Rider Love - A Kamen Rider Podcast

This week on Rider Love, Dan & Faiz are back (FINALLY) for our first recording of the year. Kamen Rider Zi-O episodes 16 & 17 double up on the new Riders, and 555 44 & 45 cut a young love story short all too soon. We’ve got nearly a month’s worth of news to barrel through, including spin-offs, returning characters, and casting news, not to mention YOUR feedback and theories on who Sougo’s mystery dream gentleman might be!   1:18 – Opening 20:21 – News 47:05 – Spoiler Train! 53:28 – Zi-O 16 & 17 1:39:48 – 555 44 & 45 2:14:28 - Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

This week on Rider Love, Dan & Faiz continue to greatly enjoy Kamen Rider Zi-O with episode 15! (Who would have ever that THAT would happen?) We finally get some movement on the romantic plotline in 555 episodes 42 & 43. (We’ll see how that pans out next week.) And News is jam-packed with surprising movie cameos, Zi-O scans, and some casting that we’re very excited about!   1:03 – Opening 9:11 – News 18:15 – Spoiler Train! 39:20 – Zi-O 15 1:11:43 - 555 42 & 43   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

This week on Rider Love, Dan & CoolDownNow welcome Decade, the Destroyer of Worlds himself, to Kamen Rider Zi-O episodes 13 & 14! We also continue our march to the end of 555 with episode 41. And THEN, Dan brings on special guest (and regular co-host) Faiz for a ridiculous edition of holiday-themed Mad Libs!   0:54 – Opening 11:38  – News 24:20 – Spoiler Train! 30:33 – Zi-O 13 & 14 1:16:47 - 555 41 1:36:17 - Holiday Mad Libs   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

This week on Rider Love, Dan & Destiny Amber take a brief break from Zi-O to discuss Kamen Rider 555 episodes 38, 39, and 40, or ‘How Takumi Got His Groove Back.’ Rider news is a bit light this week, but luckily we’ve been blessed with an abundance of OTHER toku news including the Kishiryu Sentai Ryuusouger reveal, some Ultraman tidbits, and Amber gets to explain to Dan what the heck Tokusatsu Gagaga is!   0:56 – Opening 16:10 - Other Tokusatsu News 33:04 – Kamen Rider News 43:21– Spoiler Train! 48:07 - 555 38, 39, & 40 1:45:44 - Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

This week on Rider Love, Dan & Faiz taste test all of the delicious fruit offered up in Kamen Rider Zi-O episodes 11 & 12, and debate whether lobster ladies give good hugs in 555 episode 37. We also have some highly anticipated magazine scans on the Spoiler Train, and get a bit bit mushy in Listener Feedback.   1:00 – Opening 14:28  – News 29:27 – Spoiler Train! 42:22 – Zi-O 11 & 12 1:28:54 - 555 37 1:45:03 - Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

This week on Rider Love, Dan & Destiny Amber wrap up the OOO arc in Kamen Rider Zi-O episode 10, dive into the week’s news (including the Heisei Generations Forever trailer), relive Amber’s recent trip to Japan, and find out what YOU’RE most thankful for in tokusatsu this year!   0:53 – Opening 27:39  – News 41:50 – Spoiler Train! 52:14 – Zi-O 10 1:29:40 - Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

This week on Rider Love, Dan & Faiz REALLY dissect Kamen Rider Zi-O episode 9. From Kuroto Dan to Sougo, we’re a little bit… confused where this series is going. We then pick things up with 555 episodes 35 & 36, which were refreshing and exciting by comparison! All that plus a jam packed News section and some MORE winter movie casting!   0:53 – Opening 10:43  – News 29:03 – Spoiler Train! 35:00 – Zi-O 9 1:16:17 - 555 35 & 36   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

