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Originally Posted by Kurona

Back in the day Maskman was the Showa Sentai I decided I wanted to watch at some point, because...

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uh... I actually don't remember. I know I liked the suits, I guess? Might have been because no-one talked about or remembered it either, but that goes for at least half of the pre-Jetman seasons! As-is I still don't know that much about it aside from X1 Mask being a thing later and there being very vague ninja and spiritual energy themes to it. But, hey, that's just another point in its favour! I know basically nothing about it aside from that and now that there's a romance in the first episode, so I can eventually jump in fresh-faced and ready for surprises.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I'd believe it! They're pretty slick looking. Another case like Sun Vulcan where I think it'd even be easy to mistake them for being more recent designs than they are, if that makes any sense.

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Originally Posted by Kurona

I could definitely kinda see it, yeah! Something that always struck me was the helmet design being so unique and cool, to the point that somewhere in my brain the thought "yeah, they deserve the name Maskman" popped up

The Mask in Maskman I think is meant to describe them being MASKED in aura power when transformed. Personal headcanon though so grain of salt. Yeah the suits are ambiguous yet well-designed for sure. It definitely feels like a step-up from the previous seasons of the same decade. And checking it again Kageyama really did the theme song justice.