2018-2019 Kamen Rider

[raden238]

SHIELD YOUR EYES!
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Finally, this gaudy monstrosity is Grand Zi-O, his final form. Thankfully, we won't be subjected to this until June.

I'm one of the few people, that actually likes Decade Complete but Grand Zi-O is freakin' fugly. We went from card armor to little statues of the Heisei Riders as armor!

 

[Toku Prime]

It's quite a big news day for Zi-O and it's spin-offs!

About a week ago there was a rumour on twitter that Diend was appearing (out of suit) in episode 30. I didn't post about it at the time because there was nothing to back it up, but the show's official twitter account has now announced that he is indeed returning, and with his own recolored Driver too.

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Next up, more information about the Ryuki spin-off. In addition to Ryuki, Kamen Riders Knight, Ouja, Gai, Raia, and the second Zolda will all be returning, while it looks like new characters may take up the mantle of the other Riders from the show.

It's interesting that the first image below includes Kamen Rider Abyss (last suit on the right side). Abyss was not in the original series but was created for the World of Ryuki in Kamen Rider Decade, and it had long been rumoured that his suit had been broken up to be used for spare parts.

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Finally, Shinobi will not be the only new Rider in his spin-off. It seems he has a rival by the name of Kamen Rider Hattari. Hattari's suit seems to be mostly constructed of modified/recolored pieces from the Dark Drive design.

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[ooo5]

It's interesting that the first image below includes Kamen Rider Abyss (last suit on the right side). Abyss was not in the original series but was created for the World of Ryuki in Kamen Rider Decade, and it had long been rumoured that his suit had been broken up to be used for spare parts.

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I thought that's what happened to Femme's suit since they have Abyss taking her spot with the other Ryuki Riders.

(Which would suck if true because Femme is actually one of my favorite Rider designs).

 

[Toku Prime]

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The next future Rider will be Kamen Rider Ginga! Made with pieces of Kamen Rider Meteor and Kamen Rider Fourze Meteor States, with a helmet adapted from one of the Mages from Wizard. Premium Bandai has updated their Future Driver set to include his transformation item along with those of the other future Riders.

 

[Black Fang]

I like how alien Ginga's head is. The rest of the suit is a little too "planetarium". Maybe if it was more subtle and the entire suit looked like some kind of Gray alien, it might have worked better.

 

[FreedomR8G6B1]

I like how alien Ginga's head is. The rest of the suit is a little too "planetarium". Maybe if it was more subtle and the entire suit looked like some kind of Gray alien, it might have worked better.

Do you get the vibe he'll start using Black Hole Bomb???

 

[FreedomR8G6B1]

It's quite a big news day for Zi-O and it's spin-offs!

About a week ago there was a rumour on twitter that Diend was appearing (out of suit) in episode 30. I didn't post about it at the time because there was nothing to back it up, but the show's official twitter account has now announced that he is indeed returning, and with his own recolored Driver too.

Welcome Back...Blue Judas

 

[Toku Prime]

Hot on the heels of Diend, it's been announced that episodes 31 and 32 will feature the return of Kamen Rider Agito!

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Not only will Toshiki Kashu reprise his role as Shouichi, but Rina Akiyama will return to play Mana, and Akiyoshi Shibata will once again play Takahiro (G3 Mild / the junior member of the G3 Unit).

The summaries indicate that Shouichi has been in France studying cooking, but returns to Japan when he hears that the Tokyo PD has been attacked by Another Agito (which, for clarity, is the Another Rider version of Agito and not the character from the show who nowadays is generally officially called "Kamen Rider Another Agito").

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[raden238]

Wow Agito is another one we can check off the list. So counting all Zi-O related content the only remaning series that has yet to see at least one cast member reprise their roles are Kuuga, Hibiki, Kabuto, Kiva, W, and Drive.

I'm wondering if Another Agito is going to be special given the fact that there already exists a Rider with that name. Yes its not completely true but it would nice if Toei put a twist on the MOTW because of it.

 

[Black Fang]

Finally Rina Akiyama returns to play Mana again instead of the annoying Naomi from Den-O. I never got why she couldn't have played both characters in Decade; she could've also reprised Mana in the SHT movies, assuming she appeared in the first two.