Not sure you know what you're talking about. Onari is apparently extremely popular in Japan.

Not really. The appeal of Rider to me is that actos are really there doing the cherography. Plus, I feel like Rider would become uber shonen and generic in its fight scenes if it became animated, rather than the creative things they could do in Live action. Like, in animation, they'd only be doing stuff that you can't do in live action, where as live action shows only doing live action stuff and the occasional cool move or finisher.

It would probably get more mainstream in the west if it was an anime though.

But he got some hater from Western fanbase.

His famous hater is got to be SwitchBlade! He despise him! He love to hate on Onari!

Almost of his post included of his hatred toward Onari!

SwitchBlade is NOT a fan of Onari! HIM HATING ON ONARI IS ANYONE GUESS

The western fanbase is the least of Toei's concerns, though. Nothing we say on this message board will change the outcome of their decisions from year to year. Our opinion doesn't matter.

As someone who used to despise live-action and only watched animated things, I have to say that toku just shouldn't be animated. There's so many things you can only really convey in live-action things, and working around the limitations of real life is part of what makes it so cool. You can convey a lot more emotion in live-action too. Just try and imagine your favorite emotional Rider scene in animation. It certainly lacks the same impact for me.

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It's sort of, mitigated, I guess, by how little the characters take note of her, but given how they're already having Asuna and Poppy Pipopapo act pretty much exactly the same as one another, I'd say she's pretty in your face. Not as much as Onari though, if only because she's kind of a minor character so far.

And with me!

I was honestly buying into some of the Onari hate for a while but you know what, he's great. His antics were actually an important part of his personality rather than just the mindless comic relief he's frequently accused of being. I find his role as the bumbling fool with a good heart really endearing, and he helps out the gang WAY more than he's given credit for.

Who was more annoying in your opinion? Onari or Shunpei?

I actually kinda like Shunpei... Even if I call him Stupei instead.

What is this?! :eyebrow

It's true that you HATED Onari! It's true! It's true! It's true! :rock: yeah baby!