Well, neo-heisei riders and sentai's designs can be very retro and the colors pops right in front of you. It's flashy and purposely showing off its flashiness. The collectible gimmicks can get out if control sometimes.

I don't like Omega's lack of mouth, when he 'acts' like he's biting his enemies.

I think adding mech/cyborg parts to Neo and Omega defeats the organic style the show is trying to go for. And the sword weapon of Neo is unappealing to me.

I guess they want their new designs to be more modern/high-tech in order to differ themselves from the biological/mystical 1970's Amazon. This reminds me it has been a long time since they use the mask rider systems concept for the main kamen rider series like Faiz, Blade, and Kabuto.

I liked Ryuki's ending...*runs away

I like it too. Although I do admit I had to do some mental gymnastics/interpretation in order to see it that way.

Ghost is a great way to introduce people to Rider

Sarcasm? Let's be real: It got to be W or Gaim these days for the suits, story, and action. The cgi is still fresh and can definitely captivate new toku fans.

You do realize what the point of this topic is, right?

Everybody that's not a Kamen Rider fan that I've shown Ghost to loved it and wanted to watch more Kamen Rider, yet everybody who's seen Rider stuff before seems to hate it. It has a lot of cool elements that don't show through as well if you compare it to other series, so I think it's easiest to appreciate if it's your first. As for W and Gaim...well, Gaim was initially very popular because it was a breath of fresh air compared to the standard KR format, so why would you start people off with the series that changed things up? W, well I feel the same way about the two main riders aspect - don't start people off with something that changes things up a lot.

Okay, guys, this might be surprising coming from me.



Ghost isn't THAT bad of a show. Okay, yeah, I listed it at the bottom of my Kamen Rider list, but I love Kamen Rider so much that it only comes out as mediocre. My biggest beef with the show is that literally every element of it that I loved was either downplayed or sidelined. Alain? Best character in the show by far, but the show leaves him so underleveled compared to the other two Riders that he becomes ineffectual as a Rider. The collectible gimmick being the ghost of deceased historical figures? Awesome idea and awesome opportunity for Imagin-level hijinks, but instead they get these half-assed one-off stories and then are completely forgotten about. The ghost theme itself? Awesome! Except, ironically, this is one Rider show where death means practically nothing. Takeru's status as ghost is ignored even by the characters themselves and Takeru and Makoto must have set a record for the most resurrection within a single series amongst all Kamen Riders, plus the show is missing the spooky vibe that even Kiva managed to have at certain points. The idea that Takeru has to collect the Heroic Eyecons to wish himself back to life, but there's also another Rider that needs it to resurrect his loved one? Great idea, but they should have let it marinate a little bit more, maybe have Necrom seek out the eyecons in order to restore the Ganma World or something using humanity as a sacrifice. I like that the Sage turned into Dark Ghost, but it was done mainly as comic relief. What if he functioned as an actual mentor to Takeru while retaining his quirky qualities (which he sort of did, but most of the time he was just being super cryptic about shit), teaching him how to use his powers because he WAS a Kamen Rider. Or something.



That being said, there were things that I really enjoyed that WERE executed well. The old grandma that Alain grew fondness for and the episode in which she died? Beautiful episode. Those earlier episodes where Makoto was still a rival to Takeru? Those were pretty good too. I can't say I love Ghost, and some of the dislike the series gets is a bit justified, but it's not as bad as I used to think it was.