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Tokusatsu "Best ofs," 2014 edition. Samba trains and fruit cars.
I think I meant to do this a couple days ago, but the 31st kinda crept up on me. Anyway, it's that time of year again: time to look back at the shows and movies of the past year and discuss what stood out as being the most impressive for you.
As always, for releases of this year I'm counting any series that aired any episodes during 2014, including: Kyoryuger, Gaim, ToQger, Zero Black Blood, Power Rangers Super Megaforce, Ultraman Ginga S, Garo Makai no Hana, Drive, and anything else that may have slipped my personal radar this year. And again, for movies I'm counting anything that came out this year as well as anything that came out last year but wasn't available as a dvd/fansub until this year. If you want to include stuff that hasn't been available for viewing outside of Japan yet but you're pretty sure is going to be really, really awesome, go ahead. Best New Show of 2014 Best New-to-You Show of 2014 Best Rewatch of 2014 Best Movie of 2014 Best Male Lead Character Best Female Lead Character Best Male Supporting Character Best Female Supporting Character Best Actor Best Actress Biggest Toku Crush of 2014 Best Villain Best Returning Character Best Suit Actor Best Writer Best Director Best Producer Best Visual Designer Best Hero Suit Design Best Monster Suit Design Best Weapon Best Vehicle/Mecha Best Fight Scene Best Dramatic Scene Best Comedic Scene Best Song Best Piece of Merchandise Biggest Surprise of 2014 And, because not everything in 2014 was a rainbow train of imaginary wonderfulness: Single Worst Thing in 2014 Tokusatsu |
Best Actor should go to Mahiro Takasugi. he knocked it out of the park in Gaim and he deserves so much praise for his performance. a talent I hope to see more of in the future.
best merchandise I would say is lockseeds. those things are a great marketing tool and they can always make more. here's hoping for G3-X lockseed in the future. |
Worst is almost definitely Legendary Powers.
Best Actress is easily Yoko Minato's actress (can't remember her name of the top of my head), because she does her own stunt work, automatically making her awesome. |
wait, do you mean legendary rider stuff? no, those are great. I love legendary rider shit in everything.
best weapon is Banana Spear. |
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Best New-to-You Show of 2014: Garo Makai no Hana Best Rewatch of 2014: Gekiranger Best Movie of 2014: Showa vs. Heisei Best Male Lead Character: Mitsuzane Kureshima Best Returning Character: Takumi Inui Best Female Lead Character: Kiriko Shijima Best Male Supporting Character: Zack (Gaku Matsuda) Best Female Supporting Character: Yoko Minato (Minami Tsukui) Best Actor: Mahiro Takasugi (Actor of Micchy and absolutely amazing and talented.) Best Actress: Minami Tsukui Biggest Toku Crush of 2014: Kiriko Shijima (Rio Uchida) Best Villain: Overlords Best Monster Suit Design: Heart Best Weapon: DJ Gun Best Vehicle/Mecha: Tridoron Best Fight Scene: Gaim vs Overlord Baron (Episode 45) Best Dramatic Scene: Kouta's Death Best Song: Ranbu Escalation Single Worst Thing in 2014 Tokusatsu: Power Rangers Super Megaforce |
okay, I wouldn't say Mitsuzane is a leading character. if anything that category would probably best suit the title character. and I'm all for Kouta getting best main character.
