I throughly enjoyed it especially the callbacks (the opening to the last episode being the best), and I LOVED the design of Black Sun and most of the kaijin. I was honestly not expecting it to be as violent as it was and I mean that in a good way, it helped show how serious and unforgiving this world can be. My only personal gripe was how they turned Bilgenia into an antihero toward the end, I wanted him to pay for the way he brutally killed Aoi’s mother. The original Black will always be a masterpiece, but Black Sun was a fantastic reinterpretation.
I appreciated this series more than something like X-Men at least, cause it's made clear that the vast majority of Kaijin are no more dangerous than a regular human, and the ones that aren't were made stronger than the rest by experimentation. All things considered, I think they handled the racism aspect and the political aspect pretty well. I feel like the beginning of the series really drags since every episode revolves around the Gorgom sending a new kaijin to kidnap Aoi after the last one failed. Plus, we also didn't learn much in the 1972 portions of the show outside of the beginning and the end. All the scenes after they kidnap Dougai and before the High Priests recover him didn't reveal anything that warranted a full scene, imo. They could have truncated the series down to a cool 6 or 7 episodes and I feel it would have been paced a lot better. The only other major complaint I have is that they could have made Nick's reasoning for wanting to be a kaijin a bit more clear since he's the reason Aoi was turned into a kaijin and everybody just forgives him very easily. I actually don't mind they way they ended the series cause they acknowledged that even if they revealed information that humanized the kaijin and destroyed the government's control mechanism for them, people don't change that easily. Prejudice being a greater evil than any singular person or organization was a good, if simple, message to end on. Not only that, but with Aoi training young kaijin to fight the same way Kotaro trained her to take on opponents stronger than herself, it seemed to me they were saying that marginalized groups have the right to use violent methods to defend themselves when all diplomatic methods fail which is also a fine message even if they shouldn't have used little kids to illustrate it.
I do think the show probably could have worked being a few episodes shorter, especially given how some elements amounted to absolutely nothing in the long run.
This show I enjoyed it. And the finale made me cry with how Aoi had to to must had to be done. And you know what I'm thinking about wanting to watch the original Kamen Rider Black season now. Amazons made me want to check out the original Kamen Rider Amazon and I love it to death. So yeah.
I thoroughly enjoyed the show! I think of it like KR Black Sun is to KR Black as Shin Godzilla is to the original Gojira. A great reimagining of the original with modern story telling elements and themes.
Not sure right now. I've been thinking about when I eventually review Amazon if I'll include Amazons as part of the Movies and Specials section or something.
my only complain of Black Sun is Black and Shadowmoon suit is too organic, its like their rider forms is their real skin not powersuit or armor, I don't hate it but I prefer robotic look of Black RX and Shadowmoon, as for story its quite tame in my opinion, at least this from my POV with experience of watching more heavy stuff like those Anime in 70s, but this kind story need to be told to make sure young generation not make same mistake like our generation.
Well Black's suit was always meant to be organic while Shadow Moon was completely robotic to give it an artificial feel. Same reason why Battle Hopper was organic while Road Sector resembled a regular machine motorcycle.
"I don't want politics in my tokusatsu series" probably actually implies this to be "I don't want politics to stand out and be obvious and unsubtle in my tokusatsu series or affect it significantly". That's kind of my opinion anyways.
so how people of spandexs do you give this reboot. Also when you watch kamen rider the first/next because those movies do for kamen rider ichigo, nigo, v3 what ulitimate spider man did for spider man which is a setting update where what if kamen rider ichigo series of adventures takes place in the early 2000's
the aesthetics are good but there are many unanswered questions. Like what is the significance of being born on a solar eclipse? what are the king stones? Are they from the creation king? Why do kaijin worship the creation king? So how does killing the creation king solve the problems? What even is gorgoms objective? Why did the creation king pat the kotaro and his bro as kids? Why didn’t kotaro want to take heat heaven at the start? Why do aoi, kotaro, nobuhiko need a belt to transform into kamen riders if other kaijin do not require belts to transform? Where did aoi get her belt? So what if yukari was a spy. Is it even relevant to the story? The story is also kinda racist, comparing discriminated minorities to mutant monsters. They also portrayed murdering of the PM in positive light which is insensitive as the ex PM of japan was murdered this year. I know the PM in the show was corrupt, but making the heroes kill him is a little overboard. If toei wants to kill him they could have turned him into a kaijin to justify killing him, it would remove unfortunate associations with Shinzo abes murder.
