I'm David, welcome to my brain. Here I write to not only show that I can but to share my opinions on various topics. Mostly Video Games, Anime, Movies and Tokusatsu. Though I am open to suggestions and never afraid to admit when I'm wrong. Have a good time in here and be sure not to mess with my memory, it's bad enough as it is.
Now that we know how Gai's actor got his inspiration for his performance I can fully give him the credit he deserves because man oh man did he take this character and make a proper monster. Speaking of Actors send some match needed love to Jyuru's actor Rio Komiya who was discharged from the hospital and is in self quarantine after recovering from Covid-19. Nate however has attracted the eye of Evox which means he might be on track to meeting the fate of his Gobusters Counterpart Jin. Back in 1988 Kamurocho Kiryu gets his new look and settles into his new life as a Real Estate Agent. Aside from having proper health insurance it's not all that different from his life with the Tojo Clan.
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Once again April fools is upon us and now to avoid the usual fake posts by putting up this years crop of memes. Which you would have already seen if you're a regular viewer of Toku Riffs live with the RVT crew. In case you're not aware Toku riffs is Ez Rider, Shades, Spade Ace and Matty J and a whole group of fans getting together to riff MST3K style on the latest episodes of Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Ultraman that we can get our hands on. We also riff on classic series as well. We also riff tokusatsu movies when they're available for fansubs so we have a lot of fun, laughs and just a general good time. During the intermissions we submit Tokusatsu memes to try to make the four headed jury laugh and show our creativity. So if you see this post follow the link to the RVT twitch page. Toku riffs is on Sunday at 7:00 PM or 6:00 PM depending if there's a marathon going on. Here's the link to the RVT twitch page and then the memes, use as you see fit. https://www.twitch.tv/rvtentertainment
Zero One seems to be using what I call the Good Burger defense as to why Thouzer isn't in jail right now. Kirameiger has our new Red Atsuta and he isn't an over glorified idiot, though he still has an annoying catchphrase. Beast Morphers was off for the week but we still have Yakuza 0 to deal with. We get some backstory behind Majima and why he's so dead-set on getting back into the Tojo Clan even though he was tortured and had his eye stabbed out. After some shenanigans involving a chiropractor he's now conflicted as to whether to protect a blind woman or kill her to get back into the clan.
Yakuza is owned by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, Sega and Toshihrio Nagoshi
Now that Ryusoulger is left to be adaptation fodder it's time to get acquainted with the new guys with Episode 0. Zero One moves on to a firefighting contest where a Rocket launching Panda Raider runs interference, god the things that come out of my mouth sometimes. Beast Morphers has Evox start to take advantage of his new body to further his schemes. Yakuza 0 has Kiryu start to ally with Tachibana real estate since Tachibana himself is apparently working with Kiryu's mentor, Kazuma. This then finally has us introduced to Goro Majima who is under the heel of a sleezeball until he can buy his way back into the Omi alliance.
Yakuza is owned by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, Sega and Toshihrio Nagoshi
We've finally reached the end of Ryusoulger and quite frankly I hope Power Rangers can make something better out of this disjointed pile of meh. Zero One has Jin making his return with a new personality, form and driver. Beast Morphers finally states that Mayor Danials is possessed by Evox. Yakuza 0 has more side quest fun for us. From helping Michael Jackson and Stephen Spielberg to helping a cop get his confidence back to getting some shrooms.
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You know how I've been saying that Zero One is basically Mega Man X? Well, apparently Aruto took that to heart because now he has a sword with the Mother Elf inside of it! Helas has revealed her master plan and she's now an organic version of the Matrix. Sure Blaze and Roxy are human again but thanks to Scrozzle's intuitive thinking we have both the humans and the avatars. Yakuza 0 forced me to go back into bad habits, not just the content of the side quests but the length of them. But hey at least these side quests are 1000 times more interesting than Lost Paradise.
