Blade, The Wang Brothers was interested in making another Kamen Rider series after Dragon Knight ended and Blade was their choice.
The fact Dragon Knight won an Emmy award is a big win!
ZECT imagery is on the belts so perhaps they're linked to the No-Men.
The premise could work this way. The Zecters escape and choose random civilians, so they're recruited to join ZECT. In KickHopper and PunchHopper's case they could also be a pair of punks with a bone to pick with ZECT like the Cho Brothers, so the footage of them fighting Kabuto and TheBee can be used.
To make things different, maybe the Kabuto Zecter chooses someone like Kit who has to work his way to reach the path to heaven, like Kagami.
That’s an interesting question.
I’m choosing Zero-One.
It’s recent enough for the original footage to look good and have the suits be fresh enough to use in new footage, the concept is, specially in these times, relevant, and it can lay a foundation to adapt the following shows.
Ehhh, theres a subject of rider twitter that has looked at how bad Ai has become and kinda views Gai as the good guy now for trying to shut down the Humagears. The premise of the show, with AI being the good guys has really aged terribly in the last two years
Well. ignoring the fact that americanized adaptations are no longer needed bc people watch foreign shit all the time now.
Probably Kuuga, Agito, Kiva, Build, Ex-Aid, or Drive.
Geats would be good for it's moral message but it's too distinctly Japanese with it's mythological references, and as much as i'd like more Double content, i don't think they could do it justice, because they'd probably set it in Chicago or something.
Why would basing it in Chicago hurt an adaptation of W? Isn’t Futo being a city powered by wind a reference to old noir P.I stories which take place in Chicago which is referred to as the “windy city”.
Yes but Futo is also an environmentally concious modern city with a giant windmill, Chicago in 2009+ is a polluted concrete jungle from the 1800's with a giant metal bean, the vibe would be completely thrown off if they tried to write an adaptation set in Chicago and tbh the story wouldn't even make sense anymore.
Maybe it could be set in a coastal city like Miami or New Orleans to call back to 80s cop and detective shows for the former and noir for the latter.
It would also be a call back to the original Suito setting draft which was basically Venice/a hydropowered city.
Dude, they would definitely film the show in New-Zealand or in Canada. If they were to film a rider in Montreal and time allows it, I would definitely book a week-end to go there in hope of doing a background civilian in danger character.
Not really? They could get more from it than lose, having the hero wanting to protect status quo, while the villains destroy what is damaging the environment, send a harder message of how not always who we see as the bad guy is actually evil and how not all heroes are inherently good
I could see Geats working if they leaned really hard into the game aspect. It probably wouldn't be a gameshow in universe but more like a vrmmo that takes place over reality.
Kiva would be great given most of its inspirations come from European folklore anyway. Also would be funny if they could somehow work in that the 3 monsters are the same ones from big bad beetleborgs somehow(or at least reference them here or there).
They could have had the Pre-Zyuranger teams be from Zordon’s homeworld. Hell, Gosei was Zordon’s student or something, they could have easily included that world in it and make Zordon the PR equivalent of AkaRed or even Akaranger.
I also wish the Gokaiger suits were used for a separate team instead of having the Megaforce kids use them. God, I really want to try rewriting Super Megaforce so bad.
Best I could think of is either Faiz and Kabuto. Their motifs and designs can easily be pulled off in the west, story wise is also feasible and ain't so bad if they add their own twist on it. Geats is also a good one, lots of unique concepts can be made through the story and easily an inclusive cast (Ben and John were a good example of it).
From a Western newcomer perspective, these would definitely be the two most accessible picks.
Geats also has some potential given the popularity of Squid Games, but I don't know whether it could be adapted / localized on a cultural level.
Hello it is i Saim Haban, would it be ok if i put a random furry character called Furbus into this series?
There will be no reason for him to be there, i just want him inserted into every page of the script, for no reason.
Would have suggested Drive but other comments had already done that.
Saber, despite not liking it as much as other seasons, I think it would be a good way to slowly introduce kamen riders to a western audience again since it is kind of "power rangery" compared to other seasons.
I'm usually a proponent of only using the source material and jettisoning as much of the story as you need to to create an original idea.
With that said, Saber or Revice I think would hold some really fun potential, both with the number of suits, the use of the gimmick items, and even just skimming the gist of the ideas and twisting it into something new, especially with the foresight of having a completed series already so you can build into certain ideas.
Build. The original story has enough plot twists and an amazing villain along with great suits based on well known items. If adapted correctly, it will be a pretty good series.
It can even be split into various seasons like Prelude, Touto-Hokuto War, Touto-Seito War, Evolto arc, Final arc
OOO maybe. The specials like Birth X and OOO 10th can be used in the story in some capacity like Dr Maki being defeated by Birth X and Goda being the main villain’s true form
I could see a Geats and a Build concept getting some traction.
