No. It doesn't even have to be something alive:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pr...PDiQZAvKJC5FD1

The seemingly-likely notion that VV might be rendered as fang marks makes me wonder if the Rider franchise will revisit the vampire concept. If so, I'm sure it'd take a different spin on it than Kiva. Maybe a vampire-hunter Rider...?

Ah, well, it's all speculation for now. I'll just be glad to be done with Gotchard.

This would work well for more naturalistic action as an homage to Amazon. Although, in the concept of a vampire hunter, the question naturally arises: "Why limit yourself to only vampires?" Especially considering that these will most likely not be vampires so much as kaijins cosplaying as them.

The v-fangs definitely make it sound like Kiva II, but from what I've heard about predator and prey monsters, it might be more like every Rider in this one is Beast-coded.

:rolleyes

There is literally no "V" sound in Japanese. Hence pronunciations like "Baiolet" for Violet, "Bui" for V, etc...

That katakana is used to transliterate "V"/"Vu" words from other languages, yes, but functionally it's still pronounced "Bu."

Sure, I know it's only a minor difference. But "vu" and its family are used to emphasize the v sound instead, otherwise they would've just used "bu" like they did for Drive (Doraibu). As a recent example, Valvarad is read with "Va" followed by "ba", so the intention is to emphasize the first kana.

Yes, you're correct when we consider solely the standard rule set, but there is a little workaround method within the Japanese language to emulate the V sound for some cases by adding the dakuten mark (the double quotation-looking mark used to express sounds such as が, ば, ざ, and だ (ga-, ba-, za-, and da-) to か, は, さ, and た (ka-, ha-, sa-, and ta-) respectively) on the letter ウ (romanized as u but pronounced ooh). This results in the letter ヴ which is used to express sounds such as ヴァ, ヴィ, ヴェ, and ヴォ (pronounced va-, vi-, ve-, and vo- respectively). This has been a relatively recent addition, since 1954 according to what I googled, as more non-Japanese words have been integrated into the vocab pool so to speak.

Yes, I know this. The fact remains that the average Japanese speaker cannon form the sound of a "v," in the same way the average English speaker can't pronounce ㇻ, リ, ル, etc.

Gavv is not a word in any language that I can find, so it's not a transliteration or even a pun on a foreign word that sounds similar. It's a stylistic twist on the word/onomatopoeia "gabu," which refers to chewing, for a Kamen Rider based on snack foods. The meaning in is clear.

Well we still don't know if its snack foods persay but at least we can say the name means bite at least so the first rider theme we know is biting

The rider could have a day job as a food journalist.
Gavv could have the Gift of Gab ;-)

We don't know for sure, but the trusted spoiler sources have been spilling a lot of information over the last couple of days. Given who the info is coming from, it has a great deal of credibility.

What we "know" so far:
- The belts are "pet" monsters with teeth and a big tongue that flops out.
- The belt monsters eat smaller, snack food-based monsters. You put the snack monster collectible item into the belt's mouth and crank a lever that makes it chew up the snack.
- Gavv has a potato chip-based-knife as a weapon, and his first form is based on purple gummy candies.
- The secondary rider is likely based on chocolate wafer candies (i.e. KitKats).

Obviously, grain of salt and all that, but things are coming into focus.

Of course, I agree.

Ah, yes. The KitKat bar. The one thing that's not Japanese yet feels like it thanks to all the unique variants that they pump out. :lolol

I hope this season is like Gaim in terms of story like Gaim idea was dumb and insane, but its story was pure gold so Gavv I hope with this possible insane ideas are cool

But eh who knows Gotchard has left me a bit annoyed so far

I hope with the candy theme, they?ll go for the Willy Wonka direction.

There better be a chocolate factory!

Sorry the thought of it is driving my mind wild!

A wily Wonka style story wouldn't work

like for Gaim it was a garden of Eden story so I want something in vain like that

It's kind of obvious that it's going to premiere on September 1 given the fact that Toei Company ALWAYS premieres a new KR show on the day before Labor Day these days. Toei Company started premiering new KR shows the day before Labor Day since 2009 when Kamen Rider W came out. In 2013, Toei Company premiered new KR shows in October starting with Gaim. Toei Company went back to premiering new KR shows in September of 2017 when KR Build came out and they still continued to premiere new KR shows the day before Labor Day.

