HenshinSlayer
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A female rider should take the lead next. Who knows. Its time for some girl riders to join in and not let all the boys have all the fun.
Would a female lead rider work?
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Sentaifan'07 Xman
"Let's DRIVING!!!!!"
Yeah, I concur.
Vitor
When The Fruit Of Life Corrupts Men
I honestly think the idea would be rather interesting considering that we haven't had a female rider outside of movies (inb4 tackle debate), but lets be frank here, something like that wouldn't happen unless it was geared towards pervy men past their prime and at 2 in the morning
Lynxara
Nice post!!
I thought I'd post something relevant to this thread that I read today whole browsing the 'net at work. This is an excerpt from an interview with Stan Berkowitz, a long-time writer of superhero properties for Warner Bros. animation. He joined the division around 1996 to work on Superman: The Animated Series.
I added the bolding for emphasis myself. If a focus group of young American boys in 2007 reveals that they want fewer female characters to exist in their shows, period, then I don't think their Japanese counterparts are going to want to watch a Kamen Rider show about a female lead anytime soon.
It's hard to say whether this is a "girls are yucky" issue or not, but it's telling that when the demographic is focus grouped, they say they simply don't want there to be very many female characters at all. I bet ideally they'd not have the ones that existed doing anything, either... exactly like Kamen Rider's current female leads.
I added the bolding for emphasis myself. If a focus group of young American boys in 2007 reveals that they want fewer female characters to exist in their shows, period, then I don't think their Japanese counterparts are going to want to watch a Kamen Rider show about a female lead anytime soon.
It's hard to say whether this is a "girls are yucky" issue or not, but it's telling that when the demographic is focus grouped, they say they simply don't want there to be very many female characters at all. I bet ideally they'd not have the ones that existed doing anything, either... exactly like Kamen Rider's current female leads.
lazycoconut
I liked him when he wasn't a god
Well, let's look back at the last few years of KR:
Kiva - Every woman basically exists as a love interest, except Shizuka, who's your standard "little sister" type. Megumi and Yuri get to use IXA for a grand total of about two minutes.
Decade - Natsumi does nothing much, even as a Rider.
W - Akiko was fairly important, but seemed to be well received by the target audience. Saeko is powerful, but almost everything she does is motivated by her father and/or boyfriends. Several female Dopants.
OOO - Chiyoko is relevant to the plot for two episodes, and even then it's indirectly. Hina and Satonaka do very little until the final arc of the show, but then become more important.
Fourze - Bit more female presence: Miu is the KRC president, Yuki (although sidelined in the second arc) is brave and ambitious, and there's a female Rider. Tomoko does little except in relation to Ryusei.
That's a better track record of female presence/importance than in Ryuki through Den-O, but then Kiva, OOO and Fourze have all been pretty much ratings flops. I doubt it's just because the audience would prefer fewer girls though.
Kiva - Every woman basically exists as a love interest, except Shizuka, who's your standard "little sister" type. Megumi and Yuri get to use IXA for a grand total of about two minutes.
Decade - Natsumi does nothing much, even as a Rider.
W - Akiko was fairly important, but seemed to be well received by the target audience. Saeko is powerful, but almost everything she does is motivated by her father and/or boyfriends. Several female Dopants.
OOO - Chiyoko is relevant to the plot for two episodes, and even then it's indirectly. Hina and Satonaka do very little until the final arc of the show, but then become more important.
Fourze - Bit more female presence: Miu is the KRC president, Yuki (although sidelined in the second arc) is brave and ambitious, and there's a female Rider. Tomoko does little except in relation to Ryusei.
That's a better track record of female presence/importance than in Ryuki through Den-O, but then Kiva, OOO and Fourze have all been pretty much ratings flops. I doubt it's just because the audience would prefer fewer girls though.
Vitor
When The Fruit Of Life Corrupts Men
Probably is
You hardly ever see men in girls cartoons (the ones that exist anyway) either
lazycoconut
I liked him when he wasn't a god
If you watch stuff like Pretty Cure or shoujo series, odds are that the only male characters will exist as love interests or siblings - just like the female characters in series aimed at boys. It seems to be the only way they think kids will accept characters of the opposite sex
Vitor
When The Fruit Of Life Corrupts Men
That's what I meant
If they do exist in shows, male or female, they're usually the love interest or completely helpless/useless in a fight
FieryRed
Minato Ascending
Personally, I like to see girls kicking butt, which is why I finished watching Cutie Honey the Live recently. I also like Super Sentai for the reason that I can see female senshis beating monsters up, and female warriors show up alot more often than they do in Kamen Rider. Unfortunately, since Kamen Rider often have 1-2 Riders only, at least in recent years, Toei will not make a female Rider the lead due to the merchandise issue. Plus, I'm sure they're a bit old-fashioned when it comes to Kamen Rider than Super Sentai.
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