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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.
It's still early now (so far only five episodes had aired) but it's quite good so far. Despite some of the silly characters like Hibi the Hibiscus spirirt and the Hermit that lay hidden somewhere in the mountain forests in Sarawak (a fictional Heavenly Mountains/Gunung kayangan that's like a local version of Niraikanai), the rest of the cast was surprisingly decent. The acting was good... and the villains are also quite quirky.
While there's also arguments that the Mabui stones aren't exactly very 'Malaysian cultured' we can just wave it away since this is set in a fictional universe. And assuming that Mabui stones (sets) would've also be present in some other remote cultures throughout the world, then the setting wouldn't be so strange at all. I mean... if people can accept the setting of Power Rangers Ninja Storm and Samurai (Really...? Ninja villages and Samurai families in... a not-Japan country?), there shouldn't be a problem to watching Ryujin Juwara.
Ryujin Mabuyer (Eng site)
Ryujin Juwara Streaming
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.
It's still early now (so far only five episodes had aired) but it's quite good so far. Despite some of the silly characters like Hibi the Hibiscus spirirt and the Hermit that lay hidden somewhere in the mountain forests in Sarawak (a fictional Heavenly Mountains/Gunung kayangan that's like a local version of Niraikanai), the rest of the cast was surprisingly decent. The acting was good... and the villains are also quite quirky.
While there's also arguments that the Mabui stones aren't exactly very 'Malaysian cultured' we can just wave it away since this is set in a fictional universe. And assuming that Mabui stones (sets) would've also be present in some other remote cultures throughout the world, then the setting wouldn't be so strange at all. I mean... if people can accept the setting of Power Rangers Ninja Storm and Samurai (Really...? Ninja villages and Samurai families in... a not-Japan country?), there shouldn't be a problem to watching Ryujin Juwara.
Ryujin Mabuyer (Eng site)
Ryujin Juwara Streaming
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