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Hey guys I just found a topic which I really want to share with you guys so here goes... It's KAMEN RIDERS!!! Kids know it by its English name which is MASKED RIDERS while older people call it Kamen Rider... And no this is not a REVIEW for kids it's for everyone...
For those who thinks this is just a child's TV show then think again... Kamen Rider is actually one of the best TV series to start off if you want to watch Japanese drama series... The kids one is Masked Rider which is the ENGLISH copy-version of this hit show... That is the one which created a wrong BRANDING of Kamen Rider to a lot of people...
Anyways a brief history about Kamen Rider... It started in the year 1971 and did not stop growing ever since... The show is separated into TWO ERAS which is the Showa and the Heisei eras... Showa series are the Kamen Riders where the creator is still ALIVE and after his passing the Heisei era started and a strong fanbase was created across ASIA...
According to its arrangement in Showa era, it started off with Kamen Rider, then V3, X, Amazon, Stronger, Skyrider, Super-1, Black, and finally Black RX...
The Heisei era showed a stronger themed and PLOT for Kamen Rider which started off with Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, 555 ( Faiz ), Blade, Hibiki, Kabuto, Den-O, Kiva, and the latest Decade...
I've completed 3 of the Heisei series which is Den-O, Kiva, and Faiz and currently watching Ryuki, Kabuto, and Decade which is still running... Today I'll give a brief SUMMARY and an opinion in the 3 series which I have completed watching...
Kamen Rider Den-O
Summary
The story revolves around a young man named RYOUTARO Nogami... He has this BAD LUCK charm no matter what he do or where he is at any point of time... One day, he finds a strange PASS and things got stranger from a mysterious girl and a large time-traveling TRAIN and not to mention IMAGINS, a type of monster which comes from the future to attempt to CHANGE the past...
Ryoutaro is then possessed by one of the Imagin called MOMOTAROS which enabled him to have the power to transform into Kamen Rider Den-O to destroy the other Imagins who are trying to DESTROY the world... And there starts the mysterious story about the Junction Point and his sister's boyfriend's mysterious DISAPPEARANCE...
Review
This is basically the FIRST Kamen Rider series which I finished watching... Since this is the first this means I kinda FORGET most of the story so the review won't be very detailed... This series was actually quite FAMOUS which caused me to watch it and remained watching other SERIES... The show started off with a simple CONCEPT of time travelling which the creator perfectly make full use of it...
The pros in this series is actually the usage of all the FORMS that the Rider has... One of my complaints about other series is that they don't fully utilize all their forms but this is not the CASE here... Each form is given a lot of episodes to EXPAND so this is really a top-notch job done by the creator...
Another things is that the character DEVELOPMENT in the series is also very strong and the whole series ends very well and also not to forget the main protagonist's lifestyle which is always very ENTERTAINING to watch... And not to forget they let every villain to have two episodes before they were defeated which shows how humans can be WEAK sometimes... But this series has a major FLAW in the plot...
The show started off STRONG with lots of mysteries not solved until the end of the series... And that's when the whole show CRUMBLES down... A very strong start but at the end the storyline is so CONFUSING and twisting that it's so difficult for me to understand what they are talking about which leads to a BAD ending for me... I liked everything in the first half but the confusing plot in the end just ruined every single second that I enjoyed... So I give this series a...
5 out of 10
P.S.
This series is so famous that there are like four movies on this series alone which is the most for any Kamen Rider series!!!
Kamen Rider Kiva
Summary
WATARU Kurenai, a young man whose parents left him in an infamous haunted house, was a shy person and has a DISEASE to everything in the world... Since the day he was born, he was destined to FIGHT with the power of Kamen Rider KIVA against monsters called Fangires who sucks the life force of humans to survive... The story is split between the ACTIONS of Wataru in the present and his father Otoya in the past, slowly revealing the link between the Fangire Race and KIVA...
Review
Well this one I just completed it last year so hopefully I still have FRESH memory for this one... This series has a vampire theme which is damn COOL and also a new system in TV shows which is switching between the year 1986 and 2008 for the whole show... This allowed a full development of all the CHARACTERS including his father in 1986...
The show also has BITS of time-travelling which I won't spoil it out... Compared to Den-O this series only lack of the development of villians which I don't really mind for KIVA...
