The Kamen Rider thread

[shinmattiathekaiju]

BTW,who is your favourite Bond-style Kamen Rider villain in silly costume?

Emperor Zero is my least favourite.

[DaikaijuSokogeki!]

I start too many kamen rider series.

I'm watching OOO and W at the same time and Amazon on the side.
I'm a Kamen Rider slut. /sobbu

Pleease. Right now, I'm watching Fourze and Agito on a regular basis, Kamen Rider (1971) weekly AND watching episodes of Kamen Rider Black as Century Kings releases them.

[Crocodile]

BTW,who is your favourite Bond-style Kamen Rider villain in silly costume?

Emperor Zero is my least favourite.

Apollo Geist, guy is boss.

[shinmattiathekaiju]

BTW,who is your favourite Bond-style Kamen Rider villain in silly costume?

Emperor Zero is my least favourite.

Apollo Geist, guy is boss.

He receveid a really nice update in Decade.

[HikizuruBeat]

I start too many kamen rider series.

I'm watching OOO and W at the same time and Amazon on the side.
I'm a Kamen Rider slut. /sobbu

Pleease. Right now, I'm watching Fourze and Agito on a regular basis, Kamen Rider (1971) weekly AND watching episodes of Kamen Rider Black as Century Kings releases them.

Where do you watch 1971? Also starting Black tonight so I'll be watching 4-5 series.

[Crocodile]

BTW,who is your favourite Bond-style Kamen Rider villain in silly costume?

Emperor Zero is my least favourite.

Apollo Geist, guy is boss.

He receveid a really nice update in Decade.

I know revived Apollo Geist was my favorite thing about Decade, but classic X Geist is a little more awesome.

[Bigdog]

I hated The Next because they screwed up V3's story.

To be fair, at least V3's story wasn't nearly as convoluted as Rider #2's backstory in The First.[/quote]

And lets not forget the giant subplot of Cobra and Snake's love affair which took up every other scene alongside the unneeded love triangle between the riders. Fight scenes were meh , I thought the Shocker suits looked retarded especially for the Kaijin. The entire realistic angle was plagued by the bullshit lapses of Spider's webs and Bat flying that it made no sense. It should have been taken the whole way or with given few liberties like Batman Begins where they played up the technological and psychological aspects that Bruce himself put in to the suits. A similar aspect should have been explored in "The First" with the cyborg aspect playing into the psychological and tech aspects of the series rather than a convoluted mess of romance. Toei should have not rushed "The First and instead observed why Batman Begins was successful and applying what they observed in their own way and pushed the release to 2007. In this sense , it would be more about mentally programmed killers with erased memories ala Dollhouse trained in separate martial art styles of their particular animal or one that embodies it ,dressing in toned down suits featured in the film as we know it.


I felt like the Airbender film had a more coherent and consistent story than The First, and anyone who's seen it knows of why it fails as a film. It's because of "The First" I will never see the second and be wary of any kind of film Toei does in that vein unless they get someone or a foreign company to produce it like the WB because obviously, they are mentally incapable of creating films of a good caliber and spending the resources to do so.

[shinmattiathekaiju]

I hated The Next because they screwed up V3's story.

To be fair, at least V3's story wasn't nearly as convoluted as Rider #2's backstory in The First.

And lets not forget the giant subplot of Cobra and Snake's love affair which took up every other scene alongside the unneeded love triangle between the riders. [/quote]


To be fair, Theres also a love story between Cobraman and Medusa the Snake Woman in the original manga tie-in by Ishinomori,but it was much more subtle than The First.

[DaikaijuSokogeki!]

I start too many kamen rider series.

I'm watching OOO and W at the same time and Amazon on the side.
I'm a Kamen Rider slut. /sobbu

Pleease. Right now, I'm watching Fourze and Agito on a regular basis, Kamen Rider (1971) weekly AND watching episodes of Kamen Rider Black as Century Kings releases them.

Where do you watch 1971? Also starting Black tonight so I'll be watching 4-5 series.

KITSubs. That is all I'm permitted to post on these boards.

[HikizuruBeat]

Oh I've seen that site, but it's not organized so I can never find ep 1. @__@

Anyways watched episode 1 of Black last night and it's pretty awesome.
I really need to finish a series instead of starting more and more kamen riders.

I have a problem.

[SaiyanRider54]

EDIT:
More scans!!

As revealed in the preview last week, Kamen Rider Meteor will make his most anticipated appearance in Kamen Rider Fourze's 16th Episode, “Right and Wrong Troubles.” Here's an in-depth entry on Meteor.

Kamen Rider Meteor will be a mysterious transfer student, Ryuusei Sakuta, that was first seen in the recent Kamen Rider Movie Wars MEGAMAX, played by Ryou Yoshizawa. He is keeping his identity and actions as a big secret to everyone, unlike Gentarou.


