[Sunred]

That recent comment by Shirakura regarding Zenryoku Zenkaioh does have me thinking Toei might be investing more of their budget towards cgi and this could be the next step if it all turns out to be true. They already had a proof of concept run with Saber I think as well so maybe?

[TheJaz]

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Originally Posted by Sunred

That recent comment by Shirakura regarding Zenryoku Zenkaioh does have me thinking Toei might be investing more of their budget towards cgi and this could be the next step if it all turns out to be true. They already had a proof of concept run with Saber I think as well so maybe?

I think I missed what Shirakura said lol, was it about Zenryouku Zankaioh being CGI?

And I will say Saber doesn't really use that much CGI after the first little bit, probabaly still more than other rider shows, but they really wound it down after a while, mostly just some green screen and use of the wonder world background they already made, so idk if Saber really has me convinced they could do full CGI cast members consistently tbh

[Darth Gonzo]

In full honesty, if they cgi talking animals I hope they keep them looking like animals when morphed, like Yale in the PR comics.

[rogerph2015]

So, how can Toei handle Avataro Sentai DonBrothers with less human faced characters during the COVID-19 Pandemic? I mean, they have to follow the standard and strict health protocols for the safety of everyone in the isolated shooting bubble locations, haven't they?

[EpsilonX]

That's...a unique name. I wonder what it'll be like?

[TheJaz]

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So, how can Toei handle Avataro Sentai DonBrothers with less human faced characters during the COVID-19 Pandemic? I mean, they have to follow the standard and strict health protocols for the safety of everyone in the isolated shooting bubble locations, haven't they?

I feel like toei has got a good handle now on how to do pandemic filming, while zenkaiger has sort of limited locations it doesn't have the same feeling as Saber where you could just feel how comprised that show's production had been

And honestly Revice feels like a pretty normal Kamen Rider series now, I'm honestly shocked by how many one off characters Revice can have when Saber barely managed to have like 5 human characters-of-the-week. While I think there are still decisions in Revice done to keep in line with Filming restrictions (for example having one group hanging around one base location a lot, and another group hanging out in there base location a lot is handled a lot like Saber, but unlike Saber they actually leave a lot and interact with new people) overall, it feels a lot more natural, probably since it was planned with those restrictions in mind from the start while Saber had to change a lot of its early ideas from what I've heard

Tho I imagine DonBrothers will have some oddities still, whether they are CGI or not, I would not be surprised if we get another show where very few rangers have out of suit human forms

I will say Saber's idea (that they mostly drop a few episodes in) of using CGI settings to make the world feel bigger might work if Toei is willing to really give it the budget to make it work, as well as having a good writer and concept to make it feel natural. Like if the show is video game themed it could be cool to see them go to a different video game world every episode! But I'd also be worried about that making the show feel a bit off, and I'd also expect toei to start reusing CGI assets fast, which would feel bad imo... so it might honestly feel better to just stick with a few good real world locations even if it feels like a slightly smaller scope

[Sh Ranger]

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Oh I didn't know that, tbh I'm not too familiar with Go-Onger, that sounds interesting tho

I'm not sure if this is the case on Go-Onger or not but I hadn't considered the possibility that the animal rangers could be like, small CGI buddies of some sort, I was imaging full sized animals or humanoid characters, but if they're more like cutsey small characters it might be more feasible

Go-Onger is an awesome show, I strongly recommend it!

Yeah, the Engines can be projected as holograms from the Morphers as small cartoonish avatars. If Donbrothers has the same simple CGI for the animals, then I think it would be probably be cheap enough for Toei to produce with consistent quality, while saving money on physical and suit actors who would only need to participate in fights.

[Darth Gonzo]

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Go-Onger is an awesome show, I strongly recommend it!

Yeah, the Engines can be projected as holograms from the Morphers as small cartoonish avatars. If Donbrothers has the same simple CGI for the animals, then I think it would be probably be cheap enough for Toei to produce with consistent quality, while saving money on physical and suit actors who would only need to participate in fights.

So far only two suit actors are rumored, and they are for the two human characters.

[TheJaz]

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Go-Onger is an awesome show, I strongly recommend it!

Yeah, the Engines can be projected as holograms from the Morphers as small cartoonish avatars. If Donbrothers has the same simple CGI for the animals, then I think it would be probably be cheap enough for Toei to produce with consistent quality, while saving money on physical and suit actors who would only need to participate in fights.

Yeah I could see smth like that working, even if they have full CGI forms if they have more cartoony mini-forms most of the time that seems a lot more doable

Btw, so far I've imagined the characters out of suit would be
CGI, but then they'd have real suits with suit actors for their Ranger suits, is that what everyone else is thinking or are people imagining fully CGI Ranger suits (because I definitely doubt they'd have the budget for CGI suits every episode)?

[Darth Gonzo]

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Yeah I could see smth like that working, even if they have full CGI forms if they have more cartoony mini-forms most of the time that seems a lot more doable

Btw, so far I've imagined the characters out of suit would be
CGI, but then they'd have real suits with suit actors for their Ranger suits, is that what everyone else is thinking or are people imagining fully CGI Ranger suits (because I definitely doubt they'd have the budget for CGI suits every episode)?

I'm hoping they stay CGI when in Ranger form, because I would like to see what they would look like, also I've been thinking of them looking like the real animals and not cartoony looking ones.