You are totally right about them never explaining the significance for Kotaro and Nobuhiko's backstory. The racism is the point though. The PM got what he deserved though. And they realy weren't heroes. I mean, Nick did betray Aoi to the villains after all.
I think Black Sun is boring, which is worse than bad. I know there are always politics in tokusatsu, Black Sun just did it horribly. If I am to overgeneralize & oversimplify my opinion on Black Sun, it would be "American Oppression Porn". The world is bad because it is, the people is evil because that's just how it is, no real solutions provided, just wanted you to feel bad about the world. It's just boring to watch. The only people I can imagine defending this would be some Americans who thinks watching Japanese media made them worldly, so they can go "But Japan has problems, you know". I live in Asia, Asia is a huge continent where half the world population lives here. Yes, Asia has TONS of problems. Many Asian countries value Face, they don't want to look bad to outsiders, problems are either swept under the rug or dealt with internally, which is why it takes forever for them to fix anything. The only way you gets to hear about it, is when they failed to handle it (like a certain disease from not so long ago). For me, if you are not going to provide a solution, I am not interested. There are already many problems to deal with, I don't need more on my mind. Besides, I thought the west in general loves how cultural & traditionalist Asians are. You can't be shocked if they are zealous about preserving their values. Watch Black Sun if you want, just try to stay awake, because I dozed off every 2-3 eps. Maybe just skip to the fight scenes? But I think you'll find more entertainment value from Shin 2023, The First, The Next, Amazons, Shin 1992, or even Amazon Rider.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork To be honest, I got bored after EP2 of Amazons, so I went to watch something like Gavan & Black RX. That's my problem with Black Sun as well. I just don't know what to call them, hence "American Oppression Porn" (AOP). They showed us all the problems, but not showing any solutions. The ones they managed to do, they tell us all the efforts meant nothing, and nothing changes because the world is evil. And I know toku has a long tradition of endangering kids, so I'm don't see anything out off the ordinary on the child army at the end. To me, I think Black Sun should be a long series, so they can have more time tackling each problems they brought up, if they can't manage to solve them in a season, then that's a material for the next.
That momment was awesome and must have been so fulfilling and nostalgic to someone who was the fan of the original. But I'm curious of your thoughts on the song Did You See the Sunrise. Did you like it or not?
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Mac Tonight is the best song for Shadow Moon considering its source song Mack the Knife.
lol
I did not know this was on Amazon Prime. Time to take advantage of my subscription and check it out. It sounds very interesting.
Yeah, it's one of the few things I actually used my Prime account for.
I throughly enjoyed it especially the callbacks (the opening to the last episode being the best), and I LOVED the design of Black Sun and most of the kaijin. I was honestly not expecting it to be as violent as it was and I mean that in a good way, it helped show how serious and unforgiving this world can be.
My only personal gripe was how they turned Bilgenia into an antihero toward the end, I wanted him to pay for the way he brutally killed Aoi’s mother.
The original Black will always be a masterpiece, but Black Sun was a fantastic reinterpretation.
Yeah, I wasn't a fan of how they went about Birugenia.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetworkjust think this as spiritual prequel to black rx..
I think it would be cool if more Kamen Riders had a motif of another wide-eyed animal rather than just bugs. Maybe a gecko or even an owl.
There was a chameleon in Ryuki.
I will say this regardless of the quality of the show. I love the suit designs of black sun and shadow moon
It grew on me after seeing them ina ction.
