Kamen Rider Saber's villainous Rider may have had his actor's identity accidentally revealed due to a TV Asahi listing.
The face behind the purple mask looks to belong to none other then actor Mitsuru Karahashi. He's best known as Kaido from Kamen Rider Faiz and Fuza Juzo from Shinkenger.
Kazue Itoh and Sakina Kuwae will be showing up as their characters from Gekiranger, Miki and Natsume Misaki. Miki runs SCRTC, a sporting good company that also backs the Gekirangers in their fights while Natsume's Miki's daughter and apparently by now is a part of SCRTC as well.
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Something crazy and very well-disguised about last week's Z:
Riku's actor didn't film any new footage for the episode
The Riku/Pega spaceship stuff is repurposed Geed footage with no dialogue, he speaks to Haruki telepathically from the ship, and only ever appears on Earth as Geed
Dunno if it's a covid precaution or what, but I had no idea until it was pointed out to me
A gameplay video for Memory Of Heroez was dropped, showing off how form-changes work for Double. The end of the video has some flashes of who else will be appearing in the game.
A lineup picture of Kamen Rider Saber's Riders also include the first look at the next addition to the sword-wielders.
The next Rider incoming is Kamen Rider Slash, their powers and their sword, Suzune, coming from the Wonder Ride Book based on Hansel & Gretel. Similar to Keizan, their sword is more then just one though in Slash's case it's due to it being able to turn into a gun.
From what I've seen so far, it's been pretty cool. I really like Buster though...
...I can't help feel that his dad-status has slapped a big ol' target on his back much like Lazer from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid. The preview for the next episode doesn't help that fear much either.
On a related Rider note, it looks like Gaim and the Sengoku Driver is next up for the CSM treatment. However, it's curious that Project Ark is being mentioned as part of the advertisement. For those unaware...
...Project Ark was the plan by the Yggdrasill corporation to create as many Sengoku Drivers as possible in order for some of humanity to survive the Helheim Forest invasion. As in only 1/7th of the world population.
And not only is it both Bravo and Gridon but it looks like the two are each getting their own super-forms with Zangetsu showing up to show his off as well. The two new super-forms are King Durian Arms and Lychee Arms. There's also a new Rider showing up called Kamen Rider Sylphy. The new Lockseeds will be sold as part of the new CSM Sengoku Driver as well as a copy of the fake Donguri Lockseed Bravo somehow made for Gridon.
And here's the announcement tweet for the CSM Sengoku Driver.
Ever wanted to see the Heisei Rider opening credit sequences without the text of said credits in the way? Toei decided to help you out there by posting a compilation video of said openings (from Kuuga to Zi-O) on their official channel as a possible opening shot to the upcoming 50th anniversary of Kamen Rider next year.
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Working my way through Zero One still, on ep 18
Shining Assault Hopper and Thouser are S+ Tier suit designs, holy shit
Like, I'm struggling to come up with a Rider design I think is better... Eternal is probably equal? OOO Tajador, Gaim Kachidoki, The Bee, and Ixa are like a step below
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Accel and Joker are great, but very minimal, solid color designs. Most from Kabuto are very solid, definitely. I like default Kiva a lot, too. Faiz/Kaixa are great.
I didn't watch Drive, but most of the suits from that also look pretty good. I should really give that show another shot.
Wizard and Ghost were very disappointing, did not hold up well in action.
According to November's scans for Saber, the show's gonna continue breaking some standard Rider molds.
By that I meant that they had Blades be the first to get a fully-powered form prior to Saber though it can be said to not be a proper persona-upgrade (like Build Sparkling and Zero-One Shining Hopper). However, Saber will get his complete Wonder-Combo form going in November when he gets his hands on the Saiyuu Journey WR-Book, letting him achieve his Crimson Dragon WC-form.
Likewise, Espada will get his hands on the Tri-Cerberus WR-book, letting him also gain his own WC-form, Golden Alanjina.
