[TokuChris]

I absolutely love Kamen Rider Fourze. I find it's heart, uniqueness, and emphasis on friendship/loyalty/trust to be ideal. I think it would make a great show to bring to the United States with an English adaption, a la Power Rangers. So how do you do it?

Gentarou was a high school transfer student who was rebellious, loud, yet very out-going and determined to befriend everyone in school. He was bullied but stood up to them and tried to befriend them. He didn't try to hide his identity as Fourze.

Our English adaption hero needs to be similar, yet different. My thoughts...

A high school transfer student who is quiet and keeps to himself. He's different, and the popular kids pick on him and bully him quite a bit. He keeps his cool and tells people that he has no enemies, only friends he hasn't made yet. This obviously gets him bullied some more but he never lashes out in violence, etc. He's the type of kid who helps a grandmother cross the street, or picks up something that a stranger drops, etc.

He befriends our version of Kengo and Yuuki, who are basically the same as their Japanese counterparts. He overhears them talking about "monsters" and follows them to the Rabbit Hutch, which upsets our version of Kengo. Just then a monster attacks, and Kengo pulls out the Galaxy Driver, a device that focuses cosmic energy in the galaxy to turn our hero in to Power Rider Galaxy! Our hero takes it when Kengo can't use it, and transforms ("Power Rider, Power On!"?).

Shun and Mia's characters are the same. JK goes from "breakdancing hip hop artist" to "social blogger gossip hound". Tomoko believes in magic (gets away from the idea of witches). Oshugi remains relatively the same.

Meteor is "Power Rider Meteor". He's another transfer student who instead of being quiet and reserved is a little more loud and brash, not afraid to get in peoples' face. He was given his power by "an angel" after a ram monster attacked and he tried to stop him. The Ram monster hurt his brother, and he's determined to find the Ram monster. His identity is kept a secret at first, but when he eventually finds the Ram monster (Aries), he discovers that the Ram monster has his parents and little sister hostage. He reveals his identity to the Ram monster to plead to let them go and he agrees ... but only if he defeats Power Rider Galaxy.

He betrays Power Rider Galaxy and uses his Super Meteor Finisher (Meteor Storm Punisher) to send Galaxy off in to the cosmos, to be lost forever. Kengo is able to trace Galaxy's energy signature and uses the power of a new switch (Cosmos) to bring him back. The switch is powered by the bond of their friendship (Power Rider Club, etc.) and each member has to express their true feelings towards our hero, which activates the switch and opens a portal where Galaxy returns. Before Galaxy goes with them to fight the Ram monster, he has to leave to get something for Meteor, whose identity was revealed when he sent Galaxy throughout the cosmos.

The others arrive and Aries attacks them. Meteor, unable to Power On because the Winged Angel turned against him after Meteor's betrayal, fights Aries without his powers and is easily defeated. But Galaxy arrives, transforms, and activates "Power Rider Galaxy, Cosmic Mode".

The rest is pretty explanatory.

Dunno how the Zodiart angle works. Can't have it be teachers, etc.

How would you guys make it work?!