'87 was a great year for tokusatsu, but I think Black was the weakest of the year's shows (Maskman and Metalder are superior, in that order).
Here's some random thoughts/responses to other comments:
-Holy crap, look how slim Jiro Okamoto is!
-Birugenia WAS better than Shadow Moon. Moon caught him on an off day.
-Great BGM. I wonder if Columbia released a cheap Animex recently?
-Nice fights.
-Koutarou wearing the same clothes -- classic tokusatsu tradition! They'd still be wearing the same clothes, but they have this trend of wearing ugly uniform jackets now.
-Nothing beats Battle Hopper. Get the hell out of here, Roadsect!
-It would be nice to have shown Kyoko and Kasumi go back to Japan to see Kotaro -- they left only because he was dead! RX doesn't even bother bringing 'em back or even mentioning them!
-The Gorgom Shonen Tai are awesome! The only shonen tai I like. Keep in mind that they were bothced Golgom experiments, and they were really much older than they were supposed to be.
-It might be dated, but I still don't think it's as cheesy as mirror worlds with drawing monsters or the instantly dated moody Faiz. And one day people will look back and say "What the **** were they thinking!?!" when it comes to Hibiki...while Black stays strong!