Fuuto Tantei

tl;dr if you like KR W you will love this, if you haven't seen KR W then I HIGHLY recommend watching that first

Are you a fan of Kamen Rider W? Are you itching for more of it? If the answer to even one of those questions is yes, then this anime is for you. It's essentially an all-new story that is set after the original series, featuring the cast you know and love.

But first, for those who are unfamiliar with Kamen Rider W: I highly, highly suggest watching it first before you go into this. The anime just assumes that you've seen all 49 ... episodes and 2 movies of the original series from start to finish, so it does a little amount of effort in refreshing your memory. Some major things are just straight-up unexplained because they've already been touched upon in the tokusatsu, and there are a lot of plot developments and character motivations that will go over your head if you haven't seen the original series at all. Certain scenes also lack emotional impact if you don't fully know the context behind them. Obviously, you're still free to try if you want—the chief producer has said that the anime is indeed made with newcomers in mind, but from what I have seen so far, it feels like the opposite. I imagine the anime will be so much less fun and more puzzling/confusing if you go in blind.

That said, if you're already a fan of Kamen Rider W or at least have fond memories of watching it, then you will love this anime. Fuuto PI is both a sequel and a love letter to the original W with a ton of neat little callbacks and references to its tokusatsu predecessor. The story is just what you'd expect from W: A thrilling supernatural mystery with some occasional light-hearted moments. It takes place in good ol' Fuuto, and the anime makes use of it really well. Many characters from the original series, no matter how minor, make appearances here and there in the story. A lot of iconic sets are featured as well, such as the Narumi Detective Agency which has been unfortunately demolished in real life. Both of these things combined make the windy city feel alive and familiar, almost like returning to an old home.
Henshin effects are also recreated in a much more flashy fashion than in the live-action, but the anime keeps certain trademark sound effects to remind you that you are still watching the same Kamen Rider you know and love. Some of the music is basically even just 1:1 renditions of the original series' soundtrack and it WILL hit you in the nostalgia bones.
It's based on a tokusatsu series, after all, so action-wise, the anime will not leave you wanting. The animation is solid, smooth, and slick—and thanks to it, we get the kind of action that just isn't possible in a weekly live-action drama medium. Dynamic fast-paced fight sequences, bike chase scenes with no regard to Japanese traffic safety laws, et cetera.

The only downside I can think of is that the voice actors might take a little while to get used to. The seiyuus do a fine job in bringing the characters to life, but it's going to feel a little jarring compared to the original at first. Just don't go in here expecting to hear Renn Kiriyama and Masaki Suda.
(But at least the ED song is sung by the actors of Eternal and Skull, and it SLAPS.)

Overall, it's a good, enjoyable anime—just one that is geared toward a very specific audience. If you are interested in watching the original series but don't know where to start, feel free to reach out to me. I'll be more than willing to help out!

(A repost and slightly minor edit of my previous review, which had 46 votes at the time of deletion.)

First of all im just gonna say that im a Tokusatsu fan,i already watched a lot of Tokusatsu show especially Kamen rider since i was a kid, ranging from the light hearted show like Kamen rider Den-o and Kamen rider Fourze,the grim but tolerateable show like Kamen rider Wizard and Kamen rider Decade,the dark show that filled with heavy topic like Kamen rider Faiz, Kamen rider Ryuki and Kamen rider Gaim and even a straight up Gore and Brutal show like Kamen rider Amazons(amazons not amazon)so having an anime based on one of it's members,Kamen rider W is such a gift to me as a ... fans.

Im not gonna try to be biased but HOLY SHIT AIN'T THIS AMAZING.Kamen rider W the anime ? AN ACTUAL ANIME ADAPTATION AFTER SO MUCH YEARS,THIS IS BASICALLY MY CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE.All those years i've been hoping that one day Kamen riders series will have their own anime instead of just being a cameo or refference,A full fledged anime with an actual story instead of just a chibi anime promoting their live action show,so when they announced that Kamen rider W manga will get an anime adaptation,i almost drolled myself to death.

This fact alone can already make me give this anime a solid 9.
The animation is fluid and it can finally show how Kamen rider ACTUALLY fights,it shows that kamen rider is basically a super human fighter with a strength that strong enough to pulls some amazing feats instead of just some dude wearing tight costume and driving a motorcycle having a patrol around town and that henshin animation is so AMAZING,i almost creamed my pants.

