#kamen rider zangetsu shin

[lordwoopdeedoo]

Gaim you may have had some problems but you gave us these melon siblings and for that I have to thank you

[toku-explained]

Chocold & Blizzard Sorbet

Before we start today, I'm going to talk about stage shows, and original concepts within, as it is relevant to this week's first story. Stage shows have been a part of tokusatsu from the very beginning, but by and large they've always been understood as not being part of the main series. Of course, a lot of Local Heroes exist primarily on the stage, and while the Dogengers have all gained an ongoing screen presence, stage is their main home. But we're here to talk about stage productions linked directly to these major series, in particular stage shows that are considered semi-canon. Most notably, the Kamen Rider Zangetsu stage show, which debuted Zangetsu's own Kachidoki Arms, is fully canon, but I'm more concerned with the likes of the Rider Final Stages, Sentai Final Live Tours, and Ultraman New Generation Lives.

We'll start with the Sentai. Occasional Final Live Tours have featured original evil rangers, some directly adapted from show rangers, but they're more notable for occasionally showcasing unseen forms. Toq3 is still the only Toqger we haven't properly seen use Hyper outside a group use in their final Live Tour, and similar circumstances is the only way we've seen Momoninger and Shironinger use Chouzetsu. They didn't repeat the pattern for LuPat, but it's notable to me that after the stage had LupinBlue and Toq3 use Super, the team-up a year later had LupinYellow and Toq2, the only ones not to have used it so far in any medium, do so. But arguably the most prominent is the last G-Rosso show for Zenkaiger, which transformed Flint into TwokaiFlint months before she would temporarily Gokai Change into Twokaiser. Despite the general non-canonicity of these specials, it's notable that a TwokaiFlint Gear was commercialised.

Onto Rider. I don't recall anything from the various Golden Week programs being notable, so we'll stick to the Final Stages. Thanks to the Heisei Rider novels, a number of things that otherwise only appeared on stage have been canonised including Dark Wizard, Maja, Ayumu Ghost and Another Oma Zi-O, and some of them have had at least some merchandise, like Gamedeus Muteki and Tassel Dark and newer stages have had original forms with official merch, Ghost Shinsengumi Damashii, Zi-O Woz Armour, Ark Zero-One, Saber Ultimate Bahamut, Revice Shin, Gotchard LegendLiner and Dread Type:Final.

Ultraman recent stages have introduced characters and concepts that have become canon, notably the Galaxy Rescue Force's Sors, Zero, Grigio Darkness, Another Gene's Nix, and Ediom's design originating as Mountain Gulliver II-V, not to mention expansion of the Darkness Heels to Manga. However, stage forms have historically not made it to screen, even if Agul Supreme and Gaia Super Supreme have had merchandise, what's coming here is still a first.

New Generation Stars: Ediom finds Z staring at the image of X in Ultimate Zero Armour with Zero. At first he just seems impressed by X's abilities conferred by the various armours, but it morphs into jealousy he doesn't also get to use the Ultimate Aegis. Once he is calmer, they start looking more at the Mons Armour and Cyber Armours, starting by seeing Exceed X battle the Cyber Kaiju enhanced Greeza, before uniting with the freedom Cyber Kaiju into the Hybrid Armour. Z recognises this the product of X's bond with the Kaiju, and Ediom shows him another example of X's bond, he fought alongside Ultraman and Tiga and awoken Exceed X Beta Spark Armour, and how Zero, Max, Ginga, Victory and Nexus returned to help save his world. Seeing this reminds Z of how he too borrows Ultraman's power for Beta Smash, and Tiga's for Gamma Future. Ediom reveals to him another armour wearing Ultra, Ultraman Arc. Ediom explains how Arc's powers are shaped by Yuma's imagination, showcasing the armours they use together; Solis Armour, Luna Armour, and the ultimate Galaxy Armour. But there is one more secret, Arc's Saturn Armour. Z expresses interest in meeting Arc, and Ediom assures he too is a hero, but notes that despite the similarities, the nature of X and Arc's armour's is different, but Z recognises where the similarity is important, their care for their friends and desire to protect. Ediom wonders if some day Z's New Generation Ultraman Cape might also be a symbol of hope.

