[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha

Has Over-Time announced whether they intend to sub TQG yet?

They probably won't decide until after it airs.

[Sentai]

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Originally Posted by DrillBIT

Okay. After seeing the roll call posing and all.. Yea, I'll watch the fist episode. I'm a sucker for the Ginyu Force. And the suits don't look horrible as I imagined in motion.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

This is about where I'm at. Normally I'd give it closer to ten, like Kyoryuger, but I'm so iffy on this show's overall aesthetic that I'm probably going to be a lot less patient with it.

You know, I try to do that, but then by 10 episodes I find myself just watching it every week out of habit like I did with Go-Buster and hated every week that I did. Goseiger was the only series I actually found myself able to stop watching and even then, I couldn't help but feel I should have watched that show instead of Go-Bust.

This time though, I've come to realize that I just don't have time to watch the Sentai series I like the most these days (I haven't watched Ginga, GoGoV, or Time since 2007) because I'm busy trying to rewatch the series I did not care for just so I can give them a second shot. Thankfully, I managed to finally watch the fansubs of Jetman-Kaku (well, up to 31) last year, so this year I need to watch the fansubs of Car-Time (and finish the Kaku subs).

Oh, and I have been craving on rewatching GekiRanger since I also haven't seen that since it first aired.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha

Has Over-Time announced whether they intend to sub TQG yet?

They usually don't decide on that until they watch the first episode. To be honest, I'd rather they focused on getting TimeRanger and DekaRanger finished instead of doing Tokkyuger.

[Locke]

I'm glad more people are starting to realise that. The amount of time when I tell people I dropped a show at like x episodes and they are like "But you only gave it x episodes, when you should give it X episodes, that is when it gets good!"

Not all of us are made of time, we can't just watch an entire fifty episode run of every damn series that catches our interest in the hope it changes our minds, and I think it's unfair when people give me crap - or any one else - for not liking a series and giving up the time they spent on that to watch something they actually enjoy.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Locke

I'm glad more people are starting to realise that. The amount of time when I tell people I dropped a show at like x episodes and they are like "But you only gave it x episodes, when you should give it X episodes, that is when it gets good!"

Not all of us are made of time, we can't just watch an entire fifty episode run of every damn series that catches our interest in the hope it changes our minds, and I think it's unfair when people give me crap - or any one else - for not liking a series and giving up the time they spent on that to watch something they actually enjoy.

It depends for me though. Most of anime, especially Gundam series, out there don't actually get good until about 15 episodes in and they usually tend to be worth the haul (unless it has Destiny in its name). The problem I'm having lately is that a lot of these Japanese series aren't having that anymore.

Attack on Titan is a perfect example. I've read the first 9 volumes of the series and it is great. So far, I have only watched the first five episodes of the anime, and the series is poorly paced at the moment. Yes, the good stuff really happened in Volume 2 of the manga, which starts in episode 6, but they were adding fluff and flashbacks from later in the manga into the first five episodes just to stretch it out instead of getting to the point of the first arc.

Of course, there are series that do the opposite effect. The first half of a show might be down right fantastic, but then the second half dips so badly you wonder if the show was even worth watching in the first place.

My problem with Sentai is that I want a series that does not play things safe, is not afraid to try new things, but to also make the new stuff interesting. Go-Buster had some great ideas, but played things in such repitition and had some of the most annoying characters ever, that the show was terrible. Kyoryuger, has done a combination of playing things safe while at least incorporating some good things into the show, while also having energy spread throughout the show. Tokkyuger, however, looks like they are playing everything safe and being as cheap as they can when it comes to designs.

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Of course, there are series that do the opposite effect. The first half of a show might be down right fantastic, but then the second half dips so badly you wonder if the show was even worth watching in the first place.

This, sadly, is what happens with me more often than not. From Fourze, to Shinkenger, and so on and forever.

About the only show I've seen with a weak to downright crap first half, that blossoms into something beautiful, was OOO but I see that as the exception that proves the rule.

Personally, I liked Go-Busters and hated Kyoryuer. But I also hate how each year sentai seems EVEN MORE child focused. I hate gritty, but sentai feels like it's practically on the polar opposite end of the scale at this point. Not to mention that sentai is so formulaic by this point, I honestly don't think they've tried anything new in about twenty years.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Locke

This, sadly, is what happens with me more often than not. From Fourze, to Shinkenger, and so on and forever.

About the only show I've seen with a weak to downright crap first half, that blossoms into something beautiful, was OOO but I see that as the exception that proves the rule.

Personally, I liked Go-Busters and hated Kyoryuer. But I also hate how each year sentai seems EVEN MORE child focused. I hate gritty, but sentai feels like it's practically on the polar opposite end of the scale at this point. Not to mention that sentai is so formulaic by this point, I honestly don't think they've tried anything new in about twenty years.

Shinkenger had a dip in the middle but got better in the end. Fourze I never had a problem with.

For me though, it was Go-Buster, Hibiki, Kuuga, 555, Kabuto, and OhRanger. Kuuga was really only the last 2-3 episodes, but the rest varied somewhere from the last 10-40 episodes.

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Shinkenger had a dip in the middle but got better in the end. Fourze I never had a problem with.

For me though, it was Go-Buster, Hibiki, Kuuga, 555, Kabuto, and OhRanger. Kuuga was really only the last 2-3 episodes, but the rest varied somewhere from the last 10-40 episodes.

Yeah but that 'dip' lasted like twenty episodes, coupling that with how much I HATED Genta, no ending could save that show for me. I was ready to hang myself. And I thought the last third or so of Fourze was garbage. And don't get me started on Kuuga...

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

Okay. After seeing the roll call posing and all.. Yea, I'll watch the fist episode. I'm a sucker for the Ginyu Force. And the suits don't look horrible as I imagined in motion.

The Bandai Magic is strong with this one.

[Locke]

So this is next weekend right? Any confirmation on who is actually doing this? Or will we literally not know until like this point next week?