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| Mangaka Yokusaru Shibata coming back with a resurgence after his classic 2000s series of Air Master with this Kamen Rider spin-off of a show, it's interesting as heck. Tojima Tanzaburo wanting to become Kamen Rider from young to exact justice, it really did form his years, from high school with a confession prank from a gangster's girl, only to save her with his extremely weird eccentricness that just scares her shitless. Even growing up to be an adult, his Kamen Rider and Shocker inspiration that has held him to 40 years of age, it'll continue to follow him until he eventually outgrows his hobby of acquiring Kamen Rider merch to sell them off. And as it turns out, the "Shocker"-like robberies which is causing extra vigilance all across the nation, Tojima dismisses it as pure idiocy, though there's one gangster who truly adores Shocker to the point of calling homewreckers to wreck a festival, to the dismay of Tojima putting on the Kamen Rider act to put the robbery act to an end. Yup, this is good, LEGIT good. With TeddyLoid's OST on this, this Kamen Rider will appeal to fans. |
KANLen09Nov 15, 2025 2:43 AM
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| Someone really needs to make a counter for how many times “Kamen Rider” gets said here, because holy man. I couldn’t even focus most of the time, these CDs are just awful. The overall aesthetic is truly horrendous. Feels like something straight out of the mid-2000s. The whole premise just screams mid-2000s. Delinquents show up to beat the ever living shit out of this guy... but he gets back up and shows them the power of Kamen Rider! No, seriously. That’s literally what happens. And then he just goes ahead and beats the ever living shit out of them. What even dude LMAOOO. And then the girl he did all this for runs away because of how beat up... truly the backstory of all time, to say the least. Then we jump back to the present where he uses his Kamen Rider powers to beat the ever living shit out of a bear this time... xDDDDDD Though that was him in base form, so imagine him at ultimate form with the mask on and everything... oh boy, that was peak locked in energy like we’ve never seen in anime. This is truly the Kamen Rider you absolutely do NOT want to mess with. And man, visuals aside, which, honestly, only add to the comedy, this was a fire premiere. I actually can’t wait for more. Just hope this whole thing doesn’t get old too fast, though. |
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Someone really needs to make a counter for how many times “Kamen Rider” gets said here, because holy man. I couldn’t even focus most of the time, these CDs are just awful. The overall aesthetic is truly horrendous. Feels like something straight out of the mid-2000s. The whole premise just screams mid-2000s. Delinquents show up to beat the ever living shit out of this guy... but he gets back up and shows them the power of Kamen Rider!
No, seriously. That’s literally what happens. And then he just goes ahead and beats the ever living shit out of them. What even dude LMAOOO. And then the girl he did all this for runs away because of how beat up... truly the backstory of all time, to say the least. Then we jump back to the present where he uses his Kamen Rider powers to beat the ever living shit out of a bear this time... xDDDDDD
Though that was him in base form, so imagine him at ultimate form with the mask on and everything... oh boy, that was peak locked in energy like we’ve never seen in anime. This is truly the Kamen Rider you absolutely do NOT want to mess with.
And man, visuals aside, which, honestly, only add to the comedy, this was a fire premiere. I actually can’t wait for more. Just hope this whole thing doesn’t get old too fast, though.
No, seriously. That’s literally what happens. And then he just goes ahead and beats the ever living shit out of them. What even dude LMAOOO. And then the girl he did all this for runs away because of how beat up... truly the backstory of all time, to say the least. Then we jump back to the present where he uses his Kamen Rider powers to beat the ever living shit out of a bear this time... xDDDDDD
Though that was him in base form, so imagine him at ultimate form with the mask on and everything... oh boy, that was peak locked in energy like we’ve never seen in anime. This is truly the Kamen Rider you absolutely do NOT want to mess with.
And man, visuals aside, which, honestly, only add to the comedy, this was a fire premiere. I actually can’t wait for more. Just hope this whole thing doesn’t get old too fast, though.
| @IzanaSolos Because the timeline where Tazaburou was in high school was in the Showa era. The first Kamen Rider series was broadcast from 1971. And for saying Kamen Rider numerous times. That's one of the common features of the Showa Kamen Rider series. Toujima Tanzaburou: I'm just a passing through Kamen Rider. It wouldn't be Kamen Rider Ichigo without Fujioka Hiroshi. |
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| I'm so glad I watched this crazy show. The animation reminds me of FX's Archer, it's got humor, it's wacky and the ED is a whole new level of crazy. I love everything about this thing. |
| Absolutely loved this first episode. It's the perfect blend of funny and badass. The girls are super cute too. All to be expected from an anime based on a manga from the creator of Air Master, and add in the awesomeness of Kamen Rider too? This is exactly my cup of tea. |
| Right out the gate, this thing's got a lot going for it. There's decent action, and this middle aged dude is finally getting to live out his Kamen Rider chuunibyou fantasies. Lots of good voice talent in play here as well, especially TsudaKen as the bad guy. I can tell I'll have a great time with this. |
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| I am afraid that anime has reached its peak with this one. No other anime can reach this level of masterpiece! |
| I LOVE THIS, it's so stupid and funny. I love the animation style, and the damm dancing takoyaki as the ending is hilarious. This can only get better, can't wait for the next ep! |
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| Why does the music GOES SO HARD!? This basically chunnibou kamen rider but with a realistic adult cast. |
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| This is probably the best thing I've seen in the last couple of years. |
| Yoooooo anybody else getting serious Samurai Flamenco vibes from this? Only difference is that instead of Super Sentai, it's Kamen Rider this time 🙌🙌🙌 It even has the same plot point of the mc making his hero debut before a female fan who had been prepping for her hero debut way longer than the mc 😂 Cannot wait to see where this series is going, tho I doubt it will have a supernatural plot twist like Samurai Flamenco did. Either way, ever since Fuuto Pi, I have absolutely fallen in love with the idea of Kamen Rider as an anime and I'm so glad we are getting another one (even if this one is less of a traditional Kamen Rider lol) |
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| That was fucking PEAK !! holy shit!! the soundtrack was groovy! KAMEN RIDER KICK! |
| really hype and good. It's huge shame that the current year is the cucked Reiwa era that hate anything that men would sexually like and the Next episode preview already showed us that the pantyshots will be censored next episode. |
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| make me remember samurai flamenco, can't wait for more episode! |
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| Now that was one hell of a first episode, gonna have fun with this one. |
| Despite my age, I watched this episode with the same excitement I had as a kid when I watched Kamen Rider, Ultraman, Aizenoborg, and other tokusatsu shows. Pure awe and thrill! #MakeAnimesGreatAgain |
| Thoughts on watching this as someone who hasn't seen anything Kamen Rider related? |
| That was a fun episode 😄❤️❤️💯 Dude was so serious about Kamen Rider and he literally became one. The animation looks meh for the most part but at least it's ok for the fights. And the op is so damn good ❤️🔥❤️🔥 Gonna give this a try |
| Poor animation but it's full of soul. 10/10 |
| What a nice surprise this was! The OST was also very good. |
| It's a little cringe and all awesome. I'm not into Kamen Rider at all, but this was pretty entertaining. I'm going to give this a chance. I mean, the dude fought a bear! He deserves that much at least. |
| This is peak 🤩 perfectly balancing comedy and drama. Plus, having a 40-year-old main character in an anime is such a refreshing and unique touch. |
| Great pilot episode. I have high hopes for this anime 🤞 |
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| I can already tell this is gonna be a fun show to follow. It's goofy and unserious and just fully leans into that lol. Also, Kenjiro Tsuda's character had the X from To Be Hero X fit on lol (or Kiryu for those who are more familiar with Yakuza/Like a Dragon). |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. Take me back to the days before MAL became infested with Twitter's favorite buzzwords. |
| In case OPM3 sucks we got this, cause this is a lot of fun and ep 1 was exactly what I hoped it would be. I am however concerned about the production quality cause it was very annoying to me to see that in a lot of scenes the post production team had forgotten to do line-smoothing, especially in areas like mouth and eyes. Makes the frames look a bit like a B production without anti aliasing. Hopefully they fix for next ep but usually when a production team forgets these kind of things it's not fixed until blu-ray release.. |
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| That was okay I guess. I think I enjoyed the second half of the episode way more than the first, but I'm interested enough to keep watching for now :) Also that sidekick at the end and in the PV... 🤤 looking forward to seeing more of her! <3 |
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