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06-07-2020, 03:06 PM | #1 |
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According to Nachi Sakuragi (Gai’s actor) during his interview with Uchusen magazine, that not only does he deliberately makes Gai as despicable via his acting, his goal is to make Gai even more hated than Masato Kusaka/Kaixa, who is one of if not the single biggest Hate Sink in the entire Kamen Rider franchise (other candidates being outright villains like Takeshi Asakura/Ouja or Tenjuro Banno/Gold Drive).
He says that when he reading the script, he realized his character would be hated by the audience for being so evil. He said that if anyone hated him, it was a compliment. He cites Masato Kusaka/Kaixa, Gendou Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion) and Freeza (Dragon Ball Z) as his inspirations for his portrayal of Gai Amatsu. Sound like he doesn’t want his character to turn good at all and want Gai to be despises by the audience more. Your thought on this? FUN FACT: Initially, he auditioned for Zero-One, but for the characters of Aruto and Fuwa. In the end, the character that suits him best is Gai Amatsu. Just imagine Nachi Sakuragi got the role of Aruto Hiden than Gai Amatsu...... that would be very different story if he got that role. Last edited by vin13ish; 06-07-2020 at 03:14 PM.. |
06-07-2020, 03:13 PM | #2 |
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I mean... he's a villain. It's kinda the point
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06-07-2020, 03:56 PM | #3 |
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Sakuragi's an excellent actor so whether this was the best role for him or not doesn't matter as we've only seen him like that. Gai Amatsu simply was written to be an absolutely unlikable bastard, so Sakuragi decided to try and convey that, which he absolutely nailed
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06-07-2020, 03:56 PM | #4 |
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Issue is I don't hate him as a villain, hate is also such a strong word for a character like him. In this case, I dislike him for what he turned the show into for a good 12 episodes or so. There's a difference and that's honestly because I got bored by him four episodes in.
Because the issue is he always wins. And you can only take that for so long, even other villains and antagonists end up getting whittled down or start struggling as time goes on but with him, nothing really touched him until MCH, and even then that was like once with a lovetap later until Rampage Gatling happened. The heroes were on a bad downhill path because there was only one upgrade and Thousers power never really leveled out, he just kept dominating the fights for the most part. Not to mention basically all the upgrades and near gear at that point coming from Gai himself instead of somewhere creative... in hindsight the dude only existed to make power-ups and that just makes him more boring. Add in the fact that he restricted the show for so long, it makes me more annoyed and displeased with him than anything else. Thankfully with Rampage Gatling we managed to level off into better territory. And tbh with a bit of praise here, while I get his inspiration with Kusaka, he did far better drawing from his other sources aka: Gendo Ikari and Frieza, which you can easily see in his scenes now that this is pointed out. Hell he even does the Gendo pose quite a few times as well. More recently I've enjoyed his characterization post Job-Tournament Arc, two of my favorite moments have really been: "I just told this man his life is a lie, and am enjoying it greatly" & "Give me the rights to Humagears" "No" "Okay guess I have to kill you now" Admittedly I do have a question separate from the topic about just the topic in general, are separate specialty threads constantly being made necessary when we have like a General Rider Discussion/Question thread I assume? It's hard to tell given they get buried so easily nowadays. |
06-07-2020, 04:02 PM | #5 |
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I think the reason he works so well as being the most hateable villain in the franchise is that he is the embodiment of the worst of humanity. Kusaka was the biggest asshole prior to this for sure. He was a selfish person, for sure, and he actively ruined the lives of people who got in his way. But he, at the very least, did care for a few people at the very least like Mari.
Gai is just the worst. He embodies everything one would hate in a human being. Selfish, arrogant, greedy, exploitative, racist, bigoted, etc. He created an entire terrorist organization for the sole factor of selling his product to people and taking down his rival corporation. He cheated and broke rules and did whatever it would take to win in the end, all while pretending he had nothing to do with it. The kind of person he is is the kind that exists in real life. A corrupt corporate CEO who cares only about his own arrogance and profits. He only sees everyone below him as literal tools for him to use, much life in real life. Kusaka is a kind of generic hateable villain, but Gai is so much worse because it reflects the real life corporate greed that affects a lot of people. |
06-07-2020, 05:03 PM | #6 |
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I think it's awesome how Sakuragi's favorite season is Faiz and he used Kusaka as inspiration for Gai. Considering how badly Gai's plans have fallen apart though, he's definitely not as effective. However, he succeeded in making me hate him more than Kusaka, which is a compliment to Sakuragi. At least Kusaka was an antihero fighting on the side of justice whereas Gai is a villain trying to get rich from war profiteering, discrimination and brainwashing. He doesn't have any redeeming qualities so far.
I used to think Thouzer was lame since his suit and arsenal look so cheap and I still do but I also think that's a perfect reflection of Gai. He's so deluded about his own infallibility that he refuses to improve or learn from any of mistakes even though he's been beaten up 5 times in 6 episodes. He has stagnated and cannot understand why the other Riders are so much better than him now, even Horobi who still uses his default form. As the president of ZAIA Japan and Hiden Intelligence, he's clearly a very intelligent person. What he lacks is wisdom to utilize it more effectively. His losing streak is pretty pathetic and embarrassing and it won't get any better for him until he acknowledges the necessity for change. The character I hate most though, not even in a love to hate way, just hate, is Mitsuzane. I cannot forgive him.
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06-07-2020, 07:57 PM | #7 |
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I think it's awesome how Sakuragi's favorite season is Faiz and he used Kusaka as inspiration for Gai. Considering how badly Gai's plans have fallen apart though, he's definitely not as effective. However, he succeeded in making me hate him more than Kusaka, which is a compliment to Sakuragi. At least Kusaka was an antihero fighting on the side of justice whereas Gai is a villain trying to get rich from war profiteering, discrimination and brainwashing. He doesn't have any redeeming qualities so far.
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06-08-2020, 10:37 AM | #8 |
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So many Rider characters are, anti-hero, like nearly every secondary Rider, like Knight, Accel, Meteor, Baron, Mach, Specter (the shortest time though), Brave, Cross-Z, Geiz, etc. Or most Riders on protagonist side that aren't main characters like Gills, Snipe. Or even a few of the main protagonist like Faiz or Kabuto. Anti-hero simply means as a hero who has the opposite of most of the traditional attributes of a hero. They're clearly nowhere near as heroic as the likes of Kuuga, OOO, Gaim, etc. Arguing that they do the right thing like killing monsters? That's who anti-heroes are, they do the right thing (I mean they're still heroes but in grey area), but maybe not for the right reasons. Which is the opposite of anti-villain (those villains with "for the greater good" reasons for example), who only has the right reasons but use the wrong thing. Kusaka is a very extreme example of anti-hero, but he's probably not even one, he's probably full on villain protagonist.
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06-09-2020, 12:05 PM | #9 |
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I mean he's the bad guy I'd say Masurame is BY FAR the biggest hate sink in the franchise ffs he makes Kuroto who'd be Amatsu tier scumbag in ANY other show look sympathetic, when the resident all loving hero (Emu) calls him a piece of shit you know it's bad (granted I haven't seen Zero-One yet so I wouldn't know but I've heard a few things)
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