Tokusatsu in Review: Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Brave

The marathon of the 2010 Dinosaur-themed Sentai and Ranger series ends with the 2017 Korean-funded sequel to the Original Kyoryuger...and a series that once again Shows that Toei REALLY should think about Firing Producer Shinichiro Shirakura.
And to think, we thought we escaped this guy for a year.

To the End of 2017, looking onwards to 2018

Tokusatsu in Review: Power Rangers Dino Charge Parts 5-9

Dino Charge enters it's 'super' Sect, as the show actually gets stupid instead of possessing a bunch of badly executed Idea's.
Maybe if they started hiring competent, experienced writers this would stop happening.

Tokusatsu in Review: Power Rangers Dino Charge Parts 1-4

The long-awaited Review of Dino Charge kicks off with impossible spacerocks, awful composers, and the tale of magic gemstones millions of years in the making...in an era of the franchise where they can't seem to do anything right.

Tokusatsu in Review: Toqger Vs Kyoryuger

The Kyoryuger-thon comes to it's ultimate conclusions...with a character-assassinating crossover that shows just how bad Yasuko Kobayashi is at teamup movies.
it comes from her doing absolutely no research into the material she is writing about.
Considering her recent work, this isn't that far from par for the course.

Tokusatsu in review: Zyuden Sentai Kyouryuger 100 years After

The KyouRyuger-thon concludes the Riku Sanjou-penned material with a trip to the future and the state of the next official successors to the beast batteries!
...eh, still better than the Korean Team.

Tokusatsu in Review: Zyuden Sentai Kyouryuger part 6

Kyoruyuger concludes it's main series with Many individual character arcs being concluded, a surprising plot twist, and Both sides reaching their respective win condition; making it a race for who's melody can be unleashed first.

Tokusatsu in Review: KyouRyuger vs Gobusters

A Massive Teamup of an unprecedented (Outside of Gokaiger) number of Sentai Members!
It's too bad they gave this to the guy who freely admits to sucking at managing larger casts.
Still better than ANYONE bar Naruhisa Arakawa would've done with this, but you can see the executive mandates as plain as day.  And yet people still ask why it didn't get adapted.

Tokusatsu in Review: Zyuden Sentai Kyouryuger part 5

Kyoryuger shines Silver, with the storyarc elevating a castmember into the final Teammate slot, amidst the awakening of the final Zyudenryu.

Tokusatsu in Review: Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Part 4

Zuon-on-ON!  kyoryuger Garners it's Ninth member (though not who you'd expect), The series' super form gets introduced, and Torin's secrets are made public to all!

.Hack//Retrospective: .Hack//G.U. Last Recode

Game Developer Cyberconnect2 has released a remaster of their greatest original work.  How does it stack up?  Here's franchise fan Des Shinta with a spoiler-light review of the story, it's improvements, and additions!

Tokusatsu in Review: Zyuden sentai Kyouryuger the Movie: Gaburincho of Music

Kyouryuger's half-hour cinema event brings us the showcasing of a trope started in Prior Dinosaur Sentai, and for the first time actually plays it straight!

Tokusatsu in Review: Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Part 3

Part three has Utchi properly join the samba, character exploratory episodes critics of this entry say don't exist, and the 8th man to the band coming in to encourage the next stage of their growth.

Tokusatsu in Review: Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger part 2

Kyouryuger continues with the continued gathering of the Team, one of whom the cast has already met as an enemy!
…Come on, it’s a Dinosaur sentai, you think they weren’t going to pull this?

Tokusatsu in Review: Zyuden Sentai kyouryuger Intro/Part 1

Vamola!  Des Shinta dives into the last widely popular and yet mixedly-received modern sentai series!
Maybe that mixed reception has to do with it being the third show based around Dinosaurs when there are other themes they've yet done.

Tokusatsu In review: Lupin the 3rd (2014)

Lupin returns to the show with the 2014 movie everybody hates despite its cast being awesome.
Can you believe the writer of this thing is actually pretty popular?



And Starting next week

Tokusatsu in Review: Garo Yami Wo Terasu Mono part 4

Yamo Wo Terasu Mono Ends with the Madou horrors Exterminated, The Garo armor restored to it’s golden shine, and a Sealed evil unleashed upon the world!
…come on, would you expect a Garo entry to end any other way?


.Hack//G.U last recode giveaway is active until October 29, 2017: https://youtu.be/CT3V9VayLco

Tokusatsu in Review: Garo Yami Wo Terasu Mono part 3

With Ryuga on the run from the world, the Makai Knight struggle to gain an Advantage over the Madou Horrors; with the true mastermind being revealed in their midst!
Eh, still makes more sense of a plot-twist than Sigma Fudou’s.
 .Hack//G.U last recode giveaway is active until October 29, 2017: https://youtu.be/CT3V9VayLco

Tokusatsu in Review: Garo Yami Wo Terasu Mono part 2

the Horror Hunts in Vol City continue, with Ryuga outing his identity?
…He’s not very good at this, is he?