for side character though, Oren. ever scene with that character was just magical, and who doesn't love BRAVO!~ the best worst thing should be :"Super Mega Force, that's a super mega win" |
Best New Show of 2014: Ressha Sentai ToQger
Best New-to-You Show of 2014: none Best Rewatch of 2014: Gekisou Sentai Carranger Best Movie of 2014: Heisei Rider vs. Shōwa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai Best Male Lead Character: Kazuraba Kouta/Kamen Rider Gaim Best Female Lead Character: Shijima Kiriko Best Male Supporting Character: Zack/Kamen Rider Knuckle Best Female Supporting Character: Wagon Best Actor: Takasugi Mahiro(Kureshima Mitsuzane/Kamen Rider Ryugen) Best Actress: Tsukui Minami(Minato Yoko/Kamen Rider Marika) Biggest Toku Crush of 2014: Kawamoto Mayu(Tammy) Best Villain:Sengoku Ryoma/Kamen Rider Duke Best Returning Character: Yamato Tribe Prince Geki/Tyrannoranger Best Suit Actor: Watanabe Jun as Kamen Rider Bravo Best Writer: Urobuchi Gen Best Director: Tasaki Ryuta Best Producer: Takebe Naomi Best Visual Designer: People at PLEX Best Hero Suit Design: ToQger Best Monster Suit Design: General Schwartz Best Weapon DJ Gun Best Vehicle/Mecha ToQ Rainbow Best Fight Scene Ranbu Escalation (Kouta and Kaito's final fight) Best Dramatic Scene: Hideyasu begging Takatora for the mass-produced sengoku driver and blaming himself for Ryoji's death Best Comedic Scene: Whenever Shaider is beaten up by Tammy for trying to hit on other women Best Song: Ranbu Escalation Best Piece of Merchandise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWzugS7mNpc Biggest Surprise of 2014: Ninninger Single Worst Thing in 2014 Tokusatsu: Kamen Rider Gaim Suika Arms and ToQger not being a figuarts |
Okay, so my own choices:
Best New Show of 2014: I really, really wish I could say Makai no Hana here, but the character issues were too big to ignore. So I'm going with Kamen Rider Gaim. Best New-to-You Show of 2014: Ultraman Leo Best Rewatch of 2014: Kamen Rider W (even if I'm technically only halfway through) Best Movie of 2014: Kamen Rider Taisen Heisei vs. Showa Best Male Lead Character: Raiga Saejima from Garo Makai no Hana Best Female Lead Character: I am strong... I am strong... I am strong... Kagura Izumi Girl!!! (I really wish I could've said Mayuri from Garo, but the show's ambition for her were really held up by lousy execution) Best Male Supporting Character: Everyone who isn't Crow. :p Seriously, though, Gonza from Garo. No contest. Best Female Supporting Character: Chucky, the real hero of Gaim Best Actor: Gaku Sano (Kouta from Gaim) Best Actress: Minami Tsukui (Yoko from Gaim) Biggest Toku Crush of 2014: Minami Tsukui (dem legs) Best Villain: Mitsuzane Kureshima/Kamen Rider Ryugen/Sour Grapes Best Returning Character: Takumi Inui/Kamen Rider Faiz (it's a real tough call with all of the guys who came back in the Rider War movie, but I really liked Takumi's character arc) Best Suit Actor: Minami Tsukui (seriously, this lady is awesome) Best Writer: Urobuchi Gen Best Director: Keita Amemiya Best Producer: Really haven't followed who's producing what this year Best Visual Designer: There was a Garo series this year. Amemiya, no contest. Best Hero Suit Design: Kamen Rider Drive, Type Speed Best Monster Suit Design: I'd need to go back and rewatch Makai no Hana to narrow down a specific favorite. To save time I'll just go with Eiris. Best Weapon: Mashin Chaser's Break Gunner. Not a lot of challengers, though, as I universally hated all of Gaim's fruit weapons and Toqger's train weapons. Best Vehicle/Mecha: Trideron Best Fight Scene: Drive vs. Heart (again because I'm too lazy to rewatch all of Garo) Best Dramatic Scene: Rei coming back to train Raiga as a child. (Garo Makai no Hana) Best Comedic Scene: Can't think of anything immediately that isn't from my rewatches of Den-O and W. Nothing from Drive, that's for damn certain. Best Song: Makai no Hana's first opening. Best Piece of Merchandise: I haven't bought any toku merch this year, so Figuarts Hibiki out of principle. Biggest Surprise of 2014: Crunchyroll streaming not one, not two, not three, but four Ultraman series. Single Worst Thing in 2014 Tokusatsu: Zero: Black Blood |
I say best hero suit design should go to Gaim.
Samurai with a good taste in complementary colors? yes please. |
Best New Show of 2014: Drive by default, since I heard everything else was shit anyways.
