Progress is being made. I should have the laptop in hand soon, and progress will begin rolling forward anew. Hindering said progress? Well as much as I could blame a certain company for all hindrances right now I am muddling through internet wobbles so that is something I have to muddle through.
One thing I shouldn't have to deal with is this few year embargo enforced through youtube flagging and channel closures. Because of that I am looking at a few year old Super Sentai, Gokaiger, and a few year old Kamen Rider. Sure, sure, it would be nice to be up to date on content and with tv-nihon I guess that is possible, but what is the point of all this embargo nonsense.
If both series were being released outside Japan on a regular basis be it on DVD slash Bluray and digital then I could fully understand the whole embargo blocking thing, but that simply is not the case. Maybe because Super Sentai becomes Power Rangers, maybe that is a good reason... except for the fact Super Sentai and Power Rangers are each unique beasts with only x amount of content tying the two together.
Also, mind you, that explains flagging Super Sentai, but not Kamen Rider. Past the original Saban take lifted from Kamen Rider Black RX there hasn't been an Americanized Kamen Rider series since the second attempt with Dragon Knights aka Ryuki. Far more successful than the original attempt it still fell short, and was yanked off the air a few episodes shy if it's finale, and while there was rumors of a new attempt with Decade nobody is doing anything with Kamen Rider on this side of the world... So why care if people want to watch Fourze or Wizard... or whatever comes next? At least sell it for digital download in English Sub to justify all the flaggings.
And that is my biggest gripe. If they were selling it on DVD and digital download then I can see why they're investing tons in bots to flag their stuff, but they're not doing any such thing. Why bother if you can only benefit from people watching your content, going online to import stores to get a hold of toys and region free DVDs and stuff, putting money in the company's pocket they didn't even anticipate making. Yet, for some reason, they consistently shoot themselves in the foot over and over again, especially when a new series premieres and their ban bots are working triple time. Boggles the mind.
Well, like I said before one bright spot is that eventually they stop flagging series after x amount of years. So if your patient eventually you can see Gokaiger, and Fourze, Wizard and GoBusters... eventually.
And yes, the minute they go crazy and ban everything I will have words. Harsh words. Stay tuned.
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