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My third time!

Favorite New Show of 2022: Power Rangers Dino Fury Season 2
An epic continuation of the first season, filled with new twists, lore and intergalactic adventures that make Dino Fury overall one of the best PR shows I've seen in a very long time.

Favorite New-to-You Show of 2022: Kamen Rider Blade
Little is known about the writer Imai Shoji, but he created one of the most bizarre yet emotionally touching entries in Kamen Rider. Also, Tachibana is just a delight to watch, that crazy man.

Favorite Miniseries or Special of 2022: Revice The Mystery
Intriguing murder mystery with returning Riders, comedy and a love triangle. Honestly my favorite Revice content in general.

Favorite Rewatch of 2022: Tokumei Sentai Gobusters
I once claimed that Timeranger was the best thing Kobayashi ever made, but maybe it's Gobusters? While the exposition is painfully slow at the start, the drama gradually builds momentum and keeps it until the end, with the relationship between the heroes and their Buddyroids at the center.

Favorite Movie of 2022: Beyond Generations
A sweet story about the love between a father and son that crosses 100 years.

Favorite Male Lead Character: Saruhara Shinichi
He's seldom the center of attention like the other Donbrothers, but I think if he wasn't around, the team would fall apart pretty quickly. You can always count on Saruhara for wisdom and support.

Favorite Female Lead Character: Amelia Jones
One of the most charismatic, strong-willed and developed heroines in PR. Kimberly is still iconic and all, but Dino Fury really committed to giving Amelia a strong start and finish.

Favorite Male Supporting Character: Sonoi
He's a cool guy with a deep sense of honor and unique fashion sense. I have a lot of investment in his awesome chivarlous rivalry and relationship with Tarou.

Favorite Female Supporting Character: Solon
Not a lot of options this year, but she's always been a wise, humorous and friendly cyborg dinosaur who helped the Rangers with a lot of their personal problems. Similar to Mick from Ninja Steel, but a cyborg dinosaur.

Favorite Villain: Vail
Despite Revice villains in general making the Time Jackers look good, this guy was actually an intriguing exception.

Favorite Returning Past Character: Sonoda Mari
Genms The Presidents was too ridiculous for me, but Outsiders looks intriguing at least, as a potential epilogue to various loose ends littered throughout the franchise. It was definitely good to see Mari, the real Mari, after so many years since the end of Faiz.

Favorite Actor: Hyuuga Wataru
The show gave him a lot of stupid content to work with, but I cannot deny that Hyuuga put a lot of passion in to his performances as both Igarashi Daiji and his lovable devil Kagerou.

Favorite Actress: Hunter Deno (again)
Same reason as last year.

Favorite Writer: Inoue Toshiki
Such a surprise seeing him return after so long.

Favorite Suit Design: Don Murasame
Purple. Ninja. Shark. Too bad he's barely a character though.

Favorite Weapon: Ryukonogeki
Best sound effects. Love how it screams everything.

Favorite Vehicle: Boostriker
I like how it changes motif based on the user. Although, say if Ginpen used it, we'd see a tetrapedal penguin and that would be weird.

Favorite Mecha: Ptera Freeze Megazord
Yokuryu Oh was my favorite mecha from Ryusoulger after all.

Favorite Fight Scene:
Geats soloing the entire final boss round in Episode 15.

Favorite Dramatic Scene:
Tarou's and Sonoi's duel in Donbrothers Episode 27

Favorite Comedic Scene:
Much like its predecessor, Donbrothers has a lot that could qualify for this. Although the scene where Kijibrother teleports in with the CGI bowl of salt on his head was quite memorable.

Biggest "WTF did I just watch?" Moment: Kamen Rider Revice Episode 33
If you were in that thread, then you know what I'm talking about.

Favorite Song: VOLCANO

Favorite Piece of Merchandise: Bandai's DX Don Onitaijin
Giving Hasbro some strong competition in the articulation department!

Biggest Surprise of 2022: Abaranger 20th anniversary movie announcement
Totally looking forward to that, hoping it breaks the streak of lame anniversary movies.

Biggest Disappointment of 2022: The tragic news about JDF's death
The brand will never be the same without him. I hope Cosmic Fury will present a legendary 30th anniversary that will honor him and make him proud of the legacy he left behind.

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Originally Posted by GoldenXtreme

I was thinking about doing this, then I realized time has no meaning and I have zero idea when I watched a lot of shows. Did I rewatch Ryuki this year? I genuinely have no idea. All that I know is I've been having fun.

I was planning to rewatch Ryuki this year, but couldn't find the time. Next year for sure!