The studio missed the opportunity to use W-Boiled Extreme as their OP but since the new OP is damn banger i don't have a problem with it.
As for the character,
Shotaro is still a detective like before
Philip is still Philip
Akiko is still Akiko though im pretty sure that she will throw lot less sandal now.
Ryu is still a bitch even after he married Akiko
And Tokime is basically a form of Fanservice with an interesting personality and an important backstory.

There's some certain scene from the manga that got censored but im pretty sure that's because the director wanna make this anime PG-13(hope they released the "actual version" of it in a blu-ray or something).

So as a kamen rider fans,this show has become my personal favorite of this season so i'll give it a probably very subjective 10/10.

As someone who has watched Kamen Rider before and having Kamen Rider W as my favourite one out of all of them, I really enjoy this anime series although it's such a shame that it consists of 12 episodes only :') [like if you compare it to the episode of the Kamen Rider W live action, 1 eps of Kamen Rider W takes about 3-4 episodes of Fuuto Tante (if you get what I mean)] But anyways I really enjoy this anime series a lot that I really stay tune to every Monday for this one ><

Will I recommend it or not? Honestly, I prefer ... for those who haven't watched Kamen Rider W live-action to watch that first before watching this anime because in the anime you can say that you might not understand some parts of the scenes, so yeah, if you don't want to get confuse to whats going on, I recommend to watch the Live action first as this is the sequel of the Live-action series.

But to those who have watch the Liva Action I really HIGHLY recommend you guys to watch it especially to those who loves Kamen rider W

Tokime Simping Simulator.

Before we get into the review I’d just like to clarify that although I know of Kamen Rider, I don’t know everything there is to know about the franchise I know very little. This is a review of someone who went into Fuuto PI blind.

Fuuto PI is the story of two private investigators protecting the city of Fuuto from scum and villainy. On the service Shoutarou and his partner Philip are detectives, but when Gaia Memories are involved -a USB memory stick-like devices that turn people into monsters called Dopants- they combine (literally) into the left and right halves of the cities ... hero, Kamen Rider W. Using the Gaia Memories for justice the two of them set out to rid the city of Dopants and uncover the mysteries behind Shadow Fuuto and the true identity of their smoking hot assistant and literal simp magnet, Tokime.

Now if you’re like me and went into the first episode without any prior knowledge or context of Kamen Rider W then you’ll probably spend most of your time being very confused.
It feels like the show was made for those with prior knowledge in mind and it will not hold the hands of newcomers to help get them up to speed. That’s unfortunate, however, once you start to get accustomed to the admittedly bizarre and sometimes confusing world building the show is strong enough to carry itself as its own wacky superhero thing.
This is thanks to its strong story direction, the loveably quirky cast of the Narumi Detective Agency, the fun side characters and deliciously over-the-top villains as well as its stunningly good-looking art and animation. Studio Kai did a fantastic job capturing the LA Noire mood of the city along with the amazing OST, bringing the characters to life without compromising the manga’s original art style. The members of the Narumi Detective Agency are all odd in their ways, but together they have great character chemistry and the great voice acting helps brings out the show's great sense of humour.
The dopant's designs are all very weird and unique with interest powers such as controlling bugs, becoming nuclear reactors and just literally the power of being drunk, and it’s fun to watch the team fight them whilst uncovering the cases around them.

I enjoyed “Fuuto PI”. Unfortunately, the lack of context about its world-building and characters will hamper some viewer's enjoyment at the beginning, and there is a villain who shows off how evil he is by making Tokime take off her clothes which yes, only happens once, but it was very jarring and it is always a classless and tacky writing trick to create tension. However, the more you watch the more the context blanks get filled in and by episode 12 the story feels much more fulfilling. Also, I don’t know any other show where a man's superpower is to turn in a motorbike and that's awesome.

Also, I 100% simp for Tokime and the animators clearly do too… and so will you after you’ve watched Fuuto PI.

7/10 Good.

What is there not to like. Its Kamen Rider and Anime. Literally everything about this is amazing. If you haven't watched Kamen Rider W it is a Must watch before watching Fuuto tantei as it is a direct sequel. Everything not possible to do in a low budget action packed Live action T.V. show that plays in the mornings before going to school, That is exactly what this is. Growing up on Kamen Rider blade, Ryuki, W, ETC; this anime is everything awesome about Kamen Rider and then some. Its got the dark, enthralling story, the classic Henshin sequence, Monstrous bad guys, the "Balls to ... the wall" Explosive(literally) Fight scenes, and last but not least amazing soundtrack. This anime's biggest failure is that it isn't running for 50 episodes that has a spinoff movie before that final few episodes. Literally everything about this is Kamen Rider take is amazing. If you don't like Super Sentai/Kamen Rider style of shows this isn't for you. This is a very grown up take for a sequel to such an amazing Kamen Rider series. But everyone who grew up on W would be adults by now so its fine. This is a love letter to Kamen Rider fans of the years past and years to come. I hope this show continues to adapt the rest of the manga.

