[Kurona]

Quote:

Originally Posted by macblo

Zio looks... alright. The suit itself looks fine, though I'm still not sure how I feel about the large chest armor as it looks kind of awkward from certain angles, I wasn't really feeling the helmet when I first saw it but its grown on me since then.

On the subject of the female Zio rumor, I have a question. Kamen Rider, above all else, is a toy commercial not a tv show. It does not exist to challenge social ideals or anything of the like, it exists to pump out highly marketable heroes every year to sell toys and other merchandise to a primarily male market of both children and, to a lesser extent, adults. The question is, are there any financial benifits for Toei and Bandai to make Zio female rather then male.

I'd agree usually... but then you've got shows like Gaim and Build which do ask greater questions and look at complex topics. It's part of why I've loved Kamen Rider to begin with -- it isn't afraid to shy away from interesting subject material.

Either way, though... I'm not sure many of here could really answer that question? Personally speaking I just don't know enough about Japan's politics and social issues to possibly know how much this would challenge anything, and I'd hazard a guess that as a predominantly English-speaking site this forum mostly attracts western fans. I apologise in advance if I'm wrong about that