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so anyone here from japan, latin america, flipland, france, etc. that managed to watch an old toku or two that is rarely referenced nowadays?
I remember watching this shit back then. In fact I wasn't able to find him until recently because I always thought his name was Poseidon. It was weird, from what I remembered he gets launched into battle through a tank or truck. And I think he fights dinosaurs.
When I was a kid, I watched a shitton of toku in VHS. I don't remember most of them.
I guess Cybercop is not really obscure, but is all I really remember that are not from a mainstream series (sentai, rider or metal heroes).
The opening is GOAT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J79Ql3Mf6Lo
There's also Lion Maru. I still wait for subs for this one.
Since yesterday was St. Patrick's Day, this feels appropriate
>>14010937
VOICELUGGER because i know japanese. it has actors like seki tomokazu acting in the flesh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voicelugger
>>14011167
Also the last thing Ishinomori ever made
>>14010982
this looks familiar
>>14010982
There was a Cybercops reference in the first Hayate the Combat Butler series. Made me lose my shit.
>>14011167
Anyone know where I can find the raws for this?
>>14011167
Is that Mizuki in the middle?
>>14010937
The one true Dinosaur Sentai.
>It was weird, from what I remembered he gets launched into battle through a tank or truck. And I think he fights dinosaurs.
Because Koseidon was a time traveller. That is why he fights Dinosaurs (and also alien colonizers and robots/cyborgs). I barely remember this show (and I was like 4 it was airing in my country)
And the truck had an auxillary flight module iirc.
>>14010937
>>14011833
Unfortunately, only one episode of it got subbed. Better than nothing, I guess.
>>14011815
Ichirou Mizuki? Yeah
>>14011815
Yeah, he's the Commander and Sixth member of the team. He's done a couple of acting bits here and there, including some anime where he played a guy with no arms and a two minute guest spot in Dangaioh.
>>14010982
I'm getting a weird sense of nostalgia from this image. I don't think I watched the series proper but I remember seeing adverts for it in my magazines as a kid. And yeah, that OP is fly as fuck.
>>14012527
He actually has a really big role in Spielban, playing the main character's father.
>>14011833
I forgot, his fights were like Ultraman except on human scale right?
>>14012606
Yes same studio Tsuburaya Productions.
>>14010982
Fuck man, I used to play pretend with a niece about them, I know the songs and weapons by heart
>>14010982
I want Cybercop subbed so badly that I could cry, same with Gridman
>>14014387
>Cybercop
At the least, it's best to hope that Sailor Otaku will get interested in that.
>>14012704
Yeah, still I just find it weird to see Ultraman stunts in a "human scale".
>>14014387
Don't feel bad about Gridman, it honestly is not a good show. People are more often than not confused because the action and designs are great yeah but those consistute minutes of an episode. The show stars some pretty bad kid actors whose characters are not all that interesting and just go through typical 90s "kid lives" plots.
>>14010982
GREAT SOUNDTRACK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WmqsbJCIoA
Just gonna leave this here.
http://bignovasubs.wordpress.com/
>>14018104
Nice, I was curious about this show.
>>14018227
Only seen four episodes so far, but I'm finding it to be really good. And it does child of the week episodes so much better than what you usually see in toku.
How's Barom-1?
>>14015800
how does it compare to Samurai Cyber Squad
>>14018275
>Sugimura does good kid episodes for this and Winspector
>doesn't do as well for Zyuranger
The guy had only one job, although to be fair Sagiyama did worse than him on her off days.
>>14018398
>Sugimura does good kid episodes for Winspector
No he doesn't. And I'm not looking forward to his episodes in this show.
>>14018487
Yeah, looking at an episode list, Sugimura did a large amount of the bad episodes. The show's other bad writer is Asao Rumiko, but at least her episodes are sort of comedic. Sugimura's are all really awkward.
>>14018487
>>14019233
Seems like horror stuff is his true calling then, despite his apparent fondness of kids.
>>14018104
Bicrossers = Shit. Shotaro Ishinomori did it after getting drunk. Motobike cannon was also dumb as fuck.