Ryuusei uses the unnumbered Astro Switch, the Meteor Switch, on his Meteor Driver to transform into Kamen Rider Meteor. He can access his three finishing moves:

Starlight Shower, a high speed punch attack; Meteor Tornado, a kick that rotates in high speed; and, Meteor Strike, a strong and powerful kick. Just like any other Astro Switch, the Meteor Switch also contains Cosmic Energy. Meteor can also use Fourze’s Switches. When Meteor uses the Elek Switch, Meteor is filled with electric powers.

Kamen Rider Meteor main armament is called Fingerprint Authentication Brace Meteor Galaxy, attached on his right wrist. It has three switches called Galaxy Levers that represents three planets coming from the Solar System — Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

By pushing a lever on the Meteor Galaxy and scanning his fingerprint, he can summon a planet on his wrist and use its attributes during his Rider Punch! Using Mars Lever, he can summon a burning planet Mars, and use Mars Breaker; with Jupiter Lever, he can activate Jupiter Hammer; and, with Saturn Lever, he activates Saturn Sorcery!

Kamen Rider Meteor is a member of the “Anti-Zodiarts Union,” he is given support from the satellite “M-Bus” and a mysterious being called Tachibana. He started fighting against Zodiarts in order to save his best friend and he’s willing to cooperate with Fourze in the battle against the Zodiarts.

Tachibana is a mysterious being living in the satellite, M-Bus, and works as a support to Meteor. It is unknown whether he is a robot or a man behind a mask. The M-Bus also holds the energy necessary for Meteor to transform. If Ryuusei is not exposed to this energy, he won't be able to transform.

He really looks awesome in my opinion. What do you guys think?

[HikizuruBeat]

OMG

I JUST GOT THE S.H.FIGUARTS KAMEN RIDER CYCLONE JOKER FIGURE ASGFSKJGFKS

Best christmas ever.

[shinmattiathekaiju]

its sad though there is no variety in Tokusatsu these days,only Kamen Rider and Super Sentai.

Tachibana is a mysterious being living in the satellite, M-Bus, and works as a support to Meteor. It is unknown whether he is a robot or a man behind a mask. The M-Bus also holds the energy necessary for Meteor to transform. If Ryuusei is not exposed to this energy, he won't be able to transform.

What!? Toei decided to bring back the character of Tobei after 36 years?

[matsumoto mephilas]

i'm beginning to like fourze he has alot of cool gadgets that makes him very toyetic hell i might even get the sh figuarts figure of him

[RedZillaKing]

Are lady men en vogue in Japan right now? That guy is real purty... like a lady.

[SaiyanRider54]

its sad though there is no variety in Tokusatsu these days,only Kamen Rider and Super Sentai.

Tachibana is a mysterious being living in the satellite, M-Bus, and works as a support to Meteor. It is unknown whether he is a robot or a man behind a mask. The M-Bus also holds the energy necessary for Meteor to transform. If Ryuusei is not exposed to this energy, he won't be able to transform.

What!? Toei decided to bring back the character of Tobei after 36 years?

Yeah, thats kinda sad that there aren't very many tokus around besides KR, SS, and Ultraman (which seems to be now becoming a movie-only toku).
Hey, atleast the very first metal hero is on of the main caracters in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger's new movie called "Gokaigers vs. Gavan." If popularity rises with metal heros, than they may consider bringing them back.


And the second I read "Tachibana" in this article, I instantly realised that it was a very cool Showa rider reference.

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

Das hot.

and he use to be a Sentai Ranger, I think.

[Crocodile]

its sad though there is no variety in Tokusatsu these days,only Kamen Rider and Super Sentai.

Someone forgot Garo exists? How does one do that, it's like the best Toku franchise ever.

What!? Toei decided to bring back the character of Tobei after 36 years?

He's a robot or moon man named after Tobei as a reference.

[HikizuruBeat]

its sad though there is no variety in Tokusatsu these days,only Kamen Rider and Super Sentai.

Tachibana is a mysterious being living in the satellite, M-Bus, and works as a support to Meteor. It is unknown whether he is a robot or a man behind a mask. The M-Bus also holds the energy necessary for Meteor to transform. If Ryuusei is not exposed to this energy, he won't be able to transform.

What!? Toei decided to bring back the character of Tobei after 36 years?

Yeah, thats kinda sad that there aren't very many tokus around besides KR, SS, and Ultraman (which seems to be now becoming a movie-only toku).
Hey, atleast the very first metal hero is on of the main caracters in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger's new movie called "Gokaigers vs. Gavan." If popularity rises with metal heros, than they may consider bringing them back.


And the second I read "Tachibana" in this article, I instantly realised that it was a very cool Showa rider reference.

Kamen Rider and Ultraman are the only tokusatsu shows I really watch and enjoy (especially kamen rider).
I'm pretty ok with just those two that's just me though.
I'm sad that Ultraman seems to be movie only though. I would really like to see more ultraman shows.

[Jomei]

Since when is Ultraman movie-only? lol the vast majority of the franchise is TV and direct to video series. There's only been a few years since the last series, so unless there's been some press release on the subject that I don't know about, I expect we'll get another series eventually.

Anyway, re: Kamen Rider, I've been watching a few eps of Kabuto. Tendo is a cool guy.