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Zero One takes a break from the competition to get into some marriage hijinks and Aruto can't use any form other than the dangerous berserker form. Ryusoulger is almost finished, until it gets adapted into Power Rangers. Speaking of Beast Morphers has finally ditched the "Super" subtitle, praise Zordon! Oh and we get into the Yakuza series with Yakuza 0. Lost Paradise was only the appetizer in terms of insanity and difficulty, this is the real deal!
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We've finally caught up on all of the topics for now. Zero One has the introduction of Metal Cluster Hopper and Gai apparently couldn't be happier since the guy is clearly a psychopath, but then again he's a CEO so it shouldn't be surprising. Ryusoulger is finally starting to wrap up and apparently Helas has had it with Pricious' crap. Speaking of family issues we wrap up Dad of Boy by finally killing Baldur and Freya is more than a tad annoyed by this. Oh and we get a final shot that hasn't given people blue balls like this since the end of God of War 2.
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Happy Singles Awareness Day ya'll! Zero One has a court case that seems like something out of Harvey Birdman since the defense attorney is a Humagear. Ryusoulger continues with its admittedly decent final arc with new Druidons and the Ryusoulgers actually being smart. We're almost done with Dad of Boy however as we explore Tyr's Temple and Atreus' new ego lands him and Kratos back in Hel after Baldur nearly kills the two. Thankfully Atreus pulls his head out of his ass after the whole experience and after I explore Musephelheim and Niflheim I'll finally get to restoring the tower to Jötunheim. God Of War (PS4) is owned by SIC Santa Monica Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Cory Barlog
Surprise, Gai is a narcissistic sociopath but than again he's a CEO that's not much of a shocker. Also Ryusoulger is almost done, joy! On to the main meat of Dad of BOY with the dynamic deity duo killing Magni and letting Modi run like a little bitch. Later on Kratos finally confesses to Atreus that he's a God after venturing though Hel with the recovered Blades of Chaos to save his life. Hopefully that revelation won't go to his head (spoilers it does big time!)
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So we're now fighting a gargantuan beast and killing it in an over the top gory fashion? For a second there I almost forgot this was a God of War game. Though to make up for the starvation of giant monster slaying we have Mimir to give me something to work off of instead of just Kratos' stoic stone facedness. But you just know Kratos wouldn't put up with Gai's crap for a second, take notes Aruto. Oh and Wiseru is dead, I think Ryusoulger wants me to feel something about that.
God Of War (PS4) is owned by SIC Santa Monica Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Cory Barlog
What's this, a CEO that actually has a sense of ethics? Well at least he's smart enough to know that doing blatantly evil actions isn't exactly going to make your company look good, shame that this makes Gai look like a genius compared to actual CEOs. Speaking of bosses, Cereon is starting to notice that his aren't exactly giving him his due so he's planning on giving Precious his three weeks notice and taking his maybe actual buddy Wiseru with him. Speaking of crazy pairs Kratos and Atreus kill the Dark Elf King and hand Alfheim to the light Elves. They then figure that they've got some issues to work out, hopefully by not slaughtering an entire army.
God Of War (PS4) is owned by SIC Santa Monica Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Cory Barlog
This one is going to be short and sweet, again. Not much has happened in Zero One but even less has happened in Ryusoulger as usual. Once again God of War is the more narratively interesting topic. Kratos and boy make their way though Alfheim yet never have to deal with the god modding nonsesne of Jesus-Kun himself Kirito. Oh and apparently Atreus can kill at least 20 Dark Elves on his own while Kratos was stuck in the Twilight zone, guess the apple doesn't fall that far if you shake the tree hard enough.
God Of War (PS4) is owned by SIC Santa Monica Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Cory Barlog
Sorry for the audio issue in this week's God of War stream for some reason the audio wasn't recording even though I tested it before the stream. Ugh anyway, now that the holidays are over it's time for me to get back on track. First we condense the recap for the episodes I missed during the break. Zero One's first Arc is done with, Ryusoulger is thankfully almost done and Beast Morphers first half ended rather well in my opinion. Hope you all had a good holiday break, looking forward to the new goods this year and decade will have for us.
