[Androzani84]

Well, I’m not forgetting this this time.

Armour Time! Hibiki!


As for why specifically only Todoroki showed up… aside from what Switchblade already mentioned, Ibuki’s actor was doing a guest spot over on Sentai at around this time, while Zanki’s was doing voiceover work for Yu-Gi-Oh and wouldn’t be available until the next filming block. As for Akira… well like Asumu, the character appearing wouldn’t make sense, but even discounting that, the actress seems to have become a cosplayer/YouTuber. And does anyone really think the Tachibana guys or the recurring Oni played by the show’s suit cast could hold an episode?

Speaking of casting, the kid playing Tsutomu later went on to play Ultraman Z’s bad guy (well, technically, the poor sap possessed by said bad guy. He later hijacks Wajima from Wizard) and got his face in the DX toyline.

One thing I recall from when I was skulking around TN without being a member during this period: Someone who didn’t like this episode (I forget who. Maybe, Fish will know) saying that they should’ve done a plot about Sougo’s birthday in the OOO arc. Meanwhile, on another site, I commented that every kid in Sougo’s class seems to have some absurd dream that is well within their talents (which will come back around when we get to the V-Cinema).

Next time: The Heisei truck has been decommissioned, it’s time to ship out the Reiwa truck. Back when this episode first aired, I meant to point out what the first Rider episode in Heisei was so people could do a bookend (Namely, the episode of Black RX with a robot that can control scrap metal), but I forgot about it (I did do it for that week’s Sentai episode)