Mac Windy Montage (B Fighter Kabuto)

In the 28th and 29th episodes of B Fighter Kabuto, one of my favorite Americans in tokusatsu/anime, exchange student Mac Windy, arrives to wreak havoc on the main hero of the show, Kouhei. Straight out of a xenophobic Japanese man's nightmare, Mac Windy (played by Reuben Langdon of Devil May Cry/Street Fighter fame!) somehow seamlessly replaces Kouhei in a pickup basketball game, dominates at sports, starts ordering Kouhei around, and charms every single woman in the show.

Oh, yeah, he's also the Dragonfly B Fighter.

I'm not sure if my favorite part is how Kouhei gets angrier as the clip progresses or how all of Reuben Langdon's lines have been dubbed over for some reason. Either way, it's a rare appearance of an American actor in a tokusatsu show, and it's notable for that alone.

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[GenX6887]

I'd love to see a white American guy as a Red ranger on a Super Sentai show leading 4 other Japanese heroes! An African American guy and a Mexican American girl could be the 6th and 7th heroes of that show. It would be a great way to pay homage to Power Rangers with that much diversity on the team. I hope Japan's not that racist?

[therobd]

@GenX6887 On a completely unrelated note, this was the last show in the long running Metal Hero tokusatsu series. :P

In all seriousness, though, as cool as that would be to us, what you're describing would probably get terrible ratings in Japan.

[whybutyeah]

it sounded like they dubbed his voice, did they?

[therobd]

@whybutyeah Yeah. I'm guessing they didn't think his Japanese was good enough, though I don't know the real reason for sure. I'm hoping to ask Reuben Langdon at a con someday.

[duo2nd]

DANTEEEEE

[MrPlanetvideogame]

@therobd So let me get this straight: The Astrel Borgs are actually ordinary people like the other Beetleborgs and have their own morphs, and Saban didn't want to spend the money hiring new actors so they made them into drawings.

[GenX6887]

@therobd I know B Fighters Kabuto was the last Metal Hero show. But you may be right about a Sentai show just like what I described getting low ratings in Japan. If this idea of show were be successful in Japan (though doubtful like you said), the theme of it would be about World Peace, and bringing the whole world together as one. It would be an idea campaign pushing to end xenophobia and racism in Japan!

[SleepyHillhurst]

I LOLed so hard!  Reuben Langdon ftw! Loved him in B-Fighter Kabuto!

[MegaBlue3]

Yeah! Mac Windy and B-Fighter Yanma ftw! Reuben Langdon rules!!! They should have incorporated more American actors into Tokusatsu!