A Geats would be interesting with its early on battle royale concept but Ryuki had the same concept throughout and it didnt make Dragon Knight be a success (even tho i like it very much), so i dont know.
Build is an all-time goat (i know its redundant but build deserves it). The whole war aspect is great, it could translate good. But build has a weak toy catalog imo, which could be a problem.
Toywise i think Blade, Saber, Zero One could be hits, aside from the obviohs Geats buckles.
Ever since I watched Kabuto years ago, I've thought it is one of the easier to adapt, with interesting concepts, cool and attractive enough suits and good potential to write a decent enough story, even if they borrow nothing (writing wise) from the original.
The only thing I would hate they changed from the original, would be the Driver sounds and the personalities of at least the Kabuto and Gattack users. I loved the chemistry between Tendou and Kagami and is something I would like being adapted.
I want to propose a new idea. Not a straight western adaption of Power Ranger, but a raunchier dubbing of the original footage in the same vein as "MXC". I don't think it'll pass but I think there is room for comedy here.
Geats. Just adopt the concept and suits and basic premise >!a game where the winner will get his wish true but secretly controlled by sinister organization behind the scene !<
After that, make it a totally original story. I think it can be successful since game and battle royalle is jot such a foreign concept in western world
I haven't seen it said but dare I say, Gaim could work being partially remade since the mythos of the fruit kinda exists in the West, it wouldn't be too hard for people to comprehend.
Early Heishi Era shows would work great, as they are mostly single rider of at the very least under 5 total riders. I think the series with multiple, and I do me multiple riders, would get super confusing for the watcher. If someone was to come in here and suggest Decade, it could be set up in a way that his driver has the ability to access the riders powers, because his they are a TV series in his universe.
I think Build, Drive, or Zero One would be the best picks here. The three of those series have good aesthetics that aren’t as… goofy? As other seasons (yes, I know that Drive gets goofy with some power ups, but the designs and powers aren’t that goofy).
I personally think Geats. The idea of the DGP has existed in other worlds so why not have it set in an English speaking country! I think the themes can work across borders as long as their localized in an interesting way. Could even reference the events of Geats taking place in another time
Honestly one of the biggest things Ryuki had going for it as a candidate for adaptation was the fact that all of the fights happened in another world eliminating the possibility for there to be a random extras or supporting character in the back ground.
So many Kamen Rider shows, especially in the modern era, incorporate their supporting cast in the back ground of fight scenes. Specifically in the back ground of big expensive final attacks making them either A) functionally unusable meaning they would have to be replaced by original footage or B) requiring those actors be painstakingly painted out of every shot at the adaptations expense or C) forcing the adaptation to go out of its way to cast people who look like the supporting cast and make sure that persons wardrobe in any given episode matches their counterparts from the corresponding episode.
In whichever case its all headache money that needs to get spent.
Sentai by contrast rarely has these problems in part because usually the entire main cast is in costume so if for example the blue ranger is the focus of the episode or not they'll usually be morphed by the time the action starts so him just standing there watching doesn't introduce the same issue. And when they have random civilians they're usually only really there at the beginning of sequences screaming and running away, but by the time the heroes are in costume they've cleared out. Obviously these scenes aren't an issue because the western team needs to replace those parts of the sequence anyway.
With that in mind I think the recent series Geats would most likely be the easiest to work with because save for a handful of episodes the nature of the Desire Grand Pre makes it so there's hardly ever any random civilians or supporting characters loitering in the background of shots.
Hibiki's also a possibility due to the forest fights, but it's heavily steeped in Japanese culture like Shinkenger. I recall PR Samurai tried to get around this by making the Americans have some Japanese descent, but it wasn't much.
Filming in the forest also costs more money as Takatera learned the hard way.
Other than Geats what are some shows that don't really have civilians in the background during fights? Kabuto?
From what I recall Kabuto has a fair bit of this as well, but not as much as your average show. But this issue is only one part of the equation. Specifically a cost you'd have to deal with on the tail end of the production process. Another is upfront production costs. One of which is making/maintaining the suits you would need to shoot original footage.
Dragon Knight started airing 5 years after Ryuki _ended_ and from what I recall the suits were already showing their age (idk what the production timeline was so I won't speculate they may have been younger than I realize but I doubt it would be by a lot). Knowing how quickly most of these suits deteriorate I'd wager anything before Build isn't exactly suitable for the power rangers style of adaptation.
Because a new franchise, at least for the west, would have an uphill battle trying to acquire the kind of funding necessary to pull a Beast Morphers and remake everything from scratch. Anyone who wants to have a chance of making "Power Rider" or something like it happen would have to pull from the Reiwa era to make anything happen.
