tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696720423221574873.post5989036386151095093..comments2024-03-24T06:08:07.140-07:00Comments on Them's Fightin' Words: Dance Party BFJShougo B'Stardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13461619937425923518noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696720423221574873.post-6897700337056097782013-05-03T15:09:39.319-07:002013-05-03T15:09:39.319-07:00Funny you say that -- I was going to post an addit...Funny you say that -- I was going to post an additional thing about Diane Martin. I'm curious to find out more about her, too. There's quite a few Sentai actors who vanish and I'll just be like Well, what's so hard about doing an interview? In the age of social media, just put up something to let the fans know you're alright.<br /><br />Anyway, I appreciate the kind words! Shougo B'Stardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461619937425923518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696720423221574873.post-28654612931731344562013-05-02T22:24:25.832-07:002013-05-02T22:24:25.832-07:00I STILL want to know more about Diane Martin. I me...I STILL want to know more about Diane Martin. I mean where is she? Is she ok? (Diana are you ok, are you ok Diana) What were her feelings about the show? Anyways, as it is, you always present some great reading material for the older tokusatsu fan that didn't start watching in the 2000's :)RoryDropkickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05227712606153930792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696720423221574873.post-59250166479128952942013-04-27T07:17:58.495-07:002013-04-27T07:17:58.495-07:00Simple. They're supposed to fight the cat. :p ...Simple. They're supposed to fight the cat. :p Even better if they have missiles.CCLemon99https://www.blogger.com/profile/12601648771971907537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696720423221574873.post-50807584020367316032013-04-27T01:02:57.347-07:002013-04-27T01:02:57.347-07:00KRDL.info has direct download links for those epis...KRDL.info has direct download links for those episodes, just in case the torrent lack any seeders.UkiyaSeedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975712996414563071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696720423221574873.post-40940275228179268862013-04-26T21:15:11.478-07:002013-04-26T21:15:11.478-07:00I also really like Kouki Tanioka as a Red. I think...I also really like Kouki Tanioka as a Red. I think he's one of the stronger earlier Reds. (One of my problems with JAKQ is that I think Tamba is such a weak Red. Maybe it sounds silly, but I think if you have a weak Red, that really hurts the show.)<br /><br />I knew Uehara wrote more than Takaku, which I used to think was odd, but I just assumed that Takaku probably had a lot of input since he was the main writer. I still look at it as Takaku's show, because I think there's a lot more recognizably Takaku things about it.<br /><br />To be honest, I don't feel strongly enough about Uehara's Sentai shows to name a "best." Sunvulcan's probably my least favorite of his works, though. I do like Denjiman the most of his shows (and I think Machiko Soga's better in Denjiman than Sunvulcan), but something always seemed missing from it for me. Probably just that I think Bioman is basically Denjiman and Sunvulcan combined, and I think that's a better version of either show.Shougo B'Stardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461619937425923518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696720423221574873.post-20720263013661536672013-04-26T21:06:38.167-07:002013-04-26T21:06:38.167-07:00Thanks! I saw that Korean set on eBay and thought ...Thanks! I saw that Korean set on eBay and thought Gokai Green was an odd replacement. You may be on to something! They left in Hurricane Red, though -- that's a little weird, isn't it? Usually ninja stuff gets the boot, too.<br /><br />That Battle Fever Robo release looks awesome, and even though I just said I like the thing, I've never really been interested in buying a deluxe (read: pricey) mecha. I mean, not even Change Robo. I think it must stem from how much I hated the mecha toys when I was a kid. I hated assembling them, and then you did, and it was like...well, what next? Were you supposed to have Change Robo fight Bio Robo? There was nothing to do with it!Shougo B'Stardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461619937425923518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696720423221574873.post-11075137223962813832013-04-26T20:57:25.347-07:002013-04-26T20:57:25.347-07:00Nice to see some Battle Fever love!
