Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

After I heard Keiji Inafune was making a spiritual successor to Megaman, I felt really excited. As a child, I really love Megaman and still do. I still can't get over how Capcom really didn't give Megaman a proper finale. I could accept Megaman X ending with Command Mission but why cancel Megaman Legends 3 which could have been the finale Megaman needed? After looking at Inafune's project, I just want to feel young and get this game.  The gameplay is pretty impressive with its innovation of a Megaman-type game. So the hero Beck stuns opponents, he absorbs then and I think it can get addictive. But how long can it stand? I'll just wait until the game comes out. 

While I'm waiting for GoGoFive to end, I thought of watching one thing I thought was pretty weird. What? No main villain for a Tokusatsu series? While I've watched Flashpoint or other police series where there's NO central villain, Winspector does the same and its successors Solbrain and Exceedraft. They're not your average transforming heroes but it's a sci-fi crime show. What's up with the first seven episodes I've seen? It's sort of a hypothetical setting of technology, what if you had a super suit for rescuing and you were accompanied by two robot companions to help you do your job. Then you've got a lot of day to day crimes that are "upgraded" because of the show's non-existent technology. Then you've got guests from other Tokusatsu shows who are appearing as either victims or criminals of the week. Plus, you've got good old Hiroshi Miyauchi as Commander Masaki. Until then, I'm still trying to finish this otherwise...

While I don't like Power Rangers but I do appreciate Judd Lynn for actually taking some risks.watching Flashman made me no longer like Lost Galaxy as much as I used to -- it's funny because the only thing the two shows have in common is the space theme. Flashman was stuck with the old school special effects while Lost Galaxy had the privilege of enjoying more of the digital age. But in terms of writing -- I think Flashman wins. Now I thought about how I'd actually do it and how it'd actually start to more of its own thing than rely on past Power Rangers seasons. I could start with the rangers. They are the first five in the Terra Venture. Maybe we could still keep the whole brother plot and Magna Defender plot. They would explore a new solar system called the Flash Solar System in tribute to Choshinsei Flashman. They land on the Planet Mirinoi which would be occupied by aliens resembling that of the Planet Flash. The planet starts to dry up like in Lost Galaxy. Leo s...

I felt the following Mortal Kombat characters were just "too important" or "beloved" in some way. This is in no specific order. Liu Kang He may not be the most popular character, some people don't like him. Maybe he can be viewed as that "Bruce Lee clone" later ended up more of a Chinese version of Street Fighter's Ryu. So what's with him? I felt like some of his moves having "dragon" with them, his Dragon fatality, his MK Arcade Drop fatality, his MK3 friendship and his current promotion as ruler of the Netherrealm made him an important mascot. I wonder was his plotline where he and Kitana got promoted to replace Shinnok in the Netherrealm meant to give him another mascot role? Granted, Mortal Kombat as of current is under Netherrealm Studios. Plus, after he was supposedly killed in Deadly Alliance he makes a major return in Mortal Kombat Deception, he wasn't missed out in MK vs. DC and he's back for MKX as Netherreal...

Here's a list of Mortal Kombat villains who I felt were pretty interesting but didn't get their potential fleshed out. Kintaro Kintaro was introduced in Mortal Kombat II as Goro's stronger replacement. I'd agree he's really that difficult in the second game. His plotline was where he replaced Goro as Shao Kahn's new general and is said to be more powerful and agile than his predecessor.  He returned in Mortal Kombat Trilogy as a playable boss character and sometimes took over Motaro's slot. But after Trilogy, he simply faded away into obscurity/ There some unproven rumor suggested that he was vaporized by Raiden but was proven false by MK: Deception. In Shaolin Monks, he's merely introduced only to be killed off by Liu Kang and Kung Lao.  During Armageddon, he was seen part of the Army of Darkness but his storyline wasn't even expanded for somebody who's even more powerful than Goro. I felt like the non-canon Malibu Comics had given more pers...

After doing some Timeranger vs. Time Force comparisons, there's really a lot of stuff that I thought just won't fit well with Time Force. Time Force might as well be considered as a fun season, not meant to be depressing like Timeranger was. So how can it not fit in? Here's what I think why it just won't freaking work. Plus, most post-Timeranger Super Sentai seasons were much less serious except for Go-Busters. Alex being the "real villain" may not work I'd probably want to focus on what if Captain Alex Collins was sooner or later meant to be like Captain Ryuya Asami. Both of them were the red rangers of their era while they were also a descendant of the red rangers. When Alex returned and somehow survived or what, I was thinking would it be possible Alex allowed himself to be hurt by Ransik, he faked his death and was confirmed to be alive? Or would Ransik's stay in the year 2001 actually have caused Alex's revival? It's not really explai...

Daimos is one Anime that I could remember back in the 90s. I did see it in English dub though I wish to see it soon in Japanese with proper subtitles. Even with some of the inaccuracies in the English dub but some plot remained intact anyway. The story of Daimos might have been set as another warning to the Japanese people to learn from their past. There's xenophobia and the wickedness of humanity has been explored on both sides. One side is the Baam has wicked bigots and so does humanity. General Miura (Harris) serves as humanity's embodiment of bigotry and the secondary antagonist. The Baams have Prince Richter (Ulrich) and General Olban though the enemies aren't truly evil either.