The two setbacks in this series is the forms and the plot... In this series, Kiva didn't really utilize all the FORMS he can turn to and especially when he has his Final Form he just used that for the REST of the show... Yes the last form is also the strongest but the creator should give us a little VARIETY...
In this series the story started off with a BANG and continued on until the episode where there's no more 1986 and after that it was just disappointing... The creator RUSHED for the ending and that's why it was a setback which gave this show a lower score than it should be...
7 out of 10 ( for the cool Kamen Rider IXA )
Kamen Rider Faiz
Summary
The story revolves around a man called TAKUMI Inui who has just lost his gym bag... One day when having lunch he saw the same bag which is taken by a girl named MARI Sonada... After taking the bag from her, he found out that the bag is not his but it contains a briefcase from SMART BRAIN with a belt and phone inside... That's when a monster which humans called it ORPHNOCH attacked Takumi and Mari for the belt... Takumi then wears the belt and transformed into Kamen Rider FAIZ and a whole new journey started...
Review
I just finished watching this series TODAY and all I can say is wow... Its not like the other Kamen Rider series... This one is actually not even SUITABLE for kids!!! The show challenge us about what is HUMANITY and also a lot of question on which is right and which is WRONG...
The show has lots of mysteries and the character development is SUPERB... Even all the main villians have their FULL storyline here... I felt so attached in ALL the characters in the show and even the show ended I still wonder about what would really be the END for them... Best ending that I have seen in Kamen Rider SERIES...
The creator here is also courageous enough to KILL off the characters when it's time... A lot of show would never do that but not here... Once it's enough then you are DEAD... The dark theme created in the story makes me really CRAVE for more and sometimes you think that person won't like do that yet suddenly boom and surprise, he killed SOMEONE... So this series really isn't suitable for kids as there's no such thing that everything is WONDERFUL in life... This is a series that would definitely make me REWATCH it again...
Talk about its cons it has only one which is its forms again... They didn't fully utilize it which didn't spark an INTEREST to me when a new form came out or when he's using his FINAL form...
9 out of 10 ( due to not utilizing all forms )
If anyone has any QUESTIONS or want to watch any one of the series please don't hesitate to ASK me...
Hey guys I just found a topic which I really want to share with you guys so here goes... It's KAMEN RIDERS!!! Kids know it by its English name which is MASKED RIDERS while older people call it Kamen Rider... And no this is not a REVIEW for kids it's for everyone...
For those who thinks this is just a child's TV show then think again... Kamen Rider is actually one of the best TV series to start off if you want to watch Japanese drama series... The kids one is Masked Rider which is the ENGLISH copy-version of this hit show... That is the one which created a wrong BRANDING of Kamen Rider to a lot of people...
Anyways a brief history about Kamen Rider... It started in the year 1971 and did not stop growing ever since... The show is separated into TWO ERAS which is the Showa and the Heisei eras... Showa series are the Kamen Riders where the creator is still ALIVE and after his passing the Heisei era started and a strong fanbase was created across ASIA...
According to its arrangement in Showa era, it started off with Kamen Rider, then V3, X, Amazon, Stronger, Skyrider, Super-1, Black, and finally Black RX...
The Heisei era showed a stronger themed and PLOT for Kamen Rider which started off with Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, 555 ( Faiz ), Blade, Hibiki, Kabuto, Den-O, Kiva, and the latest Decade...
I've completed 3 of the Heisei series which is Den-O, Kiva, and Faiz and currently watching Ryuki, Kabuto, and Decade which is still running... Today I'll give a brief SUMMARY and an opinion in the 3 series which I have completed watching...
Kamen Rider Den-O
Summary
The story revolves around a young man named RYOUTARO Nogami... He has this BAD LUCK charm no matter what he do or where he is at any point of time... One day, he finds a strange PASS and things got stranger from a mysterious girl and a large time-traveling TRAIN and not to mention IMAGINS, a type of monster which comes from the future to attempt to CHANGE the past...
Ryoutaro is then possessed by one of the Imagin called MOMOTAROS which enabled him to have the power to transform into Kamen Rider Den-O to destroy the other Imagins who are trying to DESTROY the world... And there starts the mysterious story about the Junction Point and his sister's boyfriend's mysterious DISAPPEARANCE...
