Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

I heard from the comments that the B-Fighter special finale was made due to production delays with B-Fighter Kabuto . Just how true is that? I believe I'll give B-Fighter Kabuto a shot to see if it's as bad as Big Bad Beetleborgs or will I enjoy it like I do with Kamen Rider BLACK RX ? I've watched what I call the "real finale" where Gaohm was finally destroyed, Gaohm leaves his legacy to the world with the Jamahl hole still going (reminds me of Ragorn's final trump card in Kosoku Sentai Turboranger ) and how Blue Beet finally defeats Black Beet. Those were what I'd call the "regular episodes". I even feel that the true finale was where Blue Beet finally defeats Black Beet and the Jamahl hole destroyed.  After that, we get two additional episodes. The setting is where Jamahl is finally defeated, the B-Fighters have their hot spring scene (which will NOT make it past TV-YY-FV), and how two previous shows were brought into the mix. I still feel tha...

Back then, I remembered watching Really Badly Done Beetleborgs and it did take the Super Blue Beet form. Yes, it was used to defeat the Shadowborg who was demoted to extra. Ironically, Nukus' counterpart in B-Fighter Kabuto was actually a secondary antagonist while Mother Melzard's counterpart was demoted to extra. So yeah, I'm glad I didn't finish Beetleborgs . Though, I'm not going to pretend Toei Ltd. hasn't made mistakes since... WHO HASN'T NOT MADE MISTAKES?! I feel that Super Blue Beet form is rather inflated. It was in 1995 when Choriki Sentai Ohranger and the Buu Saga of Dragon Ball Z were on -air. I'd say that the Buu Saga was nothing more than that overinflated toy commercial .  I wonder why Power Rangers felt copying Blue Beet's upgrade dform was a cool idea. Sure, there are times Power Rangers films their own footages. The Red Ranger Battlizers have been heavily used since Power Rangers in Space and have been used for a lot of seasons. I...

  Okay, I thought that I'd never be able to watch B-Fighter because I already knew of the bonus crossover. I still feel bringing in Janperson and Blue SWAT felt very out of place. I guess some older fans will know that Gramps from Ninninger (that terrible, terrible show) is the mentor here. Not surprisingly, Gramps here has been better utilized as a wise old man than he is later in Ninninger . Gramps also had a reunion with Ryoma Takeuchi in Loving You at the End of the World . Now, I'd like to share my thoughts on the series which I wasn't too enthusiastic about. Remembering Big Badly Done Beetleborgs and other shows I remembered watching Beetleborgs while waiting for Janperson . Beetleborgs was pretty much a weird show with three typical average kids wishing to become their heroes. Flabber turns them into Beetleborgs. It was pretty much a weird show. I did watch it though I ended up dumping it. Yeah, I understand Toei Ltd. gave Saban Entertainment the rights so no matter...

  I remembered the weird oddity when the masterpiece  Tokosou Janperson  was aired alongside what I'd call the GARBAGE called  Big Badly Done Beetleborgs . It did merit success since it did get its direct sequel with  Beetleborgs Metallix . However, the big difference was that  B-Fighter Kabuto  had a new set of heroes while being a direct successor. I guess people never liked the idea of  Kamen Rider BLACK RX  being Kotaro Minami until Saban's  Mashed Rider  was just that bad. Back then, I even remembered the whole trailer that said, "With special guest Janperson." who was named as guest character Karato while Bill Goldy was Goldex. One must admit  Janperson  might be Robocop Lite BUT it wouldn't pass for a children's show on Fox Kids.  Beetleborgs  had children being fans of the comics and wished they became the heroes. Bad news as the Magnavores manages to escape. The story was different in  B-Fighter...

There's a Chinese legend as to why the cat never made it to the zodiac. In Eto Ranger , it was slightly changed when (spoilers) that Chocolat, a once innocent cat became the instrument of Bagi who only appeared as a pair of disembodied red eyes (and seldom showed a sinister smile). Apparently, Bagi is female though the character is Evil God Bagi or Jyarei Shin Bagi. I'll just assume Bagi is female due to the voice being by actress Ikuko Tani. Now, moving on... The plot of Chocolat was of betrayal. A fake Princess Aura showed up and told Chocolat that she could leave five minutes early. This, however, caused Chocolat to be disqualified from joining the fabled 12 animals. The next part was that Bagi offered Chocolat a chance for revenge. Bagi turns Chocolat into Nyanma (Mostar in the dub). Later, Chocolat (as Nyanma) joins the 12 others to finally defeat Bagi who uses Dark Kirinda as her body. Why Bagi was never given a human form (if ever) was just stupid. Also, Dark Kirinda...

The upcoming Chinese New Year is the YEAR OF THE RABBIT, right? I remembered in 1998 when CARTOON NETWORK had a gag that Daffy Duck wants to make it the year of the duck. My little sister hated Cream  (known to her as Kelly due to the Tagalog dub). She even wrote a parody (as a child) that both Cream (as Kelly) and Bugs Bunny kept saying, "I HATE YOU!" to each other when it became the Year of the Duck. Well, it was still the Year of the Rabbit in real life.  For some reason, Cream was presented as a weak character. It seemed that she was damsel-in-distress to her official inter-species pairing with Bakumaru. Oh boy, I wonder which is funnier between Kermit and Piggy or Cream and Bakumaru. It seems that if Cream and Bakumaru ever breed - they'll have rat sons and rabbit daughters like how Kermit and Piggy had children in A Muppet Christmas Carol . Now, being Bakumaru's official girlfriend doesn't automatically grant her the main heroine status. Sometimes, the hero...

  I guess some shows will NEVER get vindicated by history, right? I think the same can go for Vehicle Voltron . I remembered how I had my biases towards Vehicle Voltron . However, that didn't stop me from watching Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV which means Armored Squadron Dairugger XV . There are 15 members of this space exploration team. It's really hard to follow if you ask me. Dairugger XV has three separate teams namely Air, Land, and Sea. If they can't handle the enemy - they combine into Dairugger XV to handle the Galveston combat machines. I think the show was too difficult to follow. However, I still think Dairugger XV deserves to be vindicated by history as well.  The setting differs from Golion . Yes, that means that there was NO GALAXY ALLIANCE in Golion . Instead, we have the Galaxy Garrison only in Dairugger XV . The Galaxy Garrison is a planetary union of Earth, Sala, and Mira. The aim was to create a map of the Universe. At first, they simply want to foster goodw...