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07-25-2018, 06:30 PM | #11 |
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Sees Ryuta Tasaki:
Me: Yay! Sees Kento Shimoyama: Me: OH SHI- |
07-25-2018, 06:32 PM | #12 |
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OK, why does everyone hate Kento?
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07-25-2018, 06:45 PM | #13 |
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His last main project as head writer was "Shuriken Sentai Ninninger," which was-to say the least- NOT well received.
on the other side of the coin, he did write several episodes for Gokaiger AND Go-Busters so Shimoyama's work is not all bad. |
07-25-2018, 06:46 PM | #14 |
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The hate on Kento is kinda unwarranted. Yes, Ninninger perhaps wasn't the best, but from what I've seen of the show and everthing else I heard about it, I chalk it up more to his inexperience as a head writer, having only been a secondary writer up to that point. Everything else he's done looks pretty fine. I know a lot of people really like Gobuster returns and while I haven't seen it yet, I've seen a lot of praise for Kamen Sentai Goriders
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07-25-2018, 06:49 PM | #15 |
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It could be that Gates is the girl's guardian probably. From the description alone it would seem to jump to conclusions that Gates is a girl, but if it was, they'd normally have feminine features in the suit if it was.
So the guy that wrote Ninninger is doing this show. *siiiiigh* |
07-25-2018, 07:07 PM | #16 |
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So it depends on what the belt itself actually is on what it is. A powered armor suit type like Delta/Ixa won't have "boobplates" or "skirts". And from the sounds of the story. Zi-O and Gates are powered armor tech types. So it could go either way for either of them. But Gates likely seems like a male rider that kind of name seems like it directly. Zi-O itself could still be female, but who knows really for either one until casting is announced and characters are shown. Especially with time travel involved since that can change the gender by even so much as changing a few minutes of pre-conception actions. I am expecting some interesting twists though. Someone like this going back in time, seems like there's more to her story than she's letting on either. Definitely don't think she's Gates. Otherwise she wouldn't be trying to change the future by warning a past version. She'd opt to use Gates' powers and stop it from happening period if she had that ability. So Gates may be someone that listens to her, or is sent to stop her, or otherwise acts as a "gate" to the timeline history with how Future Zi-O becomes the big bad. But the setup seems to evoke Gates as a different entity than her directly. Has a kind of Zeronos feeling really. I think there is some major twist centered around this girl that travels to the past though. Something about that outright seems interesting, and is also a little reminiscent of the movie "Cyborg She" from the guy that did "My Sassy Girl". Her want to change history, access to the gear, having a time machine, etc, all seems to suggest there's much more to her story we'll find out over the course of the series. Especially with this talk of born in 2000 and a demonic time king in 2068. That means directly the demonic time king is 68. So possibly she's a grand child? Or did present day Zi-O get changed from future Zi-O but the person replacing future Zi-O never let anyone know? Also seems to have a lttle bit of elements of Marvel's Kang the Conqueror too. A time traveling big bad means they could be any age for however long they want to rule simply by how they time travel. Linear age progression is completely thrown out the window compared to the time ruled and how the people age. Last edited by Librarian; 07-25-2018 at 07:38 PM.. |
07-25-2018, 07:16 PM | #17 |
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Thinking about it, if Zi-O goes the Decade/Gokaiger route where it has a lot of miniature arcs/episodes dedicated as tributes to past riders, I think Shimoyama would be fine since that sort of episodic, one and done style storytelling is something he seems to be good at.
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07-25-2018, 07:19 PM | #18 |
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OHHHHH... I finally get it! Zi-O as in like, 時王. I've been wondering what the f*** that name was supposed to mean for ages but it should've been obvious the second clocks got involved.
Although I still can't help but feel like he's biting that other ___-O's style. No doubt they'll drag Momotaros out to make a cheap joke about it in a crossover. Anyways, I've been silently keeping up with all the Zi-O news as its coming out, and I've got to say, I'm starting to warm up to it. I'm probably the only person genuinely excited to hear Kento Shimoyama is writing for it, and this- -makes even happier than when they got Kenji Kawai for Build, so... yeah. Things are looking up for what appears to be a pretty crazy new show. Especially if what Aoi Kurenai said about the producers turns out to be that significant. If we can get a version of Decade that actually accomplishes what Decade set out to do, I'd say that's quite the win for the last Heisei Rider. Just give me a good theme song and I'll totally start ignoring how goofy the labels on the everybody's faces and weapons look.
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07-25-2018, 08:04 PM | #20 |
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So, just repeating it one more time: Kento Shimoyama probably won't matter.
Shinichiro Shirakura and Naomi Takebe, the two most influential figures in the Heisei era of Kamen Rider, are producing this show. It's very likely they got a yes-man who wouldn't put up much of a fight and do what is asked of him. Shimoyama likely won't have much creative influence over this show. I 100% believe he's there because they needed someone stable who won't rock the boat and will write what he's told because he's good at adapting to changes with little to no notice. The creative forces behind this year's show are going to be the producers more than on any other show. |
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