Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

Previously, I wrote down the updates on my Super Sentai website, which is now "just a time machine". Blogging is JUST A HOBBY, so you can expect me to suddenly "fizzle out". I was afraid that Gavan Infinity was going to be "a sequel to the original Ucchu Keiji Gavan . Instead, it became an indirect spin-off where you don't see a now-aging Kenji Ohba. Instead, it's all about having an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT GAVAN with a multiverse concept. No mention of Commander Qom or the original Space Sheriff Trilogy .  It should be interesting that Gavan Infinity goes under the Universe Heroes label. Metal Hero is a canceled but still remembered franchise . It's like how the Super Robot Anime got unplugged, but the Super Sentai Megazords honor the history. Metal Hero also has multiple references in the Kamen Rider series . Why Toei decided to create a new franchise entirely instead of reviving Metal Heroes -- a franchise that was already closed in 1999? Toei probab...

In superhero shows, there's such a thing as the Status Quo writing vs. Non-Status Quo writing. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was meant to be that in 1982. The sister show She-Ra: Princess of Power also followed that format. Sure, She-Ra had a prequel movie called Secret of the Sword . However, each show also ended with the Status Quo. I could miss an episode and didn't have to say, "Huh? What happened here?" The two shows had the standard formula where the recurring villains Skeletor and Hordak are usually defeated at the end of the day. The same couldn't be said when Mike Young Productions created He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002). I remember watching the show on Cartoon Network. It had a three-part introduction unlike the original He-Man  TV series. It had promising start but ultimately crashed. He-Man's secret identity becomes a problem when you move out of Status Quo for a more serious show   The show may have failed to shuffle one thi...