I left it so long I actually don't remember a lot of the middle of Liveman so it's even more exciting to get them in better quality.

Alrighty. I'll give the originals a watch then!

Liveman - Weird Showa Awesome from Start to Finish

Watch Liveman. Just watch it. It's awesome.

Who subbed it, by the way?

GUIS.

Thank you~

I know it's like causal for disowning in this fandom, but Liveman is one of the few classic toku shows I can stomach. I hate the attitude that you HAVE to LIKE the father of a genre, and you can't just appreciate it for what it has birthed rather than pretending it is actually good.

I personally think a lot of showa toku is rubbish, from ultra low budgets, to terrible writing and terrible acting. There is a difference between being dated and just shit. Obviously there are exceptions, but most of the "classics" I've watched for Rider or Sentai have been utterly dreadful. In my opinion of course.

So it really surprised me how ahead of its time Liveman felt, and how much I remember utterly enjoying it. It doesn't really fit with a lot of the shows around it, since it has epic, imaginative action, great designs and memorable characters.

Well, that's not always the case. Look at Sun Vulcan :p
Additionally, Liveman was, like, the 10th Sentai, so it had the common formula already set up from it's predecessors that it could either improve upon or alter entirely, and with Maskman's success, it had the room to take a chance.

Oh, and downloading the first 29 episodes of Liveman now.

Locke have you seen Skyrider episode 1? That's some awesome stuff right there.