Chojin Sentai Jetman (Dubbed)
By Jeffrey Couto

The Story

When I put the Jetman VCD in my computer I wasn't sure about what to expect. I consider Jetman the best of all the sentai shows produced by Toei thus far and as such I thought that a dub of it could never live up to the original source. I have heard much about this Jetman dub, about how bad the voices were and how horrible the translation was, but regardless I went into this with a very open mind.

How Good it it?

Friends I would be lying to you if I didn't tell you that the rumors are indeed true, HOWEVER, its not a complete loss either.

You see even though the acting is not very good and the script is very flawed Jetman still shines through. Once I started the VCD I watched the whole thing even though some parts of it were indeed challenging to view and for the most part I had fun with it and isn't that one of the reasons why we watch these shows to begin with? It was great to see the team's first couple of fights even if the scenes were missing parts of the soundtrack and the voice actors were unintelligibly reading out some of the worst lines of all time.

Conclusion

So what's the verdict? I would actually recommend these VCD's to fans interested in watching older sentai in a way that can be understood (somewhat). This could probably serve as a great way to introduce people to the genre. I would also recommend this to collectors of sentai toys and videos.

Jeffrey Couto