Kamen Rider Black is by far my favorite series of the Showa era. Amazing and dark story, it has my favorite soundtrack and it screams '80s from every angle, the opening theme is still one of my favorites of all time. It's dark but not depressing, I also like how it focuses on the bikes, I think that in the Heisei era only Kuuga had a huge focus on the bikes, after that they were almost toys with funny looks like in Ryuuki. RX is so disappointing after Black. Great review.
Yeah, that's why black is alot of people favorite show kamen rider show. Its just simply amazing with great rider and creature design, effects and music (The opening is one of my top 5 favorite), and of course with good story and characters. I am happy to see that you're not disappointed at black. So good job with your review. It was informative and I would recommend first time kamen rider watcher to see your review video before watching them.
When he was a kid, a pair of epileptics killed the director's parents by gouging their eyes out. Since then, he swore to take revenge on all people with epilepsy by constantly showing rapid flashing lights in his shows, until he was banished from Japan after the broadcast of Electric Soldier Porygon. He was last seen directing the final episode of The Problem Solverz. Ok, that probably didn't happen, but it's the only reason I could come up with as to why this show wants your eyeballs to fucking melt.
The lights were, no joke, part of the toy-marketing-campaign behind Kamen Rider Black. The Toy of the Belt would actually react to, for example, the henshin-sequence on screen which is why the show has a lot of flashing lights in it.
The show that introduced the greatest KR villain ever; Shadow Moon. What makes him so good is that he starts out as Kotaro's step-brother Nobuhiko Akizuki, someone Kotaro was close with. Unlike Kotaro, who used his powers for good, Nobuhiko was corrupted by his powers and was consumed to the point where he was controlled by Shadow Moon. A tragic villain who was turned into a monster against his will.
I really wonder what it must have been like for audiences back in 88 to have what they thought was going to be their secondary rider end up being the main villain of the show.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork And I don't think it was Shadow Moon redeeming himself in RX so much as it was actually Nobuhiko. Think about it, even after RX, he's still the bad guys despite formerly being the kind-hearted Nobu (with the exception of Nobuhiko Tsukikage. Seriously, his name's a BIG spoiler if you translate his last name). I think it was the writer's way of showing that Nobuhiko still had a speck of humanity in RX. My theory is that Nobuhiko had finally found a way to fight off Shadow Moon's influence and regain control enough to help Kotaro even though he was nearing his death. This time permanently for Nobuhiko since he reverted back.
@@Caine7ify I don't think he was corrupted by his powers. I think he was either brainwashed or just given a whole new personality/possessed. In his first appearance as Shadow Moon, He said he did not remember the name Nobuhiko. This says to me Possessed, since at one point the Armor is gone and Nobuhiko comes back to himself for a few seconds
@@DarkSilverHedgehog I believe the Creation King, who is kinda the big bad in Kamen Rider Black briefly reverted Shadow Moon back to Nobuhiko using his powers. It's possible this somehow caused Nobuhiko to regain his humanity when the Creation King ordered Shadow Moon to remove the Kingstone from Minami Kotaro but he refused for some reason.
Actually, Kamen Rider Black IS set in the same universe as the previous Showa Era shows. It's direct sequel, Kamen Rider Black RX even featured previous Riders and had them team up with Black RX (who is Black, but upgraded) in the series' finale.
Yes and no. I will go into more details when I review Rx, but originally Black was set in its own universe, hence why no one even knows the name of Kamen Rider until Black. Hell, Toei even set it in its own universe in Decade.
In a way Shadow Moon resembled MadGalant,Juspion's villain.Not only because of the rivalry with the main character,but originally their visuals were made for the hero (but refused). Shadow Moon was also the first "rider" with Metal Hero elements. But Shadow Moon was way more explored than MadGalant.It's a shame because his fights with Juspion (like the one when his arm was cut off ) were awesome,but without the tension and tragedy between Black and Shadow Moon.
I just got thru watching it last night to celebrate it's 30th anniversary. It's still one of all-time favorite Kamen Rider series. Love the review by the way and i must add in the episode "The Restored Organism Mecha" the character Morita in the episode was played by Ryosuke Sakamoto Shirou Gou/Red 1 in Choudenshi Bioman. I do enjoy other Riders and even the Showa Riders, i have to say Minami Kotaro is my main favorite in the Showa Era despite i have other favorites too.
Ah, I thought that dude looked familiar. Sometimes there are so many actors in these shows that I could just do a whole hour long video of who appeared in what series. :-)
No, but I believe that Kamen Rider was the second or the third to achieve the highest popularity in Brazil. Juspion was the first to achieve more popularity, I think so..
Black is also the first Kamen Rider I saw on local TV here in Indonesia, back in early 90s. and remained my favorite kamen rider ever (along with black rx), with Kuuga as 2nd favorite.
This was a good review. I love how straightforward you are with your scores, using the 5 star system instead of the 10 point one. Also you're spot on with the show! Sure , there were some issues with it but it didn't take away my enjoyment and appreciation of the show since there wasn't a lot of Kamen Rider shoes back then as they are now and during the Heisei Era.
I figured since most Sentai teams are 5 rangers, I would go with a 5 star rating. :-) It initially started as a joke with Zyuranger and I just stuck with it. lol
You forgot the Whale Mutant as one of Black's allies, which was a rarity a monster as a Rider ally at that point, the first and last time being done in Amazon.
I want to guess the amnesia plot was an attempted reference to the Kamen Rider Black manga, which starts with Kotaro being discovered with total amnesia in the sewers of New York, and he gradually pieces together his life story by going on a globe-trotting adventure with the crew of a paranormal investigation reality show. Yeah...
Kamen Rider Black is from far the best of Kamen Rider series. The story, the atmosphere, the villain (Shadow Moon), everything in this serie is awesome. Excellent Review.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Sure, my friend. After each episode, I used to play as Kamer Rider Black. lol. I would always want a Shadow Moon action figure but it was very expensive. In my childhood there was a golden age of tokusatsus in the Brazil.
Makes sense. Being that you said you live in Brazil I'm sure that means you know of Juspion, which just came to the US for the very first time this year and I have reviewed. :-)
My first toku ever. My childhood Hero. Kamen Rider Black is my Favorite Toku show. Not because it was the first, but because I really love the overall vibe of the show. The Villains are legitimately threatening, Kotaro doesn't always win, Despite having some sort of back up, most of his fight with Golgom was done by his lonesome and despite his losses (which is a lot), he still fought the good fight. This show even impacted me on how I go about in life. When things get tough, I always try to remember how despite everything Kamen Rider Black is going through, he still fights win or lose. Thank you for reviewing this series.
my favorite music from this show is simply called Henshin, its kinda the right mix of action packed yet a little somber, even starting like a warriors entrance into battle
Glad you enjoyed it. Unless it's a Quickie review, which is for movies currently in theaters or something, I feel that a review needs to have clips to highlight the positives and negatives.
Great call on Dyna-Blue! I wouldn’t have recognized him with such short hair! And Dynaman remains my favorite Sentai show. which absolutely zero people would agree with me about, but it’s FUCKING insane! Every single shot ends in a zoom lens or an explosion! You can’t say that about next year’s Bioman, or anything that followed! It’s just amazing, as was Black, a few years later!
