TrialOfHeroes: Recent Episodes
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|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:48:53| Episode 07 – Theft?! Skateboard?! I’m Kagerou!Episode 08 – Heaven and Hell Befall a Family’s Break?! Episode Writer: Kinoshita HandaEpisode Director: Morota Satoshi As-Mentioned: 1953’s Robot Monster
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:27:05| Episode 05 – World-changing Rider! Who’s the Traitor?!Episode 06 – Evil’s Identity! A Shocking Showtime?! Episode Writer: Kinoshita HandaEpisode Director: Kamihoruichi Kazuya
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:44:51| Episode 03 – Hostage Trouble. Whatcha Gonna Do, Brothers?Episode 04 – Love is Lacking! A Stronger Devil’s Attacking! Episode Writer: Kinoshita HandaEpisode Director: Sugihara Teruaki
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 2:20:47| Episode 01 – Family! Contracts! Whispers of a Devil!Episode 02 – Can Devils Only Be Evil After All? Episode Writer: Kinoshita HandaEpisode Director: Shibasaki Takayuki As-Mentioned: “Dead Man’s Party” – Oingo Boingo Noritaka’s Kamen Rider Collection Krillin Figuarts Left shark
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:39:20| Episode 11 – A Serious ConflictEpisode 12 – A Supremely Showy Samurai Episode Writer: Arakawa NaruhisaEpisode Director: Sakamoto Koichi
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:06:26| Episode 09 – The Lion StampedeEpisode Writer: Komura JunkoEpisode Director: Katou Hiroyuki Episode 10 – A Duel with Trump CardsEpisode Writer: Shimoyama KentoEpisode Director: Katou Hiroyuki
Episode 47 – The End of the World, The Birth of a StoryEpisode Special – A New Page Has Been Opened Episode Writer: Episode 47: Hasegawa KeiichiEpisode Special: Uchida Hiroki Episode Director: Ishida Hidenori |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:58:34|
Episode 45 – The Ten Swordsmen, With the World on the LineEpisode 46 – Farewell, My Dear Hero Episodes Writer: Hasegawa Keiichi Episode Director: Episode 45: Sugihara Teruaki (45)Episode 46: Ishida Hidenori (46) |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 0:49:23| As-Mentioned: Foo Fighters: “There Goes My Hero“
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:07:55| Episode 07 – Nikiniki! Kung-Fu Training!Episode Writer: Komura JunkoEpisode Director: Nakazawa Shoujiro Episode 08 – Spy Micro-EspionageEpisode Writer: Arakawa NaruhisaEpisode Director: Nakazawa Shoujiro
Episode 05 – Judgement PiratesEpisode 06 – The Most Important Thing Episode Writer: Arakawa NaruhisaEpisode Director: Sakamoto Koichi |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:06:07|
Episode 43 – The Clash of the Values of Their ExistencesEpisode 44 – It Is Opened, The Last Page Episode Writer: Episode 43: Fukuda TakuroEpisode 44: Hasegawa Keiichi Episode Director: Episode 43: Kamihoruichi KazuyaEpisode 44: Sugihara Teruaki |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:20:51|
Episode 41 – Two Thousand Years of Weaving WishEpisode 42 – So It Begins, The Beautiful End Episode Writer: Episode 41: Hasegawa KeiichiEpisode 42: Fukuda Takuro Episode Director: Episode 41: Ishida HidenoriEpisode 42: Kamihoruichi Kazuya |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:39:17|
Episode 03 – Turning Courage Into Magic (Maagi Magi Go Gokai)Episode 04 – Friends to What End Episode Writer: Arakawa NaruhisaEpisode Director: Watanabe Katsuya |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 0:45:27|
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Episode 01 – The Space Pirates Make Landfall!Episode 02 – This Planet’s Value Episode Writer: Arakawa NaruhisaEpisode Director: Nakazawa Shoujiro |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:22:39| As-Mentioned: Pirates and Emperors
Kamen Rider Saber Episode 39 – O Swordsman, Follow the Path You Believe InEpisode 40 – The Shining Friendship of Three Swordsmen Episode Writer: Episode 39: Uchida HirokiEpisode 40: Hasegawa Keiichi Episode Director: Episode 39: Shibasaki TakayukiEpisode 40: Ishida Hidenori |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:06:22|
