That's amazing. :lol

Oh. That sucks. A musical number... wait... are you talking about Climax Jump Hip Hop Version?
(Kabuto's action is amazing. I will give it that. That's one of the things I did enjoy when watching Kabuto. :))

No. In the first episode of Hibiki there's that big musical number. Remember?

Oh. Hibki! Yeah, the opening musical number with Asumu was weird as fuck. Almost made me stop watching it, but I decided to look past that. :lol

Watched Kamen Rider ZO this morning since I felt obligated to after buying the Figuart. It was pretty good, reminded me of Shin a lot in that the visuals are utterly fantastic but the story isn't much to write home about. In fact, the entire first half is pretty much contextless and you just have to go with the flow of it :lol then there's that bizarre musical interlude, and THEN stuff starts getting explained properly.

But yeah, dem costumes/effects. ZO himself is a bit basic (although I like the idea of an entirely organic belt-less Rider) but Doras and co were superb. I can never get enough of stop motion sequences.

Also, am I right in assuming the Bat and Spider monsters were a homage to original Kamen Rider monsters?

Yep. The Spider and Bat monsters were the first two enemies Hongo faced in the original series, so a lot of the later shows would reference that by including Spider and/or Bat monsters early on.

Really? I loved it.

Me too!

Ryuki 44.

Poor Sano. That was just... agonizing to watch.

Also, fuck Tojo. That asshole makes Micchy look rational.

whut?

Imperer.

http://kamenrider.wikia.com/wiki/Mitsuru_Sano