You cannot seriously expect me to take something that is fruit themed seriously. It makes me think of that stupid Fruit Ninja Kinect crap. Toei better have their best writers stuck to this show like glue because right now, it is just sounds dumb.

So I know we "go through this every year," but...

I'm genuinely not liking this design. The shoulder pads are simply massive and awkward. And the bumps on the armor (what fruit is that supposed to be? Also. Fruit. Yes, yes, we're allowed a level of ridiculousness, but that's just really silly) look super ugly. Like he's diseased or something.

I'm more than okay with the colors and samurai motif - and he does very much look like one. But the other motif worked in there ruins the look to me.

The second guy doesn't look too bad, but the horns are kind of weird. And where are you guys seeing a banana peel on him??

Den-O Sword Form.

What, it was technically a giant peach for a face. They didn't dwell on it, and it had little in-story signifcance. It was a motif, nothing more.

Also a lot of Rider shows have premises or motifs that are not even close to what you would expect hearing it. Wizard, for instance, is probably the farthest thing from a "Wizard" as you can be. He doesn't cast spells, mix potions or where a pointy hat. He wears rings and rubs his crotch while his belt yells "PLEASE!" What does that have to do with wizards?

As far as we know, the fruit thing is a motif with no in-story relevance. If you're expecting giant real-ass fruit being summoned and sliced up, wait until you see the show. You could end up eating your words.

Yes, because diseases cause symmetrical, evenly spaced bumps on people's clothes.

The bumps may not even have anything to do with fruit. Historically there are many kinds of armour from different eras and places that feature his "bump" design.

Wow man. You really don't have to get so angry over me not liking something aesthetically. Wow.

What I meant was like the fruit is diseased; malformed. It's supposed to be some sort of fruit apparently, and it's not looking like one to me. So it looks odd as a result.

The bumps on Gaimu's armour is probably trying to emulate the rivets you'd see on actual samurai armour:

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3790/yzlf.jpg

* nevermind*

Um, okay? You don't have to act like I just burned your house down because I pointed out that saying the armour looks diseased was inaccurate?

I'm not angry, though you seem a bit upset. Just because someone calls you out on something you say doesn't mean they're angry or raging.

Do we know the armour is supposed to be fruit?

Like, do we know-know? Do we even know what kind of fruit it is? Maybe it's a pineapple? Then the bumps would make more sense.

Thank you. Rivets was the word I was looking for. I almost said screws, but that didn't seem right, so I stuck with "bumps."

please combie both kr gamiu threads in into one big thread

And if it looked more like traditional rivets, maybe I'd be fine with it. But the bumps that are there just look odd to me.

So are we taking bets on what the other two riders will be based on? (if they even exist)

I'd like Avocado and "Physalis Peruviana" riders

I thought OOO's and Fourze had great sales? At least that's what I thought I heard.

Wait were people saying Rider doesn't make much money? it has been kicking Sentai's ass for 5 years. Kyoryuger is the first sentai in ages to make a decent amount of money to get up to rider levels. (with the final figures for Decade - Fourze they made almost more than double the current sentais sales figures :/)

anyway the Suits look awesome glad the rumors were true can't wait for the other 2 rumored riders to show up.


also the press conference is tomorrow from memory.

I love both Riders! They look so amazing!

I've heard people say that Gaimu's base form is suppose to be based on an orange.

going by the original multi rider rumor



Gaimu is Orange Arms, Arms Pine, Strawberry Arms, watermelon Arms

baron is Banana Arms, mango Arms

xuan is Arms grapes, kiwi Arms

Mellon arms for the last dude.

although this could be bullcrap and just be a lucky guess by a Japanese fan.

IF this is all true I hereby rename this series to Kamen Ride Fruit Salad.

That would be a great name for the opening. :lol

His watermelon form should have a gun that spits out watermelon seeds…just saying.

Must... resist... using the word... toss....

Who says that's not what it is already? lol.I love this series already and it hasn't even debuted.Seeing the banana sword/lance and the knife on the belt just makes me wonder what the other drivers/weapons look like.

There will probably only be 1 style of driver like in Ryuki with different DX weapons that come with each respective riders lockseed.

Know what, someone can yell at me later :lol

If the villian of this series doesn't once say "Toss this Salad", I will never watch KR again. Because you're doing it wrong.

:eyebrow

Dude the first teaser hasn't even been released yet….