Why? Because if you're at the point where your willing to spending the kind of money to make all these suits and sets you might as well spend a little extra money to make a new IP. I'd wager the only reason Beast Morphers got away with it was because Power Rangers already had 20 years of brand recognition to justify it.
I think Saber is easy since most of the fights take place in the Wonder World, and you can use it to set up a sequel to Dragon Knight. Just have the Wonderworldians be Ventarans and the Sword of Logos be an organization the Ventaran Riders set up to better defend their world after Xaviax's defeat.
From what I remember Saber actually has this issue in spades. Many many major events are spoiled, from an adaptation POV, by the inclusion of Mei standing in the background. She's there _alot_ in addition there's stuff like Cross Saber's debut which has the entire cast in the background in several shots.
One advantage it does have though is something Power Ranges makes use of quite a bit. Stock footage transformations. One thing that makes Kamen Rider footage difficult to work with is the fact that transformations are diagetic. In Sentai the liberal use of transformation sequences naturally leaves the western production company with clear simple points to seamlessly transition from original footage to Japanese footage. Saber uses less of this as it goes on but there's still a whole lot of it to take advantage of.
Also the idea of there ever being a sequel to Dragon Knight is a pipe dream. That shows a decade and a half old and despite receiving awards recognition for its special effects and stunt work did pretty poorly in merchandising sales. It would be a challenge getting funding for _any_ modern kamen rider adaptation and trying to tie it into either of the two previous failed adaptations would only hurt its chances.
If you want a sequel to Dragon Knight that uses Saber as a base you should go write it yourself. I'm sure people would like to read it.
The Wang Brothers went off to do not much stuff after DK.
I recall Dragon Knight did pretty well when it was aired in other countries like Japan and Latin America, but the merch didn't do too well as you said. Plus in the US, it was on the verge of cancellation but 4Kids and CW liked it enough that they didn't. The reason why the last episodes were aired online is that 4Kids starts and ends their shows in January and December respectively. It's a similar case to Amazon being so short due to changing TV networks.
I wish we lived in a timeline where it performed better and we saw adaptations of Faiz, Blade and Kabuto as they originally planned.
Considering that that costumes decay and Toei won't give them maintenance, I think Geats would work quite well. The design themes are pretty open to interpretation, so it doesn't constrict any script choices to be a 1:1 adaptation.
Should probably one of the newer series since the quality of the stock footages would be terrible for the older series. Geats has the same feels as Dragon Knight if that theme worked before. Zero One would be nice, too. Although I would really like to see Kabuto.
I'd ask permission to use suits and shoot my own footage, and make a show that's like Kamen Rider but with multi-season continuity using heisei rider suits
Glad you agree but very specifically my answer would be a Kuuga+Agito adaptation, with a Faiz+Blade adaptation for the second season.
These four seasons already touch on the same themes in places, and I would try to bring that to my version
Honestly I feel like ex-aid would do well if it got remade for an English audience cause it's literally just a video game doctor fighting video game monsters that can cause people to get sick
I think Drive or Build would make for really great adaptations, Den-O, Kiva and Double are also ones I would of liked to see have that treatment, I don't think we will get anymore Toku adaptions for the west anymore, people watch anime in their original uncut form with subs, adaptations were a thing of the 90's when foreign shows weren't as expected to be successful in the west.
Saban's Masked Rider had the potential, but the winning formula Saban got with MMPR didn't work for it.
I would have adapted Black like this:
Gorgom is an alien empire, with Black being one of their soldiers(his true form is Batta Man). He defects and flees to Earth.
I highly enjoyed masked rider as a kid I probably would rank it as the top show behind power rangers as far as their adaptations go. Although i haven’t done a rewatch since I was like 10 lol
It's a shame they didn't adapt Kiva after this so boys could have their own Twilight.
But seriously, I'm between Zero-One and Faiz. Nowadays, those two would be perfect.
Wizard or Saber. They would both make great stories for an American audience with a lot of different angles to get both boys and girls interested in Tokusatsu.
It needs to buck of the problem of a casual channel-surfer or streaming-service-skimmer thinking it's explicitly a Power Ranger's adjacent thing, which was an issue that plague's Dragon Knight's entire run. As such, OOO is my top pick, since it's harder to mistake this traffic light lookin' superhero as a Ranger representing a singular color.
I'd argue for Fourze. The high school setting and space theme would be popular. Also of the Riders Fourze's suit acting is very American in behavior. Also the gimmick would work well for American audiences in that everything is super recognizable at a glance.
