Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

Yes, Toei did the Fleet of Doom animation! What was either surprising (or not) was that Golion and Dairugger XV are both separate shows. The Earth was destroyed in Year 1999 in  Golion's setting. Dairugger XV has the Earth in the Year 2200 A.D. When adaptations happen -- there's a trope called Related in the Adaptation. My only guess is that American adaptations put several unrelated shows together for the adaptation -- due to cultural difference. Power Rangers put several unrelated shows or self-contained shows in their own expanding universe. I won't devote myself to writing Dairugger XV episode reviews. The show has TOO MANY characters to write about. What was Toei thinking in putting 15 characters in one Anime? It's probably no wonder why children didn't like it! Pidge's story is that he's from Planet Balto. However, that planet that blew up in Golion was actually EARTH! Yes, Lion Voltron episode 20 used footage from where the Earth blew up! None of that...

I watched Lion Voltron and Vehicle Voltron . I didn't like Vehicle Voltron -- I only watched it as a form of escapism. It's obvious that both Hyajakuu Golion and Dairugger XV have DIFFERENT plots and weren't meant to be connected. However, World Events Productions (WEP) decided to do that mish-mashing with the two shows and we have two Voltron entries. Dairugger XV came a year after Golion premiered. It was a different environment. That means the Galaxy Garrison was only from Dairugger XV . The year was 2200 A.D. and the plot is related to the endless sea of the Galaxy. I actually like some shows that weren't a hit during their time. Take Kamen Rider BLACK RX which had low ratings. B-Fighter Kabuto may be better than the Beetleborgs duology BUT it's still messy. I enjoyed both shows but they didn't do well during their time. Dairugger XV is another show that was too ambitious for its own good. What was interesting was that Dairugger XV was five years after Chode...

Most Super Robot Anime shows are self-contained -- unless specified. It's known that Mazinger Z had a Trilogy. However, the Nagao Tagahama's Romance Robot Trilogy, w hich are Combattler V , Voltes V , and Daimos ,   are most likely self-contained, series-wise. The American production shows tend to get the Japanese license then combine several unrelated shows into one localized remake.  Vehicle Voltron's first episode came out on October 19, 1984. Dairugger XV came out in 1982. The two shows were completely unrelated. The idea was done by World Events Productions (WEP) before Harmony Gold did the same thing in making Robotech (which I'm super oblivious to) and Saban Entertainment with Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers .  Dairugger XV became the last of the Super  Robot Anime series by Toei. What do you expect when Super Sentai started making Megazords sell better? However, I blame Dairugger XV's overly serious and mature tone as to why it didn't click with childr...

Lion Voltron was known to have extended to 20 more episodes -- followed by that awful 3D cartoon Voltron: The Third Dimension . Back then, a lot of stuff were kept trimmed away from Lion Voltron . I decided to lump up the last five episodes for this reason -- similar to how Voltes V created a movie based on the last five episodes. Yes, there are some spoilers and I'll hit on the RANDOM REVELATION that showed up as well. Who could remember the toned-down dialogue of Lion Voltron ? The arc maintains that Saint (Garrett in Lion Voltron ) was a saboteur. Here, it's revealed that Raible's son is not in "some other dimension". Instead, some tribal chief reveal that both of them DIED during the Galra attack. Hysteria wasn't hit by some stun gun. Instead, Hysteria really DIED when Saint shot him. Saint was created by Honerva as an evil clone of the real son, the late Roland. The scene almost looks like what if Okane from Daimos died defending Professor Ryuuzaki. Hyste...

  Episode 41 The mysterious figure is Ryo Shirogane -- Takashi's brother. Takashi is shocked to learn that his brother has died. They were probably separated at some point when Takashi escaped with the others. Takashi's died at the hands of Honerva. Ryo recalls the vision he had from Takashi -- which helped confirm Shirogane's death to him. A deleted scene is the Golion team visiting Takashi's grave. That scene was deleted for obvious reasons. Ryo's footage was used for Sven. However, Takashi and Ryo are two different persons from the source material. Interestingly, Power Rangers Zeo turned one person into two separate persons -- that was Kaiser Buldont into Gasket and Sprocket. A strange way to deal with source material adaptations huh?  Amue's escape gets Sincline ticked off. It's amazing to know how the firing squad failed to kill Amue. Amue has a pretty strong PLOT ARMOR on her. Amue helps some slaves escape but it FAILS. Sincline uses the new Mecha Beas...

