Kaiju no Kami Reviews - Space Sheriff Gavan (1982) Series
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- He's half human, half alien, all cop. Space Sheriff Gavan tells the adventures of a space cop who is protecting the Earth from an evil criminal organization known as the Makuu. In the early 1980s, Toei wanted to start up a new Tokusatsu franchise that new fans could just jump into without having to know the series that came prior to it compared to Kamen Rider and Sentai, thus giving birth to the Metal Heroes franchise. Is Gavan a worthy kick-off to a franchise that would span nearly two decades or should it have been sentenced to prison? Watch to find out.
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Can we really just notice how Ohba was in his late 50's in the Gaven movie and still looked like he could kick everyone's butt?
Pretty much.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork he's held up well
Haven't watched the show. But that theme song is a 10/10.
I like the theme.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I think Shaider's is my favorite theme of the 3.
Kaiju no Kami 🙂
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork mines sharivan
Akira Kushida is a legend whether it's Sun Vulcan, Kinnikuman, Xabungle or that insert song from Dragon Ball Super
You know, making a list of the worst toku villain leaders doesn't sound like a bad idea.
I may at some point.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I would love to see that, as well as a list of the worst Sentai villains.
Oba Kenji wanted to have a laser blade during the show after watching Star Wars. And, for the transformation, at first, kenji Oba just had to put rise a head, but finally, choreography arrived !
Interesting, thanks for the info. It makes sense, I would too if I was in a show about a space cop.
When Kenji activate his "Laser Sword", you know that the lifespan of his foe are reduced down to a couple of minutes :).
Laser vision
The fact that lightsabers are featured is a clear Star Wars influence. Which is no surprise considering how much the Japanese loooove the Star Wars films.
The metal hero that started it all. And it's on UA-cam.
Yep.
As I've recently become aware of this show/movies. I couldn't watch the older series as seriously as I might have been as a kid although I recently watch the newer movies and was amazed. The Uchuu Keiji/Kamen Rider/Sentai crossovers were just awesome due to it's special effects. Definitely might take some time to watch the original.
Give it a shot. For me, unless the effects are forced in CGI ones that could have worked practically, I don't usually care if effects are bad or not, but I do need to make them apart of the reviews.
Well hey times have changed.
4:10 to 4:25 Seems like Bandora and Barza from Zyuranger used to have quite a history with each other.
Would not have surprised me if they dated in a past life.
lol That would be too funny.
I watched GAVAN a few weeks ago. I enjoyed it overall, but my complaint was, like a lot of Toku, the constant use of stock footage and same battle scenes every week gets tiring
It can.
That's why I always fast foward these scenes. When I watched it on TV back in the day I couldn't but now on DVD/Blu-Ray I can. :)
I hear you mention Gavan, and I thought you were talking about me.
But as it turns out Gavan is spelled with an A and not an I.
lol
Kaiju no Kami 🤣
While watching Gavan, a certain OG guest stars playing his father.
Yep. I actually didn't realize that was Chiba until after I released the review.
Speaking of Sheider, his Actor was played by the Grandson of Eiji Tsuburaya.
Cool.
kaiju no kami saves the day! other people who reveiws this, only reveiwed the physical dvd like the box art and font on the back. im so happy SOMEONE is actually talking about the show!
lol. I have yet to watch the BD itself, so eventually I'll have a BD only review up.
Can't wait for this review my friend it's been while since u did a metal heroes review
Yeah. I'm getting a little burnt out on Sentai, so I'm going to probably tackle a few Metal Heroes series after I take care of Dekaranger (which apparently has some team up movies with the new Gavan).
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork well there is some good stuff from dekaranger like the crossover with gavan Dena base robo deka master the dog Canon 3 sets of foot soldiers some good monsters of the week like a riano monster a bird monster a monster that can truned into pass monsters of the week and even a mirror monster my god you have to give dekaranger a 4 out 5 grown ups in spandex
Kaiju no Kami I get why sometimes you want something else
I hope the crossover with Gavan is better than that poor excuse of a 2012 movie.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork you mean the gokaiger one
Gavan/Gaban, named in France as X-OR and broacasted in 1983. My favorite space cop !
