Without spoiling anything, which Rider or Sentai series should I watch for my reaction channel? Now that summer has hit I can do more than just Ex-aid and Kyuranger, so what will it be? I was thinking Faiz and Abaranger, but I wanna hear what everybody else thinks before I just do it. I'd prefer something from the Early Heisei Era for Kamen Rider and maybe something in the middle for Super Sentai. Alright, what do you guys want?

You might upset Switchblade by reminding him of Ghost's existence :lol

...crap i'm about to die, aren't I?

You should do a reaction to Gaim...would love to see your face by...Ep 14

ORE WA DEEPSEA I WAS KILLED BY SWITCH BLADE AFTER REMINDING HIM KAMEN RIDEE GHOST EXISTS BUT I've been given a second chance and to get my life back I must eat KFC in 99 days

Eh, I frequently remind him of Kiva, my FAVORITE Rider series, and I'm still kicking.

No pun intended.

That's fair, but I meant a series where insects where the dominant motif, not just a design influence. End of the day, Ghost's main visual themes are still ghosts and hoodies.

I never forget Ghost.

Never.

:cry

Haven't watched anything Kamen Rider since Ghost ended except Amazons.

So if I wanted to catch up, what all has come out Ex-Aid and crossover wise?

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So far Ex-Aid's crossovers include Heisei Generations (takes place before the Christmas special) and the new Super Hero Taisen. If you meant spinoffs, there's Brave's thing nobody seems to have, Snipe Episode 0 and Genm Legend Rider Stage

Also the Gorider special

What do you mean by nobody seems to have? If you mean English subs, TV-Nihon did that if I remember correctly.

Oh yeah. They exist. My bad, though I don't recommend their subs

Well yeah. That's what I was asking. What are all the spin-offs and specials worth watching so when I start watching (hopefully soon) I'm getting the "whole experience". Seriously, I know nothing about what's come out. Completely checked out of news regarding the show since I was/am so turned off by the suits. But it's been so overhyped at this point I just want to get it over with so I know what the heck people are talking about.

Heisei Generations is the Pac-Man one right?

Sadly, I've already seen Gaim, Decade, Gokaiger and Goseiger. Really enjoyed Gaim though and I loved the entire series from start to finish.

Hopefully it Ex-Aid hasn't been overhyped to the point where it hampers your enjoyment of it Electric Turahk. That can be the issue with fandoms sometimes.

Ok, let's see if I can get a comprehensive list up in here. There's:

-Virtual Operations: 5 shorts, about 3 minutes each. Not essential, but provide some context to the early show. The first short is after episode 1, the remaining four after episodes 3, 4, 5 and 6. I think at this point only TV-Nihon has completed them.

-Heisei Generations: Yeah, that's the crossover movie with Ghost, and Pac-Man. It's set after episode 10, I believe. Over-Time has it.

-Kamen Rider Genm: A series of three shorts about Legend Gashats, set after the Heisei Generations movie. I had some other stuff written down here but honestly I'm not sure about the sub situation with these anymore. TV-Nihon has them, and I think that may be it? Another subber did the first two, but it looks like those releases may have died with Nyaa.

- Kamen Rider Brave: One special, about a single episode's length. It's not really set anywhere concrete continuity-wise but it may be worth watching at some point before episode 19. Once again, I believe TV-Nihon is the only option.

-Kamen Rider Snipe: Episode 0: The Blu-Ray specials, though only the first episode is out now. It's set sometime before episode 23, probably best watched after episode 20? Couple of options for this one, including Excite, the main sub group you'll probably go with?

-Chou Super Hero Taisen: The spring movie, we don't have it, of course. Probably set after episode 23.

-Kamen Sentai GoRider: Three episode mini-series, set after CSHT, but the movie is not required watching. Set after 23, very worth watching. Has spoilers for Agito, Blade, and Gaim, though, so keep that in mind. TV-Nihon.

