Ooh, I don't know if I like that new direction. For starters, both actors were born 15 years apart (and they look like it). But namely, part of Nobuhiko and Kotaro's tragedy (in the show at least, I've never read the manga) is that Nobuhiko's humanity was completely erased by Gorgom and that Kotaro's efforts to save him were futile from the start.

it looks like he's got his grasshopper legs folded over his chest, very shining hopper

I wonder if the whole age difference between the actors mean that they cryogenically froze Nobuhiko after Kotaro got out of Gorgom and lived on. So a reverse Bucky and Steve situation pretty much.

Funny you say that, cause the SIC Kamen Rider Black had those folded legs as well. :lolol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoUgLRbkprM


I forgot to add, the way the back of the head is done is just like the manga as well as RX, which is nice.

Really liking the looks of the suit and bike so far. I'm really into the idea of an older actor playing the lead, too.

Oof, I don’t like what I’m seeing. At all. The design looks like a generic SIC-inspired Showa Rider, nothing about this reminds me of Kamen Rider Black. I do like Showa SIC designs, but if the whole point is to remake Kamen Rider Black and the suit looks nothing like Kamen Rider Black then... yeah.

And Battle Hooper – no, just no. They completely massacred my boy. Unforgivable.

I'm gonna give the show a chance for sure, but the designs don't work for me.

A lot of Showa Riders had a pretty similar outline, I'm sure he'll look more distinctly like Black when we see him in color

The thing is that the show is what drastically changed the design. Kamen Rider Black, the manga, as penned by Ishinomori, followed a design principle closer to todays SIC line. The show is what diverged from that design and essentially sanitized it for mass appeal. Black Sun seems like more of a love letter to Ishinomoris original vision, at least as far as the design goes. Being the anniversary and all, it makes sense.

Wish Foreign fans could back Black Sun on its crowdfunding site to get that sweet updated DX Kingstone henshin belt.

It does hit that note a bit better, there's some resemblance to the manga version, but also not really at all? The manga version was just Batta Man IRC, so no belt and helmet.

I don't know, this suit is weird. Looks like an entirely new Rider altogether. I was expecting something more alongside the lines of Amazons I guess.

I've never seen the Manga Black until now. I really was thinking: "his helmet looks kind of like RX." That is a nice detail and callback!

I honestly have no problem with the design, since it makes Black Sun more distinct from the original Black, whose design really does look the perfected Showa Rider design in a way. I'm even more curious to see what they do for the transformation scenes.