I literarily cried out in anger when I read that this newsbit. How in the Hell is this getting 53 BLASTED EPISODES when it's been so dull for most of its run.

Are children in Japan really that dumb or is there something that I'm missing here?

First of all, Wizard has been really great for the last few weeks.

Second, this is less about Wizard's quality and more about Gaim being pushed back to October and Toei needing something to fill those extra weeks. At first it was going to be some special one-shot things, now it looks like we're just getting a couple extra episodes of Wizard. I'll happily take the latter over the former.

Third, Rider fun fact: this makes Wizard the third longest running Kamen Rider series after the original (98 episodes) and Skyrider (54 episodes).

I was okay with this, but the titles of the episodes leave something to be desired. Particularly, I'm not liking how Episode 51 definitely sounds like it should be the final episode and the next two were hastily tacked on and probably aren't all too relevant (since apparently they serve to introduce Gaim?).

I imagine that's because that is exactly what happened.

And yet Kamen Rider W only got 49.

I'm not sure what your point is. OOO started on time and there wasn't any need for filler weeks.

I think W deserved more. Did it need more? No, but I wanted more stories about the characters.

And we got them. How many other Rider shows had two follow up direct to DVD movies and had the actors show up in several multi-Rider films?

Yes, I know. Doesn't stop me from wanting more, though.

I am not against Wizard receiving 53 episodes. I merely think it could have told the story in fewer episodes. I do appreciate the fact that they're going to develop the story farther before ending it, though.

Bah, W was one episode too long. I HATE the final episode of that season, Phillip should have stayed dead.

That said, at least with W I can ignore the entire last episode and be happy. Ryuki I have to ignore like..10 minutes of the last episode, which is a bit more annoying to do IMO.