[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

So what you're telling me is, your love for Magine started very very early?

You joke, but I'd honestly be delighted if that was your main takeaway from that post – how much of an understatement it was back in March when I said Magine was drawing a motif from a Sentai I was "quite fond" of. I was not kidding when I said it was basically fate that she was going to be my favorite Zenkaiger! You can't be that adorable and remind me of a show that makes me this happy and not be my favorite, you know?

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I'd heard praises for it before, but... damn, this is clearly one of those shows that was pretty formative for your Toku experience, huh?

Apparently! I honestly don't actively think of it that way, is the crazy part. I was mostly just really excited to be talking about Magiranger without giving it any deeper thought. But yeah, now that you mention it, this show clearly squeezed in there early enough to carve out a very nice spot for itself in my heart.

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

The Megazord design is still one of the best.

I think I touched on this a bit literally in the last post I made in this thread before starting this project, but seeing as that was, uh, over half a year ago now (!), I'll mention it again – Magi King is another facet of the series I came to really appreciate after watching the series. The design didn't do a ton for me at face value, but after seeing the effort put into the actual tokusatsu aspect of their portrayal on TV – the tricks used to convey the components all being different sizes, or how the suit actors are all the same as the Rangers to convey how they're literally transformed into them – I gained a real love for Magi King as a system, and that eventually got me to warm up to that actual combined robot design.

...And then, you know, Zenkaiger based a character I'm obsessed with on that, so it all worked out in the end!

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Originally Posted by Sunred

Yosuke Ichikawa who played Hikaru/Sungiel/Magi Shine later went on to retire and become a teacher. He supervised the school volleyball team and one of the kids entered showbiz. This kid became Go Shijima/Kamen Rider Mach. No joke. Yuu Inaba was under the tutelage of Magi Shine.

Oh yeah, I completely forgot about that whole anecdote! Thank you for reminding me!