I'm just curious...do some people here recall the OG Samurai Troopers from back in the 80s?

This one came up during the year I was born (1988), but I saw the dubbed version in the 90s and then some years later, I borrowed a few DVDs which had both the dub as well as the original Japanese version.

I was introduced to it with the 90s English dub and eventually got to see the original Japanese dub. Blew my mind away when I was invested in learning about Japanese VAs and learned Takeshi Kusao was Trunks from DBZ and Ryo as well as Nozomu Sasaki who voiced Tetsuo in Akira was Shin.

Comrade,

I'm the biggest Samurai Troopers fangirl you know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szDfBBh4RtM

Looks like the new show is going to be putting a stronger emphasis on comedy. I'm okay with this; a major problem I had with the OG is the lack of levity and chance for everyone to develop outside of fighting, mostly relegated to the (recorded post-series) audio dramas.

Man, the art for this is really bugging me. Something about the thick black outlines around the characters gives me mobile game vibes.

Yeah, I'm okay with this new generation of the team having some banter/dynamic different from the OG team as well.

Yeah, it looks like they're using cel shading when they have their Yoroi Gears on, but classic 2d hand drawing when not. Doesn't bother me personally, but understandable.

Well the originals just all fell in immediately so it's nice to see some actual friction in the new team.

It's a very peculiar mix but it doesn't look bad at all to my eyes.

Yeah, it's not super noticeable like Transformers Energon/Super Link. :lolol
That said, cel shading seems like a tricky technique to master.

And I just noticed in one of the scenes where Kaito and Musashi's faces appear in speech bubbles, an unidentified character with oni horns on his headband wearing supposedly brown Yoroi Gear is with them. I wonder what that's all about. Maybe we'll get extra troopers as part of the supporting cast? Kind of like Jabu and his crew in Saint Seiya.

So a bunch of model sheets and notes got leaked a while back...

(Highlight for spoilers)

If you notice the pink-haired girl's jacket, you'll notice it's the YST logo... sort of. Basically in the 37 years that've passed, a government organization called "DST" was established for the purpose of countering otherworld threats, which means there's plenty of redshirts to fill out the ranks in addition to the Troopers themselves.

Whaaaatttt

Yeah there is A Lot going on that hasn't been officially shown yet ;)

Big big news today. First off, new trailer, this time with an emphasis on showing off the new villains, and an air date (AT LAST) of January 6, 2026:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loJ05nefclc

An announcement of Choudan Kadou Yami Masho Anubis:

https://i.postimg.cc/d14p0SMz/o1440192015679745711.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/wMrrXyjk/o1440144015679742786.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/zD24ZMFQ/o1440144015679749182.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/ZK1g0dgv/o1440144015679742807.jpg

And at last, apparently a special preview screening of episodes 1-3 of YSST on 12/23.
https://x.com/samuraitroo_pr/status/1995780477807198299

Just a little over a month left... I'm so excited :D