Kamen Rider Dragon Knight discussion thread

[Bobby]

KAMEN RIDER!!!!!

[Mike123]

Does anyone know if the Japanese version has started airing yet? I'm curious to see all the old actors and voice actors turning up to do their American counterparts.

[Bobby]

I think they're all ready on YouTube.

[Toku Warrior]

The only original Ryuki actor returing to reprise as a main voice role in Ren. The girl that played Mari in Faiz and Mio in Kiva will play Maya's voice and the guy who played the voice of Kivat-bat the 3rd from Kiva will play Kamen Rider Torque's voice.

[Bobby]

Zanki/Garulu is voicing Camo.

[*Kenji Murakami]

Is it up on YouTube now? I've been looking for it a lot, but I haven't had any luck actually finding it.

[Bobby]

Yeah.

[Mike123]

Ah, that's cool about Ren then. No one's subbing it yet, right? At least not in English - cause that would be a little weird.

[*Kenji Murakami]

Yeah.

And I could find it, how? Is there a special sequence of keywords I haven't stumbled upon yet? I keep finding the trailers, and the interview with the dubbers, but none of the actual episodes themselves.

[*Kenji Murakami]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRn6yfKMCeo

I also managed to find this, which is pretty cool. Not exactly what I was looking for, but cool all the same.

[Toku Warrior]

Looky, looky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPBe9VZLy8s&feature=player_embedded

Hint, the song playing in the background of the Kamen Rider Fact File is the OP theme for the Japanese dub of KRDK.

[*Jess♥]

ooh, thanks for posting dude!

that looks mad crazy, especially that guys beard, it looks like a lump of dark clay stuck to his face.

[Toku Warrior]

Here's the actual Japanese OP sequence from the J-Dub.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBDykKfQHHQ&feature=player_embedded

[*Kenji Murakami]

What's the narration saying? Can you tell?

[LordSpleach]

That's funny how they did it.

Japanese Exec: We know it's a rip from our series, so we'll just narrate on the intro.

[*Jess♥]

it says roughly...

Kamen Rider! there is the mirror world, ??? fighting system, kamen rider fight against the mirror world, the two worlds will ruin each other, this boy, kit, is the worlds fighting hero. they will fight to the end.

bear in mind, i may have mistaken some words for other ones. but contextually it does make sense.

[*Kenji Murakami]

it says roughly...

Kamen Rider! there is the mirror world, ??? fighting system, kamen rider fight against the mirror world, the two worlds will ruin each other, this boy, kit, is the worlds fighting hero. they will fight to the end.

bear in mind, i may have mistaken some words for other ones. but contextually it does make sense.

Thanks, Ryuki. It almost sounded like there was something about Len being a soldier in there, too. That kind of fits, since the Ventaran Riders seemed almost like some kind of a para-military group.

[*Jess♥]

I had another listen, yeah it's the part where i said "this boy, kit, is the worlds fighting hero.", it was more something like, this boy kitt and the worlds hero(soldier?) len.

good ears

[*Kenji Murakami]

I had another listen, yeah it's the part where i said "this boy, kit, is the worlds fighting hero.", it was more something like, this boy kitt and the worlds hero(soldier?) len.

good ears

Thanks, Ryuki.

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I found a pretty cool title remix on YouTube about a minute ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zj4k6BVg8U

[Toku Warrior]

Well, I just ordered my copy of Defsipral's CD Single: 'Dive Into The Mirror' for this series over at CDJAPAN. Cost me about $27 total. Would have cost me $30 but I used my new registered member 300 points discount.

So it should be shipping out sometime within the next couple of days.

[Bobby]

There's a Dragon Knight forum I found: Way Above Top Secret I'm a member there.

[Toku Warrior]

The official PV it out!!! I really love both this song and the video.

See, even pole dancers love Kamen Rider. Doesn't matter if it's Japanese or American adaption.

[Toku Warrior]

Well, it took nearly 4 days but my copy of "defspiral - DIVE INTO THE MIRROR" is in. If anyone wants a copy let me know as I'd be happy to provide one. but don't hesitate to buy it for yourselves to as it's an awesome listen.

[odin]

I just saw Dragon Knight completely and to be honest, i enjoyed it very much, this the first Kamen Rider series i got to see and it left a big impression on me, heck i friend of mine who does not like Sentai or Tokosatsu got stuck on my house to watch the entire series with me, i noticed through the posts that nobody posted the 4kids tv stream of Dragon Knight, that's where i got to watch all the episodes, i would suggest watching it there for those who may have missed an episode or 2 or have not watched it yet. even tho i loved the series i got to give my thoughts on what i liked, did not liked and did not expect at all.

Liked:

1)The Story: started weak at first but not as much to leave me without interest, after it started to get more developed it left me wanting for more plus finding out who was who in the series was fun too.

