Tokusatsu in Review: Kamen Rider Blade (introduction/Part 1)

Shinta delves into the origins of Kamen Rider's most memetically-powerful series And it's mixedly-received base...And also discusses the role and consequences a show where half it's cast couldn't competently deliver their lines had to its translation back when the only way to actually translate something was to listen to what the actors were saying.
 
 PLEASE NO REPLIES ABOUT TRANSLATION PREFERENCES; WE COULD CARE LESS WHO YOU USE AS YOUR SOURCE OF SUBTITLES, THIS IS JUST CLARIFYING OUR POSITION FOR THOSE WHO KEEP ASKING. WE REALLY, REALLY DISLIKE UNNECESSARY CREATIVE LIBERTIES REGARDLESS OF WHO COMMITS THEM, AND CONSIDER THEM WORSE THAN LEGITIMATE ERRORS AS THEY ARE CONSCIOUS CHOICES TO BE WRONG INSTEAD OF AN ACCIDENTAL MISTAKE OR ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE THE NARRATIVE. MISTAKES ARE FORGIVABLE, PRESERVING INTENT EVEN IF ONE MESSES UP IS UNDERSTANDABLE, DELIBERATELY CHOOSING TO BE WRONG IS NEITHER.

 Blade begins the Battle Fight with a trio of Riders fighting over the right to battle monsters to add to their deck of playing cards. And yet no-one sees fit to summon the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
 

.Hack//Retrospective: .Hack//G.U. Vol 4 Reconnection

Shinta returns to the .hack Franchise with one last Final story added onto the Last Recode Remaster of G.U..  Did what we wanted to happen post-storyline actually happen, or was this merely a pointless tale outside of a few narrative addendums?
yes, we actually discuss what happened in the "innocent Call" Audio drama here as well, for those who haven't heard it or found a translated Transcript.

RPG hell: Megaman X Command Mission

Shinta dives into the  only  RPG in the megaman franchise Not part of the battle network timeline, with a Trip by X and Zero to a mining facility to stop a Non-sigma-based rebellion.
Get your burning finger's ready.

Shinta's Take On Yugioh: Pyramid of Light

The Yugioh reviews continue with the Notorious cinematic 'epic' pitting the OG team against the guard-dog of hell.
Now if only this were Stargate so there'd be actual menace out of the guy.

Tokusatsu in Review: Unofficial sentai Akibaranger

Patreon requests send shinta into delusion-space, to discuss the sentai series that's not really a sentai series.
And yet more earns the parody moniker than Carranger ever did.

How I learned to stop worrying and watch the Business Burn: a personal perspective on the Rise and Fall of Bandai of America.

I guess I’m in a respect luckier than some in how long I’ve been able to follow along with Bandai stuff, and with the recent separation of Power Rangers from Bandai of America, I thought I’d take some time and write out my long history with the company; the highs and lows, and why I still get stuff in some form from them.

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.