Journey Through The Decacast: Recent Episodes
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One Decade fan conned two of his friends (who have seen little to no Kamen Rider) to start a retrospective podcast of Kamen Rider, using Decade as the lens.
This week, despite it continuing to be 2022, we take a time warp back to the 2000s... not because Blade was a show from 2004, no. You'll find out. Show Notes If you weren't online in 2001, here is an explanation of what they're discussing (https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/11940). If that made no sense, have further context (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us).
Content warning: This episode contains a lot of discussion of adult themes, including quite impressive practical gore, drug use, racism, and basically Black Sun is a show for adults by adults. This one is not for the kids. This week: two hosts, two candidates, only one can be the Content Creation King. It's Kamen Rider: Black Sun. Maybe this becomes a full season of coverage later, but for now, just the opening episode.
This week, two hosts and an editor take a side road into ANIMETOWN, with the Kamen Rider W sequel anime, Fuuto PI, which is just ending this week on ~~Funimation~~ Crunchyroll. Everyone can't help but ask: is it gay enough?
This week, two of our hosts take a journey into modern times and discuss Kamen Rider Geats (or some of it, so far...), and then your faithful editor has to bleep out A LOT of spoilers for a lot of unrelated series.
This week, two of our hosts take a journey into modern times and discuss Kamen Rider Geats (or some of it, so far...), and then your faithful editor has to bleep out A LOT of spoilers for a lot of unrelated series.
This week we go to some dark places with Spider-Man, but the healing power of cops brings our boys back home with a renewed vow to improve themselves. Would Spider-Man shoot a child? Opinions are mixed.
This week we go to some dark places with Spider-Man, but the healing power of cops brings our boys back home with a renewed vow to improve themselves. Would Spider-Man shoot a child? Opinions are mixed.
This week, we have questions about how this suit thing is gonna work out long term, but also, did you know that it's 2022?
This week, Chris and Garrett take a trip into the past and decide that perhaps we could ask Mothra for help with podcasting. Plus: what set editor Sibyl off enough to get her to interject? Find out together as we discuss Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster!
This week, you really can do better. Please don't put yourself through this. He will keep leaving you on the side of the road to walk back to town.
This week involves a lot of time travel, and that's in a production sense, not a plot sense. Also, we're still in the initial "oh man this is new, this is neat!" phase so let's see how long that sticks with Blade.
This week, the Spring of Morbius kicks into high gear as a certain vampire debuts in comics and also Spider-Man is here.
This week, a new series! Learn French! Find out who released the bees! Ask yourself "Wait, are we getting into this right out the gate? Somehow?"
This week we ain't got time for that so we're in and out in a new record pace. Maybe we need to double-up on these.
This week, we return to DECADE RUINS EVERYTHING, a show where two episodes are spent on a plot that he undoes in ten minutes with time powers, but we still have fun.
This week, we meet the Emissary from Hell, Spider-Man, and embark on a journey into one of the most foundational works of tokusatsu. Also: tangents!
This week: we're free, Genie! By which I mean this whole thing becomes some magical shenanigans at the finish line and various hosts have various feelings about it.
This week, nobody trusts anyone anymore, and we're all very tired (of this show). Also: anime discussion!
This week, Sibyl and Garrett just chat for a while about some tokusatsu materials, some toku-adjacent materials, and then, because nobody left an adult in charge, it eventually turns into Hyperdimension Neptunia chat. Do we think that the HDN series counts as toku-adjacent enough to be a backup series? Find out! Show Notes No, Sisters vs Sisters (https://www.gematsu.com/2021/11/hyperdimension-neptunia-sisters-vs-sisters-announced-for-ps5-ps4) isn't anything cursed. It's the new Neptunia game. If you're interested in Sibyl and two other jokers discussing anime, the podcast covering Naoki Urasawa's Monster can be found behind this link (https://www.bokunostop.com/?season=4). Seriously, Stonebot Comics (https://www.stonebotcomics.com) feels like a temporary website on someone's computer in a made for TV movie, but somehow they have multiple Kamen Rider licenses in the west? What the hell?
This week: your humble editor creates the stupidest gag we're ever going to pull for tokusatsu. Enjoy the episode art. Also I guess we find out the entire root cause of the Rider War and it's dumber than a slab of toast.
This week, our intrepid hosts look back into the past and ask ourselves: did billionaires get more corrupt over time? And also: how horny was 2002? Let's find out together.