2)The armor designs, much more detailed than in almost any power ranger series i have seen Kamen Rider Wrath and Onix (nuff said).

3)no over the top fight yells like in power rangers, seriously, i enjoyed the fights without hearing someone yelling every 5 seconds.

4)kamen rider strike (evil version) made a good villain thought the series.

5)Kamen Rider Siren is HOT!!

6)Zaviax: the way that Zaviax manipulated Kit without him even knowing posing as his father, it just shows how badass and evil zaviax is.

what i did not liked:

1)This is a long one, Kit's(Earth Dragon knight/ Onix) inconsistent skill level, i get he is a beginner at first, does not know how to control his powers effectively even tho he knows martial arts, but through the series he gets better and better even so much that he got to beat Axe 1 on 1 (even tho axe was an amateur himself), he gets beat up by getting double teamed by Axe and Spear BUT when he goes to save his dad he fights not 1, not 2 but 3 Kamen riders at the same time!! which are Axe,Spear and Strike AND he kicks their sorry buts and got to vent Spear but then latter he gets his but handed to him by Axe solo and then again by Strike Solo WTF?!?! and to top it off he gets to seriously own the original Dragon knight who is already a veteran Kamen rider when Kit returns as Kamen Rider Onix, its like they downgraded him for the sake of drama, i wished they could have stayed more consistent with his skill level, either he is very skilled or he is not.

2)Kamen Rider Tourque, at first i like his strategy of deceiving Kit so he could vent wing knight but after he got found out everything started falling apart on him (although part of it was because Zaviax screwed him up in which he blantly admits which was funny), but not only that he was to me the weakest of all the kamen riders since he did not know how to fight hand to hand properly which may explain why he is the one with the gun lol, but what get s me really mad was that he had the most powerful final vent out of all the kamen riders that showed their final vents but since he is the weakest he did not use it properly and got vented because they exploited his final vents weakness, lame.

3) the corny dialog at times, most of the time the dialog is strong but the times where there is a corny scene it REALLY hurts watching.

4)3 recap episodes are too much for a 40 episode series, that's just a waste of an episode.

5)the final fight, i mean seriously...we get to see the advent master fight zaviax and some of the kamen riders fight him too but how they finished him was executed poorly, it could have been more better and epically like for example he survives the blast and when the kamen riders are celebrating zaviax attacks them by surprise and then kit heroically saves the day by destroying zaviax or something like that.

6) WTF IS UP WITH THAT WHITE EMPTY ROOM IN THE NO MEN BASE?!?!?! I MEAN WHAT PURPOSE THOSE IT SERVE ASIDE FOR A VERY LAME DRAMATIC WALK SCENE?

7)one word: ADAM

Things i did not expect

1)Kit becoming Kamen rider Onix while Adam has the Dragon Knight deck, i thought that Onix was going to be like an evil clone or a 2nd transformation for the dragon knight but it turns out that Onix has a separate Deck making a total of 13 Kamen riders instead of 12 (not including the Advent Master)

2)Maya becoming the new Kamen Rider Siren, that came out of the blue since it was established that the advent decks where DNA specific, i was expecting Trent to become a Kamen rider for some reason after that happened, Maya Looks HOT in black btw .

Edited June 8, 2010 by odin

[Toku Warrior]

I think I can explain the Onix thing for ya.

In the original series, Kamen Rider Ryuki, there were only 10 Advent decks.

Ryuki (Dragon Knight)

Knight (Wing Knight)

Ohja (Strike)

Zolda (Torque)

Raia (Sting)

Scissors (Incisor)

Gai (Thrust)

Tiger (Axe)

Odin

Imperer (Spear)

Then when the movie, Episode Finale, was released in theaters they introduced 3 more Rider Decks.

Femme (Siren)

Ryuga (Onix)

Verde (Camo)

Those 3 are movie only Riders. They were never part of the actual series. Only Ryuga, of those 3, made it to the hyper battle video special and both Femme and Ryuga made it to the Decade series. the Deck Master was also a non-original Rider that was not created by Yui's brother. He was known in the KR Ryuki series as Alternate Zero. An evil Rider that was defeated near the end of the series. Though I can see why they made him good in KRDK.

Now on to Ryuga (Onix). In the KRDK series both Kit and Adam can co-exist as each has a similar deck. Though, if I recall correctly, Kit originally dreamed about the Onix deck and then Eubulon gave him the deck. Not sure as I have not fully seen the whole series.

In KR Ryuki, Ryuga was a mirror version of Shinji. Or more precisely, his darker half/polar opposite. In KR Ryuki, all the mirror monsters are created by Yui but here brother creates the Rider Decks. It is not known how Ryuga's deck actually came to be though some theorize it may be due to Yui herself. not sure.

Ryuki, if you read this can ya clarify it. You're more familiar with this series than I am.