Two brothers exploring tokusatsu shows, and now GAMEBOOKS! They're fun!
Episodes
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
In Kamen Rider Zero One, one of our hosts is infuriated by the inaccurate and terrible portrayal of the Japanese legal system, until he does some research and is then infuriated by the accurate and terrible reality of the Japanese legal system. It sucks, gang! What also sucks is Jack, the smug rich jerk who is behind literally everything bad in this series, and Aruto is starting to realize this. Jack's response is to... give him a massive power-up? For reasons. We assume.
Gaim coverage starts around 33:30 ! If you hear some downtempo jams, you're in the right place.
In Kamen Rider Gaim, SPORTS! SPORTS! SPORTS! SPORTS! And then Kouta is a bad protagonist, I tried to believe guys, but he's the worst.
Me starting this podcast with some lighthearted jokes about the illness I thought I was mostly over! Said illness digging in deeper and deeper as the podcast wore on! Us feeling like the walls were melting by the end, boy were we in a bad state! There's only one podcast that can cover all that... and it's THIS!
Send comments, corrections, or questions of literally any sort to brokusatsu@gmail.com ! And if you like what we're doing, spread the word with some of your friends.
Intro: "Life", by Bisou
Gaim Intro: "War Inside", by Kesta
Outro: "An Ordinary Day In The Life Of A Superhero", by Linden Killam
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
movie good, flu sux. I think I edited it right, I'll write something witty later. Song is from the soundtrack, image is from koutone on tumblr
Sunday Feb 02, 2020
Sunday Feb 02, 2020
In Zero One, the two parter concludes in a relatively expected fashion. The main highlight here is me absolutely failing to rein in some speech patterns in a way that melts my brain so hard, we have to rename a character. So now the handsome villainous CEO is Jack! That's totally an original name I didn't realize was taken immediately after it was too late to change it.
Gaim coverage starts around 26:32 ! If you hear some downtempo jams, you're in the right place.
In Kamen Rider Gaim, it's time to sit Kouta down and get him to understand that Micchy is evil. This is a surprisingly hard task, even when the explanation is coming from, I kid you not, MICCHY.
Total linguistic breakdown! More side robots being awesome, in a quietly chilling manner! Takatora doubling down on his pointless sacrifice! There's only one podcast that can cover all that... and it's THIS!
Send comments, corrections, or questions of literally any sort to brokusatsu@gmail.com ! And if you like what we're doing, tell somebody about it!
Intro: "Life", by Bisou
Gaim Intro: "War Inside", by Kesta
Outro: "An Ordinary Day In The Life Of A Superhero", by Linden Killam
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
In Kamen Rider Zero One, another contest! It's the cut-throat world of real estate, by which I mean both competitors are already turning into evil robots and attacking people. Also, more mystery surrounding the figure handing out Raid Riser belts! Unless you do some basic fact checking like one of the hosts has, and knowing what's coming is kind of improving things in my opinion! Good show! I like it!
Gaim coverage starts around 24:45 ! If you hear some downtempo jams, you're in the right place.
Things were bad last time, but surely things are going to improve- oh no, what's Ryouma doing. Oh no. Oh man, global economic collapse, mass panic. Well, that's-
Ohhhhhh no, those are missiles. Big strategic missiles, nuclear arms being launched in this show. Things are bad, but we can deal with this, we can-
OH NO MICCHY IS HERE, MICCHY IS STILL HERE AND MAKING DECISIONS, AND KOUTA TRUSTS HIM. SAVE US, BARON!
Charmingly apathetic fast food service! Some very obvious foreshadowing, unless you're Sam! Baron, the protagonist this show deserves! There's only one podcast that can cover all that... and it's THIS!
Send comments, corrections, or questions of literally any sort to brokusatsu@gmail.com ! And if you like what we're doing, spread the word with some of your friends.