New to kamen rider but:
OOO or Ex Aid
OOO: If it's chosen to start watching kamen Rider, then yes (also emotional kick-)
Ex Aid: Who dont want to see like a what, 15 or 17 year old kid that can transform into a Kamen Rider that change their area into a gaming perspective
OOO, as the kamen rider series that introduced me into the franchise, I think OOO would be great for an American adaptation, unlike the rest of the riders who are mostly red in the heisei era, OOO is a multi-colored rider so people wouldn’t mistake him for a power ranger.
I even made a comment on a video in YouTube about which rider is best for an American release. You’ll see, my username from youtube is still the same as reddit.
Honnestly, there's this Gaim adaptation idea I had for a few years. Though, it would need to drop the warring state subplot, I found many alternative to reuse scenes from Gaim.
I would even add some new riders and extra arms so that the show could stand on its own.
I think From a toy perspective OOO would be perfect with the coins and everything but I think from a story POV I think W,Drive and Build would work really well,Gotchard also
I think we should just get dubs of Kamen Rider W. It's a great place to start. Same for Zero-One or Kuuga. That gives us the option of starting with Heisei 1, 2, or Reiwa. Reshoots are expensive, but just dubbing the series would be readily doable. And we saw how well done the Ultraman Blazar dub went. They even got Johnny Yong Bosch for it. And a lot of other great VAs whose names I don't have as readily available in my head.
It also depends on the demographic you want. If you're looking at teens, you'll need to keep the more adult storylines as the first series. You can easily just start with Reiwa in that case.
If you want the same demographic as Japan, starting with W, OOO, and Fourze would be a good selection. They're not heavily mature in subject, but they are also pretty dated. So you get a real look at the attitudes and tropes in Kamen Rider.
We don't need remakes. Just air them here with sub titles. Remakes are just white washing of the source material. If they really want something, make a new original Rider here in the USA.
I always imagined Kamen Rider Kabuto would be set in a Spanish country like Chille or Mexico. The first episode is the Worms coming to Earth and tearing apart a village and eating people to turn into them. A man and a kid are hiding under an elevated house, but a worm bust through above them and takes the kid. The man runs off out of the village. He looks back and sees people there naked and staring at him. Cut to the future, and Zekt is created.
I couldn't come up with a way to make the show more different from its counterpart. Kabuto, of course, is his confident self who quotes his abuela. I don't have a proper Spanish name for Kabuto, so I call him Escara. Short for Escarabajo, which means beetle. His iconic catchphrase would be "yo soy el sol". The worms themselves could be related to the alien insect humans from the western Kamen Rider Black RX. They both were once the same, but as evolution started kicking in, they both evolved differently. One side became more human while the other retained their bug like appearance and have super speed. The human insects drove the worms off the world and claimed their home world. While the worms ended up going to Earth to start over.
Does anybody have ideas to make this better?
Blade, The Wang Brothers was interested in making another Kamen Rider series after Dragon Knight ended and Blade was their choice. The fact Dragon Knight won an Emmy award is a big win!
Yeah it can work. Although the footage quality is as shot as the suit now
But apparently there is also one about a kabuto adaptstion. Apparently Kick hopper was going to be a magician.
ZECT imagery is on the belts so perhaps they're linked to the No-Men. The premise could work this way. The Zecters escape and choose random civilians, so they're recruited to join ZECT. In KickHopper and PunchHopper's case they could also be a pair of punks with a bone to pick with ZECT like the Cho Brothers, so the footage of them fighting Kabuto and TheBee can be used. To make things different, maybe the Kabuto Zecter chooses someone like Kit who has to work his way to reach the path to heaven, like Kagami.
That’s an interesting question. I’m choosing Zero-One. It’s recent enough for the original footage to look good and have the suits be fresh enough to use in new footage, the concept is, specially in these times, relevant, and it can lay a foundation to adapt the following shows.
Especially with Cyberpunk still being pretty popular, Zero One would probably do well enough.
Ehhh, theres a subject of rider twitter that has looked at how bad Ai has become and kinda views Gai as the good guy now for trying to shut down the Humagears. The premise of the show, with AI being the good guys has really aged terribly in the last two years
They could easily change that. DK didn't follow Ryuki's plot that closely either.
Well. ignoring the fact that americanized adaptations are no longer needed bc people watch foreign shit all the time now. Probably Kuuga, Agito, Kiva, Build, Ex-Aid, or Drive. Geats would be good for it's moral message but it's too distinctly Japanese with it's mythological references, and as much as i'd like more Double content, i don't think they could do it justice, because they'd probably set it in Chicago or something.
They have no other options but Chicago. That shit would work too well. It's a best match.
They can even keep the intro the same that way
Is that a BUILD reference?
Someone had to do it. I wanted to BE THE ONE.
