Yeah for like 3 episodes.

Did the actress who played the original Hana ever returned?

I got a question where do you post a link for non rider toys? Something I want to post

Nope.

Where can I read Kamen rider novels or manga?

So, where is everyone getting the Ryuki sigs? And how would I get an Imperer one? (I know this is more meta, but I don't know where to ask)

Forum member FormerTitainium made them for a role-playing forum game that's currently in progress.

Ah, thanks.

Speaking of Ryuki (and bringing Blade/Decade into this mix as well), think we'll ever get another card themed Rider show again?

Not sure since Decade did the whole card gimmick and had a big toy line for it. It may be too recent to try again.

I doubt it. Not when Bandai can make more exciting and expensive gimmick toys.

So ok. From bits here and there I've gotten the impression that apparently a few people aren't fond of the term "neo-Heisei" to refer to the post-Decade series (just like...bits in tumblr, really). So like...does anyone know if there's any real reason for that? It seems like kind of a random thing to dislike. Unless it's just a simple matter of preference or something.

I think "Neo Heisei" is a term used for W-current because the rider series took a different direction after Decade. Not to mention that Toei has W-Ghost exist in the same universe while the pre-W Heisei shows to seem to take place in stand alone universes expect for Kuuga and Agito.

I think Toei has officially used the phrase "Heisei Phase 2" before, so that's what I prefer instead of "Neo."

People don't like "Neo Heisei" because its a completely fan made term that doesn't really make all that much sense. Showa and Heisei are actual periods, calling something Neo Heisei is just pointlessly splitting it down even further.

But yes, its a matter of preference I guess.

It's a matter of preference sure. But no one should ever use that term as it's entirely made up and makes no damn sense. The Heisei era didn't end with Decade. We don't need to distinguish that era and the current one with different terms. I find it's use to be mostly out of ignorance but I can't stand it either.

I think a more proper term could be, Post-Decade.

I don't mind the term "Neo Heisei" for the series since it's a fan term. The series did went into a different direction. There is some level of continuity with each show since W while Kuuga-Decade never really had any continuity links with each other expect for the Kuuga references in Agito early.

Though the most W-Fourze had was a little sneak peak. Never reall mentioned in the shows, so I personally think that each show is standalone. Especially Gaim, though Drive and Ghost have a little continuity, if only for promoting the new movies.

W had the OOO medals in Episode 47 and OOO did had Kengo and Yuki at the final episode. Wizard shows up at the final episode of Fourze too. Not to mention some of the winter crossover movies fit. I say W-Ghost exist in the same universe unless proven otherwise.

W introduced the Foundation X, which while it didn't completely live up to it's potential (like Quantum in the recent Bonds), it was involved with Fourze's plot in the background, and the crossover movie. Decade showed up in the last few episodes of Wizard, as did Gaim before his own show just started, so regardless of whether or not you like the first 2, showing the Rider who caused the fusing of all worlds and the then most recent rider plus his successor in the episodes rather than in the disputed crossover movies suggests they are all in continuity now.

How exactly? Besides perhaps a heavier focus on gimmicks I don't feel they've gone in a particularly different direction at all.

Fourze Episode 2 did show footage of Rider 1, Super-1, Kuuga, and had a report on the destruction of Fuuto Tower in Double's movie. So...

No one should ever use a fan-made term because it's...fan made? Fans make up names for all kinds of things, I don't really see how that's a problem. Obviously the Heisei era didn't end with Decade, but it did change in some ways. Having a shorthand term to refer to that doesn't really strike me as being a bad thing. Hasn't Toei used the term "Heisei Phase 2" for that, too?

Well I feel like that there is more of a continuity with the shows now then it was before Decade. The final episodes of each show since W expect for Gaim contains a link to the next series and a few of the Winter crossover movies have fit into the timeline of the shows pretty well. Like you said that there is more a gimmick focus in the shows too. I also feel like the tone in the recent Rider shows do feel a bit more then Kuuga-Decade did, but that's just me.

What's the difference between Ryuki's, Knight's and Zolda's colored spandex & the black spandex riders?

The colored ones are the main characters. I guess?

I've heard that the characters with the colored undersuits are the main characters/long-term characters, which were planned from the start. Ouja was supposed to be a minor character (hence the black suit) but his popularity lead to him being one of the "main four" despite not having a uniquely colored suit. I don't have a source for this, I've just seen it around.

Yeah, this is what I've heard, too.

It's still Heisei though. Just call it Heisei. We don't subdivide the Showa era based on number of shows or anything. There's no real reason so subdivide the Heisei era either. This particular fan term makes no sense given the context of the franchise though, so that's why I don't care for it. Use it if you want, that doesn't make it correct.

The only thing that changed with the post-Decade riders is a possibly that it's a more gimmick & collectible trinket driven franchise now. And we get more previous hero team-ups than we ever did before. But ultimately it's exactly the same. Toei doesn't distinguish the two, so why do fans feel the need to do so?

Well fans do the same with Godzilla movies since the films from 1999-2004 as label down as Millennium era films when they are still Heisei. Even Godzilla 1984 is list as a Heisei film despite coming out in the Showa era.

W-Ghost are still Heisei, but I don't care if fans use the term "Neo Heisei" for them. I just call W-Ghost as Post-Decade Heisei shows.

The Millennium Series is an official term used for that group of Godzilla films though. Not to mention that there's a clear split between the Heisei and Millennium films there. "Neo Heisei" has just come about because people seem to think that because Decade is an anniversary series that encompassed the first 10 years that what follows suddenly needs a whole new designation.

Well then I guess that I should call everything after Gaim 'Post Gaim Era".

Again Neo-Hesei is just a stupid fan made term that really shouldn't exist. The official people at bandai don't call it that so why should fans? If it Transformers it makes sense, Godzilla was split into three different periods because there was a very clear divide. Although honestly though we could make anything a "Post era" because this "divide" started at Den-O to an extent.

Again, I'm not sure about a source on this, but I'm pretty damn sure Toei HAS referred to W on as "Heisei Phase 2," so they do officially acknowledge some kind of divide between Decade and W.

Can you link to an article that states this, because if your only defense is "Oh I [I]think[I] I remember them saying something then thats a pretty damn low level defense. Any one can claim that they remember something but without proof, its all bull.

While I don't know whether or not there is any official term, there were a series of changes made to the franchise with the intent on steering it in a different direction in terms of marketing and content.

Hey, I never said it was a strong defense. In fact my intention by prefacing the statement with "I'm not sure about a source" was supposed to make that known. I'm obviously unclear, but it's something I've heard. And If I read it on the internet, it MUST be true, right? :p

Whether the divide has an official name or not, I think the biggest evidence that Toei/Bandai DID intend a separation from W onward was the fact that before then, the series was titled "Masked Rider" but after-the-fact it was re-branded as "Kamen Rider," probably to attract international fans of Dragon Knight. I see that as the signal of (if nothing else) a new generation of Riders. I think it's just easier for some fans to acknowledge that clear marketing shift with its own category. And if we're going to refer to that new generation seperately, might as well give it a name for convenience sake.

How does that even work? Kamen means Masked and it was always Kamen.

Whenever the title or series logo would have the romanized version below it, it would say "Masked Rider" and since W it's said "Kamen Rider" instead. Just look at all of the S.H. Figuarts. Any Rider design predating W says "Masked" on the box, and any one afterward says "Kamen."

After the Megahex incident, what if Takatora & Akira dated and got married? I wish his gaiden movie would've shown Zangetsu using a jinba form with "Jinba Melon".