Intro: "Life", by Bisou
Gaim Intro: "War Inside", by Kesta
Outro: "An Ordinary Day In The Life Of A Superhero", by Linden Killam
Saturday Jan 18, 2020
Saturday Jan 18, 2020
In Kamen Rider Zero One, Gai's character is slowly being revealed. And he's less of a scheming mastermind than a driven effective CEO, which is at best a lateral move on the "evil" scale. Also, more developments with shadowy forces stalking our heroes! I have not one but TWO theories! Which is good, because one was disproven more or less immediately after we recorded the podcast.
Kaiketsu Zubat coverage starts around 24:00 ! If you hear some boastful rock, you're in the right place!
We're good/bad enough podcasters that we get around 15 minutes of material here, but honestly this show defies deep exploration. It's dumb and fun, give it a shot if you want to see a big ham clown on gangsters and facists. Which, yanno, I do.
Gaim coverage starts around 42:40 ! If you hear some downtempo jams, you're in the right place.
Lastly, as requested, we do a brief character rundown for Kamen Rider Gaim. By which I mean it ends up almost as long as our full coverage some episodes? Mostly because we have to list out all of Micchy's crimes.
A powered suit designed for space exploration! A flying supercar that fights crime! Sudden unexpected pathos! There's only one podcast that can cover all that... and it's THIS!
Send comments, corrections, or questions of literally any sort to brokusatsu@gmail.com ! And if you like what we're doing, tell somebody about it!
Intro: "Life", by Bisou
Zubat Intro: "Dragon Slayer", by Ninja Sex Party
Gaim Intro: "War Inside", by Kesta
Outro: "Futari no Chiheisen", from Kaiketsu Zubat
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
In Kamen Rider Zero One, Gai's rider form is amazing and we are literal children about some naming choices.
Gaim coverage starts around 26:04 ! If you hear some downtempo jams, you're in the right place.
In Kamen Rider Gaim, things are getting so dire that Kaito is suddenly the reasonable one. Sid is trusting Micchy to have his back, Yoko is trusting Ryouma to lead Yggdrasil corporation, and Mai is trusting Kouta to care about his own well being for once in his life. It's not the end of the world, but you can see the suit upgrades that get us there, starting right the heck now.
Me opening another episode with a hugely embarrassing story! Sam's maximally dubious clothing choices! Me again stating that Daniel K is the only listener even though I've gotten a couple more messages, like Nate Twehues on Facebook, hi Nate! There's only one podcast that can cover all that... and it's THIS!
Send comments, corrections, or questions of literally any sort to brokusatsu@gmail.com ! And if you like what we're doing, tell somebody about it!
Intro: "Life", by Bisou
Gaim Intro: "War Inside", by Kesta
Outro: "An Ordinary Day In The Life Of A Superhero", by Linden Killam
Saturday Jan 04, 2020
Saturday Jan 04, 2020
Starting off the new year, Kamen Rider Zero One is... taking a break, apparently? So straight to Gaim.
To hunt down the treacherous Sid, Kouta must turn to his most loyal and stalwart companion! Who he thinks is Micchy, but actually Kaito is an increasingly solid bro in this stretch of episodes. Somebody's gotta keep this protagonist alive, and he's sure as hell not doing it. Then there's a movie to advertise, so let's meet our new robot friend that Kouta's sister is wayyyy into.
Then we chat about Tokusatsu pencil and paper roleplaying games, basically deciding that there aren't enough and maybe we should make one? But in the mean time we might do some actual play podcasts of stuff we like because... well, because we want to.
Send comments, corrections, or questions of literally any sort to brokusatsu@gmail.com ! And if you like what we're doing, leave us a review on iTunes... although I think itunes might not be a thing anymore? We're not good at this podcasting thing, I didn't even make the jokes about the funny episode number. I'm so sorry.
