Die, DIE SILBERMASKE...

First there was KAMEN RIDER...the First.

Then MIRRORMAN REFLEX...

Then LION MARU G [-arbage, -ag, -igolo, etc...]

Now DIE SILBERMASKE! Who is a girl in 1920 Tokyo who fights Dr. Caligari and Maria the robot. (The original show had Silver Mask defending "modern day" earth and his daddy's Proton Rocket from invading aliens).

CAN'T ANYONE DO ANYTHING ORIGINAL ANYMORE!?!?!?

Toho's CHO SHIN SEI (GRANSAZER, JUSTIRISER, SAZER X) appear to be the best shows out there (although I haven't heard a peep about SAZER X anywhere). From what I saw (1-10 or so) JUSTIRISER was a good attempt at a modern sentai show, and felt much fresher than what Toei is putting out, but still...I want something more original.

A sympathetic friend responded that yes, people are doing original things these days. It's just that people with my tastes don't want to watch them.

Aside from these remakes and the lumbering remains of the Ultra, Kamen Rider, and sentai shows, serious SF action dramas seem to be dead*. And that was pretty much what I was into anime and tokusatsu for.

* - This pretty much sums up my tastes, although it does sound too pretentious considering that 99% of the stuff I watch was made to sell toys to 5 year olds or model kits to teenagers.

Fortunately, there's still a lot of moldy old treasures to be appreciated.