Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan
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Shougo B'Stard
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It's actually a neat series in its first half, but falls into incredible stupidity in its second half. It takes itself a bit seriously earlier on, but falls into slapstick lands after the second Vul-Eagle debuts. I was overall disappointed with Sunvulcan.
You should buy Jetman instead.
You should buy Jetman instead.
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Michael Joe Red Mask said:
どうも。
Kouji Kabuto
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i like sunvulcan. a lot. It had some of the better bgms and songs out there, as well as some nice fights. Shin Kishida as Commander daizo arashiyama is priceless (may he rest in peace.)
And Jaguar Vulcan ROCKED
And Jaguar Vulcan ROCKED
August
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Kouji Kabuto said:
I agree. I love the action scenes in this show, and the fact it is directly connected to DENZIMAN -- and finally I get to upgrade from off-air VHS to DVD! I pre-ordered Volume 1, as well as Volume 1 of AKUMAIZER 3.
"Follow the Sun! (Sun!) Catch the Sun! (Sun!) Taiyo Sentai, Sunvulcan!"
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Shougo Kuroiwa said:
How does it fall into stupidity? Mind explaining the storylines or examples of the comedy used?.
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Forever Knight said:
While each tokusatsu is entitled to their goof-ass episode, there's an episode about a cockroach monster that causes people to...you guessed it, do the la cucaracha. That episode, for me, ranks right up there with Blade's moron-fest Ryou/takoyaki storyline (which I call "Slingblade"). And a few episodes centered on their later-addition moron chef with a mullet, painfully unfunny "comedic relief." It's like centering an episode on Mandora-Boy.
If you don't like kid-friendly tokusatsu, Knight, then it's best for you to avoid the second half of Sunvulcan. Plots become extremely childish and damn near each episode is kid-focused. I can't really recall the particulars, I watched the episodes a few months ago and found them to be so torturous that I tried to erase their memory. :laugh:
The villains become increasingly incompetent and the monster designs get worse by episode (if you need a bad monster design, contact Ryu Noguchi, who unfortunately did the Jetman villain designs, too). For some reason the silly, everyday object monsters worked for me in Denjiman, but just don't with this show. Even Machiko Soga doesn't seem to interested. The earlier episodes showcased some cool fights, but they become lacking and uninspired in those later episodes.
A shame, because I was hooked on Sunvulcan from the first half. The second half was difficult to find until people managed to get copies of the Toei Channel run. Earlier episodes play like an investigation show -- the villains infiltrate various areas with their androids and the Sunvulcan must use detective skills to foil their plans (Bioman did this idea much, much better). The remainder of the episodes are half-baked Kamen Rider Super One leftover fillers -- just random assaults on people by monsters that look like scissors. There's a few standout episodes in the later half (the one with the poorly dubbed Naomi Morinaga and Takayuki's former friend come to mind), but nothing as cool as the earlier, Ryusuke-Eagle days.
Sunvulcan also has one of the lousiest final arcs I've ever seen in a tokusatsu. You wouldn't believe how anti-climactic (and moronic) the villains were disposed of...(and the fact that the Sunvulcan commander disposes of the chief villain by essentially sucker punching him).
August
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It's not that bad... SUNVULCAN is much better than GOGGLE V IMHO -- which has monsters which are similar in execution to those in KIKAIDA and the non-Noguchi villain designs are sloppy (but at the very least, GOGGLE V had Junichi Haruta as Goggle Black), again IMHO. While Yukata Izubuchi breathed new life into the enemy character designs for DYNAMAN, some cool monsters and great action scenes, the music completely undermines the series for me (IMHO).
The first half of KAMEN RIDER SUPER-1 is pretty good, with a heavy emphasis on martial arts, while the second half is dopey, IMHO, with the goofy mutants. Well, you can't have everything -- look at BATTLE HAWK, piss-poor production values, but photographed great and with excellent action/fight scenes.
From the get-go, all of these shows were made for children, it's a miracle that they are able to fascinate and entertain adults in the first place. It's a testament that these shows far outstrip their American counterparts, such as BIGFOOT AND WILDBOY, SHAZAM and ISIS, in quality, intelligence and production value. But, that's MHO.
The first half of KAMEN RIDER SUPER-1 is pretty good, with a heavy emphasis on martial arts, while the second half is dopey, IMHO, with the goofy mutants. Well, you can't have everything -- look at BATTLE HAWK, piss-poor production values, but photographed great and with excellent action/fight scenes.
From the get-go, all of these shows were made for children, it's a miracle that they are able to fascinate and entertain adults in the first place. It's a testament that these shows far outstrip their American counterparts, such as BIGFOOT AND WILDBOY, SHAZAM and ISIS, in quality, intelligence and production value. But, that's MHO.
Kouji Kabuto
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I agree with August on the music for Dynaman. I think Liveman suffers from the same fate BGM wise. Sunvulcan and Bioman have some of the best music from the early 80s. Good BGMs can make up for a LOT of deficiencies.
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