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Originally Posted by Locke

Agito sounds a lot like Kiva

It is a lot like Kiva, just that Kiva is Agito except not pull-my-hair-out-because-it's-so-vague-and-bland-and-awful. At least Kiva give Wataru a personality, or has him acknowledge the rider stuff, and be affected by it.

You could make two entirely seperate shows about Agito as a human and a rider and have literally almost no incongruities. But the "piles of bodies before the "hero" finally gets off his ass" and "bizzare sixth sense that sends them running into battle" are two very prominent comparrisons.

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I am contemplating just going at W from the start again, being that this time I have so much more Rider to compare it too.

That's also a good idea.

But make no mistake, the movie is crucial to the resolution of an important early plotline, thus important to the show overall. Also, I shouldn't say the first 16 or so episodes are "pointless" filler, because they're not. But they are of-the-week stories and the show is much less in it's "groove." You've got insanely silly shit like "heavens tornado" or the T-rex dopant, but it still begins a lot of important development for Shotaro and Philip. It's just more thinly spread.

Also, the movie introduces two of the coolest, most memorable parts of W: Narumi Soukichi, and Fang.