Hey I love your reviews! Was wondering what Super Sentai series you're gonna review next if you plan on doing another one. The only ones I've watched so far are Hikari Sentai Maskman and Chojin Sentai Jetman
Megaranger will be next as the DVD set comes out next week. I hope to have that out sometimes around Thanksgiving. I'm also currently watching Goggle V and Dynaman (waiting on the rest of the fansubs to finish Dyna).
my first kamen rider series was truly amazing the monsters and villains were cool and I liked how a few of them kill people makes it more epic the fights were pretty good and the effects great for its time the ending was sad
Yet another great review. I was so excited for you to review this. It's the first Kamen Rider series I ever saw one of my favourite Toku shows. Also, out of curiosity, have you seen any of the other showa entries and if so what did you think?
I've seen the first 21 episodes to the original and liked what I saw and then Black Rx, which I felt was all right. For the others, I've only seen the first episodes sans V3.
I think the original is pretty good too. V3 and Stronger I found boring. I really liked Amazon and Skyrider as well. Also, if you're interested I found a company that released Gavan on DVD with English subs.
Seeing as I now have the whole thing fansubbed, yes. The problem is with it being 98 episodes it is going to take a long time before I would get through it.
Kaiju no Kami Oddly enough, the last episode of Black didn't air there, so they just did reruns of episodes with the false promise that they would broadcast the last one.
Here in Brazil Black was broadcasted in 1991,with it's sequel RX broadcasted in 1995 at the same time as Saban's Masked Rider (that one just in cable tv). Strangely for market reasons they changed the show name for "Blackman",but inside the show he was named Kamen Rider Black.Gavan had the same problem.
1:56 It was originally suppose to set in its own universe, seperated from other Showa Riders? Black RX kinda retcon it to share with the previous Riders now.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork that was because the franchise was getting canceled..... again..... anyway interestingly that FBI guy said at the end of his first appearance that Kotaro isn't alone in his battle. Shinta Reviews has an interseting perspective on it and he said that it might allude to the other Riders and others willing to help out even if we didn't get to see them in this season. It makes you wonder if at that point if the developers were already considering putting it into continuity and decided to do so as the show was getting canceled again thanks to a parody called Kamen No Rider turning the franchise into a laughing stock.
10:20,are you sure they weren't upgraded by Unicron? (WAIT! Wrong show. Sorry.) Funny you should mention Resident Evil. Noboru Sugimura wrote for Black and then he went on to get to Capcom to make Resident Evil legendary. I really hope this series gets the remake treatment like Kamen Rider Amazons. So have you heard of an anime called Zeorymer?
lol You also missed a big chunk of time with Sugimura working Zyu-Oh and the three Metal Hero shows before joining with Capcom. :-) I have heard of Zeorymer, but have never watched it.
Zeorymer has music that sounds like its from Kamen Rider Black RX. You just needed to shout 'Orega taiyou no koda! Kamen Rider Black...RX!!' when the robot appears with his theme bursting in. Still,KR Black reboot would be sick.
@@ZZtheDark the music arranger was Eiji Kawamura. He also worked in Zeorymer was composer and arranger the same year when Kamen Rider Black was in full swing. Prior to both shows, he is the BGM composer for anime Ninja Fighter Tobikage(Ninja Robots) and his famous BGM for the fans (especially SRW fans) is the Tobikage Kenzan. So hide your wallets, hide your Ranka's, Tobikage has arrive in the battle.
Kind of. A direct sequel, yes. However, all of the other Showa series before it were kind of sequels to each other since they all take place in one universe.
It's Toei's DVD set they released in Japan. The first volume came with the artbox to hold all five volumes. Each volume cost me around $100 and they are encoded Region 2.
4:53 . I was kinda disappointed with the Salamander kaijin/monster episode. In western legends the salamander IS MADE of fire and is immune to it. And I'm sure they must have done their research so I wonder where they got the idea to write in the script that the Salamander kaijin was afraid of fire. Is there any legends in Japan stating that the salamander is afraid of fire?I looked it up and didn't find any. Also, I see what you did there when you said that you didn't "have the heart to talk about real century king." It was brilliant
Probably Due To The Fact That Salamander Mutant's Design Only Based On The Real Life Salamander That Doesnt Includes Their Features Such As Immunity To Fire
@@ScissorsRave Kinda stupid to choose a salamander among all other animal choices that they can choose from. It's like making a Loch Ness,Kraken or Kappa kaijin that is afraid of water.
Or Black could just not be for you. :-) I know the feeling of watching a lot at one time though. Last year, I was watching Dynaman, Changeman, Bioman, and Winspector all at the same time.
my favorite kamen rider of all time back in the 90s in our country it was very famous and il was dubbed in our language long live kamen rider black henshin !
I do wonder...what if Kotaro had become the Creation King? I mean he wasn't brainwashed like Shadow Moon and (presumably) the previous Creation King...so theoretically he could have used those powers for good...like bitch slapping the Crisis Empire and any other Toku villains within five seconds. Then again...they do say that absolute power can corrupt absolutely...
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork One other thing I wonder about....while the Creation King, the High Priest's and the monsters were all killed...a few of Gorgom's human members, specifically those affiliated with the EP Party seemingly never faced justice for their crimes. Yes they have lost their chance at getting a longer lifespan by becoming monsters, but their still some of the most powerful people in Japan and with their resources they could try to make Kotaro life hell, like maybe trying to get at him through the Sahara family? Then again maybe they decided to cut their loses...though if Shadow Moon had all his memories when he appeared in RX he probably would have tried too force them to help him rebuild Gorgom.
This series made kamen rider famous all over the world. And it still is my favorite kamen rider series character wise and story. When people asked me abt kamen rider, hes the only one who popped out in my head.
heh kinda late to watching this review lol, as someone whose super new to the Rider franchise, my friend online was VERY adamant i start on ANYTHING Rider with this one, i originally wanted to start on RX lol, cause i wanted to see how much Saban's Masked Rider screwed THAT up (and after since watching RX, it was pretty bad such as the infamous Skyrider declaring he was Amazon in the 10 riders scene, showing how important the age of internet has become to make sure facts and scenes are properly translated lol). But my friend insisted i start on Black since it was the the first one and man i just had a blast watching it, while i do agree on some of your points like Shadowmoon sure as heck taking his time showing up, it was still one of the best tokusatsus i have ever watched, and like i said i watched RX it wasn't as good but i still really enjoyed it, Tetsuo Kurata really has alot of range as an actor though i think i read he preferred the serious Black over the more comedic RX, still all the same you hear all the stories about how much he worked HARD for the role and you can really see him shine, i definitely need to watch more Riders, but i doubt any of them will be as cool as Kotaro lol
yes its called the Billy the Kid steakhouse in Tokyo, but i think i read there are multiple ones, so if you want to happen to meet Kurata go to the Toyo-cho locaton
lol i already said i watched BOTH Black and RX, but yeah now you see the problem where to go next, just so many choices i was thinking of trying something different next and watch Kuuga after im done watch the sentai i currently am watching
I've always found Black and Black RX to be the most interesting of the Kamen Rider shows, since the others look either really lame and wimpy, (Mostly the earlier ones) to overly flashy and boring (Any modern Toku, pretty much) so it was interesting to see this review. I do hope you end up doing a RX review at some point in the future, since it's a direct sequel and also the one that got adapted for the US.
Also i prefer batter hopper over his other bikes and for what u said about the bike it would've been awesome if his bike can physical shapeshifter into a regular bike kinda like how chalice did his n blade.
