Originally Posted by GuardianAngel87 (Post 861736)

I am now 11 episodes into Blue SWAT.

Originally Posted by GoldenXtreme (Post 861735)

This time I've finished... Message from Space: Galactic Wars.

I should probably lead with the fact that I'm not much of a Star Wars fan. It's *fine*, but it has never really excited me, even when I was a kid. But this blatant Star Wars rip-off? Loved it! I think a lot of factors contributed to my enjoyment. First of all, this is a true space opera TV show, Earth is only a background detail, with the story almost entirely focuses on a different solar system and it's struggles against the evil emperor who tries to conquer it. The budget seems quite high for a tokusatsu TV show from this time period too. Not only that, but the show is almost abnormally overarching and character driven for a tokusatsu show of the time period (while still having a nice dose of the amusing story jank that makes Showa tokusatsu so fun). Plot elements and recurring characters come up many times, while the main characters are consistently fun to follow. Hayato grows a lot as the show progresses, from a very inexperienced pilot and ninja to someone who is a truly reliable protagonist due to his mentoring from Ryu and numerous real battles that he experiences. Ryu himself is just a charming guy who acts as an interesting counterpoint to Hayato. Plus Ryu and Hayato's brotherly relationship is very nice. Balu and Tonto more act as side, comic-relief characters, but are both pretty fun. All in all, it was a really cool show that balanced silly 70s nonsense with legitimate drama and tragedy. Peak stuff, I feel like I've really been on a roll with the older tokusatsu I've been watching lately.

Originally Posted by Sh Ranger (Post 861985)

I finished Janperson yesterday and I thought it was an enjoyable show! While I'm familiar with robot heroes like Bichael and Walter in Winspector, I think Janperson as a protagonist and Gun Gibson as his "Secondary Rider" archetype provide an even thorougher exploration of the theme of how robots can co-exist with humans, as the weekly conflict often relates to their own problems. Feels like Zero One may have taken some inspiration from this, but I must conclude that overall, Janperson does it better.

Here's my updated Metal Hero Ranking:

1) Jiban
2) Janperson
3) Spielvan
4) Sekai Ninja Sen
5) Winspector
6) Battle Cop

Next in the franchise, I'm thinking of continuing the Rescue Hero Trilogy, with Solbrain. But before that, I intend to focus on Sentai.

Originally Posted by GuardianAngel87 (Post 861989)

I'm really glad you liked Janperson. This show is vastly underrated and like I said earlier, it is a Toku series everyone should check out at least once. You even give the show the same ranking, along with Spielban, as me. :)

And yes, I am planning to do my ranking list for all of the Metal Heroes series I have watched so far once I finished up on Blue SWAT since I am down to that show's final five episodes and I would also, more or less, be halfway through the Metal Heroes franchise as a whole, incidentally. Anyway, what would you say is your favorite episode(s) of Janperson?

Originally Posted by Mesnick (Post 861986)

Started watching Tomica hero rescue force. A nice light show that is greatly helped by its focus on rescue missions. Perhaps without them I would have found it too repetitive. And even though I am mostly indifferent to technology, I like the characters, the general atmosphere and the message.
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