[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Uh Black, Blade, Ryuki, W, OOO, Fourze, Kuuga, Agito, and Kiva.

I'll give you Black, Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, and Blade. Anything Heisei after Hibiki I'd have to say is inferior to it (at least the first 29 episodes). We all know that the second part of the Hibiki is worse than the OOO portion of Movie Core War

[Matrixbeast]

Blade is such a good series. Why didn't anyone tell me it was so good

Anyway, I forgot to mention, I finished the Blade movie and HBV. The movie was just...Meh. L'Arc and Lance were generic character archetypes (Snappy bitch and needlessly aggressive punk), and Glaive was odd. He was called the nicest guy ever and the first 5 minutes tried to prove it, but for the rest of the movie he was a total ass.
Anyway, being AU, I do find it nice to see how things would have gone if the ending was changed. However, if there's one thing I do enjoy that the newer series are doing, it's the canon movies. I know it's a pain because the show references the movie around the time they air in theaters, and subs for them always come out a couple months after the series ends, but it's still nice to see a continuation of the story, instead of a "What if" scenario. With an ending like Blade's, an actual canon continuation through movie would've been nice.
Also, did Junichi's/Glaive's actor reprise his role in Decade?

As for the HBV, it's par for the course. Like all the HBVs, there's one shining moment that makes me bust a gut. This time, it was Mutsuki and Tachibana arguing over who helped Kenzaki the most.

[RiderSkyward]

Still making my way through Faiz, although I don't think I've watched any for about a month. I just have no desire too, it took me long enough to get to episode 23.. So eh who knows.

I mean the first episode was so WTF all over that place that it put me off it a bit. Then the second episode up to about 10 or 11 I thought were awesome. It just seems like for the past however many episodes that the story is stuck on a metaphorical treadmill, it's moving but not actually going anywhere.

I want to finish it though as I really like Faiz blaster form's design, but at the moment it's pretty dull going.

[ZeoRangerV]

Watched A-Z last night, and its definitely one of my favourite toku movies I've seen so far. I came out of it wanting the Eternal, Joker and Cyclone Joker Xtreme Gold Figuarts, so it must have done something right to make me want a version of Xtreme

And then of course I'm upto episode 44 of W itself, which has gotten really good since the plot has kicked into overdrive. My only real complaint is that I figured out the Philip and Shroud plot twists way before they happened (the Philip one like 20-25 episodes before it was revealed) but that didn't really make them any less satisfying to see unfold onscreen.

[Den-O]

I must be broken or something. I've never really cared for A-Z aside from the solo Shotaro stuff in it. Him becoming Joker is really awesome. And that was about it for me. I don't like Never or Eternal or any of the T2 dopant designs. The new characters felt like such throwaways and like they were just so generally unimportant and uninteresting. I always see people who seem to have a rabbid love for Eternal and I can never really understand why. Maybe it's just me but I hated the character and I thouhgt his solo movie was one of the worst rider films I've ever seen.

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Hmm...I'm torn between watching Faiz or Hibiki first...I've heard of Faiz's horror stories (The "Kamen Rider soap opera", the piss poor communication between characters, etc), but then there's Hibiki's whole writing staff change that apparently really brought it down...

I'd say watch Hibiki, just stop after episode 29.

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Nah, even at its best, Hibiki was still inferior to many series. The biggest thing Hbiki had going for it was its production values.

Nope, best Heisei series.

Hours later edit:

Just watched the Faiz episodes of Decade. I'd forgotten how good those were - probably one of the better Rider worlds. The main thing, though, was that I learned something I'd never heard before: one of the four members of Luck Clover - the leader guy whose Orphenoch form I don't remember from 555 itself - was played by the same guy that played Ankh.

[ZeoRangerV]

Just watched the last few episodes of W. I don't know if its because I've known about it for ages and so was expecting it, but Philip's death didn't hit me nearly as hard as Kengo's did in Fourze. Not that I thought W could have played it out any better, I just obviously have a heart of stone

The Utopia Dopant two-parter also felt a bit tacked on, but I guess it was justified in setting up that excellent epilogue, which is was definitely one of my favourite episodes of the show.

I don't know if I could pick between W and Fourze because I liked them both for different reasons even if in the end they were quite similar, but it was a fantastic show nonetheless.

[Brainchild]

As if Gekiranger wasn't unconventional enough, I've moved a little further in Hibiki. Why didn't anybody tell me there was a high school-ish setting? I'm a sucker for that stuff.
I'm kinda annoyed by the fighting scenes, if only from a photographic standpoint, because it's so glaringly obvious that they're shining moving spotlights at the characters. The glowing effect gets kind of bothersome. Beyond that, it's cool.

[Starscreamer]

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

Just watched the last few episodes of W. I don't know if its because I've known about it for ages and so was expecting it, but Philip's death didn't hit me nearly as hard as Kengo's did in Fourze. Not that I thought W could have played it out any better, I just obviously have a heart of stone

The Utopia Dopant two-parter also felt a bit tacked on, but I guess it was justified in setting up that excellent epilogue, which is was definitely one of my favourite episodes of the show.

I don't know if I could pick between W and Fourze because I liked them both for different reasons even if in the end they were quite similar, but it was a fantastic show nonetheless.

having a consistent writer is a BIG deal...gives a great flow to the story...sometimes, like in OOOs it still ends with a great product...others like Hibiki...well...

[Brainchild]

I'm a third of the way through Hibiki (episode 10 ). I love how the opening theme is primarily trumpet when Ibuki shows up. I'm not really getting why Asumu is so obsessed with Hibiki though. I'd understand if it were a mild fascination, but going full-on Dr. Livingstone and walking through the forest just to tell him that he got into Jounan was a bit... excessive. Especially if he spent the rest of his time there moping about Akira saying harsh words to him, which she then took back for no apparent reason.