God Of War (PS4) is owned by SIC Santa Monica Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Cory Barlog
Sorry for the lack of God of War this week, Christmas shenanigans and whatnot, but we still have the normal V-Logs. Zero One finally gets us the death of the Dodo Magear but thanks to Horobi his legacy lives on. Ryusoulger has gone back to dumb filler, joy. Last but certainly not least Beast Morphers is approaching the end of the first half of the show. Now the big question is, what happens next since we no longer have Roxy and thus can't fully use the Messiahroid arc since both Escape and the Karateroid were destroyed this episode?
I'm slowly catching up with the Toku V-logs at long last. We're closing in on the ending of the 1st half of Beast Morphers so once that's done the schedule should be back to normal. Though speaking of Normal I will not be lowering the difficulty of Dad of BOY! Especially since I finally found Bork and F**king Gratitude which means I can get some upgrades and new Armor which undoubtedly gives me more of a leg to stand on. Though I did get some more goodies off-screen including knocking off some side quests just FYI.
God Of War (PS4) is owned by SIC Santa Monica Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Cory Barlog
Christmas is almost here and that means it's time to take a wee bit of a break around here. Though I have my old buddy Kratos coming around and boy has he changed since I last saw him. Though one thing is still the same, his life is hard as hell!!! Let me tell ya, if your game is giving me Kingdom Hearts 3 Critical mode PTSD you know you're in for some actual frustration, entertainment and a decent into madness, almost like I was a real Video Game personality or something! Also the three toku show catch up, Zero one is still good, Ryusoulger is trying to make up for lost bullshit and Beast Morphers is warping up the first half of the show.
God Of War (PS4) is owned by SIC Santa Monica Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Cory Barlog
Yes there is an Another Grand Zi-o Another Watch, no it didn't appear in the show proper; just in a stage show. Wasted potential is indeed wasted.
Time to wrap this list up and get ready for the winter fun. Here's where the other Another Riders ranked up for those who haven't been following the countdown.
Kicking off the last part of this list is the first of the three Future Another Riders to debut, Another Shinobi.
You know, it's sometimes the simplest things that are the most remembered. I mean how can the words evil, skeleton and Ninja not be cool when put together? From the Tekkō-kagito the skeleton face it may be a simpledesign off of a kit bash Kamen Rider but when it works it works. And the contract holder being the man who eventually does become Shinobi does make for a nice bit of irony. Though whether the original Kamen Rider Shinobi will actually be a rider in 2022 is still up in the air but if Another Time: Kamen Rider Shinobi is anything to go by; I hope not.
Sound the drums for #8 Another Hibiki.
Honestly I shouldn’t be giving this Another Rider such a high spot on this list considering that this lead to that narcissistic, lying, arrogant, undeserving wank toad Kirya Kyosuke to become the new Hibiki. Because on top of how he behaved in the original Hibiki series; Kyosuke was responsible for Another Hibiki’s contract holder to make the deal with his blatant lying to a naive child just to stroke his own ego when we all know that Asumu is the true, rightful successor to the title of Hibiki. But putting that aside I have to give credit that the design of this Another Rider is just plain awesome. The Hibiki Riders were referred to as Oni and Another Hibiki's design truly brings to mind statues of Shinto gods to where I could defenitly see Another Hibiki riding on a thunder cloud. Sometimes you just have to give credit where it's due and Another Hibiki is a top tier designed Another Rider, despite the show it came from and the guy that beat him.
Next is one of the two most reoccurring Another Riders, one that honestly should have been the big bad given his powers but was knocked down because he was just a complete wenis, #7 Another Zi-O.
Now if Oma Zi-O wasn't going to be the final boss (and spoilers he wasn't but we'll get to that later) than that honor should have gone to the Another Rider of the protagonist. Hell; of the Another Riders Another Zi-O is the second most reoccurring in the show. Though his powers were a little weird, now his precognitive powers are understandable considering that that was the main power of Zi-O II which debuted only a few episodes prior to his introduction but him switching between previous Another Riders sounds like something that should be Another Decade's wheelhouse. Though the design works pretty well as just a more armored Zi-O with a monstrous face. Also giving him an actual Rider belt with his Another RideWatch on there was a decent way to make him stand out among his contemporaries.
