[GoldenXtreme]

I didn't comment last night when I finished it since it was late, but Skyrider is complete! I still have to watch the 2 movies for it I have, but I just had to talk about the show. I didn't expect much from Skyrider at first, but as the show progressed it just get getting weirder and weirder and it ended up being super entertaining! Gan Gan G's existence alone was enough to fry by brain, but the show also had like... this random stretch of episodes near the end that were themed after campy horror. In the last 3 episodes the show decided Tsukuba needed a backstory about his dead parents. They tried to launch Skyrider into space at one point! It was so incredibly campy, but in the best way where episodes were just a blast to watch. I also think it was helped by having an unusual protagonist for the Showa era, Tsukuba was refreshingly angst-free for the most part, and he comes across like a little bit of an idiot everyman compared to most Showa leads, who tend to be super smart or great at motorcycles or whatever. This ended up as my second favorite Showa Rider, and I'd probably give it a C+ grade. Great fun!