Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 7 days 7 hours 53 minutes
On a slightly briefer journey into darkness than usual, we cover the tragic tale of the luthier (yes that's a real word!) Ōmura, a Fangire with feelings. Watch our hosts begin to turn around on this show!
Our hosts shake off the rust and return to the world of Kamen Rider Blade... which neither of them have seen all of, meaning the major themes of this arc leave them lost until an antagonist spells it out near the end. Plus: so many blades!
For the final(?) summer vacation episode, Chris and Editor Fletch pick back up where we left off in Zi-O (hint: baby murder and everyone thinking major cast are dead), and for those who think the podcast needs more tangents, good news! There's an entire bonus segment for you after the tokusatsu show where your humble hosts go wild with Sailor Moon and mild Steven Universe film discussion.
On the continued summer break of our hosts, your humble editor takes over for a brief blip to talk about the confusing and wild history of US releases of tokusatsu television (barring, of course, that entire Kikaider special from a while back). Spoilers: it's basically all Super Sentai.
Shin Garrett and Editor Fletch take a trip into modern times to discuss the debut of the latest era and series in the franchise: Kamen Rider Zero-One, a tech-centric series spearheading the Reiwa era in a lot of impressive fashions.
Sometimes ignorance is bliss, and that's how the boys feel as they dig deeper into this gothic Rider's series, learning terrible facts from wikis and discovering maybe the series isn't about friends, you guys. It's about whether or not that stew was made from people or dog.
It's the middle of the show, and so it's time for the obvious: ANOTHER ZI-O. But wait, there's more: will one of our heroes commit Baby Murder? All this and more during this arclet.
The boys push onwards, and begin wondering what to do about a series like Kiva. Or a series like Zero-One. Or Zi-O. Or... Look, there's a lot on the table by the end of this episode.
Our hosts begin their journey into the gothic times and space of Kamen Rider Kiva, and remember all too late "Oh, right, whenever we switch series like this there's a lot of tangents."
Were you one of the tens of people upset by two hosts who knew nothing about a tokusatsu classic covering the arc that was a giant love letter to it? The show's editor was, which is why you're getting a crash course on Android Kikaider while the crew get ahead on Kiva.