Though sadly the Contract holder Hiryu should have been more of a threat, but with how he was portrayed (and not actually seeing how his life was screwed over with his parents being indirectly killed; just that nobody was there to get him at the hospital) he just comes off as a whiny, stupid, spiteful, narrow-minded, insane, tool. Now say what you will about Superboy Prime turning evil in Infinite Crisis but we can at least understand why and how he got to that point, Hiryu on the other hand has nothing. Also it took until Schwartz was telling him to his face that he was a pawn in his poorly constructed game and creating an alternate timeline where he rules the world as king Dickhead the 1st with his army of Another Riders to get the idea that Sougo might not be responsible for his life getting screwed over? Though according to the stage show even that wasn't enough to convince this asshole if the Another Oma Zi-O watch at the top of this review wasn't enough of a tipoff. So yes while the Another Zi-O powers themselves and the design works, Hiryu himself is just not compelling enough to get him any higher on the list.
#6 goes to the last regular Another Rider, Another Drive.
Hopefully after the double barrels I wasted on the last guy we can keep this short and sweet. This brings us to Another Drive; the last of the non General Another Riders. Now I just love the asymmetry of its design, it looks like the regular Drive after a Blues Brothers esq Car crash. From the twisted metal, the driver that looks like it has a brain in it (since that's where Krim's consciousness was stored) and the Two Face like helmet it's like the Jackson Pollok of monster designs. Also it reminds me of the Monsters from Carranger/ Power Rangers Turbo; specifically when Rv Robo/ The Turbo Megazord got highjacked by the villains; just that Stallone sneer sells it for me.
Also the Contractor being Roidmude 108 aka Kamen Rider Dark Drive/Paradox Roidmude disguised as Ora admittedly had me fooled. And since Another Drive is a Roidmude it can use the Heaviness to freeze opponents so Another Drive can just wail on them as well as shapeshifter into anyone they want to avoid detection. Speaking of wailing the way Sougo just beat Another Drive into the dirt after it killed Heure was chilling. So while the last of the rank and file Another Riders it certainly was one of the better ones. Now for the top 5, here we go.
#5 heralds the return of the meme God Dan Kuroto as Another OOO.
Now as an Another Rider Another OOO is pretty standard, not really much in terms of twisting OOO's powers we don't see him switch to any forms or anything like that, but he can make Waste Yummies, so there's that. The basic design is still good highlighting the animal aspects of OOO'S Tatoba default form with the spikes on the grasshopper legs and the tiger claws, though the Hawk wings are a little silly looking, they look like big, floppy bunny ears. No, the real reason this is so high is cause the contractor is the God Dan Kuroto!!! Now while that is blatant fanboyism this series gives us very little actual entertainment so we have to take what we can get. So while the God Dan Kuroto might not make it to the very top we can at least remember the time he created Japanese Kickassia.
#4 is claimed by the twisted parody of the first (technically 4th) Heisei Rider; Another Kuuga.
As the Another Rider of Kuuga a certain degree of importance comes with this one. Now while I would give it more credit for this being the only Another Rider that's a natural giant and that this thing is legitimately terrifying I have to keep that honor off due to Tiddlywinks being a bit of a mess as a character. I mean we know nothing about him, Schwartz doesn't mention him; what was even the point of this guy? Again I'm not counting Another Rider upgraded forms so Another Ultimate Kuuga is not being mentioned but if I was I'd actually rate him lower since he just gets the traditional Shirakura one-sided villain curb stomp. So I'll just give this CGI nightmare a rather respectable place on the list.
#3 goes to the poorly motivated final boss of Kamen Rider Zi-O; Another Decade.
Let me get this out of the way, this thing looks like a badass. You know how all throughout Decade everyone was saying how he was the destroyer of worlds, the Devil and the unholy god of destruction? This is what I would have expected from that kind of hype instead of the smug, pink putz that we got instead. But his powers are a little weird, now opening up Tears to summon Evil Kamen Riders from universes where they won is a nice subversion of Tsukasa's World traveling powers and Diend's Rider summoning (though this begs the question of what Another Diend is going to to do since Diend's gimmick was stollen by this guy) but like I said when talking about Another Zi-O shouldn't Another Decade's powers include being able to switch between the other Another Riders' powers as well as the summon A.R Riders thing? Now since he's the final villain of Zi-O I tried not to put him at the #1 Spot by default because that would be lazy, thankfully there's other reasons why he only gets the bronze medal.