Cool.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork It was very popular and the reason why he's name X-or in french is because a tv producer, Hurbet Chonzu, who was watching Gavan, during a massage section, he found it really entertaining, but wasn't really convinced by the name, to be fair Gavan sound a lot like "gavant" (wich mean boring in French.) and he get the name of X-or with...
The cognac he was drinking named "Xo".
But the show was style great, and the french dub added alot of humour, by giving Oba a lot of One liner where he was mocking the makuu, named C-rex in French, à la Spider-man.
Thankfully when the show was serious, the dub was serious.
here the french theme song : ua-cam.com/video/-l3EGGfxIz0/v-deo.html
@Ian Sybesma Michel Bedetti is french voice of Gavan/Gaban. The actor, actor, jean Gabin, die in the 70's
I love how the French vilain names are much more imaginative than the japanese ones (in Gavan/Sharivan : in Japan Maku/Mado what a brainstorming they must have had to find these ones). They're much better in French (C-Rex, Burlocks). Plus calling a vilain (Hunter Killer is pretty stupid, in French he's called K-Rex : again that's much better). And in France Kiba is dubbed by a woman (much less weird than hearing a male's voice even though the original actor is a male) @@MrSafior
Really enjoy your toku video reviews/commentaries analysis. You’re one of the few consistent toku youtuber that would cover the older somewhat obscure and less popular toku shows and include the source footage from the actual shows.
Really recommend you try reviewing more of the other metal heroes shows like Gavan’s successor shaider and sharivan . They’re like Dyna and gaia to tiga for gavan since ohba return in both as guests. B fighter kabuto and its sequel is an interesting choice as well given it’s the final metal heroes show that happens to be adapted by saban as well before toei try to test on one off shows like changerion that feature ouja’s actor from ryuki. The metal heroes are suppose to be toei’s replacement answer to kamen rider after its revival failure given zx didn’t receive his own full length series. Kind of ironic that kamen rider is back on top and the Gavan trilogy series continues to try and reintroduce metal heroes with kenji ohba and his successor in space squad in the recent years, but with no avail. Kenji is the goat for coming up with the iconic Gavan transformation pose. He went from being akared stuntman suit actor that was insecure about his physique to being in multiple toku series as lead character before returning guest starring in more later on just like kamen rider v3 actor. Even after you finish the big 3 toku franchises and gavan there’s still garo, side series like akibaranger spinoff from sentai, and shojo oriented toku like sailormoon and cutie honey live action that feature a lot of familiar actors faces from other toku series.
I really do want to review more Metal Heroes stuff, I just don't have the time right now. My biggest focus currently is Super Sentai given those are my biggest money makers ad revenue wise and I'm so close to being up to date. Ultraman became my other focus due to it getting official releases from Mill Creek, but now that I am nearly done with those, I'll be taking a break from that franchise outside of our livestream viewings of the latest episode.
I'm hoping to knock some more Kamen Rider out next year along with maybe another Metal Heroes show if I can fit it in. Of course, if Discotek were to announce another series for BD release, that would help knock it up my priority list. 🙂 I will have a Gavan Blu-Ray review out sooner or later as I'm still only 10 episodes into that.
BTW, I already covered Sailor Moon. 😀
Great review, looks like a classic for the metal heroes.
Yeah, it's definitely worth checking out.
I have finally seen all your Space Sheriff review. The series should get 4/5 ⭐️.
It is the series that put Toei to the Map of Toku history.
Ohba outdid himself in this series.
You needed to add Gavan appearing in Gokaiger as a resurrection act.
And the Gavan Movie is actually good.
The worse Toei movie that put me to sleep is the 1991 Shin(True) Kamen Rider!!!
There are a lot of strengths Gavan has that I noticed on the second viewing, so had I reviewed it over, I might have raised it to a 4,. Although, I do feel the flaws do get in the way .
On Gavan I love the one music you didn't mentionned. The one used often when the dragon dol arrives. It's the only one that's pretty electronic and it's quite nice.
It's not bad, but I got sick of hearing it over ever episode.
6:51 Official Gavan subtitles provided by Toei clearly explained that Mimi actually 'make an illusion of Earth's bird'. the term 'Transformation' (Henshin or Henkei) never ever seen any use in the show.
