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?
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.
>>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
>>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
>>22655633Hope you have fun with it.
>>22651125I understood the reference and chuckled, anon.
>>22660930Thanks, I’m right at the episode where black beet first appears, it’s great but something tells me this show is about to get even better
>>22655633>rocking openingShinichi Ishihara doesn't have a single bad song.
>>22661048Next episode will be the monster martial arts tournament, I don’t think I’ve seen a toku go for this kind of thing, then again those shounen tournament arcs were popular at the time around the 90s so it shouldn’t be a surprise for toei themselves to spoof it lol. Also black beet is starting to become my favorite rival character
>>22662713Who was your favorite rival character before Black Beet?
>>22662717Either mad gallant or billgoldy, I’d put hakaider here as well but he isn’t from a metal heroes show, not to mention he had very little screen time in his original appearance because he was introduced too late towards the shows end
Thought of something fun but also really stupid, foreign metal hero titles but robocop was really popular and these were seen as “sequels”>Jiban-Super robocop>Winspector-Super robocop rescue branch(only one adapted)>Janperson-robopolice>Blue-Swat-Robopolice alien busters>B-Fighter-Robopolice insectroids>B-Fighter kabuto-Insectroids extreme >Kabutak-Insectroid kids>Robotak-houndbot “Robocop’s pet detective dog”>Moreo robocon(not a metal hero show but it came afterwards lol)- The misadventures of robokid(finale has a special guest fake shemp Peter weller)
Seem no one posted this yet. Shin Dogengers, celebrating 5 years/seasons.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt0j87k6wDE
>Kabutack HD Remaster already have 4 episodes on bilibili, youku and iqiyi>2 episodes will be updated every Monday and Wednesday at 18:00https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5037248806651457
>>22663122Late response but it already was through >>22658188
are there any good subs for the sailor moon live action?
>>22665317Are the current subs for it that bad or something?
Which show has the best soundtrack and why is it Jiraiya?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciRT_YOYmzAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfBW3LkdJCwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvfN673ZWms
>>22665317Are you watching TV-N or Miss Dream? I didn't have any problems with Miss Dream's subs.What problem are you having?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RfAzI7OoLkHakaider Renewal Edition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vawK1LbiLXs
>>22665974I thought this was going to be a new version of the Hakaider movie, and I was going to be pissed that I wasted money on the Bluray.Looks like a cool toy.
Almost done with b-fighter, it’s pretty great and imo feels almost like an “anti-sentai” show of sorts where it plays around with that formula but in its own unique way, this show actually got a little darker overtime (the opposite of BlueSwat) and the storytelling is very good.
>>22666499Just eight episodes to go, I’ll give out my honest opinions, it’s brilliantly written to avoid itself from being too much like sentai, especially when they go back and forth from using MOTW to more character based episodes giving this show a unique feel to it, HOWEVER on one hand I do think this show could’ve benefited by having just a little bit more MOTW especially in episodes where absolutely nothing happens but on the other hand it makes the b fighters conflict with Jamahl’s commanders much more personal. With that said I love that they got the main character’s irl twin brother to play black beet
>>22665317Miss Dream's is your best bet, that said apparently episode 31 is pretty bad sub wise but it's apparently the only bad one among the batch
>finally has an actual release dateI know it's going to be trashy schlock. I know it's going to be JDF taking himself way too seriously going SIT-UYAH! for 90 minutes as he clings desperately to his glory days. I still want to see it though just to see HOW bad.
i'm 12 episodes into Kaiketsu Zubat and i'm starting to feel like the zubat suit and zubacar are a bit superfluous, the secret identity bit barely comes up and he fights perfectly well as Hayakawa Ken in his cowboy outfit. great show nonetheless, i only started watching because of the insanely catchy theme tune.
>>22666868Holy shit what a finale(more like three finales with jamahl’s end and black beets final bout and stopping the wormhole from eating earth), but the epilogue story was fucking awesome with blue swat and janperson coming back, it might be one of my absolute favorite finale’s in tokusatsu. Anyhow here’s how I compare each show once more>Juspion-Jiban-B’fighter-Sharivan-Metalder-Janperson-Gavan-Jiraiya-Shaider-Speilban-BlueswatAnd now, my last metal heroes show (I promise I’ll get to the rescue hero trilogy someday lol) and to some the real last metal heroes show, B-Fighter kabuto
I hope I don't regret this.
