[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Den-O Final Countdown: Well, that was a thing. New Den-O is kind of lame. The design is okay, but it feels like the focus was misplaced. New Den-O was barely a factor in the movie overall. More time was spent with that Gaoh repaint. And really, for a form called "Skull form" and "Highjack form" they in no way evoke a skull or any kind of highjaking save that little doofy skull on the forehead.

I mean, Den-O's strength is it's characters, and they were better here than in Deka. So this is the last movie to have Ryoutaro's actor in it? Does he get recast or is the charatcer written out? What's Onishigamagaguy Warship? (For some reason it's attached to Final Countdown on youtube)

You have a wildly different reaction to this film than most people. In general it's the most beloved of all the Den-O films. New Den-O was a great suit and Teddy is an awesome Imagin. Skull Form is named as such because of the Ghost Imagin that uses it when he posses Ryutaro. Hijack Form is named as such because that guy literally hijakced the belt.

Ryutaro wasn't written out either. He bailed. His actor, Takeru Satoh, wanted to pursue other avenues in his career. So in the following films they bring back the actor who played the very young Ryutaro from the first movie to play the character. They explain it away briefly as someone having messed with his personal timeline. Onigashima Warship is the movie that takes place immediately after the Den-O crossover episodes of Decade and gives some massive back story for Zeronos. It's a great film as well.