This week on Rider Love, we welcome back the Mayo Kitty himself, Kamen Rider Beast, in Zi-O episodes 7 & 8. It’s also been a big couple weeks of news, with S.H.Figuarts Kiva finally being announced, all those other Tamashii Nations toy reveals, and a Spoiler Train packed full of winter movie news! Plus we find out which Rider arcs you’d combine for Zi-O in Listener Feedback.   0:51 – Opening 19:32  – News 44:07 – Spoiler Train! 1:06:47 – Zi-O 7 & 8 2:01:23 - Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

This week on Rider Love, it’s all about Takumi Inui as we discuss Kamen Rider Zi-O episode 6, finally get to a big reveal in 555 episodes 33 & 34, address the franchise’s western fanbase, and take a peek at some upcoming armor forms and actor cameos coming to Zi-O!   1:12 – Opening 20:41  – News 41:07 – Spoiler Train! 51:30 – Zi-O 6 1:30:32 - 555 33 & 34 2:05:02 - Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

TokuSwag returns to give her first impressions of Kamen Rider Zi-O, and it’s a busy week, because we’ve got BOTH Fourze and Faiz to contend with! But FIRST, we get to those all important Q2 toy scans on the Spoiler Train, which reveal many exciting new suits and weapons! Some we appreciate, and some… could use a little work. Zi-O episode 5 really ramps up the Rider nostalgia as we journey back to 2011 with our Fourze pals. We get just the briefest of 555 teasers, which prompts us to theorize about how things will wrap up in episode 6. Needless to say we were pretty wrong, but it’s always fun to speculate. And most importantly, we get to hear which actors and characters YOU would like to see return for a Zi-O cameo in Listener Feedback. So many good shout-outs, but there are definitely a few very popular choices!   0:50 – Opening 21:45  – News 33:01 – Spoiler Train! 57:24 – Zi-O 5 1:44:59 - Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmai

The Zi-O magazine scans are lookin’ pretty hot this week! Lots of spooky Another Riders, spicy Forms, and surprising cameos in store! Zi-O episode 4 has us a bit… confused. Maybe the .5’s can clear it up for us. And 555 episodes 31 & 32 introduce us to a very dashing Orph of the week. He wears a suit, and may or may not be a gorgeous man. You decide!   0:58 – Opening 7:50  – News 19:59 – Spoiler Train! 36:49 – Zi-O 4 1:09:42 - 555 31 & 32   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

Faiz is back again, so we finally get to hear HER thoughts on these beginning stages of Zi-O. And there’s lots of fashion and delicacies to analyze for like… 30 minutes. Forgive us. Zi-O episode 3 takes us back a couple years to reunite with some pretty rad doctors/gamers. 555 episodes 29 & 30 continue to frustrate us with how terrible Kusaka is. At least we get some horsey love out of it!   0:51 – Opening 9:37  – News 41:09 – Spoiler Train! 48:11 – Zi-O 3 1:37:02 - 555 29 & 30 2:16:46 - Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

It’s becoming a tradition, as DestinyAmber joins Dan to ring in a new series with Kamen Rider Zi-O! We’ve got a fair bit of news to get through as well, including the shocking revelation of Japan’s favorite Heisei Rider series. :-O There’s so much to talk about with Zi-O episodes 1 & 2. New characters, suits, and more confusing plot that you can shake a Flintstone’s Push-Up at. Oh and we briefly throw 1.5 & 2.5 in there as well. As always, we need to find out what you thought in Listener Feedback. And boy oh boy, did you deliver.   1:00 – Opening 8:27  – News 26:41 – Spoiler Train! 32:01 – Zi-O 1 1:27:30 - Zi-O 2 2:00:35 - Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

It’s true what they say, all good things must come to an end. This week, that means Kamen Rider Build. T_T It’s time to say farewell to Sento, Banjo, Misora, and all of our pals. But Zi-O is also in full gear already, so we’ll give just the briefest of initial reactions, plus lots of spoilery news. Build 49 rounds off the series beautifully, and leaves us with so many questions about the future of this world! It wouldn’t be a finale podcast without you’re say. We’ve held the first ever annual Rider Love Awards, where we’ll present some lovely purple trophies to the characters of Build based on your votes! And we had a lot of Listener Feedback based around this final episode and the series as a whole.   1:04 – Opening 13:01  – News 19:08 – Spoiler Train! 38:10 – Build 49 1:12:58  – Rider Love Awards! 1:38:02 - Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

