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12-16-2020, 01:37 PM | #491 |
Dai Shogun
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Depending on your super robot knowledge this might be obvious or obscure, but TIL that during the development of Gō Nagai’s famous robot Mazinger Z, the titular robot was at one point called "Energer Z" and was to be piloted with a motorcycle docking in its head instead of a hovercraft. The robot even had tracks on its back the bike rider would drive up on.
It was changed because, you might have guessed it, the concept of a muffler-wearing hero riding a motorcycle was deemed too similar to Shōtarō Ishinomori's "Kamen Rider". Nagai being a former assistant of Ishinomori probably didn't help much either. |
12-16-2020, 02:34 PM | #492 |
Stronger Than You
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I was actually aware of that fact, but I had never seen the design images of the original motorcycle piloted Mazinger!
With the various different incarnations, I would like to see perhaps a spin-off that does feature the motorcycle instead of a hovercar.
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12-16-2020, 03:16 PM | #493 |
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The original looked something like this? |
12-20-2020, 09:57 PM | #494 |
The Immortal King Tasty
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This is one of those things I've always been curious about but never bothered to look up until now, but I just found out the six numbers (453145) occasionally written under Kamen Rider Decade's logo on stuff like his cards to give it that barcode look are actually spelling out his name, because D is the fourth letter of the alphabet, E is the fifth, etc.
I always assumed it was some clunky goroawase thing I could never crack, but it turns out it was way more simple than that the whole time.
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12-24-2020, 08:29 AM | #495 |
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Was watching an "all Zero-One transformations" compilation and found out that Shining Hopper was actually utilized more than Shining Assault. With Shining having a total of 7 appearances while Shining Assault only 6. MCH was around the double digits. Hearing "Metal Cluster Hopper!" multiple times, led me to think that MCH kinda overstayed its welcome and kinda wanted to see the Shining forms more.
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12-24-2020, 10:43 AM | #496 |
Showa Girl
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Yeah, like... it actually kind of led me to dislike Metal Cluster after a bit; I got sick of seeing it with how overused it was compared to most pre-final forms. It doesn't help that 02 was not just very late, but cut off by both the shortened runtime and Ark-One.
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12-24-2020, 10:54 AM | #497 |
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A big part of that was probably because Metal Cluster Hopper would continue to be the star of many episodes' climax even after Burning Falcon and Rampage Gatling were introduced.
I think my own feelings on the form went in like a reverse-bell for some reason? Dislike started to sewn in, but at some point without me realising, it started to feel familiar in a comfortable way that I didn't mind it anymore. |
12-27-2020, 10:38 PM | #498 |
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I just realized a brilliant thing they did with Saber.
The show keeps the minor form changes (jack, 3 pigs, and breman) relevant by giving them to the buster/kenzan/slash, and having them use them instead of just having saber use them a few times then forget about them.
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12-27-2020, 11:04 PM | #499 |
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Ever since we first saw Slash's suit, I'd been wondering, why use Hansel & Gretel for his base form, when Band of Bremen fits his role as the Swordsman of Sound so perfectly? If his base book was related to him being a mechanic (maybe a gremlin?) I could understand, but the candy theme comes out of nowhere.
Maybe, just maybe... Its because the rider design come first, but Fukuda as the main writer ‘being creative’ and make Slash a swordman of sounds. Daijinshi use his hearing power is just one time and then forgoten afterall |
12-27-2020, 11:06 PM | #500 |
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