This week, get ready to get busy! Every Rider is working 3 jobs now and plot arcs are finally starting to collide. Plus: a family annihilator out of nowhere!
This week, neither host knows that this film actually came to the US TWICE, once in how they mention on the episode, and once as part of the pilot of Saban's Masked Rider.
This week: the Quaz. Also a lot of discussion about how close we are to the end with still no idea why. Of note: this week, Shout Factory released the entire series (https://www.shoutfactorytv.com/series/kamen-rider-ryuki-series) on their TokuSHOUTsu streaming service. It's free to watch and linked above! If you want to see what the hell we've been discussing for a year now, this is the way.
This week, Sibyl discusses how everything's coming up in the Land of Light, and what Toei's fucking up in the west. Sorry this one's so short, there was a much longer idea here that I wanted to investigate further rather than crap out.
This week: violence and psychic babies and THIS IS CANON AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA This is episode 150, what a wild ride! Thanks for coming along, everyone.
How is an episode with all the regular hosts the one where it derails into hentai discussion? Also Gatchaman Crowds is over and everyone has mixed feelings on the climax. Show Notes The new Fist of the North Star releases (https://www.rightstufanime.com/Fist-of-the-North-Star-Manga-Volume-1-Hardcover) are absolutely stellar. Apparently half of my manga by volume these days are big hardcover omnibi from Viz. Thanks, Viz. There is some incredible Gatchaman Crowds hentai (https://lol.not_linking_this_what_are_you_kidding.com) out there, as the boys get into. My recommendation is the Rui dommed by "Mistress" X set. Avoid the Spanish crossover one with a chapter of Goku gangbanging angels. So sayeth Sibyl.
This week, the Tournament of Power continues and the bodycount rises, but like... in a weird way. Also: show notes! Requested by a host, and not the editor being stupid! Show Notes I don't know anything about Adventure Time but the football episode (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5172664/) was easy enough to find. Literally the only acceptable way to revisit a certain series is Wizard People, Dear Reader (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_People,_Dear_Reader) these days, especially since it basically requires piracy.
This week, Editor Sibyl reminisces on a variety of intentional and unintentional parodies and mocking tributes in tokusatsu. Not a comprehensive list! Show Notes The playlist of 4kids Ultraman Tiga (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkkS5cSROQ&list=PLz5Gw2FP1ioi67_Qx8JmI4poVYO_rloBJ) Since it's mentioned in passing: hey remember that time ADV declared bankruptcy, created a shell company named for the Texas law it was about to abuse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section23_Films), and then sold the rights to their stuff to that organization?
A brief foray into the pentultimate episode with twin hosts. The darkness before the dawn? Who knows, I can't say since two hosts don't know how this goes down yet.
This week, everything starts to come to a head. Except it doesn't because we have too many episodes left. But it FEELS like it's doing something now!
The biggest smash of the Showa era (and possibly the biggest Godzilla film, period) is the subject of Scale #2, and Sibyl/Chris get just as contentious as before in covering this classic instead of the film you probably expected when you saw this title.
This week: everyone showed restraint, by which we mean the editor carved out about ten minutes of tangents to keep things on topic, then stopped herself from injecting even more in response. Also - teamwork!
This week, folks, even your humble editor doesn't know what's going on anymore, but it's sure a discussion.
This week: how the fuck did we get here in what was supposedly just a happy, breezy episode of anime discussion? This one gets dark, y'all. Show Notes You should be watching Kenny Lauderdale (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6dsQSn70Cem7zFsUANHqpQ).
This week: did you ever expect our hosts to dig up actual Japanese laws just to see how absurd a series for children was being? Because they did that.
On the very first Decacast After Dark, Garrett and Sibyl discuss Bandai's surreal new J-Drama "Girl Gun Lady" and how despite the show being hot trash, neither party can stop watching. If you're in the US, episodes are being subbed by Bandai themselves right here (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-s0ZHkx30HUdcsOqSgvOS3IG9IGAUEoD). Update: even under the Decacast After Dark banner we're probably not touching Ultimate Girls after Sibyl watched further, not as anything other than a one-shot.
Two hosts enter two episodes and only one of any relevance leaves... it's CLIP SHOW WEEK!
This week is incredibly lesbian because Fiona is back to talk about how one of her favorite anime, Symphogear, is insanely Rider-inspired. And also it might literally not know straight people or men exist. Special Guest: Fiona.
