Random stuff I noticed: The black Capsem used to activate Seven's gadgets instead of Zeztz forms, (called the "CODE Capsem" on the wiki), has an animation of a running black cat. Black cats are associated with bad luck, which Baku has. The pair of creepy eyes that appear with Zero in the opening have vertical slitted pupils like a cat. And the wiki lists a cat-themed Nightmare that hasn't appeared in the show yet (from promotional content, I assume).

I don't know what all this means yet, but I'm pretty sure a cat or cat-themed character is going to be important.

The cat nightmare actually appeared in the spin-off focusing on Minami:

https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/K...y_Agent_Minami

First look at Zeztz Inazuma Plasma, Plasma Booster, and Nox Knight:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G4f3niya...jpg&name=large
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G4f3njCb...jpg&name=large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G4eUBxCa...jpg&name=large

Pretty cool, I like how the blade of the Breakam Zeztzer can combine with the bow to make a bigger sword, always nice to see earlier gear keep some relevance when the new upgrade shows up. Nox's weapon on the other hand... meh. Bandai's website shows it splitting open to reveal a gun barrel in a separate color which does look good, but the melee mode just has a blunt orange blob? A blade on the edge or picking out some of the details in color would've saved it, too bad.

Nox Knight (haha get it, knight like night?) looks really good, I like the combo of wider orange and thinner gold lines. And while I tend to not like gold or rainbow forms, Inazuma Plasma strikes a good balance of being suitably flashy for an upgrade without getting too gaudy. I'm less sure about Plasma Booster, maybe I'll warm up to it but for now it just seems to clutter the base Plasma suit, and shouldn't there be a bit of breathing room before we stack another upgrade on top of the first one!?

Nox Knight looks interesting. I was expecting the colors to be more inline with the Driver, but the design itself still looks good.

One nitpick about the design I do have is the face. I can't really tell if he's supposed to have big eyes like Zeztz and the antennae are going over them like a Knight's visor, or if the smaller shapes directly underneath the antennae are his eyes and they're supposed to be small eyes that are scowling.

The Zeztz stuff is pretty neat. iirc it's been mentioned once or twice in the show that one of Baku's incidents was getting struck by lightning, so perhaps the reason this form will be more powerful is tied to Baku having to address a past trauma to access/obtain it.

Maybe they're supposed to work like the regular Zeztz forms? i.e. Plasma is the base form, and then Booster functioning more like an add-on.

Apparently, Yuzuki Hirakawa (Rita Kaniska from Ohsama Sentai Kingohger) is following the foot step of Shoji Kohei as she will be Zeztz's tertiary Rider!!!

If this turns out to be true, she becomes the next ranger to be a rider since Mio Kudo who went on to become Kamen Rider Kanon after Kiramager.

Fun Fact: Black cats and geckos are actually considered good luck in Japanese culture. I think this is better, since it doesn't encourage prejudice against animals.

No, Eclipyon got it right the first time. Shoji's role as Lakia Amarga is the most recent example.

I expected the tertiary to be female but I was expecting it would be Nem.

Really curious who this character will be.

Correction, female rider since Mio Kudo, my bad. :lolol

I'll confess that I was wrong about Shoji being the most recent, as I forgot that Kamen Rider Bake exists.

Making Gavv the show where two rangers became riders. That's kind of wild in hindsight.

Wait for it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFkca5rRpDg

That teal and yellow combo for Plasma is awesome.

Nice shot

While not exact, this gave me a flashback of that one shot of Kotaro and Nobuhiko in Kamen Rider Black Sun where they are clenching onto each other's outerwear collars.

I'm guessing his Rider form will look slightly less evil.

In hindsight, having a protagonist Kamen Rider in a black suit pitted against a rival/nemesis in silver and framed like that shot has to be a subtle nod to Kamen Rider Black and Shadow Moon. Yes, Zeztz's suit design is a nod to the OG Double Riders, but having two individuals in a Kamen Rider show respectively in black and silver give off strong Century Kings vibes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqA02Z_1sw0
Neat interview with a producer on Zeztz.

New key visual for the next arc along with a look at Kamen Rider Nox:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G8oen5Fb...jpg&name=large

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G8pxjIbW...pg&name=medium

Slightly disappointed the new three Code Riders(?) are basically just Nox Knight variants, especially since KR Nox himself basically has the same head silhouette. That said, I do like their individual markings.

The KR Nox is rather unexpectedly channeling a lot of KR Vulcan vibes, although both their users were cops so I guess that fits.

Also, it took me a sec but I managed to figure out what's going on with the icon on the two halves of his new trinket: It's him doing a Rider kick, very cute.

I'm guessing the Code Riders will be fulfilling the typical Rider vs Rider plots.

I'm guessing Agents 01 and 02 will probably be high-tier Boss enemies.

I wonder if that sphere without a number is going to be for Code 08 (the Tertiary?).

So, the Secondary is Kamen Rider Nox, huh. Then, who the hell is Yezz?! Congrats to him for becoming the oldest Secondary Rider in history anyway.

Maybe it has something to do with the national secret. The Knight Invoker System had to have come from somewhere after all, so it could've been the prototype for whatever Three, Five and Six are. Until we get names, I'm guessing they're also pseudo-Riders.

Yeah, I thought that as well. Now I want to see Nox henshin by strenuously prying open the Capsem. :lol

Interesting how even after becoming a Rider, the new poster frames the next main arc's conflict as Nox VS Everybody Else, with Zeztz pointing his blaster at the head. Makes me wonder what the proud title of Kamen Rider will actually mean for his development.

That's one possibility. There's also speculation that the blank sphere is for Agent One or Two, who may have something to do with the Moonscoop. If it's Two, then it could be a pun on Getsu: Ge-Two/Geztz.

Nox seems to be working with someone who is creating the Nightmare Kaijin. Even if Baku has his doubts about CODE, I don't think he's going to accept that.

DX Lord Invoker & Breakam Breaker. Also a closer look at the other Agents who much like Nox Knight are explicitly NOT Kamen Riders, they're Pseudo Riders. Their names are Lord 3, Lord 5, & Lord 6 respectively.

They also announced Softubi's for Lord Three and Lord Five, Six is seemingly left out cuz they don't wanna shell out the bucks to setup a female mold.

Anyhow, I dig the design of the Breakam Breaker (really burning the midnight oil on all those names huh Toei?). I wonder if kept any sounds for the Scythe mode considering how there's nothing stopping the toy from accessing it.

As for the designs of the Characters themselves... They are growing on me as I see them in that line up with Nox Knight. I'm also a fan of the color palette: Green(?), Red, and Violet, albeit I'm surprised their specific capsems aren't said colors.

If the third rider for Zeztz isn't female I'll be so upset again...

Those three Knights better be something intriguing.

Hmm, interesting. The Lords look cool overall but have some weird design choices I think I'll need a bit to grow on me, mainly how mechanical and inelegant their driver looks compared to the others, how much busier their helmets are, and how 3 seems to have dark eyes but a glowing horn. I do applaud the designers for finding colors for the driver and weapon that look at least ok (if not always great) with their three very different color schemes

Six and Three suits look really good! Very curious to see if Six ends up being the rumored Rita Kaniska actor role

AKUMU SENTAI! NOXRANGER! :lolol