Perhaps the most pertinent source out there right now is the above image, and also the inspiration for this article: the Kamen Rider Zukan, or Kamen Rider Photobook. Many of the non-Riders in this article are in that list. One particular example I will be citing here is from Televi-kun magazine, your monthly source of plot reveals – after the reveal of Ark-Zero, they put out a list of “210” Riders that takes some… interesting liberties to get to that number. It could be monsters or in this case, it could be a list of Riders. Well, over the years there have been several guidebooks or just general lists of things. Some of it is even the result of conflicting information from official sources!īefore we talk about the meat of the subject, let’s discuss what the official sources are.
For some it can be as cut and dry as “Do they have Kamen Rider in their name?”, for some it might be as simple as “Do they transform into an armored warrior?” Everyone has their own classifications, and maybe there’s some semantics here you didn’t even think were even there. Kamen Riders sometimes come from both sides or from an entirely different side we may or may not have known was part of the battle to begin with.īut the subject of this article is the title of Kamen Rider. As the Heisei era brought on plenty of change, things also got more complicated. Largely, every series has at least two distinct sides: the Kamen Riders, and the enemies. The Kamen Rider franchise is one that relies heavily on theming and titles. TokuNet writer Malunis talks about Kamen Rider and its tendency to stir debate over an innocuous subject: What counts as a Kamen Rider? In talking about examples, this article contains spoilers for the Showa era, and generally shows Riders from all parts of the franchise.
0 kommentar(er)
