[Kamen Rider Lucha]

Takaaki Utsunomiya? Love it. Hopefully that means the show is as stylish as Gokaiger and Shinkenger.

But I have to say I'm disappointed by the appointment of Yasuko Kobayashi.

I mean, I like Kobayashi. But while her most recent shows -- Shinkenger, OOOs, and Go-Busters -- have some great arcs, interesting characters, and really cool ideas, all of them experience serious slumps that account for about half of their respective series. I hope that won't be the case with Tokkyuger -- that Kobayashi will give us something that's been as consistently involving as Kyoryuger -- but I'm concerned.

Toei's interesting choice of Urobuchi for Gaim raised my expectations that they'd go in a similarly unexpected direction for Tokkyuger.

This just feels so safe.

Edit: Just saw she was the head writer for the Attack on Titan anime. Hopes officially up.