G.U. last recode Giveaway is active until October 29th: https://youtu.be/CT3V9VayLco

Tokusatsu in Review: Garo Yami Wo Terasu Mono Part 1

the Garo reviews continue on into…THE FUTURE!  With a new wielder of the armor in an era where it’s broken and weak.
…So does this actually reflect the state of it’s protagonist as well?




And if you've not seen, I'm Giving away .hack//G.U last recode!

Shinta's Take on Yugioh: Battle City Finals

Battle city ends with Torture, fire in the flames, a fated confrontation, and a redemption of a lost soul.
Only half of which you got context to in the dub!

Tokusatsu in Review: Garo Tougen no Fue

The Last of the Kouga-era Content (Beyond Rei’s Spinoffs) Closes with a Tale focused on the two Makai priests closest to him, alongside a pair of women attempting to revive a sealed evil.
Isn’t that always the way of this franchise?

Shinta's Take on Yugioh: Virtual World Arc.

Everyone falls into the Depths of Link Vrain’s earliest Predecessor, in the anime-only filler arc exploring the kaiba Brothers’ backstory with their own villains to boot.
Too bad the chosen villains were a bit ridiculous and it was interrupting a more interesting Arc.

Tokusatsu in Review: W Returns Kamen Rider Accel And Eternal

TRIAL!  Keiichi hasegawa Gives the Terui’s a final focused story…that’s pretty superfluous considering they already completed their character arcs.


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ETERNAL! Riku sanjou Concludes all of the Video W content with Exploring Katsumi Daidou’s backstory…and in doing so harms the view-ability of one of the best Kamen Rider movies made.
Toei does not learn.

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In addition, an update video on Real life issues and the future of the show:

Tokusatsu in Review: OOO and W: Movie War Core.

SKULL!  We Dive into W’s Post-series stories with Akiko gaining a look back on her father’s origins as a Rider on her wedding day…while Toshiki Inoue takes the characters of Kamen Rider OOO for a ride that Doesn’t make much Sense, even if you know Nobunaga Oda.
Poor Eiji Hino, he’s barely relevant to his own damn Crossover film.


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Tokusatsu In Review: Kamen Rider W Part 6/ W Forever

JOKER!  W Ends with the Series’ final revelations, Ryu Finding true closure and Love, and the machination of the world’s end Challenged by the Final Trump.


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EXTREME!  Fuuto comes under attack by Dangerous zombies and new gaia memories, as the series secret antagonists’ other machinations clash catastrophically with the plot of a madman out for revenge.

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Tokusatsu in Review: Kamen Rider W Part 5

TRIGGER!  Ryu reaches the next level of speed in his final confrontation with Weather, as Museum restructures itself amidst increased pressure from it’s investors.



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Tokusatsu in Review: Kamen Rider W Part 4

METAL!  Shotaro and Phillip’s partnership is driven to the Test amidst the introduction of Ryu’s mysterious benefactor and her ever-present hatred.


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Tokusatsu in review: Kamen Rider W Part 3

ACCEL! Story shifts Drive a new character into the cast, as a new long-running case takes form.

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Tokusatsu in Review: Kamen Rider W; Begins Night

FANG!  W dives back to the event that set off their adventures amidst a case of the sudden resurrections.
And actually pulls such a plot off unlike Kamen Rider Taisen which ripped this movie off.


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Tokusatsu In review: Kamen Rider W Part 2

LUNA!  W continues it’s early arc with further establishment of the city, mistaken identities, and Akiko taking some responsibility for herself.



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Tokusatsu in Review: Kamen Rider W Intro/Part 1

CYCLONE! The Rider reviews jump ahead to the 2-in-1 Rider Popularly considered one of the best Entry’s in the Franchise!

Tokusatsu in Review: Kamen Rider W (Introduction) by ShintaReviews

HEAT!  W Begins with a Windy city set on Fire with the Burning blood of it’s criminal element.

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Shinta's Take on Yugioh: Battle City Quarterfinals

Battle city continues with a lot of people getting mindscrewed!  As the Original take on things makes villain motivations FAR more clear.


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And next week...

Tokusatsu in Review: Garo Soukoku No Maryu

Kouga Saejima heads to another realm, in this post-makai senki movie chronicling his trials in a green-screened wonderland.


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Pre-orders for Kraken's Western Release of Garo season 1 part 1 are also now Live through Right stuff with a special discount! https://www.rightstufanime.com/GARO-TV-Blu-ray

Vlog: .Hack//G.U. Last Recode Trailer Reaction

I was not expecting anything THIS fast, nor for so many of my concerns to be blown up with it.

