How Did You Get Into Kamen Rider (or Toku)?
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Dogbot
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I found out about Sentai when someone posted a link to Rangergallery, I was allready a fan of PR at the time. When DT was over, I orderd Abaranger cause I found it intresting and I loved DT at the time. Magiranger was my 2nd that I bought and Zyuranger. However, that was before Youtube and Downloading.
As for Kamen Rider, I though the Kabuto suit looked good so I gave the first episode a shot on Youtube. Then I gotten hooked. There was only the first 12 episodes. The guy who uploaded them stopped. So then I got a BT and used it for Kabuto, eventually used it for TVN and some of it other shows and Rider Series.
As for Kamen Rider, I though the Kabuto suit looked good so I gave the first episode a shot on Youtube. Then I gotten hooked. There was only the first 12 episodes. The guy who uploaded them stopped. So then I got a BT and used it for Kabuto, eventually used it for TVN and some of it other shows and Rider Series.
Judge Faiz
I am the law
It was a dark and cloudy, rainy day in Seattle. The clouds were angry that day my friends! And that is when I bought the first part of Kamen Rider Ryuki on DVD from my buddy's import store. But my tale begins years earlier.
The year was 1994 and I was a senior in High School. Due to my genius scheduling, I really only had to be in school for 3 actual classes, so most of my time was spent in the Band Room being a TA for the music teacher. It was during one of these "classes" that I was able to watch and fall in love w/ a little plucky show called Power Rangers. I marveled at the martial arts action, the tranformation in to helmeted; spandex wearing costumes, and then of course the giant robot/monster battles ala-Godzilla! I was hooked, and I didn't CARE if it was a kids show or not. I was 18 and I was in love! Oh, don't get me wrong, I was as horny as the next teen and loved the ladies, but what girl can compare to a giant combining robot!
Anywhoo...I continued to watch PR up until around Space. I had a lot of the toys, which I sold for rent money during the years that I didn't watch PR. Then I saw the WildForce Megazords in stores and thought they were pretty damn cool and started buying them. At this time now the internet was in full swing, and after doing some research, I found that PR was actually based on Sentai in Japan. After ordering the GaoRanger movies on Ebay, I was hooked again, only this time on Sentai.
Now in these Sentai movies, they'll have the trailers for both the Sentai & Kamen Rider movies that are out at the same time. With Gaoranger it was KR Ryuki. I thought it looked cool enough, but then I also though of the shitty-ass production Masked Rider was so I didn't partake. Then a couple years later, I got curious enough to just breakdown and start watching Ryuki. Again I was hooked. Flash forwared to now, I'm TOTALLY in love w/ Sentai & Kamen Rider (and still PR, which I don't catch very often) and am an Admin of one of the most kickass boards for Toku on the web!
The year was 1994 and I was a senior in High School. Due to my genius scheduling, I really only had to be in school for 3 actual classes, so most of my time was spent in the Band Room being a TA for the music teacher. It was during one of these "classes" that I was able to watch and fall in love w/ a little plucky show called Power Rangers. I marveled at the martial arts action, the tranformation in to helmeted; spandex wearing costumes, and then of course the giant robot/monster battles ala-Godzilla! I was hooked, and I didn't CARE if it was a kids show or not. I was 18 and I was in love! Oh, don't get me wrong, I was as horny as the next teen and loved the ladies, but what girl can compare to a giant combining robot!
Anywhoo...I continued to watch PR up until around Space. I had a lot of the toys, which I sold for rent money during the years that I didn't watch PR. Then I saw the WildForce Megazords in stores and thought they were pretty damn cool and started buying them. At this time now the internet was in full swing, and after doing some research, I found that PR was actually based on Sentai in Japan. After ordering the GaoRanger movies on Ebay, I was hooked again, only this time on Sentai.
Now in these Sentai movies, they'll have the trailers for both the Sentai & Kamen Rider movies that are out at the same time. With Gaoranger it was KR Ryuki. I thought it looked cool enough, but then I also though of the shitty-ass production Masked Rider was so I didn't partake. Then a couple years later, I got curious enough to just breakdown and start watching Ryuki. Again I was hooked. Flash forwared to now, I'm TOTALLY in love w/ Sentai & Kamen Rider (and still PR, which I don't catch very often) and am an Admin of one of the most kickass boards for Toku on the web!
nickraman
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Hyperdash/Blue inspired me to get into Kamen Rider, so I got into it with Kabuto. A lot of people here at HJU and RB recommended some REALLY good series like Blade-Hibiki, so I watched Blade and I'm currently on Vol. 19 in Hibiki.