>>14011190
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J79Ql3Mf6Lo
holy shit , i though me and my cousin were the only ever to see cybercops ...
too bad we both lost the special weapons that the toys had ..those were the best
>>14010937
Tetsujin Tiger Seven.
>>14022529
Isn't this LION MARU... IN MODERN TIMES!
>>14022529
Good thing that MBE are doing a collab with Hi no Tori on this, even if it takes forever and a day for the latter to do their part.
>>14022551
That's Lion Maru G
>>14022529
>Amu's grandaddy
>>14022560
I guess what I meant was LION MARU... IN MOTORBIKE
>>14022565
I know that neither Tiger Seven or Lion Maru are owned by Toei, but I'd like to see a crossover between them and Zyuohger.
>>14022590
isn't the company that owned them already defunct?
>>14022592
>P Productions
Pretty much the chief reason why no one can license Spectreman from them for official English DVD releases, sadly enough.
>>14022627
Pretty sure P-Pro still exists. They did Karate Robo Zaborgar with Nikkatsu in 2011.
>>14022709
Oh, didn't know they own Zaborger
>>14011021
A toku with a knight theme sounds pretty cool, at least in concept. Did this one use Japanese footage, or was it made from scratch?
>>14022939
It was all a fully original Saban production. All from scratch.
>>14019271
The only thing I've seen him in is Onimusha and the movie Space Travelers, which is a pretty good comedy about bank robbers and their hostages bonding over a cheesy old anime.
>>14022954
Gotta go track that down, it sounds gloriously cheesy.
Never heard about an American tokusatsu show made from scratch before (and before people get mad at me, I did not grow up with American kids' TV in the 90s, so a lot of this is new to me).
![[O-T-MCS]_GARO_MakaiSenki_-_11_[7823F4A3].mkv_snapshot_20.13_[2015.08.04_00.10.00].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/OCjUxKK.jpg "[O-T-MCS]_GARO_MakaiSenki_-_11_[7823F4A3].mkv_snapshot_20.13_[2015.08.04_00.10.00].jpg")
>>14022939
>A toku with a Knight theme
I think I have the show for you Anon
>>14022939
All original it was Saban's attempt at making a toku style show without having to use sentai footage but no one bought the toys and it was canceled while they were working on season 2
>>14022974
Garo looks a bit too dark and CGI-heavy for me, from what little I've seen. Keep in mind, I'm a dumb noob.
>>14022970
I haven't seen it either but I imagine it is.
It's an oddity. Specially coming from Saban. The sad, and kind of ironic, thing about it is that Saban cancelled the production of a second season to focus on more Power Rangers.
>>14022981
Explains why I've never heard of it, or why all-original American tokusatsu never really became a thing.
>>14022989
There's always Batman 66
>>14023009
Hm, I think the main reason why I haven't even considered the Batman TV show as a tokusatsu (although technically it kinda is one), is because it was actually fully aware of how camp and silly it was, while Japanese superhero shows from that era and the next few decades always take themselves super seriously.
>>14023029
Sun Vulcan
![[Bunny_Hat_Raw]Gridman_16_(86B51BCC).mkv_snapshot_06.40_[2016.03.20_15.37.14].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/O5SKx36.jpg "[Bunny_Hat_Raw]Gridman_16_(86B51BCC).mkv_snapshot_06.40_[2016.03.20_15.37.14].jpg")
Not as obscure as other shows, but Gridman is great.
>>14023449
Daniel please
![[Bunny_Hat_Raw]Gridman_15_(192343DE).mkv_snapshot_06.14_[2016.03.20_02.25.12].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/0Od1ztP.jpg "[Bunny_Hat_Raw]Gridman_15_(192343DE).mkv_snapshot_06.14_[2016.03.20_02.25.12].jpg")
>>14023549
GIRDMAN IS A GOOD SHOW OK
>>14023449
Soundtrack's fuckin' great. Have that shit on my phone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nybqhMbWTOI
>>14023580
Yeah the opening is fucking great. They play it during every climax of a fight as well.
>>14022962
>cheesy old anime
Media Blasters dropped the ball pretty hard when they licensed that instead of the actual movie.
>>14022709
Oh, well good then, there might still be a chance for Shout Factory to nab Spectreman.
>>14022551
That's Tiger 7.
