[Tokumonkey]

The series synopsis has me wary because there are very few original notes anywhere in the concept. That the year's widgets, which translate directly to new forms, are acquired by defeating specific monsters? Build and Ghost. Visiting prior Rider series and the hero might be a villain in the future? Decade. A couple of the villains sound a lot like Medusa and Gremlin from Wizard, and Tsukoyomi sounds like Hana crossed with Natsumi. Time-travel world-hopping is just Den-O plus Decade. Our hero sounds even more generic than usual. Most of the best Rider series of recent years have had one or more fairly original concepts from the outset (Skywall, street dancers, medical drama.) That our secondary Rider starts off very antagonistic due to an easily-resolved misunderstanding is just incredibly basic. If the series is going to revisit prior Rider shows, there's no reason it should echo their structure, as well.

Of course, the series could turn out to be terrific. There's just nothing in this summary that's got me excited.