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03-08-2021, 08:11 PM | #331 |
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So about the chest armor for Den-O. If you look closely, you will notice that it is basically the same armor just shuffled around depending on form. If we have Sword Form as the basis, you will notice that:
1. Rod Form's chest armor is basically Sword Form's chest armor turned 180 degrees with the back part of Sword Form's chest armor acting as shoulder pads 2. Axe Form takes those shoulder pads and brings them up front as the front part of the chest armor 3. Gun Form is basically Sword Form's front chest area opened up to reveal the dragon claws holding cintamani orbs in each claw(these same orbs are what inspired the Dragon Balls in the manga/animation Dragon Ball) |
03-08-2021, 08:50 PM | #332 |
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So about the chest armor for Den-O. If you look closely, you will notice that it is basically the same armor just shuffled around depending on form. If we have Sword Form as the basis, you will notice that:
1. Rod Form's chest armor is basically Sword Form's chest armor turned 180 degrees with the back part of Sword Form's chest armor acting as shoulder pads 2. Axe Form takes those shoulder pads and brings them up front as the front part of the chest armor 3. Gun Form is basically Sword Form's front chest area opened up to reveal the dragon claws holding cintamani orbs in each claw(these same orbs are what inspired the Dragon Balls in the manga/animation Dragon Ball)
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03-08-2021, 08:52 PM | #333 |
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Ryutaros is forming a parasocial bond with a woman who literally doesn't know he exists. He is basing his morality around what she'd think of him, and she does not think of him.
It's also pretty creepy, admittedly! But there's a specificity to how Ryutaros' character is constructed that's key to why I like him as much as I do. He might've been a simple novelty that quickly grew old for me without stuff like this.
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03-08-2021, 09:05 PM | #334 |
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Ryutaros is one messed up kid! ...Which is exactly why I honestly think this was a really smart character trait to give him! Ryuta's basically a bundle of every possible extremely unhealthy personality quirk a child can have, so an obsessive parasocial relationship with someone who he sees as sort of filling the void where a parental figure is supposed to be fits right in with that perfectly.
It's also pretty creepy, admittedly! But there's a specificity to how Ryutaros' character is constructed that's key to why I like him as much as I do. He might've been a simple novelty that quickly grew old for me without stuff like this. Yeah, I'm not really mad at how Ryutaros is portrayed, honestly? (I wonder if talking about this instead of writing up the episode I just watched is going to make me forget everything from 17? We'll see!) Currently, he's shown to be somewhere between A Little Stinker and An Amoral Psychopath... much like all children. He's unpredictable, even for a show full of self-involved imagination monsters from the end of time. There's a feeling of him running wild when he possesses Ryotaro that eclipses some of the monster threats. And yet! There're these undeniable empathy points for him, with Airi and with animals. A thing where he's not aware of relationships being two-way things, with mutual respect. Caring for Airi is like caring for an animal, or wanting to keep that animal safe. Ryutaros doesn't think about what the animal wants, he creates a story about the animal that flatters him, and then acts to keep that story going. Airi's just another thing he can care for, another thing that can help him define himself. The idea of what Airi wants as a person isn't really important. Making Airi Happy as a concept is valuable to Ryutaros, because of how he can use that to feel better about himself. Actually engaging with Airi is almost beside the point. So, yeah, leveraging that childlike My Friend From YouTube or whatever, I don't dislike that!
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03-08-2021, 09:44 PM | #335 |
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KAMEN RIDER DEN-O EPISODE 17 - "THAT GUY IS HERE! AND IN THE PAST!”
