Opinion on your favorite Kamen Rider..

[NateRiver]

Worst hensin gesture / vocal: Diend

I didn't know he even had one.

 

[Clocktower]

Favorite costume: Double. I prefer the more simplistic designs over the ones that seem to be trying too hard to be edgy or "badass".

Worst costume: Blade's design really does nothing for me. Although it may grow on me, if I ever actually watch the show.

Favorite henshin gesture/sound: Fourze. I think they went overboard with the switches in an attempt to sell toys, but I still really love the "3,2,1" build up, his poses and pulling back on the handle really gives it a great activation feeling.

Worst henshin gesture/sound: None of them outright offend me.

Favorite henshin belt: Meteor. 70's disco, planetarium.

Worst henshin belt: A lot of the earlier ones are pretty boring, but there's none that I overtly hate.

Favorite KR theme: Anything Goes.

Worst KR theme: Break the Chain.

 

[Switchblade]

Worst henshin gesture / vocal: I think Black's is the most needlessly complicated one I've seen so far, though I haven't seen much of the Showa era Riders yet.

Clearly Super-1's is one of those you haven't seen. :laugh:


Favorite costume: This is tough, there are so many great designs out there. I think I'm going to go with Hibiki this time, but honestly my opinion on this changes regularly.
Worst costume: Masked Form Sasword. It's like every crappy toyline from the mid-90s pooled their resources into one last, glorious eyesore.

Favorite hensin gesture / vocal: V3. Great arm waving motions and Miyauchi always put so much energy into it.
Worst hensin gesture / vocal: Kabuto. Probably the laziest, least stylish henshin pose out there.

Favorite hensin driver: Close toss-up between Kuuga's Arcle and Agito's Alter Ring. Those were some beautiful belts.
Worst hensin driver : The Fourze Driver. That thing is a huge, blocky mess.

Favorite Kamen Rider theme: Kuuga's
Worst KR theme: Hibiki's second opening. Kagayaki was a masterpiece and it was criminal to replace it.

 

[Go-Onger]

Favorite costume: Kamen Rider G. Okay for actually "Official Riders", Super 1.
Worst costume. To be honest, I dont like alot of the riders designs. If I HAD to choose one..... It would have to be either a Hibiki or Kabuto Movie rider.

Favorite hensin gesture / vocal: V3. It just felt right. It was shorter and was simple.

Worst hensin gesture / vocal: Black RX. It was just weird.

Favorite hensin driver: Ixa. It was a giant Brass Knuckle that could shot lasers, it just also happened to transform you into a rider. You cant beat that. I do have to give points to Diend and Sasword. A gun / sword device is awesome as well.

Worst hensin driver : Hibiki Riders. It just didnt feel like anything close to what a kamen rider should have. Even Amazon's arm thing felt better. Though Fourze is #1 for riders who have actually belts.

Favorite Kamen Rider theme: Decade. Something about just screams "Badass" to me.

Worst KR theme: Hibiki's Second.... the instrumental one was pretty good, but this was just bad.

 

[OKexperience]

Favorite costume: Gotta go with Double. Simple, great idea with the form changes etc, not so gimmicky to me. And also, it doesn't have the "noticeable ass" that most costumes have.

Worst costume: Agito. Don't know why, but I always get depressed when I see it. It's too much Kuuga in the helmet and the breast plate is really boring with the transparent middle.

Favorite henshin gesture/sound: Fourze, I love the countdown and the way Gen sticks his hand up in the air. The feeling of reaching out for power.

Worst henshin gesture/sound: Agito. Again, it's kind of simple but I don't really like it.

Favorite henshin belt: Decadriver. Love the idea and the voice. Meteor comes second. Really wanna buy the Meteor Driver.

Worst henshin belt: The Fourze one is ugly but this one goes to Ryuki.

Favorite KR theme: The one from Ryuki.

Worst KR theme: Break the Chain...