Your story so...Nice to see some Battle Fever love!<br /><br />Your story sounds depressing, with the real Battle Fever being too old. :-D Is Masao at least the new Shogun? Please say that the male Miss America has a different outfit. :P (Does he become Mr. America? Maybe Mr. Universe?)<br /><br />If you can tolerate the low quality video, the fan site I linked to has the complete series subbed.Shougo B'Stardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461619937425923518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696720423221574873.post-15280960172570985172013-04-26T18:26:53.090-07:002013-04-26T18:26:53.090-07:00BFJ is a great show... the cast is the strong poin...BFJ is a great show... the cast is the strong point of the series (Kenji Ohba and Daisuke Ban!). But I think Denziman is the best Uehara´s Sentai.<br /><br />Susumu Takaku is usually credited as the main writer of the show, but Shozo Uehara wrote more episodes (24 x 12), including the death of first Cossack (33) and the final arc (50-52). <br /><br />I think is fair to say Battle Fever is a Takaku/Uehara show. Ricardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010697858480205281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696720423221574873.post-34245147650768666432013-04-26T14:52:33.799-07:002013-04-26T14:52:33.799-07:00Great post. I never knew about Toei's slapdash...Great post. I never knew about Toei's slapdash explanation for the incorrect dancing. If they really thought that 'Japan could represent all of Asia then no wonder Bandai Korea replaced him with Gokaigreen in RK Set 4. In fact...I just realized they replaced Battle Japan with the sissiest sissy of the Gokaiger cast. Them's fightin' words right there.<br /><br />I saw that pre-production photo in the past but never really *looked* at it. France looks like a weird cousin of Inazuman, but I kinda like Japan's eyes. He looks like fire. They went with the better choice in the end. Otherwise it's all there. Kinda like the pre-production pic of Gatezone from BLACK RX (originally the lighter blue parts of his helmet were white). I love pre-production stuff.<br /><br />I *really* hope you own the Soul of Chogokin Battle Fever Robo. It's my second favorite toy mecha behind Super Liverobo. In terms of likeness, it's the best.CCLemon99https://www.blogger.com/profile/12601648771971907537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696720423221574873.post-11610981695041635692013-04-26T05:00:27.483-07:002013-04-26T05:00:27.483-07:00I love BFJ. It's lively, I love the unique des...I love BFJ. It's lively, I love the unique designs of the suits, and it's like looking at a time capsule of the 70s. I love the fact they are spies, and I like seeing them out of suits carrying out the missions. Plus, it has one of the saddest deaths ever. I started writing this AU fic where EGOS didn't strike until now, and the original members of the team are too old to fight, and have families, so they choose five new fighters. Battle Japan is Masao's son, Battle Cossack is a female liberal activist/underground fighter with Eastern Eurpoean roots, Battle France is French-Canandian hairdresser/Olympic fencer, Battle Kenya is white and has spent his whole life in Africa with his parents on animal reserves, and Miss America is a an extremely masculine CIA agent, Diane Martin's son, whose sister was supposed to be Miss America, but was killed by EGOS.<br /><br />I really wish more of the episodes were subbed, because I have to guess with most of the un-subbed episodes.ThatChickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02939211121765946654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696720423221574873.post-3023704138466973852013-04-26T03:08:11.623-07:002013-04-26T03:08:11.623-07:00That would've been pretty sweet. Especially wi...That would've been pretty sweet. Especially with a fun cast like Battle Fever's~Fantasy Leaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569883688508216805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696720423221574873.post-91630892008082912872013-04-26T02:11:50.997-07:002013-04-26T02:11:50.997-07:00I wasn't really joking when I said you could c...I wasn't really joking when I said you could come up with any design -- I added the link to Battle Nazi as an afterthought. But when I was thinking about BFJ's designs, I had the idea that the show could have easily done something a little like Takaku's Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya, and had a ton of extra characters from around the world, good or bad.Shougo B'Stardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461619937425923518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696720423221574873.post-4404576861648279932013-04-26T01:05:15.409-07:002013-04-26T01:05:15.409-07:00I think the way Battle Fever is filmed is impressi...I think the way Battle Fever is filmed is impressive and not something that's superficial to like at all. The show has a lot of really good shots! And it even shows in the action! It somewhat reminds me of Junji Yamaoka (was he involved in this show?). The fights feel very gritty.<br /><br />I love how you described this show as like the cool show of it's time, and how you used Deka and Shinken as comparisons. Very good job there man! =D This show is like a representation of the 70s, like Liveman to the 80s, Kakuranger to the 90s, and Gaoranger to the 2000s.