The monkey's paw curls: Garrett gets his Gatchaman combat sequence that he's been craving for months, in a way he never saw coming.
All your favorite hosts ask the question about all your favorite riders: will they get upgrades? Why is this death game so low-impact? IS THAT A KID?
Sadly, our two-host podcast cannot get to the bottom of if the new King Kong film is any good, but with the help of an editor, it CAN learn something about scissors.
Garrett and Fletch chat about the absolutely insane amount of Rider and tokusatsu announcements that came out over the weekend. There are even more than the ones mentioned within, a few of them global. Links to follow.
We've finally made it to the big 50 (please ignore that we're almost at three times that) and we celebrate by going "so... is anything happening?"
What was intended to be a shorter episode with hosts busy or ill turned into the birthing of an entire new sub-series because Fletcher and Chris a) own a lot of these films and b) love talking about them. Show Notes: Pink Lady and Jeff (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Lady_(TV_series)) was a real production and you can't unlearn that. Read about this absolutely insane story. I sliced it out of the episode because it was too tangential even for this, but there was a whole discussion of VHS-based classic rental stores and a famous San Diego establishment that died twice, Kensington Video (https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/sd-me-kensington-video-20170110-story.html). RIP to a real one. In case my Animorphs joke went over your head because it wasn't an Animorphs joke, have an explanation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elminster).
For the first time in a dog's age (no pun intended on any of the alien cast members), we've got a full house to discuss one of the weirdest episodes of the show yet!
What is a murderer? No, seriously, we're not entirely sure if the criminals on this show count given how weird this battle royale plot is getting.
This week, we're diving into the incredibly strange world of tokusatsu (and adjacent) crossover series, and learning how close we keep coming to getting to play them ourselves in the west. Show Notes: Info on that time we almost got The Great Battle in the US (https://snescentral.com/article.php?id=0950). Gotta Get Out Of This Town (https://www.getoutofthistown.com), a pop-punk/emo podcast your humble editor co-hosts, which named this episode.
A brief jaunt into the realm of "OH THIS WAS A BAD IDEA? YOU THINK?" with two hosts, two aliens, and Rui.
I want you to know I removed as many Jojo spoilers as possible, aside from the one where Jeshua, son of Joshua, was the first Jojo. - F
This week, the show changes its entire identity on a dime, and the discussion that comes out of this is... stark.
This week, with anime now allowed on the podcast, we take a digression with your favorite editor into the world of the Garo anime spinoffs.
Trigger warning: mid-episode (in the show, not just the podcast) there's a sudden abrupt discussion of suicide. The hosts pass quickly over it since it has NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING but be aware they will mention it. Also this week: fanservice, Evan, and gender identities!
This week, tokusatsu news becomes a warped reflection of this podcast on every level, and your editor tells you why.
How much asshole is too much asshole? This and other questions about privacy and customer relations this week on Kamen Rider Ryuki.
With a new half-series coming up between Amazons blocks, it's time for a brief history of a series you might have thought was more popular than it is: Gatchaman/G-Force/Battle of the Planets/Eagle Riders!
It really is quite remarkable how many Kamen Riders will murder someone and not think twice about it, huh?
Content warning: masses of body horror, cannibalism, gore, basically every uncomfortable violence possible to inflict. This week, our hosts cover the end of Amazons season one, and what they find leaves them hungry for an arm and/or more. Plus: is this the Torchwood of Kamen Rider? (No. Amazons is consistently good. - F.)
It turns out the real monster is victorian man. Show Notes A brief look from a comedian at the incredibly troublesome aspects of steampunk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWXSJEqSb9s)
This week signals the return of a long-lost guest, and that means that this episode is NOT SAFE FOR CHILDREN OR WORK. Let's go down the ballot together. Show Notes Please note that this week, presume all of these are NSFW. * Fiona's current writing gig (https://fiction.live/stories/A-Shadow-Resides-A-Raven-s-Operator-Quest/BDsdgTADKmNqzvmqP) * The Bee Woman doujin (https://e-hentai.org/g/1461550/f3bffd5cc8/) * The requested song (https://symphogear.fandom.com/wiki/Senkin_Dur_da_Bl%C3%A1) * The final ballot option (https://twitter.com/zlingray/status/1317352480976433152) Special Guest: Fiona.
