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Originally Posted by DaikaijuSokogeki01

The fact that they're hiding who it is until the press conference tells me that it's someone Toei believes will draw attention from fan circles. I unironically believe Toshiki Inoue is very possible, especially after how well Donbrothers was received.

I concur. This kind of secretive marketing tactic almost always (if not always) aim to create hype, curiosity, and enthusiasm from fans. I'm 90% sure that the main writer (or the writer) must be a famous writer with a true star power, a rockstar writer within the anime/toku/sci-fi/fantasy genre. No way Toei would delay the reveal for this long, only to announce at the press conference that the script would be written by no-name writers with zero star power. It'd be the most epic self-own and marketing misstep ever.

My personal speculation is that the writer is Gen Urobuchi. Urobuchi's return to this franchise would be the best case scenario to me. As far as I remember, the last time (or perhaps the only time) where the reveal of the name of the writer created more hype than the series itself was when Urobuchi was revealed as the writer of Gaim. I still remember my clueless, 14-y.o.-self asking several of my friends who were anime buffs what the fuss about Gaim was all about.

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Originally Posted by DaikaijuSokogeki01

Of course, seeing as not even Keiichi Hasegawa, the man behind some of the best Ultra series, is languishing as co-head writer of Gotchard... I don't really know if it matters who's writing it. Bandai's excessive demands of how many toys must be introduced every quarter is severely hindering the overall writing quality of Kamen Rider.

This. One of the reasons for my initial high expectation for Gotchard, beside the alchemy theme, was Hasegawa's reputation as a writer for many Ultra series, especially Nexus. Maaannn, I worship Nexus, haha. His performances as a side writer in KR series such as Fourze and Saber were also usually good. I'm disappointed in how bad his performance in Gotchard is. Gotchard is arguably Hasegawa's worst performance, perhaps in his whole writing career. This could be due to Bandai's heavy-handed involvement, or creative limitation by the producers, or him simply losing his touch, or a combination of those factors.

I read in several Japanese toku forums that Gen Urobuchi has never returned to KR due to the same reason of Bandai's heavy-handed involvement. There was a rumor circulating that Bandai intervened way too far in Gaim's production, especially in the writing. He was rumored to be demanded by Bandai to revise his script several times to integrate more toys into Gaim's story, at the expense of quality. Urobuchi has been known to stick to his gun when it comes to anything that has something to do with the quality and consistency of the story. So, naturally, it seems like working with Bandai in Gaim left a bad taste in Urobuchi's mouth.

Maybe my speculation about Urobuchi's return is just a futile exercise. I can only hope!

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

So apparently thumbnails with screenshots of the first three episodes of Gavv leaked? And among people seeing the supposed main actor we did apparently get confirmation on a writer.

Junko Komura

Where was it mentioned that Junko Komura is the writer? The leaked information was just 3 thumbnails of the first 3 episodes, and no credits were shown, only "for review purpose only" text, lyrics of the OP, and some subtitles. The circulating rumor about the writer has never mentioned nor shown the source of the original information.

About the actor for the main protagonist, several gossip forums have speculated that he's Hidekazu Chinen (知念英和) from the agency Stardust.

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Originally Posted by Pineapple924

According to Reddit (the most "trustworthy" of sources), it was straight up the first 3 episodes that got leaked and put onto BiliBili. The videos are gone now, but how they even got onto there is anyone's guess.

As for the information itself... I'm optimistic. I wasn't really into Lupat, but their most recent work on Zenkaiger was a very enjoyable time.

As far as I know, the actual videos on iQiyi were locked behind password, and only the thumbnails of the first 3 episodes were leaked. The episodes being shared on Bili Bili for a very brief time before it was deleted by the copyright strike system is very likely just an unproven rumor that has been circulating and echoed in several forums. If it had been true, then it would've only taken 1 person to access the pages, download the videos, and redistribute them in other sites/forums/torrent sites. So far, I haven't heard that news. Maybe we'll hear it in the next several days.