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Originally Posted by TokuKnight89

Tokusatsu has used demons as monsters, but not all demons have been portrayed as evil either! Ever heard of Akumaizer 3?

https://tokusatsunetwork.com/2016/05/15793/

Dinosaurs and Demons are a strange mix from a distanced perspective, but since dinosaurs are essentially "terrible lizards" from a historical perspective, then one could say that an ancient evil and ancient creatures are part and parcel with each other.

Also, think of how the official synopsis reads too: "Deadmans is an organization that worships demons. Through the use of mysterious ViStamps, monsters called Deadman are born from within humans. Fighting to protect his family from Deadmans’ clutches is Ikki Igurashi. He himself has a contract with Vice, a demon that lives within Ikki’s body. Together, they transform into two Kamen Riders: Ikki as Kamen Rider Revi, and Vice as Kamen Rider Vice. Together, they are Kamen Rider Revice!"

I'm not sure which "Ancient and Evil Entity" will be used to make this so-called pact, but many different mythologies and religions have a personification of evil, so the one they use may come across as an amalgamation of multiple sources, or as a general metaphor for evil itself. Wouldn't surprise me if the protagonist actually renounces the evil that the deal was made with and ends up fighting that evil in a climactic battle.

In many ways, this does echo the mantra of the Showa Era in "Using The Powers Of Evil To Fight Evil" and how Riders were originally tragic figures who could easily have manipulated into fighting for evil, but they escaped or were freed prior to total manipulation and have the free will and human heart to fight those who modified them into a weapon of evil.

As to the Imagin, they are essentially futuristic spirits who take an imagined form, but they're also viewed in the vein of a genie. Momotaros is also themed after an Oni!

As far as Zenkaiger is concerned, Magine and the kids like the supernatural. In this day and age, that's not all that surprising nor shocking. The main concern with the episode is in seeing whether a supposed school haunting is genuine or not.

Tokusatsu takes a neither here nor there approach to the portrayal of demons as monsters or monsters as demons or demons as inherently evil. In many ways, it depends on which Toku you happen to be watching at the time.

That is true to an extent, but Akumaizer is a weird exception (and was cchosen to be portrayed as villains in the Wizard/Fourze movie war, along with Groundain and Skydain later). Demons are inherently evil no matter where you look in history, and while Kamen Rider has always used the powers of evil against evil, there has never been a point where something that is naturally associated with evil is depicted as heroic (for example, Shocker Leader has KKK elements in his design, Ichigo isn’t a hero KKk member, nor has there been a heroic Nazi Kamen Rider, etc).