[Dr Kain]

I was quite productive today. First, I finally caught up on Ninninger and it was pretty mediocre overall. The "twist" with Kyuuemon was as lame as it was predictable. The forced mech battles sucked and the fact that they wasted Shrukinger's appearance on a clip show was insulting. I also thought it was lame to have Tsugomori turn out to just be Sargain 2.0, especially when his true body was the exact same costume. Oh, and it was completely pointless to resurrect Raizo. Only one more episode to go before I can mostly forget about this show.

Secondly, I watched the first 4 episodes to Changeman. Honestly, I don't have any feelings toward it. I didn't think they were great, but I didn't hate them either. I guess I just expected more out of the series that has been highly praised as being the best series from the 80s. I'm not a fan of the villain designs and I don't find Bazoo all that threatening. I'm also confused as to why there is a guy being called a princess. I mean, okay, maybe that is a woman playing him/her, but that is clearly a man's voice. I think my biggest issue is that all four episodes were pretty much the same thing over. Now you may think that sounds weird because Sentai is a formulaic show, but none of the plots stood out enough to me to be anything different and the mech battles have been a waste of time. I'm sure it will get better, because there are 51 episodes to go, but like I said, I guess my expectations were a little too high.