Studio Musician | Heisei Kamen Rider Openings Reaction

[@jabezmanch1323]

Fun fact, Super Sentai and Kamen Rider was created by the same person, Shotaro Ishinomori. These two shows were one of the first to pioneer the genre Tokusatsu, though historically Kamen Rider came first in 1971 while Super Sentai came in at 1975

[@exceedcharge1]

Not so fun fact, after kamen rider black rx in 89 the series was cancelled and ishinomori was in the process of reviving it with kuuga in 2000 but died before major work could begin in 98. More sad facts, eiji tsuburaya, the creator of ultraman and known as the father of tokusatsu, died after the franchise’s second installment before ultrman was even a series. Uplifting fact, eiji’s sons hajime, noboro and akira ran tsuburaya productions after their fathers death and helped raised ultraman to were it is today. Weird side note, akira tsuburaya is also know for creating some of the worst OVAs ever. Proof: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIKumGiErNGljJYsi=VkZFWjoPGIFF_Vzi

[@hermanmaulana4719]

As a toku fans, let me explain the important things about kamen rider. So, Kamen Rider was originally a cyborg created by an evil organization called the Shockers. But because his humanity survives, Kamen Rider decides to fight the organization. It was an original story from the Showa era. For what you're watching right now, this is the era of Heisei whose series started in 2000. And from here, Kamen Rider's story is no longer focused on cyborgs fighting evil organizations, but more diverse. So, every year Kamen Rider will change series, which means that the main character, storyline, and also the name of the series change. And in general, in the Kamen Rider series, there is a main rider or main character, then a secondary rider, and sometimes it can be more than that. One kamen rider can have various forms thanks to their various items.

[@Jhulian_R]

That was a great breakdown, thanks my man it helped me a ton!

[@taithanh8287]

@@Jhulian_R I hope you will react reiwa kamen riders' openings ^^

[@lolasian1016]

Yeah Kamen Rider is a lot of fun because you effectively get a new show every year with their own themes and vibes. IMHO the openings aren't even the best tracks in the series, A lot of the series have songs that play during pivotal moments and most of those are crazy bangers. I practically grew up listening to Supernova for example.

[@sendaljepitseribu108]

@@Jhulian_R add some information, why is the name of series is kamen rider? as far as i know the original concept is mysterious/lone hero wearing mask and riding motorcycle, then the name is Kamen (japanese for mask) rider. this concept become less prominent starting in mid 2000, then kamen rider become more of a title of the hero. another fact already provided by another commenters. its fun to watch your reaction :)

[@arashitendou5941]

@@sendaljepitseribu108 the Rider concept is still there but less prominent since transitioning into the Neo-Heisei Era (2010s) on account of Japan’s increasing restrictions on motorcycle transportation Largely in regards to them in higher public areas at high speeds

[@skyfire001]

Fourze, the astronaut one, was the series that came out right after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011. The studio and creatives wanted to make a fun light hearted show that could make everyone smile and happy. So they settled on a high school setting and space theme with a hero that while looking like a stereotypical stupid punk he was the friendliest and very emotionally intelligent.

[@DiegoKawasaka]

"fun light hearted" ahh well..most of the times XD lets be real here XD

[@adrianusatmawijaya4049]

@@DiegoKawasaka well... compared to the other rider seasons, it sure was more light hearted. but you know those riders writers man... they sure hate 'light hearted and fun'.

[@skyfire001]

@@adrianusatmawijaya4049 I mean Fourze was a joint effort between the Gurren Lagann and Kill La Kill guy and Riku Sanjou who did W two years before

[@alaricworld.official]

Fourze was the first kamen Rider series I watched it was entertaining for when I was a kid

[@HenshinFanatic]

​@@alaricworld.official then there's the cult connection, IYKYK.

[@hugoshen1410]

The thing about Japan is that they don't have the immature idea of "it's just for kids" as such they have as much imaginary freedom than other countries and it's shown in there media there is literally no limit to ideas to them just as there is Anime/Games in every genre, there will be heroes based on things you never even consider because, as the normies would say, Japan is crazy.

[@Jay_D_Ashe]

Oh believe me they do. Watch tokusatsu gagaga. Mostly, you are considered cringe if you're still into Rider after mid school. But a lot of people grow out of this mentality both in Japan and overseas.

[@GIL春菊]

​@@Jay_D_Ashe This surprised me!! Have you ever read Tokusatsu Gagaga? ...France is also quite crazy...

[@Jay_D_Ashe]

@@GIL春菊 I watched the live action adaptation. It's pretty awesome

[@LOL-gn5oh]

"Armor and belts based on fruits? Wow, what a stupid idea." * after watching the entire Gaim's show * "As cultured human beings, we need to protect this piece of media at all costs. This is a masterpiece that must be exhibited for generations to come."

[@yokai1235]

@@LOL-gn5oh that is what happens when you put the creator of madoka magica and saya no uta to write he can make any goofy concept turn into a greeting story although gain is probably the tamest of his works

[@TYN175]

i love it when reactors do lots of analysis stuff, a lot of people don't like when people pause the video but for me it's just dope! please keep it this way

[@arielmartinez94]