Folks, we're finally at an episode which is all-adult content with the discussion to match. By which I mean our hosts this week learn about sex, morality, philosophy, screenwriting, and text versus subtext.
Kamen Rider Ryuki keeps improving as we get actual character motivations, growth, and arcs! This is like... actual television.
Remember the Kiva movie episode, where there was a giant argument about kaiju films? We're all banned from discussing Godzilla: King of the Monsters forever is what I'm saying.
English-only puns for Kamen Rider Lawyer: "Kamen Rider? No... you're just a Common Liar!" Hire me, Toei. - F
Content warning: cannibalism and murder! This week, right after last week's two-host tiebreaker... we get a different two-host tiebreaker! But it's a much more interesting episode for it.
Content warning: this one involves some real hardcore assault on a lady! It is not discussed in depth, but if you're watching along, YIKES. As for the podcast this week, down one host, nobody can break the stalemate about who's at fault for this episode...
Kamen Rider asking the hard questions like: what if cops could be bad? Drive is worst Heisei Rider, don't @ me - F
Let's start talking about moral judgements and correct an error! The real Amazons begins here.
This is the single most educational podcast about tokusatsu you're going to listen to this year, and I'm not sorry. - F
I promise that despite all the talk about "mirror sound" this episode I did not splice in any horrible effects. - F
Everyone noticed it was EPISODE 100 YAAAAAAAAAAAAY so instead of going with just another weekly trek through the past, our hosts covered the most recently translated official release... which is a way higher-budget trek through the past that also tries so much less hard to make sense than the already low bar for time travel stories in this show. But at least everyone loves the Build cast!
Side-episodes mean we can safely sideline a host, so with Evan down for non-cannibal related reasons, we settle into the midseason of Amazons and start to dig into the characters. Via violence. Stay tuned at the end for a half-discussion of Garo!
A new series means fresh optimism and exciting new takes! So far everyone loves the cast and writing, but can they hold up the whole way? Find out on this measured debut, and also see what we'll be covering next week as a special bonus!
We return for one final bit of cleanup (unless we cover the web movie...) in the Kivaverse before our hosts transition over into the next timeline: Kamen Rider Ryuki! Guest-starring your pleasant editor because Evan refused to take part in this and stuck to his guns the whole way.
A two-host close to our first two-part arc, and the stakes begin to change for the show! Isn't it great to hear our hosts enjoy themselves again?
Hey, remember Decade? Decade remembers you. Decade doesn't quite remember what Kiva looked like, though, and everyone seems to enjoy that more this week.
Just like the extermination team, our hosts are dwindling! Is someone being eaten? I hope not.
Folks, you know it's a good finale episode when nobody wants to talk about the ending and everyone's speaking more wistfully of their favorite gacha games.
This close to the finish line, it's arguably the most positive episode of Kiva coverage we've had since the second.
Episode subtitle: "Maybe Don't Fuck That Cow". In which one of our hosts completely breaks this close to the finish line, probably because he had to marathon 4 episodes of Kiva on his birthday. Happy birthday, Evan. Condolences.
Can our hosts get horny for a belt? YOU DECIDE. The evidence is the podcast before you.
We're back to double-pace as everyone just wants to be done with Kiva already. Only three more, chaps!
It's time for everyone's favorite part of a Japanese drama: the beach episode! What do you mean Tokusatsu GaGaGa is a comedy
Someone decided to try and make a Rider series explicitly for adults, and to top it all off, it was the first official English release of the franchise in about twenty years. So we're watching it on off-weeks now. If you want to watch along, "Amazon Riders" can be found on Amazon Prime free for members, fully translated. It cannot be stressed enough: later episodes of this show are going to describe some extremely hardcore things. I will warn of them when it comes up but I'm not letting people go in blind to the series with an excess of gore, cannibalism, and more. - Editor Fletch
If I could give episodes titles on this show, this week would definitely be "Good Job Failing, Dumbass!" Thank you to Evan for the best line so far in season Kiva. Close second to Chris for one that follows almost immediately afterwards: "Maybe Fangires can't see white people."
