Kamen Rider OOO - Transforming and Crime Fighting via Medals?

Kamen Rider OOO (pronounced as Kamen Raidā Ōzu) is the next Heisei Kamen Rider series that follows Kamen Rider Double. The 12th Kamen Rider in the Heisei era uses medals (more likely coins) to fight the new face of evil... the Greeeds!



Kamen Rider OOO Synopsis
Premise

Eiji Hino is a man who has no dreams, no job, and no family. When animal-like monsters called Greeed awaken after their 800 year slumber to attack humans and feed off of their desire, a bird-type Greeed called Anku gives Eiji a belt and three Medals to fight the Greeed so he can become the predestined Multi King. This allows Eiji to become Kamen Rider OOO. The mysterious Kougami Foundation approaches him and begins assisting him in his fight against the Greeed, but their true motives are not clear. When Eiji fights for the first time, he starts to realize what it means "to be alive".

Kamen Rider OOO with Kamen Rider W (left), and Kamen Rider OOO together with the other Heisei Era Kamen Riders


Watch the Kamen Rider OOO Opening Theme here:
"Anything Goes!" by Maki Ohguro





Besides having an upbeat intro music for the series, a Kamen Rider won't be complete without the bike. The Ride Vendor is Kamen Rider OOO's personal bike, which is a modified Honda VT 750 C2B Shadow Black Spirit mass-produced by the Kougami Foundation. The cool thing about it is that it normally looks like an ordinary vending machine, until OOO or any member from the foundation inserts a medal to either transform it to a bike, or release "candroids". Candroids are special support robots that transforms into its original can mode into animal mode (also seen in the opening).



Kamen Rider OOO

http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ooo/

Directed by Ryuta Tasaki and Takayuki Shibasaki.
Distributed by Toei Company.
Starring Shu Watanabe, Ryosuke Miura, and Riho Takada.
Original Aired on September 5, 2010



For Tokusatsu and followers of the Kamen rider franchise, what do you think about this new Kamen Rider for 2010-2011, Kamen Rider OOO?

A Decade of Kamen Rider Gave Birth To Kamen Rider Decade

Japan has spearheaded a lot of things and one of which are the tokusatsus like the super sentai and Kamen Rider Series. Kamen Rider to the most kids around the world refers to the masked hero as the Masked Rider. Unlike the US adopted version "Masked Rider", Kamen Rider appeals more to all audience and not bounded to just the younger audience.



The first Kamen Rider who awed every Japanese was seen as early as April of 1971. After the success of the first Kamen Rider Series - Kamen Rider V1 and V2 (1971) it has gave birth to eight more Kamen Rider series: V3 (1973), X (1974), Amazon (1974), Stronger (1975), Skyrider (1979), Super-1 (1980), Black (1987), and Black RX (1988). These are the Kamen Riders of the Showa Era which ran from 1971 to 1981.



The Kamen Rider Series lived through the 90s through merchandise and toys, until the rebirth of the new Kamen Rider Series which is now under the Heisei Era. The Kamen Riders of this Era are as follows: Kuuga (2000), Agito (2001), Ryuuki (2002), 555 (2003), Blade (2004), Hibiki (2005), Kabuto (2006), Den-O (2007), Kiva (2008) and now to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Heisei Era Kamen Rider series, Kamen Rider Decade was born.



So far the story revolves around Tsukasa Kadoya and his question of how and where does he truly belongs which later vividly shown to him that he is Decade, the destroyer of the nine other Kamen Rider Worlds (starting from the Heisei Area) to save all the worlds. He later travels from world to world trying to figure out how he will save his world and the rest; and collect all his lost powers and memory.



He has the ability to use and transform into other Kamen Riders and their powers. He can also transform the previous Kamen Riders into weapons which is somewhat making an issue to previous fans for the injustice it is somewhat making but so far this hasn't affected the show and it is all great reviews majorly. There is more to see and expect the story unfold in the next episodes.

Watch Kamen Rider Decade opening theme here: