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My "live" first reaction to the new footage of Kamen Rider Gaim! And while waiting for that to air, I watched Super Hero Taisen (with commercial interruptions) and pondered the colors of good and evil, the true nature of insanity, and the timeless beauty that dwells within everything.

Also: Shôtarô and Gentarô feel each other up.

• Rider Break! is back in less than a month as I woke up for a 6 AM "live" recording of the Kamen Rider Gaim trailer, preceded by Super Hero Taisen, a movie I'm probably much kinder on than most.

• Spoilers that I keep forgetting to mention until it's too late, including Super Hero Taisen (admittedly, it would be hard not to spoil it) its sequel (nothing too major, but I do bring it up) numerous other Rider movies (many of which are my favorites!) and Ryuki (spoiler: somebody dies in Ryuki.)

• Complete incoherence.

• Music used includes:

"Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary" (excerpt) Yup, I'm stretching that far for a joke.

"Let's Go!! Rider Kick 2006" by Hiroshi Fujioka (excerpt) Get it on amazon.co.jp

• For the third episode in a row, I get sick, though only by the end. It's the rain, man.

• Speaking of the rain, you can hear it in the background for most of the podcast. The sound levels on this episode were also a bit wacky since I had turned the whole table so I could face the TV, and the result is that I think the microphone was closer to me than usual. I need to invest in a good stand next!

• I mention somewhere in there about the Q & A episode. That's coming up next, and I'll probably get to it today or tomorrow depending on how the vocal chords feel. Thanks for waiting!

• Mentioned in this episode (to explain why I keep repeating myself so much):

HJU Radio

The Fwooshcast

00:00 - Watch those speakers!

01:31:31 - Second-longest episode yet!?

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Don't worry, I liked the movies. That title just made me laugh far, far more than it really should have.

Igadevil and Rider Break! return with new hardware, a new remix of the theme song, and a new double feature summer film to review with Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger: Gaburincho of Music / Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land. So it's sort of like episode 14 of the original Kamen Rider only not as exciting and with less explosions.

Plus, one more farewell to the other man who made Kamen Rider.

• Rider Break! "returns" for what I swear will be the last time; from now on it will "get revenge" or "strike back". Also, we (and by we I mean I) talk about some movie.

• Lots of spoilers. I mean, lots. Don't say I didn't warn you.

• In fact, there may even spoilers in the episode notes!

• Music used includes:

"Let's Go!! Rider Kick 2006" by Hiroshi Fujioka (excerpt) Get it on amazon.co.jp

"It's Show Time" from the Kamen Rider Wizard OST (excerpt) Get it on amazon.co.jp

• In a bizarre redux of last episode (which was also a long-overdue return with a movie review) I got stuffed up while recording this, and you can hear it in my voice.

But you can hear it even better, because in the time since 13 & 14 I've upgraded my microphone from a cheapo special deluxe two-in-one to a Blue Yeti! Go back and listen to 13 and hear the difference!

That said, I'm still getting used to it, and will probably be updating the arrangement as time goes by (getting a proper stand, pop guard, and so forth.) But so far, I'm very happy with it, and it's made editing much, much easier.

• Although the first few minutes of the review are "spoiler free", I do still touch on a few revelations, so if you want to go in completely unaware about plot details... avert your ears (and eyes) for the next few months. Also, I do talk about parts of a few other Rider films (Project G4, Episode Final, and God Speed Love.) And yes I know I said "ZAI-U-ranger". As this episode reveals, me have double trouble reading English good now.

• BIG thanks to the following for submitting questions:

Yuican, Bueno RX, Unkamenrx, Frobman, GSavior

Sorry if I forgot anybody, and sorry to everyone whose names I horribly mispronounced. If you have further questions about the movie, fire away and I'll do my best to answer!

• And BIG apologies to:

Eric Henry

Fear not, I'll get to all your questions next episode! There's a lot to cover!