Kamen Rider Saber Episode 37 – The Future Shall Be Changed, But By Who?Episode 38 – Reigning Over All Sacred Swords, The Sword of the Cosmos Episode Writer: Episode 37: Mouri NobuhiroEpisode 38: Uchida Hiroki Episode Director: Episode 37: Kashiwagi HirokiEpisode 38: Shibasaki Takayuki |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:23:49| As Mentioned: Mission Status: … Continue reading UnKamen RX! 269 – Disaster Phoenix and the Birdfather
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:24:07| Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Episode 07 – The Dark Prince Has a Short Fuse!Episode 08 – Going from World to World, Door to Door?! Episode Writer: Komura JunkoEpisode Director: Yamaguchi Kyohei As Mentioned: Fountains of Wayne – “Stacy’s Mom”
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:32:24| Kamen Rider Saber Episode 35 – On That Day, I Became God Episode Writer: Hasegawa KeiichiEpisode Director: Morota Satoshi Episode 36 – It is Opened, The Omnicient Power Episode Writer: Mouri NobuhiroEpisode Director: Kashiwagi Hiroki As Mentioned: Mission Status: SICK
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:24:43| Kamen Rider Saber Episode 33 – Even So, The Future Can Be Changed Episode Writer: Uchida HirokiEpisode Director: Sugihara Teruaki Episode 34 – Awaken, Immortal Swordsman Episode Writer: Hasegawa KeiichiEpisode Director: Morota Satoshi
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:32:26| Kamen Rider Saber Episode 31 – The Strength of Trust, A Trustable Strength Episode Writer: Fukuda TakuroEpisode Director: Ishida Hidenori Episode 32 – My Feelings, Crystalized Episode Writer: Uchida HirokiEpisode Director: Sugihara Teruaki As Mentioned: Suribot’s Twitter Kingdom Smarts podcast’s Twitter
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:30:45| Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Episode 05 – Handily Molded into a Sushi Fight!Episode 06 – Getting Trashed and Treated Like Trash! As Mentioned: Yakuza Villain
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:18:45| Kamen Rider Saber Episode 29 – At That Moment, the Swordsman Made His Move Episode Writer: Hasegawa KeiichiEpisode Director: Sakamoto Koichi Episode 30 – Even When Bonds Are Torn Apart Episode Writer: Fukuda TakuroEpisode Director: Ishida Hidenori As Mentioned: Bugz2Men KaijuCarl’s Twitch
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:15:48| Kamen Rider Saber Episode 27 – Change Sadness into a SmileEpisode 28 – Chronicle the Past, Paint the Future Episode Writer: Hasegawa KeiichiEpisode Director: Sakamoto Koichi As Mentioned: Flame dragon befriending skeleton dragon
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:34:18| Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Episode 03 – The Seriously Mm-mm Magician!Episode 04 – The Sound of Curiosity is Vroom Vroom! Episode Writer: Komura JunkoEpisode Director: Tasaki Ryuta As Mentioned: Kaiju Battle
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:38:13| Kamen Rider Saber Episode 25 – Crimson Assassin, Wrapped in SmokeEpisode 26 – Into the Depths of Darkness, with a Blade Episode Writer: Fukuda TakuroEpisode Director: Kamihoruichi Kazuya As Mentioned: Tony Benn’s 5 Questions
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:07:48| Kamen Rider Saber Episode 23 – The Raging Hand of DestructionEpisode 24 – Father’s Back, Bearing the Future Episode Writer: Mouri NobuhiroEpisode Director: Shibasaki Takayuki
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:43:39| Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Episode 01 – The Crazy Cool Kikai World!Episode 02 – The Roaring Beast is a Real Wildcat! Episode Writer: Komura JunkoEpisode Director: Nakazawa Shoujiro
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:14:14| Kamen Rider Saber Episode 21 – Shine Most Prodigiously, In Full ColorEpisode 22 – I Still Want to Save People Episode Writer: Hasegawa KeiichiEpisode Director: Sugihara Teruaki As Mentioned: Grant Morrison at Disinfo Con 1999 – Wherein Grant Morrison discusses magick and where they get their ideas. Opens … Continue reading UnKamen RX! 261 – The Rock and the Hard Place
