Wizard Opinions Thus Far?

[Painted_Outlaw]

Tackle and Riderman aren't called Kamen Riders either but are still considered part of the official complet.

[hide]Riderman was called a Kamen Rider at the very end of V3[/hide]

 

[Shougo B'Stard]

Tsuyoshi Kida was so not the creator of the first half of Hibiki. That "honor" goes to Shigenori Takatera and Shinji Ooishi. Kida was, at the time, a fill-in writer who either co-wrote with Ooishi, or did a handful of story arcs himself. He was the equivalent to Komura or Ishibashi on Wizard, an assistant to the head writer.

Kida has always been credited as main writer for Hibiki -- it's even on his official profile. I mean, I think it's obvious at this stage in Wizard to look at it and Hibiki and realize that Takatera and Ooishi (specifically Takatera) made the huge difference in Hibiki, but that doesn't change that Kida was the main writer.

I remember when Hibiki was on the air, people were making a big deal about Kida being the main writer because he has a reputation as a playwright. Ooishi practically has done nothing other than Hibiki and Kanon. (And he probably only got Kanon so Takatera would have a writer to easily push around.)

And here's the thing -- I don't like Hibiki! I don't like Kida! But I don't like misinformation, so I think Kida deserves credit where it's due.

 

[Ice Ixa]

Tackle and Riderman aren't called Kamen Riders either but are still considered part of the official complet. I guess whether or not White Wizard counts will just be one of those things that fans argue about forever, same as Sentai fans argue about whether X-1 Mask was the first "real" Sixth ...

Tackle doesn't really count, whereas Riderman is a Rider.

Also, if Core is called a "Kamen Rider" by Toei, it seems odd that WW isn't, apparently. That just pisses me off, assuming WW isn't called one.

 

[Vitor]

I seriously was losing interest in the show for quite some time, only really holding out because of the fact that I don't have all that much interest in watching anything on American tv

Was glad to see that it stopped dragging it's feet around episode 26

 

[Black Fang]

Shunpei - ...hmmm...HE'S MAKING THE KEITARO THE LAUNDRY GUY FROM FAIZ AND KOTARO THE MILK GUY FROM BLADE LOOK UBER AWESOME!!

I was just thinking the same thing.

I believe Fourze was just seen as good fun while airing and when we then got the production notes after it ended the understanding changed.

Are you referring to the quote that claimed they wanted to make a show that cheered kids up after the earthquake and tsunami?

I can't fault those intentions... but to me if you're going to do that, having a story where an alien-worshiping cult secretly controls a school and uses its students as guinea pigs might not be the best route to go, not if your goal is lots of corny upbeatness with wacky hijinks. I wonder how Fourze's story would have been executed had it been a pre-Kabuto rather than a post-Kabuto show.

 

[Vitor]

Are you referring to the quote that claimed they wanted to make a show that cheered kids up after the earthquake and tsunami?

I can't fault those intentions... but to me if you're going to do that, having a story where an alien-worshiping cult secretly controls a school and uses its students as guinea pigs might not be the best route to go, not if your goal is lots of corny upbeatness with wacky hijinks. I wonder how Fourze's story would have been executed had it been a pre-Kabuto rather than a post-Kabuto show.

Fourze was still a fun show, well, to me at least. It felt like a time capsule of all the good Saban era Power Ranger shows rolled into one, even though it was for the most part a complete copy and paste of Double

 

[Shougo B'Stard]

It felt like a time capsule of all the good Saban era Power Ranger shows rolled into one

I was considering giving Fourze another shot, but after reading this, I don't think I should...

 

[Black Fang]

If it's like Power Rangers simply for being in a high school... I never got a PR vibe from Fourze. Only a "we just had this with W" vibe toward the second half.

 

[The 2nd Evil]

If it's like Power Rangers simply for being in a high school... I never got a PR vibe from Fourze.

Agreed. Really, if there is a way one could connect Fourze to Power Rangers, it's Koichi Sakamoto being director.

Saban's Masked Rider also had a high school setting, and similarity was rather light hearted in tone, but any other comparisons between to two is stretching, IMO.

 

[Vitor]

I was considering giving Fourze another shot, but after reading this, I don't think I should...

Fourze isn't for everyone, but it's enjoyable if you're willing to throw logic completely out of the window

If it's like Power Rangers simply for being in a high school... I never got a PR vibe from Fourze. Only a "we just had this with W" vibe toward the second half.

I feel like Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad would be a better comparison, but that's probably because Shun reminds me so much of Tanker

Saban's Masked Rider also had a high school setting, and similarity was rather light hearted in tone, but any other comparisons between to two is stretching, IMO.

Both are stupidly goofy shows, but Fourze has a lot more heart than MR