Episodes 39-40 Golion wasn't exactly well-received but why did it get past Voltes V's 40 episodes? Even the lower-ranked Dairugger XV went past 40 episodes! It's safe to assume that Voltes V couldn't get past Combattler V's shadow. If one must check the year 1981 -- a lot of things have been going on for Toei. For instance, it was the year of Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan and trying to wrap-up that failed Kamen Rider Super-1 . I'm amazed that Golion still got past 40 episodes despite its lack of popularity. Sure, it's Vindicated by History but not as much as other less-appreciated Super Sentai entries! I mean, the Super Robot Anime got unplugged by Toei because Megazords sold better!  This episode brings up the LONG ABSENT AMUE. What was Sincline doing to her anyway? We don't even see Amue forced to dance at some of Sincline's sick parties. Sincline uses her as a sex slave but that's even too brutal for Golion . This episode has Galra plan to use the S...

I could care less about unattractive actresses. I've watched some K-Drama where the leading lady was anything but pretty. For example, I don't find Shin Hye Sun pretty but she's LOVEABLE. However, the more I watched Rachel Zegler's interviews -- the more I'd say, "The problem isn't her face -- it's her ATTITUDE!" I could handle someone who looks like Rachel IF the woman doesn't have that woke attitude! As I watched the trailer -- what happened to Snow White ahem Snow Woke? Just looking at Snow Woke forcing the dwarves to do work for her -- is CRINGY. Since when did a woman doing domestic work become degrading and she must force men to do it? There's nothing wrong with men doing domestic work either. Domestic work is done by both men and women. Snow Woke's "Whistle While You Work" is absolutely CRINGY.  It's going to get more hilarious from there huh? 

Episode 33 Daibazaal is mad at the new upgrade that Golion has discovered. Okay, one must think Daibazaal can fight but why doesn't he even help? I guess Daibazaal wants to leave the fighting to the others. Honerva also features a new plan -- release the deady Galra frogs. This episode has a seaman's family and the dangerous frogs. Also, a family pet dies which hurts my heart as well! Honerva creates the new Mecha Beast Fighter called Omega Subgar. The plan is to get Golion to submerge underwater. There's a certain limit that Golion could go underwater. Underwater pressure is dangerous. The underwater battle is somewhat intense. Golion could've been destroyed. An important note is that the Lion Head attack wasn't used either. The nightmare fuel in this episode is up. Sure, Hiroshi was able to help get rid of the frogs. However, we can't deny that nigntmarish evil frogs can cause a nightmare. I'd be too scared if I had to face them. Fortunately, the seaman su...

Episodes 31-32 create another important separate arc... OR NOT! Sincline previously dismissed Sahlia. It's not surprising that Sincline and Daibazaal get into a fight for the nth time. This time, both father and son take the fight into the ARENA. This shows Daibazaal can still fight on his own. However, Daibazaal tends to just bark orders from his throne than even get directly involved fighting against Golion. Back when I saw the Lion Voltron episode -- I was always hoping Lotor would get rid of Zarkon. Sincline asks his father to finish the fight. It's probably done because no matter how evil Sincline was -- he's probably meant to still have some sense of honor underneath his For the Evulz.  Honerva creates a new breed of Beast Fighters called Mechablack Beastmen. The first one completed is Lambda. I'll just dub them as Mecha Beast Fighters. Honerva installs an organic Beast Fighter into the brain component of the Mecha Beast Fighter. It's different from how Combat...

Here's another set of episodes for Golion . The Lion Voltron episodes obviously cut off anything that's too brutal. Now, it's time for the next set of episodes.  Episode 26 As the defeats at the hands of Golion -- they decide to start using some subtler tactics again. Honerva creates an invisibility cloak. Sincline chooses a four-armed Beast Fighter called Bullbar to do the job. An invisible Beast Fighter would definitely do the job. Sincline still daydreams of capturing Fala for his sick pleasure. Once again, one must wonder where Amue is in Castle Galra? Is Amue simply getting too boring? Or is Sincline wearing condoms if ever he's actually raping her? Such details are best left out!  Fala, Hiroshi, and Hysteria are out getting fruits. However, the invisible four-armed Beast Fighter starts causing trouble. There's some scenes of people getting crushed by rocks -- something not shown in Lion Voltron for obvious reasons. Having an enemy one can't see can be a di...