Remember that the 1982 was a 'Laser' age as well as 'Disco' era. By then every Sci Fi considers 'Lasers' to be a magic word because not much potentials of lasers were discovered and exploited yet. nor the actual understandigns of 'Lasers'.
in the Story Writer's Perspective, Mamma's Boy & the Traitor could have easily been combined into One Character.
Agreed.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Kylo Ren Sr. cried home to his Mommy(who works for an Evil Organization/Empire), cuz the Big Bad Man in a Silver Armor get's Promoted more than him.
Just in time cause this video is starting on my sister's birthday xd
Cool.
Kaiju no Kami Mst3k joke We made it, Doc! I mean, Mac!"😂
What some of the next reviews you have planned fore the summer
Ultraman Ace, Sailor Stars, Dekaranger, and I'm unsure from there since I'm debating whether to watch Sharivan next or jump into Metalder. Also, hoping to do some Kaiju movies or something.
Most of what I originally planned to spend the summer reviewing has either been released already thanks to Covid (Denzi, Sun, Dyna, and Aba) or got delayed such as a few of the Ultraman releases.
Kaiju no Kami cool
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork look forward to Dekaranger
I found a DVD set of this show at G-Fest one year.....only to find out none of the episodes came with English subtitles. What a shame, sounds like I might have enjoyed it if I could understand what was going on.
Also what I learned from this video: The Gokaigers were right, their Don is more impressive than Don Horror.
Was it Toei's official DVD release of the show? If so, then that makes sense since they don't sub their Japanese releases. If it was a bootleg though, then that makes no sense.
lol at the Gokaiger comment.
the makku dimension is basically Dark Souls Hard Mode
That's a good analogy.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork it makes sense
Another Metal Hero show you may want to check out is Janperson.
I'll get there at some point. My next MH series will either be Sharivan or Metalder.
The Gavan movie I find to be the most entertaining is the Dekaranger crossover. But all in all, I didn't expect Gavan to be as entertaining as it was. I just wanted something to relax to in between my attempt to get into modern kamen rider binge.
I'm currently watching the BD for Gavan and am enjoying it the second time just as much as the first.
Maku space in the Philippine dub they re named it time space warp
Makes sense.
What did you think of the Gokaiger vs Gavan movie that came before the Gavan movie?
I have never watched it subbed, but I loved it. I'm looking forward to seeing it subbed when I eventually review Gokaiger.
I’ll say this, I enjoy Geki himself and his later appearances I think are better. Space Squad stuff anyway.
So he gets better? :-)
Kaiju no Kami he doesn’t have to deal with cliche evil friend plot, plus I just like seeing how he interacts with Sentai teams (which tends to be his main action these days, outside of featuring in the Sharivan and Shaider movies. And the second Taisen film, but Taisen films tend to be problems all on their own).
Yeah, I don't know if i ever want to bother reviewing those.
He's a metal hero and a Sentai hero cool
lol
One of those musical tracks in your montage of music that you liked was recycled from Bob Sakuma's incidental music for Gatchaman (1972-74). I recognize it well from several episodes of that series. It's usually used in that series in conjunction with scenes involving factories and industrial processes or other location establishing shots.
Interesting. Toei always seems to love to recycle music.
The funny thing is: Toei wasn't involved with Gatchaman. That series was done by Tatsunoko Pro. I wonder if some of those music tracks later became library tracks.
Or *maybe* it was already a library track before it was used in Gatchaman and, contrary to my earlier beliefs, wasn't Sakuma's music in the first place.
I believe you haven´t mentioned the events of the last three episodes to avoid spoilers, but I´m curious about your opinion on the arrival of a new (and red) character in episode 44, as well as the fate of Voicer, Gavan's father.
Gavan's episode 43 was very remarkable. It has practically no action scenes, but with great and dramatic moments. Not to mention the participation of the legendary Sonny Chiba.
About Geki, the Gavan Type G: I believe that the character's "voice" was only found when Naruhisa Arakawa (confessed fan of Shozo Uehara, the main writer of the 5 first Metal Heroes) started to write the character in Uchuu Keiji Sharivan Next Generation.
Before that Geki was written by three different writers in their appearances (Yuji Kobayashi in Gavan - The Movie, Kento Shimoyama in Go-Busters´s episodes 31 and 32 and Shoji Yonemura in Super Hero Taisen Z), which made Geki have little consistency as a character.
