[Tokumonkey]

The "authorize" and "turns to a rider kick" parts of the Driver sounded great; too bad they then had to do the absurd singing voices in the middle. Sounds like each Progrise Key calls out the key's listed ability name. I think I might actually want to pick up one of the DX keys, although naturally, they'll make it nearly impossible to obtain without purchasing the Driver.

Henshin pose is super-elaborate, alas; I kinda wish we could go back to something a little less exaggerated. We had a streak of relatively natural poses, and then Gaim happened, and now, we can't have nice things. (I like elaborate toku poses when it's Sentai; it just bugs me in Rider.)

I watched most of the conference but, y'know. I'm not actually fluent in Japanese. Sounds like the second of the two terrorist-villains is Horobi. I didn't catch the name of the other; could he be Jin? I'm really, really glad we got the extended trailer that actually gives us a good sense of the series.

There's some really nice built-in tension in the premise. Presumably, AIMS takes a hard-line stance against hacked AIs. Oh, and our hero's close ally is an AI? Yeah, I can see where that's going. That it's Ex-Aid's head writer is very promising: he made the best of an uninspired theme and gave us a number of seriously memorable moments. This already sounds like a stronger theme from which to build.

I'm very pleased by Kamen Rider Valkyrie's inclusion at the outset of the series. This is the most prominent a female Rider has been so far (at least on the TV show), isn't it?

That sword prop is sickening in the best way. The Progrise keys are the coolest collectible widget in a long, long time. Reminds me of Lock Seeds, but look less blatantly like kids' toys. I'm actually liking the in-action suit a little less than the static images we've seen, but it'll most likely grow on me.

I'm now looking forward to this show more than usual for a new Rider. This is just looking promising in a way I haven't really experienced since I started following the show.