[DreamSword]

I've actually started rewatching Agito, in prep for the upcoming movie.

While I've been (mostly) keeping up with the uploads on YouTube, I haven't been watching those specifically. Rather, I've been watching the English dub that got released a few years back.

The dub itself isn't bad. The vocal direction is a bit weird, but I think many of the voices chosen do fit the main cast for the most part. Just, if you're expecting something on the level of quality that the Ultra series dubs we've been getting for the past few years, this is not on that level.

But the main thing is that this rewatch has been proving to be very nostalgic for me, given that Agito was the second season of Kamen Rider I ever saw.

There are a few elements I've come to appreciate a bit more in hindsight(like the surprising level of foreshadowing the early episodes have), but mostly my reaction so far has been "Yeah, this sure is the first act of Agito that I remember." And while I used to be pretty hard on it, now that my reference pools with Rider have grown, I'm just kinda coasting with things as they are right now.

Thankfully, the big element that hasn't changed is just how much I like the G3 Squad in this show. While their dynamic doesn't become a huge standout until later episodes, I still find myself much more engaged whenever any of those characters are on screen, and it makes me happy that the upcoming movie seems to be focused mostly on them. I just hope said film can capture even a little but of the charm seen in the series proper.