If i'm not mistaken, Black and Joker (Shotaro's Rider form without Philip, using the Joker Gaia Memory by himself) battled each other in a Super Hero Taisen movie. That's the closest we ever got of said team-up, at least for now.
regarding the ending theme song "Long2 Ago 20th Century", perhaps we need to feel and imagine being robbed from our youth and hope for the future; four teenager friends lost their togetherness because of fate.. am feeling that today in 21st century; mourning over the ended 20th. So it's IMHO strong enough, accompanying "Toki wo Koero..." (leap/surpass the time) lyric in the opening
Dude i love the series since my uncle got me into the rider and rangers and well i didn't notice the back side armor was open but the song i truly loved
Eventually. Right now Sentai and Ultraman are my main focuses. I had originally planned to review Jiban last year, but the Mill Creek started releasing a ton of Ultraman, so there went that plan.
Here's hoping that Black eventually receive the Kamen Rider Amazons treatment. The original series was already a blast to watch from beginning to the end, imagine how a darker and edgier reboot of it have the potential to be even more awesome. Also, not only is Kotaro one of my favorite riders ever but he has the best Henshin of the entire franchise as well IMO.
That would be really cool, but there's a little problem: doesn't the manga's story takes place in New York? That would certainly require a considerably bigger budget to move the entire production team to film in another country. At the very least, the producers would have to find western actors that have a good grasp and undestanding of the japanese language to play the american characters like Sam, Keith and Jack. Either that or Kotaro's actor should be able to speak english perfectly or the least broken as possible (a far less likely alternative, if you ask me).
Well, regardless of how Toei decides to handle the reboot, they better get Tetsuo Kurata to make a cameo of some sort. Although i would love Kurata-san to once again portray Kotaro, the only logical way for it to happen is if the new series were a sequel to Black and RX instead of actually a reboot.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Thank you for telling me that. I forgot to mention that this was a great review. I was already interested in seeing Black but after watching this review I'm watching it after I finish Hurricaneger. Judging from what you said, I'm pretty sure that it will just the pick-me up I need as Hurricaneger is already in the running for my least favorite Sentai.
Hurricaneger is an okay series. There are a lot of things I like about it, I just feel it plays things way too safe. It had the potential to be an outstanding show, instead, it's stuck in Kakuranger's shadow.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork To be honest all I like about it are the villains and the Gouraigers so far. But I'm only a third of the way through it so who knows how I'll feel about the rest. I hated almost the entire first half of Kamen Rider Ghost, but really liked the second half so maybe this will be like that. But as of now out of all the 38 Japanese toku series I've seen it's in my top 5 worst.
It is nice to hear an opinion from someone more accustomed to the latter versions. I only grew up with the reruns of the classical ones. I tried to get into the new ones & was completely thrown off by how overly serialized & the change of art style of the newer ones. I wanted to see where it started changing & I was recommended to see Black. But then, I think Black is still more related to the other ones from their era. So the changes are either new to the current era, or I picked the wrong series.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I hope you understand that I am not accustomed to some of the terminologies. But if that's what the newer ones are known as, then sure. I was confused by the Heisei ones because I only grew up watching the classic ones. I wanted to see where the change happened. I was hoping by watching that series 1st, it will help me transition into watching the Heisei ones easier. Do you have any particular series in mind?
Gotcha. Japan names its eras based on the emperor ruling the country at the time. The Rider series from the 70s and 80s are called the Showa era because the emperor used that as his reign. The series from 2000 through 2019 used Heisei as that is what Emperor Takehito called his era. The current era in Japan is Reiwa, which started in the middle of 2019. For Heisei series, I definitely recommend Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Blade, and Hibiki. Kuuga and Ryuki have been legally licensed in the US and can be watched on Tubi for free or purchased on Blu-Ray.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I'll watch them in that order, then. I think my 1st Heisi was either Agito or Ryuki. 1 of those with 3 riders. They didn't even fight, just a girl went to perform at a concert & a dude baking a cake. Thank you.
He'd oughta be an older brother but in my opinion,he'd be someone else and that KR Black woulda been like VR Troopers in terms of the tone. A lot more serious and stuff. Or maybe like Batman TAS if Saban Brands was smart.
Mr. Kaiju can you explain me what does this following setences mean "Back when the sea still had A cobalt blue color" and "Men still longed For freedom Back when women Were still gentle" its taken from Black Ending Song
This reminds me I really need to get back to watching Kamen Rider Black at some point since I only got up to episode eight on my first attempt of watching the series. I was watching Metalder at the same time at the time and I ended up being more into that series than the other and to this day still remains my only non-Sentai Toku series I watched all the way through and it also is very the first Showa era series I managed to finish altogether. I also need to get back watching Kamen Rider Amazon as well since I only managed to get up to episode 12. At least, I’m slowly but surely been getting into Kamen Rider Kuuga on which I’m already a quarter though it.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork dude was asking about Cure Black(Nagisa) one half of the Original Pretty Cure duo from 2004. Her name is Yoko Honna and I think she was 7 years old at that time. She was Yuki in Episode 32. Honna also apperared in Black RX Episode 9 as Chigusa and not related to her previous character.
I got interested in Kamen Rider after seeing The First on a whim and reading Ishinomori's original manga. After that I tried to watch the original series because it seemed like a good idea at the time (it wasn't) and as someone who sat through the entirety of Mazinger Z and loved it I was pretty sure I could handle its age. I didn't dislike it but I also didn't end up watching the entire series and sort of quietly forgot about Kamen Rider for a while. A few years later I got the itch to check out Kamen Rider again after watching some Sentai and didn't really know where to start. I watched ZO first since it was a short movie and thought that was really fun, if a little by the numbers. I wanted to give another Showa show a try because I really liked the cyborg aspects of Kamen Rider and prefer having creepy, monstrous looking villains. Black seemed like the best fit for what I wanted especially since it wasn't part of the shared universe of the other Showa shows. It turned out to be the right choice because I absolutely loved it. Like you said it's not a perfect show, but for a Showa era tokusatsu it's incredible what they were able to do with it. Had I grown up watching this show I have no doubt it would be one of my favorites of all time.
The first time I started to watch the original Kamen Rider series (eps 1-8), I was thrown off by it and wasn't sure what to think of it. Then I restarted it and appreciated it a lot more, but sadly, I had only made it up to episode 21 because that's where the fansubs I had ended at that time and I have never found the time to sit down and watch the series from start to finish. I'm hoping Shout! Factory releases it on BD sooner rather than later so I can finally do that since I would like to review it.
that Tapir Mutant, apparently i looked it up and it is a reference to a japanese creature called a Baku, being a Tapir involved with dreams, what made me look it up is i saw a friend make a picture of it and it was a tapir dream eater, soooo yeah
Kaiju no kami So now that you reviewed Kamen Rider black are going to do black rx you can't review kamen-rider-black-rx without reviewing Kamen Rider black what's the theme song for both series or both
Yes, I'll do Rx sometime next year. I've got a couple of Sentai series planned to review first and hopefully I can actually make it through Solbrain, but we'll see. Hopefully by the summer I'll do it.
isn't there a scene were it was explained that battle hopper was made for shadow moon, but black sun stole it? I thought there's one, because when this show was localized in the Philippines they changed a lot, even making black sun and shadow moon blood brothers
2023 i saw tetsuo kurata in personal in activity was pasay toy con 2023 i knew it they notice me here. Shocking Miguel Tan Felix an philippine actor they interact to Kotaro Minami and Takeru because who played 1987 maskman and kamen rider black then 2023 Voltes V Legacy finally met.
Man i Seen Kotaro Minami Shout out here at SMX convention center they notice me Kamen Rider Black/Rx in 2023 toy con in Pasay from Tokuspirits came out in philippines.
Yes, but Black Rx was not originally planned to have Kotaro in it. Plus, they were kind of thrown in at the last minute. Black, as a stand alone series though, is in its own universe.