Hey there, UnKamenCast stalwarts! Weeeeeee’re back! Time got away from me (as it will) so prepare your hearts for a marathon of UnKamenCast about Kamen Rider Saber! |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 59:40| Kamen Rider Saber Episode 19 – Flame and Light, Sword and SwordEpisode 20 – Crumbling Castle, Will of the Sword As … Continue reading UnKamen RX! 260 – Dioramarama
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 0:57:22| Machine Sentai Kiramager Episode 45 – You Were There, and Shined Writer: Arakawa Naruhisa Director: Yamaguchi Kyohei
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 2:07:17| Machine Sentai Kiramager Episode 43 – The Dirty Hero Writer: Arakawa Naruhisa Director: Watanabe Katsuya Episode 44 – May He Rest In Peace Writer: Arakawa NaruhisaDirector: Yamaguchi Kyohei As Mentioned: The joke we should have made about Garza(from TV’s Fresh Off the Boat)
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:55:50| Machine Sentai Kiramager Episode 41 – As You Once WereWriter: Yokote MichikoDirector: Hayama Koichiro Episode 42 – Battles Without Honor & HumanityWriter: Shita AyumiDirector: Watanabe Katsuya As Mentioned: Kinji Fukasaku’s Battles Without Honor and Humanity Live performance of Tomoyasu Hotei’s “Battle Without Honor or Humanity” (you might know … Continue reading Laser Knees 131 – Biding His Time
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:32:19| Machine Sentai Kiramager Episode 39 – The Emperor is a SniperWriter: Kaneko KaoriDirector: Takemoto Noboru Episode 40 – The PainedWriter: Tokunaga TomohikoDirector: Hayama Koichiro Episode Writer: Kaneko Kaori (39) & Tokunaga Tomohiko (40) Episode Director: Takemoto Noboru (39) & Hayama Koichiro (40) As Mentioned: Read up on Harry … Continue reading Laser Knees 130 – Outside the Walls
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:56:29| Kamen Rider Saber Episode 17 – Whether the Ancient Messenger, is Light or ShadowEpisode 18 – Defeating the Megid, with a Flaming Tenacity As Mentioned: Iggy Pop Quote: “I’m not ashamed to dress ‘like a woman’ because I don’t think it’s shameful to be a woman.” Yuri and … Continue reading UnKamen RX! 259 – Deliberately Obtuse
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:26:24| Machine Sentai Kiramager Episode 37 – Sena 1/5Episode 38 – Under Uncle’s Moon As Mentioned: What do the Granterstones even DO?!
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:40:57| Kamen Rider Saber Episode 15 – What Lies, Beyond Our ResolveEpisode 16 – The Streak of Light, That Will Save the World
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:21:37| Machine Sentai Kiramager Episode 35 – Mabushina’s Wandering NotesEpisode 36 – RAP
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 2:02:09| Kamen Rider Saber Episode 13 – I, Will Stay True to My ConvictionsEpisode 14 – These Feelings, Dwell Within My Blade
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:24:51| Machine Sentai Kiramager Episode 33 – Giant Beast Panic ClashEpisode 34 – Blue and Yellow Passion
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:37:04| Kamen Rider Saber Episode 11 – The Storming Thunder, and the Spreading of Dark CloudsEpisode 12 – That Place, Where We Made Our Promise
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:40:05| Machine Sentai Kiramager Episode 31 – ToysEpisode 32 – Mad About Sayo As Mentioned: The announcement of Mana Kinjou’s passing on twitter Kishida Tatsuya’s tweet about Mana’s passing
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 2:35:10| Episode 09 – Harmonize, The Swordsman’s TimbreEpisode 10 – United Swords, and Crossing Emotions As Mentioned: The Green Knight trailer Fate: Grand Order Webby from Ducktales 2017 A Place Further Than the Universe Defunctland’s documentary on HALYX
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:48:40| Machine Sentai Kiramager Episode 29 – Atamald of IllusionsEpisode 30 – A Proud Warrior
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:56:52| Episode 07 – The King’s Blade Lies Within AvalonEpisode 08 – The Sealed One, Arthur. As Mentioned: Les Romanesques’ YouTube Channel Sono’s Streaming Channel on Twitch!
|Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:47:25| Kamen Rider Saber Episode 05 – My Friend, The Swordsman of ThunderEpisode 06 – Like the Winds, They Meet As Mentioned: “Chilling in a Hot Tub” vine Subscribe: RSS | iTunes and Google Play Music Hit up the hosts to talk about Sentai, Rider, and tokusatsu in general. @NeedsMoreAleph -Aleph@MamaFriesMeal -Sono
In which Our Humble Hosts are smitten by the newest, greatest character find of 2020 (and beyond, tbh). |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:18:56| Episode 25 – The Cutie PriestessEpisode 26 – Make the Weapon Arrowy Episode Writer: Arakawa NaruhisaEpisode Director: Yamaguchi Kyohei Subscribe: RSS | iTunes and Google Play Music Hit up the hosts to talk about Sentai, … Continue reading Laser Knees 123 – A Great Day for Fandom
Laser Knees, number 122: Atom Blast Mother |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:14:04| Episode 23 – Mabushina’s MotherEpisode 24 – We’re Gonna Band Together! Episode Writer: Shita Ayumi (23) & Inoue Tete (24)Episode Director: Takemoto Noboru As Mentioned: Bill Wurtz – “The Sun is a Deadly Lazer” (from “The History of Everything I Guess”) … Continue reading Laser Knees 122 – Atom Blast Mother
UnKamenCast-RX number 252: King of Dads |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:18:27| Episodes 3 and 4 Subscribe: RSS | iTunes and Google Play Music Hit up the hosts to talk about Sentai, Rider, and tokusatsu in general. @NeedsMoreAleph -Aleph@MamaFriesMeal -Sono
Laser Knees, number 121, Mabuyuine Mother |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:27:54| Episode 21 – A Fishing Master, SometimesEpisode 22 – Hey, Witch, Are You Ready For This? Episode Writer: Arakawa NaruhisaEpisode Director: Sakamoto Koichi As Mentioned: Two of Them Subscribe: RSS | iTunes and Google Play Music Hit up the hosts to talk about Sentai, Rider, and tokusatsu … Continue reading Laser Knees 121 – Mabuyuine Mother
UnKamenRX! 251 – Once Upon a Time https://archive.org/download/rx-251-onceuponatime/RX251-FULLEDIT.mp3 |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:33:58| Episodes 1 and 2 As Mentioned: That Ira Glass quote
Ah, here it is. The end of a Rider series. The last chance to put some heart out there. And, spoiler, the series Your Humble Hosts have been adoring over this last year and change on The UnKamenCast R!X! managed to stick the landing. Through pandemic interruptions and thematic muddling, through rewrites and daring decisions, … Continue reading UnKamen RX! 250 – End of Line.
In this episode of Laser Knees, we go after some weird bits of trope-exploration on Kiramager. Sono celebrates some artistic inovation, Aleph posits some supernatural effects on production, and a car acts just, like. Like REALLY uncomfortable. Just. Ew. Yucky. |Right-click “Save As” to download|Episode Length 1:31:27| Machine Sentai Kiramager Episode 19 – PartnersEpisode Writer: … Continue reading Laser Knees 120 – (Un)Comfortable, Chum.
Welcome back to the UnKamenCast R!X! where Your Humble(?) Hosts are closing in on the end of Kamen Rider Zero-One and OH BOY, what a wild ride it’s being! In this episode, Aleph finds one reason things work, Sono highlights some parallels with previous Riders, and Toei did it. They freaking did it. Those absoute … Continue reading UnKamen RX! 249 – How Much Can One Man Hurt?
