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Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider Hibiki
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TAKATERA-P: "It sure it is nice to be producing a Rider show again. I think I'd really like to do something a bit different this time though. How about we open with a big musical number?"
TIM TOEI: "That's a rather odd request, but I don't see why not."
TAKATERA-P: "And we should have Hibiki introduced in a big sequence on a ferry!"
TIM TOEI: "Sure! It's always good to have something big and impressive in a first episode to really grab the attention of the viewers!"
TAKATERA-P: "Glad you agree! That means it's totally cool if we film half this thing in the forest then, right?"
TIM TOEI: "...Well, I mean, that makes things tricky logistically, but we can make it work, I suppose."
TAKATERA-P: "Good, good. So I was thinking for the show's first big fight scene I want to have some wire-work in there..."
TIM TOEI: "Oh, so Hibiki is going to fight a monster in the usual quarry then?"
TAKATERA-P: "No, that'll be in the woods too."
TIM TOEI: "I— I guess as long as we bring on a director who knows how to keep things relatively modest..."
TAKATERA-P: "Oh, about that! I was thinking we should get Ishida to direct the pilot since he did such great work on Kuuga."
TIM TOEI: "That's— He's— Please tell me he's—"
TAKATERA-P: "I promise he won't light anything on fire!"
TIM TOEI: "O—okay, this is all pretty ambitious, but I suppose it's only natural you'd want to leave a strong impression with Hibiki's first episode."
TAKATERA-P: "I want to leave a strong impression with Hibiki, yes."
That conversation almost certainly didn't happen, of course. I have no idea how exactly Hibiki's production played out, or who exactly was making what decisions, but it's hard not to think about these things watching the show. Which I'm sure you've gathered Die, since nobody will stop mentioning the production shakeup that happened to it. Even I'm going to take a second to mention it upfront!
I'm sure you'll just take the show for what it is, as always, and I wouldn't have it any other way, but... maybe just think every now and then as you're watching these first 29 episodes about everything I said in my Kuuga thread – about how that was a series that was bold and experimental, a project of passion that ignored corporate wishes and treated its target audience of children with the utmost respect – and remember that it only got away with all that because it was also a runaway success. Hibiki had the fortune of sharing the same driving creative force behind Kuuga in Shigenori Takatera, but it had the misfortune of being another show like Blade that failed to really set the world on fire in terms of ratings on TV or merch sales, and not everyone can fight fate as well as Kenzaki.
It's still a unique, wonderful show all the same, however, which is why I want to try and actively watch "all" 29 episodes alongside you, rather than just occasionally skimming through them like I have been. Hibiki was the last backlog Heisei Rider show I watched (this was while Gaim was airing, for reference), and one thing I don't think I really appreciated at the time was just how
stylish
this first episode is? It's almost baffling to me how much more confident and complex the show's visual language is compared to Blade or even Faiz right before it. It's slick, and all cut together pretty much perfectly. Even the overly done lighting on Hibiki at the end, it's Ishida going crazy like usual, but knowing what this show is about, I think the idea was to make Hibiki seem almost
divine
in his heroism, and I kind of dig that. Literally the only thing left in my long-term memory about this one was "Hibiki sneezes; saves kid on boat". I even forgot about the musical number entirely, somehow. But going back, it's obvious how much of a good ride we're both in for here.
So as usual, I'm very excited to see your thoughts as you go along. I mean, we've got episode titles and lyrics and all this stuff?! This is great. This whole thing is going to be great. I mean, this show basically already writes episodes the way you write posts
about
episodes, right? It's basically a match made in heaven.
Which is hopefully not too hasty a statement to make!
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