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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Ya know, for a show explicitly aimed at children, BIMA is surprisingly adult.

I'm not trying to say it's full of swears, or super gory, or anything like that. I more mean in terms of general specifics of its tone and plot.

Like, we had the mass suicides of the previous two episodes, and now with the start of this next one, we have a plot from the Spider-Manster that's all about sending the nation into an economic crisis.

It's not the sort of thing you ever see kid's' shows, much less Toku in general, ever bring up.

In fact, during the Showa era, many shows touched on such topics, albeit with the naivety characteristic of the era. The poisoned fish on the shelves in Battle Fever immediately comes to mind, but if you dig around, there are a lot of examples.