Member AlbertV Posted May 3, 2013 Member Share Posted May 3, 2013 Hey guys, I'm starting to watch this new series from Japan. It is the third of a line of series, aimed for adults, that combine horror and martial arts action. GARO is about a chosen Makai Knight who becomes an armored hero complete with a wolf-shaped mask (Garo means "fanged wolf" in Japanese) who tracks down creatures known as the Horrors. This third series features Wataru Kuriyama as Ryuga Dougai, the chosen Makai Knight. He enters a city called VolCity (because the city was built around a volcano) and he tracks down the Horrors. He gets help from two mysterious warriors who are also Makai Knights, played by Tsunenori Aoki and Junya Ikeda (who for you Super Sentai fans, played GokaiSilver). While Ryuga can become Garo, the other two can become Gai the Sky Bow Knight and Zen the Flame Sword Knight respectively. The action choreography is done by Makoto Yokoyama of Alpha Stunts. Here's a trailer for the series. I have the first 3 episodes so far, they were fansubbed at TV Nihon...at 1:35, I think I saw Yasuaki Kurata!!! SBBnnaNcvAk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Casshern Posted September 16, 2014 Member Share Posted September 16, 2014 This tv show was really bad but the action scenes were surprisingly good for a japanese tv show. This is my favorite fight in the whole show with Kurata kicking their asses left and right. A Garo show with good acting, much better cinematography, a good script and good sfx would be really fucking awesome because the art design is top notch. Takayuki Takeya, Keita Amemiya and Yasushi Nirasawa are very talented artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member vashstyle Posted December 14, 2015 Member Share Posted December 14, 2015 Having just found this place, I love it, but it's so sad to see how unpopular tokusatsu is around here. Seriously, for the longest time I thought the only representations of Japanese style choreography was limited to Versus and Kamen Rider. The first two seasons of Garo are excellent. The One Who Shines in the Darkness, while it had a few good fight sequences, is generally considered the weakest of the series largely because of it's heavy use of CG. Give Garo proper and Garo: Makai Senki a chance. You can find them at TV-Nihon. Ah man it bums me out so much that Yami o Terasu Mono was your first experience with Garo!!! The first two seasons are legendary, the two most recent ones not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted December 14, 2015 Author Member Share Posted December 14, 2015 Yes I plan to start catching up eventually...but I'm busy at the moment with Shuriken Sentai Ninninger LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted September 27, 2017 Member Share Posted September 27, 2017 A movie has just been added to the Garo franchise, Garo: Kami no Kiba, with a January 6th, 2018 Japanese release date. It continues the story from where the original 2005 Garo series left off. News at http://filmcombatsyndicate.blogspot.com/2017/09/garo-kami-no-kiba-catch-trailer-for.html In case the post got deleted, Garo TV Collection 1 is being released with subtitles on Blu-ray on October 17th by Section 23. Garo TV Collection 2 on Blu-ray follows on December 12th. Garo: Kami no Kiba movie trailer here - Latest movie trailer here - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted November 28, 2017 Member Share Posted November 28, 2017 Garo: Kiba - The Dark Knight gets a Blu-ray release from Section23 Films on February 20, 2018, with a 50-minute run time. It's a "stand-alone side adventure , the dark Genesis of one of Garo's most formidable villains." More info at - http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2017/11/19/february-march-2018-blu-ray-and-dvd-releases-from-section23-films/ And the Youtube trailer for this 2011 release - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted February 25, 2018 Member Share Posted February 25, 2018 Even more Garo release in 2018 - Garo: Red Requiem gets a Blu-ray release from Section23 Films on April 10, 2018, running time 97 minutes. This was released theatrically in Japan in 2010. "In the ancient war against the monstrous creatures known as Horrors, many Makai Priestesses have fought and died in battle, yet no woman has ever been chosen to wear the mystic armor of the Makai Knights. Kouga, the current bearer of the gold wolf armor Garo, doesn't believe it's even possible, but when his quest to destroy the Horror Karma thrusts him into conflict alongside the fiery Priestess Rekka, he's forced to acknowledge that the female is often the deadlier of the species! Because Rekka has a personal score to settle with Karma, and she's determined to destroy that Horror herself! It will be all Kouga and his Mado Ring Zaruba can do to keep the three of them alive long enough to do it in the GARO universe's first