 

[Kamen Rider Kaixa]

Favorite costume: Kamen Rider IXA (Basic Form)
Worst costume: Any rider Pre-KR Ryuki, not a fan of their designs

Favorite hensin gesture: Kamen Rider Kabuto (Tendou Souji's catch phrase, gesture and pose)
Worst hensin gesture: Not sure, never found one I dislike that much

Favorite hensin vocal: Kamen Rider Decade's Driver Voice
Worst hensin vocal: Non to my recollection

Favorite hensin driver: Kamen Rider Blade's Henshin Belt
Worst hensin driver: Any driver Pre-KR Faiz

Favorite Kamen Rider theme: Kamen Rider Blade's (Both Opening's)
Worst KR theme : Any Opening's Pre-KR Agito

 

[Reila]

Favorite Costumes: Kabuto [Rider form], W [Cyclone/Joker] and V3 [reboot].

Worst Costumes: Blade, OOO [Shauta form] and every costume form Ryuki.

Favorite Henshin Gestures/Vocals: W and Fourze.

Worst Henshin Gesture/Vocal: Faiz.

Favorite Henshin Belt: W.

Worst Henshin Belt: Most of the Showa era belts.

Favorite Kamen Rider Theme/Motifs: Kabuto [stag beetle] and Accel [motorcycle].

Worst Kamen Rider Theme/Motif: Shin, maybe.

Favorite Kamen Rider Theme/Song: Journey through the Decade.

Worst Kamen Rider Theme/Song: Switch On.

 

[SamuraiEchidna]

Favorite is such a strong word, and not so easy to measure when you can enjoy other things just as much as your "favorites". Worst is easier to measure, I like to believe. I'll still use the terminology, but just know that favorite =/= best.

I think for this, I'll just stick to Heisei Riders. I wouldn't feel comfortable judging Kamen Riders from one era against Riders from another era. And while I'm at it, I won't put anything from Wizard on here since the show isn't even over yet. But to be honest, Wizard's basic forms were being considered for worst costume. No offense, I LOVE the series and everything, but I could have SWORN I've seen fan character Riders with similar designs to Wizard before the show was even in the concept phase.

Favorite Costume: Skull from Double. Mostly because I can't get over how catchy the design is. But it also achieves a simple design, and it's a call back to stuff like Skull Man and whatnot.
Runner Up: Eternal Red Flame Ver. from Double. I just love this design, just wish it had come with a cape like the Blue Flame Ver. wears.
Worst Costume: Goldra and Silvera from the Den-O & Decade crossover movie. These two, if you can even call them Kamen Riders, do NOT fit in anywhere! They don't match with Den-O's style of Riders, they don't match with Decade or DiEnd, they are a terrible tribute to Ichigo and Nigo (worse than Punch Hopper & Kick Hopper). They are just hideous.
Runner Up: Shuki from Hibiki. Keep in mind, none of the Riders from this show fit in with any of the Riders from ANY generation, and Shuki is the worst in design ever, but at least she looks like she kinda belongs with the other Oni Riders, if you squint hard enough.

(YAY! I am inventing a new category! Just cause I can!)

Favorite Evolved Costume: Hibiki Armored. I like samurais and such, and this suit design just appeals to that part of me. Also, I just feel so powerful saying "Hibiki Soukou/Hibiki Armored".
Runner Up: Den-O Liner Form. Why do they keep giving us more Climax and Super Climax? Liner Form is where it's at!
Worst Evolved Costume: OOO Super TaToBa. Not only does it look like a really clunky, heavy suit, but the use of colors was instantly offensive.
Runner Up: Wild Chalice from Blade. It's mostly just a recolor of the regular suit, but the colors are all over the place! It makes me want to have a seizure, or puke rainbows.

