Wow. All I can really say about this episode is wow. This is what the final arc of a Kamen Rider series should be like, boiled down into one episode. In the last several weeks, Build has been all over the place in terms of tone and scope, almost as if it was lost or […]
Monthly Archives: July 2018
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This week, a new ship is born for the fans to get excited about. This episode focuses very heavily on Kairi, Tsukasa, and their respective stories as well as how the pair of them interact. After raiding a club to capture Giwi, a Gangler general, Tsukasa sees Kairi and believes he is an innocent civilian, […]
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Jul
Build vs Build continues this week as we learn more about the reasoning behind Katsuragi Shinobu’s decision to side with Evolt. Along the way, there is a lot of interpersonal drama, packed in between action pieces that show what Build’s basic forms could be capable of. According to Shinobu, the Build Driver was originally built […]
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Jul
In recent weeks, Kamen Rider Build has been all over the place, tonally. At one moment, the show can be dark, violent, and explore deep philosophical questions such as what it means to be human. In the next, Gentoku will be using his shirts for comedy. That trend continues in episode 43, as we see […]
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Jul
Hello, tokusatsu community! It’s Joshua Perry here to talk about SODO figures on my fortnightly series, SODO Sundays. This time we have a bit of news from Kamen Rider Build. Kamen Rider Build The final Build SODO set is releasing at the end of August and the first figure of this set has been released. […]
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Jul
The Ganglers we know are not the only dimension-hopping criminal syndicate. When the Lymon Gang arrives on the scene, even boss Dogranio takes notice, and we open this episode on the Ganglers plotting how to get around their competitors. A series of kidnappings against chefs leads to Noel asking Touma for help luring out the […]
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Jul
Jul
French romanticism is tested against Japanese sensibilities, as Noel has decided to play Cupid this week, in the name of furthering everyone’s favourite ship. After a quick encounter in which Noel meets the Lupinrangers as a member of the GSPO, he pickpockets Sakuya’s phone off of him, making Umika chase him to give it back. […]
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Jul
Stone birds, zany CEOs and more in this edition of Ultraman R/B! Brotherly humour continues this week, even in the pre-credits narration from the duo, as Isami laments that he doesn’t think they have a victory pose. Katsumi disagrees. It’s the little things like this that add depth and colour to characters who could have […]
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Jul
After some teasing from the staff, it was officially confirmed during their San Diego Comic Con panel that Power Rangers will be one of the four toy brands featured in Netflix’s “The Toys That Made Us” Season 3. Last month, it was shown the staff of the show visited the headquarters of Toei in Japan. […]
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Jul
San Diego Comic-Con is in full swing, it seems, as the torrent of new content coming from big publishers in the industry hit the internet. As part of this, we were treated to the debut trailer for Power Rangers VS Street Fighter, a new live-action companion film to the Street Fighter crossover event in mobile […]
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Jul
The light-hearted comedic charm shown in the opening of this new series carries over in a big way this week. The second episode of Ultraman R/B opens on the brothers testing their abilities, including a lot of experimentation with laser blasts cut over dialogue and banter that definitely made me laugh a few times. The […]
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Jul
If Noel is a con man, he is certainly playing the long game. This week, we see Noel’s allegiance tested, and learn a little more of his back story, as both Good Striker and Kogure acknowledge him as a long-time friend and servant of the Lupin family in France. The police are hesitant to trust […]
10
Jul
Jul
A new Build appears! For all the focus in the PV at the end of last week’s episode, this new Build actually plays a fairly minor role in the episode. To the writers’ credit, though, they quickly dispatch with the mystery as to the new Build’s identity. For the ones who haven’t seen the episode, […]
08
Jul
Jul
After months of build-up, Ultraman R/B made its long awaited debut this past Saturday. Did the red and blue brothers live up to the hype? Ultraman R/B does an incredible job of setting up its world and characters early into the first episode. Before the OP has even played, we see our heroes, Katsumi and […]
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Jul
Hello, tokusatsu community! It’s Joshua Perry here to talk about SODO figures on my fortnightly series, SODO Sundays. This time we have a bit of news from Kamen Rider Build. Kamen Rider Build With only one set of Build SODO figures left, Bandai is releasing a special villain set for Build to be released next […]
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