I don't know if this has been answered before, but like Frogs/Toads being related to Ninjas, Tapir's have a history in Japanese culture to do with dreams. There is a Tapirmon in Digimon that screws with dreams, and Munna and Musharna in Pokemon are Tapir and they also have to do with dreams. It's all to do with the lore in Japan
Dude the bike was there because of the stupid toy gimmick was going through the roof and battle hopper was probably doing poorly as a toy honestly I thought you would have figured that out but any cool channel just subscribed
Kamen rider black is my favorite kamen rider series also kohtaro is WAY MORE BADASS THEN DAIGO FROM Kyoryuger just goes to show that YOU CAN MAKE A BADASS CHARACTER NOT OP
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Oh okay, that makes sense and I get that a lot but although I love a lot of ending themes in Toku like most of the ones from the Ultra franchise, Kuuga's ED song, & Hibiki's ED song which all sound fantastic for me personally :D
Kamen Rider Black is a great show. I can see why this is very popular. Watching Black Sun I was hoping it was going to make me watch the original and it did. I ended up watching it soon after. Through out the show I found myself really enjoying it more and more. Gorgam as villians they are what villians in media should be. Evil till the end, will use whoever they can rule and will silence you if you fail them or turn against them. They are probably one of the tex book examples of how to make a villian in a kid show.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I know it's probably random to restart the conversation again after two years, but since you have a few Gundam models in the background of your videos, she is probably more familiar to you a Sumeragi from Gundam 00.
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Kamen Rider Black is by far my favorite series of the Showa era. Amazing and dark story, it has my favorite soundtrack and it screams '80s from every angle, the opening theme is still one of my favorites of all time. It's dark but not depressing, I also like how it focuses on the bikes, I think that in the Heisei era only Kuuga had a huge focus on the bikes, after that they were almost toys with funny looks like in Ryuuki. RX is so disappointing after Black. Great review.
Thanks. glad you enjoyed it. Also great to hear from another person that loves Black.
Great coverage of Black. You explained things that I didn't understand when I originally watched it in Japan (no subs). Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it. :-)
Yeah, that's why black is alot of people favorite show kamen rider show. Its just simply amazing with great rider and creature design, effects and music (The opening is one of my top 5 favorite), and of course with good story and characters. I am happy to see that you're not disappointed at black.
So good job with your review. It was informative and I would recommend first time kamen rider watcher to see your review video before watching them.
That is the hope and why I try to avoid putting in as many spoilers as possible so that new fans don't get spoiled.
When he was a kid, a pair of epileptics killed the director's parents by gouging their eyes out. Since then, he swore to take revenge on all people with epilepsy by constantly showing rapid flashing lights in his shows, until he was banished from Japan after the broadcast of Electric Soldier Porygon. He was last seen directing the final episode of The Problem Solverz.
Ok, that probably didn't happen, but it's the only reason I could come up with as to why this show wants your eyeballs to fucking melt.
lol That's quite funny. Do you like this show?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I tried, but my eyes blew up from all the flashing lights.
I haven't seen it yet.
The lights were, no joke, part of the toy-marketing-campaign behind Kamen Rider Black. The Toy of the Belt would actually react to, for example, the henshin-sequence on screen which is why the show has a lot of flashing lights in it.
@@horaciosiNah. That's just you.
The show that introduced the greatest KR villain ever; Shadow Moon. What makes him so good is that he starts out as Kotaro's step-brother Nobuhiko Akizuki, someone Kotaro was close with. Unlike Kotaro, who used his powers for good, Nobuhiko was corrupted by his powers and was consumed to the point where he was controlled by Shadow Moon. A tragic villain who was turned into a monster against his will.
I really wonder what it must have been like for audiences back in 88 to have what they thought was going to be their secondary rider end up being the main villain of the show.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork And I don't think it was Shadow Moon redeeming himself in RX so much as it was actually Nobuhiko. Think about it, even after RX, he's still the bad guys despite formerly being the kind-hearted Nobu (with the exception of Nobuhiko Tsukikage. Seriously, his name's a BIG spoiler if you translate his last name).
I think it was the writer's way of showing that Nobuhiko still had a speck of humanity in RX. My theory is that Nobuhiko had finally found a way to fight off Shadow Moon's influence and regain control enough to help Kotaro even though he was nearing his death. This time permanently for Nobuhiko since he reverted back.
@@Caine7ify I don't think he was corrupted by his powers. I think he was either brainwashed or just given a whole new personality/possessed. In his first appearance as Shadow Moon, He said he did not remember the name Nobuhiko. This says to me Possessed, since at one point the Armor is gone and Nobuhiko comes back to himself for a few seconds
@@DarkSilverHedgehog I believe the Creation King, who is kinda the big bad in Kamen Rider Black briefly reverted Shadow Moon back to Nobuhiko using his powers. It's possible this somehow caused Nobuhiko to regain his humanity when the Creation King ordered Shadow Moon to remove the Kingstone from Minami Kotaro but he refused for some reason.
Actually, Kamen Rider Black IS set in the same universe as the previous Showa Era shows. It's direct sequel, Kamen Rider Black RX even featured previous Riders and had them team up with Black RX (who is Black, but upgraded) in the series' finale.
Yes and no. I will go into more details when I review Rx, but originally Black was set in its own universe, hence why no one even knows the name of Kamen Rider until Black. Hell, Toei even set it in its own universe in Decade.
In a way Shadow Moon resembled MadGalant,Juspion's villain.Not only because of the rivalry with the main character,but originally their visuals were made for the hero (but refused).
Shadow Moon was also the first "rider" with Metal Hero elements.
But Shadow Moon was way more explored than MadGalant.It's a shame because his fights with Juspion (like the one when his arm was cut off ) were awesome,but without the tension and tragedy between Black and Shadow Moon.
Yeah, that was the biggest issue with Juspion and Mad Gallant, there was no true tension with the characters to really make their rivalry feel epic.
I just got thru watching it last night to celebrate it's 30th anniversary. It's still one of all-time favorite Kamen Rider series. Love the review by the way and i must add in the episode "The Restored Organism Mecha" the character Morita in the episode was played by Ryosuke Sakamoto Shirou Gou/Red 1 in Choudenshi Bioman. I do enjoy other Riders and even the Showa Riders, i have to say Minami Kotaro is my main favorite in the Showa Era despite i have other favorites too.
Ah, I thought that dude looked familiar. Sometimes there are so many actors in these shows that I could just do a whole hour long video of who appeared in what series. :-)
The most famous kamen rider showed in Brazil. There was the RX too. It's one of my favorite Kamen Rider ever.
Really? Is this the first series to hit Brazil then?
Kaiju no Kami Yep, the series was a success there.
No, but I believe that Kamen Rider was the second or the third to achieve the highest popularity in Brazil. Juspion was the first to achieve more popularity, I think so..
Nice.
Black is also the first Kamen Rider I saw on local TV here in Indonesia, back in early 90s.
and remained my favorite kamen rider ever (along with black rx), with Kuuga as 2nd favorite.
This was a good review. I love how straightforward you are with your scores, using the 5 star system instead of the 10 point one.
Also you're spot on with the show! Sure , there were some issues with it but it didn't take away my enjoyment and appreciation of the show since there wasn't a lot of Kamen Rider shoes back then as they are now and during the Heisei Era.
I figured since most Sentai teams are 5 rangers, I would go with a 5 star rating. :-) It initially started as a joke with Zyuranger and I just stuck with it. lol
You forgot the Whale Mutant as one of Black's allies, which was a rarity a monster as a Rider ally at that point, the first and last time being done in Amazon.
