Summer 2013 Day 8 : The Point of the Flagging...?

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.

Summer 2013 Day 3 : Reviving Henshin Up

Well since I am working to put a few casts back up and running again the thought of reviving Henshin Up came to mind. So, first order of business, line up review content... off we go!

Comics
Recently adding a Kindle Fire HD to my reviewing technology added new things to review, and brought back one thing missing since the PlayStation Network was reformed post the Anonymous hacker attack of a few years ago, mainly digital comics... okay the picking is ultra slim but I will review Kamen Rider Volume 1-3 and I think Kikaider. At least there is that.

Super Sentai
Good news! Somebody finally put Gokaiger up on YouTube and it has yet to be taken down... well, Goseiger is also available so I do have at least two only so old series to speak about... better than nothing.

Kamen Rider
I haven't checked Kamen Rider yet but maybe the ban on at least Double or OOOs or... dare I dream... Fourze is over with... well, maybe just Double. Can't be too greedy.

Yeah. With KR slash Super Sentai your basically lucky the banbot stops banning after a few years and only focuses on the present few years of content. I can live with a few year wait as long as it becomes available to watch after a reasonable amount of time... come to think of it, why don't the people behind both just say straight out just that. After x amount of time you can feel free to post x series without fear of your content bring banned. And it doesn't even seem to be an outrageous amount of time either, maybe... however long it has been since Gokaiger. Even I think just plainly asking for a few year embargo on new Kamen Rider slash Super Sentai is acceptable if the prize is unlimited access once the embargo ends. It is not asking too much if the prize is unfethered access at the end of the wait.

Power Rangers
Guess I am looking up Mega Force episodes... maybe that is an indicator of when a Super Sentai is unlocked, when it's Power Rangers counterpart launches. Anyway looking into it, hope to heck the characters are not as bland and vanilla as they were in Samurai.

Lots to go over for a new relaunch of Henshin Up... So just waiting on that laptop... sigh, yet another blog tied up waiting on that one trade to complete. Sigh... stay tuned.