[GuardianAngel87]

It has been quite a long while but I am finally back to watching MegaBeast Investigator Juspion and I am already three episodes away until I have reached the show’s halfway point and the show itself finally starts picking itself up right around a quarter through it. I did like space opera elements from the first four episodes though.

[GuardianAngel87]

I have watched some more of Juspion over the last week or so with only 16 episodes remaining. The show definitely gets a lot better as it goes along. Although, as of right now I am currently taking a bit of a break from it for a little while.

[GuardianAngel87]

I am finally back to watching Juspion and I am already 10 episodes away from finishing the series. I am planning to rewatch both Spielban and Metalder after that before finally jumping into Jiraiya and thus completing the Showa era portion of the Metal Heroes franchise and will, one day, do the same for the Heisei era side of things as well.

[GoldenXtreme]

I watched the three Daimajin films! They're pretty much the same concept done in slightly different ways each time. Evil feudal lord does bad stuff in a samurai film until eventually Daimajin gets really mad and tears a path of absolutely spectacular destruction to take vengeance on them. Still, there aren't any OTHER films that can claim to be quite like that, and I found myself quite taken with Daimajin's unbridled divine fury. I mean, c'mon, he pulls the metal spike the warlord's minions drove into his head out and uses it to impale the villain through his chest, affixing him to a crucifix shaped bit of shattered timber left from him rampage. That's AWESOME. I think the first film was the best, with lots of stark, moody lighting, but I also kinda liked the shlocky elements of the third film with the awkward child actors and the way it flip-flopped between slapstick and tragedy. Good fun!

[Mesnick]

Agree. Films about Daimajin are a very interesting and unusual example of the intersection of genres. Although, it’s understandable why the studio limited itself to these three: the concept does not promote diversity, and filming was expensive. In any case, I personally am very glad that these films exist.

[GuardianAngel87]

It has been quite a while but I am finally a little more than halfway through Android Kikaider. I am even close to being a quarter through B-Fighter Kabuto and the show itself is just okay so far. I also have six episodes left on Juspion.

[GoldenXtreme]

Hurricane Polymar is like a buddy cop movie if it was also a faux-edgy tokusatsu. Not that I'm knocking the film! In fact, it might be peak. Flashy Sakamoto action, guys spinning around like tops, decent characters. I might call it the best of both worlds!

[GuardianAngel87]

As of yesterday, I am finally finished with Juspion. I also just ordered my copy of the Space Sheriff Sharivan Blu-Ray series set as released by Discotek Media on Amazon a couple of hours ago.

[GoldenXtreme]

I watched Mobile Cop Jiban. This is yet another Metal Hero show that is mildly enjoyable, but not much to write home about. A few things stuck out about it to me though. First of all, the show doesn't really explain its premise for quite a while, leaving the viewer wondering why the heck this Naoto guy is some kind of android cop working with a little girl. In addition, these early episodes tend to be very silly, while later episodes have a better balance of weird old toku moments combined with seriousness. The show also does not feel like something from 1989-1990, it feels more like an early 80s or late 70s tokusatsu to me. I think the biggest plus for this show is that the main cop trio are all surprisingly charismatic, and I liked watching all of them. In the end, I think I had a bit more fun with the unmitigated trippiness of Sharivan though.

So... it was a perfectly okay experience!

[Mesnick]

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenXtreme

First of all, the show doesn't really explain its premise for quite a while, leaving the viewer wondering why the heck this Naoto guy is some kind of android cop working with a little girl.

Considering that the origin of the hero also is not revealed for a long time in Janperson, I think this is due to the commercial failure of the first Metal Hero show with the robot MC - Metalder. Apparently, Toei decided that the hero's introduction to the world and the inevitable making of mistakes is not very suitable for the tokusatsu genre and therefore subsequent shows began with fully prepared heroes. And their origin was revealed later, when the viewer had already fallen in love with them and therefore assessed them less critically.
P.S. I hope I haven't wandered into spoiler territory. If anything happens, I apologize and cover what is needed.