Previous thread >>22488418-Check out nyaa/anidex, KRDL and the pastebin before posting requests.-If only posting an image, pop the name/title/source/whatever in the filename or post.-If you find yourself asking "Is it /otg/?", it probably is.>Metal Hero, Garo and Misc toku DDLhttps://krdl.moe/>Rare Tokusatsu Bloghttps://raretokusatsu.wordpress.com/>Stuff archived from Hi no Tori Subs (See the paste for Mitsurugi and Andro Melos, KRDL for Wecker and Bereke Scrubs for remastered Tekkouki Mikazuki)https://mega.nz/folder/NcdHFKTK#0gXtUdyzcH6Nnku2rudCvg>Big tokusatsu google documenthttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1-NkUQw70itJB1sd3JjytWK0A-pGX6wOTntkkbdXKGhA/edit?usp=drivesdk>Other links of interesthttps://pastebin.com/iSZb179N
And to start this thread off I had just finished episode 16 of janperson. This one’s another great series so far and janperson seems almost invincible so far, “almost” as something’s going on in his head regarding his past life. I also like that there’s not one not two but three main villain factions he has to take on which imo is very unique and almost like a rouge’s gallery of sorts.
Watched episode 2 of Avalon. I kinda love how the main hero only speaks in English when he's transformed. As if being empowered with mythical knight energy makes you speak in british-isms somehow.
How is Spielvan?
>>22621019I still can't watch it without hearing JB's voice.
In case y'all missed 'em, here's the latest chapters of the Lion-Maru manga,https://mangadex.org/title/a2911710-50ea-42ba-b416-5a628728caaa/the-vigilant-lionmaru& Kazumine's Ultraman, the first of its 4 original stories!https://mangadex.org/title/39801903-3b03-4704-98ea-a9f2d80bdadf/ultraman
>>22618671>Zoids, VOTOMS and RyukendoDamn hype
>>22622309Giant robo had to do it for the greater good, otherwise he would’ve been turned into a giant monument/playground/amusement park
>>22621019I liked it but in comparison to the others it’s ok (objectively there is no bad metal heroes show), personally I liked gavan, metalder, and jiban much more, still great stuff and near character development
>>22622482“Neat”
>>22623173I see the movie is included as great gibanoid is on there.
>>22623956Oh and an update on janperson, really great so far and got to the episodes with gun gibson BABY, awesome enough he’s in the intro now.
>>22623956is it? they haven't said anything about it so a lot of people are assuming they didn't get it like what happened with the Black and RX sets
>>22619910The episode where he dies was so fucking good. I wish the rest of the show had the same quality
I've seen full Mandarin subs for many shows that aren't in English, including some that don't even have decent quality raws on the western internet! Most of them appear to be by one "ZIIT SUB", but others, like Rainbowman, seem to have been done by others, & I've been losing my mind trying to find WHERE ARE THESE COMING FROM? Because 1, like I said some of those shows come with higher quality raws than currently available, 2, because having access those Mandarin subs could potentially prove useful, it's how Giant Robo & Daitetsujin 17 got subbed even if I admit those could've been a bit more polished, & 3, perhaps it might be possible to contact them & see if they have any Japanese scripts they might've worked off of, which would be even more useful! Is anyone here familiar with navigating Chinese web spaces?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zfGSFCYAbg
I hadn't checked their site in a while, but raretokusatsu has really been putting in work. I have a few new things to download. Looking forward to watching Mirror of Janus, when I can find the time.
>>22614569Thanks anon, this had some that I had missed with my other search results.
>>22626672Looking forward to starting that eventually. It's also a geo9875 joint, and I've still not gotten through Abunai Deka and only just started Akai Meiro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdXkvP3dryI
32 episodes of janperson done and what can I say, billgoldy is an absolute menace, from a somewhat silly lollipop sucking executive to a nightmare of a rival character, he’s easily now this shows main antagonist while neo-guild and super science are side antagonists at this point.
