler, he's introduced as a fun party-loving dude who's trying his best to adapt to his sudden new co-habitation with humanity. When Tozitendo show up and start terrorizing people, some of the humans lump all the Kikainoids with them and Juran is left to deal with the invasion on his own. However, despite that prejudice towards him, prejudice in general being what I'd consider as one of the show's main themes, Juran still goes out of his way to protect a scared human kid from Tozitendo, as it was simply the right thing to do. This act of heroism stabilizes the relationship between humans and Kikainoids and that feeling sticks throughout the whole show, as an exploration of alternate worlds becomes the stage for a celebration of people's differences. None of that would've been possible without Juran's spontaneous moment of selfless heroism and that's why he's always at the front of my mind when I think about Zenkaiger. Quote:
But yeah, while I skipped on the Zenkai episode, I'm glad they decided to bring back the crossover for the special anniversary? I know someone mentioned it being a waste of a week which could go to a "proper" episode, and we've been ragging on Kouta sending Mai off to be a ToQger (She'd have been a great ToQger! The Shadow Line would have never turned her heart into an apple, or whatever!), but the Gaim/ToQ special back when I first saw it all those years ago was a nice change from the Super Hero Taisen "Everyone must fight for no reason for the first 90 minutes of movie" model, and while the others were alright - even if I'd completely forgotten there was a whole Ninninger/Drive one, yeesh - and this one comes closest to that ideal I have in my head of what a crossover between Rider and Sentai 'can' be? The heroes complement each other, without just shouting about heroics or justice or abstract ideals, and they're fun!
Oh, good choice! Inoue writes the best Yuji focus episodes.
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This only just occurred to me, but I feel like it says a lot about Zenkaiger that you described that episode that way instead of as "the one with Don Momotaro", which I assume is why you were watching it in the first place? I think you might already be a fan of this show without knowing it, Die!
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Though I can say his memory is faulty, since he was there when I had episode 29 as part of a ?sports? event (alongside Gaim 37. He noted the irony that the solo hero franchise had an epsidoe about a teamwork sport, but the teamwork franchise had an episode about a solo sport).
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Thanks for sharing that! I don't know that I got a lot out of Juran in this episode -- it's VERY overstuffed -- but I liked hearing how much he meant to you. I like when these shows connect with people!
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03-04-2023, 02:07 PM | #959 |
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Oh, you know, now that we're talking about it that way, I just realized I could've said something much more concrete about Magine for once by mentioning how a lot of what really attracted me to her right away was how she's a hero whose arc is all about overcoming her own fears and trepidation to gain the courage to stand up for what she wants in life, and how that sort of archetype always resonates with me, and how it's also extra on-point for a character pulling from Magiranger for her design motif, and...
...I mean, none of this has to do with Saber at all, but like I said earlier, I'll take any chance I can get. (Zyuran's also real cool, though! Really feels like the heart of that whole team in a way.)
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