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I am a Wizard fanboy, as well. :sweat:
The magic theme alone interests me. The rings, the elemental forms for Wizard, the special effects, everything is just pure fun and entertaining for me.
The suit designs are fantastic especially the Phantoms. I just love how the designers took mythological creatures and turned them into some great-looking suits with some standouts (for me) being Phoenix, Hellhound, and Beelzebub. The suits for Wizard are just gorgeous and eye-catching with the jewel-motif.
The fight choreography is spectacular. Seiji Takaiwa has outdone himself with Wizard's flip-and-kick style. I honestly can't believe how he went from Fourze's half-assed fighting to this! :O_O:
The acting is decent at best. Haruto could use improvement but the actor's humorous tone fits his character. Standouts for me would be Rinko and Medusa/Misa and Mayu. Erina Nakayama is a wonderful actress in that she can play two (if you count Misa before she became a Phantom, then that's three) characters who look alike but have different personalities. I applaud her.
I agree with most that the overall plot/story does need some improvement. If you take each two-parter by itself, you have some good stories. Most of the Gates have some problems that real-life people could connect with. They have hopes and dreams and the Phantoms breaking them is pretty harsh if you ask me.
Combine everything together and most of it doesn't fit. The episodes where Haruto gets his Dragon forms just clash together, one after another. After all that is done, we have All Dragon which was kind of unnecessary for the story. Heck, let's make Haruto stronger by giving him 3 clones that can fight with him! :sly: The most recent upgrade, Infinity, wasn't a good reveal. The whole thing to gain it needed to flesh out more and revealing it after Nitoh got his final upgrade was a bad decision.
Overall, Wizard is one my favorite Rider series (and may be my top favorite after it's done). The show just works for me. I guess that's the only way for someone to like it, I guess. :eyebrow:
The magic theme alone interests me. The rings, the elemental forms for Wizard, the special effects, everything is just pure fun and entertaining for me.
The suit designs are fantastic especially the Phantoms. I just love how the designers took mythological creatures and turned them into some great-looking suits with some standouts (for me) being Phoenix, Hellhound, and Beelzebub. The suits for Wizard are just gorgeous and eye-catching with the jewel-motif.
The fight choreography is spectacular. Seiji Takaiwa has outdone himself with Wizard's flip-and-kick style. I honestly can't believe how he went from Fourze's half-assed fighting to this! :O_O:
The acting is decent at best. Haruto could use improvement but the actor's humorous tone fits his character. Standouts for me would be Rinko and Medusa/Misa and Mayu. Erina Nakayama is a wonderful actress in that she can play two (if you count Misa before she became a Phantom, then that's three) characters who look alike but have different personalities. I applaud her.
I agree with most that the overall plot/story does need some improvement. If you take each two-parter by itself, you have some good stories. Most of the Gates have some problems that real-life people could connect with. They have hopes and dreams and the Phantoms breaking them is pretty harsh if you ask me.
Combine everything together and most of it doesn't fit. The episodes where Haruto gets his Dragon forms just clash together, one after another. After all that is done, we have All Dragon which was kind of unnecessary for the story. Heck, let's make Haruto stronger by giving him 3 clones that can fight with him! :sly: The most recent upgrade, Infinity, wasn't a good reveal. The whole thing to gain it needed to flesh out more and revealing it after Nitoh got his final upgrade was a bad decision.
Overall, Wizard is one my favorite Rider series (and may be my top favorite after it's done). The show just works for me. I guess that's the only way for someone to like it, I guess. :eyebrow: