[Omnikaiser]

I'm overall pleased with what I see. But i'm not liking it 100%.

things i've noted :

- I find there is a very Kabuto-ish feeling to the series. With the corporations handling henshin devices and having "swat like" forces being deployed to counter the mooks.
While it's not a feeling I like a lot, the nostalgic callback is enough to make me pleased.

- I'm liking the main cast. In particular Horobi and Jin. The actors really have a "vilainous aura" to me.
I like Valkyrie too, even if I expected more a "yellow ranger short haired girl" kinda style instead of the "long hair pink ranger" style. Fine by me.
Vulcan, you can totally tell who he is by his human appearance. Hell I've never seen a rider looking so much like his transformed form in human form xD.
I was right about the 2 of them being some kind of buddy cop duo.

I feel Hiden Aruto is the weakest of the main cast, but he will obviously grow on me. But only if his goofy side doesn't appear too much. Make it like the Emu stumbling from time to time and that's all. His rider appearance is kinda threatening, so don't make him a goofy character outside his costume even though he seems to be a late teenager who becomes an unexpected CEO.


- There is one major thing I don't like though : the sound design.
When i saw the henshin sequence by itself performed by the actor, i find it both simple and cool at the same time.
But when I hear it again playing with the soundtracks in the back + the voice of Aruto, my ears don't like the blend.
It was one of the force of Ex-Aid to me. The soundtracks, belt sounds, slashing sounds/hits and actor voices blended very well. I don't feel that's the case here.


Overall that's still pretty solid and I can't wait for it to start.

PS : It seems like we will have a topless transformation by a vilain right in Episode 1. Dan Kuroto would be proud.

PPS : Lulz at the Protag being called Hiden Aruto (Hidden Heart). Calling it right away. He is that special overused trope of "He is secretely (maybe even unknown to himself) an Android that is the most close to human possible so technically he has no heart but in the end it doesn't matter who he is, he is still a human inside"


EDIT : Ah ! watching the trailer again I know why I don't like the sound design. It reminds me of the W soundtracks with that brass instrument being a bit prominent, and I didn't like it too much.