>>22668391Also many years ago when I first went on this place I didn’t get a joke about “super machine heado” but now I know it was from this show, it was the song that ended up getting stuck in my head >Suupaa biito mashin HerakuresuTatakau kami no chikara wo omoishire!! Muteki no aitsu ga maji ni naruIma koso Mega Biito FoomeeshonRiku no ouja daMega Mega Mega Mega Mega Herakuresu!!
>>22668107when?
>>22668855September 4 this year.
>Joe 90 – Top Secret #1 – 34 + Annuals & Extras (1969)https://getcomics.org/other-comics/joe-90-top-secret-1-34-annuals-extras-1969/Quite unexpected for GetCo to have this, but I'm not complaining.
For some review a YTber did on the show (didn't watch it) someone scanned BCI Eclipse's production info booklet on Iron King http://imgur.com/gallery/iron-king-bci-booklet-qb3n9yb
>>22669433Quick double post, but it mentions on the second scan that Silver Mask was supposed to get a western release by a "Ronin Entertainment" back in 2007. Looks like we WERE supposed to have it released here subbed at one point.
Keita Amemiya exhibition stretching back to Mirai Ninja opened today in Japan https://amemiyakeita.com/kai/
Started B-Fighter kabuto, easily more lighthearted “so far” than it’s predecessor, you can sort of tell it’s aimed towards a slightly younger audience(a hint for the last two shows later on) but enough it’s still entertaining for adults as well, Sentai elements are much more apparent here (especially in later episodes from what I’ve seen with mecha showings up and more insect themed characters besides beetles) although I am half expecting it to head into the same darker territory b-fighter did previously
>>22669515So that's why he hasn't been playing with the new jet fighter diaclones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Ery3N26Ik
>>22665460>KyurangerU wot
I just got the (other) manga based on P-Pro's Hyou-Man pilot!By other I mean there was also one by Jiro Kuwata you can download raw here.https://archive.org/details/hyoumankuwataThis other manga though, written by Atsushi Miyazaki & drawn by Kenji Nanba, looks way more involved, is much longer, & ran weekly instead of monthly, both versions look very different story wise, which makes one wonder just what the show would've been like had the pilot been expanded into a full show.I'd love to scan it, but that's a while off because I'm already in the middle of scanning something, & I'm sure you can imagine that MANUALLY scanning hundreds upon hundreds of pages kinda takes a minute. (GOD I wish all these obscure showa manga were just digitized)
There's another Barom-1 manga?
I want to see HQ scans of this version
>>22670855There's Takao Saitou's original manga, the manga based on the TV version by Takeshi Koshiro which was serialized in Bouken-Oh, & the one you just posted, a two-shot by Saitou also based on the TV version from the May & June 1972 issues of TV Magazine.
>>22670855>>22670874>>22670890Never knew he did another version besides his original, you can tell he loved toei’s design for barom 1>>22670622Interesting, I found out a little bit ago(might have been through here even) that Lion-maru was originally supposed to have been a lot more like the jaguar man/hyou-man pilots taking place in “modern 70s japan” and was more of a spiritual successor to spectreman(if it even was going to have kaiju occasionally) but P-pro wanted to make something different and original especially after kamen rider became a massive hit on television by combining feudal era japan stories and henshin heroes, it was hilariously coincidental that toei and ishinomori came up with the exact same idea at the same time
New chapter of Kazumine's original hero, Denjin Arrow!https://mangadex.org/title/6a4a1849-645a-4994-853e-b3a6b72942fb/electroid-arrow
>>22671761Thank you so much for your manga translations. At some point you should consider translating Lightspeed Esper since the show is unsubbed and the manga was done by Leiji Matsumoto.
>>22671839I don't sub shows anymore, sorry.Mainly because I'm way better with written Japanese than spoken Japanese, which becomes a problem when Japanese DVDs ALMOST NEVER have captions.I do HAVE Matsumoto's Lightspeed Esper manga though, so I MIGHT do that later down the line.
wtf am I watching
Any recommendations for tokusatsu similar to the Brave/Eldran series? The only one I've been able to find is Gridman.
>>22619910>Last Shooting!>Kidou Keiji Jiban>Kidou Senshi Gundam Is he a Gundam reference?
>>22672154Mikazuki
So if I want a toku subbed, & I find a reliable looking person on Fiverr, who's cheap enough that I could get a whole 52-episode show subbed for, give or take, a month's pay (not all at once obviously), would that be worth a shot or does it seem too good to be true?
>>22674677You hire one of the existing toku subber groups, that has completed at least one complete project. Part of that hiring process, is making sure that the group has a really good editor, because the translator shouldn't be the only eyes on the words.
