[Den-O]

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[2ndSndWve]

What IS that? I've never heard of it before.

[Drago Rider]

as much as I love its looks, its not enough to buy this, plus I have yet to see the show. also when will he get a figuart? I wanna create that seen at the end of let's go kamen rider.

[XW1n5t0nX]

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Originally Posted by 2ndSndWve

What IS that? I've never heard of it before.

He's a henshin hero that Shotaro Ishinomori created. He started out with his own toku show and then went on to appear in manga and anime. He's in the same class as guys like Zubat that aren't Sentai, Kamen Rider, Ultraman, or Metal Heroes, but still henshin are are toku.

[2ndSndWve]

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Originally Posted by XW1n5t0nX

He's a henshin hero that Shotaro Ishinomori created. He started out with his own toku show and then went on to appear in manga and anime. He's in the same class as guys like Zubat that aren't Sentai, Kamen Rider, Ultraman, or Metal Heroes, but still henshin are are toku.

Ah. So is Zubat the Pokemon named after Zubat the henshin hero, or is it the other way around?

[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by 2ndSndWve

Ah. So is Zubat the Pokemon named after Zubat the henshin hero, or is it the other way around?

Zubat the hero's been around since the 70's. The Pokemon I can't say is named actually after him but that's the closest connection to make.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Originally Posted by Den-O

Zubat the hero's been around since the 70's. The Pokemon I can't say is named actually after him but that's the closest connection to make.

They're both puns on Zubatto, which is a Japanese onomatopoeia referencing the sound of a very precise strike, such as hitting a bullseye.

[Kiryu]

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Originally Posted by XW1n5t0nX

He's a henshin hero that Shotaro Ishinomori created. He started out with his own toku show and then went on to appear in manga and anime. He's in the same class as guys like Zubat that aren't Sentai, Kamen Rider, Ultraman, or Metal Heroes, but still henshin are are toku.

I wanna say he and a handful of them cameod in one of the big Hero War movies.

[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by Kiryu

I wanna say he and a handful of them cameod in one of the big Hero War movies.

Zubat, Kikaider, Kikaider 01, & Inazuman appeared in Let's Go Kamen Riders, which was the 40th anniversary film. The 4 of them were on the outskirts of the city waiting for any bad guys who tried to escape. The guy they wound up running into, and whose ass they soundly kicked, was General Shadow.