RX's monster designer was Keita Amemiya, who had just recently worked on Metalder and would go on to do Jetman in a few years. and, of course, he would go on to create Garo about fifteen years later. If you watch Metalder and Jetman you'll notice that they have very similar monster aesthetics to Black RX.

I know is too early but, how would look like the riders in the 2020's ?

Not counting Organic Riders who's bodies become their 'suits' like Another Agito, how do you think Riders see out of their helmets? Sentai Visors have limited vision but are somewhat larger and allow for greater peripheral vision, I think, than Rider Helmets. Or do you think they're like what we saw with Birth? Tech readouts and things. Especially with helmets that have compound eyes and such, Now Gaim got away with this. Almost every helmet was a visor style in one way or another, but there were exceptions. Like Marika. Personally, I think the helmet with the best vision would've been Wizard. Basically his entire helmet in every form was the visor. Like wearing a fishbowl. Kamen Rider Mysterio. The worse? Fourze. I think. Eye holes plus fin ears. So even if he had peripheral vision he wouldn't be able to see past the fin ears on the sides of his head.

Decade. The eyes aren't actually eyes for the helmet iirc, but rather the bar thingies. They showed it in a Net movie

I chalk Decade being able to see at all up to him being a massive troll.

I think we have three categories here: Cyborgs, suit wearers, and magic / supernatural beings.

Cyborgs, like most of the Showa Riders, have greatly improved vision through their upgraded bodies so they can see better than a normal human in a suit. Even though the Riders from Blade mostly fall into the suit wearing category I've seen a POV shot were a Rider sees in a honeycomb pattern and can zoom into each hexagon individually. That's kinda how I assume the cyborgs with the bug eyes see, only better.

Suit wearers are like you described Birth, they have visors and computer readouts to aid their vision.

Magic / Supernatural are Riders who transform via magic or out-worldly powers, those I assume just see normally as if the helmet wasn't there and have special powers depending on how their abilities aid them. Because magic. It might also be a mixture of both cyborg-like and mechanical vision.

Perfect. Beautiful. *claps*

To be fair, I must add that we can't sort every Rider from every show into a category, the Blade Rider I mentioned doesn't even have bug eyes and he wears a suit yet he doesn't have an overly techy vision.

I guess it's just that we can assume they see like they do in certain cases since Toei obviously isn't giving us the answers we need, POV shots from inside the helmet are rather rare.

Then there's tech Riders like W and Drive whose bodies seem to actually change, where I would imagine their "helmet" is actually just their head.

With Double I understand what you mean but why Drive? I could have forgotten but I don't remember how his body changes exactly.

Some of the tires actually change his body. The roulette one adds two more tires, which stretches his body out, and then there's one that actually allows his body to split.

Okay, that's true, but those changes are not really affecting his vision, right? With Double, I get it because it's two people in one body and if they have one-half each their eyes could process information separately, but with Drive, I don't remember a physical change that would change his sight.

Maybe when Mr. Belt possesses him but then it's just another person looking through the same eyes.

So here's a question for you all, are the first 29 episodes of hibiki a good kamen rider show or simply a good tokusatsu show?

It's a great tokusatsu show that happens to be Kamen Rider.

That makes the most sense to me.

How would look like a Kamen rider co-produced by Marvel ?

I think the concept will be really similar to Iron-Man.

Clearly Kamen Rider would be an alien and have a giant robot named Tigerexcuseme.

How would you all rank the shows (or Riders themselves individually) (1-5) represented in the Heisei Generation movie: Gaim, Wizard, Ghost, Ex-Aid, and Drive?

Gaim - The zenith of Rider series.
Ex-Aid - Still going, but going strong.
Wizard - Kamen Rider Mad Libs.
Ghost - Sure was a thing that happened.
Drive - I've have nothing but hate for this.

My own personal list would probably be...
Drive: Honestly one of my favorite Rider series.
Ex-Aid: Still going, obviously, but a really good series so far.
Wizard: Underrated, but full of pretty great ideas.
Gaim: Overrated as all hell.
Ghost: It's a pretty meh show, not horrible, but nothing too great either.