I did enjoy them because I thought it was interesting to bring in the next series' hero at the end of the show and I thought Voicer was well done even though his death seemed kind of abrupt and predictable.
I just hate Geki altogether, but damn, I had no idea he was written by that many people.
I guess they really wanted him to be complex. Oh the irony.
Finally a review another toku show
Finally? I just did one last week. :-)
he's done ones of others to
It's Gavan Time
lol
Planet Bird wtf that's hilarious
How so?
Wander what would be like if both Episode 15 and Episode 18 would be multi-part episodes rather than single-part episodes?
Also, why i would re-imagine Episode 18, i would retitle it something different like "Battle on the Beach!" or something like that.
I would chance the plot that the Blue Turtle Doubler kidnap beachgoers, along with Kojiro, who isn't taking pictures of women in the beach, where Makuu planning on creating an army of Blue Turtle Doublers or something else, i guess, where Gavan set out to stop their mad plan and save the beachgoers and Kojiro.
That might have worked.
Fitting your reviewing this now since Gaven expected to appear in Beast Morphers and his episode was released world wide today.
Really? I did not know he was going to appear in BM.
Kaiju no Kami yep he’s also a space sheriff in PR as well. That is all I will say.
Cool. I might have to watch that episode sooner rather than later.
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Kaiju no Kami Hero you go
Haven’t watched much Metal Heroes. The only one I have was Ninja Jiraiya and the new Metal Hero movies that have come out in the last decade, but now since Toei Tokusatsu World provides lots of Metal Heroes, especially Gavan, it’s the perfect time to do so.
I have not seen Jiraiya yet. I've only seen four series myself as of this point in time.
Kaiju no Kami Definitely worth the watch. It is a bit different from the other Metal Hero Series but it has a nice charm to it. Would love to see you review it someday.
Of course. Whenever I watch it I will most certailnly do a review of it.
Hunter Killer means "Flower Of Peace" on Planet Bird.
:-)
Hey Kaiju. Not sure if you watched other metal hero shows but i would recommend Jiban. It’s got nice gadgets and villains. It’s one of the best imo.
I haven't just because I haven't had time to do so. Jiban is on my list.
he definitely isn't French or space French.
lol
Gavan was very popular in Malaysia during the 80s/90s, although even then i always found the show to be a bit cheesy.
Well it's Toku, it's supposed to be cheesy. :-)
I loved it as a kid. It was very popular in France under the name X-or.
X-or? That's an interesting name.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Yes. The french opening is here
ua-cam.com/video/-l3EGGfxIz0/v-deo.html
And the Maku were called the CRex.
19:03 You made a tiny mistake editing here haha
Good video
I have no idea what happened there. I've rerendered it and it is gone, but I'm not sure if it is worth reuploading to UA-cam and stuff.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I wouldn't bother reuploading it if I were you. Not worth losing the comments
That's pretty much my thought process. If I ever end up with a copyright claim I'll upload the corrected version.
I'd love to see you review the Gatchaman movie from 2013
Yeah, no, not ever touching that thing again. :-)
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork hahaha fair enough. I really value your reviews and was curious as to what you thought of it, but I think I can guess 😂
@@GG1Productions
We watched this a a group for a panel on live action anime. I never want to watch that dumpster fire again .
I only watched the two firsts episodes that Toei uploaded and subtitled in his youtube page. they feel way too rushed, like if the scripts where a 60 minutes cropped into a 20 minute episode, especialy the firts one.
I could see that, but it ends up dragging on a times. :-)
I saw this and clips of Space Sherriff Shaider and the blue guy in that series makes me think of Signalman from Carranger.
It's possible that;s what they were going for.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Yeah. I hope one day Juukou B-Fighter and B-Fighter Kabuto get a DVD or Blu Ray release.
Your review of Gavan is fair. The star himself is great but the franchise tends to suck his show off but it is really ok at best. Personally I think Modern Gavan is better because I followed him throughout his movies and come to accept him. Well now that I've pissed off the fans I'll be leaving now. Lol Great review.
I don't agree with the new stuff being better, but it/s cool. Glad you enjoyed the review.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I guess it is subjective. I personally like the CGI effects of modern Toku. Take Dekaranger vs Space Squad (Gavan related) i adore the effects in that movie. Classic Gavan will always be bad @ss. I just also like modern Gavan.