Namely that Schwartz' plan makes no sense. So he wants to save his timeline from being destroyed, easy so far, so how he goes about this is creating Oma Zi-O. So Schwartz does this was well as recruiting the Timejackers to create Another Riders as part of a big misdirection to just let Sougo get stronger, and even then he needed the power of Kamen Rider Decade to make his plan work. He becomes Another Decade, summons Dark Riders, lets the multiverse get recked more than a D.C Comics Crisis event and when Sougo does finally become Oma Zi-O he thinks that now that he's only just shown up without the decades of experience the future monster has he could claim those powers and rule as the king of time. But in the end since all of this was actually just to spite his little sister who was chosen to inherit the Timejacker lineage and not him, he just gets curb stomped and Sougo decides to use Made in Heaven to rewrite the timeline so that he and the rest get to live out a normal life without Kamen Rider Zi-O except Woz who survives the world alteration because reasons.
Jesus Christ and people think that Master Xehanort from Kingdom Hearts and Revolver Ocelot from Metal Gear Solid had overly long, complicated and convoluted plans. I mean yeah in terms of dumb villain plans this goes way beyond making Twin Clones of Hitler, making Nightcrawler the Pope or Dr Doom's plan from Ultimatum this is just, ugh. Back to the positives his design once again highlights the only good thing about Zi-O, with the Devil horns, the batwing where the Decade name is and the belt looking like a demonic mouth; this thing looks damn cool. So while Schwartz' plan is absolutely moronic at least Another Decade is as powerful and intimidating as a final Boss should be. But you can have the nicest looking car with a super up engine, but without a solid frame you'll have something that'll fall apart the moment you try to step on the gas. Now I know my analogy is off since I'm not a car person but you know what I'm getting at right?
The #2 slot goes to the tragic Another Blade.
Once again the design of Another Blade is top tier. Since Kamen Rider Blade was based off a Rhinoceros battle the designers decided to highlight the Rhinoceros part of that name with the much bulkier armor and the horn that looks more like a drill. The perverted Blay Rouzer is a wondrous little treat with the buzzsaw in place of where the Rouze Cards would be on the original, though speaking of sadly we don't see Another Blade using the powers of the Spade suit Undead mostly relying on brute strength since she's being forced into becoming Another Blade. Oh and the cherry on top, the contract holder is Amane from the original series, being forced to cause havoc in the blind pursuit of her father figure Hajime just to lure out Kenzaki. Though her absorbing the powers of both the Jokers, becoming the winner of the Battle Fight and unleashing an army of Joker Undead was kind of dumb in my opinion so that slight bump had Amane settle with the silver medal.
Finally this leads us to my #1 favorite Another Rider, Another Kabuto.
If you couldn't tell from my list I tend to list Another Riders in terms of design, contractor, powers and story execution, by that criteria Another Kabuto is what I consider to be the best Another Rider. In terms of Design the organic Worm design of Another Kabuto makes for a perfect perversion of the technological, man made original. The Contractor is another great choice, Sou Yaguruma AKA the first Kamen Rider TheBee and Kamen Rider KickHopper being one of Souji's original rivals getting the powers of Kabuto and working with a Worm Copy of his dead partner Kageyama (Worms don't work like that) to destroy all of humanity with another Asteroid full of Worms that was summoned as a side effect of Ginga knowing full well that the Worm was using him. This makes for a rather substantial threat if you ask me. As for the powers, get this in addition to Another Kabuto he still has the powers of Kickhopper so if one rider set get beat he can just switch to the other to continue the fight and since both can still clock up only another ZECT designed Rider or Worm could stand a chance against him.
