Did Adness abandon Kamen Rider?

[SamuraiEchidna]

I still don't like American adaptions, but even I can understand why a show would fail. However, lack of advertising is only half the game. The other half is good scheduling. Kids hate going to school, kids hate waking up early in the mornings, kids hate having to schedule their favorite shows and set their recorders/TiVo/DVR/Etc. If you want kids and others to watch this show, you gotta set it from the afternoon or evening when everyone is getting home from their regular routine. Isn't that what Power Rangers Samurai is doing right now?

And yes, if Kamen Rider is to be successful, it should also be on CN or Nick, where it will have more room for creative freedom.

 

[Mr. Underachiever]

Does Adness even still exist anymore?

 

[Sentinel King]

I still don't like American adaptions, but even I can understand why a show would fail. However, lack of advertising is only half the game. The other half is good scheduling. Kids hate going to school, kids hate waking up early in the mornings, kids hate having to schedule their favorite shows and set their recorders/TiVo/DVR/Etc. If you want kids and others to watch this show, you gotta set it from the afternoon or evening when everyone is getting home from their regular routine. Isn't that what Power Rangers Samurai is doing right now?

And yes, if Kamen Rider is to be successful, it should also be on CN or Nick, where it will have more room for creative freedom.

This I can mostly agree on. Having Kamen Rider on 4kids is a big mistake to begin with! My worst fear was being realized that they were going to cancelled this show from the beginning. Oh, boy, I was right!

That's why Kamen Rider should have been on CN from the beginning, period. End of discussion.

Kamen Rider would have a decent ratings like Power Rangers Samurai's doing right now.

 

[SamuraiEchidna]

I mention creative freedom because Nick and CN will allow more things to pass by the censors than 4Kids will. Blue Popo, anyone?

 

[Sentinel King]

I mention creative freedom because Nick and CN will allow more things to pass by the censors than 4Kids will. Blue Popo, anyone?

Oh, don't mention Blue Popo, man. :redface2:

It's the worst that 4kids can go that far.

 

[big_j_ny]

Does Adness even still exist anymore?

They did produce Gackt's "The Next Decade" MV about 2 years ago for Avex. But that's about it.........unless Avex or Toei hired them do other stuff.

 

[Wheatley]

The biggest thing that killed Dragon Knight's chances of succeeding was the toyline, and that is the main ingredient when you want a kids show to succeed. As a fan, I thought the 4" figures were nice little collectibles, but if you look at a regular consumer who wants the best toys and well worth the money, the Dragon Knight toyline was not a good place to look. I liked some of the toys they released, but there were much better toys out there for kids to enjoy.

If you had a son and wanted to buy him for Christmas a fun and expensive toy, would you buy him a Dragon Knight toy?

That's what I mean.

Not to mention the time it was released. Bandai quietly released them in May/June 2009, FIVE MONTHS after the show's premiere. They should've released the toys BEFORE the show premiered, not after, specifically Black Friday 2008 or a couple of weeks before Christmas. That would've been PERFECT timing.

On top of all that, Bandai only aired ONE commercial for it and it only aired ONCE.....IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST!

Plus the Wii and DS games were released in November of 2009, a month before the show's cancellation. And the Wii version used the Climax Heroes engine and had only minor differences, so I wonder why they didn't release it a little earlier. Then again, I don't like rushed out games, so I really can't complain much there.

Does Adness even still exist anymore?

http://www.adness.com/ja/

 

[SamuraiEchidna]

Wasn't there also plans to release a Dragon Knight movie in theaters? That probably would have helped make the show more successful.

 

[Vitor]

Since you never heard the Cartoon Network thing, because I visited website four years ago and found the logo of Cartoon Network stamped on Kamen Rider.

Maybe I thought Cartoon Network had picked it up, but I was wrong. Instead, 4kids picked it up.....:redface2:

That was in the Phillipines, not America

The bastards were also fortunate enough to get Kamen Rider dubbed into English (which further stumps the **** out of me as to why it wasn't brought here)

Honestly I think we'll be damned lucky if we ever see another Kamen Rider adaptation here, or another toku adaptation period

 

[Aoi Kurenai]

They did produce Gackt's "The Next Decade" MV about 2 years ago for Avex. But that's about it.........unless Avex or Toei hired them do other stuff.

They've produced the music videos for the opening themes since Double.