Review
This is basically the FIRST Kamen Rider series which I finished watching... Since this is the first this means I kinda FORGET most of the story so the review won't be very detailed... This series was actually quite FAMOUS which caused me to watch it and remained watching other SERIES... The show started off with a simple CONCEPT of time travelling which the creator perfectly make full use of it...
The pros in this series is actually the usage of all the FORMS that the Rider has... One of my complaints about other series is that they don't fully utilize all their forms but this is not the CASE here... Each form is given a lot of episodes to EXPAND so this is really a top-notch job done by the creator...
Another things is that the character DEVELOPMENT in the series is also very strong and the whole series ends very well and also not to forget the main protagonist's lifestyle which is always very ENTERTAINING to watch... And not to forget they let every villain to have two episodes before they were defeated which shows how humans can be WEAK sometimes... But this series has a major FLAW in the plot...
The show started off STRONG with lots of mysteries not solved until the end of the series... And that's when the whole show CRUMBLES down... A very strong start but at the end the storyline is so CONFUSING and twisting that it's so difficult for me to understand what they are talking about which leads to a BAD ending for me... I liked everything in the first half but the confusing plot in the end just ruined every single second that I enjoyed... So I give this series a...
5 out of 10
P.S.
This series is so famous that there are like four movies on this series alone which is the most for any Kamen Rider series!!!
Kamen Rider Kiva
Summary
WATARU Kurenai, a young man whose parents left him in an infamous haunted house, was a shy person and has a DISEASE to everything in the world... Since the day he was born, he was destined to FIGHT with the power of Kamen Rider KIVA against monsters called Fangires who sucks the life force of humans to survive... The story is split between the ACTIONS of Wataru in the present and his father Otoya in the past, slowly revealing the link between the Fangire Race and KIVA...
Review
Well this one I just completed it last year so hopefully I still have FRESH memory for this one... This series has a vampire theme which is damn COOL and also a new system in TV shows which is switching between the year 1986 and 2008 for the whole show... This allowed a full development of all the CHARACTERS including his father in 1986...
The show also has BITS of time-travelling which I won't spoil it out... Compared to Den-O this series only lack of the development of villians which I don't really mind for KIVA...
The two setbacks in this series is the forms and the plot... In this series, Kiva didn't really utilize all the FORMS he can turn to and especially when he has his Final Form he just used that for the REST of the show... Yes the last form is also the strongest but the creator should give us a little VARIETY...
In this series the story started off with a BANG and continued on until the episode where there's no more 1986 and after that it was just disappointing... The creator RUSHED for the ending and that's why it was a setback which gave this show a lower score than it should be...
7 out of 10 ( for the cool Kamen Rider IXA )
Kamen Rider Faiz
Summary
The story revolves around a man called TAKUMI Inui who has just lost his gym bag... One day when having lunch he saw the same bag which is taken by a girl named MARI Sonada... After taking the bag from her, he found out that the bag is not his but it contains a briefcase from SMART BRAIN with a belt and phone inside... That's when a monster which humans called it ORPHNOCH attacked Takumi and Mari for the belt... Takumi then wears the belt and transformed into Kamen Rider FAIZ and a whole new journey started...
Review
I just finished watching this series TODAY and all I can say is wow... Its not like the other Kamen Rider series... This one is actually not even SUITABLE for kids!!! The show challenge us about what is HUMANITY and also a lot of question on which is right and which is WRONG...
The show has lots of mysteries and the character development is SUPERB... Even all the main villians have their FULL storyline here... I felt so attached in ALL the characters in the show and even the show ended I still wonder about what would really be the END for them... Best ending that I have seen in Kamen Rider SERIES...
The creator here is also courageous enough to KILL off the characters when it's time... A lot of show would never do that but not here... Once it's enough then you are DEAD... The dark theme created in the story makes me really CRAVE for more and sometimes you think that person won't like do that yet suddenly boom and surprise, he killed SOMEONE... So this series really isn't suitable for kids as there's no such thing that everything is WONDERFUL in life... This is a series that would definitely make me REWATCH it again...
Talk about its cons it has only one which is its forms again... They didn't fully utilize it which didn't spark an INTEREST to me when a new form came out or when he's using his FINAL form...
9 out of 10 ( due to not utilizing all forms )
If anyone has any QUESTIONS or want to watch any one of the series please don't hesitate to ASK me...
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009