Kamen Rider openings: Heisei era phase 1 (2000 to 2009): KR Kuuga: "Kamen Rider Kuuga!" By Masayuki Tanaka 0:35 KR Agito op 1 and 2 (24.7 version): "Kamen Rider AGITO" by Shinichi Ishihara 2:20 KR Ryuki: "Alive A life" by Rica Matsumoto 4:31 KR Faiz (or KR 555): "Justiφ's" by ISSA (of DA PUMP) 6:40 KR Blade op 1: "Round ZERO~BLADE BRAVE" by Nanase Aikawa 8:15 Op 2: "ELEMENTS" by RIDER CHIPS (not in the video) KR Hibiki op 1: "Kagayaki" with Composition & Arrangement by Toshihiko Sahashi (no singer) 10:56 Op 2: "Hajimari no Kimi e" by Akira Fuse (not in the video) KR Kabuto: "NEXT LEVEL" by YU-KI 12:59 KR Den-o op 1: "Climax Jump" by AAA DEN-O Form, Hiroaki Takeuchi, Sayuri Kusanagi and Rider Chips 14:09 Op 2: "Climax Jump DEN-LINER form" by Toshihiko Seki, Koji Yusa, Masaki Terasoma, and Kenichi Suzumura (VAs from the season) (not in the video) KR Kiva: "Break the Chain" by Tourbillon 16:41 KR Decade: "Journey through the Decade" by Gackt 18:00 Heisei era phase 2 (2009 to 2019): KR W (or KR Double): "W-B-X ~W-Boiled Extreme~" by Aya Kamiki w TAKUYA 19:27 KR OOO: "Anything Goes!" By Maki Ohguro 21:07 KR Fourze: "Switch On!" By Anna Tsuchiya 23:03 KR Wizard: "Life is SHOW TIME" by Sho Kiryuin from Golden Bomber 24:48 KR Gaim: "JUST LIVE MORE" by Gaim no Kaze 26:45 KR Drive: "SURPRISE-DRIVE" by Mitsuru Matsuoka 28:36 KR Ghost: "Warera Omou, Yue Ni Warera Ari" by Kishidan 29:57 KR Ex-Aid: "EXCITE" by Daichi Miura 31:16 KR Build: "Be the One" by PANDORA and Beverly 33:11 KR Zi-O: "Over Quartzer" by Shuta Sueyoshi (AAA), feat. ISSA (DA PUMP) 35:11

[@defaltar7702]

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[@yugioht42]

Agito was actually quite stern in its presentation as it’s about people trying to find themselves. Agito himself is trying to regain his memories after a big accident, G3 doesn’t know why he joined the police force in the first place, and Gills doesn’t know what he did to transform into a monster. The opening reflects this by its slower pacing and mellow tone.

[@abicrystalwing1543]

While I understood the individual character arcs, the main plot just draws a blank. After I finished it, I felt like I had just lived through a fever because I could not remember wtf actually happened.

[@09Galvin]

​@@abicrystalwing1543 the main plot is Lord of Darkness vs Lord of Light, when Light defeated, he dispersed his power onto human as a trust to the good human evolution.. the people who got it's power is called having "seed of Agito" Lord of Darkness then revived from his comatose state after the last battle, calling out his minions to hunt all the "seed of Agito"

[@WaterlessMelon]

I don't think people say this enough but i love that you mainly react about the *Music* Like, i watched Kamen Rider since I'm 10 or something and i already heard the openings for thousands of time but the way you analyze it made me hear sounds that i never even realize was there, especially on the instrumentals, and It kinda makes me appreciate the musics on deeper level (if that makes sense). Now I'm having this wholesome epiphany, and i thank you for that.

[@Jhulian_R]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@ts012423333]

11:45 Your intuition is right. Kamen Rider Hibiki was originally going to be launched as another series of tokusatsu heroes (motorcycles didn’t even appear in the first 29 episodes) but after some business considerations, it was included in the Kamen Rider series. 28:38 In fact, there was a car before in black RX, (Even airplanes have appeared, after all, they are "Rider"you know😂)and in terms of the car being able to carry more people, this is a two-seater sports car, so there won’t be more?🤣

[@irguns]

prob should of said this earlier but this isn't all of them lol also every new season everything changes with different gimmicks they use that's why its all so different every season is its own thing

[@Jhulian_R]

😰😱💀

[@angnguyen9121]

You're into a deep wormhole my guy, this franchise can give you so many contents for your channel and the view may skyrocket. But beware of the copyright, it's quite strict with Kamen rider contents.

[@agiammarco94]

Definitely down the rabbit hole now.......Showa Era, the second openings, insert songs, endings etc......Plus other toku ones too.

[@yatsurart]

I was really not expecting that, but I'm glad it happened. Gonna dump a lot of information, I hope it helps and gonna try to be in order of questions you did in the video. Alright, what you watched is only the Heisei era riders (21 out of the 34), Kamen rider series are separated by the japanese emperor at time, Heisei went from 1989 to 2019, and the first one you watched was Kuuga that aired in 2000 and the last one is Zi-O from 2018. There are 9 riders before that(the Showa era) and so far 5 afterwards(the Reiwa era). Most seasons only have 1 opening each and since 2000 is one season of Kamen rider per year with around 45 episodes each. Fourze(the space one) was in 2011, since W(3 riders before, the green and purple one) is what we call "heisei phase 2" it was a part of the heisei era where they changed a lot of stuff, you can feel in the music how the style changed in phase 2. The one you watched probably was Bettleborg if was insect themed and was not a power ranger, this is a differente category of super sentai. Tokusatsu is the classification for any japanese production with strong use of special effects. Super sentai specifically refers franchise of teams like power rangers(in japan called sentais), Kamen rider refers to the franchise you watched, and bettleborg is a "Metal Hero" that is another specific style of tokusatsu. Godzilla and Ultraman are also classified as Tokusatsu. Your "guilty pleasure" (Kamen rider build) is actually a big fan favorite song and series in the english speaking side. Power rangers are american adaptations of Super Sentais but america tried to adapt other series too. They used to re-use the in-suit scenes and record themselves the human form scenes, with time america started to do everything by themselves using the suits to re-record everything. With exception of some specific riders, they are "stand alones", every season every character changes, with some come backs in specific seasons. Besides Kuuga, in this era every season has at least 3 riders on it, and some of you saw are "side forms" of the same rider that act like power ups, and are pretty much new toys for kids. In the era you watched, most of the riders have "themes", so for example OOOs theme is medals, Fourze is themed on space, Zi-O theme is Time, Wizard theme is magic,etc,etc. It became more and more "showing " in the end like you realized in Ex-aid(the theme is games).