Clever.

But if we're talking about a real co-production in this day and age they would probably just take the concept and have it play in the USA. The tone would probably be similar to the Netflix-stuff.

For the shows:

1: Gaim
2: Ex-Aid
3: Drive

- Gaping Hole -

4: Wizard
5: Ghost

Explaining those choices would take too long, but that's my ranking.

As for the Riders, I will rank them by how well they worked in the movie instead of ranking them by how much I like them since that list would be identical to the one above. Anyways, here goes:

1. Ex-Aid
2. Ghost
(Those two played the biggest part and they worked well together)

3. Drive (It was nice seeing Shinnosuke again and he seemed like a good fit in the story too)

4. Wizard (Great seeing the actor again, but as a Rider, he didn't fit in this very well)

5. Gaim (Literally had no place in this movie and it was just the suit with recycled voice lines. Great seeing the suits again but that's about it)

Series I'd rank (1-5): Gaim, Drive, Wizard, Ghost, Ex-Aid (Ex is last solely because I haven't seen it yet)

1. Ex-Aid - a really good show that just keeps getting better.
2. Gaim - good but overrated.
3. Drive - the first half was trash, the last half was fantastic.
4. Wizard - good hero and premise, bad execution.
5. Ghost - dumpster fire.

Wizard's belt took a lot of good moments and dumped all over them. His first Henshin into Fire Dragon especially.

Yeah. You could tell that they were trying to bury the Shabadoobies behind the soundtrack in the later parts of the series. Personally, though, I found the Ghost Driver to be way more annoying (surprise!).

Mercifully I've only watched one episode of Ghost.

1. Gaim: While I have second thoughts on how good the show actually was, for now I will say Gaim was definitely the most exciting to watch. I eagerly waited for each episode every week and had no problem watching the raw before the sub.

2. Ghost: Does this show have problems? Oh yes it does. However what's good I think is really good and likewise with Gaim, I wanted to watch every episode as they came out.

3. Ex-Aid: I think the show is good. Not as good as everyone says it is but still relatively solid. Will have to see how it ends to determine how good it is as a whole though.

4. Drive: While I don't think show was bad by any means, the more I think about it, the more I started to dislike it. Just started to find more aspects about it that I didn't like or thought could of been done better.

5. Wizard: On average, I found the show just boring. While there are aspects about it that are good, there are just as many aspects that I think are bad like having some of the lamest monsters in all of Rider history

1. EX-AID-Fuses medical drama and video games and creates something excitingly great.

2. Gaim-The multiple riders were fun and Urobuchi delivered.

3. Wizard-It had its moments and I liked Haruto whenever he asked for plain sugar doughnuts. Plus Magical Girl Beast is awesome.

4. Drive-Great at first and it has some cool moments here and there but felt like a recycled version of W

5. Ghost-Lost me after the first five eps. Onari is awesome though.

Well, it's been a while since I made a post in the web. But, anyway, back to the main topic.

1. Ex-Aid. It's been a while since I talk Ex-Aid but the show truly evolves much better than the first couple of episodes. I must say that the pacing here is several times better than Gaim and the writer is creative enough to implement and fuse the medical and gaming theme. I just hope Ex-Aid will keep its pace like this and it might one of the best Rider series.

2. Drive. I want to put Gaim here but the characters in Drive are more crucial and memorable. Shinnosuke and Gou particularly shone here and it's always satisfying to see a belt was crushed by a gigantic ax. Despite everyone said Drive is recycling W's plot, I think they implement it much better than W itself.

3. Gaim. Don't know why but the more I see it, the more I some flaws in Gaim. Having a shorter episodes by discounting the fillers are bad enough. The end game is also really weird with Kaito's development is thrown out of blue for him to become a final villain. Nuff said, I like it mainly because Micchy and Kouta.