Intro: "War Inside", by Kesta
Outro: Jiro's Guitar Theme cover, by kaeru36c on youtube
Sunday Dec 29, 2019
Sunday Dec 29, 2019
In Zero One, Metsuboijinrai.net is defeated! And just in time for Christmas! For once, everything's coming up Aruto. Unfortunately, a new, much darker foe than genocidal terrorists rears its ugly head: late-stage capitalism. Gai is 1000% ready to destroy Hiden Intelligence.
Kuuga coverage starts around 27:25 ! If you hear some extremely copyrighted music, you're in the right place.
In a one-off sampler, we cover a few episodes of Kamen Rider Kuuga! Harry likes it! Sam doesn't! Good thing we started with Double.
Instantly broken promises about not talking about CERTAIN FRANCHISES! Funnels! A man beefier than his monster form! There's only one podcast that can cover all that... and it's THIS!
Send comments, corrections, or questions of literally any sort to brokusatsu@gmail.com ! And if you like what we're doing, leave us a review on iTunes.
Intro: "Life", by Bisou
Kuuga Intro: Some song man I dunno
Outro: "An Ordinary Day In The Life Of A Superhero", by Linden Killam
Sunday Dec 22, 2019
Sunday Dec 22, 2019
In Kamen Rider Zero One, the final confrontation with Metsuboujinrai.net begins! Who will win, who will lose? I mean... there are like 30 more episodes in the season, so not looking too great for our #1 extinction fans. Especially since our heroes are getting new upgrades like every episode, whoa.
Gaim coverage starts around 16:05 ! If you hear some downtempo jams, you're in the right place.
In Kamen Rider Gaim, it seems like Takatora couldn't perceive his underlings' evil intentions if he was bashed in the head with them. So instead, they decide to stab them into his back, in the form of a hilariously drawn out series of betrayals. But don't worry, Micchy is there! Good old trustworthy Micchy! Surely he will make the right decision here, and it'll all be fine!
Star Wars full spoilers begin around 39:45 and run through end of episode. If you hear Kazoos, you're unfortunately in the right place.
Finally, our two hosts sit and talk about the newest movie in the beloved legendary Star Wars franchise, The Rise of Skywalker. They do not like it. And express this for over 45 minutes. If you think it's harrowing to listen to, at least we didn't charge you like 20 bucks and make you sit through the previews that I forgot to get mad about since I had enough on my mind.
Send comments, corrections, or questions of literally any sort to brokusatsu@gmail.com ! And if you like what we're doing, leave us a review on iTunes.
Intro: "Life", by Bisou
Gaim Intro: "War Inside", by Kesta
Star Wars Intro / Outro: Star Wars medley by the Mos Eisley Kazoo Orchestra
Monday Dec 16, 2019
Monday Dec 16, 2019
In Kamen Rider Zero One, we meet a new HumaGear with an interesting backstory and personality wh-oh he's been hacked already, dangit. Ugh. Well, at least the war against MetsubouJinrai.net seems to be reaching a climax. Please, please don't kill Yua...
Gaim coverage starts around 20:15 ! If you hear some downtempo jams, you're in the right place.
In Kamen Rider Gaim, we have a episode about gender and funny gays OH NO OH NO WELL IT'S NOT AS BAD AS IT COULD BE BUT LET'S MOVE ON QUICKLY
H-hey, next episode! And it's time for Mai to finally be introduced to the goddang plot! She takes it very well. Then Micchy finds out that Kouta told her. He takes it very, VERY BADLY.
Combination diet tips and religious awakenings! Calling out thematically important naming schemes! Micchy hitting what's gotta be his lowest moment, surely it's all uphill from here! There's only one podcast that can cover all that... and it's THIS!
Send comments, corrections, or questions of literally any sort to brokusatsu@gmail.com ! And if you like what we're doing, leave us a review on iTunes.
Intro: "Life", by Bisou
Gaim Intro: "War Inside", by Kesta
Outro: "An Ordinary Day In The Life Of A Superhero", by Linden Killam