I don't mind the CGI as long as it isn't distracting from the immersion and overdone.
And I liket Gavan's return in the movie with Gokaigers !
Yeah, I thought the Gokaiger movie was brillaint.
Wait... what was that brief shot of a dinosaur? I couldn't understand what he said.
What's the time stamp?
Kaiju no Kami 9:14. I just rewatched it and it sounds like its saying 'Allen', but it goes by so quickly.
Oh that, yes, it says "Alan." It's from Jurassic Park III.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork ive never seen Jurassic Park 3... Youre telling me a dinosaur talks in it? Or that it starts to develop the ability to talk like Rise of the Planet of the Apes?
@@bobbyshaddoe3004 It was a dream
Error Wakika Kano never appeared in BFJ at all. That would be Nahomi Haga who was Ms. America II.
Sorry, for which characer?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Mimi actress Wakika Kano, you said she played the 2nd Ms. America in BFJ.
@@digipeeper Ah, oops.
Well nowhere for the space sheriffs to go but up, am I right?
Maybe?
2:20 Narrator is the same person who shortly later did G1 Transformers narration in Japan. His name is Masamune Issei.
Cant wait for people that gets angry when someone criticized Gavan because its their childhood. ( Dont worry my childhood favourite is PR turbo and that show sucks )
lmao
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork this show is very big in brazil and indonesia so expect anything
Hello ! Did you watch the two others Space Sheriff series since ?
Not yet.
cybernetic James Bond from OUTER SPACE
lol
Now I want an all techno James Bond theme.
Can't wait for metalder
Whenever I get to watch it. :-)
I think we call Gavan, Skyranger in my home country. I think he also screams "Metamorphosis" to transform. 😅 If my memory serves me well. 🤔
Intersting. What country is this?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Philippines. Tokusatsu and sentai are a big deal over there back in the 90s.
Yes you are correct. It is called “Metamorphosis” thanks for making me remember
Love the review, also what are you planning to review or do a news update in the upcoming months.
Ace is next.
What or who is (Ace).
@@AdrianSGomez Its Ultraman Ace.
Ultraman Ace. I'm recording my review in a little bit.
Cool can't wait and have fun.
The planet Bird
Every visitor gets given the bird from the planet and it's inhabitants.
:-D
Discotek will be releasing Gavan on Blu Ray!!!
Yep, I saw.
19:30 Actually this is the reason why Toei created Space Gangster Makuu with ability to generate a dark Makuu Space. because it was easier to film Tokusatsu with hero in shiny armor and light emitting sword without leaving a trace of ugly filming tools, instruments, and ancillaries. The Narration 'Inside the Makuu Space, BEM Monsters (and shortly later, Double Monsters) are three times more powerful than they are on Earth' (actually more actions and SFX than without Makuu Space activated) actually means it is much easier to film evenmore intensive actions when sky goes darker. This is due to the CG was at infancy stage. I'm very sure that Gavan was amongs the first Tokusatsu ushered the age of 'Computerizations'.
Oh I totally understand the reasons behind it, I just like to have fun with my explanations at times. :-)
14:37 Toei did got a license from Marvels to do Spiderman Tokusatsu a couples of years prior to Gavan.
Yep.
I leave the first like
lol
Gavan is so Underrated
I'm excited for the upcoming BD.
Kaiju no kami that review looked awesome spielvan is my favorite of all time
Cool.
Spielvan is one of my space sheitrif of all time
Gavan is another Toku series I wanted to check out at some point thanks to a pretty epic crossover movie that the Gokaigers have with him especially for the Metal Heroes’ side of things. I have already seen Metalder and I’m planning to watch that series again since I loved it that much. I’m also planning to check out Spielvan.
I'm hoping this year I'll have time to tackle another Metal Heroes series for review.
Just started this show and I'm only about six episodes in and I love it! For all of the fantastic fight scenes and effects and whatnot, the show is an action.packed cop
Show. Kenji Ohba is amazing, the way he can switch from affable, heartfelt and slightly goofy to deadly serious is fantastic. I love that the grunts don't wear elaborate costumes but simple biker jackets and jeans and boots, but their heads look like elaborate ski masks. Gives off a nice punk criminal vibe. Fave episode so far is the one with the Octopus Food that makes kids smarter but also indoctrinates them to serve Makka as Doublemen. That one had some nice surreal imagery, and the presence of the weather balloon immediately put me in mind of Rover from the 60s series The Prisoner. Will say more when I've finished the series.