[@yatsurart]

PS: Yes, every rider besides Drive( that is based in a car) has a motorcycle, is a kamen rider thing.

[@Jhulian_R]

Thank you man, I et it all know 😱 HOLY! I've changed the title and thumbnail to match the info you've given me ❤️

[@TheOverlordEND]

@@yatsurart I like that Drive tries to change things by having a car.

[@arielmartinez94]

Also, these ain't all the Kamen Rider openings, the show as a whole started in 1971, and its still ongoing past 2018

[@aaruyaaa]

I am Japanese. I'm not good at English,so I look at the poster's expression. I've loved Kamen Rider since I was a child,and I'm thrilled that people overseas have embraced Kamen Rider and its theme song this way. Thank you so much!

[@AkaGavv44]

19:33 This is Kamen Rider with a detective theme, you will love it

[@TheXKraid]

Haha i remember how dumb Fourze (the space one) looked when it was first revealed. Who'd have thought it'd end up being one of the greatest. This is such a nostalgic ride.

[@Darth_Knightmare]

I haven't watch the show because the hilarious suit and high school setup. Same reason with Gotchard with the Final Form feel too much LGBT for my taste

[@strikemanpop]

the same for gaim

[@TheWilsonwu1000]

saw there ppl gave you breakdown of heisei riders, actually there are 2 categories in heisei, from Kuuga to Decade (first 10) is old heisei, they still have a lot Showa style, particularly in first few from W to Zi-O (second 10) is new heisei, because from this point, they use a lot additional items to change form, it help Bandai change their toy strategy particularly you can find some numbering element from W W (2 ppl transform into 1 rider) OOO (3 medals to transform) Fourze (4 swith to transform, and fourze mean 40, it is 40th anniversary from first showa kamen rider) Wizard (touch hand, 5 figures) Gaim (use lock to transform, lock sounds like 6 "roku" in jp and a lock looks like lock) Drive (the Japanese name of this one end with "Fu" sound it looks like 7, this is most arguable Ghost (later upgrade item related to infinity, it looks like lateral 8) Ex-aid (the theme is doctor and game, first aid in jp sounds like 99 in jp, and highest game level in this series is 99 (a few exception) Build ( you can find the element of 1 and 0 from his belt) Zi-O (his face is a watch point at 10:10, being 20th heisei rider)

[@Regis_ru]

I never realize this after fourze, wow, that attention to detail is crazy

[@BT-to9xv]

since that, Kamen Rider using alot of items especially the Reiwa Rider.

[@anthonymonaghan4964]

10:58 this is Kamen Rider Hibiki, the Riders are humans who gave up normal lives and became Oni to fight the series monsters which can only be destroyed by pure sound ... Hibiki fights with a Taiko Drum style, the other styles are wind, a trumpet that doubles as a gun, and string, whigh is a sword like rock guitar style

[@Nutnutkunisaki]

i like how your comment about each of them is really professional and not just random funny joke reaction like most of these reaction clip i watched

[@whitefox7360]

Kinda want to remind you there is actually 5 more new openings which is from reiwa era (2019-now) and the visual getting better and better

[@Jay_D_Ashe]

yeah he only did heisei on purpose i think

[@ethanleslie588]

Im glad more people are reacting to japanese stuff like kamen rider

[@goobieschloob2]

