[Fish Sandwich]

So I guess the big story with the premiere so far in this thread is the f***ing ED dance? This is why I just wait for subs. You end up with stuff to actually talk about.

Speaking of which, I really liked this premiere! It felt extremely cramped and fast paced, but not necessarily in a bad way. Anyway:

- Okay, first off, I've massively underestimated this show's commitment to its premise. This was really big in scale, and I'm glad Toei realized they can just put some CG stuff in the sky and say "we're on a different planet now". Presumably this will be a thing throughout the show, and that's awesome. Though I wouldn't be surprised if we end up spending a lot of time on Earth anyway.

- I like how we're waiting a bit to introduce everybody. Hopefully the show makes a big event out of everyone getting together for the first time the same way it made a big event out of pretty much everything that happened this week.

- Speaking of big events, man, this stunt with Shishi Red sure was something. I'm slightly worried about this Lucky guy, since he seems like Daigo without the charisma, but I get the feeling he's probably going to have some character arc and get way cooler as the show progresses. Unless they really want to have a character who just stumbles his way into good things accidentally for 48 episodes. I anticipate the "Lucky's luck runs out" episode will happen before the halfway point.

- All the mecha stuff was real cool. I especially dig those crazy cockpits. What I dig less (and this is pretty nitpicky) is how Kyuren-Oh's suit changes from having the Kajiki Voyager's nose as a sword and just having it be an arm between shots randomly. Like, I'm glad you didn't abandon the tradition of Sentai robots with swords, but, please, just pick one variation of the suit and stick with it for more than two shots.

- OP is great! ED is really weird! Definitely not ちょうかっこイーグル. Man I'm gonna miss that pun.

- Also, on that note, I still miss Yamato. I mean, I miss Zyuohger in general, but man, it's no wonder I'm not very into this Lucky dude. But now I'm really drifting.

Other than that I'm not sure what to even say. I'm a sucker for this sort of Sci-Fi stuff and this was a really flashy episode that made exactly the kind of bold statement Toei seemed to want to hype up, so kudos. Time will tell if there's any substance behind that flash, but for now that seems like a fun ride to be on.