• Stuff mentioned that I recommend checking outt:

HJU Radio

The Fwooshcast

Low Visibility

Garage Hero Productions

Frobman on Tumblr

The Fwooshcast/Low Visibility/Some Other Guy Crossover Gaim Spectacular

Some thoughts on the passing of Toru Hirayama (Well okay that's mine. But I did mention it!)

00:00 - Watch those speakers!

00:51 - Actual talking begins!

01:31 - Mostly-spoiler free Kyoryuger & Wizard stuff.

19:50 - Spoilers begin for both.

01:03:21 - Movie talk (and spoilers) end, and I finish out by discussion boring real life stuff, Kamen Rider Gaim, and some more thoughts on my favorite Tokusatsu producer of 'em all.

01:18:30 - It's end of the episode. Episode 15 coming... well, in less than 3 months, I can promise that at least.

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The latest Super Hero Taisen movie has descended upon us. Is it a superheroic cinematic masterpiece, or a crime against humanity?

But more importantly, what does Space-Igadevil think?

• Rider Break! "returns" for the gajillionth time with a review of Kamen Rider x Super Sentai x Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z!

• Lots of spoilers. I mean, lots. Don't say I didn't warn you.

• In fact, there are even spoilers in the episode notes!

• Music used includes:

"Theme from Star Trek" (Excerpt) by Alexander Courage

"Jôchaku ~We are Brothers~" by Hero Music All Stars Z

• I'll save the long, boring story of why it's taken forever for this episode to come out/the site to update/etc. for another time. Just enjoy the episode!

• During recording of this episode, I actually became afflicted with a sudden snap cold, including sore throat and rather violent cough that delayed recording by a few hours. You can't make this up. If I sound a bit haggard throughout, that's why.

• A minor spoiler I didn't mention, but I think is worth bringing up: the Land Style costumes must have all be in the laundry when they filmed this movie. Flame, Water, & Hurricane (plus the accompanying Dragon versions of each) all show up, but not Land. Nor Infinity, but that's understandable.

• BIG thanks to the following for submitting questions:

Frobman, Tokugami, Pundercracker, kamen-rider-philze, Cassius335, Tanikaze, drawnrobots yuioshi48

Sorry if I forgot anybody, and sorry to everyone whose names I horribly mispronounced. Like I said, if you have further questions about the movie, fire away and I'll do my best to answer!

00:00 - Watch those speakers!

00:01 - I'll admit, this edited intro makes no sense if you think about it for 3 seconds. But it makes me smile.

08:37 - From this point on, serious spoilers begin.

31:50 - If there's ever a fandub of this movie, I want to play Space-Ikadevil, and use this exact voice.

43:05 - If you're going Spoiler-Free but still want a bit more, from here on it's mostly pretty safe. Mostly.

47:19 - It's over! Rider Break! will return sometime in the next month, I hope!

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A nearly 2-hour-long podcast recorded across two years, featuring one guy talking about speculative alternate universes, bromances, and his own obscure fanfiction.

CAN. YOU. SURVIVE?

• You asked the questions, Igadevil fails to answer!

• Lots of spoilers. Expect discussion on the endings of Ryuki (both of them) & Blade, W, OOO, various Rider movies, Stronger, Kikaider-01, Akumaizer-3... it's basically the most new-fan-unfriendly episode ever! Basically, make sure you either watched Ryuki or don't care about spoilers before listening to this.

• I also finally talk about the "S" word. And by "early 2013" I mean "summer".

• Music used includes:

"Let's Go!! Rider Kick 2006" by Hiroshi Fujioka

"Lonely Kamen Rider" from the Playstation 1 Kamen Rider game.

Various sound effects from Kamen Rider: Genealogy of Justice.

• This is the longest episode of Rider Break! yet, clocking in at just under 2 hours. I'll probably stick with the under-an-hour format most of the time, and only go this long if it's a special occasion or there's just that much to talk about. And I did have plenty to talk about this time!

• This episode took ages to put together, but was a load of fun to do. Obviously being busy around New Year's meant that half of it was technically recorded in 2013 (when most of you will be listening to it) though I still pretend it's 2012... at least, until I start saying stuff like "later this year". You know what I mean. I'm considering it the last 2012 episode of Rider Break! and the next episode episode after the next one will debut a few... changes. Maybe. One of them will be, eventually, a new microphone!

