Welcome to the first episode of Righteous Kicks — the podcast where two science fiction writers geek out about men in spandex bodysuits who kick evildoers to death in abandoned quarries until they explode. Here, we plan to ramble at length about the good, the bad, and the absolutely silly parts of the Japanese science fiction television franchise, Kamen Rider. Hopefully, we’ll introduce you to a series you’ll love to watch.

For our introductory episode, Iori Kusano and Brandon O’Brien give a brief overview of Kamen Rider‘s beginnings, their introductions to the franchise, their favourite elements of the series they’ve seen so far, and what they look forward to discussing in future episodes.

Next episode: we dive into the first 16 episodes of Kamen Rider Drive, the only Rider who gets a car instead of a motorcycle. He gets a lot of cars, in fact. Sports cars that talk. Toy cars that fight. Technically, his suit is a car… it’s wild.

Be Transformed, and Stay Righteous!

Show Notes:

Kamen Rider on Wikipedia and the Kamen Rider Wiki
A .gif from the Iron Chef episode of Kamen Rider Kabuto
The Kamen Rider Guide
Kamen Rider Drive on the Kamen Rider Wiki
Watch Kamen Rider fansubs at KRDL.moe