There was a post about a bit ago about an old Zeiram hero show and someone must have contacted the guy who had the full video! There's a bunch of footage of Amemiya doing calligraphy/illustrations too. Kinda crazy he's still at it 30 years later.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPUtOXsVlcA
New Lion-Maru manga chapter!https://mangadex.org/title/a2911710-50ea-42ba-b416-5a628728caaa/the-vigilant-lionmaru
Found a copy of Super Robot Red Baron on DVD, really been enjoying it. Feels like a live-action version of Mazinger Z or Getter Robo
>>22628748Is it the release with the mistimed subs?If so, here's an upload with the subs properly timed.https://archive.org/details/kiyan-shahab-red-baron
>>22628748>>22628905Is the one where the distributor / company didn't give two fucks about their packaging and presentation that they put all four of their discs in basically plastic sleeves which you can get on eBay in packs of 100 for $2?
>>22628905>Is it the release with the mistimed subs?I got both Iron King and Red Baron. Iron King is WAY worse about the subtitle delays than Red Baron is. Like literal seconds per translation sometimes>>22629038Yeah, it's Millcreek. They also did the same for their original release of Ultraman years ago. I'm actually kind of surprised that they got the license to release Ultraman in the US from Tsuburaya for newer stuff like Tiga and Nexus
Do I have to watch Minus One to understand this gag?
Sorry I haven’t been active much, been doing a few things but have made progress on janperson, seems a bit late to have a kid team not unlike the rider scouts from Kamen rider with only 14 episodes left but it is what it is, this one’s still pretty good. I hear blue swat isn’t all that amazing but my opinion might be a little bit different from others so we shall see but I really can’t wait to the two b fighter shows that from what I hear are a spectacular finish to the metal hero series.
Just got my payment request from AmiAmi for the Garouken
Only 10 episodes left of janperson and things are heading towards the endgame as all three villain organizations are appearing at once this time, which one will fall first, I’ll see that tomorrow
New Kazumine Ultraman chapter, second of the original stories!https://mangadex.org/title/39801903-3b03-4704-98ea-a9f2d80bdadf/ultraman
https://twitter.com/MAAAAAAAASAHIRO/status/1790559462421631390
New Lion-Maru chapter!https://mangadex.org/title/a2911710-50ea-42ba-b416-5a628728caaa/the-vigilant-lionmaru
Only three episodes of janperson left, neo-guild is no more but billgoldy is up to something nasty involving children, finale is close
>>22633345Finally finished janperson, what a finale, I think that kind is right up there with the ending to sharivan. I feel like THIS show is what robot detective was trying to do but they didn’t have the budget or just couldn’t try to emulate shotaro’s original idea to life, but it was a sweet ending where janperson make a breakthrough between what is human and robots It’s such a marvelous story and a emotional roller coaster throughout. Now my comparisons with the others. Once again objectively there is no bad metal heroes showsJaspion-Jiban-Sharivan-Janperson-Metalder-Gavan-jiraiya-shaider-spielbanUp next let’s kick some alien butt in BLUE SWAT. I have a feeling this isn’t gonna be as good as the others
Penultimate chapter of Kazumine's Ultraman, & boy is it a doozy!https://mangadex.org/title/39801903-3b03-4704-98ea-a9f2d80bdadf/ultramanIt's based on a script made while the show was still under the working title of Redman, & according to Japanese Wikipedia, it was scrapped because by the time the show took complete shape it was too removed from the forumla, & yeah I can see that.I think instead of doing Lion-Maru next, I'm just gonna finish Kazumine's Ultraman first.
Started blue SWAT, I fucking heard that Kenji Yamamoto and that near identical BTTF theme while battling the alien of the week, you think I wouldn’t notice? Its amazing he wasn’t caught earlier for plagiarism
>>22636346Back to the Future was popular in Japan, anon.
>>22636374I know but still lol
& badabingbadaboom that's Kazumine's Ultraman done & in the bag!https://mangadex.org/title/39801903-3b03-4704-98ea-a9f2d80bdadf/ultramanI bet y'all are now wondering, am I gonna do Kazumine's Seven?Yes, but not for a while though.Only 5 chapters to go with Lion-Maru!
