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I mostly remember this for TV-Nihon’s April Fools video from 2010 being a gag sub of the first few minutes (among the highlights are “Fuutic Idol is a talent show for people who cannot sing”, “If you vote for us, we will show you our bodies” and Shotaro having had an affair with the female judge, which she uses to blackmail Q+E into a contract). And talking of the judges.

Special Guest Alert!

So two of the three judges are the couple that signs the show’s OP (hence the modified opening credits showing them singing it), but the third, Simon Cowell-esque judge is the late Ichirou Mizuki, the “Emperor of Anime Songs”. He’s only one of three artists to have done all of the main 4 Toku franchises (Ultra, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Metal Heroes) (the others being Isao Sasaki and Shinichi Ishihara). Within Rider, he sung the OP and ED for Kamen Rider X, Kamen Rider Stronger and Kamen Rider (1979), along with insert songs for Kamen Rider (1971) and Kamen Rider Black RX. He wasn’t keen on theme songs that didn’t name drop the show or relevant terminology, which is probably why he never did anything song-related for Rider in Heisei or Reiwa (since they switched to that type of songs with Ryuki).

As for the songs… I liked the cover of Finger on the Trigger more than the original, mostly because I found it more memorable