[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Yeah, I remember getting that Casshern at a convention on a bootleg DVD (when bootleg DVDs and conventions were both things). I want to say it was one of the first films to to do a ton of CG sets, alongside Sky Captain and the Star Wars films. (There was also an Enki Bilal film I can't remember the name of?) I had no knowledge of the Casshern franchise when I saw it, so I could only judge it on raw entertainment value, and... yeah, "kind of mediocre" describes my memory of it.

Oh by the way, Jun Kaname, Hikawa/G3 and later G3-X from Agito? He was in that Casshern film as Barashin, one of the antagonists. Other toku alumni in that movie are:

Toshiaki Karasawa was the suit actor for Riderman in the Kamen Rider ZX one-shot special
Susumu Terajima went on to play uncle Mario in Zyuohger
Mitsuhiro Oikawa went on to be Kamen Rider 3 in the Kamen Rider 3 movie
Tetsuji Tamayama was Tsukumaro/Gao Silver in Gaoranger
Hiroyuki Miyasako went on to be the first voice actor for Ultraman Belial
Mayumi Sada went on to be a Shocker member in the Kamen Rider The First movie
Narrator Goro Naya was the Shocker leader in the original Kamen Rider show

So March 2004. Faiz and Abaranger was done and Dekaranger and Kamen Rider Blade were the new cool kids. Dekaranger's first two episodes were just FUN. Deka Red going full Equilibrium and showing off his gunkata moves was just one of those scenes that you will rewind and watch for a good number of times. And Kamen Rider Blade confused everyone right off the bat with episode 1 and the shenanigans that followed.
One of the things about Dekaranger is that their names are references to a certain type of tea and a mystery novelist.

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Originally Posted by Sunred

The names of Dekarangers are in this format:

names = first names of mystery novelists
nicknames = tea

Akaza Banban is a reference to 'Agatha Christie' and Ban is a reference to the tea 'ban cha'

Tomasu Houji is a reference to 'Thomas Harris' and Hoji is a reference to the tea 'houji cha'

Enari Senichi is a reference to 'Ellery Queen' and the Sen in Sen-chan is a reference to the tea 'sen cha'

Marika Reimon is a reference to 'Raymond Chandler' and Jasmine is a reference to the tea 'jasmine tea'

Kodou Koume is a reference to 'Nomura Kodou' and the Ume in Umeko is a reference to the tea 'ume cha'

Aira Tekkan is a reference to 'Ira Levin' and Tetsu is a reference to 'tekkannoncha(tieguanyin tea)'

Speaking of Dekaranger, just remembered that Mayu Gamou who plays Kasumi in Kamen Rider Hibiki had a guest role in the show prior to Hibiki.