Never seen The Prisoner, but I have heard of it thanks to a bit in a Simpsons episode from Season 9.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork The Prisoner is definitely an unusual show to come out of the 60s, but it was very much a passion project by the lead actor, Patrick McGoohan, that wanted to do something different after doing a long running spy series called Danger Man. It's very surreal in it's imagery, and was very ahead of it time in terms of exploring themes of control, surveillance, individual rights and privacy, etc. It's worth checking out. I think it's available on some streaming services like Tubi or Pluto TV.
Having finished watching Gavan in its entirety, I really enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun. I love how it set up the next guy to become a Space Sheriff, and I loved that Hiroshi Miyauchi turned up for an episode or two as a fellow Space Sheriff. I absolutely LOOOOVED the space dragon that was part of the ship. You can't get more badass than having a spaceship that turns into a giant dragon.
Sometimes I thinked Gavan had off screen team ups with Max Tennyson and these days were before Max's Grandson became the most people hero in the Multiverse
lol
I have a few things to say. 5:08 I remember the series I told you about A WTF Moment in Toku series on here I watched and this was one of them. I still don't know what to make of this. 7:33 Jeez, I thought I was watching a Toku series not a freaking Harem anime. 9:18 No, No, No they wanted to save that for Gai later in Gokaiger. 15:02 Told you. That idea was used in the first three Metal Hero shows then later B-Fighter and then in GOGO V. I've got other things to say but I'll say them in a bit.
lol I just foudn him dressed up like a woman funny.
There's a lot of women who like Gavan.
22:20 I'm surprised you didn't play something from one of the "IT" movies here. 24:32 A man after my own heart. But now I have to ask because you didn't talk about the Gokaiger Gavan team up because I'm guessing you going to do that when it comes time to do Gokaiger. What are you going to do when it comes to the Super Hero Taisen movies? Also since next month is my birthday month maybe you could do some 1989 reviews. I know you can't do Turboranger but You could do Jiban in fact you could go to Toei's UA-cam where all of it is subbed but you could also do a 1989 movie called Cyborg along with it. That would REALLY make my day even better.
When do you plan to review Magiranger and Boukenger?
Probably not until next year.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Ok, I enjoy watching your reviews.
Thanks. :-)
I just came to comment that after looking at the reveal who the Villains will be in Zenkaiger, I’m reminded of the wall villain in this show.
Yep. Although, I'm sure Don Horror is going to have more personality. :-D
I'm the only one here right now. (In the chat)
Probably. It doesn't premier for another 2 hours.
In France, he was known as "X-Or" and goddamn he was highly popular amongst the viewers in the early 80s (including me :)).
Any reason behind X-Or?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork to be honest, I don’t know where they got inspired (maybe from the electronic lingo, to give a fancy name). What is even funnier is the change in names as it got translated into French: Makuu is referred as the C-Rex (which I made fun later with a friend, alluding to the Cyrix processors), with the boss called “Lou BMX 11” and his Lieutenant named K-Rex, and finally the son boss renamed as “Satanas”. Space Sheriff Gavan was a huge success in France, maybe the best working franchise of the space metal. Sure we got Shariban, Sheider, Jaspion, Spielvan, Winspectot but none of them got the popularity of Gavan. I still hold my DVD collection dearly for the last 20 years.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork This is the original French opening credits for Gavan, and I would argue has this 80s vibes to it :).
ua-cam.com/video/-l3EGGfxIz0/v-deo.html
Also known as Captain Chaku in Power Rangers.
Who?
Kaiju no Kami That's his name. I watched the Beast Morphers spoiler today.
I learned that after. That's a weird name.
I was like why! When chaku was there
You forgot the cross over with the gokaigers and powerangers beast morphers
No I didn't. Those are Gokaiger and Go-Busters stories. I'll cover them in their respective series.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork can't wait
Love metal heroes I did a review of 2 myself
same here as far as reviewing goes (but I did the first 10 Metal Hero shows to be fair)
@@bigboysports0001 thats cool
So far the only Metal Heroes shows I have watched are Gavan, Juspion, Winspector, and B-Fighter Kabuto (raw). I did start Solbrain back when I finished Winspector, but I only made it through 10 episodes before I moved on to something else as I got bored.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Ive seen the first 3 as well as metalder and Kabuto which I saw Raw also hope you can check my reviews one day
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork 😊
God I love that dragon mech, so awesome. I would love to see that thing battle it out with the Red Dragon Thunderzord.