6:52 all riders are different people for every season, they were all in separate universes until decade (the 10th anniversary) basically “merged” them, although with alternate reality versions of them and then in zio (the last of the heisei) kind of actually merged them all, most riders have little things under the eyes that represent tears as a form of suffering, riders are also RIDICULOUSLY strong, theres gonna be a huge info dump now. Kamen rider is the first transforming heroes of tokusatsu and the sole reason both sentai and rangers exist, riders aired 1971 while sentai aired in 1975 which was originally gonna be a spin off that was a team of riders but the writer loved the idea and made it into a new franchise and the heisei era is when they wanted to try out new motifs and gimmicks also they ride bikes because theyre called *Riders* (bike riders) Most riders have a formula of base form, super form(midway strong power up), and final form and sometimes special or extra/stronger final form. All riders are immortal by memory and have “true forms” that can exist in fiction and reality and can basically travel to any dimension/universe or world including ours and these true forms ignore all rules of plot and story and all of them have a form of super stats Kuuga-super stats and senses, fire control and a planet destroying kick Agito-flame and thunder powers, sunlight and infinite evolution and adaption Ryuki-fire control and a literal dragon, the ability to peer into and enter the mirror world where only rides monsters and the creators can survive its effects, a non rider quite literally disappears in the mirror world if theyre not a rider, final form named survive is meant to survive everything thrown at him and enhances his stats Odin(antagonist rider of ryuki)-teleportation and survive as a default form and his trump card(literally), the time vent advent card resets timelines Faiz-because of the latest faiz movie, faiz 20th paradise regained 2024, he can now bypass and ignore predictive ai, his super form(accel form) allows him to move at sound-lightspeed by accelerating his own time flow, final form(blaster form) has a sword gun that has a massive laser and a sword sharp enough to fairly easily slice a train in half and he has a nuke kick Blade-gimmick of cards like ryuki, except its the powers of the stronger monsters he fights, his super form jack lets him fly and his final form king form, has the powers of all 13 monsters at once which all have different kinds of powers and he gains super stats and if he clashes with the third rider of his series (chalice) they will destroy the world (or theirs at the very least) Hibiki-musical and elemental abilities and his final form allows him to one shot ginormous demons Kabuto-base form allows him to accelerate his time flow to lightspeed like faiz accel and he has some electricity powers, his final form hyper kabuto makes him even faster and even lets him time travel, his ability hyper clock up makes other zect riders look like theyre in slow-mo from his perspective while the monsters of his series are just completely frozen in place as if time is stopped, there has been no stated limit to how far back in time he can go so that means he could just erase your entire bloodline from existence Den-O-weaponized schizophrenia and split personality. (hes one of the weaker riders but ability wise hes pretty strong, hes a singularity point which makes him immune to all time shenanigans and can restore parts of the world by memory) Kiva-his final form is badass Decade-has the power of every heisei phase 1 main rider and the showa riders, complete form allows him to access and summon all the phase 1 riders in their final forms and he has the ability to merge universe but can also destroy all of them by merging Neo Decade-he now has every main rider power including the reiwa riders in exchange for a goofy ass design W-magical and weapon-like abilities, access to the gaia library which grants them infinite knowledge OOO-oh boy, theres a LOT OOO Ratoratah-superspeed light and scorching heat OOO Sagozo-gravity and durability OOO Tajador-flight flame control and bird powers like feather missiles and summoning a giant phoenix, shield that shoots fire discs OOO Tajador Eternity (upgraded version in the latest OOO movie)-basically just a much stronger version OOO Shauta-intangibility by turning into liquid (untouchable/unable to be harmed), electricity and tentacles OOO Putotyra-the invincible combo, super stats and ice control and dino powers, flight and a strong tail and tricera horns that extend and pierce enemies, an axe gun that has a huge aoe slash and a black hole laser, give him enough medals and he can wipe out the entire planet with the axe or by permanently freezing the planet OOO Super Tatoba-maxed out base form and immunity to time shenanigans like time stop, the existence of this form means theres a super version of every form OOO Gatakiriba-the strongest combo, super sharp mantis arm claws and super agility and the ability to create perfect clones that share the same strength and power as the original and can change forms Fourze-teleportation and tons of gadgets with different abilities mechanical and magical, can send you into space and let you freeze to death Wizard-its in the name, mastery over the four elements and infinite stamina/mana Gaim-fruit jesus, has the power/weapon of every gaim rider and is a literal god #1 and has life powers and has omniscience and is a singularity point like Den-O and has man of beginning shenanigans Drive-tons of powers like cloning and elemental powers and mostly super speed, final lets him use all powers at once and he also has an ability called density shift which slows things around him down Ghost-literal god #2 hes already dead and cant die again and like drive can use all his powers from each form, since hes a ghost he can make tons of unnatural attacks and movements Ex-Aid-super form changes dna and final form makes him completely invincible and immune to all effect based attacks including time stop, extra final forms mighty creator vrx is literally minecrafy creative mode and mighty novel x lets him rewrite reality Genm(ex-aid villain to ally #1)-series final form lets him change game coding and is also immune to all effect based attacks and can control the blast radius of his attacks, spin off forms musou is about equal to ex aids final form hyper muteki (the invincible one) and can stop time infinitely and hyper fumetsu makes him unkillable and the trade-off is making him move like a zombie Cronus(villain to ally #2)-original infinite time stop and the game creator alongside genm and also genms father Build-dna changing super speed and stats Evol (villain rider of the season)-badass and can teleport with almost no limitation in distance(he teleported to a whole 'nother planet in a different galaxy) and has the audacity to voice his own transformation jingles, final form lets him create artificial black holes Zi-O(pronounced Jee-Oh)-the superior decade and has time powers and future sight Ohma Zi-O 2068(evil future self and his inevitably ultimate form and unavoidable future)-literally the strongest rider and one of the strongest fictional characters ever (top 10-5 strongest), he has EVERY rider power until 2068 (secondary tertiary and evil/dark riders and etc) and has causality control which means he controls the plot and story of riders and the next thing that happens and that means he can create a rider that just happens to counter his opponents ability, he has destroyed and created who knows how many timelines AND universes and he also has aging powers, one of the showa riders (Kamen Rider J) can change size which most likely means his power increases with size as well and that applies to Ohma Zi-O as well, he can summon every rider and use their power but unlike Zi-O and Decade he doesnt need to use his gimmick, he summons and uses the riders and powers by sheer will power and as long as he dreams about the riders they all will continue to exist no matter what and he can also just teleport you to a different dimension if he feels lazy and doesnt want to fight and he can use the powers of riders outside of the main universe/timeline (Shin Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider Amazons, Kamen Rider Black Sun(reboots/remakes/reimaginings of showa seasons) and hell maybe even top 5-3 strongest, he can wipe out most of fiction with minimum effort, maybe even the strongest because of his powers and the true forms that riders have which means he could enter our world and time travel to the time where whichever character or even series was created Zero One-similar to most riders with multiple forms with different powers, official final form Zero Two can predict moves, ultimate form Zero Three can use every 01 rider weapon (including one that absorbs data/power) and can predict moves as fast as Hyper Kabuto Saber-mostly elemental/magical abilities and final form lets him rewrite reality Revice-final form lets him use all his genomes (his gimmick in the season) which are the powers of animals including extinct ones and has magnetic abilities and cloning and could quite literally send you to hell Geats-literal god #3, final form gives him fire and super stats powers, watching heisei-reiwa in order so i dont know too much about the reiwa abilities yet Gotchard-latest rider but not much knowledge on him Zein-antagonist of spinoff series Kamen Rider Outsiders (origin of genm musou(from Genm Presidents, sequel to Outsiders) and hyper fumetsu) and thats about all of them also there are tons of spinoffs and crossovers between rider and sentai

[@Reinamaqueen]

12:17 about the local. This series at first was not a Kamen Rider series, so it had a lots of things different compared to those previous series....but there was a lot of things happen, they changed the writter, the story so...yeah in the end we had Kamen Rider Hibiki

[@Elios0000]

to add Ex-aid's gimic is video games so yes the opening is meant to feel more like video game chip tune music.