Anyone know what this is?
>>22637970Isn’t his version tied with Jiro Kuwata?
>>22638397They're separate, serialized in different magazines, but some reprints include both as if they were the same series.
>>22638295Looks like something out of Jiraya.
Does anyone know any Gransazer softsubs compatible with Bunny-Hat Raw's release or should I just opt for TV-Nihon?
Here's a bunch of raw Ken Ishikawa,Azteckaiser, Battle Hawk, Kaiketsu Shuffle, Ultraman Taro, & Henshin Ninja Arashi which I previously uploaded separately.https://archive.org/details/variousishikawa
>>22641129ChaliceFaizZoldaMeteor StormDragonic KnightZyuranger ZordUltra, Ultra, Ultra, UltraFire RyukendoThere's a few I don't recognize, that Blue Sentai, the Red Sentai below Fire Ryukendo, and whatever the two on the left of Fire Ryukendo are. Grey and Black.
2 new Lion-Maru chapters at once, because they're both very short, they clearly must've been published in the supplemental magazine separately from the main serialization in Bouken-Oh.https://mangadex.org/title/a2911710-50ea-42ba-b416-5a628728caaa/the-vigilant-lionmaruOnly 3 chapters left!
I've wanted to get into tokusatsu, but the live-action violence has always been a big barrier for me. I can handle big robot/monster suit fights like Sentai mecha battles, but when it looks too much like real humans getting hurt I can't watch. Do you have any recommendations for toku shows with less fighting, or fighting that's mainly between big mecha and monsters? I've tried a few episodes of Gridman and I've been okay with the violence level in it, and from what I've seen Solbrain seems to be less about fighting and more about rescue.
>>22645676For mecha action there's Giant Robo, Super Robot Red Baron, Daitetsujin 17,& given your mention of Gridman, practically any kyodai hero show could work.& yes Winspector, Solbrain, & Exceedraft also work excellently for non-violent toku.
>>22645676https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimajinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimajin_Kanon
>>22645969Daimajin Kanon is such a great fucking show, seriously. Really wish it would have gotten another seasonAlso kinda have the hots for the fish lady
>>22645997I want to buy the 2 volumes of the prequel manga, but I don't know enough about Japanese sites, to even consider buying the ebook versions.
>>22619910Is this toku?
>>22645676Tokusatsu Gagaga
>Finished B Fighter >Fully expected Black Beet to face turn because I just got off Abareranger and how the show runners had to scramble a redemption arc for Abarekiller>Nah he's a villain through to the end, although he does become a little less of a bastard Pleasantly surprised. Funny how what worked in the 90s didn't go well in 2003.
Watched all of a Metalder. It was a pretty heartwarming show.
Onto episode 25 of blue swat, this one is kinda slow and is so far my least favorite of the metal hero’s shows, gold platinum came in but I kinda just want to end this one so could get to B-fighter. I hear the retool is coming up around this point so I’m half expecting a bunch of Kenny’s to appear as means of appeal towards the child audience
>>22648918And done with episode 28, good grief anons were not wrong about this show being the low point of the metal heroes series, almost every episode since zaji first shows up is the same, gold platinum doesn’t make much a different either, same aliens each episode, badder aliens make their getaway, it doesn’t help that it went from something dark to almost episodic, oh well at least “hyper sho”(insert aura battler dunbine joke here) appears next episode so at least SOMETHING happens. I’m almost thinking of stopping this show and moving on to B-Fighter but I’m also curious as to how this one ends so I’ll keep going.
I've heard some people hype up Silver Kamen as a masterpiece, a "holy grail" among untranslated showa toku if you will, but I know alot of you here have no problem watching toku raw, so if you've seen it, does it live up to that hype?
>>22649874From the little I've seen it's okay. But it's definitely a trend chaser given the shift from human sized to kyodai.
>>22649874The first half feels like more of that same weird and charming speculative sci-fi toku a la Seven. The second half drags itself down to something more like almost Mirrorman. It never becomes downright bad but it definitely loses charm.