• Other stuff mentioned in this episode:

The art of Frobman

Pez's Sweet Nothings

Rising Sun Tokucast

HJU Radio (not really, but it may as well have been)

• BIG thanks to the following for submitting questions:

frobman, whotookwittyurlihateyou, yuioshi48, rising7, godzilla606, bookishdelight, terthna, akuulgai, cap-matches-color, Imani Marks, Liam Morgan, Wesley Rea, Waleed Al-Haddad,KamenRiderPEZ, LarzArz, InuiTakumi23, jahijohnson, Irregularcog, KRSRSimsLifeAKB, MatiRosero, TokuDeka, & Indra Giri.

Sorry if I forgot anybody, and sorry to everyone whose names I horribly mispronounced. I know how you feel. Listen to the first HJU Radio I was on!

00:00 - Speakers blown!

02:09 - Questions from tumblr

45:27 - Questions from Facebook

01:08:18 - Questions from twitter

01: 51: 13 - The last question, and I tried to keep it brief. Believe me, I can go on about that at great length.

01:56:24 - It's over! Rider Break! will return.

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It's a kind of magic.

• At long last, I talk about Kamen Rider Wizard. The first 16 episodes, the entire 2012 run of the show, the whole shebang. Wizard, Wizard and nearly nothing but Wizard.

• And that's it! Yes, this is a "Christmas" episode in the way Ryuki's was: Santa's in there somewhere.

• Obviously, spoilers for every episode of Wizard so far, plus minor ones for Faiz, Kiva and the Blade movie (minor as in, if you've never heard of those shows, they could be considered spoilers.)

• Music used includes:

Samples from "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by the great Andy Williams

"Life is SHOW TIME" by Kiryūin Shō from Golden Bomber

• The HJU Radio episode I keep referring to can be found here. Also, that's where you can get my thoughts on the last two episodes of Fourze, which I never got around to on RB! proper, but I'll probably revisit some day. Short version: I like 'em a lot.

Because I'm lazy it's Christmas and I need to spend time with loved ones, I'll just give it to you straight: this episode runs just over an hour and is entirely about Wizard. There's a big chunk where I go through the story arcs individually a couple minutes in, but it's otherwise mostly free-flowing.

Thanks for listening, and have a very merry holiday season!

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Igadevil returns, battling a cold to review Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze Movie War Ultimatum.

Or as I like to call it, Movie War Ishinomori.

• Oh hey, look, an episode actually about Kamen Rider!

• Well aside from all the time spent dwelling on Inazuman, Poitrine and Akumaizer-3.

• But you would too, believe me.

• Music used includes:

"Let's Go!! Rider Kick 2006" by Hiroshi Fujioka

"Fight! Inazuman" (Unused version) by Masato Shimon (hey, where else are you gonna hear this?)

• I was sick while recording this and I'm still sick after recording it. I hope it was worth it!

• Here's the movie synopsis at Henshin Justice Unlimited. That should have most everything I failed to mention. Also to correct myself: it's actually gleaned from several Japanese fans, and was compiled and translated by DecaEnd.

00:00 - It begins.

07:45 - If I haven't been spoiling enough before this, this is the point where I go whole-hog into Spoilers!

45:24 - Fake-out ending!

46:00 - By this point the cold medicine was kicking in and I was really losing it. "The thread" Wha?

46:12 - Of course!

49:32 - It ends.

• As always, let me know what topics you'd like to hear in future episodes, and I'll put them on the roster!

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Joe and the gang are back for the brand-new movie 009 RE:CYBORG. Can they come together to save the world once more from the vaguely-defined threat of misleading MIBS, an enigmatic "voice", and allegiance-confused cybernetic stormtroopers? Or do they even need to?

• A "review" of 009 RE:CYBORG

• As opposed to, you know, Kamen Rider.

• Seriously, next episode better have a lot of Kamen Rider in it!