-Kamen Rider Lazer: That's the Hyper Battle Video. It's out by now, but we don't have as much as a raw of it. Apparently set between episodes 23 and 28, useless as that information is at the moment.

And...I think that's it? There's a bunch, to be sure.

Keep in mind, you don't NEED to watch all of these. The show makes perfect sense on its own without any of the supplemental material. There's yet to be any instance of mysterious robed characters from web videos showing up out of nowhere.

Well, since this is a rider thread I will only list rider shows. This is my all-time favorite and what I think embodies the essence of Kamen Rider. Ishinomori the original creator of Kamen Rider even considered this as "back-to-basics" during production. I present...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-bi71LG38w

So, for anybody who has seen Decade...basically, what's it like? How does it handle the previous Riders? How MOTW is it? If it's MOTW, does each MOTW plot take place inside the previous Rider universes? Will it spoil anything from the previous Rider shows (even if they're AU versions of the previous Riders, it still could spoil major twists or reveals)? When I tried watching Gokaiger, I felt like my lack of familiarity with some of the returning characters was holding me back from enjoying the series to its fullest extent. If the only pre-Decade Rider series I've seen is Kiva, will I have that same issue? I hear a lot of people complain about Decade, what exactly is wrong with it? Anything I should keep in mind?

Sorry, that was a lot of questions :lol

Decade fits the same general two-part pattern that Rider was using at the time: each AU world arc took place over the course of two episodes and then Tsukasa would move on. It's not very MOTW because monsters are rarely the focus, it's more about whatever storyline is going on in the world that Decade has stumbled into.

It's been awhile since I watched it, but I believe the only show that it really spoils is Faiz. All of the worlds are aggressively different from the original series so there's nothing to really spoil here - on Decade one guy was Agito, G3, and Gills instead of having those be separate characters, for example. With Faiz world it's again completely different (high school drama instead of young adult soap opera), but it does still include something about the main Rider that was a huge plot twist in the original series.

As far as what's wrong with it, Decade had some behind-the-scenes issues with the writing staff. Not Hibiki level bad, but it changed writers partway through and it's pretty clear that the new guy a) had no idea what the original plan was and 2) didn't give a damn. The show's ending is a huge mess that leaves a lot of stuff unexplained and all of the follow-up appearances by Decade only made things more confusing. It's an incredibly fun show* if you can turn your brain off and just enjoy the spectacle. If you try to get seriously invested in the story it's just going to leave you confused and annoyed.

* I am biased here because Decade was my initial gateway into Kamen Rider.

Ok, I honestly think that you'll enjoy Decade more NOT having seen any of the other pre-Decade Heisei series. I'm not sure they directly spoil as the versions are so oblique, they won't make any sense and a few have plot points never taken their parent series.

Decade is more Rider of the Week over MotW.

There are two main issues I have with Decade:
1. Great premise it never lives up to
2. 2nd worst series ending ever due to to number 1. Only beat by Faiz. Faiz is a bit cruel to the viewer. Decade almost feels like they just ran out of money (it's only 30 some odd episodes long).

I think you'll like it - got problems, but it's ultimately pretty entertaining. Better than Kiva, imo.

Thanks all. I know I don't have to see everything, just usually like to, so it's nice to have a list to reference.

I'll definitely take a look! It's between this and Faiz at this point.

As someone who watched Black and watches Faiz right now - go with Black. You may have to dose it more than you'd like because binge-watching Black gets boring real fast, but on the other hand, I'm currently about to call the UNESCO to ask when they will finally classify Faiz as a form of mental torment no human should ever experience in their lives.*

*slight exaggeration
because really, you can watch as much Black in one sitting as you'd like
the Faiz-part is true though

Also BLACK is one of veteran suit actor Jiro Okamoto's most popular suit actor roles still to this day. It is his major debut as a suit actor apparently.

Anyone else besides me upset that fans were crybabies and complaining about Kiriya being killed off the show and they had to just bring him back for those people to be happy?

