Correction, Black would be paired with Maskman unless you mean RX, which is befitting since both aired in 1987 and have bittersweet endings. :lolol
As for my pick, it would be Gekiranger and Den-O. Just imagine the five imagins, Momo, Ura, Kin, Ryu, and Sieg, each possess a ranger who is the same color. Ryu Geki Violet and Sieg Geki Chopper would be hilarious. :lolol

The thing about that is that Black did start airing in 1987... but on October 1987; all the way to October 1988. Meaning for the majority of its run it did in fact air with Liveman!

And true, the original SHT's pair-up of Black and Maskman doesn't seem to agree with me on that... but hell with it, Black and Liveman is way too perfect! I'm running with it for this imaginary scenario :p

Fair enough. :lolol
Actually that does work out since it started in fall like recent rider shows.

Who sees Calibur Sophia wear something similar to Warrior Zelda in the future? But if Sophia doesn't remain Calibur, which gender would you have take up Kurayami? Male, female or non-binary like Naki?

How weird is it that Kamen Rider Grease's Twin Breaker is voiced by the same voice actor who did Rey Kivat and Arc Kivat. They went deep with the Kiva throwbacks.

Oh, they really were! I can't really pull up the pic, but it was the pic of the riders pulling out their belts, and Kohei was holding the Sclash Driver like he was holding Kivat the 2nd. I believe he lost a bet in that one, so he had to pull out the driver like how he did Kivat.

Norio Freakin' Wakamoto. In 1998 he appeared in Gingaman to answer the million dollar question, what if Zordon was a talking tree. :lolol

Would you all see a new male, female or non-binary character take up Kurayami as the new Kamen Rider Calibur in Sophia’s place? And how would you see this character brought to life in the hero/heroine route?

You've been asking that same question every day for the last three days, the last time just three posts above this one. I get that you're very passionate about Saber, but you need to understand, it's ok if people don't respond to your questions, especially one's You've been asking over and over again for months. Instead of thinking "I've already asked this question 9 times, maybe the 10th someone will answer", try and change to thinking "I've asked this question 9 times and no one's answered. I guess people aren't interested. That's disappointing, but I know I can't force people to reply to me". It's been pointed out to you quite a few times that people are getting tired of you asking these questions about Saber over and over again. Maybe this isn't the place for you to try and get engagement with your ideas. Have you considered making a blog? Tumblr, for example, has a great system of sending questions to people and reply to other people posts

I just don't have a strong opinion about who, if anyone, uses Calibur at this point.

Do you guys think Kamen Rider Fourze's suit concept was inspired or influenced by the Birth Suit?

Birth uses appendage attachment points almost like mecha auxiliary weapons which Fourze also uses. They even share some similar weapons.

Maybe Tumblr could help somehow. And making a blog. I guess I'm just searching for the perfect answer needed to solve certain problems.

Sorry.

Anyways, I wonder if an all-female rider movie can be made someday? Have the protagonist(s) be Sakura, Sabela, Valkyrie & Tsukuyomi!

Even bring back lost female riders like Femme. She should've been on Rider Time: Ryuki! Bring back Marika, Nadeshiko, Kanon Specter, Larc & Kivala too!

The producers wanted to, but the actress had just given birth right before it was filmed and was therefore unavailable.

Do fans still believe in the number theory when we get a new Kamen Rider?

No, that died out with Zi-O, where Shirakura pointed out that a) the motif number they had was 20 (when the number theory would put it at 11) and b) it was purely because it was the 20th anniversary series, not because of any pattern they were following.

it died long before zi-o don't give them that much credit lmao

any remnants of the theory after fourze are mental illness

It's alright, just keep working on that forum etiquette
I can still kind of see it into Wizard, but Gaim and onward I agree that it becomes total nonsense. Well, maybe except for Ghost and Infinity being a sideways 8. Gaim, Drive and Ex-Aid still nonsense. Did people ever even come up with a way for Build to be 10?

rabbittank has 10 letters
the logo looks like a 1 on top of a 0
build has 10 best matches in the first quarter

wow im such a genius just like the rest of the others!

