Kamen Rider Build gets another upgrade this month with his RabbitRabbit and TankTank forms, and boy, if you thought the DX Hazard Trigger was a finicky toy, the DX Full Full Rabbit Tank Bottle will fix that for you. The DX Full Full Bottle is roughly the size of 2 DX Full Bottles put together, […]
Here’s what’s happening on the next episode of Kamen Rider Build. Episode 29: The Bells of Beginning Ring! Due to the settlement of the representative battle, the war will now end! At least, that’s what everyone thought would happen. The war did not end, rather, it has gotten much worse. BloodStark who allied himself with […]
Welcome back to Super Hero Synopses, where we crash ideologies headlong into each other to see which will survive. This week in Kamen Rider Build the duels continue as the spotlight settles upon Build and Rogue’s clash of ideals, fists, and extending feet. Meanwhile in Kaito Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger Lupin Red tries […]
Here’s what’s happening on the next episode of Kamen Rider Build. Episode 28: The Genius Arrives By Tank! The fate of the representative battle was left in the hands of Kamen Rider Build and Kamen Rider Rogue. Build is able to gain the advantage over Rogue thanks to Sento’s genius intellect. Build suddenly begins to […]
(Kyoryu) Brave New World Tokusatsu hero shows, and the worldwide fandom surrounding them, have changed greatly over the past fifteen years. Beyond genre, beyond formula, beyond character archetypes, beyond even cinematography and direction, the greatest way that change has manifested is cross-pollination. Super Sentai—in its original, unedited form—currently gets official DVD releases in the West. […]
Kamen Rider Build‘s 6th entry into the SODO line continues to add new Riders to the mix, along with a movie exclusive/ganbarizing form and upgrade forms for the show’s characters. First, let’s start with Kamen Rider Grease. This figure looks great and (unsurprisingly) uses a lot of similar pieces and ideas from the Cross Charge […]
Here’s what’s happening on the next episode of Kamen Rider Build. Episode 26: The Counterattacking Hero! The representative battle between Touto and Seito has begun! 3 on 3! Grease defeated Engine Bros in the first round and gave Touto the first victory. Then in the second match… Hell Bros appears with the strength of both […]
Welcome back to Super Hero Synopses, where we maintain records of all activities related to Japanese superheroes. This week is filled with investigations, as Sento tries to determine the secrets of Misora’s bangle, and the Global Police are trying to crack a string of missing person cases. Which do you prefer – the lighthearted hijinks […]
Well, I’ll be a dead monkey’s bloody uncle. If you haven’t yet caught up on the legend in the making that is the Kamen Rider Build television series, I forgive your mistake. Since it exploded onto the scene a few months ago, it gave the impression that it was telling its story a bit differently […]
What do Kamen Rider Drive, Spyro The Dragon, Super Mario Bros, and Buzz Lightyear of Toy Story all have in common? They each have their own line of video game gimmick figures. Let’s rewind it back to December 2014. Bandai Namco had just pumped out another game for their live-action Kamen Rider franchise on TV […]