Here's where the standard Rider plotting diverts again though as the first personal upgrade of the show is going to it's villainous Rider! Thanks to the Jaou Dragon WR-book, Caliber will become stronger then ever and the Wonder Combo forms of our three lead Riders may not be enough to combat it.
Bahat/Bacht AKA Kamen Rider Falchion AKA the Immortal Swordsman. Not surprising as his Wonder-Ride Book is Eternal Phoenix. More importantly, he's played by Masashi Taniguchi who's known to Super Sentai fans as Nagare Tatsumi AKA Go-Blue from GoGo-V while Kamen Rider fans know him as Jin Takayama AKA Kamen Rider Amazon-Alpha from Kamen Rider Amazons.
Forever Zefirocloaked in the midnight glory of an event horizonRegistered Userregular
I finished Zero One like... a week ago?
Fantastic. Definitely up there with OOO and W for me.
The suits were top notch. Zero Two was so crisp. I'm a little sad Metal Cluster showed up so soon and was so prevalent, because I think Shining Assault Hopper is still my favorite looking suit of his, and the teleport attack stuff was super awesome, but then Metal Cluster showed up and it was mostly brute force. Still, a solid looking suit as well, though I wish it had some black mixed in to break up all the silver.
I'm glad Thouser stuck with the one suit the whole time and basically always competed. Nice to see someone that didn't need a bunch of forms to keep up. Seemed kinda weird Gai got off so easy though. Sure, they gave him a hard time when he face turned, but damn, shouldn't he be like... going to jail? Him being like 45 and "always looking 22" I thought was going to be a plot point, like he was actually a high end HumaGear or something, but nope. Reminds me of Hina in OOO being superhumanly strong for... no explained reason?
Anyway, it was a super fun show. All the characters were pretty solid. I'm a sucker for AI/robots gaining sentience and such though. I mean, Blade Runner is one of my favorite all time movies, soooo
The movie isn't out yet, right? Sometime this month?
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The Kiramangers' movie has a release date and it won't be the only Super Sentai film airing that date either. The Ryusoulgers will also be getting a new film as well as the new 45th Super Sentai team, recent trademarking for them revealing their name to be Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger.
New trailer is a nice progression from the first one, though I do prefer the simplicity of the first (which might actually be one of my favorite trailers ever?)
Speaking of, TsuPro has been releasing Gridman eps subbed weekly. It’s pretty standard as far as a 90’s toku goes, though this past week’s episode did shed some light on the the Anosillus stuff from the Gridman anime
Bluefin Brands and Toei's celebrating their 1-year anniversary of working together to bring Kamen Rider merch to our side of the globe with a subbed KR film. They chose to bring over Gaim's solo-film however. Set during the end-arc of the series, it has the various Riders pulled unknowingly into an alternate timeline created by a mysterious character. It's not exactly something to watch if you haven't seen the Kamen Rider Gaim series up to the point it occurs at despite not really mattering to the show's overall plot.
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I beg to differ on that last point
I skipped the movie the first time I watched Gaim, assuming it would be unimportant, only to be completely confused in the last ep when the villain of the movie showed up and everyone knew who they were
I skipped the movie the first time I watched Gaim, assuming it would be unimportant, only to be completely confused in the last ep when the villain of the movie showed up and everyone knew who they were
So it looks like a picture of one of the Zenkaigers have been released into the wild by accident thanks to an ad for a UFO-Catcher machine. Not 100% confirmed but it does match the silhouette of the 3-Sentai Film ad I posted here recently.
It's said that his name is Zenkaiser, the leader of the group ala J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai's Big One which he does visually resemble a little. Current rumors floating around state that the rest of the team or at least their mechs will be visually patterned after previous Super Sentai mecha.
Spoilers are trickling in about Zero-One's solo film. One of which is the explanation behind the two Zeros in the trailer which can be seen in the picture in the box below.
Also, the post-series special for Zero-One has been announced under the title 01thers. First up...
