Ryujin Juwara

Been awhile since I've updated this blog again.... so first post of the year....

This year gonna prove to be having a lot of toku stuffs to watch, no counting the usual sentai/rider slots every year...



Ryujin Juwara


This new toku series is locally made, with join co-operation with Yomiuri Production... based on the Ryujin Mabuyer series. But instead of set in Okinawa, it is set in Malaysia. To people that's familiar with the Mabuyer series... I supposed there would be a lot of familiar elements that can be seen here.

For one thing, the opening theme was the same as Mabuyers opening theme.... but with the lyrics adjusted to fit Juwara's setting. The 'villains' are also the same as in Mabuyer, and this time the evil Majimun gang targetting a certain village in Malaysia. The Mabui stones also came into play... and like it's counterpart in Okinawa, the Mabui stones in Ryujin Juwara also represented some of the 'spirits' and local lifestyle of the place.

Personally, I find the series a good start for the local tokusatsu scene... and hopefully it'll get much support by the local tokusatsu fans. The show was mostly in Malay language, with occasionally English and Japanese on the sides. And plotwise, Juwara sets years after events in Mabuyer. There's also a scene that were shot in Okinawa where our current hero tries to look for Mabuyer in order to find out how to use the new power that he recieved. It's quite funny to see the main character, Andil... frantically looking around for Mabuyer in Okinawa despite knowing nothing of Japanese language.

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Ryujin Mabuyer (Eng site)

Ryujin Juwara Streaming