• Music used includes:

"Cyborg 009" (Excerpt) by Tokyo Meistersinger

"genesis of next" (TV Size) by globe

• Not much to say here, other than that yes, next episode will be all Rider, all the time, as will 99.9% of all future episodes. The next movie review, in a little over a month, will be a Kamen Rider movie no less! Huzzah!

• Yes, I know that there's a tie-in comic that's also just come out, I should probably check it out. If you're interested in reading the original Cyborg 009 comic, not to mention other great Ishinomori comics, make sure you check this out!

00:00 - One more time: Make sure your volume isn't up too high!

00:34 - Actual talking starts.

07:00 - From this point onward, spoilers are present.

43:47 - You don't know how long I've waited for a chance to do this.

46:54 - My favorite line from the episode (it is a huge spoiler though.)

56:21 - Conclusion (God's War)

• As always, let me know what topics you'd like to hear in future episodes, and I'll put them on the roster!

• Thanks for listening!

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Rider Break! returns (again) as Igadevil checks out the new Space Sheriff Gavan movie. But only because Date is in it, I swear.

• It's a review of Space Sheriff Gavan: THE MOVIE by someone who confesses to be little more than a "casual fan" of the source material. What do you think is going to happen?

• I do my best to tell you what I think of the new Gavan movie for about half an hour, then basically give up because I run out of ways to say "I liked it" and "this was cool".

• Rider Break! completely fails this week because it's about a show that isn't Kamen Rider.

• Music used includes:

A bunch of stuff that isn't Kamen Rider. Buy the soundtrack!

• This is the first episode of Rider Break! in over a month, though it won't be the last. It also won't be the last time I talk about a just-released movie, though I promise next week will be slightly more interesting in that it's about a franchise I have stronger feelings about. As promised, following that (episode 10, finally) will be back to the standard topics of Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider and more Kamen Rider.

• I joke, but I did try to squeeze in as many Kamen Rider references as I could despite talking about something outside my usual comfort zone.

• After recording this, I went online to see what others were saying about the movie on Japanese sites. Sure enough, it's getting one helluva a mixed reaction! That's what I mean about "wondering what the hardcore Metal Hero fans will think". I still enjoyed it, but at the end of the day I'll freely admit I'm not the target audience on this one (and even less so than usual.)

00:00 - Speaker-blowing, eardrum-destroying fun commences!

01:24 - Actual talking starts

39:35 - "As always"? What was I thinking?

40:06 - Shortest. Episode. Ever!

• As always, let me know what topics you'd like to hear in future episodes, and I'll put them on the roster!

• Thanks for listening!

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With time running out and destiny drawing near, Rider Break! ventures into controversial territory with an examination of the last two episodes of Kamen Rider Decade. Three years on, is it still the destroyer of fans, or a misunderstood masterpiece? Also, how many Rider finales can get spoiled while just trying to cover one!?

• Rider Break! returns one more time before another extended leave of absence!

• Some brief thoughts on Kamen Rider Fourze episodes 43~46!

• I once again plug Rising Sun Tokusatsu and fail to provide answers to their questions.

• A frank, honest and open (re: boring) reflection on the Kamen Rider Decade TV finale in both its original and edited incarnations, including complaints about Movie WAR 2010 and a big SPOILER WARNING! as a bunch of other series finales or penultimate episodes are covered (the original, V3, X, Super-1, Kuuga, Agito, Blade, Ryuki, W, OOO, and of course, Decade.)

• Music used includes:

"Let's Go!! Rider Kick 2006" by Hiroshi Fujioka

"Journey through the Decade" by GACKT

"Battle World" (BGM excerpt)

• This is it folks... the final episode of Rider Break!

...in America, anyway. The next episode will be recorded in the land of the rising sun itself! No clue when that'll be, or when you'll hear it, but hopefully, before the end of the year/world/whatever.

• I mention that this will probably be a shorter episode... that turned out to be false! It clocks in at just over an hour & thirteen minutes.

• An extra-big thanks to Lynxara of Low Visibility and HJU fame for inspiring a large chunk of this episode.