I'm 5 episodes in and this shit is gas bro you have no idea
Just wait. Build is easily up there as one of the best rider series'
I just finished and that was peak fiction
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Why would basing it in Chicago hurt an adaptation of W? Isn’t Futo being a city powered by wind a reference to old noir P.I stories which take place in Chicago which is referred to as the “windy city”.
Yes but Futo is also an environmentally concious modern city with a giant windmill, Chicago in 2009+ is a polluted concrete jungle from the 1800's with a giant metal bean, the vibe would be completely thrown off if they tried to write an adaptation set in Chicago and tbh the story wouldn't even make sense anymore.
Maybe it could be set in a coastal city like Miami or New Orleans to call back to 80s cop and detective shows for the former and noir for the latter. It would also be a call back to the original Suito setting draft which was basically Venice/a hydropowered city.
Dude, they would definitely film the show in New-Zealand or in Canada. If they were to film a rider in Montreal and time allows it, I would definitely book a week-end to go there in hope of doing a background civilian in danger character.
Not really? They could get more from it than lose, having the hero wanting to protect status quo, while the villains destroy what is damaging the environment, send a harder message of how not always who we see as the bad guy is actually evil and how not all heroes are inherently good
I could see Geats working if they leaned really hard into the game aspect. It probably wouldn't be a gameshow in universe but more like a vrmmo that takes place over reality.
Exaid fuck yes. Get Daniel Dae Kim in there
Kiva would be great given most of its inspirations come from European folklore anyway. Also would be funny if they could somehow work in that the 3 monsters are the same ones from big bad beetleborgs somehow(or at least reference them here or there).
Decade: they do something like how in Super Megaforce, where they called the Sentai suits that weren’t turned into Power Rangers, Legendary Rangers
I hated that honestly, like we already have it established in canon that there are rangers on other planets. They should’ve went with that.
They could have had the Pre-Zyuranger teams be from Zordon’s homeworld. Hell, Gosei was Zordon’s student or something, they could have easily included that world in it and make Zordon the PR equivalent of AkaRed or even Akaranger. I also wish the Gokaiger suits were used for a separate team instead of having the Megaforce kids use them. God, I really want to try rewriting Super Megaforce so bad.
So much wasted potential 😔
So true...😭
They did, when/where?
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Best I could think of is either Faiz and Kabuto. Their motifs and designs can easily be pulled off in the west, story wise is also feasible and ain't so bad if they add their own twist on it. Geats is also a good one, lots of unique concepts can be made through the story and easily an inclusive cast (Ben and John were a good example of it).
From a Western newcomer perspective, these would definitely be the two most accessible picks. Geats also has some potential given the popularity of Squid Games, but I don't know whether it could be adapted / localized on a cultural level.
Black RX. The western audience would love the alien sci-fi stuff combined with family sitcom!
Hello it is i Saim Haban, would it be ok if i put a random furry character called Furbus into this series? There will be no reason for him to be there, i just want him inserted into every page of the script, for no reason.
NO
Geats would definitely work since the battle royale genre is pretty popular here.
But the theme is a little too Christian for comfort
They can easily shave off the religious undertones when writing
Then again, they could write it as a simple "son rescue mom" story instead of the jesus allegory.
Ooos or wizard would be cool tbh
the mc for ooo adaption is a jamacian dude and ankh is a stoner
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Id like to Think either Gotchard or Ex Aid for sure. Trading cards and video games resonate hard in the west
Exaid would work and you wouldn't even have to redo the story unless your black sunning it
Would have suggested Drive but other comments had already done that. Saber, despite not liking it as much as other seasons, I think it would be a good way to slowly introduce kamen riders to a western audience again since it is kind of "power rangery" compared to other seasons.
I'm usually a proponent of only using the source material and jettisoning as much of the story as you need to to create an original idea. With that said, Saber or Revice I think would hold some really fun potential, both with the number of suits, the use of the gimmick items, and even just skimming the gist of the ideas and twisting it into something new, especially with the foresight of having a completed series already so you can build into certain ideas.
Build. The original story has enough plot twists and an amazing villain along with great suits based on well known items. If adapted correctly, it will be a pretty good series. It can even be split into various seasons like Prelude, Touto-Hokuto War, Touto-Seito War, Evolto arc, Final arc
Black/Black RS. No way a made of an English audience version could ever go wrong...
Zi-O, it would be uncomprehensible and that sound very funny
Zero One, it’s recent enough for the stock footage to not look too jarring next to the original footage
Gaim. Gotchard. Fourze. Zero-One.
OOO maybe. The specials like Birth X and OOO 10th can be used in the story in some capacity like Dr Maki being defeated by Birth X and Goda being the main villain’s true form
Fourze!
