Kamen Rider

October 28, 2007, 12:36 AM

Anyone else like the Kamen rider series? Its one of my favorites!
if so which seasons do you like best?

I'm a big fan of Den-O but Black,Faiz and Kabuto are probably my favorites. Kamen Rider The First is also awesome, and cant wait for The Next.

October 28, 2007, 1:01 AM

Oooh I remember this show! I used to watch it a lot when I was a kid with my brother and cousins. But it was in another language (Tagalog) so it was actually called "Masked Rider" for us in the Philippines. I know there's different versions of Kamen Riders, but I watched the Black one.

Anyway, I did a few research and found this bit:

"Hayato Ichimonji (一文字隼人, Ichimonji Hayato?), better known as Kamen Rider 2 and played by Takeshi Sasaki (佐々木剛, Sasaki Takeshi?), did a short sequence of arm-waving motions and uttered "Henshin!" (変身, literally "transform") whenever he wanted to switch from his human guise to the Rider form. This stylish pose, which was not demonstrated by Kamen Rider 1, was immensely popular among the young audience and helped turn the show into an immediate sensation."

^ Yes, that pose was truly popular as every kid, including me, did that pose as well. =) Here is the transformation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Pz-14ITMo

Here is the opening sequence for ours...it's in Japanese, so I'm happy with that. http://youtube.com/watch?v=sQFQt4q7dZg

And the ending, which is the best! I love that song, "Long, Long Ago Twentieth Century" http://youtube.com/watch?v=G8cI90AkgWA

There were several more shows I love, like Shaider, Maskman, and MachineMan. Lol classic, truly classic!

EDIT:

I know that they made an American version of Kamen Rider. Meh, I did not enjoy it...

October 28, 2007, 3:37 AM

Yeah the english show sucked big time and was cancelled pretty quickly.

November 11, 2007, 5:56 PM

Hmm...
Kamen Rider, it's been a while. Used to watch the Malay dubbed version on TV when i was a kid, but of course i've also watched some Asian English dubbed versions as well.

So far, my favorites were:
1. Kamen Rider Black RX
2. Kamen Rider ZO
and i can't remember the other one.