Powersurge wrote:Well i'm new to the whole Kamen Rider thing, used to watch Masked rider years ago though, so what do you guys suggest for a kamen n00b to watch?
Air Commander Starscream wrote:Powersurge wrote:Well i'm new to the whole Kamen Rider thing, used to watch Masked rider years ago though, so what do you guys suggest for a kamen n00b to watch?
Kamen Rider Blade is a pretty good series to get started off in, it has a pretty solid story line. Or Iwould go with Kabuto.
Kamen Rider Faiz 555 can be kind of confusing plus the end is a slight downer or so I have heard. I am only on episode 5 of that and I really enjoy it so far.
Kamen Rider Ryuki is kind of tournament based and had some pretty cool characters, it's also quite bloody as many of the Riders get killed off and their cards taken.
Kamen Rider Kabuto however is my favorite series (hence The Bee being in my sig). The early episodes are kind of slow and predictable, but once you get into the teens and Drake, Sawsord and Gatack start to show up the series really picks up and gets quite hard to stop watching.
I've watched the first 2 episodes of Hibiki and I have decided to put that off for now. I don't know much about Agito or Kuuga and I need to DL the new Den-O episodes.
I also like to collect the Souchaku Henshin of Kamen Rider figures. SO far I have:
Kamen Rider Kabuto: Kabuto, The Bee, Drake, Gatack, Sawsword
Kamen Rider Faiz 555: Orga, Faiz, Faiz BLaster
Kamen Rider Ryuki: Monster set #3 and 5. Ouja, Gai, Zolda, Odin x2, Verde, Ryuga and Femme
Kamen Rider Hibiki: Zanki and Ibuki
Space Sherif Sharivan and Kamen Rider Black RX.
Powersurge wrote:Well i've just started to watch Black, and kabuto, both look cool, though does each series run into each other, or is it like sentai where each series is separate?
Σ Prime wrote:Wasn't there another one called Kamen Rider Agito or something? I rember reading a bit about it and liking the rider design.
Kamen Rider Chosen wrote:Σ Prime wrote:Wasn't there another one called Kamen Rider Agito or something? I rember reading a bit about it and liking the rider design.
Some AGITΩ for you. Don't know much about it myself, the earlier Heisei KR shows don't seem to garner as much attention as stuff like 555 or Blade do.
Name's too long I'm afraid. How about an abbreviation?High Command wrote:Someone who I hope will go by the name "Kamen Rider Kamen Rider Solidius", when he shows up.
"Jap" isn't a socially acceptable way to abbreviate "Japanese", Mr. Moderator. That term went out with WWII and you may offend somebody.Air Commander Starscream wrote:The first batch is the original old school jap stuff.
Kamen Rider KR Solidus wrote:Kamen Rider is not "made by Sentai". They are made by the same production company (Toei), but that doesn't mean much as they have nothing in common other than costumed people. It's marketed towards an older audience than Sentai is. Sentai and Kamen Rider are two seperate franchises.
Kamen Rider Harry Munk wrote:Kamen Rider KR Solidus wrote:Kamen Rider is not "made by Sentai". They are made by the same production company (Toei), but that doesn't mean much as they have nothing in common other than costumed people. It's marketed towards an older audience than Sentai is. Sentai and Kamen Rider are two seperate franchises.
RIDER PWNING
Kamen Rider KR Solidus wrote:Kamen Rider is not "made by Sentai". They are made by the same production company (Toei), but that doesn't mean much as they have nothing in common other than costumed people. It's marketed towards an older audience than Sentai is. Sentai and Kamen Rider are two seperate franchises.
Start with either Kabuto or Faiz (aka 555). Faiz is not confusing, I don't know why ACSS said that. Kabuto is more recent, so you may find the effects/costumes more appealing. Den-O just started (on episode 3) but it's absolutely fantastic so far and worth following as they are released (roughly weekly)
Blade is great, but it is very confusing for a few episodes until pieces start clicking into place. I'd suggest Blade as a good 2nd series to watch after you're familiar with the ideas common to Kamen Rider. It is my favorite out of them all, and I have seen just about everything there is to see. Just don't start with it or you'll be like "WTF".
ACSS isn't 100% accurate in some of that continuity stuff (Agito is a loose sequel to Kuuga, etc), but it's close enough. Since you won't really be able to watch any of it anyways due to no translation, to go into detail would be overkill.
Since Black is fansubbed and you're watching it, I will say that it is NOT tied into the original KR series. It's sequel, Black RX, was not intended to either other than be a sequel to Black. However, it did do so bad ratings-wise that as an attempt to boost popularity they had the old KR's show up for no reason to help him in a couple episodes. Thus it "kind of" makes Black and RX in the same continuity as the original Riders, but it's better off not thinking of it that way.
There's some discussion threads on the Tavern Table that you may find useful, there's direct download links to Den-O's episodes that I update.
No problem. I'm a huge fan and always willing to help interested people learning more.Powersurge wrote:Cool thanks for the help, I might leave black for a while and just start on Kubuto (I'm up to ep 4 so far, bloody great).
Or yelling RIDER SHOOTING before a key moment of intimacy? I know this chick that probably wouldn't find wearing a henshin device in the sack to be a turn-off... hrm...Chosen wrote:Somebody needs to find a way to replicate the Zecter voice and have it describe everything a person does. Probably too time-consuming or expensive to try, but worth it alone to have "RIDER SH**TING" shouted from the bathroom.
Kamen Rider KR Solidus wrote:Oh and Powersurge, please adjust your name apporpriately. I'm kind of offering this advice on "good faith" that you'll follow Shin's username guidelines, don't dissapoint. TY.
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