>>14018335
Basically the same, swap out "90s Japanese kid issues" for "90s American kid stories". Also the bad guy's story is more or less the same and somehow the American series ran 10 episodes longer.
>>14024586
Also, the bad guy is voiced by Tim Curry
>>14024586
>>14024592
This must have been DIC's easiest localization job ever. At least Gridman has an actual ending, right?
![[Over-Time]_Spec-Ops_Cell_Go-Busters_-_34_[B2B9BC18].mkv_snapshot_24.02_[2012.10.15_13.36.36].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/pDq5orc.jpg "[Over-Time]_Spec-Ops_Cell_Go-Busters_-_34_[B2B9BC18].mkv_snapshot_24.02_[2012.10.15_13.36.36].jpg")
>>14012527
>>14012591
He also had a minor role in Go-Busters, as the inventor of mid-season upgrade. And he had a cameo in Kamen Rider W as the judge on a music contest.
>>14022627
Well either someone owns those properties or they are public domain. The show doesn't just disappear.
>>14022983
There's a lot of CG but even in the first season it's pretty well-done for the time. There's still a fuckton of actual stunts. Only they dropped the ball on the 3rd series and basically removed the whole "suit actor" element from it, but thankfully they realized that it sucked and came back to using stuntmen in plastic suits.
>>14024657
Is it as grimdark as it looks? Because I like my tokus somewhat silly and lighthearted, for the most part.
>>14024702
Yeah, actually. Like it's still fun what with dudes in crazy costumes fighting cgi monsters and rubber costumes and shit but the story itself is pretty damn dark
>>14024641
I thought he also voiced one of the mechs
>>14024799
Eh, I'll giving a go. I assume starting from the first series is the best way?
>>14024702
>>14024799
The dark tends to be balanced out by the style and cuhrayzee that happens on a regular basis.
>>14022529
I remember saw a video in Nicovideo where there's a scene in an episode of Tiger Seven when the guy jumps from his motorcycle to transform. And the unmanned Motorcycle just keeps on moving and hits a child who is crossing the road.
It was weird.
>>14015800
Can't say I agree. Watching it right now, it's a really cool show that does a lot of different things compared to the Toku I'm familiar with.
I don't know if it's obscure enough, but I sure as hell never knew about it until the main theme showed up in my jewtube recommendations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JZEfBIIUPM
They showed Koseidon here in Flipland. I thought he was a diver guy fighting ancient dinosaurs.
The way it was dubbed was kind of incomprehensible for me but then again I was a wee little lad at the time.
Also shoutouts to Azteckaiser for being Toku and Puro at the same time. That dropkick spam gets kinda crazy though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOAPMLd3XKI
Well, we had Megaloman here in Pastaland, don't know how obscure that is in Japan, considering it's basically NOT!Ultraman with a wig.
>>14025039
If you can wait a little then wait for Over-Time to finish subbing the first series, otherwise get the episodes they have put out and then watch the rest from Gomen Rider.
>>14026390
That's one bizzare toku with Asakura/Kamen Rider Ohja as the main character.
Does Greenman have the worst design in Japanese superhero history?
>>14026694
Could pass as an aztek god.
I remember this airing in my country... but never actually watched it.
What was Machineman all about?
>>14026737
I like the shower drape cape.
>>14026730
The little panels on his chest slide open, revealing nipple guns.
>>14026780
hhahhahah that got me, do you have a picture?
>>14026792
Not at the moment. There are a few episodes subbed somewhere, though, it's worth a look for it's sheer weirdness alone. I might try to grab some screencaps when I get home.
He's also supposed to be a robot sent from God to stop Satan from kidnapping Japanese children.
>>14026737
It did air in flipland. Channel 13 to be exact, on evenings.The Ball robot was renamed Buknoy in the dub.
>>14026943
yeah I know, hence why I remember it but never managed to watch it
I find it funny that Shaider aired here but not the other Sheriffs, though Gavan got a shortlived run and be dubbed as Sky Ranger I think.
>>14026952
That makes two Space Sheriffs, and Sharivan the No Export For You. But answer me this- Winspector did air right?
Aztekaizer was the shit, especially if you are a fan of oldschool Puro like I am.