Kamen Rider Black Sun was a cool show.
Did you have a favorite moment?
My favorite moment was when they recreated Kamen Rider Black opening.
Funny thing I bought the 50th anniversary edition of the original kamen rider manga. planned to read soon
Cool. I have it, but I have yet to get to reading it.
I appreciated this series more than something like X-Men at least, cause it's made clear that the vast majority of Kaijin are no more dangerous than a regular human, and the ones that aren't were made stronger than the rest by experimentation. All things considered, I think they handled the racism aspect and the political aspect pretty well. I feel like the beginning of the series really drags since every episode revolves around the Gorgom sending a new kaijin to kidnap Aoi after the last one failed. Plus, we also didn't learn much in the 1972 portions of the show outside of the beginning and the end. All the scenes after they kidnap Dougai and before the High Priests recover him didn't reveal anything that warranted a full scene, imo. They could have truncated the series down to a cool 6 or 7 episodes and I feel it would have been paced a lot better.
The only other major complaint I have is that they could have made Nick's reasoning for wanting to be a kaijin a bit more clear since he's the reason Aoi was turned into a kaijin and everybody just forgives him very easily. I actually don't mind they way they ended the series cause they acknowledged that even if they revealed information that humanized the kaijin and destroyed the government's control mechanism for them, people don't change that easily. Prejudice being a greater evil than any singular person or organization was a good, if simple, message to end on. Not only that, but with Aoi training young kaijin to fight the same way Kotaro trained her to take on opponents stronger than herself, it seemed to me they were saying that marginalized groups have the right to use violent methods to defend themselves when all diplomatic methods fail which is also a fine message even if they shouldn't have used little kids to illustrate it.
I do think the show probably could have worked being a few episodes shorter, especially given how some elements amounted to absolutely nothing in the long run.
I feel sad for the sparrow kaijin 😢
Yeah.
Shunsuke doesn't deserve it. So as Aoi's tragic backstory.
This show I enjoyed it. And the finale made me cry with how Aoi had to to must had to be done. And you know what I'm thinking about wanting to watch the original Kamen Rider Black season now. Amazons made me want to check out the original Kamen Rider Amazon and I love it to death. So yeah.
Well Black is coming out to BD next year from Discotek.
I thoroughly enjoyed the show! I think of it like KR Black Sun is to KR Black as Shin Godzilla is to the original Gojira. A great reimagining of the original with modern story telling elements and themes.
I can totally see that.
Only mostly peaceful kaijin attacks.
lol
I wish they brought back the original actors of Black/RX and ShadowMoon in this series as a cameo or a character...
I was completely expecting it.
to that previous comment hope you find something enjoy in those movies. So will you have seperate reviews for amazon and amazonz
Not sure right now. I've been thinking about when I eventually review Amazon if I'll include Amazons as part of the Movies and Specials section or something.
Give kaji no kami some time on his reviews, he'll get to those soon
protect the kaijin
Um... no.
my only complain of Black Sun is Black and Shadowmoon suit is too organic, its like their rider forms is their real skin not powersuit or armor, I don't hate it but I prefer robotic look of Black RX and Shadowmoon, as for story its quite tame in my opinion, at least this from my POV with experience of watching more heavy stuff like those Anime in 70s, but this kind story need to be told to make sure young generation not make same mistake like our generation.
Well Black's suit was always meant to be organic while Shadow Moon was completely robotic to give it an artificial feel. Same reason why Battle Hopper was organic while Road Sector resembled a regular machine motorcycle.
"I don't want politics in my tokusatsu series" probably actually implies this to be "I don't want politics to stand out and be obvious and unsubtle in my tokusatsu series or affect it significantly". That's kind of my opinion anyways.
I always take it as, "I don't want politics that disagree with my point of view in my series."