I can MAYBE stretch to believe "5 fingers" counts. Maybe.

But Gaim onward is some of the biggest stretching I've seen the fandom do.

I will accept it up to Ex-Aid.

What kind of Wonder Ride Books do you all see Sabela & Durendal wield?

Buster: Genbu Shinwa + Jackun to Domamenoki
Kenzan: Sarutobi Ninja Den + Kobuta 3 Kyoudai
Slash: Hanselnuts to Gretel + Bremen no Rock Band
Saber: Brave Dragon + King of Arthur

Any mythical beast books or storybooks you all have in mind that would be matches for them?

Not a classic storybook, per se, but I can see Reika rocking a copy of Flowers in the Attic.

Never heard of it. It's a classic modern book?

And what of Durendal? What book would be his match?

Moby-Dick? :lol

Now that Revice has shown us some of George's figure collection, i have to ask; is there any info on how he got a hold of this stuff in-universe? After all, since its implied that riders exist in this universe as actual people, someone has to be making these toys and doing enough research to get these things accurate to their "real-life" counterparts.

The way I see it, either A) one or multiple companies are seeing evidence of riders and have decided to capitalize on it with merchandise, or B) George is creating/commissioning all of this stuff himself.

Slightly related follow up question: how likely is it that George's collection is considered as a "business expense" due to him using them as bases for the Genomes?

I know this was not your question at all, but after reading this sentence an image of George failing to pre-order a Figuart and falling into despair flashed before my inner eye :lol

From what I've gathered it was planned to reveal very early on that the entire Kamen Rider franchise exists in the world of Revice as it does in ours - as fiction. So they have the same merchandise we do, aside from the Revice stuff of course.

But apparently that was decided to be too confusing for the target audience? So instead they just explained, well, nothing. Although the Riders within the test tubes in the OP are still a bit weird.

I think it's just a bit of cute fun. Like when some of the later Heisei shows had random merch like christmas cards and movie pre-order figures just in the show

DJ Sagara made all the Beat Riders sign merch contracts with him in exchange for promotion, the Ex-Aid stuff was all pre-order bonuses for Kamen Rider Chronicle: Game of the Year complete edition, Takeru traded away his likeness rights in exchange for coming back from the dead again, and similar stories exist for all Riders!

George is one of Type Formula's many sponsors.

There were 6 prototype Sengoku Drivers given to the public. And Kouta’s main Lockseed, Orange, has 6 letters.

It was controversially popular in the 70s, I think. It's a joke on my part because it's about brother/sister incest and Saber leaned hard into imouto tropes with Reika near the end of the series.

Interesting statistics:

https://i.redd.it/mv5tmf2dlop71.jpg

Reminds me that Kuuga had an entire fight that took place on bike. Truly a Kamen Rider in every sense of the word.

Also worth noting that Zi-O's relatively low time coincides with the new Japanese road laws which restricted the use of heavily customized vehicles from being street legal.

From thereafter, I think they adapted with more private road filming and CGI stuff. But yeah, I think we'll see less and less bikes going forward.

Huh. So you could say that partially debunks the 2010s sparking a rennaisance of bike riding scenes!

Kamen WALKERS from now on lol

^ Alternatively, they’ll still keep the Rider part of the name not only due to brand recognition since that’s how the franchise has been known by since its inception but also that it sounds cool.

What do you all think Killbus' name means?

Evolto's name relates to "evolving" & "revolting". Evolve & Revolt. Evolution & Revolution!

I'll be really curious to see how much action the hover-bike in Revice sees.

I've seen people genuinely forget the Riders from Zi-O on even had bikes with how little they get used.

to be fair, decent bike action is nice but kuuga way fucking overdid it

They had a time-travelling robot for transportation so can't blame them. :lolol