Fresh back Power Morphicon, Destiny Amber joins Dan & Faiz to let them know about all the fun they missed out on! From Ranger reveals to cosplay to meet-ups, it sounds like it was a blast. A few more Zi-O details have surfaced, and it’s hard to believe we’re only a week away! Build 48 continues the grief train, but we’ll cheer Gentoku on with the rest of the population. And 555 28 really kicks this into high gear! We finally meet Kitazaki after two million years. About time!   1:03 – Opening 29:43 – Spoiler Train! 44:57  – News 57:04 – Build 48 1:29:07 - 555 28   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

Build (and this podcast) return from a week off to a rather depressing episode of Kamen Rider! But don’t worry, there’s still plenty to be excited about and lift our spirits. First, we announce the Rider Love Awards! Then we do a quick look back at our first impressions of the Build cast when they were announced a year ago, followed by our first look of the Kamen Rider Zi-O cast, characters, and trailer! Build 47… was a rough one, but it was a beautiful acted AND directed episode. 555 27 on the other hand, had some evil jerks, but also a hot guy, so yay! And in Listener Feedback, we get YOUR first impressions of the Zi-O cast reveal.   1:02 – Opening 25:48 – Spoiler Train! 1:18:22  – News 1:31:12 – Build 47 1:58:51 - 555 27 2:19:11 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

Dan & Faiz are joined by CoolDownNow, longtime contributor, and first-time guest! The Kamen RIder Zi-O news and driver sound bites continue to roll in, and you bet your ass we spend our time on it, along with every other bit of news that dropped this week. Build 46 sure knows how to play with the emotions. There are fake dead buddies, SO many men that should kiss, and ominous foreshadowing for our greasy potato pal. And the Build talk continues in Listener Feedback as we ask how YOU’D like to see the series end!   0:56 – Opening 16:27 – Spoiler Train! 47:34  – News 1:08:26 – Build 46 1:49:12 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

Zi-O has been “officially” announced, so we know the general plot, the names of some of the production staff, and we’ve got oodles of new magazine scans! Build 45 goes all Super Saiyan on our asses, as Evolt gets even sexier. And 555 25 & 26 introduce us to TWO exciting new Orphenochs we can’t wait to get to know more!   1:01 – Opening 12:38 – Spoiler Train! 46:26  – News 56:43 – Build 45 1:26:58 – 555 25 & 26 2:07:03 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

It’s our favorite podcast of the year! And not only because it’s the anniversary of Faiz’s birth. The Kamen Rider Zi-O toy scans are here, and we spend over an hour talking through it in obsessive detail, as well as getting YOUR thoughts on Zi-O in Listener Feedback! We also discuss Build 44, and Dan pressures Faiz to lick things live on the internet!   1:04 – Opening 15:57 – Spoiler Train! 1:21:23  – News 1:38:53 – Build 44 2:14:12 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com

Peyton’s back! And this time it’s with Dan AND Faiz! We speed through all the stuff we’ve been watching (OOO, Stronger, Agito, Ultramen Mebius & Lube) to get to the important stuff, Kamen Rider Zi-O’s face!!* In Build 42 & 43, Sento becomes just one of a long line of Riders with daddy issues, even within his own series, and Gentoku finally settles on a reasonable (yet still hilarious) fashion choice. And Listener Feedback is chock full of YOUR Zi-O face reactions! *Important note: All we’ve seen at the time of recording is the face and upper torso. The rest of the recent reveals will be discussed… NEXT week! ^_^   0:53 – Opening 27:00 – Spoiler Train! 41:15  – News 53:01 – Build 42 1:15:44 – Build 43 1:34:26 – Listener Feedback   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: RiderLovePodcast@gmail.com