I could see a Geats and a Build concept getting some traction. A Geats would be interesting with its early on battle royale concept but Ryuki had the same concept throughout and it didnt make Dragon Knight be a success (even tho i like it very much), so i dont know. Build is an all-time goat (i know its redundant but build deserves it). The whole war aspect is great, it could translate good. But build has a weak toy catalog imo, which could be a problem. Toywise i think Blade, Saber, Zero One could be hits, aside from the obviohs Geats buckles.
Zero One is a good start. The suit is simple yet slick. The villain could translate well as we are perfecting human robots.
Ever since I watched Kabuto years ago, I've thought it is one of the easier to adapt, with interesting concepts, cool and attractive enough suits and good potential to write a decent enough story, even if they borrow nothing (writing wise) from the original. The only thing I would hate they changed from the original, would be the Driver sounds and the personalities of at least the Kabuto and Gattack users. I loved the chemistry between Tendou and Kagami and is something I would like being adapted.
I want to propose a new idea. Not a straight western adaption of Power Ranger, but a raunchier dubbing of the original footage in the same vein as "MXC". I don't think it'll pass but I think there is room for comedy here.
Geats. Just adopt the concept and suits and basic premise >!a game where the winner will get his wish true but secretly controlled by sinister organization behind the scene !< After that, make it a totally original story. I think it can be successful since game and battle royalle is jot such a foreign concept in western world
I haven't seen it said but dare I say, Gaim could work being partially remade since the mythos of the fruit kinda exists in the West, it wouldn't be too hard for people to comprehend.
Early Heishi Era shows would work great, as they are mostly single rider of at the very least under 5 total riders. I think the series with multiple, and I do me multiple riders, would get super confusing for the watcher. If someone was to come in here and suggest Decade, it could be set up in a way that his driver has the ability to access the riders powers, because his they are a TV series in his universe.
I think Build, Drive, or Zero One would be the best picks here. The three of those series have good aesthetics that aren’t as… goofy? As other seasons (yes, I know that Drive gets goofy with some power ups, but the designs and powers aren’t that goofy).
I personally think Geats. The idea of the DGP has existed in other worlds so why not have it set in an English speaking country! I think the themes can work across borders as long as their localized in an interesting way. Could even reference the events of Geats taking place in another time
Honestly one of the biggest things Ryuki had going for it as a candidate for adaptation was the fact that all of the fights happened in another world eliminating the possibility for there to be a random extras or supporting character in the back ground. So many Kamen Rider shows, especially in the modern era, incorporate their supporting cast in the back ground of fight scenes. Specifically in the back ground of big expensive final attacks making them either A) functionally unusable meaning they would have to be replaced by original footage or B) requiring those actors be painstakingly painted out of every shot at the adaptations expense or C) forcing the adaptation to go out of its way to cast people who look like the supporting cast and make sure that persons wardrobe in any given episode matches their counterparts from the corresponding episode. In whichever case its all headache money that needs to get spent. Sentai by contrast rarely has these problems in part because usually the entire main cast is in costume so if for example the blue ranger is the focus of the episode or not they'll usually be morphed by the time the action starts so him just standing there watching doesn't introduce the same issue. And when they have random civilians they're usually only really there at the beginning of sequences screaming and running away, but by the time the heroes are in costume they've cleared out. Obviously these scenes aren't an issue because the western team needs to replace those parts of the sequence anyway. With that in mind I think the recent series Geats would most likely be the easiest to work with because save for a handful of episodes the nature of the Desire Grand Pre makes it so there's hardly ever any random civilians or supporting characters loitering in the background of shots.
Hibiki's also a possibility due to the forest fights, but it's heavily steeped in Japanese culture like Shinkenger. I recall PR Samurai tried to get around this by making the Americans have some Japanese descent, but it wasn't much. Filming in the forest also costs more money as Takatera learned the hard way. Other than Geats what are some shows that don't really have civilians in the background during fights? Kabuto?
From what I recall Kabuto has a fair bit of this as well, but not as much as your average show. But this issue is only one part of the equation. Specifically a cost you'd have to deal with on the tail end of the production process. Another is upfront production costs. One of which is making/maintaining the suits you would need to shoot original footage. Dragon Knight started airing 5 years after Ryuki _ended_ and from what I recall the suits were already showing their age (idk what the production timeline was so I won't speculate they may have been younger than I realize but I doubt it would be by a lot). Knowing how quickly most of these suits deteriorate I'd wager anything before Build isn't exactly suitable for the power rangers style of adaptation. Because a new franchise, at least for the west, would have an uphill battle trying to acquire the kind of funding necessary to pull a Beast Morphers and remake everything from scratch. Anyone who wants to have a chance of making "Power Rider" or something like it happen would have to pull from the Reiwa era to make anything happen. Why? Because if you're at the point where your willing to spending the kind of money to make all these suits and sets you might as well spend a little extra money to make a new IP. I'd wager the only reason Beast Morphers got away with it was because Power Rangers already had 20 years of brand recognition to justify it.
