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And, of course, I'm referring to the fact that the main protagonist Den Iga/Sharivan is excellently performed by none other than the ubersweet, caring and romantic husband of this legendary Seiyuu whose personal posts on twitter convinced me to give this series a try after reading ridicoulous reviews online by people who clearly have never watched this series nor are into tokusatsus to begin with - because if you're truly into tokus it's impossible to not enjoy this series at least to some extent, tastes or not - claiming that this was a dumbed down version of Gavan, when the reality is the opposite since this is better in all regards to Gavan, including Watari himself who is a better stuntman (!!!!!) and a more charismatic lead than Kenji Ohba already was either in Gavan or in his older Sentai output. The costumes are better, the props are better (including the main mecha thing, the White base from Gundam transforming into a mechwarrior type of mech is awesome), the supporting cast and in particular the women do a better job and are more supportive, the horror angle should be up the alley to people like me myself and I who are into Warhammer 40K, the OST is better, hell even the villains are better. An improvement in all areas of the good but not excellent Gavan, a bit overrated on the internet I guess because Kenji Ohba! (he's in here too, anyway). A Masterpiece of tokus and sci-fi like Abaranger was for Sentais, which makes me question how it is Spielban - written by the same Shozo Euhara and with Watari reprising the role of the main protagonist - if this was already excellent on all fronts. Highly recommended.