Kamen rider drive episode 6 english sub full#
I'm inclined to believe that I'm jaded since I watched for the full year it was on, and that made it just unbearable. I'm always a firm believer that any show is someones first introduction to Kamen Rider or what have you, but this is a terrible example of the franchise. Rewatch Value (1/10): I really can't stress how much I never want to see this show again. Wizard really needed a specific musical theme to tie it together and I'm not sure what they went with was the best. To the point that I literally cringed when it came on. I will say that the show makes the mistake of using a large chorus for the battle theme of the show and while it can make some things epic, it's WAAAAY too overused. Probably the best songs in the show are Beast Hyper's theme and the Wizard Infinity theme by the Kamen Rider Girls.
The main theme Life is Showtime is good, but it really needed a good hook to make it great.
Music (5/10): Music in Wizard is alright as well. (Also, you ever notice that during the run of a show, you'll hear about how much fun the cast is having? Like when W, OOO, Fourze, and the currently airing (as of this writing) Gaim were on? Yeah, I didn't hear crap all. She herself is a good actress (she's probably one of the better ones in the show, if I may say), but Toei really dropped the ball on this one. We don't get to spend any time with the girl who is our main female lead for at least 3/4 of the show. Instead of getting an actress who could be in all the episodes she's needed for, Toei went with her anyways and the story suffers for it. This show also holds the lovely privilege of having the worst casting choice I've ever seen: the actress for Koyomi is an idol, so she's pretty busy with stuff. Everyone else is at a level of average (Haruto, Rinko) to horribly annoying (Shunpei, Gremlin) to lumps on the set (Wajima). Probably the only people who really did a good job were the actors for Phoenix, the Doughnut Shop owners, Kosuke, and the Mages. I hate to bash someone for their acting (when really, a good director is essential for good acting as well), but there really isn't anything that stellar here. It just seems like they went into work and said 'Alright, lets just get this over with' and went with it. (Also I'm pretty sure that this show took a lot of inspiration from Puella Magi Madoka Magica, but at such superficial level that it's kind of sad.)Īcting/Cast (5/10): While no one on the cast is bad (per say), you get the feeling that they really don't care about their roles all too much. While there are some redeeming factors to the show, to me, they just can't trump the average to awful parts. What's depressing is that the first 10 or so episodes showed a lot of promise, but when I can only say that AT 10 episodes, it means that the show peaked way too early and just never picked up again. It just feels like the writers got lazier and lazier as the show went on. But at 51 episodes (the most of any Hesei era show), it's just.bad.
Kamen rider drive episode 6 english sub series#
If the series were only, say, 24-26 episodes, none of this wouldn't stand out as much. Also because of this, some plot points are telegraphed to the audience so hard that it's almost embarrassing that the show wants you to be surprised about it. The plot is basically railed into chunks and feels like it's either moving too fast or too damn slow. It clearly wants to adhere to the Neo-Heisei formula of 2 episode arcs and the like, but while W, OOO, and Fourze work well with it, it bites this show in its ass. (Of special note on episode arcs to avoid, episodes 32-33 and 36-37 are overwhelmingly terrible.) Unlike most Rider shows, the filler episodes in this show are truly forgettable, have no character development or plot movement, and have some of the most annoying Victims of the Week that I've ever seen. Everyone else enters the show the same way and leaves it just the same as well. In fact, main Rider Haruto LOSES characterization as the show goes on, making what they were aiming for (a sort of snarky, but fairly normal guy) into a bland hero who preaches 'hope'. The only characters that change are the side-side characters, like second Rider Kosuke and the Mages. * Character development is also null and void. While the base story is interesting and yes, there are some good episodes, there are just too many problems that stick out. Story (4/10): Wizard, by far, has one of the worst handled stories I've seen in any toku show. I'm still waiting to see what show they're talking about, cause this isn't it.
With the writer behind Hibiki stepping in as show writer, it was supposed to be where the Neo-Heisei era hit a new high. Rewatch Value 1.0 When Kamen Rider Wizard was first announced, it was touted as a story filled with magic and more mature themes.