Category Archives: Tokusatsu

Tokusatsu is the umbrella term for shows which use special effects. More specifically, it refers to shows in the vein of Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Ultraman.

Shinji and Kamen Rider Ryuki episode 1 revisited

1/12
2012
Kamen Rider
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Thoughts about Shinji’s character arc and the general storyline as it reflects in the first episode of Kamen Rider Ryuki. More

Thoughts on Tsukasa after Decade finale (2 years old)

11/23
2011
Kamen Rider
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I was going through Google Docs and I found something I meant to post long ago but somehow never got around to. It was a little over two years, about a week after the final episode of Kamen Rider Decade. … More

Joe Gibken, Gokaiger 30

10/25
2011
Super Sentai
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Pirate Sentai Gokaiger is so insanely fun that it’s really easy to forget that it can touch deeper topics, and that, in fact, most of the main characters have had fairly dark backstories revealed. Case in point, Joe Gibken. More

Over 3 months of stuff?

10/22
2011
British tv, Kamen Rider, Sci fi, Super Sentai, US tv
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Work happened. Then vacation happened. The stuff I’ve gotten into in the past 3 months, and that I’ve been playing catch up with: Community, Mad Men, The Good Wife, Downtown Abbey, The Hour. More

Reverse/Re:birth PV

8/6
2011
Kamen Rider
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I’m kind of really really behind on OOO (read that as in: I have no idea about Date’s general state of well-being, in general), but the song is cool! Also, top hats!

When bad shit happens to favorite characters

7/21
2011
Anime, Kamen Rider, Sci fi, US tv
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Okay, seriously why is it that my favorite characters always seem to die or suffer horrible fates? I mean, well, okay, not always, not every one of them, but very very often. More

OOO 23-24: The Fighting Doctor

6/28
2011
Kamen Rider
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As far as I’m concerned, the important thing about these episodes is… Date backstory!! I mean, yes, there was all the stuff about Date’s former colleague, and how she wanted to be pretty like her sister, and how the lesson is … More

Catching up with Kamen Rider OOO… again

6/27
2011
Kamen Rider
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Right. Been busy again, yada yada. But it doesn’t feel right to just skip through, so I’ll go off my notes for the episodes I watched (yes, I take notes while watching Kamen Rider, and yes, I realize what this … More

Kamen Rider OOO 19-20: bromances, badass chicks, escaped convicts and and peacocks

4/22
2011
Kamen Rider
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In which Date and Gotou’s epic bromance begins, and Satonaka is total badass. More

Kamen Rider OOO 17-18: a dude named Date

4/22
2011
Kamen Rider
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Still playing catchup. These obviously deal with a whole more than just Date, but I’m really interested in him, so that’s what this post will be about mostly. Episodes 17 and 18 are basically a bit of an introduction to … More

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