Gavv: Gavv's pursuit of Bitter Gavv struggles through a combination of Bitter Gavv'd more malleable form, Shoma's health issues, and Bitter Gavv overwhelming him using Spicy VroCan Gatling. After his quarry flees, Shoma collapses, but is found by Sachika. She puts him to bed, reflecting on Hanto telling her about Bitter Gavv, and she guessed he was the other, she guesses Shoma's continued issues stem from still being uneasy about Hanto. Katarou sends Hanto into where the Yakiniku boss told him, Hanto gets caught in a good trap that weighs him down, Katarou reveals the deception, thinking it just a prank, and gets Pressed as soon as he goes to leave. The Octopus Granute is after revenge, Hanto killed another Granute that he was friends with, and so it's payback, despite Katarou's betrayal Hanto isn't going to let that happen, but the Granute's ink clogs the ValenBuster and incapacitates the Gochizos he has. Lakia returns to Dente, wanting to kill him for his role in Dark Treats. Dente accepts this, reflecting on his sins and having seen what Shoma has achieved wonders if he could have stopped things if he stood up to his brother. Lakia decides punishment will wait, but Dente insists on giving him treats and his own phone. Next day, Bitter Gavv starts rampaging, seeking excitement and chases a bystander. A Gochizo witness comes to Shoma, debating with others if they should tell him, but he wakes up and goes, even when Sachika tries to stop him. The Granute has spent all night torturing Hanto, and taunts him, when a Chocold suddenly forces itself into the ValenBuster, allowing Hanto to transform and begin his attack. Shoma confronts Bitter Gavv, but can hardly stand. Lakia reflects on how Shoma has handled life far better than himself, as. Gochizo comes to fetch him. Sachika tries to help Shoma, but he is overwhelmed, fortunately Lakia arrives and becomes Vram to attack him, Lakia was unaware of the 3rd Kamen Rider. Valen brutally defeats the Granute, and remains annoyed with Katarou as he recovers his Press. Vram is overwhelmed, and seeing Shoma needs energy, Sachika snatches ice cream from a crepe van, chasing Shoma to recall his mother wished she had some for him when he had a fever as a child, the combined reflection and taste helps restore his mental state, and produces the Blizzard Sorbet Gochizo, and uses it to transform, using it's ice powers to overwhelm Bitter Gavv and destroy it with an Ice Illusion after getting the winner stick. The Gochizo melts afterwards. Back at HapiPare they post to SN and Sachika assures Shoma he and Hanto will patch things up, they've also brought Lakia back, he is put off by Sachika's straightforwardness. Hanto believes with Chocold he can defeat Granute's without relying on Shoma, exactly what Suga wants.

Gozyuger: as gathering the Rings is required to become Number One, our KuwagataOhger considers anyone else with one his rival. From a distance, the blue ring bearer fires, missing his intended target, Tsutsumi takes the opportunity to leave, telling Hoeru he won't hold back next time. Hoeru and Aoi, the landlord's son, do their usual routine, as soon as Aoi's gone she presses Hoeru about the rent, giving him until the end of the day. With the Bridans, Fire Candle tells Bouquet he wants King Candler restored so he can get revenge of Hoeru, an elite Aryee, Casios Beil, swears to avenge his leader. Mr. Shining Knife and Mrs. Sweet Cake have already dispatched a No-One. The landlady is tempted by promises of erasure and snatched, Hoeru witnesses her Generate into No-One World's No.1 Treasure Hunter, and starts attacking places to steal jewels. Hoeru confronts him, but they're interrupted by the yellow ringer, who plays on a piano he dragged in a song praising Tega Sword, then the blue presents himself as an idol, before both Engage, into blue GozyuLeon and yellow GozyuTyranno. They take down the Aryee together, but are then told by the No-One that to defeat him, they must do so in a Treasure Hunt battle, realising this is part of Tega Sword telling him to become No. 1, Hoeru accepts the terms, starting a 4-way Treasure Hunt Battle. When Hoeru questions if they want his ring, they say protection comes before any Ring Battles, and they're working together even if Hoeru isn't interested in joing. Yellow is Bakugami Ryuji, a zealot of Tega Sword, and blue is egocentric idol Byakuya Rikuo. Hoeru uses Tega Sword to try and excavate treasure, the mundane use something that angers Ryuji, Hoeru's fleeing the nuisance means Ryuji gets what he dug up. Rikuo is still planning how do get resources for his treasure hunt, but witnesses the No-One robbing places and comes to an alternate plan. So he goes to two elderly wealthy fans of his, pretending to need money for surgery so he can continue singing, they give him an Edo vase so he can make his way back to being idol Number One. Hoeru, struggling to find anything, stops an older kid bullying Aoi, in return learning the trause the kid was stealing was the special onigiri his mother makes him, which he shares with him, then asks after his mother. Hoeru assures him, and makes a plan. Hoeru doesn't show up, but despite the treasure Ryujin unearthed, the No-One wins handily. Casios Beil arrives to support aboard Ayayser Crossandra, but Hoeru interrupts, using the No-One's device to steal all the collected treasures as his entry, saying the battle is just beginning, and Engages, baffling the No-One and Aryee in a One-on-one. Rikuo decides Hoeru is useful for now, and Engages, then summons his Leon Buster 50 to help battle the soldiers, while Ryuji calls on Tega Sword, and pilots Tega Sword Yellow against Ayayser Crossandra. GozyuLeon tests out a Sentai Ring he already acquired, transforming into BunRed with GozyuLeon's armour on top. Each defeats their opponents, GozyuWolf pulling the landlady from out of the No-One, winning the match to become the Number One Treasure Hunter. In Bridan, Fire Candle is devastated at the loss of Casios Beil, his best friend, swearing revenge, as Bouquet wonders what the significance is of the Gold Tega Sword warriors. Next morning, Hoeru finds the café has been turned into a Tega Sword café, courtesy of new manager Ryuji. With no money, Hoeru must find a new job, Tsutsumi, watching, swears they'll have their rematch some day

