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NEWS: New Kamen Rider Amazons Show to Stream on Amazon Prime in Japan


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Octorockandroll



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:16 pm Reply with quote
Did... Did they really make an entire series based around a pun about the show's distributor?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:19 pm Reply with quote
I find this most amusing.
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Gonna be honest, I don't quite know how to react to this.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:41 pm Reply with quote
Ooookay, where did this suddenly pop up from o-o''
Not to sure what to make up from this but I guess this will be interesting.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:43 pm Reply with quote
Amazon guy probably joked anything with Amazon in the name is legally required to be licensed to Amazon and was surprised when his counterpart came up with the show. Was he gullible or calling his bluff? He'll never tell.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:47 pm Reply with quote
Octorockandroll wrote:
Did... Did they really make an entire series based around a pun about the show's distributor?

They've made 12 years worth of anime around a pun on a photo booth, so why not? (Pretty Cure)
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:05 pm Reply with quote
samuelp wrote:
Octorockandroll wrote:
Did... Did they really make an entire series based around a pun about the show's distributor?

They've made 12 years worth of anime around a pun on a photo booth, so why not? (Pretty Cure)


Yeah but from what I remember Pretty Cure was pretty meh whereas Kamen Rider is the number one japanese superhero. He's like their superman basically.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:15 pm Reply with quote
Octorockandroll wrote:
samuelp wrote:
Octorockandroll wrote:
Did... Did they really make an entire series based around a pun about the show's distributor?

They've made 12 years worth of anime around a pun on a photo booth, so why not? (Pretty Cure)


Yeah but from what I remember Pretty Cure was pretty meh whereas Kamen Rider is the number one japanese superhero. He's like their superman basically.

What does that make Ultraman?

Anyways, am I right in assuming that this is a separate thing like The First and not directly succeeding Ghost?
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Octorockandroll



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:18 pm Reply with quote
WeirDiE_InC wrote:
Octorockandroll wrote:
samuelp wrote:
Octorockandroll wrote:
Did... Did they really make an entire series based around a pun about the show's distributor?

They've made 12 years worth of anime around a pun on a photo booth, so why not? (Pretty Cure)


Yeah but from what I remember Pretty Cure was pretty meh whereas Kamen Rider is the number one japanese superhero. He's like their superman basically.

What does that make Ultraman?

Anyways, am I right in assuming that this is a separate thing like The First and not directly succeeding Ghost?


I guess Ultraman would be Batman. At times more popular and successful but still less ubiquitous woth the culture. Although now I wonder who would be Wonder Woman?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:35 pm Reply with quote
Comparing either of them to Western comic supeheroes who sold out their integrity decades ago is severely demeaning and I'm being serious here.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:35 pm Reply with quote
Octorockandroll wrote:
samuelp wrote:
Octorockandroll wrote:
Did... Did they really make an entire series based around a pun about the show's distributor?

They've made 12 years worth of anime around a pun on a photo booth, so why not? (Pretty Cure)


Yeah but from what I remember Pretty Cure was pretty meh whereas Kamen Rider is the number one japanese superhero. He's like their superman basically.

Do you realize that pretty cure airs immediately after kamen rider on Sunday mornings on Tv asahi and has for like a decade?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:39 pm Reply with quote
Octorockandroll wrote:
Did... Did they really make an entire series based around a pun about the show's distributor?


No. Kamen Rider Amazon is a famous 70's show, this is just a new version.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 6:02 am Reply with quote
samuelp wrote:
Octorockandroll wrote:
samuelp wrote:
Octorockandroll wrote:
Did... Did they really make an entire series based around a pun about the show's distributor?

They've made 12 years worth of anime around a pun on a photo booth, so why not? (Pretty Cure)


Yeah but from what I remember Pretty Cure was pretty meh whereas Kamen Rider is the number one japanese superhero. He's like their superman basically.

Do you realize that pretty cure airs immediately after kamen rider on Sunday mornings on Tv asahi and has for like a decade?


Ok. So it's time slot is close to kamen rider's, that doesn't prove shit. Teen Titans Go! has been airing right after Steven Universe on Cartoon Network for a long time too, does that mean the two shows are on the same level of quality and popularity?
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 8:15 am Reply with quote
Seriously? Almost nobody ever heard of Kamen Rider Amazon before?
It's a reboot.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 8:37 am Reply with quote
Octorockandroll wrote:

Ok. So it's time slot is close to kamen rider's, that doesn't prove shit. Teen Titans Go! has been airing right after Steven Universe on Cartoon Network for a long time too, does that mean the two shows are on the same level of quality and popularity?

Their ratings (for the latest series) are in the same ballpark, yes. Last year Kamen rider average a 5.6% and pretty cure a 4.1% in ratings.
Although Kamen rider has a much longer history, when comparing the popularity of the currently airing series and merchandize for those series, they're roughly in the same ballpark. Their sections in the toy stores are about the same size, etc... Actually Pretty Cure has more merchandize than Kamen Rider for the current season.
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