[Monsoon]

Last week I watched the first couple episodes of three more shows. No comment on the acronym that happened to form.

Kuuga - the way this is filmed makes it feel more like a J-drama than a tokusatsu show, but so far I liked what Kuuga has going for it. Slow burn, likable main characters, and a pretty intense fight scene in a helicopter (!) in the first episode. I might go forward with more Kuuga later, but it wasn't my favorite of the trio of shows I sampled this time.

Kabuto - you can definitely tell this was the first Kamen Rider filmed in HD, since it looks SO MUCH BETTER than the subs I've downloaded from pre-2006 shows. Anyway I think Tendou is a delightful asshole and the ZECT crew are a bunch of douches. I liked the action and setup in Kabuto; I might watch more of it later after I get bored of...

Kiva - gat damn. Great-looking suit, outstanding design ideas, pretty good action, AWESOME music, an unusual plot device that I really liked (the 1986 vs. 2008 thing), and I a sort of wimpy main character that I at least found tolerable. I really dug Kiva. Definitely going to watch more of this one. I'm on episode 6 or 7.

In addition to those three, I'm up to around episode 35 in Fourze (slow going since I've watched parts of 10+ Kamen Rider shows the past few weeks), in the 25-30 range for both Gaim and Drive, and around episode 17-18 in W. Great stuff all around. Hopefully I can write a Kamen Rider top ten for my blog in a few months.