RPG Hell: Megaman Battle Network 2 Part 3

The gospel incident concludes with Aerial terror attacks, weather machines, and cities consumed in radiation.
And yet the most anger-inducing thing is the rationale’s of it’s endboss.


RPG Hell: Megaman Battle Network 2 Part 3 by ShintaReviews

.Hack//Retrospective Special news: "G.U. Last Recode" Announcement Reaction and thoughts.

.Hack may not be as dead as we have been lead to believe...

The Siliconera articles:
http://www.siliconera.com/2017/06/13/hackg-u-last-recode-announced-hd-remaster-new-elements-systems/
http://www.siliconera.com/2017/06/13/hackg-u-last-recode-brings-plenty-system-changes-along-visual-improvements/
http://www.siliconera.com/2017/06/14/hackg-u-last-recodes-first-screenshots-give-us-glimpse-remaster/

RPG Hell: Megaman Battle Network 2 Part 2

Gospel’s attacks escalate, as the core of Electopia’s network is assaulted, before their machinations go global.


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RPG Hell: Megaman Battle Network 2 Part 1

Style Change! The Hikari brothers return in the second mainline battle network outing, facing down a Net mafia on their school break!


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Shinta's take on Yugioh: Battle City

The most infamous arc in the franchise opens the door to the real way to play the game, the introduction of some of the strongest monsters in the game…and an Antagonist SEVERELY screwed over in import.
Also: a god turned into an executive producer. What idiot Thought that was a good Idea?


Shinta's take on Yugioh: Battle City by ShintaReviews

Tokusatsu in Review: Rurouni Kenshin The Legend Ends

The long-awaited Finale to the Ruroken Movie reviews showscases what is ultimately the weakest of the three films…and sadly we get to them after funimation has made them widely available.
Once again, Our timing is terrible.

Tokusatsu in Review: Rurouni Kenshin The Legend... by ShintaReviews

RPG Hell: Kingdom hearts RE:Chain of memories

Shinta returns to Squares games and Kingdom hearts with an entry in the franchise most reviewers tend to straight-up skip over when covering the series. Why is that?


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Shinta's Take on Yugioh: Duelist kingdom Finals

Duelist kingdom wraps with many more context shifts for characters in their original version, and a lot of cards that were later expanded into their own really cool archetypes.


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Shinta Reviews: Edge of Tomorrow

As another patreon request, Things ‘feel a little loopy’ in discussion of Tom Cruise being ‘anchored’ to the same day fighting shape-changing aliens, all adapted from a Japanese novel.
…It’s not a “Tokusatsu in review” episode as it barely mimics it’s source material.


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RPG Hell: Megaman Network Transmission

Log on!  Shinta plugs into the Battle network game that’s technically not a battle network game which tries mixing the classic game-series’ battle elements and the Late-X-series 3D platforming into the BN’s RPG stylization!
Suffice to say, it goes badly.


RPG Hell: Megaman Network Transmission by ShintaReviews

Shinta's Take on Yugioh: Duelist Kingdom

The yugioh reviews return with the first arc of the second anime series, the one most people have seen....and just a small snippet of how bad the dub actually is when one learns of what they changed.

Shinta's Take on Yugioh: Duelist Kingdom by ShintaReviews

Tokusatsu in Review: Lupin III Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

The greatest thief in all of fiction has struck with an ultimatum:  Remind the world that Lupin had a live-action theatrical feature in the 70’s!
Meh, still better than that 2014 one.


Tokusatsu in Review: Lupin III Strange... by ShintaReviews

RPG Hell: Persona 4 Golden part 5

Persona ends with Revelations of the true Murder, and the Identity of the one behind Inaba’s Descent into the fog-drenched depths.
…Which was kind of obvious if you know even the basics of Japanese mythology.


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RPG Hell: Persona 4 Golden part 4

Detectives, stalkers, And Deliverymen take focus as the Inaba investigation team closes in on the culprit!
Also: A Traumatic trip to heaven.
RPG Hell: Persona 4 Golden part 4 by ShintaReviews

RPG Hell: Persona 4 Golden part 3

Brawlers, actors, performers and Idols!  What’s the common thread to them all?  Slots in the social links!


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RPG Hell: Persona 4 Golden part 2

Persona’s persistent time sinks are elaborated on, as we get along to saving a princess in a castle.


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RPG Hell: Persona 4 Golden Part 1

“I HAVE FOUND YOU!”  As Des Shinta boots up what many Claim to be the Best RPG Ever made…and yet can’t stop going on about the Extreme Similarities it has to .hack//G.U.

Yeah, We finished those reviews in 2015 and yet still can’t put it to rest.


RPG Hell: Persona 4 Golden Part 1 by ShintaReviews

Tokusatsu in Review: Power Rangers Ninja Steel Premiere

Season 6, Start up!
Ninja steel's begun...and it's based on A Terrible Sentai.  How's Saban dealing with it?



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