This week on the program: be surprised it took 85 episodes before the co-hosts revolted at the thought of covering every single detour this project takes as we continue onwards with Kiva proper and ignore the movie that happened right before this week's story arc. (Editor's note: How much do you want to bet Garrett and I end up covering this down the road together for completion's sake?) Episode Notes: The hashtag mentioned on this episode (https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E3%83%92%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%81%8C%E5%AD%90%E4%BE%9B%E9%81%94%E3%82%92%E5%85%83%E6%B0%97%E3%81%AB%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B) ("Heroes Cheer Up Kids", if you want a translation) with a lot of toku actors doing uplifting goofiness.
Rejoice! Here at the end of all timelines, our hosts finally catch up on a series that began the same month as this podcast.
Another April looms, and that means your humble editor gets to have his way with the show for a week. As an aside - did you know Garrett has a second podcast? You do now. Show Notes: Battle Programmer Shirase (https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/products/bps-battle-programmer-shirase-complete-collection-blu-ray) Going Digital: A Digimon Rewatch Podcast (https://www.goingdigitalpodcast.com)
Every time our hosts think they've hit the bottom, Kiva keeps digging deeper. Join us for a short episode that somehow still involves a break for existential dread!
This week, Evan's body literally rebelled against the thought of more Kiva, so a replacement topic had to be found, and wouldn't you know it, the new season of Super Sentai has just kicked off. Join Garrett and Chris on a journey into Sailor Moon, moody artists, and the Japanese analog to Steven Universe. No, not Land of the Lustrous. No, not Sailor Moon Crystal either. Look, shut up and listen.
This time around, two hosts return to loving parody Tokusatsu GaGaGa and ask themselves the question: "what do you mean we can stay on-topic during a comedy show?"
It's the Sonic the Hedgehog spectacular, dear reader. Also: More Kiva questions you can't answer, including how hyuuuu-maaaan emotions work. Show Notes Wizard People, Dear Reader (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_People,_Dear_Reader) What is Love (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVjC3NpJzzo)
On this, the pentultimate episode of Zi-O coverage, technical difficulties arise one more time to crush the flow of discussion. Don't worry, we fixed it ten minutes later.
If these episodes had titles, "Flexing His Decade Dick" would be this week's. Honestly this is a pretty fun one overall.
This week, Zi-o's time travel shenanigans end up affecting an episode on Kiva as one of your hosts comes unstuck in time just before the show finds new ways to hit them in the heart.
This week, in lieu of our hosts pushing on with a show they can't stand, we get into some of the production history and career of Toshiki Inoue, the showrunner of Kamen Rider Kiva (and a writer/lead writer on multiple other things you've probably watched!) Tune in and begin seeing his dread shadow behind everything you love, just like the gothic horror of Kiva, but now in your everyday world!
A new tighter format leads to... no, nobody's having a good time this week on Kiva. But we're creeping closer to that halfway point! Maybe there's a midseason turn to save it? The editor has seen the show and knows, and cackles.
Our hosts rediscover joy and begin theorycrafting about what the end of a series that wrapped half a year ago can hold. Spoilers: they're kinda guessing wildly with a shotgun's success rate.
This week is a breakthrough for all three hosts as their feelings on Kiva crystallize. Hint: by the end of the episode, they're all feeling the urge to double up on Kiva with next week's show!
It all ends here! Or starts ending here, anyway, as our hosts enter the final arc of the series and a new year all in one fell swoop.
Guys, gals, and non-binary pals, allow me to introduce the nightmare form to end all nightmare forms: they've finally hit Grand Zi-O. Also Den-O came along for the ride.
Showa-era Kamen Rider has some real issues with the jolly old man, and because this is a Fletch-helmed episode, we are required by law to remind you that Tim Allen is a coke-dealing snitch.
This week, back to full strength, our hosts return to the world of Kiva, where they're more positive than usual. Which isn't saying much when the episode involves phrases like "these characters are too good for Kamen Rider Kiva". BUTTON
The dread Kamen Rider Koyō has kidnapped Garrett, leaving the remaining hosts to venture into the world of Kamen Rider Kabuto without any protection save that of invoking Gackt.
Nobody: Literally nobody: Kiva: WHOOOOOO WANTS AMNEEEEEEEESIAAAAAAAAAAA (and dubious little play)?!