[mangolon]

The Vision Driver is just this decade’s Genesis Driver, isn’t it?

[tommyismymainranger]

Oh my god, I never noticed that Scorpio's 'good guy' flashback outfit was those colors! (If you're not up on Kamen Rider, Yuki Kubota (Scorpio's actor) played a major role as Kamen Rider Zangetsu whose colours were mainly white, green and orange.)

Aw no, I’ve only seen Den-O recently and I just started Ghost. I’m glad it helped you to notice that though and thanks for sharing/explaining that interesting tidbit. :) Have a good day/night! xxx

[dasytaylor]

HELL YEAH

[doxolove]

sengoku fruitmen showdown

[nightblood]

Here’s the results for the top 100 Kamen Riders:

1. Kamen Rider Den-O 2. Kamen Rider W 3. Kamen Rider Kuuga 4. Kamen Rider OOO 5. Kamen Rider Faiz 6. Kamen Rider Decade 7. Kamen Rider Kabuto 8. Kamen Rider 1 9. Kamen Rider Build 10. Kamen Rider Grease 11. Kamen Rider Cross-Z 12. Kamen Rider Zero-One 13. Kamen Rider Zeronos 14. Kamen Rider Wizard 15. Kamen Rider V3 16. Kamen Rider BLACK RX 17. Kamen Rider Eternal 18. Kamen Rider BLACK 19. Kamen Rider Genm 20. Kamen Rider Joker 21. Kamen Rider Hibiki 22. Kamen Rider Meteor 23. Kamen Rider Agito 24. Kamen Rider Zi-O 25. Kamen Rider Blade 26. Kamen Rider Mach 27. Kamen Rider Ouja 28. Kamen Rider Ohma Zi-O 29. Kamen Rider Ex-Aid 30. Kamen Rider Drive 31. Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha 32. Kamen Rider Evol 33. Kamen Rider Chalice 34. Kamen Rider Fourze 35. Kamen Rider Knight 36. Kamen Rider Garren 37. Kamen Rider Kiva 38. Kamen Rider Revice 39. Kamen Rider Skull 40. Kamen Rider Kaixa 41. Kamen Rider Amazon 42. Kamen Rider Vulcan 43. Kamen Rider Zangetsu 44. Kamen Rider Chaser 45. Shadow Moon 46. Kamen Rider Ryuki 47. Kamen Rider 2 48. Kamen Rider Gaim 49. Kamen Rider Kick Hopper 50. Kamen Rider Accel

