this is an image from the Marine Boy episode "Battle to Save The World" on the Saturday Morning Cartoons DVD set that recently was released. the good news is this, and all the cartoons look pretty great. the bad news is, at least about the set, is that some of the episodes have been released already in sets- Space Ghost, Flintstones and the Jetsons have already got discs out, why bother to include them?
not to mention Marine Boy wasn't really on Saturday mornings - not network tv like the other shows were. but that's a minor fanboy quibble.
the episode itself is a pretty good selection. there's no giant monster, but lots of action and we get to see all the main characters
, though Neptina is mostly just a cameo in this episode. so the almost worth it for this episode alone. seeing the show like this, cleaned up after years of multi-generational dubs, one can only hope for a legit release some day.
the rest of the cool episodes- Space Ghost, Herculoids, Impossibles and Frankenstein, Jr are good. Atom Ant is a fun show as well.
I gotta say, I don't think I could or would enjoy Kamen Rider Den-O that much. at least judging from his (their?) appearance in Decade. too weird, even for me. I do like their forms, more than the bulky looking armored Riders of Blade or Kabuto. I think Faiz looks like a good show. from the appearances of all the ads for the Den-O/Decade movie crossover, it looks like it was a popular show though.
I'm almost to episode #18, which is the first part of the Hibiki crossover. drat, now I will have to wait until four more episodes get subtitled to see what happens.
in Marine Boy news, tomorrow I'll be getting the "Saturday Morning Cartoons" disc with the episode of our hero on it. I rented the first disc, and was less than impressed with the selection. I'll discuss more tomorrow once I view it. looks like it might even have Herculoids on it!
(just copied the title from Wiki... don't yell if it's wrong)
Decade and Ryuki and Shark Rider Guy all decide that Bat Rider Ren is to blame for the death of Momoi (the editor, I think, from last episode). Kuuga says no.
it's pretty obvious who actually did it, but there's some good fighting about to happen. and not even in the mirror world. We also learn that our not so mystery villain isn't human, and isn't from Ryuki's world.
Bat Rider fights Kamen Rider Odin (not even named) and gets a time travel card. yes, paradoxes still happen in Ryuki land. but it all works out, even if our hero's pals don't know why they are leaving this world so soon after they got there.
next up- Blade's world, one I've never seen at all.
in which Decade and his friends are visiting Ryuki's world. it's a bit different now than it was in his series, though, as the "Riders" are used as a jury system. still ripping off the whole Highlander series though, as the last survivor can decide innocence or guilt.
I made no secret of thinking Ryuki as a series was pretty not good. the fights were poorly staged and consisted of lots of explosions more than fisticuffs. Shinji (Ryuki) was a wimpy girlie-man and everyone's favorite brooder, Ren (Bat-Knight-Rider, I forget), was an obnoxious whiny boy. add to that the "badass" Oja (who didn't even die well) and I hated most of the characters.
except for Swan, who was only in one of the movies.
this time, I am enjoying the characters. it helps that there is a lot of hand to hand action in the series, as Decade either has spent the budget on all the suits for the previous Riders and villains. it's been the best of the new shows I've seen, which, granted, is very little. I like Hibiki as well, from the 13 episodes I've seen of his show.
I am looking forward to the movie where ALL the Riders will meet and kick the snot out of Dai-Shocker!
(yes, the picture is from an earlier episode in Kuuga's world, it's all I could do at the moment.)
the two disc DVD set that contains the episode "The Green Monster" of Marine Boy is out and in stores like Best Buy now. I've got it on my netflix queue, but it says "long wait". which might mean there's an actual interest in the shows presented on said disc. I'm in no real hurry to watch it, since I already have most of the cartoons ON the discs (Atom Ant, the Impossibles, etc) but I would like to see the quality of the episodes.
yes, it does still gall me that crap like Fullhouse is out and great shows like these are not.
Starring:
Danny Lee, Han Chiang, Tao Chiang, Lu Chin, Norman Chu, Ping Ha, Li Jen Ho, Teresa Hsia Ping, Pei Chi Huang, Ling Ling Hung, Eddy Ko, Tien Ni, Lin Chen Chi.
Writer: Ni Kuang
Director: Hsueh Li Pao
Cinematographer: Ting Pan Yuan
Music: Yung-Yu Chen
Producer: Run Run Shaw
Original Title: Tian long ba bu
i'd never heard of this at all before, until it showed up for rental at Netflix. it's a period fantasy piece with some nifty effects, lots of fighting (the end battle is pretty cool) and some monsters as well! there's this one shot, where our heroes are on a horse with a demon running after them in pursuit, and the demon is running quickly while the horse is at normal speed. i'd never quite seen an effect like that.
i really enjoyed it, overall. it's a little slow getting started, but when it does- bang! and it's about 73 minutes long!
one episode, "The Green Monster" is coming to us on this here set. while i may buy it, i'd like to let them know that it's just for Marine Boy (and maybe Atom Ant) rather than the rest of the stuff i already own. still, it's not a bad set overall, a good taste of cartoons from the 60s.
thanks to Christopher Elam for the news!
a new look and colors here, for the new year, ostensibly. plus you can see other blogs i enjoy. now if i could only get the posting font to "arial" this would be perfect, even.
the last video i posted has now been pulled, so i apologize for anyone (sheh, right) looking for it. still, it was a decent and well done job.
got some new 8th Man episodes- from 8thman.com, which really do blow away anything else you will find out there. easily and highly recommended. his Johnny Sokko DVDs are excellent as well. i also got his first volume of the 60s Lone Ranger cartoon, wow, that is something else. ima do some screencaps in the near future.
well, since it's a new year, i'll start it out right:
Marine Boy subbed Japanese opening
for your viewing enjoyment. wish i could figure out how to embed video, but that will do, i suppose. one of the things ima do this year is get this book or article done. it's been sitting around long enough, and someone else is eventually gonna do something similar if i don't. so there you go.
so i will start by calling Ms. Orr soon. and contact Peter again, see how he is.
, though Neptina is mostly just a cameo in this episode. so the almost worth it for this episode alone. seeing the show like this, cleaned up after years of multi-generational dubs, one can only hope for a legit release some day.