Story-wise when we're not focusing on Woz playing around with Ginga Finally we have Kagami trying to stop him while slowly but surely getting what he wanted back in the first episode of Kabuto and become worthy of the Kabuto Zecter which he uses to put the nihilistic fake in his place once and for all. Honestly the Kabuto Arc of Zi-O was the best of the bunch and is all the more frustrating since it shows that the creators of the show could have done instead of what we got instead. But with that I'm done with reviews for 2019, it's been a long year, a long decade actually and with the holidays coming up I need a bit of a break. So with that, check back in at 2020 were I kick off the new decade with a few top lists. The top Movies, Anime, Video Games, Kamen Rider series; whatever of each year from 2010 to 2019.
And with the break for the month that should give me plenty of time to mull those choices over. Though I will be getting back to the V-Logs and posting Lets Plays of course I'm not ready to close up shop all together here. Though I will still be doing the streams on Saturday of God of War on PS4. Though I do have a new Switch Lite and Pokemon Sword to work on so there's that. But in any case I would like to thank everyone for sticking with me for all this time and have a happy holiday.
Kamen Rider is owned by Ishinomori Productions, Toei Productions, and Bandai. Spaceballs is owned by Mel Brooks, Brooksfilms and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
I'm back from a forced hiatus with a hat to experiment with and some comments. Zero One has some movie schenanigans with a Humagear that can't do improv and Krombopulos Michael has his first fanboy moment. Ryusoulger officially jumps the shark when they kill of not only a potentially badass new General but also the saved extra Ranger in the same episode. Why? To just promote a new toy. Whereas Beast Morphers introduces Vargoyle and does the unthinkable and has a hero admit that he was wrong when he erased his friend's memory to keep his hobby secret, I know right?
Kicking off part 2 of the list is #16 Another Wizard.
While not reflective of a dragon design Another Wizard’s design is more reflective of a demon. From the tattered cape, the organic looking helmet that looks like skeletal hands clasped around a bloody boil to the bone hand on the Wizardriver make this Another Rider look truly horrifying. Though his contract holder is more tragic then most of the Another Riders with him just being a stage magician that wanted to help his theatre stay open with his magic. Before Sougo showed up and shook his tree he was just content to being an expert stage magician stewing in his jealousy over the theatre owner loving someone else when he never had the nerve to tell her how he feels.
Admittedly now that I say it out loud he might have gone nuts at some point but still. Sure the contract holder may have been suffering from a massive case of the Shinji’s but at least he looked cool and was a decent match for Zi-O and Geiz.
Now to clear the skies for #15 Another W.
It's no surprise to that all three of Riku Sanjo’s series got shat on hard by Zi-O with his most popular Kamen Rider series W being the first sign. Now the problem isn’t that he was a movie exclusive villain it’s that we know nothing about him before he/they became this monster. We hear two voices talking when he speaks but even when Another W gets beaten we don’t see who contracted with Tiddlywinks to create him. Though there are some things this Another Rider has going for it. Particularly the helmetwhich has the Another Rider's face breaking out from W's original face with it still hanging off the sides of his face as an inversion of Cyclone Joker Xtreme. Along with the tattered bandages on the Cyclone side of Another W paralleling the scarf on W's side.
But then there's the fact that Another W's appearance is non cannon. Apparently according to Shirakura; Heisei Forever is non cannon because he's a coward who plays that card when the fans get uppity. That leaves how Sougo got the W Ridewatch and the creation of Another W more than a bit questionable. I'd say maybe they'll fix it with a V-Cinema but that's being far too optimistic when it comes to Shirakura. So despite Another W getting no respect I at least think the two in one demon does look cool.
The next player is #14 Another Ex-Aid.
Now given that Ex-Aid is one of my favorite Riders seeing the goofy pink cartoony platformer like hero turned into the Predator was quite the jarring experience. From the spiked shoulder pads, the reptilian paint patterns on the green segments of the suit to the Predator dreadlocks and the sadistic smile; this Another Rider design is all kinds of creepy and twisted. The inversion of Ex-Aid's powers is a nice touch too. Instead of curing people of the Bugster virus Another Ex-Aid created a video game to track down kids who are compatible heart donors with his son, so instead of curing people of the Bugster virus he chose to endanger and potentially kill hundreds of people just to save one person. Now that may be reducing the whole situation to a numbers game but the fact still stands that this mad glitch was willing to subject innocent kids to a slow, painful death just to save one person is about as far from the gaming doctor as you can get, in summation a pretty good Another Rider.
