Dragging this thread out of the depths to say I watched the first Rebirth of Mothra movie! I was expecting it to be a lot more mediocre based on what I heard about it, but I actually found it really fun. The human drama was definitely weak, but I thought there was a lot of great monster content. The fights were usually spectacular and destructive, and the monster designs generally looked nice. Heck, even if the human drama was weak, I thought the monster drama was good! The scene where DesGhidorah was brutally beating up the larval Mothra or the one where Mothra dies in the ocean? Far more emotional than they had any right to be honestly.

Great stuff all around, looking forward to watching the rest of the trilogy.

Allow me to apologize in advance for Rebirth of Mothra II.

I just finished Juspion a few days ago. Christ, talk about a show that had all of its personality systematically removed through retools, sometimes literally.

And I mean literally. In one episode, Juspion reprograms his android companion, Anri, to be less snarky. By the end of the series, virtually nothing left that made the early episodes fun and unique remains. And that final episode is one of the worst final episodes I've seen out of a toku in quite some time.

Oh really? I admit Juspion doesn't look quite so interesting to me as Shaider which I am actually watching, Metalder which I also want to watch soon or Spielban to an extent which sadly may not even be subbed, the Metal Heroes which turn me off the most though are just those suit-shows like Jiban and Janperson and I don't think 97 and 98 should count either, sorry but sometimes I am more in the mood for just a regular henshin hero type of show!

Spielban has been subbed.

Oh, really? If so, who did the subs for Spielban? It's one of few Metal Heroes series I have a genuine interest in checking out thanks to its footage being used for VR Troopers. Now, I also have a small urge to get back to re-watching Metalder.

I even have bit of a small interest in checking out Gavan thanks to a pretty epic crossover movie Gokaiger has with the character. Really enjoyed it far more than I thought I would.

To answer your question, Metallic Fansubs.

There isn't really a "What are you watching Ultraman edition" so here I am

Finished X
It's mediocre, with some good moments and good designs, but a generally aimless premise and an unimpactful (if not creepy) final boss.

I hope more Ultraman have overarching plots like Geed.

I've been watching Jiban recently and I don't see it as a typical suit show as Naoto appears "human" quite often (though I've only reached Ep. 5 and they haven't really explained the backstory all that well yet).

It definitely feels like a product of its time, and the genesis for Winspector and the rest of the "Rescue Heroes" is definitely felt both implicitly and explicitly.

I do wish the battles would get a little more interesting, cause while the Biolon Kaijin aren't bad looking, the fights are pretty standard.

Curious as to who Doctor Giba's on-set actor is cause obvious over-dubbing is very obvious!

Gridman is amazing.

https://i.imgur.com/MoZru6Z.png

Same energy as Rita straight up telling one kid that he sucks at soccer. :lol