[Daikaijuman54]

I believe I've mentioned that out of the Showa shows I've seen the most of, it would definitely be Amazon (for now). Got 12 episodes in before finding and watching Decade, because I couldn't find the rest of the episodes.

Now I love the idea of Amazon, being the most naïve and open Rider having the least trustworthy world where it's ruled by the villains, which kind of fits the theme of his show. Also, we're back to AR versions of the characters, and this one kind of lacks the primitive charm from the original, which is a bit of a shame.

Supposedly the original idea of Amazon was that he was going to be heavily martial arts focused and that he'd be based off Bruce Lee with a dragon motif (or at least his name had something to do with dragon after many of Bruce Lee's films), before they decided to base him off Tarzan. It's still interesting how different Amazon is from every other Showa Rider at the time, like being based off of lizards (whose design I adore), or how he doesn't get introduced like a normal person, or tragic past, but just this bizarre superhuman on the run from Gedon.

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Originally Posted by GrandComplete

I'm on two minds while I agree that the new Decade version is alot less bonkers. I just apploud the Rider faces adorned over the new versions suit. And having him be able to relfect the Legend Rider powers is such a great power for an Anniversary season.Whoever had that idea for this guy makes the entire Amazon arc worth it in my eyes. Also I'm a sucker for black and gold.

I always thought the Jyumenki design for Decade looked pretty neat, but quite a departure from his original look, more-so than Apollo Geist. But seeing how his ten faces are the Heisei Riders is something I never noticed in my original viewing, and now I love it even more.

I wasn't too thrilled with Amazon's arc here, but now seeing some of these details and stuff other people are mentioning, my appreciation for this arc has grown phenomenally.