Wow I just realized Shinichi Ishihara did the opening songs for B-Fighter, Kamen Rider Agito, and GoGoV! Metal heroes, Rider, and Sentai toku trifecta! (And each of those songs are among my favorite OPs in their respective categories).

What other artists have done this?

Takayuki Miyauchi and Akira Kushida are the only ones that spring to mind.

Cyclone-Rise! Rocking Hopper!

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Tonight's update at last brings us Kamen Rider Ichigata; finishing off the Reiwa: The First Generation duo!

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Notably, because he doesn't use any weapons and he's very much a physical fighter like his namesake; the So-Do guys have specifically made him some fists with no weapon-holding holes! They look pretty good!

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Kamen Rider Ichigata joins Jin Burning Falcon in AI07 -- stay tuned for another update next week!



... and meanwhile, over in Shodo... we've got our first Premium Bandai set!

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Our three main riders assemble! Though standard G3 and Gills Exceed are yet to be seen, it looks as though Shodo's intent on giving us everything Agito had to offer by giving us Agito's last remaining form and the two Riders a full set would feel incomplete without!

Remember how Shodo Agito Shining came with his Shining Calibur in its split Swords form? Well, never say Shodo isn't comprehensive -- here's its other configurations!

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Not enough? Alright! How about G3's entire loadout, fully customisable and combinable?

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... alright, alright, I hear you. I know what you're actually here for -- you want Gills to goddamn SCREAM!

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The Shodo-X Kamen Rider Agito New Awakening set is available from Premium Bandai for 5,400 yen... right now! If it's something you're interested in, go right ahead! http://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000144408


Though I can't quite end this off without showing off the best part of tonight's update: not anything actually new... but a little celebration of what else happened today.

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G3-Mild or GTFO.

(Also, thanks for posting this! Amazing work!)

I'm committed at this point! Sure I've got work tomorrow, but screw it, I'm candy toy news girl!

I love all of this, and your enthusiasm is great!
Now go and rest our hero.

Since next week is going to be Rampage Vulcan then I wonder who number 4 is going to be.

Someone at Shodo HQ has their room decorated in GoGoV and Agito posters and has been working their entire life to get this made. I respect that.

Set 07 should be a 6 box (2 for jin, 2 for kamen rider 1, 2 for vulcan)

Looking at what comme next (according to price) :
Set 08 is 9 boxes set (means a 3 box or an optional part set)
set 9 and 10 are 10 boxes

That means at least 14 figures.
That seems a lot for what remain of the show.
There is of course ark zero, some upgrade for 01.
I expect some zio characters in there (tsukuyomi, at least, who else ?).

Neoxul

Ikazuchi, the two other Zi-O movie riders, Tsukuyomi, Zero-One's final form, maybe Zero-One's movie Rider(s), ArkZero, perhaps Fighting Jackal and the Hard boys. That's 9 right there, and we could easily see another form or two before the end of the show through PremiumBandai at this rate. Maybe Naki will get their own form, maybe Thouser will get an upgrade (EvenMorePerfectRise!), it's impossible to guess.

This, and all the Agito news had made me go to idle speculation for the next SHODO set, though. Skyrider and Super-1 renewal, maybe, given they're the last couple of Showa Riders that haven't been done since VS? EDIT - turns out Riderman is also in this category, whoops. Mass retail Shin and J (Some deity willing)? Going forwards to Fourze and Meteor? Or maybe even Den-O? Or maybe they'll give us what we've all been waiting for - Tackle merch.