SCOOP: New DAIMAJIN Announced by Kadokawa!

[Xenorama]

[kiryugoji04]

[MekaGojira3k]

[Flame of Udin]

[ultrazilla2000]

[AVERY GUERRA]

[king_ghidorah]

What the hell man...that's...I just have to come to terms with the fact that a film made in a genre that I am a fan of has been remade into a television series that is a completely different genre all together...it may be good but still...who are they trying to please here...to me it's obviously the mainstream audience over there and if that's the case why even bother making this Daimajin if you are going to change everything about it....

It'd be almost as if I remade the Planet of the Apes series as a Twilight like romance series...

[MekaGojira3k]

I think I'm just excited to see how all of this plays out. I do hope interest is high enough that a group will sub the whole series.

[AVERY GUERRA]

Yet another new clip was released:

http://robojapan.blogspot.com/2010/03/t ... ckman.html

[INVINCIBLE HASTUR]

[Flame of Udin]

[kiryugoji04]

[ryuuseipro]

[Flame of Udin]

[ryuuseipro]

[kiryugoji04]

[MouthForWar]

For me its simply that it doesn't look good or particularly interesting or remotely different from a lot of other things coming out of Japanese fantasy television right now. Just looks like another cookie cutter hero/action show... it isn't unique, which is one thing Daimajin held over all the other kaiju series. If you're gonna take it in a new direction, at least take one that's interesting.

[INVINCIBLE HASTUR]

I want the puppet! Hey still excited. If it sucks I'll admit it. But don't think it will ..........

[emeGoji]

[Flame of Udin]

[DannyBeane]

[Flame of Udin]

[DannyBeane]

[Nippon]

I've watched the first episode and a chunk of the second, and I gotta' say, I REALLY wish this was subtitled! I'm getting a strong Bio Planet WOO vibe from this series, as it's steeped heavily in character development and quirky, fun moments. It's great to see a new tokusatsu series without the bland, by-the-numbers malarky of sentai or Kamen Rider.
The original Daimajin trilogy was pretty smart to mix the standardized elements of the samurai and kaiju genres into a new product, even though all three films are practically interchangeable. The new series looks as though it's taking the Daimajin premise and not only expanding on it, but adding in some fresh blood and taking in a more low-key, high-quality artistic direction.

I was personally a bit concerned that this new series would in fact simply adhere to the popular and vapid "monster of the week" formula that only Ultraman can usually get away with. Of course, to do that would have simply MADE Daimajin into Ultraman, and that is NOT how it should be. Granted, I'm not 100% on what's going on, since I don't speak Japanese fluently, but I am able to take a few rough stabs at the plot. I very much like the inclusion of what I assume are heroic yokai against evil yokai, and the focus on this central female character whom is surely the key to reviving "Bujin," the new Daimajin. I'm not totally clear on the nightmare-rock-band thing yet and I think the little girl singing in episode 2 is a little too saccharin and painfully "sweet" for my tastes (like it's trying WAY too hard), but this does look like a series I could get into!

Of course, I did skip around a bit for episode 2, and damn, that is one badass fight between Bujin and the white yokai! The martial-arts choreography is also really cool too between the yokai, and the effects overall are pretty good!

I'm also getting a very Gamera The Brave vibe from this series: recasting an established series into a mix of modern Japanese light drama with overarching fantasy/scifi elements, and ANYTHING that takes a step towards The Brave is to be commended.

[MouthForWar]