It's pretty cool.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork yes indeed
Where did you watch Gavan? I was watching it from Toei Tokusatsu UA-cam channel but Episode 1 and 2 are the only episodes have English subtitles. I really want to watch Gavan. Badly
I downloaded the fansubs several years ago. millionfoldcuriosity.wordpress.com/category/releases/gavan/
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork It didn't work but thank you for your help.
don horror was majorly voiced by shozo iizuka.
Interesting because what I read is IIzuka only did him in a few episodes while Watabe did him most of the time.
I can't believe you showed the Dragon God Palace episode and neglected to mention the part where they depict the underwater journey to the dragon palace by just showing a drawing of Hunter Killer and the Turtle Monster's submarine going there, as if they couldn't fit the effect into the budget and just resorted to using their storyboard.
lmao Didn't think of it. It's hard to keep track of every sequence from a long series, even when I do write notes from each episode.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Lol, I made sure to commit that to memory cause I've never seen that before for events that are supposed to be happening in the present. Plus, Gavan's effects had been pretty slick up to that point, so it really stuck out.
By the way, any plans to do more Metal Heroes coverage any time soon now that most of it has been fansubbed? Curious to hear your opinions on the other Heisei era series and Jiraiya, the odd one out of the franchise.
Actually, I believe the reason I never mentioned it is because by the time I watched Gavan, I was used to that being a thing. Sentai in the 80s did it all of the time. I don't have an issue with it.
As for Metal Heroes plans, sadly not. I'm just too busy with work so the last fansub commitment I have at this time is Kyuranger. My hope is to get that out on Xmas day. We'll see how that goes.
Aside from that, I'll be focusing on the shows that have been given official releases. I also want to see what Discotek has in store for Metal Heroes before I bother tackling more.
Now once I've covered every Ultra release from Mill Creek, things will die down a bit since the series Shout! Factory just released or will be releasing I've already reviewed in full, so those will just be given mini DVD/BD specific reviews.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork To be clear, I have seen them use drawings for flashbacks, imagine spots, and establishing shots; just never in place of an actual sequence. Haven't gone back further than the 90s with Sentai, and Toei are usually much slicker than that in terms of effects, so it was surprising.
Ah, that makes sense. Probably best to encourage people to watch the official releases as that'll hopefully indicate to companies that people want more. I just can't see them putting out all of Metal Heroes, though. It's obscure even by the western tokusatsu fandom, outside of South America anyway. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see more, and I'd love to see someone finally translate Blue SWAT, but I'm not holding my breath.
Yeah, I won't expect them to do every Metal Hero series, but since I'm so busy with teaching anyway, I figured right now I'd wait to see what Discotek plans to do for a while first. I did the same thing with Sentai when Shout! started to bring them out before I tackled fansubbed series and Kamen Rider.
plus the theme song rocks!
It's good.
Have you checked the Link I gave you in the unboxing ultraman ace vid? And will you review the show?
I have not checked the link yet since I am just seeing the reply now. :-) I won't review it now, but I'll put it on a queue list.
I am not a big fan of the cyberian cycle. The design mostly, I don’t get why it’s a side car.
The side car is for his assistant.
This makes we want to watch Gavan again , as I watched it intermttently and so long ago I recall little of the series. I'm part way though the Ultraman blu-ray and a season of Peter Davison as Doctor Who on blu-ray at the moment though, so it will have to wait.
Cool. What's your favorite story from that season of Doctor Who? Mine is Black Orchid.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork have only watched Catrovalva , Four To Doomsday and Kinda from this season so far. I look forward to BlackOrchid as I've heard it's a good one. My favourite Peter Davison episode would have to be Caves of Androzani.
Kinda is my second favorite story of the season. It was so engaging. Caves is my favorite Davison overall as well though.
