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03-22-2020, 03:41 AM | #1 |
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The head writer is a person whose job is not only to create a story based on the gimmick they're given but to give each characters their own arc.
But which head writer did a great job of creating a story based on the gimmick they're given and which one is your favorite? If you want Kamen Rider to be soap opera-style drama with off-the-wall humor, you get Toshiki Inoue who is considered to be VERY polarizing writer in Kamen Rider community. Or If you want the series where the characterization is very important and jigsaw plot puzzle, you get Yasuko Kobayashi. Or If you want the show to be very controversial and divisive with the lead being arrogant prick, you get Shoji Yonemura----- WHAT?! HELL NO! DON'T GET THIS MAN! JUST DON'T! Or If you want the show focus on crime drama stuff and have Japanese Seiyuu doing a live-action role, you get Riku Sanjo! Or If you want a kickass show like Gurren Lagann or Kill la Kill, you get Kazuki Nakashima Or If you want a very dark and bloody show, you get the Urobutcher himself....... Or If you want a sci-fi driven show with main Kamen Rider being a nice guy with bunch of jerkass other riders, you get Yuya Takahashi FUN FACT: Toshiki Inoue, Yuya Takahashi and Shogo Muto are only head writers to write the entire episodes of Kamen Rider shows they involved. (Inoue for Faiz, Takahashi for Ex-Aid and Muto for Build) Last edited by vin13ish; 03-22-2020 at 04:41 AM.. |
03-22-2020, 04:40 AM | #2 |
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Yasuko Kobayashi and Riku Sanjo are my top two. Ironically Kobayashi tends to work better on Sentai while Riku fits more as a Rider writer.
It also helps that Kobayashi is more familiar with Sentai and IIRC, the reason why Ryuki was so different is because she wasn't familiar with Kamen Rider, and thus she pitched the idea of deconstructing Kamen Rider. Yuya Takahashi is a very solid writer as well, although my problem is that Ex-Aid's cast are mostly stock characters, and while they are not bad, they can be a bit bland. Although Ex-Aid shines at its story. Time will tell if Takahashi will be my favorite once Zero-One ends. Also I'd like to say about Build, you can tell the show has writing issues at times. While in the end Build ended up being one of the best Kamen Rider show, it's far from flawless and the writing is why. Also gotta say, I expected Urobutcher to be more ruthless with Gaim, but he managed to balanced it rather well. I think it's because the producers told him to keep it dark but family friendly.
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03-22-2020, 05:56 AM | #3 |
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Other than I definitely like most of Yasuko Kobayashi's stuff I find it pretty hard to go by writers tbh. I might have a totally opposite opinion of two things by the same person. Most of the time I don't even notice who wrote it, I either like it or I don't!
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03-22-2020, 06:17 AM | #4 |
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You should really credit Kida for Hibiki, too. He was the lead writer for that before production went to hell and they had to switch him out for Inoue.
In any case, I can't not go for Kobayashi; and the same goes for Sentai actually. I might as well say Muto's a close second because I like them both for very similar reasons -- they're masters of tearing down characters who are essentially good people so they can triumphantly bounce back. Whether it's Eiji's descent into becoming a Greeed or Right's struggle with Toq0 or Sento facing up to his dark past, I love that they're all able to give shades to ultimately good people and give them flaws and challenges without having to make them assholes in any way. Though there is one particular difference in how they write: Kobayashi nails the episodic format, while Muto despite certain issues is very, very good at serialised focused series structure. I think ultimately I prefer Kobayashi because Kamen Rider just at its core works best when it's able to be more episodic despite a focused ongoing story, but getting something once in a while like Build where there's no time for filler and breaks makes for a wonderful change in pace and worked very well in its favour.
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03-22-2020, 06:22 AM | #5 |
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Kobayashi and Takahashi. I was gonna say just Kobayashi only but Takahashi seems like he will overcome his sophomore jinx phase with Zero-One these days so kudos to him.
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03-22-2020, 09:52 AM | #6 |
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Kida was the supporting writer. Hibiki’s head writer was Shinji Oishi who is, of course, my answer to this question.
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03-22-2020, 10:24 AM | #7 |
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While he's not my answer, I also wanna give a nod to Oishi honestly -- his writing and pacing and theming was so uniquely... comfortable and laidback among Rider, and it's a wonderful gem to look back on.
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03-22-2020, 10:44 AM | #8 |
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It might mostly be a technicality anyway though? They both wrote huge chunks of that series.
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03-22-2020, 11:09 AM | #9 |
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Oishi is also the one who worked on Daimajin Kanon, which reunited a lot of Hibiki’s original creative staff (and, in many ways, reads like a metaphor for what happened to Hibiki). |
03-22-2020, 11:57 AM | #10 |
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I will note, however, that everywhere I look specifically credits Kida as the main writer, including his Japanese Wikipedia page, which interestingly also has a comment from his blog about how he felt he was just doing whatever producer Shigenori Takatera told to him to without getting to put his own touch on it, which maybe kinda underlines how much the writers weren't the main people responsible for what was great about Hibiki. That's just a maybe, though. You sound more informed on this than I am, so if you say Oishi's writing was of particular importance to that show, I'll take your word for it.
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