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Dr Kain
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Wait, someone subbed this series???????????? The whole thing, or is this another one of those, "we decided to stop at episod e7" kind of deals?
Anyway, I like Gingaman a lot. I'd say it is probably one of the weaker series from the 90s, but the Balban is a lot of fun. I love how every one of them had their own theme music (although I am made they changed Barbarax's music when it was finally his turn because his industrial theme from the first few episodes was much superior), and how each one was different. Sanbash was the disloyal biker, Buldont was the loyal samurai, Illies was the sorcerer, while Barbarax was a machine. Not to mention Shelinda (and all her fanserviciness) and Prince Biznella were interesting.
On the down side, some of the rangers were poorly written (especially blue, I mean tomatoes, seriously -_-), and the ranger suits are by far some of the worst in the history of Sentai, but their development was well done, especially the relationship between Ryouma and Hyuga. Bullblack was incredible and I love the way he merged with his mech.
The mechs were pretty cool, but I never understood why they were organic creatures who turned to robots to begin with. It just never sat well with me. Plus the upgrades (both ranger suits and mechs) were pretty lackluster.
The battles were interesting, but the music really lacked the energy to go with them at times, so it made some of them feel bland. It is a shame though, because the story is there, the characters are there, they just needed some more excitement. The overall story was good, but it took the Balban way too long to achieve their objective, and then when they did, it was over in just a couple episodes. It was like 43 episodes to wake up Ditanax, only to have him dead in the next episode. Plus, I felt like the final monster thing was just thrown in there at the last minute.
Still, despite its flaws, Gingaman is a great series, but this is one of those times that the series could have been told in 30 episodes as opposed to 50.
Anyway, I like Gingaman a lot. I'd say it is probably one of the weaker series from the 90s, but the Balban is a lot of fun. I love how every one of them had their own theme music (although I am made they changed Barbarax's music when it was finally his turn because his industrial theme from the first few episodes was much superior), and how each one was different. Sanbash was the disloyal biker, Buldont was the loyal samurai, Illies was the sorcerer, while Barbarax was a machine. Not to mention Shelinda (and all her fanserviciness) and Prince Biznella were interesting.
On the down side, some of the rangers were poorly written (especially blue, I mean tomatoes, seriously -_-), and the ranger suits are by far some of the worst in the history of Sentai, but their development was well done, especially the relationship between Ryouma and Hyuga. Bullblack was incredible and I love the way he merged with his mech.
The mechs were pretty cool, but I never understood why they were organic creatures who turned to robots to begin with. It just never sat well with me. Plus the upgrades (both ranger suits and mechs) were pretty lackluster.
The battles were interesting, but the music really lacked the energy to go with them at times, so it made some of them feel bland. It is a shame though, because the story is there, the characters are there, they just needed some more excitement. The overall story was good, but it took the Balban way too long to achieve their objective, and then when they did, it was over in just a couple episodes. It was like 43 episodes to wake up Ditanax, only to have him dead in the next episode. Plus, I felt like the final monster thing was just thrown in there at the last minute.
Still, despite its flaws, Gingaman is a great series, but this is one of those times that the series could have been told in 30 episodes as opposed to 50.