Spoiler tag it please!
Considering how the show's only had a SINGLE writer I think he was planned to get brought back all along. Plus, the suit's still very unique with some forms, and those take time to make. Baron Lemon Energy Arms and a character death prevention in Gaim were cases of that though

I doubt that they brought him back just to please the fans, the continue mechanic in the story must've been in the making before they even had Lazer die in the first place.

It seems absolutetly intended for the continue to exist, since they planned to bring Kuroto back as an ally and of course as motivation or Hiiro to resurrect his girlfriend.

The fan reaction is just a bonus I think, they would've done it regardless.

Spoiler police! :lolol

Considering it's a show about video games, an extra life is to be expected.

Black it is then! Not sure if I'll do RX right after cause I have some other stuff I wanna watch, but I can't wait to start it!

Really though, I don't really get the complaint about something being done to please fans in any sort of fiction.

There's an argument that can be made about something being done to appeal to the audience v.s. the artistic integrity of the creative team, but ultimately, as a fan, I feel we should be honored when something is done for us, so long as it makes sense within the context of the story and doesn't ruin anything.

Bringing Kiriya back might be a move for the fans, but I also have enough confidence in Ex-Aid's writing that they'll make it work.

Honestly I feel like a lot of the surprises Ex-Aid has thrown up lately have all been pulled out at the last minute but the writing has made them all work. That's the sign of a pretty good series IMO.

I forgot to mention an important detail, Heisei Generations is set after episode 10, but it actually has plot revelations about the show that don't get addressed in the story proper until much later in the show (one of them around episodes 15-18, one other thing we don't learn about until episode 29). It wasn't a problem for those of us who were watching the show as it aired since we only got the movie after all that stuff happened, but I honestly can't say whether watching the movie before these things are "properly" revealed in the show is the best choice or not.

I haven't actually watched the movie yet myself, I just know these things happen. It may be worth holding off on it, but it's up to you.

Wow damn thanks for the spoilers dickwad. The newest episode isn't even subbed yet...



Well, by MotW I just meant each episode gives us a new scenario, where each new scenario involves a new previous Rider. Because if so...that sounds awesome. I've heard that the alt universe versions are wildly different, but I just wanted to avoid any general spoilers, such as characters that are dead being referenced as being dead, any twists revealed (Ex-Aid spoiler)such as Emu having the bugster virus or anything like that. Plus I just love the suit

I feel like a lot of it was planned out from the beginning, but I also get the feeling that they're writing themselves into a corner...I'm not really sure how this series will last for like 15 more episodes...

Just wondering, what's up with Amazon Neo's black legs? It looks meh. Would've preferred if they continued the blue color.

This is the thing that I really hate about his suit: the random blue ass.

Okay, keep in mind that I'm usually the guy talking down the Ex-Aid hype when I say this: I think even saying that is still selling it short. Ex-Aid has been probably the most thoroughly planned out Rider series ever.

I seriously, hugely, massively doubt that a single thing that's happened in Ex-Aid so far wasn't planned out to some extent. Nearly every little detail turns out to mean something that seems obvious in retrospect and very little is ever forgotten about. Parad was copying Emu's "dai henshin" bit for a whopping 15 episodes before it suddenly became relevant why he didn't have his own phrase like everyone else. That guy from the stupid episode about a hamburger monster shows up later to give Ex-Aid a new toy. Even the Proto Mighty Action X Gashat not being black turned out to have some significance.

It's almost kind of arrogant to assume that bringing Kiriya back has anything to do with what the fans want. There's just way too much of the narrative building it up for that to be something they just casually tossed in without it being part of the plan, right down to the actual way he "died" in the first place.

I mean, I like to be a jerk and find fault in Ex-Aid wherever I can, but come on guys, it's way too smart to just write in plot developments for the heck of it. And if it is, it's way too clever to not work them in seamlessly.

And then he started saying "Max Dai Henshin" when he got his Driver.

Has Taddle Fantasy been confirmed to be showing up in Ex-Aid proper, or is it just a movie thing. Haven't really seen confirmation one way or another.