Best New-to-You Show of 2014: Kamen Rider Faiz. The suits, the characters, the action. So good. Best Rewatch of 2014: Didn't rewatch anything toku. But Gundam 00 was a good rewatch if we're counting anime lol. Best Movie of 2014: Kamen Rider Taisen. I seriously love that movie. Best Male Lead Character: Kouta Kazurba. Because he's an amazing protagonist and had a great deal of change. Best Female Lead Character: Kriko from Drive. Because nobody else was even decent enough. Not even Yoko from Gaim. Best Actor: Mashairo Inoue for being awesome as Decade again. Best Actress: Yoko's actress. For being both decent out of suit an amazing in suit. Biggest Toku Crush of 2014: Mai. But she's off banging Kouta now Best Villain: Micchy. Because Yomotsuheguri. Best Returning Character: Takumi Inui in kamen Rider Taisen Best Suit Actor: The guy who always suit acts the main riders Best Writer: Gen Urobochi. Because Gaim. Best Hero Suit Design: Kamen Rider Baron lemon Energy Best Monster Suit Design: Roshuo Best Weapon: DJ Gun Best Vehicle/Mecha:Trideron Best Fight Scene: Gaim kiwami vs Ryugen Yomotsuheguri. I still get shivers about how badass that fight was. Best Dramatic Scene: Sagara expositing to God Kouta and Mai about thier roles and outa deciding to change it. Best Song: Surprise Drive. Damn that is such a good song. Best Piece of Merchandise: Break gunner. because it didn't get fucked over by compatiblity like secondary transformation devices usually do. Biggest Surprise of 2014: That Super Hero Taisen GP is going to be much more similar to Kamen Rider Taisen then prior Taisen movies. Single Worst Thing in 2014 Tokusatsu ToQger. All of it |
actually, my favorite song of 2014 will probably be changed to Gaim no Kaze's "Your Song" because DAMN that is a good one.
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Best New Show of 2014
ToQger. There's only about 3 new shows a year and ToQger is easily the best of them. Best New-to-You Show of 2014 OOO. I'd tie it with Gingaman, but I can't finish it yet. Best Rewatch of 2014 Whichever Kakuranger episodes I rewatched. Best Movie of 2014 Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto Inferno. You may call it a cheat, but I call it Den-O vs Ankh with a side of Overlord of Darkness. (This would probably go to Soccer Gaim if subs were up). Best Male Lead Character Best Female Lead Character Best Male Supporting Character Best Female Supporting Character Best Actor Best Actress Best Writer Best Director Best Producer Best Visual Designer Find a 100 sided die and put everything in Gaim on it. Keep rolling until all are filled in. Biggest Toku Crush of 2014 Best Suit Actor Minami Tsukui. It's so nice having a hot women my age in toku. Plus, I love it when actors get into the suits. Just wish she had more to do in the show. Best Villain Ryouma. He came dangerously close to winning. Best Returning Character Honestly? Faiz. I hate that movie, but I really liked the idea of a past rider returning with a guilt driven arc. Best Hero Suit Design Kamen Rider Sigurd. He's easily among my favorite rider designs of all time. Sigurd is a bit of a cheat, so if you don't like that, then Kachidoki Gaim. Best Monster Suit Design So many great choices with ToQger. It has to be the Dining Room Bros. They are table and chair monsters. They are amazing. Best Weapon Kiwami Arms. He gets all the weapons. Best Vehicle/Mecha I dunno, train dong. The mecha have been bland this year. Best Fight Scene Gaim vs Baron. There's really no other choice here. It's even better well running the episodes together. Best Dramatic Scene All I know is that it's