Well, I just wrote a couple paragraphs about Ryutaros' Airi fandom, and now I can't remember what I was going to say about this episode. There're really two things going on in this episode, and they didn't really connect for me yet. (I assume I'll feel differently by the conclusion.) There's this bonkers story about the Imagin thinking they're about to get fired for incredibly vague, possibly Hana-invented reasons (it's pretty much a game of Telephone where Ryotato says Things Should Change and Hana goes Ryotaro Demands An Imagin Battle Royale), and then there's this bleaker story about lives deferred, and about the seductive poison of nostalgia. I liked both stories, even if they felt like they were from entirely different episodes. It's not tonal whiplash exactly, but there was definitely a non-zero amount of tonal dissonance as we'd switch from Sawada feeling like she gave up a past she adored for a present she loathes, to Momo and Kin breaking Milk Dipper in an attempt to prove their worth. Those are... those are very different feelings that are being evoked! Tough to do those back to back! That uneasy bedfellow thing aside, it's a pretty compelling episode. I think it's more effective in its drama than it is in its comedy, though. Sawada's return to Japan lets us learn more about Ryotaro's past, and about how low-level miserable he really is. Ryotaro... not the easiest title character to love, if I'm being honest? He's sweet, and funny, but he's so shrinking and quiet that it's hard to really root for him. Or, I don't know, I find myself way more excited about seeing an Imagin possess him than I am him whispering his way through a scene. He's constantly getting overshadowed by bigger personalities, and now we've reached the point of him almost dying because he can't get the four Imagins he's entangled with to stop running him ragged. He's pushed around a lot, and it's hard to really get what's driving him. So, an episode that starts to peel back his layers is enormously welcome. To see him less as a perennial punching bag and more as someone who has made difficult, unhappy choices to protect the people he loves, to see a side of Ryotaro that is willing to say I Deserve Better Than This, yes. Very ready for that story. We're only scratching the surface of that here, but it feels like the show is setting up Ryotaro to be at least a smidgen more assertive. And I think the Imagin feel it, too, since they are pretty sure someone's going to get kicked off the DenLiner for Ryotaro's sake, and they're pretty pretty sure it's going to be Momotaros. Which, fun story, even if there's no way it would ever be Momo. (Ryutaros first, then Urataros, then Kintaros, then Momotaros.) The story needs it to look like it's going to be Momo, though, because he has the least amount of chill, and the story's ten times better if it's him freaking out over his job security. For a character that's usually almost no help outside a fight, Momo somehow becomes even less helpful the more he struggles to be helpful. It is like his effort to be of use generates anti-useful particles, sabotaging everything around him. Every minute he tries to spotlight his value is another minute on the highlight reel of why he should be expelled from the train. He is failing at a superhuman level, and it's terrific. Fun episode for watching the Imagin battle to establish their competence, and for watching young adults regret growing up. THE BAGGAGE CAR -Sawada's... I mean, she's a great way into Ryotaro's story, to have someone who's even worse at hiding their pain than he is, but I found her a little too on the nose. Like, she says "nostalgia" a lot, and she's doing nothing but reminiscing about her high school days. She is a little one-note. She plays that note well, though, so it's not a failure or anything. She just feels more like a plot device than a character right now. -Speaking of plot devices who are not yet characters! Pocketwatchman makes a sort-of-kind-of non-cameo appearance, an episode or so before he's actually cast. It's one of the Rider mysteries that I don't hate, but I am not willing to expend a single ounce of brain-power on theorizing. I feel like they'll tell me something important in an episode or two, and then I'll be interested. Until then, he's here! And he's backlit by the sun! And he may or may not have a mysterious connection to Airi! I don't really care yet!
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03-08-2021, 10:49 PM | #336 |
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So with all the Imagin gathered and established it's finally time to move on and start looking at exactly what's up with that weird dude in the past who's wearing a baseball cap under his fisherman's hat. There'll be more on that in the next episode that will tie into the show's most controversial casting decision (at the time). That's a Wednesday or maybe Thursday conversation, though.
Right now I'm going to potentially step on Androzani's toes a bit. Not about voice actors, but about the episode's main human guest star. Sawada is played by an actress/singer named Hikari Mitsushima. She's been pretty successful and has done some high profile projects and won several awards, but the reason I want to highlight her is from something she did before this guest spot on Den-O. Back in 2005 she was one of the main characters in one of my favorite tokusatsu shows ever: Ultraman Max.* Mitsushima played Elly, the quirky android girl that served as the operations officer for the kaiju fighting organization DASH. She was basically like Data from Star Trek TNG, only she managed to gradually form an understanding of emotions over the course of the series. A lot of the show's best moments involved Elly and it's really great to see the actress show up again here. A nice collection of great Elly moments, courtesy of some random Tumblr page I just found via Google: https://the-evil-pizza.tumblr.com/po...character-elly *2005 was a ridiculously strong year for toku, with Max, Hibiki, and Garo all debuting that year. Last edited by Switchblade; 03-08-2021 at 11:03 PM.. |
03-08-2021, 10:51 PM | #337 |
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The ending theme Double Action as we know has multiple iterations, and each is a different genre. The default Sword Form mix is a eurobeat track, Rod Form mix is ska, Axe Form mix is enka(a traditional style Japanese pop genre), and Gun Form mix is hip-hop(officially it is considered "hip-hop" but honestly it is more nu-metal from the sound of it).