[@arielmartinez94]

The season at 10:00 is Kamen Rider blade, and it actually has a second opening not included you could react to, same with Kamen Rider Hibiki, the season at 12:00, you vould react to those 2nd openings and the ops from the seasons past 2018 (reiwa era)

[@junazuranoob6192]

You forgot Agito as well

[@wut_tf]

OMG I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU TO REACT TO THIS ❤ ahhhhh im so happy and squealing inside

[@Jhulian_R]

Miracles exist 😭

[@wut_tf]

​@@Jhulian_R thank god it does ((o(*>ω

[@darknesshunter4408]

​​@@Jhulian_R Thank you because react to this Kamen Rider opening song. I'm not expecting that. Actually/sincerely, I looked at your channel to watch again FALILV song, However, big surprise because i look at this video. I am FALILV fan and also Kamen Rider fan

[@darknesshunter4408]

​​@@Jhulian_R 4:40 For your information & Fun Fact, the singer for this song is voice actor of Ash Ketchum from Pokemon Favorite Kamen Rider opening song: 1) Kamen Rider 555 2) Kamen Rider Kabuto 3) Kamen Rider Kiva 4) Kamen Rider Double 5) Kamen Rider Build (Most Favourite) 6) Kamen Rider Zi-O (Second Most Favourite)

[@Jay_D_Ashe]

31:05 This is actually because motorcycles are the essence of Kamen Rider

[@rita-Shi-Mi]

Kamen Rider has second openings or variations, by the way! Elements, for example, is the second opening for Kamen Rider Blade that I feel like you WOULD like!

[@hikarihakai1285]

24:30 it was in fact extremely successful and beloved alongside OOO and W

[@neffariouspanda]

Bro, I'm 31 and still love watching Kamen Rider and Super Sentai. It's for everyone of all ages. That's one of the things I love about it.

[@arielmartinez94]

37:06 a lot of adults like Kamen Rider and that expands through time, specially since this aint power rangers, things get very serious and even dark im these shows, id you are curious about starting one, you can start with Kamen Rider Build or Kamen Rider Wizard, if you enjy it, pou jusst keep watching, doesn't matter if some people think its for kids as log as you enjoy it yourself

[@yugioht42]

Japan tends to wear their hair longer although it’s more shorter as they get older as they reflect. Usually by age 35 their hair goes to a business haircut. It’s because they believe youth is a time to play. Although schools have strict policies on how to wear hair. Some older people wear their hair longer but often it’s cut back. It’s something they do. Most kamen rider actors are in their 20s allowing them to wear their hair longer. Although they occasionally might wear a wig if needed.

[@metazo914]

everytime i hear Kuuga opening, i got chill... ngl

[@hermanmaulana4719]

AIYOOOOOOOO IT'S REALLY HAPPENS IT'S REALLY REALLY FCKNG HAPPENS YOOOOO

[@shadowtheimpure]

I believe the show you're thinking of was 'Big Bad Beetleborgs" which was an adapatation of Juukou B-Fighter and B-Fighter Kabuto from the Metal Hero franchise. EDIT: Any time you see a Kamen Rider series using older costumes, it usually indicates an anniversary season. Decade was the 10th Heisei Rider, Zi-O was the last Heisei Rider before the era turned over. The newest riders are in the 'Reiwa' era.

[@大川崇-x1l]

ちなみに龍騎のオープニングを歌っている人はポケモンのサトシ(アッシュ)役の声優です。

[@Ekreth]

KZbin just suggested me your video, nice reaction :) I don't know if it was mentioned, but every year they have a concert where they perfrom songs from the franchise and they even have two dedicated groups that create songs for the franchise, Rider Chips and Kamen Rider Girls :)

[@madamered1103]

Just for a little clearing things up, Japan has eras divided by the families in power, which for most franchises means nothing, but for Kamen Rider since it's big franchise shake up happened right alongside the change in era, it became a trend by fans and officially to separate riders in those eras, the franchise does date all the way back to the 70's, which is called the showa era, while all of these openings are from the end of the 90's through the 2000's all up to 2018-19, as the title says, the Heisei Era So yeah, one could say that by this point this was far from their first rodeo for openings 😅

[@Jay_D_Ashe]

19:20 It was 10 years of Heisei Riders. Heisei era started in 1989 but Kamen Rider was on a hiatus for the entirety of the 90s. Kamen Rider Decade is the 10th Heisei Rider.

[@andigabadaramadhan8163]

Ryuki my childhood❤❤❤

[@hoauongpham8023]

Our Childhood

[@ryeung30]

Kamen rider build has a full theme song. And also has the best story out there

[@aarononeil9832]

I'm guessing the Beetle thing you're kind of remembering was "Big Bad Beetle Borgs", which uses footage from a completely different show by the same studio which was airing during the time Kamen Rider was on hiatus

[@LordDecader_Edits]

We need more kamen rider reaction🗣️🔥🔥, transformation, final from, secondary, third, dark, geats series reaction lets goo🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@mcli2360]

I would love to see you react to their kamen rider henshin/transformations! If you think the openings were hype, just wait until you see them in action. Also you missed two secondary openings in blade and hibiki but overall great video!

[@arielmartinez94]

33:47 if you liked this one enough, the singer called Beverly, did a version singing in english, you can find it with lyrics on youtube

[@TheMasterXIII]

28:14 Super Sentai is the younger sibling series, with Kamen Rider being first - both made (along with the Metal Heroes franchise, which was ported by Saban into VR Troopers and Beetleborgs, both using content from multiples series) by Shotaro Ishinomori, noted as the "father of Japanese super heroes" and a student of the reknown Osamu Tezuka. The genre itself is known as "Tokusatsu", which itself means "Special Effects". The genre includes anything with a high implementation of special effects into the production (such as Godzilla, Ultraman, Garo, and many others). There's a lot more to go into on this, but I've seen others already do so at length. I'll spare y'all another wiki article lmao

[@TheMasterXIII]

Oh it's also worth mentioning that motorcycles are a central element to the concept of Kamen Rider. It's like Spider-man being spider themed, hence where "Rider" comes from in the name lol

[@kaijuzilla4465]

i will do a lightnign course for contect to explain amen rider Back in Showa an evil organization created the Kamen Riders to take over the world but the riders dont want that so they use stheir evil powers and cybernatic bodies to fight back and bring hopes to mankind which sparks the next generations riders. Heisei era is an explosive era where riders are fighting for mankind and bringing hopes and dreams which still hold the torch of pass riders where some get different variation and themes. Reiwa which is we are in now still continues that and still awesome while also giving more deep lessons for new generations.

