[ElConvoy]

So watched the episodes with subs and they improved greatly on my viewing experience and HD certainly helped with that as well. The episode was paced really well with not too much information crammed into it but enough that you get a grasp of the characters and what the conflict is going to be. The episode gets the job done in terms of getting our heroes from point A to point B but doesnt do very much with it. I dont need episodes on episodes for them to decide if they wanna do this or not so this was really nice. The characters are also very basic right now but this should improve within the next few episodes. Takaharu, Fuuka and their Dad got the most focus but thats completely fine for a first episode since that gives us a really good idea for three characters already. And since Sentai is rarely an ensemble cast show its good to see that our main character Takaharu has its personality pretty fleshed out by the end of this episode.

The comedy in this show is also pretty hit for me. Only one I didnt go crazy for were the Wanmaru jokes but I didnt hate them either. Most of the jokes I found were really funny though and werent too overly silly and goofy.

My absolute highlight for this show so far is the simple fact that this shows fight scenes are so extremely basic in all the right ways. There was very little use of wires or green screening when the heroes did their fights. Most of it was just the suit actors being incredibly good at their jobs. The opening scene alone with Takaharu doing all those flips, bouncing off of trees or sliding along the ground to get his sword just made me a very happy Convoy.
The miniatures and animatronics in the mecha fight were also a real delight and impressive to look at. The highlight of the episode by far though was Shinobimaru. The suit actor did a remarkable job in those scenes and I have never seen a giant fight in toku that was this fast paced, natural and full of complicated acrobatic maneuvers without looking clumsy.


So yeah count me in for this show.