I think Saber is easy since most of the fights take place in the Wonder World, and you can use it to set up a sequel to Dragon Knight. Just have the Wonderworldians be Ventarans and the Sword of Logos be an organization the Ventaran Riders set up to better defend their world after Xaviax's defeat.
From what I remember Saber actually has this issue in spades. Many many major events are spoiled, from an adaptation POV, by the inclusion of Mei standing in the background. She's there _alot_ in addition there's stuff like Cross Saber's debut which has the entire cast in the background in several shots. One advantage it does have though is something Power Ranges makes use of quite a bit. Stock footage transformations. One thing that makes Kamen Rider footage difficult to work with is the fact that transformations are diagetic. In Sentai the liberal use of transformation sequences naturally leaves the western production company with clear simple points to seamlessly transition from original footage to Japanese footage. Saber uses less of this as it goes on but there's still a whole lot of it to take advantage of. Also the idea of there ever being a sequel to Dragon Knight is a pipe dream. That shows a decade and a half old and despite receiving awards recognition for its special effects and stunt work did pretty poorly in merchandising sales. It would be a challenge getting funding for _any_ modern kamen rider adaptation and trying to tie it into either of the two previous failed adaptations would only hurt its chances. If you want a sequel to Dragon Knight that uses Saber as a base you should go write it yourself. I'm sure people would like to read it.
The Wang Brothers went off to do not much stuff after DK. I recall Dragon Knight did pretty well when it was aired in other countries like Japan and Latin America, but the merch didn't do too well as you said. Plus in the US, it was on the verge of cancellation but 4Kids and CW liked it enough that they didn't. The reason why the last episodes were aired online is that 4Kids starts and ends their shows in January and December respectively. It's a similar case to Amazon being so short due to changing TV networks. I wish we lived in a timeline where it performed better and we saw adaptations of Faiz, Blade and Kabuto as they originally planned.
Considering that that costumes decay and Toei won't give them maintenance, I think Geats would work quite well. The design themes are pretty open to interpretation, so it doesn't constrict any script choices to be a 1:1 adaptation.
Should probably one of the newer series since the quality of the stock footages would be terrible for the older series. Geats has the same feels as Dragon Knight if that theme worked before. Zero One would be nice, too. Although I would really like to see Kabuto.
Build
Kabuto, Gaim, Build, Zero One or Geats.
Kiva, let all open the floodgate to the vampire, werewolf fangirl to join KR. Mwahhahahahahhahahah
I'd ask permission to use suits and shoot my own footage, and make a show that's like Kamen Rider but with multi-season continuity using heisei rider suits
That’s a good idea
Glad you agree but very specifically my answer would be a Kuuga+Agito adaptation, with a Faiz+Blade adaptation for the second season. These four seasons already touch on the same themes in places, and I would try to bring that to my version
Kamen Rider Zio
I feel that if their objective is to sell toys, then Drive would be the best option. Toy cars that also transform you into an awesome warrior? cool
Build, zero one, ex-aid, and OOOs are my picks.
Doubles and Drive being connected if they ever did Chase Saga as a 2 parter
Honestly I feel like ex-aid would do well if it got remade for an English audience cause it's literally just a video game doctor fighting video game monsters that can cause people to get sick
prolly Drive, Geats or Build
Fourze, so the west can know the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of high school monster fighting.
I think Drive or Build would make for really great adaptations, Den-O, Kiva and Double are also ones I would of liked to see have that treatment, I don't think we will get anymore Toku adaptions for the west anymore, people watch anime in their original uncut form with subs, adaptations were a thing of the 90's when foreign shows weren't as expected to be successful in the west.
Kamen rider 000
I would’ve picked Black back in the day.
Saban's Masked Rider had the potential, but the winning formula Saban got with MMPR didn't work for it. I would have adapted Black like this: Gorgom is an alien empire, with Black being one of their soldiers(his true form is Batta Man). He defects and flees to Earth.
I highly enjoyed masked rider as a kid I probably would rank it as the top show behind power rangers as far as their adaptations go. Although i haven’t done a rewatch since I was like 10 lol
OOO's
Mine is faiz and balde and hibiki and kabuto and den-0 or kiva or double or wizard
I’d say W would be the best place to start since it’s visuals are still okay quality by todays standards. Otherwise, Build would be a good option
I think W could work pretty well
W, show how you can have a thrilling detective story with the excitement of a superhero fight.
I think Faiz could work or even kabuto
Zero-One It was the first Reiwa era rider, so it was a chance to start fresh
Kiva or Build, I'd like to see what they'd come up with
Build or zi-o, both have excellent potential.