Arriving on platform 13 is Another Den-o.
Since Den-O will forever be doomed to be Toei's biggest cash cow we got not one, but two versions of this Another Rider. The first one I covered back in Heisei Generations Forever but both seem to follow similar patterns, though the first Another Den-O was under Tiddlywinks' control. As for the design instead of the Peach like visor for the helmet it instead protrudes like an Oni's horns to reflect Momotaros. Though speaking of Momotaros a major drawback to this Another Rider is that since Ryotaro is a Singularity Point and therefore unaffected by changes to the timeline Den-o himself can show up to deal with his Another Rider counterpart with no problem. So in combination of the show double-dipping on this Another Rider and the aforementioned weakness with his main self still being active I can't place this one higher on the list, not a bad spot mind you but still.
Ready to crash down to earth is #12 Another Fourze
Now to pick off where I left off with Another Faiz since this is the power set that overlapped that monster to keep his contractor's power. Knowing what his deal is explains the similarities between the two with the under suit still having traces of Another Faiz' design but has the Fourze elements overlapping it. Though the most notable parts are the twisted Fourze driver that lets Another Fourze use the powers of the Astroswitches and the bat like wings on the sides of Another Fourze's normally rocket helmet. Aside from that what should have been a tribute arc to Fourze got superseded by Faiz and that show's cast including the sentient pile of garbage Masato Kusaka in yet another example of Riku Sanjo getting shat on by Shirakura. But hey at least Another Fourze gets some degree of respect from me.
Next, Another Quiz is #11, X or O?
Next is the second of the future Another Riders and personally is the most outright scary of the three. If his ability to steal people's intelligence wasn't enough the general brain design of him can make anyone more than a bit squeamish. At bit of a cliche but the overall design with the brains as the central motif sells the this thing as wanting to go on a binge with his old pal Venom. Also this is one of the cases where the Another Rider is better designed than the rider he's based on since Quiz proper is a bit more of an obvious kit bash of previous suits. Also with Another Quiz being the jealous father of Quiz before he died leads to a nice sense of irony and leads to Quiz getting some closure regarding his father.
Also the reason why his father acted the way he did was more than a little sad since he was so desperate to save his wife, yet ironically she died before he could make his breakthrough. But as a constellation prize this Another Rider got the #11 spot on the list.
Get down on your knees for #10 Another Kiva.
We'll wrap this part up with the Another Rider that got shafted the most (and considering how Drive, W and Fourze were treated that's saying something) Another Kiva. First from a design perspective I do love how Another Kiva is designed, she almost looks like a proper Fangire with the stain-glass face to her torso and the giant horn like bat ears. Now how she's able to control the Arms Monsters when they're supposed to be loyal to Wataru and he's still Kiva since she was made in the present day and not 2008 is never explained but her having the three gives her a nice versatility in her attacks. But unfortunately the Kiva tribute arc got highjacked by the paradox asshole Kamen Rider Ginga.
Who I'm not joking was never supposed to exist, according to Tsukasa; Ginga was the result of the space time continuum getting flushed down the toilet thus never meant to exist. So, by that logic Kiva's arc was highjacked for no reason! Though at least her prolific use of Manholes at least granted her meme status in the Japanese fandom. (Just plug this into twitter and off you go. マンホールクソコラグランプリ) Even though her entire arc got devoted to an overpowered Gary Stu gargoyle and continues the trend of Toshiki Inoue's tendency to shove women into refrigerators I'm still going to give this Yandere Fangire Queen the 10 spot on my list. Now there's only the remaining 9 or so Another Riders to cover next time.
Kamen Rider is owned by Ishinomori Productions, Toei Productions, and Bandai.
