There's a poor translation early on in the TVN subs that drops a pretty crucial plot point: Hibiki is really similar in personality to Asumu's dad. He basically becomes a substitute father figure for Asumu.

And if you like the trumpet version of the theme, wait until Todoroki and Zanki show up and you get to hear the electric guitar version.

Well, suddenly things make more sense. Thanks for clarifying. Did TVN miss anything else important, or am I good for the rest?

And technically, Zanki has already shown up, to be beaten by the giant crab thing. That should account for something.

I don't know. I only knew about the one thing because Jeeg from KITSubs mentioned it when he was scrubbing the show.

I wasn't aware KIT was scrubbing Hibiki. It'd be nice to see them tackle that series if for nothing else than to get some better video quality.

They did two episodes and then had to stop because they lost the raws when all the filesharing sites shut down back in February.

So I just watched the first four episodes to the original Kamen Rider series. It is nice to finally see them subbed (I've got up to episode 13 on Region 2 DVD) and they are quite enjoyable. In fact, for some reason, I have a hard time watching pre-Bioman Sentai series because they feel like they are 40 minutes long, but for the original Kamen Rider, the episodes go by pretty quickly. I don't know if I will ever make it through all 98 episodes, but I'm going to at least aim to get through the 30 KIT subbed episodes.

Also, this is what I get when I try to download original 27, along with Skyrider 25 and 26 from DDL on KIT:

File not availableThis file was either in breach of a copyright holder or deleted by the uploader

krdl.info

First off, I watched Shin this morning. My god it was down right awful. It did not even feel like a Kamen Rider movie, but instead, some generic bad horror movie wannabe. In fact, I think KRINO is a more appropriate name for it.

With that said, I've also decided to watch teh first episodes to a variety of Kamen Rider series today of ones I have never seen. At this moment I watched the first episode to X and to Stronger. I think the villains to X are pretty awesome from the first episode. Love the fact that the first monster was based off Poseidon (using the Roman name), so I hope that trend continues throughout the entire series (of course, that is the only episode that seems to be subbed). I'm not too found of the characters themselves right now, but it shows promise. Stronger, on the other hand, was actually really good. WHile I despise his costume design (the helmet is juts way too huge), I think the character himself was pretty badass. I love his attitude and definitely look forward to seeing more of this series.

Next up will be the first episodes to Skyrider and Super-1, so the only things I'm missing are Amazon and V3. I've also downloaded the ZX and J movies.

I've always thought that Shin was an interesting re-imagining of Kamen Rider in theory, but in practice it was an enormous mess.

X is a fun show. I've wanted to see the full thing for awhile now, but Order of Zeronos (unsurprisingly) dropped the sub project and the only raws I can find are hosted on the slowest damn filesharing site I've ever seen. The Roman villains do last for much of the series, but by the end they get replaced by monsters that combine animals and historical figures (like the infamous Starfish Hitler).

The Hi No Tori Amazon subs should be up at krdl. For V3 you'll need to find the official dvd release.

All right, so let's jump right into things:

Amazon Ep 1 - It was an odd episode. I cannot say I liked it, but I definitely did not hate it. I like how Amazon does not know Japanese though, but them killing off the professor seemed way too quick. The design for the ten heads dude is down right ugly though.

Skyrider Ep 1 - Wow, just wow. Not even 10 minutes in and the damn dude lost all of his friends already. OUCH!!! Still, this was definitely an awesome episode and probably my favorite of the ones I have watched today. I definitely look forward to watching more of this show.

Super-1 Ep 1 - I really love Super-1's design, but there is something about this episode I did not like. Like Amazon there was nothing I hated, I just felt it was weak. It is a shame that only 5 episodes have been subbed thus far, because I am curious to see more.

ZX - I guess this is nothing more than a movie? I mean, it seemed odd because the way they were rushing through his origin made it seem like it was something the audience should have already known, but it is the only thing I can find on this dude.

I didn't get to watch J since I got Amazon's first episode. It is a shame there is no way I am going to get to at least watch V3's first episode though. If they were sold outside of Hawaii I would have bought the set years ago.

Overall, it was another Kamen Rider filled day and I loved it. I do not know why, but I have to say that the older Kamen Rider series seem to hold up better than the older Sentai series. I usually can barely get through an episode of any Sentai series that came before Bioman, but here, I was attached to the screen at almost every moment. Anyway, it is nice to finally see nearly every rider in their own series instead of being in crossover movies, as I got a better feel for the characters. Out of what I watched today:

my favorite rider character was Stronger
my favorite rider design was tied between Super-1 and Skyrider
my favorite episode was Skyrider's
my favorite villain designs belonged to G.O.D. in X.