[GoldenXtreme]

I finished watching Kikaida a few weeks ago and totally forgot to comment on it, which is a shame, as I really liked it! I genuinely think that was the overall best Showa-era tokusatsu I've seen, and it definitely deserves its good reputation. It wasn't perfect by any means, but it managed to have some genuine emotional weight and an interesting story. I also have to hand it to Hanpei for being the only comic-relief character from this time period I found consistently funny. I've come to a realization lately that as much as modern Rider is my favorite toku, it is pretty bottom of the barrel for me back in the Showa-era.

On a little bit of a side note, I also found it extremely funny that Akifumi Kaneko, who is known for series like Wild Arms and Symphogear, clearly really liked this show. The amount of references to it he makes and the fact the original Wild Arms game has more than a passing resemblance to certain parts of the show's story made it really educational to watch as a big Kaneko fan.