Actually, I left that out due to spoilers.
It's exciting for Kamen Rider black RX to be a follow-up to Kamen Rider black, to see our main character be reborn
I have mixed feelings on it, but I'll get into that when I review the show.
I want to guess the amnesia plot was an attempted reference to the Kamen Rider Black manga, which starts with Kotaro being discovered with total amnesia in the sewers of New York, and he gradually pieces together his life story by going on a globe-trotting adventure with the crew of a paranormal investigation reality show. Yeah...
As cool as that would be, I doubt it since they always use the amnesia plot.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork we did see an evil future version Kortaro in the Manga series too though.
Can't believe were getting this on Blu-Ray next year from Discotek Media.
Totally.
Kamen Rider Black is from far the best of Kamen Rider series. The story, the atmosphere, the villain (Shadow Moon), everything in this serie is awesome. Excellent Review.
Thanks. :-) Did you watch this one as a kid too?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Sure, my friend. After each episode, I used to play as Kamer Rider Black. lol. I would always want a Shadow Moon action figure but it was very expensive. In my childhood there was a golden age of tokusatsus in the Brazil.
Makes sense. Being that you said you live in Brazil I'm sure that means you know of Juspion, which just came to the US for the very first time this year and I have reviewed. :-)
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Yep, and I have watched your review. Juspion did a enormous sucess here. Almost everyone remeber him.
My first toku ever. My childhood Hero. Kamen Rider Black is my Favorite Toku show. Not because it was the first, but because I really love the overall vibe of the show. The Villains are legitimately threatening, Kotaro doesn't always win, Despite having some sort of back up, most of his fight with Golgom was done by his lonesome and despite his losses (which is a lot), he still fought the good fight. This show even impacted me on how I go about in life. When things get tough, I always try to remember how despite everything Kamen Rider Black is going through, he still fights win or lose.
Thank you for reviewing this series.
Glad you enjoyed my review. Do you have a favorite episode or monster?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Bishium. She has that scary/beautiful vibe.
My favorite episode is the Hellshooter episode
The mutants were scared of black lol
my favorite music from this show is simply called Henshin, its kinda the right mix of action packed yet a little somber, even starting like a warriors entrance into battle
I think I know which one you are referring to, and yeah, that one is great too. The whole show is great in its music though.
Thanks for the review, i llike the fact you show video clips, explained the plot and pointed out the mistakes.
Glad you enjoyed it. Unless it's a Quickie review, which is for movies currently in theaters or something, I feel that a review needs to have clips to highlight the positives and negatives.
The Baku is a yokai that looks like a tapir, that swallows dreams, so you'll see monsters based on it in many tokusatsu shows
Yeah, someone explained that earlier on (it may have been during the Changeman review).
Ironically that plot point in the second move actually cryologecly takes place before that episode which had a similar plot.
lol
Well fun fact : did you know that the tap in folktale base we could eat nightmares so that’s why Karmin Rider black he was a bit of folklore
Yes, I did learn about that some time ago. I'm not sure if it was after this review for after Changeman.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork ok
Great call on Dyna-Blue! I wouldn’t have recognized him with such short hair! And Dynaman remains my favorite Sentai show. which absolutely zero people would agree with me about, but it’s FUCKING insane! Every single shot ends in a zoom lens or an explosion! You can’t say that about next year’s Bioman, or anything that followed! It’s just amazing, as was Black, a few years later!
Right now, I'd say Dyna is my favorite from the 80s, but I haven't really seen Flashman yet (nor the ending to Dyna), so that could change.
Hey I love your reviews! Was wondering what Super Sentai series you're gonna review next if you plan on doing another one. The only ones I've watched so far are Hikari Sentai Maskman and Chojin Sentai Jetman
Megaranger will be next as the DVD set comes out next week. I hope to have that out sometimes around Thanksgiving. I'm also currently watching Goggle V and Dynaman (waiting on the rest of the fansubs to finish Dyna).
my first kamen rider series was truly amazing the monsters and villains were cool and I liked how a few of them kill people makes it more epic the fights were pretty good and the effects great for its time the ending was sad
Agreed.
yeah many of the new ones feel to tamed
Yet another great review. I was so excited for you to review this. It's the first Kamen Rider series I ever saw one of my favourite Toku shows. Also, out of curiosity, have you seen any of the other showa entries and if so what did you think?
I've seen the first 21 episodes to the original and liked what I saw and then Black Rx, which I felt was all right. For the others, I've only seen the first episodes sans V3.
I think the original is pretty good too. V3 and Stronger I found boring. I really liked Amazon and Skyrider as well. Also, if you're interested I found a company that released Gavan on DVD with English subs.
I've actually got Gavan fansubs that were ripped from the Blu-Rays, thanks though.
You're welcome. Also, would you ever consider reviewing the original Kamen Rider series?
Seeing as I now have the whole thing fansubbed, yes. The problem is with it being 98 episodes it is going to take a long time before I would get through it.
Good review on Kamen Rider Black! That said which do you prefer? Original or new Kamen Rider?
Well my favorite is Blade.
The Brazilians' first exposure to Kamen Rider, one of the biggest Tokusatsu successes there, they even got its sequel, Black RX.
That's pretty cool. It's interesting learning what series were popular in what countries.
Kaiju no Kami Oddly enough, the last episode of Black didn't air there, so they just did reruns of episodes with the false promise that they would broadcast the last one.
Aw that was pretty heartless. :-p
I heard that happened with the last four episodes of Spielban!
Here in Brazil Black was broadcasted in 1991,with it's sequel RX broadcasted in 1995 at the same time as Saban's Masked Rider (that one just in cable tv).
Strangely for market reasons they changed the show name for "Blackman",but inside the show he was named Kamen Rider Black.Gavan had the same problem.
what's the song called around 6:10
I don't know honestly. There seems to be a lot of songs from the show that seem to have gone untitled when I look them up.
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good job! keep up the good work! you are original!
Thanks. :-)
1:56 It was originally suppose to set in its own universe, seperated from other Showa Riders? Black RX kinda retcon it to share with the previous Riders now.
I know. I'll be going into more detail on it when I review Black Rx.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork that was because the franchise was getting canceled..... again..... anyway interestingly that FBI guy said at the end of his first appearance that Kotaro isn't alone in his battle. Shinta Reviews has an interseting perspective on it and he said that it might allude to the other Riders and others willing to help out even if we didn't get to see them in this season. It makes you wonder if at that point if the developers were already considering putting it into continuity and decided to do so as the show was getting canceled again thanks to a parody called Kamen No Rider turning the franchise into a laughing stock.
Where did you find that show? DVD?
That's the Region 2 DVD set from Japan. I got those when they first came out from Amazon Japan and CDJapan.
10:20,are you sure they weren't upgraded by Unicron? (WAIT! Wrong show. Sorry.)
Funny you should mention Resident Evil. Noboru Sugimura wrote for Black and then he went on to get to Capcom to make Resident Evil legendary. I really hope this series gets the remake treatment like Kamen Rider Amazons.
So have you heard of an anime called Zeorymer?
lol
You also missed a big chunk of time with Sugimura working Zyu-Oh and the three Metal Hero shows before joining with Capcom. :-)
I have heard of Zeorymer, but have never watched it.
Zeorymer has music that sounds like its from Kamen Rider Black RX. You just needed to shout 'Orega taiyou no koda! Kamen Rider Black...RX!!' when the robot appears with his theme bursting in.