spectacular feature film - GARO: RED REQUIEM!" Garou Special : Beast of the Demon Night, a two-part mini-series that premiered at the end of 2006, gets a Blu-ray release on June 26, 2018 from Section23 Films, running time 100 minutes. "A soul-stealing-plant, a nightmare forest and ancient master horror are just a few of the deadly challenges that Kouga Saezima must face when a young Makai Priestess interrupts his new assignment with the news that the deceased Priest Amon wishes to speak with him from the other side. Even more shocking is the revelation that Kouga's childhood friend Jabbi isn't dead as has long been believed, with her body having been absorbed into a plantlike being called the Makai Tree. Now it's a race against time as the golden knight Garo must save Jabbi and join forces with Rei, the silver knight Zero, to defeat the newly resurrected Horror Lord Legules... and if they fail, the entire world will be plunged into eternal darkness." News from http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2018/02/23/june-2018-blu-ray-and-dvd-releases-from-section23-films/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted April 26, 2018 Member Share Posted April 26, 2018 It looks like a dormant company, A.D. Vision (ADV, ADV Films) has been revived as a subsidiery of Section23, with its release on Blu-ray of the live action Garo TV Series - Makai Senki: Collection One (Garo TV Series: Season Two Collection One). Release date is August 7, 2018. This TV series is a follow-up to Garo TV Season One (Oct 2005 - Mar 2006) and Garo: Red Requiem Makai Senki, and ran on Japanese TV between October 2011 and March 2012. More info at http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Garo-TV-Series-Makai-Senkyu-Collection-One-Blu-ray/204028/ and Wikipedia - Garo: Makai Senki. Garo TV Collections 1 and 2, Garo: Red Requiem, Garo: Kiba, and Garo Special: Beast Of The Demon Night (all live action) were released on Blu-ray by Section23, a successor to the dormant A.D. Vision. Garo 2 Makai Senki Trailer - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted June 25, 2018 Member Share Posted June 25, 2018 Section 23 Films will release the Blu-ray for the Japanese live action Garo TV series, Garo Makaisenki: Season 2 - Collection 2 on October 9, 2018. It contains episodes 14 - 25 of the series. "The battle against the Horrors has always been stacked against the Makai Knights, and as the Red Mask continues to decimate their ranks, the roster of Knights who can still fight is dwindling rapidly. When even Kouga's Mado Ring, Zaruba, is incapacitated, the Golden Knight is increasingly forced to rely on his closest friends and allies to help stem the tide. Then, in a shocking series of betrayals and double-crosses, the identity of the Red Mask is revealed, along with a plan to not just kill the Makai Knights, but to use them for a horrifying purpose! With his own powers fading and the souls of his comrades at stake, Kouga must strike one last deadly bargain to save mankind... and he may not survive the encounter in Garo: Makaisenki - Collection 2!" News from scifijapan.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted November 27, 2018 Member Share Posted November 27, 2018 A new Japanese live action feature film, Garo: Gekko no Tabibito (Garo: Moonbow Traveler), will be released in Japan in 2019. It has completed shooting. The movie is directed by, and the script written by Keita Amemiya (Zeiram and Zeiram 2). The movie stars Masei Nakayama, the star of the Garo TV series, as Garo. There's an official website - http://garo-project.jp/GEKKOU/ News from https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-26/garo-gekko-no-tabibito-live-action-film-slated-for-next-spring-or-summer/.139989 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted March 27, 2019 Member Share Posted March 27, 2019 The new live action tokusatsu Garo: Gekko no Tabibito film will get a Japanese theatrical release this fall. The cast members are reprising their roles from the 2014 Garo: Makai no Hana TV series. Cast photos and more info at https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-15/garo-gekko-no-tabibito-live-action-film-reveals-cast-fall-premiere/.144595 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member whitesnake Posted May 9, 2019 Member Share Posted May 9, 2019 The latest Japanese live action Garo movie, Garo: Gekko no Tabibito (Garo: Moonbow Traveler) will be released theatrically in Japan on October 4, 2019. A new teaser video has been released. The official Japanese website is https://ameblo.jp/garo-project/entry-12460068255.html The news is from https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-05-09/garo-gekko-no-tabibito-live-action-film-teaser-video-reveals-october-4-premiere/.146537 Teaser - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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