The man’s got the backing of all us here at HJU, that’s for sure. I can’t see this property being in any better hands than his for an adaptation. From everything we’ve seen, he’s more than got the chops and now we hear it straight from the mouth of the master:
I am very aware that there are numerous forums that have posted early drafts of the script pages. I am not entirely happy about that and it’s my fault for not taking precautions in the beginning. For some reason, it did not occur to me that there was a big cult following here in the US. (then again, I was not getting any sleep for weeks trying to prepare the show…)
Anyway, I am sure you are aware of this as well as I. There are a lot of haters on these forums and any negative press from them could greatly jeopardize the chance of this show getting picked up here in the US.
I don’t know what they are expecting from the show. But you can tell them that it’s definitely a kid’s show (ages 7-12) and not to expect super dark stories and bloody violence. I have been a fan of Kamen rider since the 70’s (that’s why I was chose by the powers that be to re-imagine the US adaptation.)
You can count on the fact that the vibe of the show is definitely going to be different than MMPR. And you can expect that as a fan of the original series, I will treat the show with total respect. This is not going to be a carbon copy of Ryuki, it’s loosely based on some of the concepts and storyline. Different does not mean disrespect. I was asked by Toei people if I know what IS Kamenrider? Guess they approve of my answer.
People who want to see this show succeed should support the effort and not blast it to hell. making this show appeal to an American audience and fans of the original is a hugely difficult task!
We are doing our best with our limited resources.
Steve
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Im totaly supporting this no matter what.
Sorry, as a toku fan I do not support this. We have it bad enough with Power Rangers that blatantly replaces Super Sentai due to intolerant attitudes of the masses. A person who loves Japanese shows and movies and respects the original shows will never support this mockery, unless of course you're a bigot. Oh, and if you love "both" Americanized crap and original shows, you seem to close your eyes and ears and pretend that there's no intolerance and bigotry related to Americanization.
Sorry, but this crap can die in pool of toxic waste, I and other fans will stick with true shows.
can someone direct this to the director himself?!
i agree w/ tokuforever in this one. you guys messed up Super Sentai over these years...big time!! now, your gonna mess up KamenRider as well??!! people did think badly about SS b/c of MMPR!!! you should direct KR for teens b/c this is right! give teens(like us) a chance to see the beauty of Toku for crying out loud!!!
if your still gonna make this a kid's show, fine! but let me tell you one thing: give the original ones credit!!even the makers!!don't annouce on TV that your the originals 'cause your not!!
I couldn't disagree with you two anymore unless I had some kinda time/space altering machine that would allow for the ability to disagree more without tearing the fabric of time.
Power Rangers did not ruin Super Sentai. SS still exists and is awesome. What it has done is make it so that many more fans KNOW what Super Sentai is in the first place. Same will go for Kamen Rider now. And on top of having a awesome new action show courtesy of Steve Wang, we'll still ALSO have Kamen Rider and more fans will know of it.
It's never their intension to steal the thunder or credit of the original shows, but to bring it over here so that the shows can know new success. And that's what's gonna happen. A new generation of kids will be inducted into the legend and a ton more will grow up to find out about its original source as well.
On top of that.. have you SEEN Steve's work? This will not be how MMPR started out. This is going to be an awesome action show and I couldn't be happier. ^___^
"A person who loves Japanese shows and movies and respects the original shows will never support this mockery, unless of course you’re a bigot. Oh, and if you love “both†Americanized crap and original shows, you seem to close your eyes and ears and pretend that there’s no intolerance and bigotry related to Americanization."
This is dumb focused with laser eyes.
If you wanna discuss this further take it to the board.
i agree with you...but! why kids show?! Kamen Rider has a darker storyline.take Kabuto for example. all that action and suspense(i don't wanna say blood, but ok!) will be changed to whatever's suitable for kids.well, how about us teens? i mean, if you say "hey i watch PR" friens will laugh at you. but in Japan, they'll be like "oh,cool! have you seen..." i just wanna say that Toku in the U.S. should be also made for teens so we fans here will not be ashamed or embarrased to tell others that we watch these... my point is, i'm ok w/ the adapting part, i'm just not ok that these cool shows will be for children
PS: and yeah, Steve Wang is cool!Arigatou Gozaimasu!!(is he japanese?!)
Well, here... did you look through his director's reel? He did a Power Ranger episode that was quite dark and full of action. That's what we're likely to expect from the show. Now, that PR episode was "technically" still a kids show, but it didn't make it any less awesome.
America's just different. Teens here, except for a talented few like the folk who come to this site and others, get jaded in their teenage years. They're taught to give up anything that's not "hardcore" or "realistic." So it wouldn't work as a teen show and sell the toys which is how these shows make their money. Instead they aim lower, but like with that Lost Galaxy episode, still keep the story hot and action oriented. At the same time they keep aimed toward kids so they can sell toys and kids have their own awesome heroes to grow up with. He's said he's not going the MMPR route so we don't have to be afraid of another Masked Rider.
If it were near anyone else I'd wince, but Steve Wang I trust.
I think..
.. that the people who get angry over another Japanese TV Show being made American and the rest of the world, should just chill out. Coz, even if this new American Kamen Rider series does come out, and takes over Jetix, Toys R Us, etc.. , it's still not the end of the world.
We'll still have the original Japanese shows to enjoy. We have the Internet. A beautiful piece of modern day technology which breaks the barriers between us and Japanese and other foreign TV Shows. We can purchase import DVDs from online shops, or we could download them, and for those who've still yet to become fluent in Japanese, we have fansub groups like TV Nihon, etc, aswell as Japanese lessons ;) , and we'll still be talking about our favorite Japanese shows on our message boards!! Who's stopping us? No one. Even if anybody wanted to, they can't, because we've got the power. Y'see, the end of the world.. [B]JA NAI!!![/B]
As for this Kamen Rider Dragon thing..
Even if I'm not excited about this new series, I wouldn't mind checking it out. You'll never know, it could be good, it could be boring, it could be the best motherlovin' TV show you've ever seen, it could be another total piece of crap of a series, or it could be an orange. :P You'll never know until you see it. And if you do see it and you decide you think it's awesome then all the power to you. If you decide you think it's lame, then it's not the end of the world, you've still got your original show to enjoy.
But until then, we'll just see how it goes.
ok. i understand now! thank you and yeah, i saw the script he made! it was good.
>i agree w/ tokuforever in this one. you guys messed up Super Sentai over these years…big time!!
...Posted it too early there... You idiots messed up Sentai for three years, who the hell are you to argue?