Great review 😎
so how people of spandexs do you give this reboot. Also when you watch kamen rider the first/next because those movies do for kamen rider ichigo, nigo, v3 what ulitimate spider man did for spider man which is a setting update where what if kamen rider ichigo series of adventures takes place in the early 2000's
Probably 3.
Never watch The Next, but I found The FIrst to be okay.
I kind of miss the original henshin belt
I do like the new one though.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork its mice but kind of feels a bitch much
the aesthetics are good but there are many unanswered questions. Like what is the significance of being born on a solar eclipse? what are the king stones? Are they from the creation king? Why do kaijin worship the creation king? So how does killing the creation king solve the problems? What even is gorgoms objective? Why did the creation king pat the kotaro and his bro as kids? Why didn’t kotaro want to take heat heaven at the start? Why do aoi, kotaro, nobuhiko need a belt to transform into kamen riders if other kaijin do not require belts to transform? Where did aoi get her belt? So what if yukari was a spy. Is it even relevant to the story?
The story is also kinda racist, comparing discriminated minorities to mutant monsters. They also portrayed murdering of the PM in positive light which is insensitive as the ex PM of japan was murdered this year. I know the PM in the show was corrupt, but making the heroes kill him is a little overboard. If toei wants to kill him they could have turned him into a kaijin to justify killing him, it would remove unfortunate associations with Shinzo abes murder.
You are totally right about them never explaining the significance for Kotaro and Nobuhiko's backstory.
The racism is the point though. The PM got what he deserved though. And they realy weren't heroes. I mean, Nick did betray Aoi to the villains after all.
I think Black Sun is boring, which is worse than bad. I know there are always politics in tokusatsu, Black Sun just did it horribly. If I am to overgeneralize & oversimplify my opinion on Black Sun, it would be "American Oppression Porn". The world is bad because it is, the people is evil because that's just how it is, no real solutions provided, just wanted you to feel bad about the world. It's just boring to watch.
The only people I can imagine defending this would be some Americans who thinks watching Japanese media made them worldly, so they can go "But Japan has problems, you know". I live in Asia, Asia is a huge continent where half the world population lives here. Yes, Asia has TONS of problems. Many Asian countries value Face, they don't want to look bad to outsiders, problems are either swept under the rug or dealt with internally, which is why it takes forever for them to fix anything. The only way you gets to hear about it, is when they failed to handle it (like a certain disease from not so long ago). For me, if you are not going to provide a solution, I am not interested. There are already many problems to deal with, I don't need more on my mind. Besides, I thought the west in general loves how cultural & traditionalist Asians are. You can't be shocked if they are zealous about preserving their values.
Watch Black Sun if you want, just try to stay awake, because I dozed off every 2-3 eps. Maybe just skip to the fight scenes? But I think you'll find more entertainment value from Shin 2023, The First, The Next, Amazons, Shin 1992, or even Amazon Rider.
I've got no problem with the political aspect, but they just didn't pay the show off enough witht hem.
Amazons is worse though in my book.
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To be honest, I got bored after EP2 of Amazons, so I went to watch something like Gavan & Black RX.
That's my problem with Black Sun as well. I just don't know what to call them, hence "American Oppression Porn" (AOP). They showed us all the problems, but not showing any solutions. The ones they managed to do, they tell us all the efforts meant nothing, and nothing changes because the world is evil.
And I know toku has a long tradition of endangering kids, so I'm don't see anything out off the ordinary on the child army at the end.
To me, I think Black Sun should be a long series, so they can have more time tackling each problems they brought up, if they can't manage to solve them in a season, then that's a material for the next.
Save The Kaijin
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What did you think of the OP, Did You See the Sunrise?
The original opening with the new footage was awesome.
That momment was awesome and must have been so fulfilling and nostalgic to someone who was the fan of the original.
But I'm curious of your thoughts on the song Did You See the Sunrise. Did you like it or not?
Oh, you mean the ending song, right? I don't even remember it, honestly. I just had to search it up and was like, "This was in the show?"
"Furry. Fetish." lmao!
lol