in Gaim. Someone probably dies and Micchy is probably in the scene. Best Comedic Scene I dunno, train dong. There's probably better, I just have train dong on the mind...that didn't come out right. EDIT: Oh! ToQger Hyper Battle Video! Sweet, sweet, Monkey puppet on Crab puppet action! Best Song Ranbu Escalation Best Piece of Merchandise The Gaim Arms Action line. I didn't get much else in way of toku Merchandise from this year. Biggest Surprise of 2014 That the only good fan theory about ToQger was correct. It makes the show even better. Single Worst Thing in 2014 Tokusatsu Super Megaforce. You almost make Overdrive watchable. |
Best New Show of 2014: Kamen rider drive hands down
Best New-to-You Show of 2014: Tiger and bunny Best Rewatch of 2014: Kamen rider Gaim Best Movie of 2014: Guardians of the galaxy Best Male Lead Character: Kouta (gaim) Best Female Lead Character Kiriko (Drive) Best Male Supporting Character: Mitchy (gaim) Best Female Supporting Character Yoko (gaim) Best Actor: Gaku Sano (Kouta from Gaim) Best Actress: Best Actress: Minami Tsukui (Yoko from Gaim) Biggest Toku Crush of 2014: N/a Best Villain: Mashin Chaser Best Returning Character: Kamen rider Ichigo Best Suit Actor Minami Tsukui Best Writer:Urobuchi Gen Best Hero Suit Design: Kahidoki arms Best Monster Suit Design: Overlord baron Best Weapon: DJ gun Best Vehicle/Mecha: Trideron Best Fight Scene: Gaim vs baron final battle to end the universe Best Dramatic Scene: mitchy vs takatora Best Comedic Scene: Baron reffered to as a banana man by toqgers during team up. Best Song: ranbu esclation Best Piece of Merchandise: TK01 type speed (kamen rider drive type speed) Biggest Surprise of 2014: Kamen rider drive's Mashin Chaser Single Worst Thing in 2014 Tokusatsu: Power rangers super megafarce The single greatest ball shot we have had thus far. A disgrace to the power rangers legacy and a disgrace to those who have come before. |
Best New Show of 2014: Kamen Rider Drive/ToQGer/Power Rangers Super MegaForce
Best New-to-You Show of 2014: Kamen Rider Black RX/GARO Yami Wo Terasu Mono Best Rewatch of 2014: Kamen Rider ZX Special/Fourze-OOO MegaMax/KR Black's Final Episode (Rewatching it made me like it rather than not.) Best Movie of 2014: Space Sheriff Sharivan NEXT GENERATION/Kamen Rider Taisen/Kyoryuger vs Go-Busters. Best Male Lead Character: Kai-Sharivan/All the Main Kyoryugers/Tokatti-ToQ 2Gou/Kaito-KR Baron/Raiga-GARO/Shinnosuke-Drive/Micchy-Ryugen/Takatora-Zangetsu/Rei-ZERO/All the SMF Rangers. Best Female Lead Character: Amy-KyoryuPink/Kiriko from Drive/Mio-ToQ 3Gou/Yuna From ZERO:BB/Mai from Gaim/Gia and Emma from SMF. Best Male Supporting Character: Zack-Knuckle/Oren-Bravo/Jonouchi-Gridon/All The Supporting Male Kyoryugers (Ramirez, Shinya, Dantetsu, Torin, Tessai, and Doctor Ulshade.)/Gonza/Zaruba/Hase-Kurokage/Kain from ZERO:BB. Best Female Supporting Character: Yuko-Kyoryu Cyan/Yayoi-Kyoryu Violet/Rina from Drive. Best Actor: All the actors who play the best Male and supporting characters I said. Best Actress: All the actresses who play the best Female Characters I said. Biggest Toku Crush of 2014: Riria (Mio/Yuna)/Rio Uchida (Kiriko) Best Villain: Roshuo from Gaim/Mashin Chaser/Heart/Ryouma Sengoku Best Returning Character: Keisuke Jin-Kamen Rider X/Ryou Murasame-Kamen Rider ZX/ Takumi-Faiz/Haruto-Wizard/Kai-Sharivan/Rei-ZERO/The Go-Busters/Gonza/Geki-TyrannoRanger/AbaRed/AbareBlue. Best Suit Actor: Seiji Takaiwa/Jun Watanabe/Yasuhiko Imai/Eitoku/Minami Tsukui/Daisuke Satō/Kazuya Okada/Kosuke Asai/Jiro Okamoto/Masashi Takada Best Writer: Riku Sanjou/Yasuko Kobayashi/Naruhisa Arakawa Best