Nibbas we eatin good https://raretokusatsu.wordpress.com/2024/05/26/noboru-iguchis-space-girls-eng-sub/https://raretokusatsu.wordpress.com/2024/05/26/love-warrior-pantheon-1999/https://raretokusatsu.wordpress.com/2024/05/26/love-warrior-pantheon-2001/https://raretokusatsu.wordpress.com/2024/05/26/sweet-fairy/
I take my translating manga very seriously.
>>22650313>edited scat porn tokuflashbacks to when night shift nurses was everywherethe last movie was....oddly charming
New Lion-Maru chapter!https://mangadex.org/title/a2911710-50ea-42ba-b416-5a628728caaa/the-vigilant-lionmaruJust 2 chapters to go, & the next one is also the longest in the series!
>watching Dennou Keisatsu Cybercop for the first time since I saw episode 1 unsubbed years ago (downloaded it from some blog that had shitloads of old vhs rips of toku)>still just as batshit, over the top, and fun as I remember it beingStuff like this makes me love Toku
>>22649160Onto episode 37 of blue swat, past few episodes were actually better than before following the upgrades, still this show is an absolute chore to watch and I haven’t been enjoying this one like I did with previous metal hero shows.
which metal heroes should i watch first? is it okay to watch b-fighter kabuto? the suits look cool
>>22652123Watch whatever you think is cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3svuxpAbgMAYDAY MAYDAY(S. O. S.)
>>22652123>is it okay to watch b-fighter kabuto?Why wouldn't it be okay?
>>22652123Juspion, Metalder, and Jiban are pretty fun anon. B-Fighter is good from what I remember, haven't seen it in ages though. Always loved the suit designs (kind of have a thing for robotic animals/bugs)
>>22651633Almost done, after queen showed up the quality of these episodes got better, also space mafia seems to be bickering with one another that may spell their demise lol. Just seven episodes to go then it’s finally B-Fighter.
>>22652966I remember there was some retard going around saying B-Fighter was bad, and he got BTFO'd when the show got fully subbed.
>>22652977Well hey, at least he didn't say that Beetleborgs was better. That show was such a wasted fucking opportunity. You had a mish mash of everything kids loved (monsters, bugs, and comic books) and completely wasted it by making it extremely kiddy
>>22653053You guys randomly shit on those shows when nobody brings them up. It's fucking weird.
>>22653053All the Saban shows are really ugly.
Here's a little something that while not toku in the strictest terms, y'all might be interested in nonetheless!So for context, Gundala, Son Of Lightning (Gundala Putra Petir), is an Indonesian superhero created by Harya "Hasmi" Suraminata who's pretty much a combination of Thor & The Flash, made his comic debut in 1969, & has remained popular since, getting a movie in 1981, & another in 2019 which was met with extremely divisive reception, meant to set up an Indonesian superhero cinematic universe.I've always wanted to see the 1981 movie, but subs never existed, until of course I caught wind of, subsequently bought a subbed bootleg DVD which I've just ripped & put on Archive, complete with both hardsubbed mp4 & the ISO.https://archive.org/details/gundala1981sub
>>22652977that was the general consensus for YEARS thanks to rangerboard users
I was a bit disappointed there was no final fight with him, in fact the whole body double thing seemed a bit pointless. I was initially expecting him to be an android as well based on his other helmet but I think that would have pulled away from Balski being a robotic rival to Metalder. Either way, it was a good show.
What Tokusatsu do you recommend if I liked Garo?I have not watched any Tokusatsu outside of Garo season 1 and the first 2 movies, but I really loved it.
>>22654375Keep watching Garo. I can't think of anything quite like it desu. You could also give Shougeki Gouraigan, Hakaider, Mirai Ninja, Zeiram, Moon Over Tao, & Tekkouki Mikazuki a try since they are all involve Keita Amemiya. I've also heard Zebraman, Dark Soldier D, Lady Battle Cop, & the Casshern live-action film are more adult-oriented.