I got into Ryukendo as well but with Nihon's fansubbing going at a snail's pace, I thought I'll wait on it, but I think GN suggested that he might order the HKs of Ryukendo and rip them for us.
So far I loved Blade and I'm currently loving Hibiki.
I got into Ryukendo as well but with Nihon's fansubbing going at a snail's pace, I thought I'll wait on it, but I think GN suggested that he might order the HKs of Ryukendo and rip them for us.
So far I loved Blade and I'm currently loving Hibiki.
KamenGrappler
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I saw a picture of the SIC Movie Realization Kamen Rider 2 figure, and was like "Holy crap that is one of the most awesome figures I've ever seen"
So I immediately went to Hobby Link Japan and ordered the set, then looking over alll the other SICS, I was like "These Kamen Rider doodz look fucking sweet"
So I got the bitorrent program and I downloaded ep 25 of Kabuto and Hibiki 33-36 and I just fell inlove.
So I immediately went to Hobby Link Japan and ordered the set, then looking over alll the other SICS, I was like "These Kamen Rider doodz look fucking sweet"
So I got the bitorrent program and I downloaded ep 25 of Kabuto and Hibiki 33-36 and I just fell inlove.
Yellow Stranger
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My Sentai story is basically the same as everyone else, I watched an episode to see how it differed from Power Rangers and basically fell in love.
My Kamen Rider story is different though, and it's all thanks to a IRC roleplay I still do with a couple of my friends.
We had just started a roleplay that was sorta of a "Next Generation" of Dino Thunder, with TONS of Abaranger elements tossed in as well. And when we come to making some "General" characters, one of my friends goes "Hey why don't we use Kamen Rider's as the Evil Generals?" And so after linking us the to pictures of the Faiz Riders, we made them Generals and were slowly taught about how the Riders worked (I was on a Dial up Connection then so actually download a KR series wouldn't of worked.)
So a few months later, I finally get DSL, and so the same guy who brought up the idea of using KR general's asked me if I wanted to see the Kamen Rider I had decided apon (Kaixa) in action. Obviously I said yes, and was sent Faiz 13 over IRC. It was unlike any Toku I had seen before, the transformations were instantious, the armor actually looked like Armor and not just a spandex suit, and the action was much more raw and brutal than anything I was used to seeing (well in the Toku Genre).
Hooked on what I saw, I ended up having that guy send me all of Faiz and Blade, and what was subbed of Hibiki at the time. Needless to say, I ended up becoming a big Toku fan.
My Kamen Rider story is different though, and it's all thanks to a IRC roleplay I still do with a couple of my friends.
We had just started a roleplay that was sorta of a "Next Generation" of Dino Thunder, with TONS of Abaranger elements tossed in as well. And when we come to making some "General" characters, one of my friends goes "Hey why don't we use Kamen Rider's as the Evil Generals?" And so after linking us the to pictures of the Faiz Riders, we made them Generals and were slowly taught about how the Riders worked (I was on a Dial up Connection then so actually download a KR series wouldn't of worked.)
So a few months later, I finally get DSL, and so the same guy who brought up the idea of using KR general's asked me if I wanted to see the Kamen Rider I had decided apon (Kaixa) in action. Obviously I said yes, and was sent Faiz 13 over IRC. It was unlike any Toku I had seen before, the transformations were instantious, the armor actually looked like Armor and not just a spandex suit, and the action was much more raw and brutal than anything I was used to seeing (well in the Toku Genre).
Hooked on what I saw, I ended up having that guy send me all of Faiz and Blade, and what was subbed of Hibiki at the time. Needless to say, I ended up becoming a big Toku fan.
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scikaiju
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My story goes back a little longer the some of the others. Back in the 80s I was a big Godzilla-Gamera fan. Then one of the local channels started showing this show called Spectreman during the week and I was hooked. AFter a few years the show ended it's run and I never saw another show like it on tv and the only way I could see a daikaiju movie was on VHS. The in the 90s PR hit and you could say it brought me back.
After we got the net I started looking up stuff like Spectreman and Godzilla. That's when I found Japan Hero and the rest of the toku world.
After we got the net I started looking up stuff like Spectreman and Godzilla. That's when I found Japan Hero and the rest of the toku world.
Supernovametalstar
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As you can probably tell by my avatar, Spectraman was the one that started it all for me as well. I believe it came on channel 44 in Chicago before it switched to an all spanish station. This was way back in 1984 through 85 I believe. I loved the monster suits and the fight scenes on the show. Plus, the main bad guys (since they were gorillas) reminded me of Planet of the Apes. I had no idea what tokusatsu was, all I knew was that I liked what I saw.
