Decade Finale slammed by Ethics Commitee?

[Dami-chan]

www.bpo.gr.jp/youth/giji/2009/105.html#03

Maybe someone with better Japanese skills can take a look, but at first glance it seems the Decade finale was chastised for its story structure, and abrupt ending/just being an ad for the movie?

Dunno. Online translation:

http://translate.ocn.ne.jp/LUCOCN/c...05.html#03&XTYPE=1&SEARCH=T&SLANG=ja&TLANG=en

 

[Ryuutaros]

Ok.......




Wow.........


Hmmmm.............




*Scratches head*

 

[thepan]

"Masked Rider DECAYED" LOL xD

 

[Lynxara]

I caught a friend who translates for Sony between gigs and asked her to provide a synopsis of the linked piece. This is what she sent to me.

The questions are asked by the Seishonen Iinkai or "Children's Committee." The answers are provided by TV Asahi.

"About the station's response to the 8/30 airing of Kamen Rider Decade on TV Asahi."

Questions:

- Do you think that was really the ending?
- What do you think about the complaints from viewers regarding the ending?
- What do you think about the fact that people need to watch the movie to get the concrete ending?
- What do you think about using this method on a program aimed towards children who still have undeveloped senses of judgment?

Answers:

- "We just wanted him to visit each of the Heisei Riders' worlds in order, so he spent two episodes in each and that made it kind of like a greatest hits collection, then in the end he cooperates with all the Riders he's met up until then to defeat DaiShocker. They beat them, so that's the ending."

(I guess this is all the answer we'll ever get about where All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker fits into continuity!)

- TV Asahi regrets that the commercial for the movie came right after the ending of the episode, since it wasn't supposed to come off as "You have to watch the movie to find out what happens."
- Because TV Asahi had gotten such positive responses from fans of Decade who didn't want the series to end, the network started working on the movie early so Decade fans would have something to sate their hunger. W was already scheduled to take over the timeslot so Decade couldn't be extended.
- If people think Decade's story isn't over and continues in the movie, that's a mistake. (Wha...?) TV Asahi is exploring ways to distinguish next episode previews from movie commercials so it doesn't happen again.

The translator notes that the Children's Committee's tone is very hostile in the questions and TV Asahi's very apologetc in the answers. My comments on some of the material are in parentheses. Because, man, TV Asahi, what the hell?

 

[Seventeen]

Sounds like something butthurt fans would rant about. I didn't feel like it was just a CM for a movie, I loved the cliffhanger ending, it was a gutsy move, and yeah even if they were planning on a second movie from the get go, its not the a reason to write the series off as just a 31 episode movie promotion.

:loltongue:

I did see them mention something about people writing and saying they didn't want it to end. (If I'm understanding that right.) Decade's concept could have easily spanned a 49-50 ep series. The episode 30 and 31 revelations would have served as a perfect series peak leading up to the final chapter of the series. The climax and resolution portions are all thats missing from Decade, it had the perfect set up and peak. It's a shame that Toei didn't give it that chance.

 

[Black Fang]

- Because TV Asahi had gotten such positive responses from fans of Decade who didn't want the series to end, the network started working on the movie early so Decade fans would have something to sate their hunger. W was already scheduled to take over the timeslot so Decade couldn't be extended.

Madness!

 

[Lynxara]

I could see it. Decade was a lot more just plain fun than Rider had been in awhile and always felt like it was going somewhere (even though it, uh, clearly wasn't).

 

[garfield15]

Well if anything's going to be the front-runner franchise, I'd want it to be Decade.

 

[Ryuutaros]

Decade leads the charge in the KR franchise now.

 

[Wing Saber]

Well if anything's going to be the front-runner franchise, I'd want it to be Decade.

Especially if they still want to continue connecting the Rider Series, despite the stories being diffrent.