Same here. I've been able to keep up without giving TOEI money before.

I've seen someone on reddit speculate we'll get a form that combines the two together into a literal "Kamen Rider Revice."

I wonder if they'll primarily use dual finishers and double Rider Kicks or if Revi will still get most of the Finishers.

Can’t lie, this has got me so down. By far the most I’ve been excited for KR in a while and then it turns out the VA of one of the main leads who I’ll be hearing all the time is a horrible person. This fuckin sucks

That would make a lot of sense if they had a final form like Cross-ZBuild.

According to the writer the keywords of the show are Devil, Family and Public bath.

I'm really curious about the family part. That's something we never really tackled as the main subject of a series right ?
We had families before, and some of them at the center of the show (Den-O ? Ganmas in Ghost, etc...) but we never really had a show centered around a family and them doing stuff all together.

I wonder if we could have a show about family members fighting together but also against each other (of course for the noble cause of protecting the other members), everyone making a pact with the devil but one is taking it to far or extreme to protect the family.

I think the difference between the two is that Tropic Thunder was done to make fun of black face and why it was bad similar to what Spike Lee did Bamboozled with back in 2000. Meanwhile, Subaru Kimura seems to be aware on what he is doing and does not care. Hopefully, he will say sorry for all of this.

This is not a good look for Toei if they are trying to make Kamen Rider more popular outside of Asia.

Yeah I'm in the same boat, I was super stoked about the initial leaks for the suits and toys, and when I saw it was a brand new writer that had me super interested... and then I saw the cast and it just knocked all the wind right out of my sails...

Now even if the show is great in every other aspect his presence will just add the inescapable sense of discomfort for me, and I won't feel right personally buying any merch, it's really disheartening

Tropic Thunder is certainly a complicated case as the INTENTION was to lampoon Blackface. However, I don't think that as white people Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., or any of the writers get to decide what is allowed, or right, in that respect. I'm not saying they should never be forgiven, but there needs to be accountability, and the cultural dialogue on this needs to continue so that we can all make better decisions going forward. I think that applies to KR, and other International IP's too.

Like I said previously, there has been at LEAST 1 case of blackface within KR itself, in Wizard, when Beast walks out of an explosion or fire and suddenly is painted black and has an Afro. I didn't stop watching, but i won't stop talking about it when its relevant.

There is an ongoing issue with race relations in japan that will only become more prevalent as their birthrate declines steeply and they become more of a melting pot in order to maintain their economy. This is not news, its been talked about for years, and as a cultural touchstone I think it is important that KR and Sentai take the lead on these issues. I am optimistic, as in Zero-One there were a few plot points that I believe were a commentary on Police Violence against marginalized groups, with the HumaGear filling the role of Real life marginalized groups.

Man, this sucks… I was genuinely super excited for this season. Well, It’s not like I’m giving Toei money for this, so while this is still super bad and I’m not happy about it, at least… Actually I have no idea how to wrap this up.

Americans don't give Toei any money for watching Rider and recently pissed them off by flagrantly talking about fansubs @ official Twitter accounts.

Blackface is wrong. However it will literally never come up as the person is only voice acting. I also don't think a kids show that's primarily meant to sell kids toys is the platform to explain to average Japanese people why blackface is offensive. It's also wrong to lay blame to the franchise for an actors mistake that he did while he wasn't under any contract with the franchise.