51. Kamen Rider G3 52. Kamen Rider Lazer 53. Kamen Rider Ark-One 54. Kamen Rider IXA 55. Kamen Rider Baron 56. Kamen Rider Gills 57. Kamen Rider Gatack 58. Kamen Rider Saber 59. Kamen Rider Cronus 60. Kamen Rider Super-1 61. Kamen Rider Diend 62. Riderman 63. Kamen Rider Woz 64. Kamen Rider Dark Kiva 65. Kamen Rider Stronger 66. Kamen Rider Zolda 67. Kamen Rider Horobi 68. Kamen Rider Snipe 69. Kamen Rider Ghost 70. Kamen Rider Espada 71. Kamen Rider X 72. Kamen Rider Rogue 73. Kamen Rider Birth 74. Kamen Rider Eden 75. Kamen Rider Delta 76. Kamen Rider Necrom 77. Skyrider 78. Kamen Rider Valkyrie 79. Kamen Rider 1 (THE FIRST) 80. Kamen Rider ZO 81. Kamen Rider Orga 82. Kamen Rider Zanki 83. Kamen Rider NEW Den-O 84. Kamen Rider Para-DX 85. Kamen Rider Kenzan 86. Kamen Rider Jin 87. Kamen Rider Shin 88. Kamen Rider Geiz 89. Kamen Rider Amazon Neo 90. Kamen Rider Another Agito 91. Kamen Rider Durendal 92. Kamen Rider Amazon Omega 93. Kamen Rider Saga 94. Kamen Rider Ryuga 95. Kamen Rider Saikou 96. Kamen Rider Ryugen 97. Kamen Rider Blades 98. Kamen Rider Sabela 99. Kamen Rider 3 100. Kamen Rider Taiga

[cina-full-moon-xanadium]

Counting the three upcoming movies (Shin, Saber summer, 01 Vulcan/Valkyrie), and counting the V-cins for Zangetsu, Baron, Knuckle, Duke, Mach and Heart as six separate movies rather than three conjoined ones, there are currently a grand total of 84 kamen rider movies

[toku-action-figure-news]

SO-DO CHRONICLE Kamen Rider Gaim Premium Bandai wave revealed -- Duke, Marika and Sigurd

Following all the other Kamen Rider Gaim announcements last night, Bandai’s toy blog announced a new addition to their Kamen Rider Gaim SO-DO CHRONICLE line -- a Premium Bandai wave consisting of the three remaining energy riders; Duke, Marika and Sigurd. Much like Wave 2′s Zangetsu Shin and Baron Lemon Energy Arms, all three of these Riders come with both a normal version of the Sonic Arrow and a drawn version to simulate firing. Kamen Rider Marika also uses a new body mould compared to the rest of the Gaim figures in SO-DO Chronicle so far, and both her and Sigurd feature painted eyes rather than stickers.

SO-DO CHRONICLE Kamen Rider Gaim Genesis Slider Set is set to release in March 2021 as a Premium Bandai exclusive for 5280 Yen.

[fantasyinvader]

I kinda want to do a post on heel-face turns with regards to Edelgard. Specifically, those done by Kamen Rider over the last few years.

Let’s start with this year’s model, Gai Amatsu or as I like to call him Bitchboy.

What did he do? Well, in addition to owning an extremely punchable face when he got to work with his idol on creating a city where man and robots live together, Gai sabotagued the project because (due to his upbringing) he couldn’t accept the idealistic goals of the project. Instead, he only viewed it as a matter of profits. So, he showed the satellite that was supposed to oversee the city the worst of humanity. This taught the machine to hate humanity, believing they should go extinct, causing the city to end up at the bottom of a lake. However, some robots survived and went to form a terrorist cell...which Gai covertly aided.

Gai is the cause of everything that happens in the series, and once he’s introduced he proceeds to challenge Hiden Intelligence to a contest in order to take them over. The robots they create versus humans equipped with his Zaia Spec, a pair of glasses that allows hooks a person’s mind up to a computer. Gai initially talks about humanism and how the robots are just tools. However, he’s shown to cheat, drive the robots berserk in order to have an excuse to kill them, corrupt the hero’s belt so all he has is a transformation that sends him into a berserk rampage, reveals that he has chips in the brains of Fuwa and Yaiba to control them (in addition to wiping Fuwa’s memories and implanting traumatic ones to turn him against the robots) and does everything to turn people against the robots so he can sell both Zaia specs and weapons.

How does he turn into a hero? Well, after he won the contest and took over Hiden Intelligence, the show basically shat all over him. He lost time and time again, to weaker riders who were discovering their own dreams. His victory was all for nothing, but then when it was revealed the terrorist robots could hack not only Zaia specs but also Raidraisers and send people berserk, Gai decided to promote Raidraisers as a means to protect yourself. Even arranging to corrupt the code of the Zaia specs to make them even more hackable in order to drive up sales. The people working under him have enough and collect evidence of his wrongdoings to get him kicked out of his position.

At his lowest point, Gai reveals his backstory of having a father who told him he had to strive for not 100% but 1000%. He also gets reunited with the only friend he had, the AI of a toy dog he owned as a child. This dog acts as his morality pet and saw Gai turn to the heroes side...which everyone feels is just super weird, out of character, and still hold him accountable for all the shit he’s caused. The show doesn’t drop what he did, it just acknowledges there’s a bigger threat now.

