For an incarnation of the long running Metal Hero Series, B-Robo Kabutack (ビーロボカブタック) is rather a strange one. Broadcast alongside Denji Sentai Megaranger in 1997, Kabutack was created mostly as light-hearted, comic relief, following in the footsteps of Gekisou Sentai Carranger the previous year. The preceding Metal Hero Series, Juukou B-Fighter and B-Fighter Kabuto, were […]
Category Archives: Toei Tokusatsu World Reviews
Kamen Rider The Ride Review
The Ride Review with Ethan: Kamen Rider Gavv Episodes 33-40
Snacks are served up, Riders. Ethan returns to bring you some overdue Gavv goodness. This [...]
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Sep
Sep
Power Rangers
RUMOUR: Power Rangers Reboot in the works at Disney, Toei Not Involved (+3 Things I Want From the Reboot)
Let’s address those Power Rangers Reboot rumours and, while we’re at it, take a look [...]
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May
May
Super Sentai
No.1 Sentai Gozyuger: S.H. Figuarts Gozyu Wolf Revealed
With No.1 Sentai Gozyuger in full swing, it’s time for Bandai to reveal their yearly [...]
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May
May
Message From Planet C Super Sentai
The Final Message from Planet C: A Nogizaka46 Primer ft. Boonboomger’s Sakurai Reika
By the time you read this, Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger will have drawn to a close, [...]
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May
May
Super Sentai
Super Sentai 50th Anniversary Exhibition Announced
An ‘All Super Sentai Exhibition’ will tour nationwide across Japan, starting in August 2025! We’ve [...]
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May
May
Hey boy! Uchu Keiji Sharivan, a.k.a. Space Sheriff Sharivan, is the 1983 sequel to Space Sheriff Gavan and second installment in the metal heroes series. It follows Den Iga and Lily on their mission to protect earth from the evil Space Crime Syndicate Madou. To do this they travel to Den’s home world of earth after […]
Isn’t toku supposed to be live action? Can an animated series actually be considered tokusatsu? These are the questions that adorn the lips of many people within our community, including my wife, but I’m here to tell you that yes, yes it can. Taken at surface level, tokusatsu directly translates as special filming and, yes, […]
Changérion, aka Choukou Senshi Changérion (超光戦士シャンゼリオン) is notable for a number of different reasons. Written by Tokusatsu royalty Toshiki Inoue, the 1996 series had video game giant SEGA attached as its main sponsor – who has previously worked with Toei to co-produce Mechanical Violator Hakaider. It stars Takashi Hagino in his first lead role, who […]
Let’s be honest, the large majority of tokusatsu fans in the UK, the US and the wider Western community are really only familiar with the modern, popular annals of tokusatsu history, like Super Sentai, Kamen Rider and, maybe, Ultraman, at a push. The release of so much classic content on the Toei Tokusatsu World YouTube […]
No matter how good you think you are at something Ken Hayakawa is better. Or at least that’s what the show would have you believe. Kaiketsu Zubat or The Extraordinary Zubat is a 1977 toku show from the prolific Shotaro Ishinomori and tells the tale of detective/cowboy/scientist/all around renaissance man Ken Hayakawa and his quest […]
Unlike the Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Metal Heroes franchises, the Toei Fushigi Comedy Series are mostly unknown to your average Western tokusatsu fan. Like it’s more well-known brothers, these Shotaro Ishinomori-created series also included costumed superheroes – but with a bigger focus on laughs rather than action. La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine (美少女仮面ポワトリン) also […]
Gavan is a hard show to watch in 2020. This piece of Showa-era Tokusatsu, the first of the original Metal Heroes, did not age well when compared to even the more modern incarnations of its lead hero. The Gavan of 1982, at least in its first episode, employs a lot of jarring edits, cuts, and […]
There’s a reason I tend not to stray far from the safe bastions of Heisei-era Kamen Rider and Super Sentai, and Kyodai Ken Byclosser (兄弟拳バイクロッサー), or simply Bicrosser, is a prime example of why. This first episode is pure nonsense and not in the fun way. In the way where you have to wonder if […]
With Toei Tokusatsu World Official launching Monday April 6th, a group of plucky reviewers are here to help you navigate through the mountains of content released! A few weeks ago, Toei announced Toei Tokusatsu World Official: a brand new YouTube channel that would bring free, legally streamed tokusatsu to the world. The announcement was groundbreaking, […]