[@OguraToasty]

Heisei Jan 8, 1989 - Apr 30, 2019. Heisei Kamen Rider starts in 2000. Every opening is for a different season with different characters. Sometimes same universe. Separate but connected. 2011 one, the Fourze, the space one, got remade to be a happy theme, in response to the natural disaster that devastated Japan. The director saw an image of a statue of Kamen Rider Ichigo standing tall amidst the destruction and decided to change the theme from a gloomy one to a cheerful highschool focused one.

[@kaisshenanigans]

17:50 Finally someone appreciates the guitar in the background

[@watchtokustatsu]

I'm so glad you reviewed this. I would recommend watching the transformations. They eventually get little songs attached to them

[@jamcalx]

It finally happened.

[@dennistorindatu6229]

Kamen Rider Showa era were ini the 70’s and 80’s , where as Kamen Rider Heisei era were in the early 20’s. Now we are in the Kamen Rider Reiwa era

[@rainbow37t]

The person singing the third op is called Rika Matsumoto. She is the voice actress for Satoshi in Pokemon. Thanks for doing the Kamen Rider reactions !

[@anthonymonaghan4964]

10:54 The Beetle themed show your thinking of might be Big Bad Beetleborgs which was a Saban version of B-Fighter

[@franciscoandreuzavala1838]

The themes of every hesei depends in the plot and these will be large to read Jhulian 1- Kuuga is about a battle between two ancient tribes (one good and one evil) and the protagonist becoming the next warrior who have to fight the evil tribe 2- Agito: the protagonist has amnesia and he is chosen by a deity to become his warrior to defeat an evil deity 3- Ryuki: is about a battle between riders and the one who win will have a wish and the dragon themed rider has to survive this fight by making a contract with a dragon from the mirror world (where the riders have to make contracts with monsters and battle with other riders and monsters to power up their monsters) 4- Faiz: is about a battle between the humans and evolved humans and the humans use advanced technology to defeat those evolved humans 5- Blade: is about card themed riders trying to seal a monster race with cards and use them to defeat more powerful monsters 6- Hibiki: is about oni warriors that use the music to protect the humans 7- Kabuto: is about that years ago before the series start a meteor impacted in japan and a alien race came out and replacing humans, a group has been hunting the aliens using devices that grants the riders super speed when the armor is cast off 8- Den-O: is about a guy who has back luck and becomes a rider who travel in bullet train time machine who has to stop a genie race from the future by using genies (that become allies) who can possess the rider and making have different personalities and weapons 9- Kiva: is about two stories one in 1986 with a violinist and a monster hunting group are hunting horror movie themed monsters and the other in 2008 where the violinist son is hunting those monsters becoming a vampire themed rider who can use other monsters powers 10- Decade: is about a man who travels through different worlds (where each one has the riders from Kuuga to Kiva but these worlds have differences from the original ones) and in order to save the multiverse has to destroy these worlds to save them that why this riders is called in the intro “the destroyer of worlds Decade, what those eyes see as he travels through many worlds?” 11- W: is about a private eye agency where they have to solve different crimes where the suspects are using a corrupted usb device to become monsters of every type (example lava usb = lava monster) to fight these monsters two detectives become one rider by fusing two not corrupted usb devices to fuse their minds and body to fight the monster 12- OOO: is about a nomadic traveler who is put in the middle of a fight between monsters that use people greed to make weak monsters that when they are defeated they become medals that bring energy to the main monsters and the traveler is chosen by a hand of these monsters that possess a dying cop to keep him alive to destroy these monsters and take their core medals (different from the energy ones) to access to other medal combinations because in this show the rider change his forms depending of the medals he use (if he use different medals he have normal power if he use medals of the same monsters he have a full combo that bring more power) for example: Hawk head, Tiger torso, Grasshopper legs = normal combo Hawk head, Peacock torso, Condor legs = full combo of fire 13- Fourze: the story is about a student of a high school that forms a kamen rider club where they use cosmic powers in form of switches to power up a astronaut rider suit that use this powers to defeat zodiac themed monsters 14- Wizard: is about a man that survived an evil eclipse ritual led by evil wizards to make magical monsters made the dead of a human leaded by despair, the man was helped by a white wizard and gave to him a belt to turn him into a kamen rider that will stop the rituals in japan that make monsters by using magic rings that cast different spells 15- Gaim: the story takes place in a city where teenages have street dance bands that fight each other using fruit themed locks that bring holograms of monsters and making them fight to win a territory , without knowing that these locks bring actual monsters from another dimension, and in that city a man that abandoned his team found a device that lead him into the monsters dimension and discover that the device can use the locks and when a monster tried to attack him he used a orange themed lock that turned him into a fruit samurai and now with these devices are now know by the other bands the battle between the street bands grows into a civil war for territory between the bands 16- Drive: before the series started an anomaly strikes the world by making some places go slow and its because a group of monsters that can attack by slowing down their victims, a police department is in charge of these anomalies and one of them is chosen to become a kamen rider by a talking belt that has the mind of a scientist that made a modified car, artifacts to be inmune to the anomalies and car devices can change the tire of the rider suit and give him different powers 17- Ghost: the protagonist is a ghost hunter that is killed by a ghost monster and then is come back to life by a hermit and becomes a rider that have 99 days to collect 15 eye shaped devices that have the spirit of a historical character (like newton or edison) to fully come back to life because he is now half ghost and half living person 18- Ex-Aid: a doctor who is an expert in videogames is recruited by a secret section of his hospital to become a rider that can get rid of a imminent pandemic made by a videogame virus that affect the humans that can make the humans disappear if the patient is not removed from the virus that manifests itself in a video game-themed monster 19- Build: ten years before the series takes place, a mars mission came back to earth they bring from mars a box device that is called “Pandora box” and when is activated creates a wall that separes japan in three regions, a scientist with amnesia tries to stop an organization that is trying to make a war between the three regions, discover the mysteries of the pandora box and fight the monsters that this organization is using to create havoc using two bottle (one with organic themes and the other with inorganic themes) 20- Zi-O: in 2068 the earth is in ruins by an evil demon king called “Ohma Zi-O”, a group of rebels go to the past to kill the king before he becomes into Ohma zi-o, they found that the so called demon king in the past is just a boy with the dream of becoming a king, when another group of evil rebels starts making havoc in the timeline is up to the boy to become Zi-O and stop them to alter the timeline and stop himself to become the demon king, in this series the boy travels through time and helps the riders from the Hesei era by fighting monstrous corrupted versions of these riders.