Next up is Gentoku Himuro, from Kamen Rider Build.

Gentoku was present when an alien artifact from Mars activated, creating walls that split Japan into three countries as well as having an effect on his mind. He became more aggressive as a result. Wanting Japan reunified under his pacifist father, Gentoku founded Faust, a secret organization that created weapons in addition to human experimentation. He does a lot of scummy things, including triggering the war to reunify Japan, before he is exposed and his father disowns him.

In an attempt for more power, he is further experimented on. However, this clear up the effects of the alien light, causing him to return to his normal state of mind. He continues to fight because he is forced to due to a bomb planted in his head, and feels guilt over what he has done. Though he also still believes he’s doing this in the name of the greater good. It’s even in his Rider catchphrase.

"Be a sacrifice for the greater good!"

He eventually wises up to what’s really going on, and leaks information to the heroes. Eventually, the bomb is removed but his father ends up taking a attack for him, dying as a result. Since everything he did was to give Japan to the one person he believed should govern it, he falls into depression and ends up joining the heroes seeking atonement for all he’s done. He eventually begins to understand what his father believed, that the power of the leader comes from his people, and in the end sacrifices himself in order to weaken the final boss (see above).

Next up is everyone’s favorite meme, Kuroto Dan.

As a teenage game designer hailed as a genius, Dan discovered a version of the Y2K bug that could infect human beings through exposure, digitalizing them if they succumb to it. This included his mother. However, at the time a young boy sent fanmail to him, which included a few suggestions for what he’d like to see in the next game. This enraged Dan to the point of sending a game with the virus to the boy, turning him into Patient Zero to spread it among the population. This boy ended up being the series lead, Emu.

People ended up being digitalized because of this, in addition to some committing suicide. Dan made it a point to appear to fight this problem in addition to the video game characters coming to life and attacking people, creating the Kamen Riders. But in reality, it was all a ploy for him to collect data to make the greatest video game ever, Kamen Rider Chronicle. He also wanted to see Emu suffer, and killed/digitalized Kiriya (Kamen Rider Lazer), who was investigating what was going on, during the Christmas episode. Eventually, he was stopped by Emu using what amounted to a game shark, but the data was enough for the video game characters to begin Kamen Rider Chronicle so that they could kill humans in revenge for them being killed in their games.

Kamen Rider Chronicle saw people turn into pseudo-riders, able to fight the Bugsters. When one of them defeated all of the bosses, the final boss would appear and the player would be able to transform into Kamen Rider Cronus with more powerful abilities to defeat them. When the game is cleared, that player would be the hero of mankind and all the digitalized people would be released. However, once you start playing you end up infected with the virus, needing to seek out the bosses to keep yourself alive. If you lose, you end up digitalized. Tough, but Kuroto intended for the game to be clearable.

That is until his father came in, and attempted to use it to assert control over the world in addition to claiming Cronus for himself. This led to the heroes searching for and finding a backup of Dan’s data, allowing him to return and aide them (giving Emu his final form based off the stars in Mario along with a save option to stop Cronus from resetting things). This coincided with him declaring himself a genius and a fucking god, and his control freak tenancies made it so that he wanted the game to be cleared as it was intended.

However, they still held him accountable for what he did and at the end of the series was shown in digital jail for his crimes.

Finally, the former owner of the title of Bitchboy. Mitsuzane “Micchy” Kureshima

Micchy actually starts off on the Heroes side, as Kamen Rider Ryugen. A rich kid dancing with Kouta’s old group, Micchy looked up to Kouta and when Kouta was unsure if he wanted to continue as Gaim after nearly dying, Micchy used his family name to become Ryugen and aide him.

However, as time went on a dark side of Micchy emerged. He wanted Kouta to do as he wanted while Kouta was more prone to heroic actions. Micchy also discovered that one of the monsters Kouta killed was the leader of their dance group as he ends up under the wing of his brother, Takatora aka Kamen Rider  Zagetsu. Following his brother’s belief that they would have to make hard decisions in order to survive, Micchy ends up undermining Kouta and the other’s attempts to deal with the threat of Helheim.

However, when Kouta reveals to Takatora there may be an alternative to solving the problem rather than leaving most of humanity to die, Takatora wants to work with him on this. This angers Micchy as once again Kouta isn’t doing what he wants, and now his brother is as well. This leads to him attempting to kill his brother, assuming his identity and Zangetsu Shin, and attacking Kouta in disguise. As time passes, Micchy is shown to try and save those he wants, including the girl he likes.

