TrialOfHeroes

Ha. Hahahahaaaaaaaah… Heh. Whoof. Not gonna lie, Dear Listeners, Kamen Rider Build continues to be a surprisingly intense series, even for a Kamen Rider and while your humble hosts wouldn’t have it any other way, some emotional strain is setting in.  But there’s always some fun stuff to talk about as part of our Build … Continue reading UnKamen RX 193 – Heavy Into Bleak

It’s a new, dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new Super Sentai and we’re feeeEEEEeeeelin’ good. We even got to start it off on a nice round number.  We didn’t even plan it that way! So in this episode of Laser Knees, your excited hosts are all kinds of excited to bring you the … Continue reading Laser Knees 60 – Hats, Hats, So Many Hats!

So, hey, your humble hosts are back for another fun-filled romp through Toei and Muto Shogo’s Kamen Rider Build! And by “fun-filled romp”, we of course mean that Build continues to be an incredibly well-realized series the likes of which haven’t been seen in quite some time in media generally, but which also is pretty consistently working … Continue reading UnKamen RX 192 – Kids, Could You Lighten Up a Little?

“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.” ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos And so ends the main series of Uchuu Sentai Kyuuranger/Space Sentai Kyuuranger/Space Squadron Nineranger/however else one might spell or … Continue reading Laser Knees 59 – We’re Made of Star Stuff

In this episode of the UnKamenCast RX, the Hokuto Three continue to be an excellent addition to the cast who are absolutely going to die tragically while your hosts continue to get up to all kinds of things, such as: Talking about how celebrities generally and idols in particular are, in fact, people. Expounding on … Continue reading UnKamen RX 191 – Questions Without Answers

We aren’t Ohtori Tsurugi’s biggest fans, is the thing. In this episode, we talk a bit about that, as well as: Ponder just what kind of phoenix Tsurugi is meant to represent Consider how best to repaint an already-bad suit. Admit that Aleph was confused as to whether or not this was suddenly going to … Continue reading Laser Knees 58 – You’re a Phoenix, You Idiot.

(War!) Ain’t nothin’ but a heartbreaker! (War!) Friend only to the undertaker! Edwin Starr’s War is a very good song and contains a question it’s hard not to ask: what is it good for? (The answer is, of course, making money and stroking egos) In this episode: Aleph gets grossed out by the Sclash suits/Gel Riders … Continue reading UnKamen RX! 190 – What is it Good For? (Absolutely Nothin’!)

It’s a belated and angsty Holiday Season with your favorite Super Sentai thoughts-havers! In this episode: Toei continues to give their protagonists colossally terrible presents. Aleph tries to force a joke after a cross-linguistic pun via The Adventure Zone Sono is ooged out by Hammy’s “mature” presentation Lucky’s catchphrase finally lands And more! |Right-click and … Continue reading Laser Knees 57 – Crows WILL Mess You Up

At the start of the new year, the Toei tokusatsu shows are on break, but we at the ToH(!!!) network aren’t! In this episode, your friendly(?) hosts decide to steal from a couple other podcasts (such as HARK!) to rank the opening themes of the post-2000 Kamen Rider and Super Sentai in this, the Opening … Continue reading Rider Jump 20 – Opening Countdown!

In which your hosts set about to catching up after The Holiday Season took some precedence in our lives in a way it absolutely did not in Kamen Rider Build! Under discussion this time ’round: The nature (and flexibility) of identity Disappearing journalists Feelings. So, so many feelings. Listener mail! And also some more feelings. … Continue reading UnKamen RX! 188 – Too Busy for Christmas