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Christmas future is far away, Christmas past is past. Christmas present is also past, so it seems like the ideal time to post this year's review thread.

If you're new to the site, this is a thing I've been doing since the site first started. I have an almost pathological love for dividing and ranking things and this is my own personal outlet for that. I don't know about anyone else, but this year felt pretty solid for tokusatsu to me. I don't know if any of the shows really set everybody on fire, but likewise I don't get the sense that anything was a complete dumpster fire, either. That's my perspective, at least, and I'll freely admit I have watched less than 60 consecutive seconds of Boonboomger

As always, for releases of this year I'm counting any series that aired any episodes during 2024, including:

Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger
Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger
Kamen Rider Gotchard
Kamen Rider Gavv
Ultraman Arc
Garo: Heir to Steel Armor
And, of course, Pow... oh, right.

It's okay, I composed a song for this back in March and have been sitting on it all year:

[to the tune of "Power Rangers SPD']
Power Rangers MIA!
Power Rangers on hiatus!
(no no no no)
Power Rangers MIA!
Power Rangers on hiatus!
(no no no no)

And, as always anything else that got less exposure and therefore slipped under my personal radar.

For movies I'm counting anything that came out this year as well as anything that came out last year but wasn't available subbed until this year.

Favorite New Show of 2024

Favorite New-to-You Show of 2024

Favorite Movie, Miniseries, or Special of 2024

Favorite Rewatch of 2024

Favorite Male Lead Character

Favorite Female Lead Character

Favorite Male Supporting Character

Favorite Female Supporting Character

Favorite Villain

Favorite Returning Past Character

Favorite Actor

Favorite Actress

Favorite Writer

Favorite Director

Favorite Suit Design

Favorite Weapon/Vehicle/Mecha

Favorite Fight Scene

Favorite Dramatic Scene

Favorite Comedic Scene

Biggest "WTF did I just watch?" Moment

Favorite Song

Favorite Piece of Merchandise

Biggest Surprise of 2024

And, of course, because some things in 2024 were the frankly appalling state of the pre-Decade Kamen Rider suits:

Biggest Disappointment of 2024:

The Onari Memorial Award for Single Worst Thing in Tokusatsu, 2024 Edition:

Finally, to end on a more positive note:

Most Anticipated Tokusatsu Project and/or Merch of 2025