A Brief Rant: Hey Toei!

[RiderScoutJordan]

---- Rant Begin

Dearest Toei Company,

Just bring back the Metal Heroes, already! We all know you want to. Why else would you design Kamen Rider Birth like this:

No Metal Heroes here. Not at all.​

... and make this movie...

"What relation do you have to Super Sentai?" "Just shut up and fight, Red Rackham."​

So just please bring them back. I'm sure whatever you do with them, it will be exciting.

 

[The 2nd Evil]

The reason for the Gavan crossover was because it was the 30th anniversary of that show's airing, as well was Sentai's 35th Anniversary.

Though I wouldn't mind a Metal Heroes revival, the costume ascetics of Metal Hero has been essentially merged with Kamen Rider since about Ryuki or so.

 

[NeonZ]

Well, Birth's visor is actually closer to another Ishinomori hero...

And his armor is fairly light weak compard to a Metal Hero's. I guess there were a few exceptions like Blue SWAT, but most Metal Heroes traditionally had full body armor, not just a plate over the chest, shoulder pads, boots and gloves.

 

[Shougo B'Stard]

I always thought Machineman and Byclosser were Ishinomori's way of saying "****! Why didn't I come up with the Metal Heroes!?!!?"

 

[kuroihikari]

Though I wouldn't mind a Metal Heroes revival, the costume ascetics of Metal Hero has been essentially merged with Kamen Rider since about Ryuki or so.

Metal Heroes' costumes avoided worldly pleasures?