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Originally Posted by tomos

Unfortunately I must admit based on initial impressions without having seen an actual episode Super-1 doesn't look as great as some Showa ones to me and I may actually prefer the Indonesian theme song to the Japanese this time, I just like to not pick a side when it comes to Showa vs Heisei and just judge individual shows but I admit I don't know much about it and maybe when I do finally get round to it I might be surprised!

I'll definitely stick up for the first half of Super-1; I had alot of fun watching it. Way more than I did Black or Black RX. When it comes to the second half, while I am still having enough fun to keep going, I can definitely see why others wouldn't like it much.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

I’ll point out that this was happening all over the place in Tokusatsu at the time. Parents were asking the producers to tone down the violence in response to Kamen Rider Amazon, Ultraman Leo, Supaida Man and JAKQ Dengekitai having high levels of violence. (Which seems stupid I know, they were years ago at the time) and “not enough uplifting messages for the kids”

Ignorant parents strike again. Ignoring the stint on violence, since that's a very subjective thing overall, the "has no uplifting messages" thing couldn't be more wrong. Heck, the overarcing message of Super-1 in general is "Work hard and keep your mind open to new ideas, and you'll be able to overcome almost anything." But nah, not uplifting at all /s

It's also a shame to hear that bit about Kazuya's' actor. He did a good job playing the titular hero. But in terms of that I can atleast take the same mentality I do any other time this sort of thing happens; Separating character from actor. I know that's tough to do for alot of people, especially in terms of live-action stuff, but it's something I recommend everyone attempt to do to keep enjoying the shows and characters you love.