[@chaosjoey123]

Its a new series every year. So each gets a new opening. Their pretty much stand alone stories, expect for the couple cross over themed was about time travel or traveling through different dimensions. And there are often a lot of kamen riders, friends to enemies, enemies to friends, just enemies, etc. just normally one main one

[@AkaGavv44]

33:22 And this is a theme with a science genius MC

[@nekon_ravenfox]

the one you said thats alot of riders that is the session of kamen rider decade the rider who can travel to past riders universes and using cards can turn into one of the previous riders or use there powers. he also can use a card called attack ride which transforms the previous rider into different things based off the rider in question

[@jpcsdutra]

Extremely late to the party, but here nevertheless. The intro playing at the 11th minute mark is named Kagayaki, is something that is probably better experienced in its full version. The show is about Oni (Ogres/Demons) that use music in order to perform ritual cleansing of other evil monsters; and the older generation training and passing it on to a new generation. They are divided into 3 tribes, of fire percursions, wind trumpets and electric strings. The full intro reflects all the tribes because it loops, and each part is dedicated to one instrument. Part 1 has Taikos (the japanese drum), Part 2 adds vocal chanting, Part 3 adds electric guitars, Part 4 adds violins, Part 5 revisits vocals and adds trumpets. Once you know the basic premise and arc of each character, it really is something beautiful how they're all the same bite sized loop of music, but it is perfectly fitted and arranged for their personalities. Similarly, Climax Jump, the one at 14:30 has another better version, where the voice actors of the show sing the theme as their characters. The energy of the song is a lot more present and less melancholic. Super niche recommendation inside this already niche recommendation, but they actually yearly release the original soundtrack of these shows. Like the suspense music when the villain is plotting, the heroic theme when the hero is about to transform, the hook for the next episode and so on. Those are as much of a good thing to listen to as the song tracks themselves, IMHO.

[@arielmartinez94]

What? My favorite? This is awesome, I never expected it, all yhe Kamen Rider openings are great to bangers imo

[@notdio7766]

Wait is this a wrong channel didnt expect you react to this

[@AnhChuP]

i don't know if anyone said this yet but that's not the beginning of kamen rider. kamen rider started in 1975, while the one you watched was from 2000. that could be called the first kamen rider after many years hiatus

[@raiden0801]

Wow... It's our childhood memories! My time were from Kamen Rider Ryuki until Kamen Rider Kabuto..so basically five series before I graduated..

[@andr0zzsenpai]

10:39 The name of the show was Beetleborgs, an adaptation of a japanese series too but not Kamen Rider!

[@BzzF1810]

Let's go~~~ Thank you very much.

[@t.totatsu-3.A-d-o-fan]

Aishite Aishite Aishite of Wish Live Los Angeles performance will be released on Friday, June 7 (Japan time) at 20:00. Please take a look if you like.

[@PowerJusho]

Check out the Ultraman openings if you're interested in diving into the toku rabbit hole

[@masakikuwana5879]

Each season aires a hole year each year! (around 40-50 episodes) each season has usually one op with grafic changes in between. Some older shows used to have two.

[@arifarrafi3302]

26:16 all riders actually had many forms too, not just this rider, you can watch all Heisei rider form in your own or made a vid of it

[@demothiguillermo2059]

Fourze was actually made as a way to bring hope after the earthquake that devastated Japan

[@monk1210]

I think the beetle show you watched as a kid was Beetleborgs (B-Fighter in Japan).

[@HenshinFanatic]

Juukou B-Fighter, and Metalix was based on B-Fighter Kabuto.

[@magus1d14]

Interestingly Kamen rider kabuto; the beetle/insect mortified one did have a English dub version that was shown in different local Cartoon Network channels.

[@kflemonice]

Props to you for recognizing the high school drama trope characters during Fourze's opening haha

[@XenonKirito]

The reason why they most use motorcycles was because the first Rider used one and they had sorta kept the trend through generations except for Kamen Rider Drive who is the only one with a specially made Race Car. Think about it. It's an easier mode of transportation then having to find a place to have your own car parked somewhere. And in some of the series. the bike has a will of its own or they are able to called it from anywhere or have it shrunk down for easier transport and when they need it? They just set it up. And being a Rider means having your own Motorbike. or your own vehicle.

