In 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 the fandom mainly had one spot to commute known only as “Japan Hero.com”
Owned by a very awesome person by the name of Jeff, Well a lot of time has passed and JapanHero rarely gets any
mention in fandom discussions and in stuff in general but back in the “Japan Hero Days” The Tokusatsu fandom was
in its complete prime, We had people who had their minds open so much it every snipit of information about any
tokusatsu series was like Christmas to them, No series got pushed away for something else, EVERYTHING had a
Discussion page about 30 pages or above.

Times Change.
In 2005 I took a break from the Tokusatsu fandom to try and get my life together. It was harsh but not as harsh as
what I came back to.

In 2006 It all changed. Series were always getting pushed away, Things always became more about 2 series then about
the whole package and people really started closing their minds and not really giving a shit about what else
this wonderful genre started to offer, its almost like a Nuke went off while I was gone and while one of the
greatest places on the internet to discuss such a genre sort of “Collapsed” that people stopped giving a shit
which really has started to disappoint a lot of the vet’s of this Genre Fandom as well as Myself.

Will 2010 see retribution of Open Minds? I really hope so, I really hope it becomes the “2nd Prime” for this great
fandom and that people will not toss everything else aside for 1 or 2 franchise series by one company.

It has gotten to the point where you need to push people to even open up to a series or a franchise.
sure they will say something like “Oh don’t have the time” or “Oh what is that?” but the more you push a person
the more likely they are willing to open there minds again to the point where when they see said series you open
to it will be like opening a fresh bag of candy to them and lately when it comes to this fandom its something that
A select few and Myself are starting to miss in this fandom that is popping up rarely lately.

When you join a fandom like this you shouldn’t just stick with the Bugs who ride motorcycles or the spandex heroes
in the different colors with the robot, you should be open to everything and I litterally mean everything. Its Like
when you go trick or treating, you don’t just get the same candy all the time, you get different candies at each
house you pass.

So all I’m saying is, Can we go back to the Mindset we had back in those days? Back when Jeff was our main man
and EACH AND EVERY series or movie got talked about and treated equally? Is that honestly to much to ask ladies and
gentlemen of the tokusatsu fandom? I really hope not.

Make it so.

/B$

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