Still,KR Black reboot would be sick.
@@ZZtheDark the music arranger was Eiji Kawamura. He also worked in Zeorymer was composer and arranger the same year when Kamen Rider Black was in full swing.
Prior to both shows, he is the BGM composer for anime Ninja Fighter Tobikage(Ninja Robots) and his famous BGM for the fans (especially SRW fans) is the Tobikage Kenzan. So hide your wallets, hide your Ranka's, Tobikage has arrive in the battle.
The first kamen rider series with a Sequel, and the beginning of the many form riders also the darkest kamen rider series not since ichigo
Kind of. A direct sequel, yes. However, all of the other Showa series before it were kind of sequels to each other since they all take place in one universe.
Kaiju no Kami true, but it did introduce the first and badass dark rider
Great review! What DVD set of Black do you have there? I’ve been looking for the series in physical form.
It's Toei's DVD set they released in Japan. The first volume came with the artbox to hold all five volumes. Each volume cost me around $100 and they are encoded Region 2.
4:53 . I was kinda disappointed with the Salamander kaijin/monster episode. In western legends the salamander IS MADE of fire and is immune to it. And I'm sure they must have done their research so I wonder where they got the idea to write in the script that the Salamander kaijin was afraid of fire. Is there any legends in Japan stating that the salamander is afraid of fire?I looked it up and didn't find any. Also, I see what you did there when you said that you didn't "have the heart to talk about real century king." It was brilliant
I really have no idea about the Salamander and fire.
:-D
Probably Due To The Fact That Salamander Mutant's Design Only Based On The Real Life Salamander That Doesnt Includes Their Features Such As Immunity To Fire
@@ScissorsRave Kinda stupid to choose a salamander among all other animal choices that they can choose from. It's like making a Loch Ness,Kraken or Kappa kaijin that is afraid of water.
Probably Due To Suit Budget And TOEI
one of the few series we saw monsters kill people
I don't know, even Ryuki, Agito, Kuuga, Blade, Kiva, and W had monsters kill people.
yeah I know they did some more then others but its slowed down over the years and less intense I mean monsters not killing dulls things
Gotcha.
The worst thing about black is that you remember that it being better , than when you were watching it
I'm going to have to disagree there as it is as good as I remember every time I watch it.
Kaiju no Kami it could have also been that i was watching v3 black drive and ghost at the same time that was the most toku i watched at the same time
Or Black could just not be for you. :-)
I know the feeling of watching a lot at one time though. Last year, I was watching Dynaman, Changeman, Bioman, and Winspector all at the same time.
I think there was an episode where road sector cannot drive on unstable ground or sand
I can't remember at this point.
my favorite kamen rider of all time back in the 90s in our country it was very famous and il was dubbed in our language long live kamen rider black henshin !
Was that also Brazil?
I do wonder...what if Kotaro had become the Creation King? I mean he wasn't brainwashed like Shadow Moon and (presumably) the previous Creation King...so theoretically he could have used those powers for good...like bitch slapping the Crisis Empire and any other Toku villains within five seconds. Then again...they do say that absolute power can corrupt absolutely...
Good point, but I think he would have to give up his heart in order to become the Creation King.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork One other thing I wonder about....while the Creation King, the High Priest's and the monsters were all killed...a few of Gorgom's human members, specifically those affiliated with the EP Party seemingly never faced justice for their crimes. Yes they have lost their chance at getting a longer lifespan by becoming monsters, but their still some of the most powerful people in Japan and with their resources they could try to make Kotaro life hell, like maybe trying to get at him through the Sahara family? Then again maybe they decided to cut their loses...though if Shadow Moon had all his memories when he appeared in RX he probably would have tried too force them to help him rebuild Gorgom.
This series made kamen rider famous all over the world. And it still is my favorite kamen rider series character wise and story. When people asked me abt kamen rider, hes the only one who popped out in my head.
Nice. I am excited I get to meet the actor next month at PMC.
Thanx for the review. Luv Kamen Rider Shadow Moon. Villains were awesome , generally, in Black. Effects were great. Mutants were great.
Glad you enjoyed the review and the series.
heh kinda late to watching this review lol, as someone whose super new to the Rider franchise, my friend online was VERY adamant i start on ANYTHING Rider with this one, i originally wanted to start on RX lol, cause i wanted to see how much Saban's Masked Rider screwed THAT up (and after since watching RX, it was pretty bad such as the infamous Skyrider declaring he was Amazon in the 10 riders scene, showing how important the age of internet has become to make sure facts and scenes are properly translated lol). But my friend insisted i start on Black since it was the the first one and man i just had a blast watching it, while i do agree on some of your points like Shadowmoon sure as heck taking his time showing up, it was still one of the best tokusatsus i have ever watched, and like i said i watched RX it wasn't as good but i still really enjoyed it, Tetsuo Kurata really has alot of range as an actor though i think i read he preferred the serious Black over the more comedic RX, still all the same you hear all the stories about how much he worked HARD for the role and you can really see him shine, i definitely need to watch more Riders, but i doubt any of them will be as cool as Kotaro lol
Yeah, Kotaro is a bad ass. I hear Kurata has a steak house in Japan. That would be pretty awesome to go to some day.
yes its called the Billy the Kid steakhouse in Tokyo, but i think i read there are multiple ones, so if you want to happen to meet Kurata go to the Toyo-cho locaton
Avalon64 I recommend: OOO, DEN-O, EX-AID, BLACK, BUILD, DRIVE, W and the Originals.
lol i already said i watched BOTH Black and RX, but yeah now you see the problem where to go next, just so many choices i was thinking of trying something different next and watch Kuuga after im done watch the sentai i currently am watching
28:14 What episode is this???
I believe it was episode 32.
And I thought Kotaro can survive being stabbed in the stomach since he's a cyborg.
@@neovoltron25 It's part of a nightmare sequence.
Ah
Also, the outfit Kotaro is wearing is my favorite.
Can you do a Kamen Rider Black RX Review, please??
It's planned for later this year. :-)
I've always found Black and Black RX to be the most interesting of the Kamen Rider shows, since the others look either really lame and wimpy, (Mostly the earlier ones) to overly flashy and boring (Any modern Toku, pretty much) so it was interesting to see this review. I do hope you end up doing a RX review at some point in the future, since it's a direct sequel and also the one that got adapted for the US.
My plan is to review it sometime next year, probably over the summer depending on how busy I am.
would love to see a "what if" story, where it was Shadow Moon who escaped instead of Black... XD
That could be interesting.
The Tapir thing has to do with a japanese yokai, if I'm not mistaken. Its the same thing the pokemon Drowzee is based off from.
Yeah, they also had one in last week's Lupinranger episode. It's just funny as I never realized tapirs were associated with nightmares before.
so kaiju no kami
are you gonna do kamen rider amazon(the original one) review?
Some day.
I hope one day you'll review Kamen rider kiva.
I'll sooner or later move into covering more Kamen Rider series once I get through a huge chunk of Sentai.
Even till this day n modern times shadowmoons design still looks badass n my opinion.
Also i prefer batter hopper over his other bikes and for what u said about the bike it would've been awesome if his bike can physical shapeshifter into a regular bike kinda like how chalice did his n blade.
Agreed on both accounts.
Honestly(though it woud'nt happen)i would've love to see a team up between w and black.
That would be cool too.
