Rider Love - A Kamen Rider Podcast

Our other resident Amber (@tokuswag) joins Dan to catch up on shows, toys, and most importantly, Grease! News is filled with Kitties (of the Hello variety), and even MORE toys. Plus we’ve seen like a dozen new Build forms that we’re going to have to dissect on the Spoiler Train. Build 21 was certainly a tough one to live through, but we’re able to find the fun. And it’s even EASIER with Part 1 of ‘Raising the Hazard Level’ where Sento and Utsumi get REAL excited! And in Listener Feedback, we’ll all send Misora and Banjo on some friend dates and catch up on more past topics.   00:51 – Opening 23:32  – News 45:21 – Spoiler Train! 1:04:26 – Build 21 1:38:40 – ‘Raising the Hazard Level’ Part 1 1:59:37 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

February starts with a bang as Dan & Faiz tackle a massive amount of News and Spoilers. Lots of little bits of news lead us into spoilers for Build, including new characters and new forms, plus trailers for that Rogue spin-off and the Amazons movie. It’s also the 15th Faiziversary! Things are getting hazardous in Build 20 as we juuuust get a peak at that new form. More on that next time! And 555 episode 15 has us question Orphenoch physiology AND morality. Then in Feedback, we find out what sorts of Kamen Riders tickle your fancy!   1:02 – Opening 19:39  – News 37:40 – Spoiler Train! 54:18 – Build 20 1:42:52 – 555 15 2:09:32 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

Returning from a brief post-holiday hiatus, Dan is joined by Destiny Amber, who has some very exciting news! We get into some cosplays she’s developing, what toku we’ve been watching, and chat a bit about our excitement for Lupinranger vs Patoranger. Slow news month, but Banana’s carrying a torch, and we have new Ex-Aid theme music! There are three episodes of Build to catch up on (17, 18, & 19), and they introduce us to four exciting new characters. Hope they all stick around! And Misora shocks us at the end!! For Listener Feedback, we’ll find out which actors and actresses you’d like to see return to Kamen Rider, but cast in a new role!   0:57– Opening 24:22 – News 33:20 – Spoiler Train! 43:22 – Build 17 1:11:51 – Build 18 1:35:54 - Build 19 2:02:54 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

Dan & Faiz start the new year off right with a brand new podcast. Faiz is wrapping up her winter break, and Dan gives his first impressions of both Kamen Rider Blade AND Kamen Rider Wizard! Build 16 was the Christmas episode, and *SHOCK* Toei brought us another death… in a way. And we dust of 555 for episode 14 and try and fail to hide our disdain for Kusaka. Then in Listener Feedback, we all make a big ol’ list of what toku we plan to watch for the first time this year!   0:42 – Opening 21:58 – News 30:28 – Spoiler Train! 41:10 – Build 16 1:17:09 - 555 14 1:51:54 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

This week, Dan & Faiz are recovering from our Christmas festivities. There was some general toku-actor-cast-in-stuff news ALONG WITH an exciting surprise Build casting! We finally made it around to the Ex-Aid/Ghost/Drive/Wizard/Gaim movie featuring Pac-Man from over a year ago! You can listen to us try to remember things and get reacquainted with all of our friends, and meet a couple new ones. As for Feedback, we’ll get your thoughts on the discontinuation of the Super Hero Taisen movies. Get yourself some gravy and settle in.   0:59 – Opening 9:23 – News 14:15 – Spoiler Train! 24:48 – Pac-Man Movie 1:51:38 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

Faiz and Dan have had quite a year, and this week has definitely been no exception. The beginning of the podcast is a little bit of a downer, but we promise we’re here to have some fun and be as kooky and scatterbrained as we always are. There have been some recent Kamen Rider movie developments, fun new OOO designs, and Build scans to give us a tasty taste of some of the upcoming happenings. Speaking of Build, in episodes 14 & 15, there secret reveals and confirmations galore. Let’s just hope Toei does us better THIS Christmas than they did last year... And yeah, it’s that holiday time of year, so we asked our listeners what Kamen Rider goodies they’d love to receive under their tree and/or other holiday totem.   1:12 – Opening 9:47 – News 24:57 – Spoiler Train! 33:44 – Build 14 1:09:11 – Build 15 1:32:17 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

Destiny Amber joins Dan this week to react to all the goodies revealed at Tamashii Nations and across the net this week, as well as the most recent round of Kamen Rider Build scans and the Parad/Poppy trailer that dropped just before recording. Build 12 & 13 bring us one step closer to finally discovering the true identity of Blood Stalk, and we get two awesome new Best Matches that each have a nifty set of powers! And in Listener Feedback, we find out your favorite duos in Kamen Rider!   0:54 – Opening 13:18 – News 33:25 – Spoiler Train! 47:58 – Build 12 1:15:09 – Build 13 1:36:49 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com   Theme Music provided by JustinBlocker/Pond5.com

