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Honestly, the more I think about it, the truer that statement becomes. I probably wouldn't have known or cared about the Kamen Rider series, and my interest in tokusatsu as a genre would probably have been just passing, considering the only shows I paid attention to at the time were just Power Rangers. It was my gradual interest in the Super Sentai source material that lead me to take a look at Samurai Sentai Shinkenger, which was also very nice, but it held my interest about as much as the Power Rangers shows did.
If it wasn't for the crossover between Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and Kamen Rider Decade that I really got into the genre. Whenever I'm introduced to something, like a proper idiot, I do my research on it. All of it.
After watching only the crossover episodes with Decade, I decided to go back and watch the whole series from start to finish, gathering as much supplemental data as I could along the way to better understand the series. Almost instantly I fell in love with the series and the genre, which has given the world the me of now, for better, worse, or indifference (I'm presuming the last one).
Anyway, since it really is all Decade's fault, and SolidASP was doing another round of $20 sepia commissions, and I honestly can't stop myself from commissioning another great piece of artwork from the guy, plus I already had pictures of Ankh and Shotaro from Kamen Rider OOO and Double (respectively). It's only natural I round out my power trio with my very first Kamen Rider.
I've also come to the sad conclusion that I'm going to be getting more of these for all of the other Kamen Rider characters I really enjoy. Questions in which...
Honestly, the more I think about it, the truer that statement becomes. I probably wouldn't have known or cared about the Kamen Rider series, and my interest in tokusatsu as a genre would probably have been just passing, considering the only shows I paid attention to at the time were just Power Rangers. It was my gradual interest in the Super Sentai source material that lead me to take a look at Samurai Sentai Shinkenger, which was also very nice, but it held my interest about as much as the Power Rangers shows did.
If it wasn't for the crossover between Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and Kamen Rider Decade that I really got into the genre. Whenever I'm introduced to something, like a proper idiot, I do my research on it. All of it.
After watching only the crossover episodes with Decade, I decided to go back and watch the whole series from start to finish, gathering as much supplemental data as I could along the way to better understand the series. Almost instantly I fell in love with the series and the genre, which has given the world the me of now, for better, worse, or indifference (I'm presuming the last one).
Anyway, since it really is all Decade's fault, and SolidASP was doing another round of $20 sepia commissions, and I honestly can't stop myself from commissioning another great piece of artwork from the guy, plus I already had pictures of Ankh and Shotaro from Kamen Rider OOO and Double (respectively). It's only natural I round out my power trio with my very first Kamen Rider.
I've also come to the sad conclusion that I'm going to be getting more of these for all of the other Kamen Rider characters I really enjoy. Questions in which...
Category All / General Furry Art
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Gender Male
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The big irony behind Decade is that the quality of the writing actually goes downhill the moment after the Shinkenger crossover. Honestly the way that Decade progressed after Diend's World, and the subsequent movies, compared to how the storyline was supposed to be, I can safely say it is one of the worst Rider series of the Heisei era.
I started rewatching Kamen Rider, because of Decade and "ONORE DECADE!" is actually the best reaction that I can bring when it comes to that particular series. I find it odd that it was after Decade the quality of writing in KR shot up exponentially; W and OOO were really good series and after watching the first ep of Fourze and enjoying it the original storyline of Decade is at least in spirit with the new KRs.
I started rewatching Kamen Rider, because of Decade and "ONORE DECADE!" is actually the best reaction that I can bring when it comes to that particular series. I find it odd that it was after Decade the quality of writing in KR shot up exponentially; W and OOO were really good series and after watching the first ep of Fourze and enjoying it the original storyline of Decade is at least in spirit with the new KRs.
I couldn't agree with you more. I was totally hooked on Decade, but the writing, especially for the movies spoiled the entire series for me.
ONORE DECADE!!! Decade was ma gateway drug too into kamen rider. I agree that the movies are very confusing because each one presents a totally different continuity and essentially you have two different endings to Decades story.
You got me singing the opening to Kamen Rider Decade with this one. It so looks like Tsukasa. Or as the Riders that encountered Narutaki would call him... Akuma.
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