Well, I find this guy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2f...c6SjrkZEt79kJw

Well, then I think the desire to get rid of the theme of animals will come true, because with living creatures this concept looks very cruel. Well, or the show will go to full Amazon.

Unless you happen to know of some obscure biblical references to potato chips and gummies, then it's probably going to be something totally different. I'd rather the story be more like Build.

To be honest, I am equally little attracted to religious overtones and externally provoked political conflicts. Then it’s better to be inspired by Ex-Aid and Zero-One. At least the moral: “the main evil is corporations and businessmen” will never become outdated.

I be down for it be like build in story

like the KR seasons I hope this is in the vain of is stuff like

OOOZ
Build
W
or Gaim

those were my favorites so I hope the story is more inline and style of those.

So far Rewia has been very miss for me, a lot of the stories have been all over the place and a jigsaw mess

I have the suspicion this will be like Gaim.

I mean I hope

like I hope the snack food theme isn't as dumb as it sounds and its like some weird fucking chemical thing

Maybe the villains are evil snack and food companies who want to poison the people, especially younger kids, with unhealthy junk foods that can kill. The riders use healthier versions of these snacks as powers to fight that. This fosters the idea of healthy snacks good junk food snacks bad to the younger kids.

This is a good idea, but I?m not sure how well it will be implemented. Still, Toei is also a corporation and the sweets dedicated to riders are not that healthy.

That won't work since Toei comes out with a lot of junk foods with kamen riders on them

Also i dont think the snack foods that will be placed into the drivers will be true snack foods

most likely its going to be some kind of vial or something like how lockseeds are fruits persay, but not really

So like some kind of Vial with the essence of a snack food

It could be a snack that unfolds into an animal to combine both in the armor

I would like an idea for an ally of the riders to be based off of Willy Wonka.

Why wily wonka like how would that work also how would you want it to be

one for one wily or do you want a wholesale wily, I just think a wily wonka type char just wouldn't work well

Weren't most of the characters in Geats of this type? Personally, I think they'll either make a reference in the form of clothing or a chocolate factory owner character with magical assistants, but with enough differentia's so that it doesn't look like outright plagiarism. Or they won't do it at all. Plus, do not forget that there are other characters with a sweet tooth and glutton: Carlson, Winnie the Pooh, Garagantua and Pantagruel, Robin Bobin Barabek, etc.

what do you mean this personality

I don't remember chars walking around with a child whimzy hidden by a bit of darkness and singing about candy

Beroba, Ziin and the rest of the supporters to a lesser extent. As for the songs: well, not all at once.

I'm thinking more along the lines of Oren Pierre Alfonzo, a chef whose military experience gives him an edge in the Rider fights.

Well, he makes sweets, not eats them. Plus, I don't think the show is going to start repeating itself that much. Although, remembering Legend...

None none of those chars ever had a child like whimzy to them

Beroba was a woman who was vain and enjoyed the suffering of others and when she loses she throws a tantrum like a child

Zinn was naive not understanding humans of the past>


and supporters also no, none showed child like whimzy cared for kids, I dont know if you have read or even watch wily wonka as of late, but none of the chars in GEATS have wily wonka's traits

He wasn't whimzy

He was more flamboyout and outgoing a opposite to the nut rider who he takes under his wing

How about Tassel?

Tassel is just whimzy nothing else dude was hyper active as well


Wily Wonka is more like this

Hes a char surrounded in mystery he's calm composed and as this air of child-like whimzy that can pull kids in. Hes mature isn't hyper active, but can have some degree of underlying control.

Afterall he knows how the factory works, he knows in the end they all will be fine

Tassel isn't much like Oren he's more flamboybotet with a child like whimzy, but nothing else

on top Wily has severe trust issues as he cant trust his fellow humans and instead of rooting out spies he just outright fires everyone. He likes to be the center of everything and brags a lot about his creations. Hes a guy who puts his foot where his mouth is and wins.


Overall like I said none of the mention chars are wily wonka like and I don't think a wily wonka like char would work

Is Willy Wonka even popular in Japan?