Well, even if it's not legally streaming, I actually just finished the original Gavan right before it aired, so I feel pretty good!

Full opening!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEquvZ9SHUI

Well, Brazil is only scheduled to get their announcement in (checks watch) 2 minutes from now, so we may get it last minute as well.

Okay, so Latin America is getting Gavan Infinity but it will be broadcast a week late. It was supposed to be a simulcast but They didn't get the video from Toei in time.

Toei successfully launch a global rollout challenge: IMPOSSIBLE

You do know this is all likely the fault of TV Asahi, right? If for whatever reason, they don't want certain countries to broadcast it, they are well within their rights not to do it.

If it's any consolation, NA is apparently getting nothin. As the episode just aired and there's not even a peep of promotional marketing or notice on the TokuSHOUTsu channels.

Ray Fujita of GARO and Kamen Rider Faiz fame is the voice of Death Gavan.

Just saw the first Episode raw, since it appears we're either waiting for the global release (judging by the "Coming Soon" from the Trailers), and so far, I gotta say, I liked what I saw!

Still feels a little too similar to Kamen Rider, but there's some OG Gavan thrown into the mix that'll definitely make fans happy, plus it appears some of the things I'm hoping to see in this show are on their way.

I won't spoil what I could discern from the raw episode, but I am definitely giving this a rewatch when the English Subs are out. And on one last note, the Opening absolutely slams!

There is a TV Asahi J-drama I'm currently watching called Silent Truth that is being simulcast weekly on Netflix worldwide as we speak, so I doubt it's the network. Toei has a long history of botching these launches for shows on other networks too (see: Dragon Ball Super not getting simulcast for a full year after it started).

For anybody who has seen it already: how connected to the original Gavan does it seem so far?

Trying to decide if I should try to binge it and then catch up when I'm done, or just hop on now and watch the original Gavan down the line (the latter of which seems to be much easier and more likely :lol)

Well, from what I've seen:

We still get "Jouchaku" and "Mouichido Miteimiyo" scene to show the full transformation.

We still get a kind of "Laser Blade" and Gavan Dynamic Finisher.

There's apparently still a "Makuu Space."

The eyecatch has a similar theme to the OG.

Is there a spoiler-free version?:lol

The only connections it has to the original Gavan so far are aesthethics.

You can go in blind, at least as far as ep 1 is concerned Infinity is only aesthetically connected to the original series.

Though I encourage you to keep watching the original Gavan. I was lucky in that I watched it last summer and when Infinity was announced I jumped on and finished watching Sharivan and Shaider before the premier. The Space Sheriff trilogy turned out to be one of my favorite Toku watch throughs.

Yeah, I want to watch it, I just have such a backlog and a few things I already started, I don't want to start something new unless I'm watching it weekly as it airs. But Metal Heroes in general seems fascinating. Space Sheriff, B-Fighter, Jiraiya, the rescue stuff...it all looks great.

I think I'll probably watch Gavan Infinity weekly and go back to the older ones later on when I want to see where it all came from.

Side note, I think it's interesting that Metal Heroes was essentially the "new Kamen Rider" when it first started, but now it's the "new Sentai" essentially becoming a connecting bridge between the two ends of the Toei tokusatsu spectrum.

This is very interesting.

Bro was like "Am I being punked?" :lolol

Joking aside, I heard that, and forgive me if it was already brought up, the decision to make Gozyuger the last show of the series for now was decided since around pre-production. Man, it must've been hard for some of the staff (and I assume the core cast) trying to be tight-lipped about it. I can understand Nagata being worried and confused at the time since likely he was auditioning before the big news hit the press.

DX Gavarion Laser and DX Gavarion Crane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj8hFk5fvHA