It’d be gauche to blame the world being on fire for not posting these as regularly as they should be posted. BUT THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO. So, here at the start of this ToH content explosion, we’re gonna check in on a couple episodes of Machine Sentai Kiramager with your favorite host (and also … Continue reading Laser Knees 119 – (He Is) Another Brick in the Wall
As Your Humble-Ish Hosts close in on the end of this year’s Kamen Rider offering, the sweat begins to form and the anxiety begins to build. But more than anything, hey Toei? You better not. In this episode of The UnKamenCast R! X!, Aleph appreciates a philosophy of design, Sono appreciates some visual humor, and … Continue reading UnKamenCast RX! 248 – Jumping To Your Teamwork Makes Jumping To Your Dream Work
Your favorite* tokusatsu talkers are BACK, BAY-BEE and we’re talking a whole bunch about a couple episodes of Kiramager! In this episode of Laser Knees, Your Humble Hosts dive into episodes 15 and 16 of those rock mages to see what we can dig up from a mixed metaphor. In this episode: Mabushina continues to … Continue reading Laser Knees 118 – Things Left Unsaid
You know, there was going to be a lot more waffle in the episode description here about the line between a face turn and a redemption and one of your hosts’s eternal frustration with the conflation of the two in the fannish imagination… But have y’all seen that cool robot dog? Yes, Your Humble Hosts … Continue reading UnKamenCast RX 247 – Extremely Cool Puppy, Extremely Still Murder
So Your Humble Hosts have had a bit more time with the newest member of the Kiramager crew and uh we’re still having some trouble with the guy. But we soldier on regardless because if nothing else, there’s some intensely clever Super Sentai stuff going on even if Silver’s kind of frustrating. So, in this … Continue reading Laser Knees 117 – (That’s a Bit Too) Quick, Silver
As the Ark arc begins on Zero-One, your Humble Hosts are going hard on having a bunch of long, winding thoughts about what made these episodes work; because HOT DANG do they work. The Ark has taken humanoid form, Gai is throwing down against Metsubojinrai.net, Aruto has an idea for a new product, Yua’s having a … Continue reading UnKamenCast RX 246 – How Much Can One Machine Hate?
Hey, Laser Knees is back, too! With two full episodes, no less! So that means the return of your third- or fourth-favorite team of 2020 masked heroes*, the crew of Laser Knees! And… well, it’s kind of a mixed bag. But to say more would be to spoil all the discussion, SO! In this episode … Continue reading Laser Knees 116 – Round and Around
The pandemic (hiatus) is over! I mean, sure, it’s just the hiatus caused by Toei shutting down production and not, like, the whole pandemic being over but at least there’s some new Kamen Rider to watch (and, thus, UnKamenCast R!X! to listen to), so… That’s not nothing, anyway. Hoo boy, got a little dark here. … Continue reading UnKamenCast RX 245.75 – Dads Must and the Devil’s Driver
The last bit of non-show hashtag content before the hiatus ends is Your Humble(-ish) Hosts taking a look at the freaking sick Kamen Rider crossover film that is Zero-One x Zi-O – Reiwa: The First Generation! In this episode of Rider Jump: Aleph laments a cameo that didn’t happen, Sono enjoys a cameo that DID … Continue reading Rider Jump 25 – Reiwa: The First Generation
Time for another hyper rush of hashtag content from your favorite commentators because Aleph didn’t get these things put up on time so now we GOTTA GO FAST and get them all out to you! To that end, we’re starting out with by making good on an old threat and taking a silly mid-pandemic look … Continue reading Rider Jump 24 – Sonic and Sonic Ephemera
It’s part two of our massive ranking of the Heisei era (plus Zero-One) Kamen Rider suits. We’re kind of surprised it went this long, but we probably shouldn’t be as we are big old nerds. If you want to see the lists without listening or just to have them for reference, they’ll be located at the … Continue reading Rider Jump 23 – Rider Suit Rankings, Part 2
There’s no new episodes so Your Humble(?) Hosts are just sort of messing around a little with that most nerdy (and internet-friendly) of pasttimes: ranking things! Join us as we take a trip through aesthetics and get comfortably real about what kinds of suits we like looking at with our eyes. If you want to … Continue reading Rider Jump 22 – Rider Suit Rankings, Part 1
It’s our last episode of Laser Knees before the Covid-induced hiatus hits and, unsurprisingly, your favorite (we’re just going to assume, don’t bother correcting us) hosts have some observations to make. In this episode, Sono appreciates some playful tweaking of the rules, Aleph takes issue with some common “wisdom” about kids who are jerks, and … Continue reading Laser Knees 115 – Burning Bridges