He eventually gains even more power and seemingly kills his brother yet again. Then he attempts to kill Kouta, whose power is slowly turning him into a Overlord of Helheim. The girl he likes is killed from having her heart removed by the guy who told Micchy to kill Kouta, though she ends up gaining god-like powers from the McGuffin that was implanted in her heart.

In the end, Micchy has lost his friends, the girl he likes, Kouta and her go off to be gods on some distant planet while also saving Earth. Micchy has lost nearly everything, with the exception of his brother who barely survived the last fight. His brother helps him cope with what he’s done, and as the last person able to fight and transform Micchy resolves himself to be the hero Kouta was in atonement for his actions.

Trust me, Micchy’s fall to villainy is gradual and very well done.

These are characters who all, to varying degrees, go from villains to heroes. And these are all in children’s shows. But how does Edelgard make the transition? Simple.

She doesn’t.

Crimson Flower isn’t a route about Edelgard redeeming herself. Fuck no. Instead it’s about the player, after seeing all that she’s been a party to during the first half, deciding to join her. There’s no atonement from her, instead it’s all based on the idea that everything she’s done was right, while she argues some form fo the greater good. You absolved her of the events of part 1 by joining her, while part 2 implies there’s a whole bunch of shady stuff she’s keeping from you. You endorsed her actions during White Clouds, believing she wasn’t the heel but rather the face.

[fruitridernews]

The Gaim news was craaazy yesterday, and since I was busy that night, I couldn't cover it in a lot of detail. Let's do a rundown of what happened. The Tokusatsu Network will do its own more detailed and refined articles, so I'll to em when they happen. This is a quick and dirty rundown.

Oh, side note, my Ask box is open again. Forgot to do that before. 

First and most important... Gaim Gaiden was revealed! It's called Kamen Rider Gridon VS Kamen Rider Bravo, featuring a form for both characters. This is a two-part story released on the Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club, an exclusive thing for Japanese fans.

If you haven't heard of it before, it's where we got Ex-Aid's Brave spin-off, Zi-O's Shinobi spin-off, aaand Drive's Brain spin-off. It's a place for short low-budget content. Part 1 is out now, so I guess keep an eye out for fansubs! I'll link em when I see em.

Oh, and Figuarts of these two new forms were teased. Neat. 

I linked to the SO-DO Pop podcast I do, so you know that the SO-DO Chronicle line is doing two waves of Gaim figures. Today they also revealed a Premium Bandai set, featuring Duke, Malika and Sigurd. Ignore Zangetsu-Shin here, he’s from the second wave. 

With how much original tooling is involved with these 3, it’s invitable they’d get Premium Bandai treatment. It means they get to exist and have a good budget behind them. Now I fret as I wonder if this will be my first Premium Bandai purchase... 

Arguably bigger news than that, the Complete Selection Modification release of the Sengoku Driver is up for pre-order! If you haven't looked into CSM, they specialize in doing expensive high-end versions of the Rider belts, making them more accurate while also pumping them full of new audio.

There's various little improvements, notably the Lockseeds have new molding to make them more show-accurate. The regular Sengoku Driver set comes with the Gaim faceplate, Orange Lockseed, Kachidoki Lockseed, and Kiwami Lockseed. 

There's also the Project Ark Edition of the Sengoku Driver, which comes with a blank faceplate (apparently representing Jonouchi as a Kurokage Trooper) and no Lockseeds - it's much cheaper, but still expensive. 

A main feature of them has been adding snippets of background music, as well as character dialogue. Gaim apparently is making use of this with the faceplates, and...

... It seems they have a lot of cast members doing dialogue for this one. Well, I have my theories on how they might be getting some of it since Duke's actor is famously... no longer acting because he's problematic. Could be reused dialogue from the Lemon Lockseed, in my opinion.

Even so, there's a lot here that they wouldn't have recorded toy dialogue for, like Bujin Gaim and Kurokage, and heck they even have Kamen Rider Maja from the stage show! It's wild.

Speaking of wild, they've also put up the Lockseed Charmont Set, which includes faceplates for Gridon and Bravo, the Donguri and Durian Lockseeds, as well as the Lockseeds for their new Gaim Gaiden forms! They are, as the transformation lines say...

"Lychee Arms! You're The Hero!"

"King Durian Arms! Mr. Violence!"