If i'm not mistaken, Black and Joker (Shotaro's Rider form without Philip, using the Joker Gaia Memory by himself) battled each other in a Super Hero Taisen movie. That's the closest we ever got of said team-up, at least for now.
regarding the ending theme song "Long2 Ago 20th Century", perhaps we need to feel and imagine being robbed from our youth and hope for the future; four teenager friends lost their togetherness because of fate.. am feeling that today in 21st century; mourning over the ended 20th. So it's IMHO strong enough, accompanying "Toki wo Koero..." (leap/surpass the time) lyric in the opening
INteresting thought. 😀
Dude i love the series since my uncle got me into the rider and rangers and well i didn't notice the back side armor was open but the song i truly loved
Don't worry, I didn't notice the backside of the armor either my first time watching the show. :-)
I can only find fansubbed versions of the first 25 episodes or so unfortunately
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@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Thanks man, much appreciated. You gonna do anymore Metal Heroes reviews?
Eventually. Right now Sentai and Ultraman are my main focuses. I had originally planned to review Jiban last year, but the Mill Creek started releasing a ton of Ultraman, so there went that plan.
What's your top 5 Kamen Rider series ?
Blade, Black, Agito, W, Gaim.
Yay you finally reviewed it!
Yep. :-)
08:05 rollover Odd Squad. You should used something from that show. I leave at that and you can figure it out on your own.
lol
Haven't seen this show yet looks interesting good review😊
only257 oh dude its awesome. Some would say its the best of the whole series
Uhhh dooo it!!!!!! It’s so fucken good
Here's hoping that Black eventually receive the Kamen Rider Amazons treatment. The original series was already a blast to watch from beginning to the end, imagine how a darker and edgier reboot of it have the potential to be even more awesome. Also, not only is Kotaro one of my favorite riders ever but he has the best Henshin of the entire franchise as well IMO.
If they are going to redo Black, I'd like to see an exact adaptation of the manga done.
That would be really cool, but there's a little problem: doesn't the manga's story takes place in New York? That would certainly require a considerably bigger budget to move the entire production team to film in another country. At the very least, the producers would have to find western actors that have a good grasp and undestanding of the japanese language to play the american characters like Sam, Keith and Jack. Either that or Kotaro's actor should be able to speak english perfectly or the least broken as possible (a far less likely alternative, if you ask me).
The manga takes place in several cities and countries, ending in Japan if I recall. They can easily fake it.
Well, regardless of how Toei decides to handle the reboot, they better get Tetsuo Kurata to make a cameo of some sort. Although i would love Kurata-san to once again portray Kotaro, the only logical way for it to happen is if the new series were a sequel to Black and RX instead of actually a reboot.
I could actually see Kurata either playing that version of the dad or Gorgom's scientist.
Where did you get that Kamen Rider Black DVD set you have? Does it come with English subtitles?
I got those from Amazon Japan when they were first being released, but no, they do not have subtitles on them.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Thank you for telling me that. I forgot to mention that this was a great review. I was already interested in seeing Black but after watching this review I'm watching it after I finish Hurricaneger. Judging from what you said, I'm pretty sure that it will just the pick-me up I need as Hurricaneger is already in the running for my least favorite Sentai.
Hurricaneger is an okay series. There are a lot of things I like about it, I just feel it plays things way too safe. It had the potential to be an outstanding show, instead, it's stuck in Kakuranger's shadow.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork To be honest all I like about it are the villains and the Gouraigers so far. But I'm only a third of the way through it so who knows how I'll feel about the rest. I hated almost the entire first half of Kamen Rider Ghost, but really liked the second half so maybe this will be like that. But as of now out of all the 38 Japanese toku series I've seen it's in my top 5 worst.
This Halloween you should do a Kamen Rider Kiva review
I was thinking about it, but since there are BDs coming out of Kiva over the year, I'm going to hold off until someone subs the BDs.
What's BDs?
Blu-Rays.
The best Kamen Rider is Kamen Rider Black !
He's one of my favorites.
Do you feel that the quality of this show could help it pass as being from the early 90's rather than late 80's? That's the vibe I get so far.
Most definitely. It would totally fit in with the 90s asthetic. Though, Black could be why Sentai went the direction it did in the 90s.
It is nice to hear an opinion from someone more accustomed to the latter versions. I only grew up with the reruns of the classical ones. I tried to get into the new ones & was completely thrown off by how overly serialized & the change of art style of the newer ones. I wanted to see where it started changing & I was recommended to see Black. But then, I think Black is still more related to the other ones from their era. So the changes are either new to the current era, or I picked the wrong series.
Are you referring the Heisei era of Kamen Rider? Because the series has gone through multiple changes over the years.
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I hope you understand that I am not accustomed to some of the terminologies. But if that's what the newer ones are known as, then sure. I was confused by the Heisei ones because I only grew up watching the classic ones. I wanted to see where the change happened. I was hoping by watching that series 1st, it will help me transition into watching the Heisei ones easier. Do you have any particular series in mind?
Gotcha. Japan names its eras based on the emperor ruling the country at the time. The Rider series from the 70s and 80s are called the Showa era because the emperor used that as his reign. The series from 2000 through 2019 used Heisei as that is what Emperor Takehito called his era. The current era in Japan is Reiwa, which started in the middle of 2019.
For Heisei series, I definitely recommend Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Blade, and Hibiki. Kuuga and Ryuki have been legally licensed in the US and can be watched on Tubi for free or purchased on Blu-Ray.
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I'll watch them in that order, then. I think my 1st Heisi was either Agito or Ryuki. 1 of those with 3 riders. They didn't even fight, just a girl went to perform at a concert & a dude baking a cake.
Thank you.
If Black (the suit, not the series) was adapted by Saban, who would he be? Dex's father?
You mean if they had done it after Rx? Probably, or an older brother.
Kaiju no Kami To be honest I really don't wanna think about it
He'd oughta be an older brother but in my opinion,he'd be someone else and that KR Black woulda been like VR Troopers in terms of the tone. A lot more serious and stuff. Or maybe like Batman TAS if Saban Brands was smart.
Mr. Kaiju can you explain me what does this following setences mean "Back when the sea still had
A cobalt blue color" and "Men still longed
For freedom
Back when women
Were still gentle" its taken from Black Ending Song
I can not.
My first Kamen Rider as a kid growing up in the 90's. I may be biased, but I still consider this as the best of all the Riders in the series.
Makes sense. It's my second favorite.
This reminds me I really need to get back to watching Kamen Rider Black at some point since I only got up to episode eight on my first attempt of watching the series. I was watching Metalder at the same time at the time and I ended up being more into that series than the other and to this day still remains my only non-Sentai Toku series I watched all the way through and it also is very the first Showa era series I managed to finish altogether. I also need to get back watching Kamen Rider Amazon as well since I only managed to get up to episode 12. At least, I’m slowly but surely been getting into Kamen Rider Kuuga on which I’m already a quarter though it.
Cool. Kuuga is a good show, though I do have some issues with the ending.
Hey cause you just got some news that disco Tech is releasing kamen rider black on Blu-Ray thoughts
I can't wait.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork me either from what I herd its coming out sometime next year
What's The Episode of KR Black where Cure Black's VA Appear in?
Cure Black?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork dude was asking about Cure Black(Nagisa) one half of the Original Pretty Cure duo from 2004. Her name is Yoko Honna and I think she was 7 years old at that time. She was Yuki in Episode 32. Honna also apperared in Black RX Episode 9 as Chigusa and not related to her previous character.
Thanks for the clarification. I'm not sfamilar with Pretty Cure.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork we have a RUclipsr called Azenzone for all the Precure Stuff.
KRB is the epitomy of Kamen Riders.
