2013 Rider: Kamen Rider Gaim - News/Rumors thread

[Ryuutaros]

Maybe they choose to use certain names etc because it sounded better for them when they did testing?

Maybe to them, from a design viewpoint, having the Lockseeds yell out "SUIKA ARMS" sounded better than "WATERMELON ARMS"?

I don't know just saying.

Ichigo sure sounds better than strawberry.

 

[ClimaxHeroDen-O]

It does seem to be the case given the only ones recognisably in english are Orange and Banana and Melon, so I think all the names are just what the japanese call them

If you put them to translate into Japanese from English using google, Orange, Banana, Pineapple, Melon and Durian don't have 'Japanese names' in Kanji, so yeah, it's just the names used for them in Japan. I guess they though Pineapple was too long for the sounds

Maybe they choose to use certain names etc because it sounded better for them when they did testing?

Maybe to them, from a design viewpoint, having the Lockseeds yell out "SUIKA ARMS" sounded better than "WATERMELON ARMS"?

I don't know just saying.

Ichigo sure sounds better than strawberry.

basically, the names for the Arms are the names of the fruits in modern Japanese. those that have Japanese names use those, and those who don't use loanwords. in the case of Pine Arms, several foreign loanwords have shorthand such as basketball becoming "baske" and volleyball becoming "volley". I specified modern Japanese because of Orange Arms, as today, Japanese people just use the loanword, while the traditional Japanese word for orange, "daidai" (hence where the Daidaimaru's name comes from), has generally fallen out of use

as for the reason behind the naming, it was likely done for the sake of Japanese children recognizing the fruits by both name and appearance

 

[Thunder025]

Really? Then I apologize.

But that's fucking dumb. :laugh:

At least they made the sense to make Pinecone arms Matsubokkuri instead.

No it's not, that's just the way the Japanese language works. Pineapple for them is "Pine".

 

[KamenRiderUNDERGROUND]

More information for the coming month:

Baron Mango Arms
- Transformation line is 'Fight of Hammer!'
- Power-type battler, the heavy hammer is called Mango Punisher, the finisher is called Punish Mash.

Ryugen Kiwi Arms
- Transformation line is 'Geki. Wa. Seiya Ha!'
- The weapon is called 'Kiwi Hammer-wheel'. The finisher is Spinning Hoop.

The battle during Christmas
- As Christmas comes, all the Riders start a huge battle in the Forest!

Ep 9: To get rid of the Invess who has entered the real world, Team Gaim has a plan. Gaim, Mai, and Rat hide behind a bin...but Gaim's horn is showing...
Ryugen, Chucky, and Rika starts investigating the plants using sunglasses and binoculars.

Ep 10: Kouta transforms into Gaim while doing a backflip!

Ep 11: The battle between the teams are getting more fierce, and the Invess invasion is continuing as well. Can Team Gaim welcome Christamas peacefully? They all perform in costumes, but will the other teams do so as well?

Battles to come in this month:
- Baron Mango, Gaim Pine VS Inves
- Baron Mango VS Bravo
- Baron Mango VS Zangetsu
- Ryugen Kiwi, Gaim Orange VS Inves
- Zangetsu VS Ryugen (Ryugen suspects that Zangetsu is his brother but fights anyway)
- Zangetsu VS Gridon
- Gaim VS Inves
- Baron VS Kurokage
- Zangetsu VS Kurokage
- Zangetsu VS Bravo

 

[Savior Den-o]

Ep 9: To get rid of the Invess who has entered the real world, Team Gaim has a plan. Gaim, Mai, and Rat hide behind a bin...but Gaim's horn is showing...
Ryugen, Chucky, and Rika starts investigating the plants using sunglasses and binoculars.

Ep 10: Kouta transforms into Gaim while doing a backflip!

So...these are our first filler episodes, interesting.

 

[Hell Kaiser Andy]

So...these are our first filler episodes, interesting.

Well considering Kaito and Mai is stuck in the forest in episode 8 and possibly escapes (Considering the location with Mango Arms debut in the preview), so we can possibly assume it might be Inves escaping from there.

 

[negabandit86]

Wait, Fight of Hammer or Knight of Hammer?

 

[Hell Kaiser Andy]

So...these are our first filler episodes, interesting.

So episode 8 now answered this question by making it not filler and entirely relevant.

 

[KamenRiderUNDERGROUND]

Wait, Fight of Hammer or Knight of Hammer?

Fight of Hammer, we just misheard it during the preview.

 

[Xtreme RX]

More Zangetsu next week???