Golion goes in a more bizarre direction. This time, we get a couple of episodes. Some of them connect to a previous plot. Others just didn't. That's a common problem with writing superhero show episodes. Golion would be no different. There are bound to be errors with different writers involved.  Episode 21 The Lion Voltron episode was tamed in the dialogue. However, this is where Golion adds some sexually suggestive dialogue. Sincline has his collection of women. Now, Amue is used as a substitute until he gets Fala.  Amue is called Sincline's plaything -- hinting that he molested her. However, there's still some censorship that prohibits rape. Amue was still fully dressed when she was returned. It might be that Sincline touched her privates but never bothered to do it with her.  Amue escapes with some women that Sincline kept for his pleasure. Alor wants to rescue Amue. This is where Amue's capture becomes a running gag. Amue's simply kept alive by Plot Armor. Y...

After giving Prince Sincline's introduction -- here are a bunch of rewatches. Warning: Some of these episodes can be grim. Yes, stuff that's not appropriate for TV-Y7-FV -- stuff that made localizing Hyajakuu Golion a necessity. Anyway, here are some of the episodes coming up! Episode 16 After Sincline's introductory arc -- it's time for him to get into a regular episode. The story of the two kingdoms is told. Two lovers from ages past tried to build a bridge. The love goddess Roman (this might be the same Goddess that split Golion) heard their pleas and built a bridge. Years later, it was destroyed during Galra's invasion of Altea. The bridge is rebuilt but spoilers -- it's destroyed again! This episode reveals Sincline's womanizer nature. Tsuyoshi gets to act as the youth from Helena. Fala acts as the youth from Altea. It's interesting to see Daibazaal try to teach Sincline about the basics. Daibazaal's probably only 50 years old by Galran Years. H...

Mortal Kombat 1 is even more bloated than its predecessor Mortal Kombat 11 . Is it me or has gaming gone too far with microtransactions? Khaos Reigns is the new DLC pack like MK11: Aftermath followed up by MK11: Ultimate . Yes, greedy for money and no company is ever immune from it. I felt that MKX wasn't that excessive as the DLC stopped DURING its release of the complete edition. However, MK11 went too far and I only play the game if I want to pretend to be Shao Kahn. Right now, the return of Animalities is here.  I played that extremely broken MK Trilogy back in the 1990s . Using that one-button fatality cheat -- I would seldom use animalities without using Mercy. Some animalities were in place but others were out of place. Reptile becoming a chimpanzee was just funny. Sheeva becoming a Scorpion but Scorpion becomes a penguin? Klassic Sub-Zero never got an Animality and either did the Klassic characters in that game. It was funny to use the one-button cheat while playing a chara...

Is Mortal Kombat 1 plain woke or not? If there are multiple timelines then people DO reincarnate in the Mortal Kombat universe. It's not exactly confusing. Liu Kang is from the Shaolin Temple after all. In the New Era -- we have roles reversed. As Cassie Cage said in MK11 , "Timelines are confusing." The trailer reveals Cyrax and Sektor are now women? Are these the reincarnations of the previous ninjas (and Lady Sektor is revealed to be Madame Bo's daughter) or other versions? Jacqui Briggs may have been reincarnated as Lady Cyrax for all we know. Fire God Liu Kang reveals to MK1 Sindel the past timeline. Yes, that moment you realize that MK9 wasn't actually the past but ANOTHER TIMELINE. That means Raiden sent a message to his NEXT LIFE than to his PAST SELF. Raiden mistook visions of his past self as his future self! MK1 Sindel was told what she was in another timeline. This would only mean REINCARNATION. That means the evil Sindel in MK11 was the reincarnation ...

For the past few episodes -- it seems the Galrans were mostly For the Evulz. However, episodes 14-16 give us an idea of what may be the Golion's greatest threat. Prince Sincline (Lotor) is introduced in episode 14 as the "Crown Prince of Hell". The Galran Royalty is pretty much For the Evulz. I wonder where the citizens of Planet Galra are?! Voltes V showed us the Boazanian citizenry. Daimos showed us the Baam-Seijin citizenry. Dairugger XV showed us the Galveston citizenry. I wonder why we don't see much of Galra except for the royalty? However, I'll just pretend that some non-human prisoners are critics of Emperor Daibazaal's tyrannical rule.  While watching Lion Voltron -- I simply can't help but make Lotor my favorite villain. Lotor had more depth than King Zarkon. I even hoped that Lotor would one day succeed in overthrowing Zarkon. I even imagined myself as Lotor. Lotor was actually more dangerous than any of the people on Planet Doom. In Golion -- S...