...is 01thers: Kamen Rider MetsubouJinrai, naturally featuring MJ.Net. The new piece introduced is the MetsubouJinrai Driver (via a new faceplate for the 01-Driver, along with the Mass Brain Zetsumerise-Key. Based on the name of the Key and the Driver's design, we could be seeing MJ.Net joining minds in a fusion-form of sorts.
I'm conflicted. On one hand, it's cool they're doing something different. On the other, it looks like it leaning into the bad habit of some recent sentai of being super focused on lead.
Although, we may have finally hit full circle with Sentai becoming Kamen Rider and Kamen Rider becoming Sentai.
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Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger
Between Kikaider and Kamen Rider Kikai, there are almost definitely androids involved
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
This is a pretty neat opening sequence for the upcoming Kamen Rider game. The song from the artists behind Double's theme helps.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Kazue Itoh and Sakina Kuwae will be showing up as their characters from Gekiranger, Miki and Natsume Misaki. Miki runs SCRTC, a sporting good company that also backs the Gekirangers in their fights while Natsume's Miki's daughter and apparently by now is a part of SCRTC as well.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Riku's actor didn't film any new footage for the episode
The Riku/Pega spaceship stuff is repurposed Geed footage with no dialogue, he speaks to Haruki telepathically from the ship, and only ever appears on Earth as Geed
Dunno if it's a covid precaution or what, but I had no idea until it was pointed out to me
A gameplay video for Memory Of Heroez was dropped, showing off how form-changes work for Double. The end of the video has some flashes of who else will be appearing in the game.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Also a wrestler I believe.
Just got my copy in the mail
It’s a pretty slick package!
The next Rider incoming is Kamen Rider Slash, their powers and their sword, Suzune, coming from the Wonder Ride Book based on Hansel & Gretel. Similar to Keizan, their sword is more then just one though in Slash's case it's due to it being able to turn into a gun.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
How are people liking the show so far?
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From what I've seen so far, it's been pretty cool. I really like Buster though...
On a related Rider note, it looks like Gaim and the Sengoku Driver is next up for the CSM treatment. However, it's curious that Project Ark is being mentioned as part of the advertisement. For those unaware...
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
I love how silly Kamen Rider Gaim could get.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
And not only is it both Bravo and Gridon but it looks like the two are each getting their own super-forms with Zangetsu showing up to show his off as well. The two new super-forms are King Durian Arms and Lychee Arms. There's also a new Rider showing up called Kamen Rider Sylphy. The new Lockseeds will be sold as part of the new CSM Sengoku Driver as well as a copy of the fake Donguri Lockseed Bravo somehow made for Gridon.
And here's the announcement tweet for the CSM Sengoku Driver.
Bravo and Gridon's set of Lockseeds isn't the only one coming out for it as there's plans for more to come out.
It was also noted that Driver-plates will be coming out with the Lockseeds sets as well as a blank one.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Ever wanted to see the Heisei Rider opening credit sequences without the text of said credits in the way? Toei decided to help you out there by posting a compilation video of said openings (from Kuuga to Zi-O) on their official channel as a possible opening shot to the upcoming 50th anniversary of Kamen Rider next year.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Shining Assault Hopper and Thouser are S+ Tier suit designs, holy shit
Like, I'm struggling to come up with a Rider design I think is better... Eternal is probably equal? OOO Tajador, Gaim Kachidoki, The Bee, and Ixa are like a step below
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I didn't watch Drive, but most of the suits from that also look pretty good. I should really give that show another shot.
Wizard and Ghost were very disappointing, did not hold up well in action.
By that I meant that they had Blades be the first to get a fully-powered form prior to Saber though it can be said to not be a proper persona-upgrade (like Build Sparkling and Zero-One Shining Hopper). However, Saber will get his complete Wonder-Combo form going in November when he gets his hands on the Saiyuu Journey WR-Book, letting him achieve his Crimson Dragon WC-form.
