[GoldenXtreme]

I watched Mobile Cop Jiban. This is yet another Metal Hero show that is mildly enjoyable, but not much to write home about. A few things stuck out about it to me though. First of all, the show doesn't really explain its premise for quite a while, leaving the viewer wondering why the heck this Naoto guy is some kind of android cop working with a little girl. In addition, these early episodes tend to be very silly, while later episodes have a better balance of weird old toku moments combined with seriousness. The show also does not feel like something from 1989-1990, it feels more like an early 80s or late 70s tokusatsu to me. I think the biggest plus for this show is that the main cop trio are all surprisingly charismatic, and I liked watching all of them. In the end, I think I had a bit more fun with the unmitigated trippiness of Sharivan though.

So... it was a perfectly okay experience!