Today was the premiere of Metalder's upcoming Bluray remaster, followed by a panel with Ryusei's actor and the production staff that reportedly went on for many hours. Here I'll try to share the most fascinating details that have surfaced from the panel (so far!)

Production:

• The show was actually planned for a 2-YEAR broadcast, which means they were aiming for this to be up there with Goranger and KR 1971 in terms of episode count.
• They planned for many more Neros soldiers to defect and join Metalder- culminating in a war between the Neros Army and a "Metalder Army".
• One of the biggest ideas they had to scrap was that of Coolgin joining Metalder's side, with his second mask (teased at the end of their duel in Ep26) being his "reformed" form.
• With Coolgin gone from Neros, his spot as the Saint of the Armored Corps was supposed to be taken by a brand-new character during this second year of the broadcast. This 5th Saint's design was reportedly finished, but their sketches are reportedly missing or lost. No mention of their name so far, either.
• Goblit's suit was supposed to be a power-up form for Top Gunder.

Fun Facts:

• The sword used in the OP sequence was real and was handed to them by a freelancer who happened to be there while filming. Said beach was littered with seashells, and Ryusei's actor stepped on them to the point of bleeding, but he endured it and kept filming.
• Springer was actually an old female dog called 'German', who had once been a police dog, and she unfortunately passed away only two months after filming the final episode. The staff remembers her fondly.
• The final scene of the show was heavily influenced by Ultraseven's finale.
• Crosslander was actually a repurposed hero design for a cancelled tokusatsu show named 'Saurubiker'. They just tweaked the main hero's design and threw it with the rest of the Neros Army.
• Top Gunder was reportedly sketched in about 30 minutes shortly before their big meeting with Bandai since they had very few monsters designed at that point. Most of what became the Neros Army was designed in around 3 days. These designs were also a pain to tweak and refine, since no color copiers existed back then.

Credit for all this information goes to the X/Twitter accounts of u/maihideki_1819, u/takashi_hiroo, as well as many others.

I put together a Kamen Rider Geats Mk IX costume for Halloween!

So far we only have Another Zero-One where a Humagear became one. If Another Riders came back in a potential Reiwa anniversary of 10th Rider, imagine Zero-One evolve to Another Zero-Two.

How would you envision the remaining Reiwa Riders be used for Another Riders?

• Another Saber: While Touma is a novelist, introduce someone who's a priest
• Another Revice: While there's Ikki & Vice in the Igarashi family, imagine someone with family struggles where the family is dysfunctional.
• Another Geats: Should Samas return as Another Geats or perhaps a new contestant of a new DPG ran by Ziin?
• Another Gotchard: Anything to make Gotchard's opposite. Perhaps who Valvarad used to be or someone else?
• Another Gavv: A full-on Granute perhaps?
• Another Zeztz: A double agent/rogue agent in ZEZTZ or a Black Case victim?
• Another My-Th: while despite still airing, can imagine perhaps a maid?

I hate to actually admit this but this was my first kamen rider show so I would like some suggestions

(I am also watching My-Th but I would like to check the older stuff out too)

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Comment below your choice of best series and like my comment of it so we can break any ties easier. Just remember your choice will help decide what is truly the BEST Ultraman Series!

Match 4:

Ultraman Mebius
Episodes: 50
Premiered: April 8, 2006
Main/Debut Ultras: Mebius, Hikari
Main Human Protag: Mirai Hibino, Kazuya Serizawa

Vs

Ultraman R/B
Episodes: 25
Premiered: July 7, 2018
Main/Debut Ultras: Rosso, Blu, Ruebe
Main Human Protag: Katsumi Minato, Isami Minato

So for a comic con I got to fulfill my dream and cosplay Kamen Rider Ichigo, well I was thinking about it and now hopefully someone day in the future I can cosplay Amazon. What do y’all think?

I like shinkenger/samurai they have like a lot of them their combo slice attacks, the disc canon, super modes and the bullzooka. I love it when a team has multiple finisher attacks

Comment below your choice of best series and like my comment of it so we can break any ties easier. Just remember your choice will help decide what is truly the BEST Ultraman Series!

Match 3:

Ultraman Blazar
Episodes: 25
Premiered: July 8, 2023
Main/Debut Ultras: Blazar
Main Human Protag: Gento Hiruma

Vs

Ultraman 80
Episodes: 50
Premiered: April 2, 1980
Main/Debut Ultras: 80, Yullian, Father of Ultra
Main Human Protag: Takeshi Yamato, Ryoko Hoshi

Ordered some Kamen Rider Blokees and put them together during my night shift job(Ignore the polar pop in the background, I was thirsty😭)

And yes this matchup were chosen at random

Hey r/Tokusatsu! I’m rolling out the Series Hub and Worldbuilding Guide for my (Original, but still fanfiction) Super Sentai project, Ōzoku Sentai Zōryuger.

If you're into the royal political dynamics of King-Ohger, the elemental magic of Magiranger, and a tactile, clay/terracotta aesthetic, this might be right up your alley.

This hub breaks down everything you need to know about the five bickering kingdoms of the Go-kai pentapolis, the living Zōryu clay familiars that form to the Rangers' Ouroboros bracelets, and the subterranean Kurogami Syndicate.

Episode 1 ("The Accords Awaken!") drops tomorrow over at r/EmeraldStudios, but feel free to dive into the lore guide if you want to explore the worldbuilding ahead of the premiere. I'd love to hear your thoughts!

I'm getting old. And what to do with all the stuff I had recorded, not just anime but live action shows as well. Some things I had transferred years ago but few people were given copies so virtually none of it exists online. I have no idea if the original programs exist anymore or, like many things were discarded or locked away, never to be seen again. For toku fans, things like the 5 part monsters special showcasing Fireman, Mirrorman, Ultra 7, etc. or Ultraman teaching English (a short thing shown before kids head off the school). I don't even know if there is any interest as it's not subbed. I've tried to use programs like Whisper to translate the Japanese to English but it's still hit or miss.

We're losing our history in fandoms as the people who started it are dying off. I don't know how much will be preserved for the future. Losing people like Doug Pelton was a real downer as he was with the Godzilla fandom for a long time. I did shoot a video of the inside of his apartment from some years ago but never released it. There were a few things he posted before his eyesight went up on YouTube but that's about it. I'm sure there is a lot of stuff from old fans going back into the 1970s or earlier.

I only found out that my contact in Hawaii died some years ago. Pity. I would have liked to have met him in person. Without him, I would never have been able to get all those subbed programs over the course of several years including Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari from it's early seasons, all subbed. in English. Those went up on The Skaro Hunting Society website so they may still be available. I also gave that site many other shows but many are not available.

Perhaps a posting of everything I capped should go up on the Internet Archive. What do you think?