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Favorite New Show of 2023


Tough one but I'm going to have to with Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger. I think all of the characters are well rounded and fleshed out, there interesting unique world in Terra and thing just move at a nice pace for me. And above all I'm glad Toku has been experimenting more with recent technologies sure the use of Volume is questionable but it 's a real effort and i hope it the start of making the show's afterwards even better in service.

Favorite New-to-You Show of 2023


In anticipation of the crossover with King-Ohger I decided to watch Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger for the first time this year and man it been a fun show with a lot likeable characters, strong episodes, amazing action and made the hype and anticipation for the crossover even bigger for me.

Favorite Movie, Miniseries, or Special of 2023


I heard a lot of hype for this movie online and despite being a huge toku fan in particular Ultraman I never got into Godzilla so I decided to take the plunge and saw the movie in my usual theaters. And I loved it from the visuals, stories, and characters it was a moving 2 hour experience. I loved it so much that I rewatched with my parents but this time in 4DX and that the experience itself was really fun that I'm glad it's getting all the praise and attention it's getting

Favorite Rewatch of 2023

'Nuff Said

Favorite Male Lead Character

Captain Gento himself he's such a refreshing main character with a more pragmatic standpoint but still has the honesty's and humanity of protagonist of past Ultra shows and maturity that comes from adulthood with a normal wife and child. And great leader, with ana amazing dynamic with the equally wonderful Ultraman Blazar who's sense of righteousness coupled with his childlike monkey behavior that his all the right neurons in me to make a fan favorite character.

Favorite Female Lead Character


Himeno Ran is one of the best Yellow in Sentai imo. Smart, snarky, sometimes compassionate, oozes grace and is fierce on the battlefield she's always a joy to watch when the show focus on her.

Favorite Male Supporting Character


Kajiki is so relatable to me. His hyperfixations, always being left out the plot getting constantly knocked out he's just grounds the show by being a normal guy in a group of exceptional people.

Favorite Female Supporting Character


I know this is supposed to be about female characters but Sabimaru & Renge are kind tied to hip together and man I love Renge interactions with both Hotaro & Rinie especially when she took her out for some tea giving Rinne some nice interactions outside of the schools. The debut of Dread really was the two at there best though testing how the normally untalkative Sabimaru was controlled, Issac losing his snark and becoming very worried and Renge showing the depth of her sadness the Alchemist Academy wouldn't be the same without these two.

Favorite Villain



Dread is a cool suit, has a cool jingle & henshin. And what can I say I'm sucker for a suit that has multiple users. Since that allows for suits actors to take the suit and put drastic changes each time for it to make it seem like a different character is under the mantle. It also lets the the 3 sister be a bit more active in the plot.

Favorite Returning Past Character


I think fairly obvious but the amount of actors that came back for this two-parter blew my mind especially Amy's actress that was such a amazing last minute reveal.



However it's was this interaction that made me giddy as kid. I really fell in love with this pairing watching Kyoryuger and for it to come true here was the most amazing thing to happen. I can't even imagine those who watched Kyoryuger live 10 years ago must've felt but man this was the slam dunk moment for me for this crossover.

Favorite Actor




Hayate Kajihara who plays Yasunobu Bando brought the youthful energy to his character remaining optimistic and cheerful while exhibiting his wealth of knowledge I hope for the best for his actor and uh look at these abs man.

Favorite Actress



Minami Hamabe played both Ruriko Midorikawa in Shin Kamen Rider & Noriko Oishi in Godzilla Minus One this year and in both she shows a range of emotion from dramatic to comedic and has instant charm that makes her memorable and a real highlight in the film.

Favorite Writer



Minato Takano being the head writer of King-Ohger. This his first time as a head writer and honestly this guy might become very well known soon enough if he keeps up this momentum and continue working for Toei for Super Sentai & Kamen Rider.

Favorite Director



Every single new fact we learn about the production of Ultraman Blazar makes me respect Kiyotaka Taguchi even more. Thanks to him Blazar is what he is and we need more men like him being able to stick up from the corporations and sponsors like Bandai in order to keep the artistic soul of toku alive.

Favorite Suit Design



................Don't judge me ok?

Favorite Weapon/Vehicle/Mecha

In one episode I'm sold on the Tilsonite Sword and want one.

Favorite Fight Scene



Zitt deciding to get up close and personal to box Geats IX is one of the best character bits I've ever seen in this year and definitely made a lasting impression for me.

Favorite Dramatic Scene

I knew shit was about to hit the fan in this episode but I was not prepared for what was going to happen.

Favorite Comedic Scene

Honestly everyone should just watch ORK's Room

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...4CQdnP4ds8_Lmi

Some great physical comedy with suit actors on there.

Biggest "WTF did I just watch?" Moment

Everyone should watch Avataro Sentai Donbrothers vs. Avataro Sentai Donburies

Favorite Song

I've been jamming to this for so long BACK-ON delivered one of the best OP for Rider.

Favorite Piece of Merchandise

The Legend Driver being retail and being both Chemy Reader and essentially a function inverted Decadriver has me hooked frankly it even outshines the main driver this year lol.
Biggest Surprise of 2023



I started to give up hope but all of sudden the OST for Z, Trigger, Decker, Regulos and even the first half of Blazar getting announced and released shortly after was quite the shock and the wait was certainly worth it.

Biggest Disappointment of 2023:

Where the heck are my Donburi Gears Bandai?



The Onari Memorial Award for Single Worst Thing in Tokusatsu, 2023 Edition:
As I just started watching Return of Ultraman but man it still hurts regardless.

R.I.P Jiro Dan January 30, 1949-March 22,2023 always in our hearts.
Most Anticipated Tokusatsu Project and/or Merch of 2024:

I trust in Inoue probably more than I should but honestly let's fucking go.