Does TBS hate Takeda?

[subtleagent]

So I was watching the recaps countdown thing the TBS channel is doing and it seems like they gloss over Takeda a lot. Hell in 15 he was barely shown despite being the best performer and LMS and in 17 he's not even shown at all in spite of being the 3rd best behind Nagasaki and Nagano. I figure his recent retirement might have something to do with it, but seriously what the hell? I dunno it just seems kind of disrespectful given he contributed 20 friggin years to the show and yet they act like he doesn't exist. 

[dakohosu]

I don’t think they hate him, they just can’t fit every competitor into a 20 minute highlight for every tournament. They also don’t want to repeatedly cover the exact same competitors every tournament unless it’s literally Nagano, and i’d wager they’re probably holding off on Takeda a bit so they can document his last stand in Sasuke 24, or him being the first Shin Cliffhanger clear in 21.

They did the same with Kane Kosugi, I literally thought his management company had like disagreed to let TBS show him they’d skipped over him that much, but instead hey were holding off on him until his Sasuke 8 run.

Supposedly it doesn’t make for good material if every tournament summary is just showing the same runs from Nagano, Takeda, Yamada, etc. they clearly want to vary up each highlight.

They might also not be hyping him up because he’s obviously not competing in 40. Remember they’re using these highlights as marketing material leading up to the 40th tournament so it’s not the best idea to massively focus on someone who isn’t even going to be a part of their big event.

[subtleagent]

Ah, I getchya. I just found it weird given secondary competitors like Shinji Kobayashi and Daisuke Nakata still got some sizeable focus despite having been long retired. You mean to tell me Nakata's Arm Rings fail (granted, I think Nakata's 17 run is honestly more impressive than his 9 ~ 11 runs given he's chronically injured and clearly aggravated it in Stage 2, also how the hell did he do the Metal Spin with an injury like that?) is of more significance to 17 than Takeda's (at the time) potential final tournament?

I dunno, I get what you mean, but something about it just doesn't feel right. Even if they can't do every competitor I still think his 17 run at least deserved a shout out in some form, like maybe a brief clip of him failing the Pipe Slider? Like pretty much everyone else? Like leaving out 14 I get since it was just a generic Cliffhanger fail and maybe I can roll with 15 given Bunpei was arguably the big focus of the tournament given he overcame heatstroke to get a deep Stage 3 run, but 17 at the very least should have gotten something.

[azn]

After seeing the SK21 and SK24 recaps, I'm kind of surprised that they gave him more time with his attempt in SK21 rather than SK24, as the latter is way more emotional then the former. They could've just digested all of his run prior to the spider flip, then showed what happened to him on the obstacle, but instead they just showed him falling in and adding text saying that he failed again for the 13th time.

But yeah, I'm not surprised with how they are producing and editing these recaps but Takeda's representation in these has been quite surprising.