This week, Editor Fletcher takes advantage of the fact that despite all odds, this show is technically biweekly to cover the recent news that 2020 is gonna be the year they push Ultraman hard in the west, and give a quick breakdown of how to get in on that and where he came from. Show Notes: Mill Creek's blu-ray releases of Ultraman (https://www.millcreekent.com/collections/the-ultra-verse) The announcement of the Ultraman/Marvel deal (https://www.cbr.com/marvel-tsuburaya-new-ultraman-comics-2020/) Shin Ultraman announcement (https://variety.com/2019/film/asia/shin-ultraman-japan-hideaki-anno-and-shinji-higuchi-1203287912/) I entirely forgot to mention while recording that there was that Ultraman series on Netflix this year...
This time around, our hosts decide slow and steady wins the race and pace back to two episodes no matter which series (for now...), and what luck! They come out of this arc pretty positive on the events even if the plot strikes them as incredibly transparent.
The show begins to eat itself as our hosts visit Zi-o visiting Kiva which they're in the middle of due to Decade running into Kiva which is wild because Decade is in Zi-o and oh dear lord I've gone cross-eyed.
Down one host, our cast stumble blindly into a land of oni, parties, and diapers - we're one radish pun away from DBZ this week in Zi-O town!
This week our hosts re-meet Kamen Rider Agito, and are briefly treated to Tsukiyomi having a plot arc of her own while the villains realize that if power won't defeat the heroes, maybe raw numbers will...
This week in Kiva: rock stars. I swear I've heard the gothic vampire turns stage presence tale somewhere before...
On a slightly briefer journey into darkness than usual, we cover the tragic tale of the luthier (yes that's a real word!) Ōmura, a Fangire with feelings. Watch our hosts begin to turn around on this show!
Our hosts shake off the rust and return to the world of Kamen Rider Blade... which neither of them have seen all of, meaning the major themes of this arc leave them lost until an antagonist spells it out near the end. Plus: so many blades!
For the final(?) summer vacation episode, Chris and Editor Fletch pick back up where we left off in Zi-O (hint: baby murder and everyone thinking major cast are dead), and for those who think the podcast needs more tangents, good news! There's an entire bonus segment for you after the tokusatsu show where your humble hosts go wild with Sailor Moon and mild Steven Universe film discussion.
On the continued summer break of our hosts, your humble editor takes over for a brief blip to talk about the confusing and wild history of US releases of tokusatsu television (barring, of course, that entire Kikaider special from a while back). Spoilers: it's basically all Super Sentai. Also I'm an idiot and forgot to mention the rumor that the thing Garrett and I have wanted for ages is coming true (an english release of Denkou Chojin Gridman). Episode Notes Shout Factory Sentai (https://www.shoutfactory.com/search?q=sentai) Generation Kikaida (https://generationkikaida.com) (not relevant to the episode, but the topic)
Shin Garrett and Editor Fletch take a trip into modern times to discuss the debut of the latest era and series in the franchise: Kamen Rider Zero-One, a tech-centric series spearheading the Reiwa era in a lot of impressive fashions. Notes: On Gotham and Gaim (https://comicsalliance.com/kamen-rider-gaim-gotham-city-map-zawame-city/) O Human Star (http://ohumanstar.com/chapter/comic/) (note: this link is to the strip's archive rather than the front page, because with the final chapter in the wings, dropping you on the front page seems counterintuitive)
Sometimes ignorance is bliss, and that's how the boys feel as they dig deeper into this gothic Rider's series, learning terrible facts from wikis and discovering maybe the series isn't about friends, you guys. It's about whether or not that stew was made from people or dog.
It's the middle of the show, and so it's time for the obvious: ANOTHER ZI-O. But wait, there's more: will one of our heroes commit Baby Murder? All this and more during this arclet.
The boys push onwards, and begin wondering what to do about a series like Kiva... Or a series like Zero-One. Or Zi-O. Or... Look, there's a lot on the table by the end of this episode.
Our hosts begin their journey into the gothic times and space of Kamen Rider Kiva, and remember all too late "Oh, right, whenever we switch series like this there's a lot of tangents." (Editor's Note: I'm in the middle of a move this week, and as a result there was not enough time to give this my usual final quality pass before upload if I wanted to hit deadline. If it sounds a little rougher than usual, just know that this is a one-off and we'll be back to normal next Saturday.)
Were you one of the tens of people upset by two hosts who knew nothing about a tokusatsu classic covering the arc that was a giant love letter to it? The show's editor was, which is why you're getting a crash course on Android Kikaider while the crew get ahead on Kiva. Handy Links Generation Kikaida (https://generationkikaida.com) If you want a more in-depth look at the Kikaider series, the currently on-hiatus podcast Henshin History (https://henshinhistory.podbean.com) covered the first series and films (they went on break in the middle of 01).