Favorite Henshin Pose/Sounds: Kuuga. Something about the simplicity and the call backs to Ichigo, both in pose and belt sounds, really appeals to me.
Worst Henshin Pose/Sounds: Any version of G3 from Agito. He doesn't have a pose, and his henshin sounds are just stock sound effects.
Runner Up: Anything from Den-O. I like a lot of Riders with musical henshin sounds, but all the henshin sounds from Den-O are just painfully annoying, like nails on a chalkboard.

Favorite Henshin Device: Any of the devices from Kabuto that use a Zector. I don't know what it is, but I find it charming forming a bond with a Zector. Sure, other people could transform with it, but it might let only a chosen someone be its handler.
Runner Up: Decadriver or DiEndriver from Decade. Something about being able to summon the power of just about any Rider ever just seems REALLY awesome, and I love the voice of the devices!
Worst Henshin Device: Any of the devices from Kiva that require a companion, like the ones from the Kivat the Bat family. Bad enough you have to be part of the family to transform, but seeing mortals drained of their life energy for even trying? No thanks.
Runner Up: Any of the devices from Hibiki. You really have to push yourself to top physical condition to transform in the first place, not to mention having to learn to play an instrument. ...But at least none of those things will kill you.

Favorite Theme Song: Round Zero from Blade. I use to hear people liked the 2nd OP more, but I always thought the first one was the best. Plus, something about it I just find REALLY charming!
Worst Theme Song: Kagayaki from Hibiki. I know it fits the motif of the show, but that first OP is just lazy compared to efforts put into the other theme songs. It's just instrumental music! It's almost like not having anything there at all!

(And I'm doing it again! Aren't I just precious?)

Favorite Movie/Special Theme Song: Flashback from the Hibiki movie. Again, I love the cultural side of Japan, and this song nails it in spades while still having enough rock in it to appeal to just about anyone else. It's wonderful!
Runner Up: Jiken Da! from the Agito movie. This song was AWESOME! Ulfuls was such a great, underrated band...
Worst Movie/Special Theme Song: cod-E from Double Returns. Of all the songs I've heard from Kamen Rider movies and such, this one is just REALLY forgettable. Not from lack of listening to it enough anything; this song just does not stick with me.
Runner Up: Chou Climax Jump from The Onigashima Warship. Recycling a theme song is bad enough, but this is just irritating... And why does it remind me of Christmas?

WOW! That was hard. And I could make more categories too. TONS! But I think that's enough. I had to REALLY think about these categories alone. Would have been easier for me to judge this if we were talking about Sentai.

 

[Xombie]

Favorite costume: Tie between OOO (TaToBa) and Shin Ichigo For OOOS... I know it looks like a traffic light,but when I first saw this design,I immediately checked this series out. The 3 colors are really eye catching,good use of animal traits and it's nice that the different parts aren't just for show,they each have a purpose (example: Tora has extendable claws,a Rider that has claws like Wolverine,That is just awesome! :castlerock Ichigo's was iconic,the upgraded version like OOO's was really eye catching and just spoke classic,nothing major but awesome.

Worst costume: OOO (Putotyra) Oi-ye,what an eyesore. While the other combos were pretty cool,this one just didn't click with me,While I like they had a dino motif,Purple....seriously? I know some might like it,but for me,this needs to go away.

Favorite henshin gesture / vocal: Tie between W/Skull and Den-O (Sword Form) enough said.

Worst henshin gesture / vocal: Sasword I just did not like this character,He was waaaaaayyy.......too obnoxious.

Favorite henshin driver: Tie between OOO and Decade OOO's for the different medal combos and Decade for having all the rider powers with the exception of W and up.

Worst henshin driver: Accel,While I like the character,having a handle bar as your driver is just looks plain dumb for me.:disappoin

Favorite Kamen Rider theme: Let's Go Kamen Rider (70s,not that awful Kamen Rider Girls cover)

Worst Kamen Rider Theme: Kamen Rider Kabuto's,It's not my cup of tea,just plain and simple.