Director: Koichi Sakamoto/Ryuta Tasaki Best Producer: Yeah I don't really follow producers but good job to them. Best Visual Designer: GARO's, ToQGer's (Atleast the Villains), and Drive's. Best Hero Suit Design: Kyoryu Green's, Kyoryu Silver, Kamen Rider Drive, Mach, Knuckle, Baron, Zangetsu, Ryugen, GARO, ZERO, and Sharivan. Best Monster Suit Design: All the ToQGer villains, All the Roidmudes, Mostly all the Horrors, and Mashin Chaser. Best Weapon: Feather Edge, All the ToQGer and Kyoryuger weapons, Kurumi Bombers, Break Gunner, Steering Sword, Laser Blade, Kagematsu, Duri Noko, Garo and Zero's swords, Crow's Sword, Pine Iron, Kiwi Gekirin, Gaburevolver and Gabucalibur. Best Vehicle/Mecha: Trideron, Mashin Chaser's bike, ToQ Rainbow, ToQ Emperor (Or whatever the Hyper Ressha's form is called), Suika Arms, All the Kyoryuger ones, and The Rose Attacker. Best Fight Scene: Sharivan vs. Esteban/Anything Souji-Kyoryu Green was in/Anything Nossan-KyoryuBlue was in/Drive vs Mashin Chaser/ZERO vs Ring/The Final Battle in Super MegaForce/Zangetsu vs Zangetsu Shin. Best Dramatic Scene: Sharivan talking to Esteban in the club, Kouta discovering his Resolve, Zack becoming Knuckle the first time, and Souji protecting his parents. Best Comedic Scene: Anything involving Tokatti/Most of Kyoryuger/Not really sure if it was comedic but when Raiga ended up in Scream and fought Ghost Face I thought was hilarious/Most of the end parts of Super MegaForce. Best Song: Just Live More/Surprise Drive/Kyoryuger's soundtrack/ ToQGer's Opening. Best Piece of Merchandise: Gaim and Baron Figuarts. Biggest Surprise of 2014: How freaking amazing Space Sheriff Sharivan NEXT GENERATION was. Single Worst Thing in 2014 Tokusatsu: Gaim's second to last episode. |
Best New Show of 2014: Ultraman Ginga S
Best New-to-You Show of 2014: Ultraman Nexus Best Rewatch of 2014: Kamen Rider Blade Best Movie of 2014: Kikaider Reboot Best Male Lead Character: Kouta Best Female Lead Character: Yuna (Zero: Black Blood) Best Male Supporting Character: Micchy! Best Female Supporting Character: Yoko Best Actor: Mahiro Takasugi Best Actress: Riria Baba Biggest Toku Crush of 2014: Riria Baba Best Villain: Ryoma Sengoku Best Returning Character: Takumi Inui Best Suit Actor: Minami Tsukui Best Writer: Gen Urobuchi Best Director: Keita Amemiya Best Producer: Naomi Takebe Best Visual Designer: Keita Amemiya Best Hero Suit Design: Kachidoki Best Monster Suit Design: Overlord Baron Best Weapon: DJ Gun Best Vehicle/Mecha: Ride Macher Best Fight Scene: Gaim vs. Baron (final battle) Best Dramatic Scene: Tie: Takatora betrayed by Genesis Driver Riders/Micchy "kills" Kouta/Baron takes out Ryoma. Best Comedic Scene: Kouta staying up all night practicing henshin poses. Best Song: ranbu escalation Best Piece of Merchandise: Kachidoki S.H. Figuart Biggest Surprise of 2014: Zeronos & Deneb are returning! Single Worst Thing in 2014 Tokusatsu: TIE: Drive's inability to continue the momentum and excitement from Gaim/Makai no Hana's lack of character development and overall dullness. |
Best New Show of 2014: Kamen Rider Drive