After Spectraman ended, I didn't see any shows like it for quite some time. Every now and then channel 50 in Chicago would play an old toku movie late at night. I recall one of them was called Mighty Jack. Also, Godzilla vs Megalon would play occasionally. That was the one with Jet Jaguar, the hero robot that fought alongside Godzilla.
Then in 1993, Power Rangers came on the air. I immediately recognized the type of film being used (the grainy stock) and I had to see it expecting Spectreman. I didn't get the straight dub, but it worked for me.
Didn't find out about toku or sentai until I got access to the internet at my sister's college in 1995.
After Spectraman ended, I didn't see any shows like it for quite some time. Every now and then channel 50 in Chicago would play an old toku movie late at night. I recall one of them was called Mighty Jack. Also, Godzilla vs Megalon would play occasionally. That was the one with Jet Jaguar, the hero robot that fought alongside Godzilla.
Then in 1993, Power Rangers came on the air. I immediately recognized the type of film being used (the grainy stock) and I had to see it expecting Spectreman. I didn't get the straight dub, but it worked for me.
Didn't find out about toku or sentai until I got access to the internet at my sister's college in 1995.
ryuuseipro
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How did I get into Masked Rider? Well . . . I really loved The Super Inframan (which was inspired by both Ultraman and Masked Rider), when I first saw it back in Spring/Summer 1984, when I was nearing 9. I was totally hooked! Then, I became aware of Masked Rider himself about the same time I became aware more of Ultraman. In the second half of 1987, I went to NYC's Forbidden Planet (the defunct one on 59th Street), and, to my ecstasy, saw tons of Godzilla and Ultraman toys as well as toys of this strange buglike Inframan-looking guy! One of them, a totally sleek armor-skinned guy, was called "Black" in English (it turned out to be Masked Rider Black)! I think I saw the other Riders, mostly 1 & 2.
I also read about "Masked Rider" or "Kamen Rider" in several magazines, even some issues of Akira (the color ones by Epic) made references to him in the commentary pages (when mentioning Shoutarou Ishinomori), until finally, at NYC CreationCon on the first week of January 1991, I got Markalite Vol. 1 in the dealers' row (I also saw the beginning of a Masked Rider Black episode in the same area, and I was totally hooked!), and there was no turning back. I didn't see the first Masked Rider until Christmas Day 1996. I truly became a fan since.
But anyway, how did I get into tokusatsu? COME ON!!! I've been into tokusatsu ever since watching Godzilla Vs. Megalon (not only the first Godzilla movie I've ever seen, but also the first movie I saw in theaters)! As my childhood progressed, I watched Godzilla films, Gamera films, daikaijuu eiga and other tokusatsu movie classics, and the moment they came on TV would totally light up my life that day. And as my adolescence rolled on, I began to see more superhero shows! Thanks in part to my involvement in sci-fi fandom, specialty stores, sci-fi conventions and video dealers there.
Incidentally, it was also Jet Jaguar (the robot from Godzilla Vs. Megalon) who got me into Shogun Warriors toys! I always thought he looked like a cross between Great Mazinger and Getter Dragon (Getter Robo G). The Shogun Warriors were, and still are, my favorite Japanese robot toys.
I also read about "Masked Rider" or "Kamen Rider" in several magazines, even some issues of Akira (the color ones by Epic) made references to him in the commentary pages (when mentioning Shoutarou Ishinomori), until finally, at NYC CreationCon on the first week of January 1991, I got Markalite Vol. 1 in the dealers' row (I also saw the beginning of a Masked Rider Black episode in the same area, and I was totally hooked!), and there was no turning back. I didn't see the first Masked Rider until Christmas Day 1996. I truly became a fan since.
But anyway, how did I get into tokusatsu? COME ON!!! I've been into tokusatsu ever since watching Godzilla Vs. Megalon (not only the first Godzilla movie I've ever seen, but also the first movie I saw in theaters)! As my childhood progressed, I watched Godzilla films, Gamera films, daikaijuu eiga and other tokusatsu movie classics, and the moment they came on TV would totally light up my life that day. And as my adolescence rolled on, I began to see more superhero shows! Thanks in part to my involvement in sci-fi fandom, specialty stores, sci-fi conventions and video dealers there.
Incidentally, it was also Jet Jaguar (the robot from Godzilla Vs. Megalon) who got me into Shogun Warriors toys! I always thought he looked like a cross between Great Mazinger and Getter Dragon (Getter Robo G). The Shogun Warriors were, and still are, my favorite Japanese robot toys.
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