Did you see the announcement about a remake series?
I got interested in Kamen Rider after seeing The First on a whim and reading Ishinomori's original manga. After that I tried to watch the original series because it seemed like a good idea at the time (it wasn't) and as someone who sat through the entirety of Mazinger Z and loved it I was pretty sure I could handle its age. I didn't dislike it but I also didn't end up watching the entire series and sort of quietly forgot about Kamen Rider for a while.
A few years later I got the itch to check out Kamen Rider again after watching some Sentai and didn't really know where to start. I watched ZO first since it was a short movie and thought that was really fun, if a little by the numbers. I wanted to give another Showa show a try because I really liked the cyborg aspects of Kamen Rider and prefer having creepy, monstrous looking villains. Black seemed like the best fit for what I wanted especially since it wasn't part of the shared universe of the other Showa shows. It turned out to be the right choice because I absolutely loved it. Like you said it's not a perfect show, but for a Showa era tokusatsu it's incredible what they were able to do with it. Had I grown up watching this show I have no doubt it would be one of my favorites of all time.
The first time I started to watch the original Kamen Rider series (eps 1-8), I was thrown off by it and wasn't sure what to think of it. Then I restarted it and appreciated it a lot more, but sadly, I had only made it up to episode 21 because that's where the fansubs I had ended at that time and I have never found the time to sit down and watch the series from start to finish. I'm hoping Shout! Factory releases it on BD sooner rather than later so I can finally do that since I would like to review it.
When is the next super sentai
For review? Probably not until mid to late Nov if I'm lucky.
13:40 did they just use the gill man music
I did. 🙂
The most badass henshin ever!
:-D
that Tapir Mutant, apparently i looked it up and it is a reference to a japanese creature called a Baku, being a Tapir involved with dreams, what made me look it up is i saw a friend make a picture of it and it was a tapir dream eater, soooo yeah
Yeah, I finally got clarification on that aspect not too long ago, which helped it all make sense.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork yeah, like seeing a kappa monster in more then yokai fighter rangers
13:17 my favorite part lol
:-)
Yes the sound track is amazing, I don't think was ever a track that annoyed me. Top notch
Same.
Kaiju no kami So now that you reviewed Kamen Rider black are going to do black rx you can't review kamen-rider-black-rx without reviewing Kamen Rider black what's the theme song for both series or both
Yes, I'll do Rx sometime next year. I've got a couple of Sentai series planned to review first and hopefully I can actually make it through Solbrain, but we'll see. Hopefully by the summer I'll do it.
Kaiju no Kami the Sentai isn't going to be boring as bioman right
I hope not, but since I haven't seen Goggle V before, so I can't say for sure. Solbrain though, makes Bioman look exciting.
Kaiju no Kami and makes ninninger look good
lol
Nice Review!
Thanks.
I liked masked riders as a child I can see why this is addictive I like the suit
Yeah, it's a pretty awesome design.
Black is the goat of kamen rider
Bah baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah :-D
Kaiju no Kami 😃
Kaiju no Kami HENSHIN!!!!
isn't there a scene were it was explained that battle hopper was made for shadow moon, but black sun stole it? I thought there's one, because when this show was localized in the Philippines they changed a lot, even making black sun and shadow moon blood brothers
Yes.
2023 i saw tetsuo kurata in personal in activity was pasay toy con 2023 i knew it they notice me here.
Shocking Miguel Tan Felix an philippine actor they interact to Kotaro Minami and Takeru because who played 1987 maskman and kamen rider black then 2023 Voltes V Legacy finally met.
What had happened behind the scenes.
No idea. I've never found anything that talked about it.
Man i Seen Kotaro Minami Shout out here at SMX convention center they notice me Kamen Rider Black/Rx in 2023 toy con in Pasay from Tokuspirits came out in philippines.
Meeting him at PMC was amazing!!
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork alongside Super Sentai Actors here in PMC
I reviewed this Kamen RIder Series as well. I enjoyed it. I'm curently watching Black RX and I'm 2 episodes in
Nice.
Kamen Rider Black (and Black RX), the modern Showa Rider, and the last.
Yep.
I like the finishing theme
The music is just great all around.
Just started this show today and I gotta say it's awesome.
Glad you are enjoying it.
I want ask I’m confused when does katsumi finds out kotaro is kamen rider black
Officially? Sometime in the 40s I believe.
but in black rx, the showa riders appeared
Yes, but Black Rx was not originally planned to have Kotaro in it. Plus, they were kind of thrown in at the last minute. Black, as a stand alone series though, is in its own universe.
didnt know
It's cool. I will be covering that in my review. :-)
plz review return of ultraman
If someone releases an official copy in the states, I will as it is licensed.
I don't know if this has been answered before, but like Frogs/Toads being related to Ninjas, Tapir's have a history in Japanese culture to do with dreams. There is a Tapirmon in Digimon that screws with dreams, and Munna and Musharna in Pokemon are Tapir and they also have to do with dreams. It's all to do with the lore in Japan
Yeah, that is what I have been told. Thanks.
Dude the bike was there because of the stupid toy gimmick was going through the roof and battle hopper was probably doing poorly as a toy honestly I thought you would have figured that out but any cool channel just subscribed
You're taking my comment too literal, but glad you enjoyed the review.
Tapirs are often associated with dreams in japan
That makes more sense.
Kamen rider black is my favorite kamen rider series also kohtaro is WAY MORE BADASS THEN DAIGO FROM Kyoryuger just goes to show that YOU CAN MAKE A BADASS CHARACTER NOT OP
Exactly. I hate Daigo.
Kaiju no Kami me too he makes me almost appreciate takaharu ALMOST
THAT GODDAMN ENDING SONG IS LEGIT MY MOST FAVORITE THING IN ALL OF BLACK BRUH!! 🙏😭
Nothing wrong with that. I'm just not a fan of most ending themes.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Oh okay, that makes sense and I get that a lot but although I love a lot of ending themes in Toku like most of the ones from the Ultra franchise, Kuuga's ED song, & Hibiki's ED song which all sound fantastic for me personally :D
Kamen Rider Black is a great show. I can see why this is very popular. Watching Black Sun I was hoping it was going to make me watch the original and it did. I ended up watching it soon after. Through out the show I found myself really enjoying it more and more. Gorgam as villians they are what villians in media should be. Evil till the end, will use whoever they can rule and will silence you if you fail them or turn against them. They are probably one of the tex book examples of how to make a villian in a kid show.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Did you watch it through the BD Discotek released?
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It's funny that you mention Dream Girl Yuki, cause the girl who played Yuki would go on to voice a Precure. The Precure in question, Cure Black.
Really? Cool.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork Indeed, it apparently lead to a meme in Japan about Cure Black being Kotaro's successor.
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork I know it's probably random to restart the conversation again after two years, but since you have a few Gundam models in the background of your videos, she is probably more familiar to you a Sumeragi from Gundam 00.
@@TeamTowers1 Ah, thanks.
3:26 Introducing the ALL NEW Black DX Camera!!! (Available in supermarkets only) Also, Kaiju no kami, If you read this, Try and guess where im from. (Hint: Asia) EDIT: Do you know the guy that has a grey icon with an S in it that says some comments on some sentai and kamen rider videos from your channel? Yeah thats me, I have 2 devices.
Are you from Taiwan?
@@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork No, but i think its close to Taiwan idk. Hint: Sun and three stars
This show made wearing gloves cool riding your bike as a kid back home. Boys do the henshin as well. 😂 Have you checked the kamen rider black sun sir?
Hahahahaha.