So those are the new forms. They're slightly remolded from their original armors. Eh. Could be worse. Like that other Rider that apparently is appearing, reusing parts of Idunn. 

In addition to these, they teased a Lockseed Team Baron Set with an image of Baron and Knuckle, as well as a Lockseed Kureshima Set with an image of Ryugen and Zangetsu. One could wonder if these are just their main Lockseeds or a full set, but I'm about to share which one that could be.

Now this is crazy.

https://toy.bandai.co.jp/special/gaimfes/helheim/

The Gaim Festival site put up a little interactive thing where you navigate through the Helheim Forest and can find Lockseeds. This shows you some of the things they have planned for release.

Let me just share what's all listed...

Sengoku Driver:

Orange Lockseed

Kachidoki Lockseed

Kiwami Lockseed

Lockseed Charmont Set:

Durian Lockseed

King Durian Lockseed

Donguri Lockseed

Lychee Lockseed

Lockseed Team Baron Set:

Banana Lockseed

Mango Lockseed

Kurumi Lockseed

Lockseed Kureshima Set:

Budoh Lockseed

Kiwi Lockseed

Yomotsuheguri Lockseed

Melon Lockseed

Watermelon Lockseed

Shin Kachidoki Lockseed

Really painting a picture here about how many Lockseeds we're getting. And it doesn't stop there!

I kinda didn't go super deep in this, enough to fully confirm things like Shin Kachidoki in the above list, buuut if you go to the URL for the Lockseed images... you can find the rest of them. I ran into a few of these following ones, which simply said they were gonna be getting a release, didn't say how or when. But you'll be impressed by the results:

Ichigo Lockseed

Pine Lockseed

Suika Lockseed

Lemon Lockseed

Black Orange Lockseed

Matsubokkuri Lockseed

Forbidden Ringo Lockseed

Helheim Lockseed (Related to Gridon VS Bravo, image used above)

Blood Orange Lockseed

Black Ringo Lockseed

Maja Lockseed

Fifteen Lockseed

Himawari Lockseed

Golden Ringo Lockseed

Silver Ringo Lockseed

That is... (checks own blog) just about every Lockseed accounted for! None of the Energy Lockseeds were in there, and I suspect that's probably because they were having fun and being accurate with the Helheim stuff. Energy Lockseeds don't come from Helheim, after all.

There's a few things missing. Of note, I guess the Sid Lockseed, the numberless Banana Lockseed used by Black Baron, Fresh Orange, and anything that didn't have any sort of fiction attached to it. Oh, and Legend Rider Lockseeds. Out of all of these, I feel like the numberless Banana Lockseed has the best chance of a release since it’s gotta have a faceplate with it, but the others are potentially easy to skip. 

And, hoo boy, that’s all FOR NOW, but of course we could always get more reveals. 

[ghostjetshell]

S.I.C. | Kamen Rider | Shin Zangetsu

[808impz]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sozAvH8jBs)

[dumbnutshell]

KamenRider Gaim presents ジェネシスアームズライダー

Genesis Driver ゲネシスドライバー

仮面ライダー斬月 真 Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin メロンエナジーアームズ Melon Energy Arms

 仮面ライダーデュークKamen Rider Duke レモンエナジーアームズ Lemon Energy Arms

仮面ライダーマリカKamen Rider Marika ピーチエナジーアームズPeach Energy Arms

仮面ライダーシグルドKamen Rider Sigurd チェリーエナジーアームズ Cherry Energy Arms

仮面ライダーバロン Kamen Rider Baron レモンエナジーアームズ Lemon Energy Arms

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Okay so here’s all the stuff I got though in no particular order because I have a bad memory. Cut because I didn’t expect it to get so long

- The Gaim soccer movie. Pretty average I think. I thought it was cool that Peko had something to do but I hate that Gaim made Kurokage into a generic grunt suit because then it looks silly when the Riders have it and it looked especially silly that Hase AND Peko had the same suit. Overall not bad though

- All four Gaim Gaiden movies. I watched Zangetsu and Baron first because I thought I should save Knuckle for last but that ended up being a bad decision. Zangetsu was pretty okay, although I did lose my shit when Takatora’s dad turned out to be the guy who played Philip’s dad in W. Baron was better than I expected mostly because it focuses heavily on someone who isn’t Kaito. Duke was pretty boring but I liked that they used pomegranate and dragon fruit. Knuckle was TERRIBLE and I’m so tired of Gaim characters like reminiscing about Kaito. I could make a whole post about how much I hated Knuckle

