Didn't expect the show will get an overall rating of "good and very good" from 98% of the viewers at Nico Live Marathon on the 29th ~ 31st.
I guess schedule for second season will be released soon.

http://apr.2chan.net/cgi/g/src/1388544248510.jpg

Just marathoned the last three episodes. I will say this much to start: the Rin episodes (10-12) really drag. The show wants you to get really invested in the love triangle with her, Gou, and Jin, but it never comes together, mostly because Rin is an incredibly dull and undeveloped (un-, not under-). Once she's gone, though, the last episode really does pick up a lot. There's a few plot twists that would work better if the show's mythology was less vague, but the last episode is a lot of fun and we finally get the crazy Amemiya effects extravaganza I've been waiting for since the first episode.

Without spoiling too much, there's a giant robot vs. monster scene at the end and it's great. I love how the robot moves - more like a giant clockwork machine than a dude in a suit (which it isn't, seeing as it's all CGI). There are also some very cool Sentai-style suits for the main heroes which are absolutely gorgeous. It sounds like there are no concrete plans for a second season at this point, but if there is I want to see a lot more of those suits.

Anyway, overall I did like this show. The last major story arc really dragged, but overall it was just a fun little show - it was very silly, very weird, and really badly edited in spots, but I'm glad I watched it and likely will again at some point.

Edit: Seriously, how gorgeous are these costumes?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psd8ac8012.png

Those are indeed gorgeous. Glad to hear it picks up after Rin's gone, if anything she's been the biggest detriment to this show.

I think part of the problem is that the show doesn't take anything very seriously. Even the final battle has a little bit of joking around, especially in regards to the final boss and his motivations and abilities. But it plays the love triangle so damn straight, like it's the most dramatic and serious thing in the world. It clashes with the tone of everything else and just does not work, especially because Rin is such a bland character.

I think I like those suits a bit better than their default appearances myself.

Even if it does make them feel too sentaiy.

Even Gouraigan put more time into their Sentai designs than Tokkyuger. :p

And the sad part is, these suits were only on the show for less than a minute. :lol

Really? Wow. :lol

Well, that was a suitably epic finale. Shame we couldn't have had more than that.

My very strong suspicion is that visually, this is Amemiya's attempt to recreate DMT visuals.

http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/dmt/dmt.shtml

I say this because most people experience similar visuals/closed-eye hallucinations when they experience DMT -- and the visuals in Shougeki Gouraigan are SO UNBELIEVABLY SIMILAR to the ones I had the one time I tried it.

I'd think a lot of haters should be excited for a season 2 -- because it keeps Inoue away from Kamen Rider and Sentai for at least another year.

I'm not one of the haters, though. I love Inoue -- even in spite his tendency to drop the ball lately -- and would be excited to see another Sentai or KR series from him, especially after his extended break from the franchises.