[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Um MCS did not sub the Grongi speak. I watched their subs in 2012.

MCS started doing new versions of the Kuuga sub with better raws and more polished subtitles. These versions also included optional Grongi subs on an alternate subtitle track. They got through about five or so episodes and haven't done any more since because MCS is more or less dead at this point.

[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

What do you mean by scrub?

SCRUB: A guy who thinks he's fly; also known as a buster.

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Originally Posted by SideswipePrime

Subbed series, where the subtitles aren't very good, or missing things. At least I think that's what they are.

Actually, as I understand it, it's a re-sub of an already fansubbed series.

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha

Actually, as I understand it, it's a re-sub of an already fansubbed series.

Usually with an emphasis on using better raws and cleaning up translation issues from the existing version. Scrubbing got really popular a couple years ago when a lot of groups decided to de-kisama-tachi-ify (totally a word) a bunch of TVN shows. A lot of these projects ended up dying, but hopefully Blade won't, as I gave them a quick look and they are gorgeous.

[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Usually with an emphasis on using better raws and cleaning up translation issues from the existing version. Scrubbing got really popular a couple years ago when a lot of groups decided to de-kisama-tachi-ify (totally a word) a bunch of TVN shows. A lot of these projects ended up dying, but hopefully Blade won't, as I gave them a quick look and they are gorgeous.

I'm definitely waiting for that Blade scrub before I start that series. Hopefully they don't give up.

I wish there were good Ryuki and Dekaranger scrubs out there. I just don't trust TVN's translations, and I can't tell you how much I hate all the kisama-tachi bullshit.

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha

I'm definitely waiting for that Blade scrub before I start that series. Hopefully they don't give up.

I wish there were good Ryuki and Dekaranger scrubs out there. I just don't trust TVN's translations, and I can't tell you how much I hate all the kisama-tachi bullshit.

Over-Time re-did the first two episodes of Dekaranger around Christmas 2012. I believe they plan to do the whole series, but there hasn't been much development on it since then.

[Sentai]

Kamen Rider Gaim 07

I did not see that coming. Honestly, I thought he had something to do with them. But I didn't expect Announcer to be working directly with Takatora(Batta)! And the debut of Watermellon was as nuts and epic as I was hoping "Oh no, he was squished!"

[Locke]

Blade Scrub 4.

Hirose is such a bitch. Blade sure hates women huh? I do love the way Hirose's second chin ripples when she gets mad though. So cute~ It's lucky then that our leading ladies have such great male characters to be softened by. Kenzaki is a real oddball, but is utterly charming, especially considering how harsh he seems at first - I'd love him to meet Gentaro. Similarly Tachibana seems like a real dick, but turns out to be very soft and gentle.

So BOARD sealed the Undead...to unseal them again? Is this gonna be explained, or is it just gonna be a dumb thing for the whole show?

[Locke]

Scrub 5.

Kenzaki was great this episode.

I really love the Undead designs. Although there is a certain cheapness in how humanoid they are, I love how they are genuinely terrifying. Kamen Rider has had really cool villains, but most of them look like suits. The Undead don't look like they've just stepped out of a costume shop, they look like they've just stepped out of Silent Hill.

Plus the fact that we see them really do some damage, Ivy for example was introduced next to a pile of bodies, is slightly better (although far from perfect) used than it was in the likes of shows like Kuuga. Just a shame this weeks Undead had venom that looked a lot like...ahem.

The only real disappointment is how light the action is in this show, the Undead really don't put up much of a fight, and get sealed very quickly and that is pretty disappointing. Although not quite as disappointing as how unspectacular most of the Sealed Undead turn out to be when used as powers. Although that concept is really cool.

Most of Blade's fights involve people just sorta jumping up and down and throwing impactless punches, while the camera thrashes around to make it look more interesting, while the editor makes it near incoherent.

Amane may be a real bitch, but I feel really sorry for her honestly. She's been caught in the crossfire three times out of five episodes and almost died each of those times. The first time may have been some insanely fucked up coincidence, but the other instances were not her fault.

[SPLIT LIP]

Been checking out Kiva. Smacked down episode two and am watching 3.

Four main things, though:

DAMN that intro is awesome.

DA-HAMN that suit is awesome.

DA-HA-HAMN that bike is awesome.

HOLY SHIT they could not have found a worse kid to play Kiva. In the suit he's so violent and hard-edged and dark and regal and vicious and yet the actor looks like a baby. He's just so young and fesh-faced, and turns into a metal demon. He should have an underlying air of darkness, yet he always looks like he had a rough day at school. He's not bad at any rate, but he is just such a staggering contrast.

The show is okay so far. Nothing wrong really, the two time frames is an interesting angle, but it means keeping track of characters is twice as hard. But it DOES have those awesome bits, the suit, the bike, the song, the... dragon castle? Uh, okay, that last one isn't as cool. But I would buy a Kiva and Bike figuart INSTANTLY. How come rider bikes don't look that cool anymore? It's weird, this bike came after Den-O, who had a kind of weak lookign dirtbike. Then after Kiva was Decade, who had a pretty sweet bike. W then had an awesome ninja bike, and OOO had a neat ride that suffered a bit from the gimmick. Then Fourze was back to a weak dirtbike dressed as a shuttle, Wizard had a fairly generic dirtbike, and Gaim aslo has a dirtbike. What the hell? Where are the sweet hogs and ninja bikes?

[Locke]

It's funny isn't it, that a show with Rider in the name, can feature so many vehicles that are all utterly superfluous. I mean there have been some fantastic designs, but half the time the bikes aren't even about getting characters from a to b, they just include a single, out of context, token shot of them riding them because I guess...the bikes are their best seller?

Ironically I think about the only show I've seen to really make use of the bikes was Kuuga, that show had some amazing bike stunts and bikefu, and with the inclusion of Gouram Kuuga may have sucked, but he sucked in style.

Also, special mention to Vajin since that was a friggin' transformer.