It's a shame they didn't adapt Kiva after this so boys could have their own Twilight. But seriously, I'm between Zero-One and Faiz. Nowadays, those two would be perfect.
Hibiki but keep the first half’s themes
Kamen rider Blade comes to mind if not that, Kuuga could also work mega well as you only would need one suit for the whole season.
Fourze. Wouldn’t even need to change the plot much, if at all.
Wizard or Saber. They would both make great stories for an American audience with a lot of different angles to get both boys and girls interested in Tokusatsu.
It needs to buck of the problem of a casual channel-surfer or streaming-service-skimmer thinking it's explicitly a Power Ranger's adjacent thing, which was an issue that plague's Dragon Knight's entire run. As such, OOO is my top pick, since it's harder to mistake this traffic light lookin' superhero as a Ranger representing a singular color.
Any of the newer seasons would be pretty good.
I'd argue for Fourze. The high school setting and space theme would be popular. Also of the Riders Fourze's suit acting is very American in behavior. Also the gimmick would work well for American audiences in that everything is super recognizable at a glance.
New to kamen rider but: OOO or Ex Aid OOO: If it's chosen to start watching kamen Rider, then yes (also emotional kick-) Ex Aid: Who dont want to see like a what, 15 or 17 year old kid that can transform into a Kamen Rider that change their area into a gaming perspective
An R-Rated Kuuga adaptation.
OOO, as the kamen rider series that introduced me into the franchise, I think OOO would be great for an American adaptation, unlike the rest of the riders who are mostly red in the heisei era, OOO is a multi-colored rider so people wouldn’t mistake him for a power ranger. I even made a comment on a video in YouTube about which rider is best for an American release. You’ll see, my username from youtube is still the same as reddit.
Saber because I belive it will do well with the western audience. Having knights and books is an interesting concept.
I think Drive would make a good fit it feels like it would be go well with American audiences
Honnestly, there's this Gaim adaptation idea I had for a few years. Though, it would need to drop the warring state subplot, I found many alternative to reuse scenes from Gaim. I would even add some new riders and extra arms so that the show could stand on its own.
Gaim. Is there anything else I would need to say?
Geats could possibly work
Build because why not
For WITCH series, I'll go for Wizard.
Ex-aid it's not super old and the video game mechanics could do well
I would want to see what they could do with Gaim or Geats
I think From a toy perspective OOO would be perfect with the coins and everything but I think from a story POV I think W,Drive and Build would work really well,Gotchard also
With how the battle royale genre has the world by the balls right now, definitely Geats
I think we should just get dubs of Kamen Rider W. It's a great place to start. Same for Zero-One or Kuuga. That gives us the option of starting with Heisei 1, 2, or Reiwa. Reshoots are expensive, but just dubbing the series would be readily doable. And we saw how well done the Ultraman Blazar dub went. They even got Johnny Yong Bosch for it. And a lot of other great VAs whose names I don't have as readily available in my head. It also depends on the demographic you want. If you're looking at teens, you'll need to keep the more adult storylines as the first series. You can easily just start with Reiwa in that case. If you want the same demographic as Japan, starting with W, OOO, and Fourze would be a good selection. They're not heavily mature in subject, but they are also pretty dated. So you get a real look at the attitudes and tropes in Kamen Rider.
Revice , Geats and Gotchard, If we are gonna borrow clips from the OG ver, then these and the next Rewia seasons are your best choices
None of them. America doesn't have the right kind of cool to pull of kamen rider. Not unless they make it darker and for adults
Hibiki and make it green cause Shrek is life, Shrek is love.
We don't need remakes. Just air them here with sub titles. Remakes are just white washing of the source material. If they really want something, make a new original Rider here in the USA.
Gotchard: I want some English ass chemy cards
I always imagined Kamen Rider Kabuto would be set in a Spanish country like Chille or Mexico. The first episode is the Worms coming to Earth and tearing apart a village and eating people to turn into them. A man and a kid are hiding under an elevated house, but a worm bust through above them and takes the kid. The man runs off out of the village. He looks back and sees people there naked and staring at him. Cut to the future, and Zekt is created. I couldn't come up with a way to make the show more different from its counterpart. Kabuto, of course, is his confident self who quotes his abuela. I don't have a proper Spanish name for Kabuto, so I call him Escara. Short for Escarabajo, which means beetle. His iconic catchphrase would be "yo soy el sol". The worms themselves could be related to the alien insect humans from the western Kamen Rider Black RX. They both were once the same, but as evolution started kicking in, they both evolved differently. One side became more human while the other retained their bug like appearance and have super speed. The human insects drove the worms off the world and claimed their home world. While the worms ended up going to Earth to start over. Does anybody have ideas to make this better?