Shabadoobie!

Exciting first episode. I have a feeling that the belt could grow wearisome overtime, but for now it's amusing.

Monster designs remind me of the Dopants from W. The Horoscopes from Fourze were pretty distinctive (didn't watch any of OOO). These are a closer match to the suit designs from W, not a bad thing.

Wizard's fighting style in Fire mode is very showy, reminds me of Jet Li-esque Wushu with the wide circles that his limbs go in (and the wire work).

And, since we know it'll eventually happen . . . Bandai Tamashii web exclusive S.H. Figuarts Wizardragon anyone? I just hope the bike transforms and combines with it.

Great first episode, on first impression it seems they took a lot of things that made Magiranger great. The stauch determination in the face of overwhelming dread, but with "courage" replaced with "hope". I simply love shows that have inspiring hope against despair as a central theme, and this is my most anticipated aspect of this show. I foresee potentially Lovecraftian villains in the series.

It also helps that the characters are interesting with some wicked fight scenes. Wizard's design is even more exquisite in motion, and I'll rush to grab a Figuart of that. The dragon and PlaMonsters play right into my obsession with fantasy and mythological creatures and robots and it might be the first time I'll consider collecting the "little critters" of a Kamen Rider show. In short, based on aesthetics alone, this show is a winner in my eyes.

Now if only they'll get the Driver/Sword voice to shut-up. :lol I have a feeling I'll warm up to it soon enough.

What are you watching it with? It sounds like your player is having trouble coping with the 10bit encodes.

Anyway, I rewatched it with the subs, too, and I'm liking what we've got here. Something I noticed the second time around, though, is that the bridge that Haruto flies around? The same bridge that served as the location for the big final battle in Daimajin Kanon.

I thought he was a Phantom going into the episode, but after watching it made me think that he is just a Gate still active and stopped himself from becoming a Phantom by not loosing despair. Either way hopefully we'll get answers in the next couple of episodes.

Really? I thought the Phantom thing was just setting up his super-powered evil side early on...

can somebody HD screencap some of the things from the episode for me? I need a headshot of Wizard and a cap of him blowing up the Phantom

my computer wont let me do it anymore so yea

I predict we'll see some ax-crazy super-powered evilness from him later on, only to be reminded by his new-found friends that he brought hope to all of them. That might snap him out of it.

Kamen Rider Wizard: "You like my episode Bro?"
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Did anyone else get the super early hint of the secondary rider? The opening narration says "Long Ago, Magic and Science worked in harmony". I think that's extremely telling and lends credit to the rumors circulating about that the secondary rider being science based. So I'd say we'll get an all tech rider who doesn't use rings. Probably something more like a bunch of technological devices. Maybe the secondary rider will wind up being the one with the ipad belt :lol