Originally Posted by Suzu (Post 638256)

No. If you make Kamen Rider into an anime, it takes so much away from the charm the franchise has. SD Riders, hell yes, but that's an Chibi-Kawaii-Comedy-Show, that's something that only works in anime and is basically a parody so it's quite different from having an actual anime. To be honest, as interesting as I found Shin Kamen Rider spirits as a manga, having the Riders as drawn characters that mostly looked nothing like the actor was super-alienating and I really had a hard time getting used to the style. I even have a hard time with other actors playing the characters, even if it's just dubbing over the suit. For me there's no other Kenzaki/Blade than Tsubaki Takayuki, no other Kouji/J than Mochizuki Yuuta, no other Gou/ Mach than Inaba Yuu etc.

Originally Posted by henshinzero (Post 638259)

But the anime versions of the riders will still be voiced by the same actors & actresses.

Originally Posted by Suzu (Post 638260)

Yeah, sure. :rolleyes Most actors don't even get (or want) to reprise their characters in the actual live action movies...

Originally Posted by Annuga (Post 638264)

Only actor I know wouldn't want to reprise their role is Yuusuke Godai's actor as he outright hates KR,

Originally Posted by Guyver Spawn (Post 638278)

I still love to see Mad House work on a Kamen Rider OVA or animated movie. I doubt Toei will let another animation company use their characters.

Originally Posted by Suzu (Post 638398)

Actually, that was debunked not too long ago (1 or 2 years ago, I think). He said that while he didn't like Tokusatsu, he still took the job and ended up liking the project. Problem is more that OdaJo is super famous in Japan and just doesn't have the time, which also goes for others, icluding Satoh Takeru (Den-O), Seto Koji (Kiva), Suda Masaki (Philip) and to some degree some members of the crews from Wizard-Drive. Don't know about Ghost yet.
It's not about liking or hating Kamen Rider, it's about the time. The usually have much better pay with other acting jobs outside of Kamen Rider.

Hibiki's actor recently reprised his role in a game for the first time ever and that was a pretty big thing, because he wasn't very happy about what happened to the show when Inoue and his team took over.



If Toei owns a thing for so long, there's no way they would give up the rights now xD