[@masakikuwana5879]

I don't know exactly Since when japanese started use english but even japanese anime from the 60-s using it. Heisei riders started from 2000 with Kuuga but the first Kamen rider is from 1971.(even the name and the special moves are english:rider kick, rider punch.... )

[@ARQ004SP]

Ooh just came across this video random (thank the algo) but it was super interesting to see your reactions! Always great to see other perspectives! Also Kamen Rider pretty much airs every year, so progression really does follow the times with the first OP you watched coming out in 2001 and the last was in 2018 (when the heisei era ended). Also you've probably read something about this by now, but the reason they're called Kamen Riders is because they are literally dudes wearing masks riding bikes lol

[@poxpoxbax]

ayeeeee im ready for this

[@Jhulian_R]

❤️

[@hankuroid]

the things that every reaction notice the horse but the horse not even come to the series lmao

[@cakra4459]

YES YES YES YES YES KAMEN RIDER REACTION LETSGOO

[@Elios0000]

Japanese been using english in songs since the 70's. 555(Faiz) and Build have some the best writing of any of the shows and very rewatchable. Den-O is also considered one of the best seasons

[@deepboyz3853]

Fun fact: the singer of Ryuki ost is voice actor for Satoshi(ash ketchup) from pokemon

[@DuongPham-ee6sx]

the best thing from watching your reaction is that you give the respect to hibiki opening. You should loôk for the full version, it is like a fine dinning for a instrumental lovers, they combine taiko drum with trumpet, guitar, a bit vocal and a harp too.

[@SatoKure]

Also, I highly recommend you watch all Gundam openings if you haven't already

[@D.ZE0]

I would recommend that you see the opening in its final version, not just the initial one. because many change, like Deb-oh, which starts to be sung by the imajins (protagonists) or they have other openings, like Hibiki, which changes completely. Generally the final openings are better or evolutions of the original opening

[@TeamTowers1]

In terms of Kamen Rider's success Kuuga (the first ope in the video) was a revival of the series after it had been in hibernation for much of the 90's (the franchise's original run was in the 70's and 80's). Kuuga was a big success but the series after it were very mixed in that regards some did well, some did so poorly that they threatened to send the franchise back into hibernation. Partially because they were stuck trying to figure out what the franchise would be in modern times. It wasn't until Kamen Rider W (the one with the detective theme) that they properly settled on a tone and formula and started to see consistent success.

[@AkaGavv44]

31:33 This one has a doctor + game theme

[@borizarts]

Dude you should listen to the full Kamen Rider Kiva intro, it has a good violin solo

[@舞舞茸]

In Japan, starring in such tokusatsu heroes has become a gateway to success as an actor. It may be difficult to understand if you have not seen Japanese movies or dramas. For example, Takeru Sato, the lead actor of Den-O, played the main character in the live-action version of Rurouni Kenshin（Samurai X）, and Masaki Suda, one of the lead actors of W, was the main voice actor in the Academy Award winning movie "The Boy and the Heron".

[@jabezmanch1323]

Yeah, It would be cool if you to check out more Kamen rider. Even though Kamen is initially targeted towards kids, it is not a franchise unfamiliar with grappling with dark and mature subjects, making it a show still enjoyable by adults

[@chaosjoey123]

Probably already answered but, the connection with motorcycles is "Kamen Rider" means "Masked Rider". The original on transformed using a motorcycle. Now there kind a just there for tradition tbh

[@weedsbian]

Sorry if anyone else has commented this yet, but that old beetle show you're most likely thinking of is Big Bad Beetleborgs

[@GIL春菊]

The original Kamen Rider was a "hero who fights with sadness", In 2011, our country experienced an unprecedented disaster. His subsequent works have a brighter, more fun atmosphere. There was a design rule that required tear-like lines to be drawn under Kamen Rider's eyes. The tear line is gone from Fourze.

[@straiza5391]

Wonder if the show mentioned might have been Beetleborgs? Might have even been the show we don't talk about...Masked Rider.

[@masakikuwana5879]

The one with the traditional Music is called Hibiki. He's main weapon is called taiko(japanese drum). They fighting with instruments against traditional japanese monsters(Demon slayer but not with vampires, but literal demons😁).

[@balinogamer8275]

Let's gooo.. This will be 🔥🔥🔥

[@SuaveNerd2000]

Welcome to the Tokusatsu community, we have a lot of cool songs and excitebly talk about men in bright costumes fight each other or wrestle giant monsters

[@Jay_D_Ashe]

21:40 I suck a lot in recognizing music genre. But I know OOO songs are ska. You getting that just proves that you ARE a musician.

[@trashboat5388]

10:29 Probably Sabans Masked Rider. It's terrible we don't talk about it. It reuses footage from Black RX and Kamen Rider ZX I think. That or you are talking about BeetleBorgs which uses footage from Metal Heroes

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

As far as I’m concerned, there is only one official North American adaptatation of _Kamen Rider:_ Adness Entertainment’s _Kamen Rider Dragon Knight._

[@kairinho_19]

Kamen Rider and Super Sentai are siblings franchise. They have the same creator and belong to the same company. Including they have crossover movies. It is characterized by having more complex stories with character development involving more mature things such as death, grief, guilt, overcoming one's own weakness and sometimes morals. There is a Rider who has something similar to a depressive state. Another person, at first, has no dreams or motivation in life. There are others who are poor and work like Ryuki (who has bills to pay, the story of this debt is hilarious). There is another Rider who is a young adult who is still discovering himself, trying to understand what it means to be an adult and what he wants in life, but he needs to help financially at home and spends half the series looking for a job. There are times when Riders are confronted with their morals and need to take actions that go against their principles or ideas, even if it hurts them. For example, there is a Rider who needs to kill his own father after meeting him, because his father is the villain. I've seen a series where a Rider spends the entire series helping a friend and in the end he dies in his arms. And then this friend is revived under the control of evil forces and needs to be killed by the Rider. I feel like crying every time I remember it. Despite this, the series does not have a heavy atmosphere. It has humor, funny jokes, things are colorful and there are warm moments with friends and messages about hope, willpower and believing in the path you chose to follow in your life. I'm still discovering this franchise, I've seen less than 10 series so far. But these characteristics have been common among them.

[@ricardodosreisschmitt400]

Kamen Rider have 50 years