I hate it. His name is Gridon. Not Ornac.

Someone explained/pointed it out a while back.
And here it is.

You mean Aesir, right? Meh, not really worth caring about since Ornac (makes more sense than Gridon, honestly since I don't know of any acorn named Gridon) is hardly anything worth talking about. His character is so bland and one dimensional it is a wonder why they even bothered with him in the first place.

It confused the crap out of me when watching the latest episode.

Someone's probably made this connection already, but I haven't seen it yet. Gaim did a ridiculously clever thing by making the characters "Beat Riders" so that they could call the show Kamen "Rider" without relying too heavily on bikes.
Looks like this show is doing the same. It's taken heavy influence from "Knight RIDER" right?

That's what the show's producer said. That it was Kamen Rider meets Knight Rider.

Car-san is suppose to talk right?

I don't know if that's been confirmed. The Driver talks, like most Driver's do, I just don't know if it's sentient. The way it plugs into the dash of Trideron, I'd certainly think so.

Ornac is my favorite Masked Rider~

In Rider and Sentai, if the character's age is not explicitly stated it is assumed they are the same age as their actors. Much like how it is assumed the current show is always happening in the present unless stated otherwise. There's precedent for both in birthday episodes and whenever a date is given.




As for Gridon vs Ornac, it's so unimportant at this point. His name is spoken like five times at most over the course of 45 episodes. Let it go, people.

PS Translation be damned, Ornac is still the better name. :p