• Other podcasts/sites mentioned this episode include:

HJU Radio

Low Visibility

Rising Sun Tokusatsu

• Here's the article about the Decade finale I mention. Check it out, it's a great read.

• Many thanks to all who responded and shared their thoughts on Decade 30~31. Hopefully you guys didn't mind me reading some of them to pad out the episode (which I swear I thought would end up being like 27 minutes long.) Also thanks to all who sent well wishes and congratulations for my upcoming move!

• For some reason the old layout I've been using up until now stopped working back in early July, and if I try to post any links after the embedded mp3 player, everything turns into a jumbled mess. If anybody knows what the deal with that is, let me know. Until then, I'll just stick the embedded player and episode links after the show notes and timestamps from now on to save myself some headaches.

00:00 - Watch that volume!

02:06 - Fourze talk

17:33 - Break time already!? Also, use of "cliffhanger" twice in the same sentence (I did record this at like 3 AM.)

19:04 - Decade episodes 30 & 31 are talked about (sort of) in a nearly hour-long rant that touches upon multiple Rider series finales (all of which I inevitably end up liking no matter how much I try to view them objectively) as well as the nature of a multi-part series ending. The description of how Agito's final battle tells a big story on a small scale is my favorite moment of the episode (36:12) and possibly the show's history so far.

1:13:20 - If you listened to all that, you are a true hero.

• As always, let me know what topics you'd like to hear in future episodes, and I'll put them on the roster!

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A tribute to igadevil.com's kinda-sorta namesake, plus the first-ever Rider Break! contest! Which is now long over!

• Rider Break!'s shortest episode yet (next one'll be longer, I just wanted to try something different.)

• Kamen Rider Wizard gets some new toys!

• Some brief thoughts on Kamen Rider Fourze episodes 41 & 42!

• The Top 6 Reasons Ikadevil is My Favorite Rider Kaijin Of All Time.

• Plus an exciting announcement you must sit through the episode to hear (though if you're listening to this any time after 2012, it no longer applies.)

• Music used includes:

"Let's Go!! Rider Kick 2006" by Hiroshi Fujioka

"Shocker Pursuit" (BGM)

"Shocker of the Devil" (BGM)

"Fight! Cyclone" by Masato Shimon

• This was the shortest gap between two episodes ever! While there likely won't be another one until the end of the month/early August, hopefully this is the start of more regular episodes of this little podcast.

•  Recording this episode was almost as difficult as the filming for the Rider episode I spend the majority of it talking about. My voice was starting to go early on, and I recorded this while juggling a billion other things (including Ishinomori Week) so it's all a bit, as I say in the episode, haphazard. I had to record it in chunks at different times, hence some slight changes in volume & sound quality. I also notice I slur a couple words together ("astronaut and all that" and "good on you" is what I was saying.) Despite all that, this was one of my favorite episodes to do.

• Wizard pictures described in the episode can be found here and here.

• Sound clips in this episode come from Kamen Rider episodes 68 & 93, as well as All Riders vs. Daishocker.

• For a comparison of Girizames & Ikadevil:

Notice the "cowl" motif I mention, plus the golden belt buckles (and, now that I think about it, the silvery belts, the aquatic theme, even the asymmetric left hand. I forgot to mention that even poor Girizames was a victim of the behind-the-scenes shenanigans, with the trailer for episode 67 using the earlier scenario name of "Nokogirizames".

• Hopefully the contest rules are clear enough and this won't turn out to be a total disaster! I think it's simple enough: retweet or favorite the message for this episode post. That's it! I'll worry about the rest.

• I mention no other sites, podcasts or people on this episode. Give them all a visit anyway!

00:00 - Speakers blown!

01:06 - Some thoughts on the new Wizard toys.

05:03 - Kamen Rider Fourze talk!

17:33 - (Premature) Break time!

19:13 - Igadevil talks about Ikadevil for a long, long, long time.

44:06 - Rules for the first ever Rider Break! Contest/Giveaway!

47:47 - The End

• As always, let me know what topics you'd like to hear in future episodes, and I'll put them on the roster!

• Thanks for listening!

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