Best New-to-You Show of 2014: Kamen Rider Kiva Best Rewatch of 2014: Kamen Rider Decade Best Movie of 2014: Heisei Riders VS Showa Riders: Kamen Rider Taisen Best Male Lead Character: Kouta Kazuraba Best Female Lead Character: Kiriko Shijima Best Male Supporting Character: Takatora Kureshima Best Female Supporting Character: Yoko Minato Best Actor: Mahiro Takasugi Best Actress: Rio Uchida Biggest Toku Crush of 2014: Yuumi Shida Best Villain: Roshuo Best Returning Character: Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade Best Suit Actor: Eitoku Best Writer: Gen Urobuchi Best Director: The one from Gaim Best Producer: The one from Gaim Best Visual Designer: Anyone from Gaim Best Hero Suit Design: Kamen Rider Duke Best Monster Suit Design: Lord Baron Best Weapon: Sonic Arrow Best Vehicle/Mecha: Tridoron Best Fight Scene: The Gaim VS Baron fight from episode 45 Best Dramatic Scene: From Gaim episode 43, when Mitsuzane ''kills'' Kouta and is still forgiven by him/Sid's death/Ryoma's death/Takatora being almost killed by Mitsuzane Best Comedic Scene: All the ones with Oren Pierre Alfonso Best Song: Ranbu Escalation Best Piece of Merchandise: Lockseeds Biggest Surprise of 2014: Ninninger |
Best New Show of 2014: Drive
Best New-to-You Show of 2014: Kakuranger Best Rewatch of 2014: Go-Busters Best Movie of 2014: Space Sheriff Sharivan Best Male Lead Character: Kouta Kazuraba Best Female Lead Character: Dont have one Best Male Supporting Character: Mitsuzane Kureshima Best Female Supporting Character: Yoko Minato Best Actor: Gaku Sano Best Actress: Minami Tsukui Biggest Toku Crush of 2014: Minami Tsukui/Yoko Minato Best Villain: Emperor of Darkness Zet Best Returning Character: Takeshi Hongo Best Suit Actor: Seiji Takaiwa Best Writer: Gen Urobutchi Best Director: Koichi Sakamoto Best Producer Best Visual Designer Best Hero Suit Design: Kamen Rider Drive Type Speed Best Monster Suit Design: Emperor of Darkness Zet (first version) Best Weapon: Best Vehicle/Mecha: Tridoron Best Fight Scene: Kyoryuger VS Go-Busters All Dino Sentai Fight Best Dramatic Scene: Kouta realizing that he is no longer human Best Comedic Scene: Best Song: Surprise Drive Best Piece of Merchandise: S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Gaim Kachidoki Arms Biggest Surprise of 2014: Kengo Ohkuchi coming back to toku as Zet and being a total bad ass Single Worst Thing in 2014 Tokusatsu: Yoko Minatos death |
I was actually waiting for you to put this up Switch, as I love filling these out each year :D
Best New Show of 2014: Kamen Rider Gaim Best New-to-You Show of 2014: Kikaider. The whole franchise. Best Rewatch of 2014: I don't think I actually rewatched anything else so..umm, Power Rangers: The Movie? Best Movie of 2014: Space Sheriff Sharivan (simply because I haven't seen Kikaider: REBOOT yet) Best Male Lead Character: Kouta Kazuraba Best Female Lead Character: Mio/ToQ #3 Best Male Supporting Character: Mitsuzane Kureshima Best Female Supporting Character: Mai Takatuskasa (not that she deserves it, but I refused to put Yoko Minato down) Best Actor: Mahiro Takasugi Best Actress: Riria Biggest Toku Crush of 2014: Riria (more for her work in Zero: Black Blood than ToQger, but its all good) Best Villain: Ryouma Sengoku Best Returning Character: Takeshi Hongo in Kamen Rider Taisen Best Suit Actor: As much as I hate Minato, I have to say Minami Tsukui since she did it all herself Best Writer: Gen Urobuchi Best Director: Keita Amemiya Best Visual Designer: Keita Amemiya Best Hero Suit Design: Gaim Kachidoki Arms Best Monster Suit Design: Barone Nero Best Weapon: Drive's Door Gun Best Vehicle/Mecha: Schwarz's Darkliner Best Fight Scene: Zangetsu vs Zangetsu Shin Best Dramatic Scene: Kouta/Mai's deaths and Micchy's subsequent despair Best Comedic Scene: The whole dating episode of ToQger Best Song: Surprise Drive Best Piece of Merchandise: The 66action Kamen Riders Biggest Surprise of 2014: How much the GARO anime has picked up since its awful first episode. Especially the last episode. Single Worst Thing in 2014 Tokusatsu: Power Rangers Super Megaforce |
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