It’s Thanksgiving week here in the United States, so we’re celebrating everything about Kamen Rider (and toku in general) that makes you the most thankful this year! Plus LOTS of holiday food tangents… Dan finished Kabuto this week, so we can have one of those patented, vague, spoiler-free Rider Love discussions about it for a minute. They also hit us with some Ex-Aid trilogy scans and details which need to be dissected. And in the last two weeks worth of Build (10 & 11), it’s all about chains and dragons as Sento  loses almost everything and Banjo finally joins the 3.0 Club and Riders up!   0:53 – Opening 9:30 – Remembering (Hiromi Tsuru) 11:18 – News 18:34 – Spoiler Train! 35:51 – Build 10 1:01:11 - Build 11 1:29:14 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com   Theme Music provided by JustinBlocker/Pond5.com

With Build having taken the week off for (of all things) a relay race, it’s the perfect opportunity for Dan & Faiz to return to their Ghost roots and catch up with one of those movies we never saw! It’s not one of our favorites (through no fault of the cast), but them Ghost feels always get us. Dan’s actually watched a few eps of Kabuto this week, so Faiz can once again warn him of the craziness to come. And it’s not a big news week, but we somehow find a way to talk at length, including those spoilery Build forms we’re looking forward to this month. Finally, we were way past due naming our heart-headed bug-child, so we turned to YOU guys in Feedback for some help!

What are the odds that TWO regular podcast guests named Amber would BOTH travel to Japan this year? Pretty good I guess, as DestinyAmber returns with HER tales. She did some shopping, went to multiple stage shows, and actually had a cameo in a *secret* thing! More on that later. Oh, and Dan went to a convention. :-P Build 8 all but confirms our theories about Stalk, while launching a whole new set of theories about Sento. And we finally get some quality Misora time in Build 9. SUCH a cute friend date! Then in Listener Feedback, we learn which Kamen Rider actors you guys would most like to run into at a convention. Can I just meet Chase’s cats?!   0:55 – Opening 35:04 – News 45:57 – Spoiler Train! 57:41 – Build 8 1:31:31 – Build 9 2:04:19 - Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com   Theme Music provided by JustinBlocker/Pond5.com

It’s the triumphant return of Faiz (the show AND the lady)! They dropped a new ‘Heisei Generations Final’ trailer on us right before recording, which gives us excellent excuse to have a chat about some returning gents, as well as those recent Build scans, and any other recent news. We have a couple excellent listener emails which we’ve scattered throughout the show, as they pertain to the two series we’re talking about this week. In Build 7, they reveal one adversary’s identity, leaving us to further speculate about the other. And in 555 13, we finally comes face to face with the one true Kaixa. You’ve really stepped in it this time, Takumi!   1:00 – Opening 19:30 – Happy Birthday (Taiko Katono)! 23:07 – News 34:06 – Spoiler Train! 56:00 – Build 7 1:51:22 - 555 13   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com   Theme Music provided by JustinBlocker/Pond5.com

Please welcome back Alan (Kamen Rider Glover) to the show, as he joins Dan to talk about a PLETHORA of new Build scans, revealing new forms and characters, as well as that Heisei Generations FINAL trailer that’s been the talk of the town! Mystery and plot kicks into high gear in Build 5 & 6 as we meet possibly the grossest character (Icky Teeth Man Part 2?), as well as the greatest character (noisy robot dragon boy)! Continuing our ongoing speculation about the identities of the Build baddies, we’ve asked for YOUR theories in Listener Feedback!   1:03 – Opening 12:28 – Remembering (Ryuji Saikachi) 14:52 – News 17:52 – Spoiler Train! 42:09 – Build 5 & 6 1:32:24 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com   Theme Music provided by JustinBlocker/Pond5.com

Here we go again, kids! Amber (TokuSwag) forgot about her visit to Kamen Rider Black’s steakhouse when she was recently in Japan, so she’s back to tell Dan all about it! There have also been Build scans, possible rumors, toy reveals, and even Sentai trademarks to briefly touch upon! Build 4 continues to ramp up the intrigue as we wonder what that hot cafe dad Souichi could possibly be plotting. Finally, you have lots of tasty ideas in Feedback as we dream up delectable Rider Diner creations!   0:56 – Opening 10:34 - Happy Birthday (Erika Mori)! 13:32 – News 26:14 – Spoiler Train! 39:58 – Build 4 1:20:39 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com   Theme Music provided by JustinBlocker/Pond5.com

Faiz dips her toes into the Build water as she and Dan bring you a podcast that goes off the rails, even for us. No huge news stories, but lots of small stuff, so it’s time for a rapid-fire news roundup! Our appreciation for our new friends deepens in Build 3, and you can never go wrong with tiny orange bird bullets. It’s Feedback where we really get loopy. I guess your Fullbottle combos just really bring it out in us! There are a few choice phrases we’d love to bring up here… but they’re a bit risqué, so you’ll just have to hear for yourself.   0:58 – Opening 17:31 – News 43:17 – Spoiler Train! 50:44 – Build 3 2:05:26 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com   Theme Music provided by JustinBlocker/Pond5.com

