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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Return of the King - Iron King! |
| I'm going to go out on a limb and write this review even though I've only viewed 4 of the 26 episodes contained in the series, and I'll bet that most of the remaining 22 episodes are at least AS GOOD or BETTER than the first four. Well, what can I say? Three weeks prior to writing this review I had never even heard of the name "Iron King". I had never heard of the show, never heard of the character and never heard of the name. But now, fortunately for me, IRON KING looks to become a treasured part of my Japanese henshin hero (transforming hero) DVD collection. I'm a big fan of the original ULTRAMAN, the 1966 series that launched the japanese superhero genre to global recognition and helped to create the toy "kaiju boom" (monster boom) who's echo reverberates even today. What I like best about IRON KING is it's creativity, originality, enthusiasm and energy. While many of the effects may not be considered "the best" (I mean, who cares really), they are VERY creative and ambitious. Giant robots with vacuum hands which can suck up trees and trains (wow!). Giant robots with removable, rocket-launching arms (remember the toy shogun warriors from the 70s?). One really inventive robot called "Double Satan" has a power you just have to see to believe. The FINGERS on his left had are all miniatures of himself. He can pluck off these fingers and ... you'll just have to watch it. In several instances we see the series hero, Gentaro, personally interact and fight with the giant robots. I'm talking about stunts like hanging from their giant hands, standing on their giant shoulders and being swung over their heads on his special weapon called the "Iron Belt". These are just a few good examples of the challenging special effects you'll see in this series. The DVD transfers are not remastered, but still look excellent and the set comes with a detailed mini-booklet penned by August Ragone, author of EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS. I'm a longtime fan of the original ULTRAMAN, but I'm still fairly new to the japanese henshin genre as a whole. IRON KING, so far, has been a very pleasant and welcome surprise and is a must-have for fans of live-action, japanese hero shows. It's getting a special place on my DVD shelf right between the ULTRAMAN and INFRAMAN. | |
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