>>22675666I'm pretty sure most proper sub groups don't or wouldn't do for-hire work, & even if they did I imagine their rates would be astronomical.
what ever happened to toei tokusatsu world? it just shilled a bunch of kamen rider stuff at the end of its life
>>22676377It’s a long story but basically they were advertising various shows to see if any network or company would pick them up for international distribution but the main benefit was YouTube’s self subtitles function so those shows could be available to other languages, unfortunately due to a lack of foresight on Toei or anyone’s part by brutal coincidence, YouTube got rid of the self subtitles function thus rendering the entire point of the channel naught. All wasn’t lost however since other companies like discotek would pick a few of these shows up like jiban
Are there any full episodes for Maxman (수호전사 맥스맨)? It's a Korean toku and the OP I found on Youtube looks super cool. Same request for Vectorman.
>>22638295Says "Utaban" in the corner, which was apparently a variety show
>>22663341Noice; any decent rips floating around?
Finished episode 22 of B-Fighter kabuto, I’m gonna be real honest, this show feels vastly inferior compared to the first series and is a bore of a show so far, lead characters aren’t nearly as good either. Maybe the show’s second half will vastly improve things once the B-Crushers and new insect warriors are introduced to the show, not to mention /m/echa showing up
>>22676769And it seems like the originals will show up at the halfway mark of this show at episode 25, plus the other insect medallions are showing up meaning the show’s real story is about to begin and might a make this show worthwhile otherwise I’d sandwich this show between spielban and blueswat
>>22676478It would've been nice if they at least included Japanese subtitles for everything.
>>22676860Wow the Jump in quality went right up in these last three episodes, the crossover episodes with the originals were actually fantastic. Also onto episode 28 Its hilarious that mac’s actor would go on to be the voice of Dante of DMC fame, what retroactive recognition that is, and even more funny when you remember that Nero’s voice was previously a power ranger
https://twitter.com/JISARIZ/status/1801460805533057477"Limited time free release decidedCurrently, the first season of Jisariz, which is only available to YouTube members, will be available for free for a limited time during the summer vacation from July 20th to August 31st Please look forward to it."
>>22678307Finished episode 36 now, this show got astoundingly better around the second half so much it’s like night and day. The series especially got good once the mecha finally made its appearance and the new insect fighters with b-crushers as foes. If this was an attempt in saving this show and an excuse for new toys then they did an absolutely good job with it
>>22678483hopefully some of this exhibition money is going to a mirai ninja remaster
even when I was a kid I always thought it was weird how cramped Machine Man was when driving
>>22681609what sort of baddies do the Finger Five battle?
>>22681671Ishinomori’s family and Kamen Rider V3.
>>22674677So I just decided to gamble 25 bucks on that Fiverr translator.There are 2 outcomes here, either y'all get the first episode of Rainbowman, or I'll have wasted 25 bucks.
>>22683193You have just wasted 25 bucks.
>>22683193>>22683208I wouldn't be surprised if they really are a competent translator, but they do a bad job anyway because the shitty audio quality of 70's toku throws them off.
>>22681671Unironically, they were partially responsible for the small American football boom in Japan because of one of their songs.
>>22675729>most proper sub groups don't or wouldn't do for-hire workI don't mean the professionals working for companies. I meant the fansubbers. I doubt they're going to be charging crazy amounts, since they're not actually in-demand.
>>22683236No one that's a worthwhile translator is going to be using Fiverr. They're going to be working for a company, translating documents or talking to other translators in negotiations.Anyone doing translations as a side-gig or for fun, isn't going to be very good. Which is why I told you that you need a good editor.
>>22683819>>22683829OK, do I just ask a fansub group or is there a specific place I have to go to enlist their services?
Also pardon my saying so but if it really is as simple as just commissioning a fansub group, how come I've never heard of any prior instances of that happening?
probably since /krg/ or /ssg/ will shit on this:https://www.youtube.com/@-yasuedathis guy has been doing his own fanmade rider m ultraman and sentai animations in mine-imator. a minecraft based animation software. he's been at it for some time.
https://twitter.com/MAAAAAAAASAHIRO/status/1801954727233785867"I also use Luma AI to create videos for the Jisariz Project.Using AI in this way can significantly reduce costs, even for cuts of just a few seconds, and it looks like it will become an indispensable tool in anime and Tokusatsu.I'm currently working on a video for a contest, and I'm not sure yet whether I'll release it to the public, but after watching the edit all day, I'm excited about Jisariz season 2.We're all working hard until the release! Please support us!"