4. Wizard. For the most part, I really enjoy Wizard. Unfortunately, the next Rider series put the bar really high and it makes Wizard felt sour. Wizard itself is a reverse Ghost, where the beginning or the middle is mediocre but the end game is so satisfying, except for those two filler.

5. Ghost. Ha... I don't think that I need to talk so much. Just read any of Switchblade and Kiwami's posts...

This is a big question, but I have to ask... What actually happened at the climax of Ghost? I watched every episode, but, in hindsight, I still feel like I missed a story element or a Chekov's gun, or something important.

Tenkuji Takeru was the key. Also, infinite potential.

Thank you for your help. I understand perfectly now.

If I may ask, how do you guys make a criteria for the main or the lead Riders and for the secondary Riders? For myself, I like if the main Rider is particularly kind but not so stupid or overly forced to believe that he is clumsy, positive or something like, for example is Godai. He is kind and a bit goofy sometimes but he's smart in adapting the Grongi's fight. For Secondary Riders, I do like strict and serious characters like Ryu Terui but I really dislike several characters that is too absent or one-minded, like Kaito Kumon. I really like Go as a primary example of a good Secondary Rider. He might be goofy at first but when the time calls, he is so serious than even Shinnosuke and Chase. Even his goofy personality is just a facade.

You talked about your preference, not criteria. Though all I need is a lead character who I enjoy and/or secondary Riders to mesh well together. I'll admit Emu's pretty bland at first, but the other Riders and their interactions with each other blended well

I don't have much of a preference personality-wise, I generally like main characters that get stuff done (as opposed to being reactive or passive) and secondary Riders that complement the main Rider in some way. Tendou/Kabuto is proactive, not to mention a total badass from the very beginning. Kagami/Gatack complements him by being relatable and giving us the struggle to become a Rider storyline we wouldn't have gotten otherwise. (I don't know if the story even needed more than two Riders. I prefer shows with multiple Riders, though, and the tertiary Riders were a huge part of why I enjoyed that season so much.)

On the other hand, Haruto/Wizard is also a badass from the beginning and he also fights to protect a girl that I couldn't bring myself to care about (sorry, Hiyori and Koyomi) but unlike Tendou, he has a forgettable personality. I guess he's nice? He only likes plain sugar donuts and that makes him quirky? (I also remember him being lazy, he rarely chased after the monsters when they ran away. :p) Kosuke/Beast does complement him by being fun and outgoing, as well as having a more interesting storyline.

I also appreciate it when a main Rider is the perfect main character for the themes of their story, like Eiji/OOO and his relationship with desire.

I actually liked his personality. The thing about Wizard is that he had a very quiet, low key personality. He usually didn't say very unless it was necessary and, save for snarky comments, rarely drew attention to himself or made a big deal about anything around him. The few times he did were usually much... tamer when compared to just about everyone else. To me, he felt like a less quirky version of a character who marched to the beat of his own drum. While I don't agree that's he's boring, I can certainly see why people often say that about him.

I think it would be cool to see more quiet or low key (well put!) characters as main Riders, actually. I liked Haruto at first, but unfortunately for me, as I grew bored of the show I also became frustrated with his character. I wish the story had been stronger, it would have supported his personality a little more. I don't know if that makes any sense, I just feel like I would have enjoyed that season a lot more if either the story had been different to make me like Haruto more or if the main character had had a bigger personality (more charismatic or outwardly passionate, I don't know), since as it was the story lacked oomph for me.

I'm definitely a big fan of the whole "flawed yet likable protagonist who slowly becomes more heroic" dealie. Takumi is a pretty good example of this, but I could make cases for Shotaro/Philip and Kagami too. Really though, as long as I find the main character fun or compelling in some sense, I'm not too picky. I have to admit that I am not a huge fan of the more instantly heroic protagonist type, even if they have a backstory for it, it usually comes across as unbelievable to me. Shinji is probably my favorite example of this type, but I think it just worked really well for the kind of show Ryuki was.

Hey so which subs should I use for Ex-aid, RTA, tv-nihon, or Excite?