DestinyAmber helps Dan welcome the “Best Match Boys” in style as we begin the experiment that is Kamen Rider Build! She also tells us of her recent trip to Japan World Heroes, in particular the exciting opportunity to meet one-half of Kamen Rider W himself, Renn Kiriyama! Gel up your hair, and leave your fly unzipped, because Build episodes 1 & 2 are a crazy ride! We’ve already got our favorites, and there’s so much to speculate about (namely that smoky, leather chap, Night Rogue!) We end with Feedback, and YOUR opinions of Build’s opening chapters, and we even hear from one particular supreme empress who is absent from this week’s podcast! *bunny emoticon*   0:57 – Opening 13:47 – Happy Birthday (Ryusei Yokohama)! 22:21 – News 33:57 – Spoiler Train! 39:23 – Build 1 1:35:47 - Build 2 2:17:55 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com   Theme Music provided by JustinBlocker/Pond5.com

Sadly, Dan & Faiz must bid farewell to Ex-Aid… for now. But before that, they also mark the passing of the Korean “tokusatsu” series, Legend Hero, as well as 1974’s Kamen Rider Amazon, which Dan has been watching. It’s a packed Spoiler Train this week, as have some updates on that Ex-Aid follow-up trilogy coming next year, PLUS someone’s hacked the Build Driver, and we know dozens more best matches. They’re VERY entertaining. Then it’s time to send Ex-Aid out in style as we break down episodes 44 & 45. There’s action, smiles, and tears. And it wouldn’t be fair if we didn’t let YOU in on the Ex-Aid finale celebration in Listener Feedback!   1:00 – Opening 13:47 – Happy Birthday (Ray Fujita)! 18:09 – News 27:36 – Spoiler Train! 50:41 – Ex-Aid 44 & 45 2:04:15 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com   Theme song provided by Eric Skiff through Creative Commons License. For more great 8-bit tunes visit www.glitchny

Fresh back from her recent trip to Japan, Amber (TokuSwag) is here to regale us with tales of her travels! Unfortunately, she caught a cold upon returning home, Dan’s allergies inexplicably got worse and worse throughout the podcast, and Amber’s landlord thought it was the PERFECT time rebuild the apartment downstairs, so PLEASE bear with us. :-P We talk about *possible* future Ex-Aid stories (this news had was just being hinted at and not fully broken at the time of recording), as well as Amber’s anticipation for Kamen Rider Build. Ex-Aid 43 brings us RIGHT to the edge of the finale, and offers up some heart-wrenching Taiga drama, but also fosters conversation about what could/should have been done with Nico. And with Ex-Aid coming to an early conclusion, we ask about the ideal length of a Kamen Rider series in Listener Feedback.   0:52 – Opening 44:57 – Happy Birthday! 48:27 – News 54:54 – Spoiler Train! 1:12:39 – Ex-Aid 43 1:44:00 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter

Dan is joined by longtime listener, Peyton, to discuss her many passions, as well as the endless references in Kamen Rider Ex-Aid to the classic Osamu Tezuka creation, Black Jack! Gamedeus makes an all-too-brief appearance in Ex-Aid 42, as Dan and Kiriya have a little slap-fest of their own. And in a Listener Feedback section inspired by the recent W manga, we ask which Kamen Rider series YOU’D like to see resurrected in this format!   0:51 – Opening 35:41 – Happy Birthday! 38:57 – News 47:45 – Spoiler Train! 59:48 – Ex-Aid 42 1:43:59 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com   Theme song provided by Eric Skiff through Creative Commons License. For more great 8-bit tunes visit www.glitchnyc.com/music

DestinyAmber joins Dan this week to talk the all-important three C’s: Cosplay, Cons, and Cats! The first chapter of the Kamen Rider W manga has been translated, and we touch very briefly on that (sans spoilers). And Ex-Aid: True Ending is out in Japan! What nuggets of Build/Ex-Aid goodness can we glean from that? Ex-Aid 41 bids farewell… again… to that gorgeous Bugster of a man, Graphite, and we love up on the perfect double-act of Dan & Kiriya.   0:48 – Opening 12:58 – Happy Birthday! 15:59 – News 27:21 – Spoiler Train! 40:30 – Ex-Aid 41 1:24:39 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com   Theme song provided by Eric Skiff through Creative Commons License. For more great 8-bit tunes visit www.glitchnyc.com/music

Episode 43 - “Doodle Kick” - 08.02.17 It’s basically Build Bonanza Part 2 as we spend just over an hour dissecting this week’s announcement of the Kamen Rider Build cast, theorize about the contents of the trailer, and gush about this year’s theme song! Rest assured, there is much ogling of the boys. Ex-Aid 40 contains yet another resurrection, plus a team-up we didn’t expect. 555 episode 12 brings us one step closer to finding Kaixa, who’s sure to be the best character in the show… right? Then in Feedback, it’s back to Build for YOUR reactions to this week’s press conference. Yay!   0:57 – Opening 8:12 – Happy Birthday! 11:21 – News 16:34 – Spoiler Train! (Build Bonanza Part 2) 1:16:39 – Ex-Aid 40 1:42:53 – 555 12 2:19:42 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com   Theme song provided by Eric Skiff through Creative Commons License. For more great 8-bit tunes visit www.glitchnyc.com/music