Probably decided to take a chance and ignore the event until there is criticism. I think as long as no one is shot during a public speech, the similarity is not too noticeable.

I feel like with how early we'd be with Geats, that they would wisely avoid using an attack/gunfire at a public speech.

Just watch as someone dies during episode 17. Yes, I determined the episode number from the airdate of the first episode, which we already know.

When will the first toys be revealed?

Yeah i'm expecting this to be sort of like the beat riders competitions in Gaim, where it starts as the main thing, but from the start people are breaking rules, or at a minimum, working in a way that is not directly correlated to heroism. That is a big theme in Tiger and Bunny as well and i see lots of touches of that show thrown in here. I know Yuya takahashi wasn't the lead writer or creator on that show, just wrote episode scripts, but i still think they probably chose him for Tiger and Bunny because he's good at similar things. The main thematic thrust of that show IMO is that some heroes fight for good, others for ego, others simply for money, etc. Motivations are complex and can stack, so heroism can be the means to other ends. So imagine we'll have scenes where, for example, Geats and 3 other riders are "trying to save" the same person. Geats is straightforward about it, a more experienced Rider is cocky and does a bunch of tricks while doing it as fast as possible while risking other's safety, a 3rd rider comes in and saves the people the 2nd rider endangered, and a 4th rider is just watching the whole thing, not really caring about points at the moment because they know something more about the game the others don't, because they are hired by the people who run the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEtJEDL972s

Geats leaked henshin sound, plus some soundbites of what seems to be Geats fighting a guy speaking English

EDIT: Nevermind, that's just the scene from Battle Familia

Wake up, we've got magazine scans!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYmiWg6W...g&name=900x900

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYmiWhEW...g&name=900x900

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYmjBP-X...jpg&name=small

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYmjfcrW...jpg&name=small

Nice to know that both halves dont have a set side, you can swap them as you please (Boost top being in that top left corner in the 4th image) I'd image they have different unique properties depending on where they're placed. (I'd imagine the finisher we saw is only possible with Boost on bottom half! Maybe there's a different one for Magnum on bottom....?)

just realized Desire Driver could phonetically be written as

The ZAIA Driver

Onore Takahashi ! xD

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Didn't expect you could swap place with the buckles (buckle seems to be the official name). though logical in a way. i wonder how placing a weapon buckle on the lower part works, especially Magnum.

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The fox faceplate seems to be named too. I don't know if it's a 1 and 0 I see or if it's something else.
If I assume it's 10 it would be "Geats 10 core" (expecting 10 to be read "juu" which is phonetically the same as "jyu" which is one of the reading of "獣" meaning Beast ? I don't know maybe it's me going too far)

EDIT : ah yeah that's ID, that's something that was known before right. went too far haha

Some notes (thank you to TLSavage6)
Geats' blank form is known as "Entry Form" (エントリーフォーム), it activates by inserting the "Geats ID Core" (ギーツIDコア, the red crystal in the center of the driver with Geats' face on it) into the Desire Driver.

(Soft confirming that all players in games simply start out with no armor, only just the Driver and their own unique ID core to form their masks)

The gimmicks are called Raise(?) Buckles(レイスバックル). Magnum form is accessed by using the Magnum Raise Buckle, Boost by using Boost Raise Buckle, and ofc Magnum Boost uses both.

Geats' main weapon is the Magnum Shooter 40x, which is accessed by the Magnum Raise Buckle. Has "handgun" and "rifle" modes.