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03-08-2021, 10:55 PM | #338 |
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So with all the Imagin gathered and established it's finally time to move on and start looking at exactly what's up with that weird dude in the past who's wearing a baseball cap under his fisherman's hat. There'll be more on that in the next episode that will tie into the show's most controversial casting decision (at the time). That's a Wednesday or maybe Thursday conversation, though.
Right now I'm going to potentially step on Androzani's toes a bit. Not about voice actors, but about the episode's main human guest star. Sawada is played by an actress/singer named Hikari Mitsushima. She's been pretty successful and has done some high profile projects and won several awards, but the reason I want to highlight her is from something she did before this guest spot on Den-O. Back in 2005 she was one of the main characters in one of my favorite tokusatsu shows ever: Ultraman Max.* Mitsushima played Elly, the quirky android girl that served as the operations officer for the kaiju fighting organization DASH. She was basically like Data from Star Trek TNG, only she managed to gradually form an understanding of emotions over the course of the series. A lot of the show's best moments involved Elly and it's really great to see the actress show up again here. A nice collection of great Elly moments, curtesy of some random Tumblr page I just found via Google: https://the-evil-pizza.tumblr.com/po...character-elly *2005 was a ridiculously strong year for toku, with Max, Hibiki, and Garo all debuting that year. Quote:
The ending theme Double Action as we know has multiple iterations, and each is a different genre. The default Sword Form mix is a eurobeat track, Rod Form mix is ska, Axe Form mix is enka(a traditional style Japanese pop genre), and Gun Form mix is hip-hop(officially it is considered "hip-hop" but honestly it is more nu-metal from the sound of it).
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03-09-2021, 02:02 AM | #339 |
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Okay, couple quick points to add having rewatched the episode.
The show's continuity with Hana's clothing is really bad. Every time she travels to or from the Denliner she's wearing a different outfit. I get the realities of studio vs. location filming, but they're not even trying here. I'm going to start doing this next bit just to satisfy my own curiosity/to amuse myself. Stargazing Snuggle Count: 3 (including twice in this episode alone) |
03-09-2021, 03:28 AM | #340 |
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And now for our VA of the week, whose anime list was so long I half considered cutting it down. Nobuyuki Hiyama Notable Anime roles: Hiei in Yu Yu Hakusho, Maito Senpuuji in The Brave Express Might Gaine, Ikkaku Madarame in Bleach, Guy Shishioh in King of the Braves GaoGaiGar. Joe Higashi in Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle, Pedro Kazmaier in Jungle King Tar-chan, Rai Ryuga in Ginga Sengoku Ryū Knight, Yuushiro Gowa in Gasaraki, Ichimonji Kobayashi in Cheeky Angel, Harunobu Madarame in Genshiken, Kogoro in Keroro Gunsō, Jetfire in Transformers Energon, Kankuro Nishiyama in Muteki Kanban Musume, Kōyū Ri in Saiunkoku Monogatari, Yoshimune in Yoshimune, Viral in Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann, Hirohiko Yokomi in Tetsuko no Tabi, Kojuurou in Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de, Kōki Maeno in Mnemosyne, Ichirō Toba in Double-J, Ultimate-Kingtaurus in Battle Spirits: Saikyou Ginga Ultimate Zero, Uzu Sanageyama in Kill La Kill, Yoshiteru Zaimokuza in My Youth Love Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected, Sasaki Kojirou in Duel Masters VS, Seiichi Kinoshita in Shirobako, General Goro in Yatterman Night, Gao Granner Leo in Tomica Kizuna Gattai Earth Granner. Notable Tokusatsu roles: Boss Kamikaze in Gosei Sentai Dairanger, Bomber the Great in Choriki Sentai Ohranger, Gun Boss Sambash in Seijuu Sentai Gingaman, Camejil Alien Ben-G in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, Hades Beast,an Berserker King Glúm de Bridon in Mahou Sentai Magiranger: Bride of Infershia, the Narrator and Tachibana in Kamen Rider Fourze, Ultraman King and the Geed Riser in Ultraman Geed. Notable Dubbing roles: Rampage in Beast Wars, Barry Allen/The Flash in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Blue Falcon in Scoob! Notable Video Game roles: Link in The Legend of Zelda: Occarina of Time (and the Super Smash Bros series), Joe Higashi in the Fatal Fury series, Siegfried Schtauffen in the Soul Caliber series. I will mention that this will be the bulk of my comments for this week, since my own thread is busier than usual (I chose this week to do BOTH of Hurricaneger’s movies, in addition to the usual 3 episodes). |
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