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Originally Posted by Locke

I think Terror's introduction would be more impressive if it wasn't for the massive hat with a cape.

Okay, I'll say one more thing. Yeah, the costume is kinda silly. But it's not about the look, it's about the mood, and because the tone of the show grabbed me, the sincerity of Shotaro wanting to wipe away the tears of the city was real to me, I can believe that when Terror transforms, feeling of terror accompanies that.

Sure, the fear-goop is not a great effect, especially that first time, if I recall. And I actually HATE that toku characters can suddenly jump hundreds of feet up or forward out of nowhere when the plot requires it and never again - at least they justified it on Kuuga and gave him a whole new form for it - but I'm sold on the mood the show is trying to convey.

I know I'm not a very critical viewer, I tend to just take what I see at face value, and not really try to judge it. But there's a difference between me not being bothered by what I see, and feeling and accepting what I'm seeing, and W and OOO and Fourze, in particular, I feel were really good at establishing emotional connections with me, so that I can easily overlook things like poor CGI, or silly/stupid designs, because the characters are real to me.

I firmly believe that somewhere in Japan is a city called Fuuto that has that windmill tower, and that if I got there, I might run into Shotaro, or Teriu. Or that there's an AWHS that Gentaro and his friends graduated from, and I might could run into them some place.

And THAT's why I want to visit Japan. And also to visit a Mandarake store in person and buy everything they have.