Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

It's time for another "exorcism". Now, I thought about how UNUSUALLY hard I was on Seiiun Kamen Machineman back in the day. It's just 35 episodes (36 was a special clip show) and the show was a cheap production. However, one must note that this Shotaro Ishinomori production was OUTSIDE the official franchises of Kamen Rider (which was still shaky back in the day) than inside. Whatever money was given for the show may have been like, "I'm not giving you a budget for 50 episodes!" That's what the show looked like. The show was relying on absurdity. The show most likely had no intention to run an entire year. The plot feels like it's a random series of chaotic events. Nick from Planet Ivy goes to Earth to do his thesis. That plot alone feels all too random. Nick goes by the alias Ken Takase and keeps his Machineman alter-ego secret -- hence it's called NEBULA MASK.Ken's arrival on Earth gets him at odds with the Tentacle organization. Childr...

I remembered watching Machineman as a child and man that show is pretty weird. It all starts with an alien who disguises himself as Ken Takase. At first, I enjoyed it until I found it's one show that really got so bad. I mean, I even WTFed to discover a lot about the show's term. I mean, I even find the idea of making a thesis from a distant planet to Earth an EVEN STUPID PLOT. So I did get entertained with its stupid dub back then. I didn't get to see more of it and later, read more plots to discover the show wasn't worth it. I could remember Professor K and his stupid schemes for world domination. The only episode I could remember with Machineman was where Professor K injected poison into sweet potatoes where the lesson was not to accept things from strangers. What I thought is that either this old is super senile or he's really dumber than your average Tokusatsu villains. I mean, the show doesn't even explain why he hates children so much and his stupid n...