>>22654447Saw battlecop not to long ago. It’s ok but not the best, footage from it would be recycled for other shows later on like janperson and blue swat. Don’t expect anything raunchy besides like one shower scene, it’s still a toei heroine after all
>>22651540The show has so much cyber heart you end up forgiving its extreme love of blue screen effects.
>>22654637Some of the stuff like the pods with the weapons/equipment coming up out of the ground is so fucking over-the-top awesome and bonkers, that I legit don't mind it. It's kind of endearing actually. Also LOVED the blue screened holes in the wall in episode 1
>>22654648The episode where they take the biker chick in for interrogation and they seem to be standing in a shoebox is another great example. Also nothing gets me more hyped than Jupiter splitting the heavens to summon the tiniest weapon.
FINALLY finished Blue Swat, wow that was a chore to go through but I’m finally done with it, if there were anything I’d like to say about this is that the fights were nice and the characters were great, the aliens looked amazing, unfortunately I feel this show could’ve been much better, even before the retool but the finale was quite good. Still it’s a good show but no doubt about the weakest of the metal hero shows and one I probably won’t revisit.>Juspion-Jiban-Sharivan-Metalder-Janperson(yeah I changed my mind here)-Gavan-Jiraiya-Shaider-Speilban-Blue swat.Up next at long last the show I’ve been waiting for to get to, big bad beet *cough* I mean JUUKOU B-FIGHTER!
Starting B-fighter! Absolutely rocking opening btw, heard it a while back but I’m excited to start this one, from what other anons were saying after finishing this one it’s possibly a top tier show
>>22641163>blue SentaiKuwagaraiger from Hurricanger>red SentaiGekired from Gekiranger>gray on leftKiramai Silver from Kiramager>black on leftThis one's got me stumped as well.
>>22655633Alright I really like this one so far, already much more so than blue swat, instantly I recognized that this show has some major throwbacks to previous series especially the original space sheriff trilogy, I hear it gets even better so that’s exciting
PENULTIMATE LION-MARU CHAPTER!https://mangadex.org/title/a2911710-50ea-42ba-b416-5a628728caaa/the-vigilant-lionmaru
>>22654447>>22654375>ZebramanIt's adult oriented but it's also a pretty nice love letter to showa toku>Dark Soldier DGood but man every character is pretty evil, awesome monsters and surprisingly smart guerilla filmmaking. Fun fact: Koichi Ohata did storyboards for it and is rumored to have come up with the mechanical design Someone already summed up Battle Cop (the behind the scenes is somehow slightly raunchier) and I haven't watched live action Casshern but that's one that usually gets praised. Give the Zabogear movie a watch sometime for my recommendation
I remember hearing a few times that back in the day manga artists were seriously stigmatized by Japanese society, with tabloids saying they're all psychos & perverts & whatnot.In fact some of you may know there was an early episode of Ultraman Ace which depicted a manga artist as a serial killer, which I must say is really weird considering tie-in manga were a huge part of a toku's marketing back then, including Ultraman Ace & other Tsuburaya shows!
>>22656429>Fun fact: Koichi Ohata did storyboards for it and is rumored to have come up with the mechanical designHe probably just did the storyboards, if he designed anything he would be credited under it. I don't think the mecha in it looks like anything he would really have drawn.
>>22619910KIDOUU KEIJIII JIBAAAAAAANNNNUUUUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQZqwIO1-94
& that's the Lion-Maru manga in the bag!https://mangadex.org/title/a2911710-50ea-42ba-b416-5a628728caaa/the-vigilant-lionmaruWill I do the Fuun Lion-Maru manga? Eventually but I wouldn't count on it for a while.As for what's next, well first I'll do another chapter of Kazumine's original hero Denjin Arrow,& then, after having done only monthly manga so far I think I'll start doing some weekly manga!Namely a couple Kazumine originals, along with Kazuo Umezu's Ultraman!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ1RVQLW5tg
>>22658188I see they've finally stopped pretending they even care about the villain side of the cast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNOVz9sKUMc