Likewise, Espada will get his hands on the Tri-Cerberus WR-book, letting him also gain his own WC-form, Golden Alanjina.
Here's where the standard Rider plotting diverts again though as the first personal upgrade of the show is going to it's villainous Rider! Thanks to the Jaou Dragon WR-book, Caliber will become stronger then ever and the Wonder Combo forms of our three lead Riders may not be enough to combat it.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Do they have the toku suit in either game?
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SPIDERS
Bahat/Bacht AKA Kamen Rider Falchion AKA the Immortal Swordsman. Not surprising as his Wonder-Ride Book is Eternal Phoenix. More importantly, he's played by Masashi Taniguchi who's known to Super Sentai fans as Nagare Tatsumi AKA Go-Blue from GoGo-V while Kamen Rider fans know him as Jin Takayama AKA Kamen Rider Amazon-Alpha from Kamen Rider Amazons.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Suppose this is as close as we'll get to him showing up on Kamen Rider Saber.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Full version of ALMIGHTY is up at the moment.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Fantastic. Definitely up there with OOO and W for me.
I'm glad Thouser stuck with the one suit the whole time and basically always competed. Nice to see someone that didn't need a bunch of forms to keep up. Seemed kinda weird Gai got off so easy though. Sure, they gave him a hard time when he face turned, but damn, shouldn't he be like... going to jail? Him being like 45 and "always looking 22" I thought was going to be a plot point, like he was actually a high end HumaGear or something, but nope. Reminds me of Hina in OOO being superhumanly strong for... no explained reason?
Anyway, it was a super fun show. All the characters were pretty solid. I'm a sucker for AI/robots gaining sentience and such though. I mean, Blade Runner is one of my favorite all time movies, soooo
The movie isn't out yet, right? Sometime this month?
XBL - Foreverender | 3DS FC - 1418 6696 1012 | Steam ID | LoL
The Kiramangers' movie has a release date and it won't be the only Super Sentai film airing that date either. The Ryusoulgers will also be getting a new film as well as the new 45th Super Sentai team, recent trademarking for them revealing their name to be Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Sentai Red Isekai de Boukensha ni Naru (The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World)
It looks good, so I'm gonna have to sit down and read it later!
New trailer and info for SSSS.Dynazenon came out yesterday
Starts in April
New trailer is a nice progression from the first one, though I do prefer the simplicity of the first (which might actually be one of my favorite trailers ever?)
Speaking of, TsuPro has been releasing Gridman eps subbed weekly. It’s pretty standard as far as a 90’s toku goes, though this past week’s episode did shed some light on the the Anosillus stuff from the Gridman anime
Bluefin Brands and Toei's celebrating their 1-year anniversary of working together to bring Kamen Rider merch to our side of the globe with a subbed KR film. They chose to bring over Gaim's solo-film however. Set during the end-arc of the series, it has the various Riders pulled unknowingly into an alternate timeline created by a mysterious character. It's not exactly something to watch if you haven't seen the Kamen Rider Gaim series up to the point it occurs at despite not really mattering to the show's overall plot.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Oh right.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
It's said that his name is Zenkaiser, the leader of the group ala J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai's Big One which he does visually resemble a little. Current rumors floating around state that the rest of the team or at least their mechs will be visually patterned after previous Super Sentai mecha.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
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Also, the post-series special for Zero-One has been announced under the title 01thers. First up...
...is 01thers: Kamen Rider MetsubouJinrai, naturally featuring MJ.Net. The new piece introduced is the MetsubouJinrai Driver (via a new faceplate for the 01-Driver, along with the Mass Brain Zetsumerise-Key. Based on the name of the Key and the Driver's design, we could be seeing MJ.Net joining minds in a fusion-form of sorts.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Cool
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That in fact seems to be the whole team. Guess the rumors were true.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Although, we may have finally hit full circle with Sentai becoming Kamen Rider and Kamen Rider becoming Sentai.