Fuuto Tantei is a detective based on Kamen Rider W , in fact its the sequel to the Tokusatsu show of the W so yes you do need to watch Kamen Rider W if you want to watch this anime , is it ? well yes , the monster designs are great , the hero himself Kamen Rider Double looks good in 2D animation , this show is short and sweet , its the gold start for any newcomer to Kamen Rider anything , would you need past information ? yes just the old show Live Action show , Noting more , ... I wish the show was longer than 12 eps , the show itself does somewhat feel like KRW to me

Before I start my review, I wanted to let everyone know that it took me way longer than I would like to admit to understand that the English name of this show Fuuto PI is not pronounced as Fuuto "PIE" but as Fuuto "P.I." (as in Private Investigator). After reading that you may be thinking to yourself, "This reviewer clearly won't be able to provide an accurate analysis of this series that will sway my intent to watch it or not". If you are thinking that, that's cool by me. I also believe that I have some interesting insight that is worth reading on about.

Disclaimer: ... I have not read the manga at the time of writing this review.

When the Fuuto Tantei anime was announced I had already watched a handful of Kamen Rider series, but had never sat down and watched Kamen Rider W. I did that in the span of about two or three weeks leading up to the release of this anime. I say this to show that I had W fresh in my mind as I watched Fuuto Tantei.

This series serves as a faithful follow-up to Kamen Rider W in it's themes, plotting, and overall aesthetic. The season is split into mostly stand-alone cases that relate to an overarching plot. Mysteries are presented to our heroes, there are cool-designed monsters that our detectives encounter in the pursuit of solving these mysteries, and they transform into Kamen Rider W together to defeat them. All of our favorite characters from W are back with their catchphrases and quirks. I really appreciate how their development continues to be fleshed out beyond the narrative of W. The new characters are intriguing, but didn't have enough time in the season to really get any serious depth. While Kamen Rider W is definitely a kid's show aimed to sell toys, this anime is not (even though I would love some figures of the new dopants). There are many dark moments and implications that are much more obvious than what was presented in W.

The animation is fantastic, especially during battle sequences. In W the fight scenes were limited by stunt choreography and special effects of the time, so the fights scenes are lot more exciting and fluid when not bound by live-action filming. A lot of the backgrounds are dark, so the vibrant colors really pop. When it comes to the women in the show (excluding Akiko), there's a significant amount of fan service. Not my cup of tea, so take that as you will.

I enjoyed this show for what is was, it wasn't mind-blowing but I had fun with it. I look forward to Season 2 and I hope that reception from this release encourages Toei to localize more Kamen Rider content to the West. I also hope this show encourages new fans of Kamen Rider to check out other entries in the franchise.

Now, count up your sins! and watch Fuuto Tantei!

Thanks for reading!

If you are a Kamen Rider fan like me, this is legit an anime for you to watch!
The anime is really good but still sucks its only 12 episodes so far and leave us on a cliffhanger which hopefully it will continue in 2023 maybe. It's also interesting that now its doing 3 episodes this time instead of 2 episodes on the whole cases which is not bad since it will pull out a plot twist that someone else is involve in the crime scene and stuff but man does the action look so good!!! Even the transformation sequence is legit insane!


Would I say I ... recommend this anime? Yes and No!
Reason being is because this is a sequal to the live action series Kamen Rider W. So if you watch the show already then yes you can watch this anime causes if you don't you're just gonna be hit with alot of question and confusion on what's going on. So I highly suggest and recommend that you watch the live action show first then watch the anime.

It's so good to see Kamen Rider W after all these years and the personalities of the characters have not changed one bit during these years. This show shows the potential of a sort of "after story" of these heroes after the main series have ended. I look forward to a Season 2 if they decide to make one. I fully recommend this show to anyone who have watched the original series back in the day and for any Kamen Rider fan of the Heisei period.

The story was intriguing as well as the art style; it really made the 3D characters shine brightly as much ... as their real life counterparts.