[Tokumonkey]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha

Question: I haven't started Geats yet, but isn't it also a Build/W-style two-in-one gimmick? And we're doing that twice in a row?

Technically, yes, but it feels very different in how they play it on the show. While Build and W's forms were almost always two things at once, Geats has made the "two elements at once" thing more of a rare, special occurrence. One of the things that frustrated collectors was that in practice, most Riders' default forms only used an upper-half.

IMO, it's the best Reiwa series to date, with a Gaim-like, anything-can-happen unpredictability. It constantly reinvents itself, building each new twist on what came before. You've got a treat ahead of you.

[Sh Ranger]

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

By the way, I never understood the claims to favoritism in relation to this show. So the thieves have more toys of their own and also use the other team's toys? But that's why they are thieves. Do they get more episodes? But after all, there has already been a show about police rangers (and, quite possibly, there will be more), so the new motif needs more attention. The main villain was given to defeat the Patorengers, so, as for me, they were not offended.

What Matrixbeast said. If the premise is going to be about two rival teams, then it shouldn't be treated superficially. It's still quite depressing that the magazines showed a physical suit for Pat Kaizer Splash, which never ever got used.

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

A decade on and GoBusters returns might still be my favourite Sentai movie? It's just so good, both as a parody of a more "traditional" Sentai without taking the piss, and as a change of pace for the GoBusters cast.

Speaking of Gobusters, I forgot to mention that he also wrote the crossover with Gokaiger, which happens to be my favorite VS movie. The scene with the reset Buddyroids is heartbreaking! So yeah, people can criticize Ninninjer and Zi-O all they want, but when Shimoyama writes a movie, he sure writes an awesome movie!

[henshinzero]

Wonder if we’ll have two female riders in Gotchard? One good and one evil?

Imagine the evil one like Juri from Street Fighter.

Plus the cards? They must feel like a mix of Blade & Build.

Power levels…. OVER 9,000!!!!!!

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

If you're going to give top billing to Patranger, and then sideline them in the second half of the show, then it gets annoying.

It worked for Geats!

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by henshinzero

Wonder if we?ll have two female riders in Gotchard? One good and one evil?

Imagine the evil one like Juri from Street Fighter.

Plus the cards? They must feel like a mix of Blade & Build.

Power levels?. OVER 9,000!!!!!!

Given Gotchard's Showa look, it wouldn't surprise me if a female rider is ladybug-inspired.

[JusticeMagnum]

I saw rumor just now (most likely incorrect but I'll mention it for the sake of discussion) that maybe Riku Sanjo could do Gotchard.

Most likely not since he's still doing the Fuuto PI manga but if he did come back I'm not sure how to feel. I really enjoyed W (& what I saw of Kyoryuger was really fun) but I did not like Drive at all from beginning to end (even rewatches didn't increase enjoyment) so I feel like it could go either way for me.

[TheJaz]

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Originally Posted by Tokumonkey

If this is, indeed, the main suit, then I'm very curious about the seemingly-false image from page 21 of this thread. At the time, it seemed likely it was one of the annual attempts for someone to clickbait by faking a next-Rider image. Now that we've seen what's apparently the actual suit, four major possibilities occur to me:

1. It's a different form of Gotchard. (Possible, not likely.)
2. It's a different Gotchard Rider, and Gotchard will follow the Reiwa trend of many-Rider series. (Also possible, but I think unlikely.)
3. It's a Kabuto-style "cast off" outer form for Gotchard. (Unlikely because not enough details correspond.)
4. Someone who'd seen the actual suit used its description to prompt Dall-E or Midjourney, and that was the output. (I think this is the most likely.)

There are too many specific, accurate elements for it to have been a total fake: the arrow-eyes, the "Heisei-style Rider helmet on top," the overall color scheme. It's machine-produced, so it's got the uncanny valley element, but it's not a fake in the traditional sense. More like a poor drawing, maybe.

The suit doesn't instantly suggest how the retail toy line will work. (It seems that much of a Rider's design is based on the retail gimmick, such as Revolve On for Geats and Fourze's swappable modules.) Maybe the front panel swings open? Maybe the helmet swings open? Looking more closely, I think it may simply be Zero-One-style swappable armor, and the individual pieces connect to the angular shapes on the limbs.

I can't say I love the suit, though. Maybe it's the angle or the inexplicable white triangle, but it just seems like the bad kind of "busy." YM, of course, MV.

We already had reliable rumours about the arrow eyes before the purported gummy "leak" so would have been easy to fake 100% with ai

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by JusticeMagnum

I saw rumor just now (most likely incorrect but I'll mention it for the sake of discussion) that maybe Riku Sanjo could do Gotchard.

Most likely not since he's still doing the Fuuto PI manga but if he did come back I'm not sure how to feel. I really enjoyed W (& what I saw of Kyoryuger was really fun) but I did not like Drive at all from beginning to end (even rewatches didn't increase enjoyment) so I feel like it could go either way for me.

I also have certain claims to the Drive, but I will not give up quality detective stories. At a minimum, he will definitely make certain episodes fascinating. Plus, the Rider Detective is a nice change after the Geats.
But yes, the rumor is most likely fake. Is that the Fuuto PI anime somehow influenced.

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by TheJaz

We already had reliable rumours about the arrow eyes before the purported gummy "leak" so would have been easy to fake 100% with ai

And, since arrows are such a significant design element, maybe it's time to discuss what arrows can stand for?

[Paladin]

A new production rumor is circulating:

Head writer of Gotchard will be toku veteran Riku Sanjo.