My favorite Doctor Who story of all time though is The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Yes , TALONS has very HAMMER films gothic vibes to that story. I would rank Talons, along with Pyramids of Mars , Arc in Space, Fang Rock and Robots of Death in my top 20 episodes.
Also included in that list would be Spearhead From Space , The Invasion, Space Museum, Seeds of Doom , Inferno, Terror of the Zygons, Blink and The Five Doctors .. but that's enough for now.
14:33 lol that was funny
Gavan is kinda Good. I have watched it a long time ago. It's not perfect, neither was any Kickstarter Tokusatsu series. But it sure was fun. Also does Gavan's cloth remind me of Rocketeer ?
I can totally see the Rocketeer in that. lol
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork also when will you do a Juspion review
I reviewed Juspion way back when the Blu-Ray came out.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork oh cool..
Well Sentai used to take a lot of inspiration from Hollywood, pulp fiction and comics back in the day. @@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork
Funny acts : some musics come from japanese spiderman !
That's cool. Not surprised either as Toei does that a lot.
I liked the lead, music and action, I got bored with the second half of the show though. I loved the wierd bird headed girl in the Maku palace. Who are you bird head girl?
Who knows. Maybe the girl bird shows up in the other Space Sheriff series.
Gavan was broadcasted here in Brazil in the early 90's but was a total failure.
The dub was atrocious and the show was broadcasted years after Juspion (and after other 4 more modern metal hero shows,including Sharivan),the public thought it was a ripoff of that series.It came too late here.
A shame because despite all the flaws the hero was excellent.
In general Metal Hero villains are pretty weak,except from Juspion and Jiraiya.
You should watch Cybercops.It was a Metal hero rip off,but had a great cast and an excellent antagonist (Cyber Lucifer).
I'll have to check out Cybercops at some point. A shame Gavan was such a failure, but I totally get it if you have seen Juspion first since I had the same issue.
I can't believe you just said the music of Gavan was lacking.
I don't know, there was something about the regular BGM that didn't wow me like other series have.
oh god. No it’s the end of the world as we know it every time I hear about a McDonald’s I think of the awfully ridiculous Mac and me 😂
lol
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork funny comment 😊
This series for me was so boring. Though kendo ohba was great but still it just felt like a Sentai and rider series combined with some new ideas. I hated the make space as it felt like what Sentai villains would do to make their monsters grow.
I think that was the point though, to combine the elements of rider and Sentai into one.
Why does she say laser vision when she turns into a bird?
I have no idea.
We should ask the writers that?
Because gratuitous English that no English speaker would use in that context is *cool*.
You should do Akibaranger
I'm planning to make Akibaranger be my final Sentai review. :-)
Thoughts on Discotek Media bringing it to Blu-Ray in October?
Excited.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I had no idea until today lol
Before Chaku there was....
@@conradojavier7547 😂
@@maingamer6846 It's a Slight Reference everytime Shout Factory release a Super Sentai DVD.
In Malaysia & Indonesia, the word gavan (gaban) had been used as memes.
Oh really? Got any good ones to show?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork tahap Gaban means superior level of achievement.
Three members of Makuu disliked it.
Disliked what?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Your video, but i liked it tho.
Oh I gotcha. Yeah, but that's just the nature of the beast. I have one dude who has been disliking nearly every video I post just because I disagreed with him on Sailor Moon on a message board.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Makuu: Makuu You!
I need Dragon mecha power. Insert dragon Caesar theme enter the thing from changes man is and of we have to include that it it’s one of the few sentia majority think is the best summon. I summon the dairanger theme song in classic can not be out down mode and end my turn.
Ha. :D
Thought you would get a laugh out of that.
I liked how Gavan fought mostly alone kind of like the kamen riders of old
The main villain I wish had legs he looked ok.
some wasted potential with hunter killer.
the other villains mixed feelings
the monsters mixed feelings
the main mecha reminds me of Daireds mecha
effects ok the music could be better
the episodes could be better
the movies not great
I was totally thinking about using the Dairanger theme song for Dol, but decided not to since I already did that joke once before.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork yeah I get that I try not to use the same jokes with my reviews, speaking of which would love your thoughts on
Thoughts on what? Your sentence cut off.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork oh sorry was saying I wanted to know if I could get your thoughs on the jokes I did and hope to think of some new ones for new reviews for tokusatsu