[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by GrandComplete

So when I first watch this movie I was still very new to Kamen Rider yet I somehow I knew V3 was voiced by his original actor despite the fact that I've never seen any of the dude work at the time. Like I didn't even register Ichigo or Nigo y'know the ones they were advertising coming back.

I did not know that! Very cool!

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

This is very much a Showa reference. I think Ultraman did it first, but crucifixions were surprisingly commonplace during Rider's early years. Long-running Rider supporting character Tachibana Tobei has probably been crucified more often than the lead actor in a tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.

I wanna say Kurona brought up how prevalent that strategy was for organizations in Showa, and I think that would make them less special? I liked it here for how much it was not a Heisei thing. Seeing it robbed of historical context was what made it so memorable. If it's just Time To Get Crucified Again, then I'm not as into it.

And that... I know we'll see all this sort of stuff again (Kamen Rider 3?), and we've seen a ton of Vs Showa at the tail end of Decade, but I will always have a bit of a soft spot for Heisei dudes having to grapple with Showa villainy. I'm not as into how much it sometimes flattens the heroes (Eiji could stand to be slightly weirder), but I like the way Ankh kept being a monumental prick, even as he's saving children from the clutches of literal fascist monsters. There's something innately entertaining about watching the (relatively) three-dimensional cast of a Heisei series run up against the cartoonish villainy of any Showa organization.