Its like live-action Kinnikuman.
>>14026737
>>14026943
>>14026771
He has one uncomfortable ride.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrPz8uvuNAU
>>14026962
none of the rescue metal heroes made it in flipland iirc
>>14021464
And the way the brothers transform by jumping into their closet in their room. It's just stupid.
>>14025039
Prepare for some bare tits.
>>14026390
>>14026647
Yeah, it's comedic in tone. The main character is a private detective strapped for cash. He once disguised as a woman for a mission and other slapstick moment like the time he mistook a banana for his transformation item. Sadly I didn't watch all the episode when it was aired in my country.
>>14027083
I've heard that at least one Garo show has actual porn stars in it, so I'm prepared. Also I'm European, we have bare tits in the comics in newspapers.
>>14018287
The one subbed episode that you used to could find was good. The villain was actually creepy.
>>14027154
I think it's episode 7-ish or something that the villain of the week is played by a porn star. But there's boobs right in episode 1.
It never gets to Game of Thrones level of absurdity though, just a couple times in each series. Except the 3rd series where clearly they wanted to to be edgier.
>>14024702
It takes itself too seriously. There are moments in the first and second series that I laugh at what I wasn't meant to because of how damn serious everyone is. (doesn't help that most of the cast don't have the chops for these roles)
>>14027181
Here's to hoping someone picks it up eventually. Isn't the manga available officially in digital form, too?
I still find it really weird that someone decided to license and sub Super Robot Red Baron. I mean, I don't mind that they did, but still.
>>14027746
BCI Eclipse were the saviors that the Western licensing world needed, but not the one they deserved. Plus it makes it that much easier for someone to release the whole show online without having to do it from scratch (lord knows why no one but Starseeker decided to do it though).
I wish that Mach Baron would be done though, if only to point and laugh at the villain's hairdo.
>>14027763
>BCI Eclipse
Too bad they're now defunct and their properties are with the shithous Millcreek
>>14027875
Goddamn Navarre. What was even the point of disbanding BCI to stay afloat in the recession, yet wind up selling off Funimation anyway?
>>14011021
>>14022981
I had one of the toys as a kid. They were shit toys though.
>>14027083
>Sadly I didn't watch all the episode when it was aired in my country.
Are you anIndonesian?
>>14027763
Probably because it required an ADC account and the ability to encode from disc and do OCR.
>>14026994
Actually only Solbrain did. In fact I remember two traumatizing episodes:
-Kid goes to a building when she thought her "mother" was calling for her, Building starts getting auto-destroyed, when they finally get to the said "mother" she was a incomplete android, episode ends with kid hanging out with SolDozer
-the 3-parter where the Winspector team comes back (at that time, I was not sure where these 3 came from), Said enemy in the 3-parter was a form-shifting android that started as a kid, then a lady, then finally a middle-aged man; said enemy kills himself driving towards a dead-end
>>14030422
wait so kid was orphan from the beginning?
>>14026975
also a tsubaraya pro show right?
Is Akumaizer obscure? I watched an episode at a local con last month and I've really wanted to watch more of it.
>>14030274
Yes, it was onIndosiar, morning timeslot wasn't it? Can't remember the years
>>14030456
Yes, it also aired at 6 PM for the rerun on the same channel.
>>14030432
>wait so kid was orphan from the beginning?
Can't remember. All I can remember was that "voice" calling her to come and the kid thought it was her mom. That's when the whole thing started.
To prove it aired in Flipland, I know it airs on IBC, in the weekday evenings. I think it was on the same timeslot Jiban would air on.
this one.
>>14011841
>>14011833
>>14010937
It was a sequel to Aizenborg. Which was a sequel to Dinosaur Exhibition Born Free.
>Koseidon was brought back to try out for Ultraman Zero's possy.
>>14032304
>Born Free
That did get subs.
http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=549690
https://bakabt.me/torrent/176741/kyouryuu-tankentai-born-free-dinosaur-exploration-team-born-free-dvd-480p-chk
Also, both this and Aizenborg are weird hybrids of live-action and anime.
>>14032379
Born Free was more like, Stop-Motion, Anime and Puppetry.
>>14032304
Born Free is a rather weird title.