- Wizard/Gaim movie war. The Wizard section was really nice and it’s been quite a while since I watched Wizard so it was nice to see everybody again. I liked how Haruto left Koyomi’s ring inside his Underworld so he could do something meaningful with it and allow himself to move forward. After the nice Wizard content the Gaim section is about all of the Riders fighting for other people’s entertainment to win some lockseeds and then they go to an alternate universe where warlords with Riders are fighting to unite the country. Kaito meets Nobunaga and decides to try to unite the country himself because he loves power and stuff. I hate Gaim. The one really nice thing about this movie was the surprise guest appearances. I knew Kengo was in this movie but I had no idea about Date, Akiko and Terui. I also liked how Haruto and Nitou said some of the Wizard opening’s lyrics to each other. Anyway the Wizard section was good and the rest sucked

- Mega Max, which I started ages ago and never finished so I started it over. The famous Shoutarou/Gentarou scene remains the best thing that’s ever happened in Kamen Rider. Anyway this one was really good

- All the little Drive Type: specials like High-Speed and Lupin. Mostly pretty forgettable but the TV-kun one was very funny and it was neat how there was a little mystery to solve

- Drive Episode 0. It was okay, not especially memorable imo

- Gaim/Drive movie war. Pretty boring but pretty typical movie war stuff. I did love Gaim backseat driving though, that was very funny. Gaim’s final form still sucks. Not much actual fun crossover stuff so not great

- Drive Surprise Future. This one was pretty good and also had some amazing new suits

- Heart/Mach saga: the Heart one was SO GOOD. Also you can come after me for my bad taste I guess but Kamen Rider Heart is amazing. I also really liked the Mach one but it was very upsetting to watch Gou’s neck get snapped. His new powerup in this one was also very good and I loved how Gou was telling the girl that he was also the child of a monster and they can overcome that. Also mom Kiriko!!!

- Chaser saga: VERY GOOD but I hate amnesia endings and I don’t think it needed any naked women lmao I did really enjoy it though. It was very funny

- Drive/Ghost movie war. I mostly enjoyed this one! I hated Takeru yelling at his younger self and telling him to be a man and stuff though. I did really like the way this one was structured though, because it was a crossover the whole way though instead of a Drive segment, a Ghost segment, and then a small crossover so we actually got some cool interactions like Akari and Rinna. I thought it was hilarious how when the portal appeared and Takeru immediately went for it even the Drive characters made a grab for him. Shin putting the ring in the ground so Kiriko would get it in the future was SO CUTE. I did kind of hate how Chase just shows up like “I was revived too” and Gou like barely reacts and then he disappears after the battle and no other Drive characters even got to see him. Also there were a few characters that only got like a three second cameo. The biggest disappointment though was that they only had 3/4 of the Renaissance artists that the Ninja Turtles were named after (admittedly though it was very funny that Leonardo da Vinci attacked with swirling Mona Lisas). I didn’t realize I had so much to say about this movie. I probably should have made a separate post

Kamen Rider Brain. I can’t believe how good it was, especially for being so short. They packed so much plot into these. PLUS there were cameos from some very good villains like Cancer from Fourze and I loved that one guy teasing Brain because his gun is a repaint. I didn’t realize the episodes were going to be so short and when I did I was scared the Heart and Medic part was going to be disappointing but it wasn’t and now I’m ready for Kamen Rider Medic to complete the trifecta. Plus ACTUAL DRIVE PLOT AT THE END??

Oh I guess I also never said I watch Heisei Generations Final. It was amazing.

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Kamen Rider Zangetsu Stage Show Reveals New Key Visual

  The story of Kamen Rider Gaim Gaiden continues this spring in Kamen Rider Zangetsu, a stage show devoted to the popular rider!

  Focused on Takatora Kurishima, alias Kamen Rider Zangetsu and Zangetsu-Shin, the play will feature a completely new, original story for the fan-favorite charater. Actors from the series will also be returning to take up their roles once again.

  Check out the latest key visual:

    It's also been announced that guest stars from the original Kamen Rider Gaim TV series will be appearing for after-show talks on certain nights.

  Kamen Rider Zangetsu will be performed March 9-24 in Tokyo, and March 28-31 in Kyoto.

  >> Kamen Rider Zangetsu -Stage Show- Website

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  Kara Dennison is a writer, editor, and interviewer with bylines at VRV, We Are Cult, and many more. She is also the co-founder of Altrix Books and co-creator of the OEL light novel series Owl's Flower. Kara blogs at karadennison.com and tweets @RubyCosmos.

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