<br /><br />I think Battle Fever has aged very well. It was a good show then, and it's still an excellent show today! I think it's obvious that some of these more recent shows won't be aging too well. A bad show now will continue to age as a bad show!<br /><br />And yes, Battle Fever Robo is excellent! The design is so wonderful! I also love how stiff and robotic it moves. Something you don't get normally from mecha fights. And how all five Battle Fever members are crazily working the controls to the robot, like they truly are struggling to get the robot to move and fight properly so that they won't lose! Battle Fever has so much grittiness in it's execution, I love it so much!<br /><br />This show overall had a lot of heart put into it. =DFantasy Leaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569883688508216805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696720423221574873.post-53513944963614657052013-04-26T01:03:19.354-07:002013-04-26T01:03:19.354-07:00Awesome post Shougo! Thank you so much for sharing...Awesome post Shougo! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! Very interesting analysis on why you love this show. I definitely understand a lot of where you're coming from with Battle Fever. I too enjoyed it for very similar reasons.~<br /><br />Those early Battle Fever concept designs look interesting.<br /><br />The Battle Fever designs are indeed very unique and well designed. People should shut up about hating them. xP Then again, most people think the Zyuranger suits are what the ideal sentai suits should look like, considering where most people started watching sentai. People really need to open their minds more about the creativeness that sentai suits can bring and how there was a time where suits had their own creative styles prior to Zyuranger.<br /><br />I think another cool thing about Battle Fever's designs is that unlike all the other sentai seasons which have either black or white as their secondary color, Battle Fever gives almost all of their members a different secondary color, creating an awesome variety!<br /><br />Japan and France both got white. Cossack got those black accents. Kenya got green. And America got cyan.<br /><br />I think Hedder is Ishibashi's best role. I like him as Kar, but I feel like Kar doesn't quite do nearly as much as Hedder does. I really love Leyda too. But we know Leyda goes out halfway through Turboranger.<br /><br />Yeah, Goranger has good eps, but it's wildly inconsistent. Flips between good eps and bad eps a lot. =/ At least it has a good chunk of good eps. xD<br /><br />Battle Fever's cast is a lot of fun. Even when it gets two members replaced (something that a lot of fans would be iffy on. Some fans actually are. Depends on who you ask). Like you said, we really get to see them just have fun in this cool show and it all ties around great in the episodes. And while the whole "making up as many extra characters as you can think of" thing was a joke, I definitely think that's true and really adds on to the creativity of Battle Fever's concepts and even Battle Fever's world in general. Even the whole two members getting replaced bits can really add on to the world building! It's very imaginative.<br /><br />I feel like a good cast is something that was missing in Denziman, Sun Vulcan, and Goggle-V. The heroes in those three shows just seem so much weaker compared to the casts of Battle Fever and Dynaman.<br /><br />Denziman's cast is likable at least. But I feel like Denziman's scripts didn't quite have the same level of ambition that Battle Fever's had. It also doesn't help when the villains aren't quite as competent as Hedder and Salome are imo. And I feel like Denziman started to run out of steam during the second half. It felt like the heroes got less and less "important" if that makes sense. I think Tatsuya (DenziGreen) is really the only one that seems to hold things up throughout the show. Overall, Denzi was fine, but not as cool as Battle Fever.<br /><br />Sun Vulcan was just... well, it's first like 10 eps seemed pretty cool. Another spy show like Battle Fever (then again, all these pre-Dynaman shows felt like spy shows). But after like ep 10, the scripts turn into these huge ridiculous messy globs of garbage. It's like the Go-onger of the 80s. -__- The heroes are unmemorable, as are the villains (which is a shame considering there are some good actors here). It's like, the messy scripts were of higher priority than the characters themselves (like a worse version of Zyuranger). At least Junji Yamaoka does a good job with the action. I also find Sun Vulcan's music to be some of the worst in the franchise. Makes my ears bleed. Though I do like the OP song and the second ED song. Maybe it's not quite as bad as Go-onger, but it's almost there. =/<br /><br />Goggle-V is fun. Even if it was mostly an experiment. hehehe. Some good Soda experimentation that is. Cast is okay, but nothing special (though Junichi Haruta is awesome). Again, not as cool as Battle Fever's cast.Fantasy Leaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569883688508216805noreply@blogger.com