We don't even know what the main character will look like, and all we have to go on is that low res image. At least wait till you see the teaser or first episode before you start calling it a dud.

Is the whole fruit thing even confirmed?

No.

Only a rumour that is so far being taken as fact based on the fact that said rumour menioned a belt with a knife on it, and you can make out what looks like a knife on his belt in the pic. Also the rumour implied the armour would be fruit that turned into armour, and his shoulder pads have hinges, as well as it generally looking like it's removble Den-O style.

However, the armour isn't a concrete thing, and it could just be coincidence on the belt, or the rumour makers got a glimpse of the belt and drew their own conclusions.

Guess we just gotta wait until Wizard's movie to know for sure.

I heard he's not in Wizard's movie because of the late start to the series.

It was confirmed a few days back he wouldn't be in Magic Land. Private screenings have already been held in Japan and people are saying he's nowhere to be seen. But since there's a gap between Wizard and Gaimu (supposedly filled by Norida) he wasn't ready in time for the film anyway.

Dangit!

If Gaimu is a fruit-based samurai Rider and does not play Fruit Ninja at any point in the series, there is no justice in the world.

Hate to break it to you, but I hated Den-O. It was a children's anime in Kamen Rider form. Den-O is the series where Kamen Rider became dumbed down and has not had anything truly adult serious since. I'm not saying every series has to be serious, but we have not had anything like Kuuga-Blade since Den-O.


Which is why I said I am going to pray to the gods it is well written. Wizard's themes and designs make up for the lack of solid writing. Fourze had solid writing to back up the lacking designs. OOO had great designs and characters to back up the poor writing. W had both designs and great writing to back up the average effects.

-sigh- This is going to be a bad year...

Gaimu Driver!
 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P0zq6k6_oL...59348134_n.jpg

A closer look at an unpainted gaimu driver, taken from Orends Range.

http://www.orendsrange.com/2013/07/k...ku-driver.html

100% Agreed

OOO had bad writing? When did this happen? In my opinion I love OOO so much, and from what I've seen of Fourze so far has had the poor writing

In that pretty much about 90% of OOO is actually completely pointless - as in real pointless not just toku pointless. It has lots of great ideas and great characters but it was clear no one had actually planned any of this and was chucking random shit at the series and hoping something sticks. So that meant garbled and contradicted mythology, completely useless villains, drowning us in form changes that are actually pretty much redundant by the end. Etc etc.

You don't like Den-O, Fine. You bitch about the tone in recent years, Fine. However I've been hearing the call for a "serious" tone for so damn long that it bugs the ever loving shit out of me. These shows are made for kids, they don't have to be "adult serious". As a kid, I'd rather have fun seeing the heroes beat up the bad guys and save the day while begging my parents for the new toys, not be confused by some dark and complex plot that I can't really follow until I'm older. Just because the show isn't very serious or complex, it doesn't mean that it is dumbed down, it means that more people can enjoy it, from fans to the kids who are watching it every Sunday. At the end of the day, it's really about what works for the kids, not us.

Also, at this point being around the fandom since shortly before Den-O was revealed, some of you guys need to chill the hell out. The design of the suits and their motifs are no indication of the quality of the show to come. Keep that in mind.

Hell, as Kuuga is really my only window into this adult Rider everyone goes on so much about, I'd gladly have nothing like that ever again in my lifetime. A poorly realised, unexplained plot, an obsession with the villains slaughtering innocents, gratuitously rubbing our faces in a body count which makes the hero look pathetic, crappy rubber suits balanced with stories of child suicide etc

The whole grimdark shit rarely works anyway but especially in Toku, a genre that is inherently goofy in its construction, has to lighten up to a point or it just fails.

:eyebrow What the...? I looks like Decades belt (pre-card insertion) but shrunk down. Then they added a plastic Ginsu knife with a clown nose. So weird.

I'm not expecting adult serious, but the purpose of Kamen Rider was to be the opposite of Sentai. Sentai is meant to be fully kiddy, Kamen Rider is meant to be more adult. That is why Toei paired them up many years ago. Now, you can hardly tell the difference. And don't the ratings prove that kids are not enjoying Kamen Rider? And obviously adults aren't watching it that much either.

How do Japan ratings work? I know in the US they are basically waiting to cancel shows if they drop even like 0.1 million over the course of like a week but I've out of curiosity seen some toku track ridiculously low figures, even if you account this is Japan and not the US and it seems these shows still soldier on regardless.