[Annuga]

Favorite New Show of 2022
The OP said Zenkaiger counts so I shall count it, I ended up binging it to try and get out of my break/burnout with it being the first Sentai I managed to watch fully since LuPat as I dropped Ryusoulger and Kiramager for no reason. I've had a very rough year so Zenkaiger's fun loving insanity might be the thing I think most fondly about for the year.

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Man that's sad lmao
Favorite New-to-You Show of 2022
I'm cheating a bit here with Dekaranger as I watched it at the tail end of 2021. Everyone calling it a top tier Sentai was right.
Favorite Rewatch of 2022
Ryuki. I hadn't seen it since what, 2011? I very much fell in love with it all over again as I'd like to believe I've matured enough to understand more than 'wow cool people in suits'
Favorite Female Lead Character
Haruka. She is a fucking delight to watch in everything she does and her being the POV character for early Donbros was a very different yet refreshing way to handle Sentai imo
Favorite Villain
Sonoi. Fun character and I like the idea of an evil rival Sentai with the leader of the trio being incredibly fucking gay with the red.
Favorite Director
Hideaki Anno even if I'm cheating as I only saw Shin Godzilla from him last year
Favorite Suit Design
Buffa Zombie. I got in to Evil Dead a bit before he was shown off and oh boy did I fall in love with both.
Favorite Weapon/Vehicle/Mecha
Gonna have to repeat what everyone else said and say Don Onitaijin.
Favorite Fight Scene
Don Dragoku and Don Momotaro fighting a Hitotsuki in a scrap yard, I can't tell you why but there was something magical to me about Jiro smashing windows with his lance.
Favorite Dramatic Scene
I guess Taro vs Sonoi, specifically the fight that lasts for mere seconds being done as a duel and the drama surrounding that.
Favorite Comedic Scene
Zenkaiger episode 18. All of it, but ESPECIALLY the Jetman ending parody.
Biggest "WTF did I just watch?" Moment
Donbrothers. Just... Donbrothers.
Favorite Song
Trust Last has been in my head to the point even now I'm listening to it often
Biggest Surprise of 2022
Black Sun. Still need to finish it as I got caught up in a lot but I love the way it adapts Ishinomori's style in a way Kamen Rider hasn't done for quite a while
Biggest Disappointment of 2022
Shin Ultraman's release. I like many others on this forum looked forward to the movie quite a bit and I stalked my 'local' (read: half an hour cycling away) movie theatre and the cinema only to find out that the only screening it seems to have in my entire country was in Amsterdam after the fact. What the fuck.
The Onari Memorial Award for Single Worst Thing in Tokusatsu, 2022 Edition
Black Sun's release because I'm extremely bitter about taking forever to set up an Amazon Prime account only to get so fed up with trying to recover my lost account that I stopped trying. I also needed to use a VPN for it as for some reason it wasn't available in the Netherlands. I WANT to support this franchise despite Toei being incompetent fucking idiots with damn near everything when it comes to bringing this to 'the west' despite Europe apparantly not existing. At least I can watch the Sentao DVDs without any hassle and rip the blurays for other stuff but this just really pissed me the fuck off. Thank god Discotech's handling of Black seems to be better, surely this is a sign of improvement for the franchise!

*Zero One comic*

GOD DAMN I HATE TOEI