I think that sums up the situation quite neatly. I don't have to look at places like Japan Hero and Rangerboard to know that the show is already getting a kicking from 'outraged' American and European fans who feel that a children's franchise they never grew up has strayed away from its roots. I can imagine the rage and fury with which names are being called and views are being denounced and I can imagine how this will continue till somewhere just past New Year 2008.

 

I can also live without it.

 

So far Den-o is nothing at all like a Kamen Rider series. I don't think, in this case, that's necessarily a *bad* thing. I can't say an enormous amount about the first episode because I honestly don't yet know what I feel about it however I do feel that I'm going to stand any chance of actually enjoying the series then I have to stay away from message boards full of bickering sophists.

 

Therefore my new year's resolution is to make this journal slightly more intelligible this year and not so punctuated by explosions of bitter vindictiveness.

 

Being in Japan really changed my ideas about how tokusatsu is perceived. I'm going to try and learn from that experience and stay clear of some of the ugly behaviour exhibited by certain Western tokusatsu fansites.

 

...

 

Which means that I might at least make it to the end of the week before lashing out at Bouken fangirls.

 

Maybe.