[GoldenXtreme]

I wanted to get to the point where I had seen at least one Sentai show from each decade and all that was left for me was the 80s. I wanted to do Sun Vulcan, but since it is some kind of semi-sequel to Denziman I went ahead and tackled that show first!

Honestly though, Denziman is a dull, dulllll show. It's not like it wasn't funny or never had good episodes, but as a whole I found it to be a slog that didn't really have anything going for it that another Sentai show didn't do better. In particular it struck me as very similar to Goranger if you shuffled the character traits around, made the show less absurd, and just lowered the quality all around. A particular sore point is that Kiyama doesn't get a single episodes where he is focused on until half way through! The show also has the surreal, incomprehensible sort of video editing that I tend to associate with the early 80s Metal Hero shows, and that isn't a good thing. In the end, I think the biggest highlights were how discotastic the show was and seeing some iconic tokusatsu actors. Machiko Soga never has a bad villain role and it was interesting to see Gavan's actor take on a more comedic role as Denzi Blue.

Yeah, not too much to talk about with this one. I hope Sun Vulcan can at least interest me on some level when I get to it.