A new year brought new speed! As I write this, the show still hasn't finished covering Zi-O. :P -Fletcher
And so we come to the close of our Kuuga season. Tune in next time for Kamen Rider Kiva!
With our hosts away during convention season (and if you saw Garrett on a panel this weekend: hi!), the shadow producer steps in to perform again with a roundup of a lot of tokusatsu related news from the past few weeks. The first rider of the Reiwa era! Ultraman in English! And the sad fate of sentai. Plus: lewd acts! (note from Future Fletch while converting the site to Fireside: Apparently I used Splinter 04 twice. Well, I'm an idiot.) Convenient Links Saban Sailor Moon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9diob_eSJ8) Ultraman Blu-Rays (https://www.millcreekent.com/catalogsearch/result/?dir=desc&order=relevance&q=ultraman)
This took the better part of a year! Finally, the title of the podcast returns. Briefly.
Call me editor worm. Good morning, how are you, I'm editor worm. I'm not a real editor, but I etc. etc. -Fletcher
Here it is, the end of Kuuga (barring a little unpacking on a future episode). There was a guest editor on this one, who left these notes: First two tracks definitely from the show, possibly from the Kamen Rider Kuuga OST? I wish I had more detailed credits for these given that they MIGHT just be show rips - I could not find a tracklisting for any CD release that had these names in any form, especially since the set I had referred to a 2CD edition and the only one of those I found was mostly vocal tracks. Intro: "Densetsu" Ep 45 discussion BGM: "Sekai" Outro: "Life's What You Make It (Video Edit)", Talk Talk
Fletcher and friend Fiona faff about around Fujioka, the original Rider actor who continues playing his part in some form in the franchise to this day. Special Guest: Fiona.
I'm listening to Doctor Worm on repeat while I do all of these tweaks. Did you know Flood turned 30 this year? I've been diving back into the TMBG catalog as a result. -Fletcher
There weren't a lot of notes on the old site. We're looking to fix that in 2020. -Fletcher
With the hosts away, the editor will play. Or not! Welcome to a quick audio glossary of Rider lingo.
Remember when they only did one episode per on these? Boy, these were quicker edits. -Fletcher
This week John comes on the show to talk about the podcasts favorite J-Drama (we haven't got to Faiz yet). Find John on twitter @johnny_tpots (https://twitter.com/johnny_tpots) and his shows: * The Minute Podcast (http://theminutepodcast.com/) * Plug-in Missing (http://pluginmissing.com/)
I am going to be honest: I do not remember recording this at all. -Fletcher Special Guest: Fiona.
Everyone else was on holiday, so when the hosts are away, the editor will play. Learn about the strange world of the original Kamen Rider and how it did a Christmas episode back in the 70s.
This week Fletch comes back to talk about Dan Kuroto, and I guess some Zi-O and OOOs too.
This week the gangs favorite episode of Zi-O so far. The lack of episode summaries continues though.
This week while Evan is taken out by the F.L.U. Group, John comes on to talk about Zi-O Episode 5 Find John on twitter here (https://twitter.com/johnny_tpots), and his podcast Plugin Missing here (http://pluginmissing.com/). Special Guest: John.
This week more time travel shenanigan talk as reception with Chris' Faizphone X has some minor issues.
This week friend of the Network Fletch comes on to talk about Zi-O Episode 3... mostly.
I heard you like form changes, which is why there are two in this set of Kuuga episodes.
Shin Garrett, Chris, and Rachel travel back in time one week to talk about Zi-O Episode 2. Special Guest: Rachel.
No Fear and No Pain as the crew talks about the opening 4 episodes of Kamen Rider Kuuga.
Join us as Garrett and Evan talk about Zi-O Episode 1, and totally know how to say Cross-Z. Show Notes: Chaos Dunk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkley,_Shut_Up_and_Jam:_Gaiden) Kamen Rider G (http://kamenrider.wikia.com/wiki/Kamen_Rider_G) That rumor about the Ridewatches that was being discussed (https://twitter.com/specialform12/status/1013619632794689536)
Join us on the first episode where we talk about how Garrett roped in Evan and Chris, some brief personal history of what started everyone down this path, the podcast premise, and then the first episode of Kamen Rider Decade.