Episode 208 - “Gay Plant Allegory” - 03.01.24

Taste the rainbow in Gotchard episodes 38 & 39, as the 101st chemy breaks out of its shell and into our hearts! We have finally, as they say, “caught ‘em all.” We also have news that Shin Kamen Rider is getting a re-edited episodic TV version for the upcoming Blu-ray release, with newly shot footage!   1:19 - Intro 15:54 - News 39:06 - Spoiler Train! 45:27 - Gotchard 38 1:13:23 - Gotchard 39   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: [email protected]

After a brief bit of fun with Legend in Gotchard 35, episodes 36 & 37 reach their hand into our chest like Gigist and literally pull out our heart and stomp on it. The tonal shift in this show! How will we ever recover? Also, we may be seeing its debut next time, but the summer movie poster gives us our first official look at Gotchard’s final form!   0:56 - Intro 17:14 - Spoiler Train! 35:32 - Gotchard 35 56:55 - Gotchard 36 1:14:45 - Gotchard 37   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: [email protected]

Believe it or not, it’s already time for the trademark registration for the next series… Kamen Rider Gavv! We speculate what this name could mean, and discuss some recent credible rumors. And our gorgeous boy, Legend, finally returns to us! In Gotchard episodes 33 & 34, we do battle with the Hundred, see some of our favorite nostalgic suits, and get surprised over and over again!   1:11 - Intro 13:38 - News 19:52 - Spoiler Train! 36:23 - Gotchard 33 1:18:15 - Gotchard 34   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: [email protected]

To ink, or not to ink, that is the question! This week, we explore the world of Japanese high school Shakespeare productions in Gotchard 30 & 31. We follow that up with episode 32 which brings the mysterious and sexy “Hundred” to the main series, and teases Legend’s return! (Dan was having some microphone issues, which we didn’t catch, but will be resolved next podcast.)   0:49 - Intro 7:25 - News 19:28 - Gotchard 30 42:05 - Gotchard 31 51:22 - Gotchard 32   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: [email protected]

After a few weeks away, we pick Gotchard back up with episodes 27, 28, & 29! We’re treated to the end of an arc, a gorgeous mid-season form, and a bizarrely entertaining pair of spring break episodes!   0:54 - Intro 14:36 - News 29:24 - Spoiler Train! 36:31 - Gotchard 27 56:36 - Gotchard 28 1:17:33 - Gotchard 29   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: [email protected]

This week in Kamen Rider Geats episodes 27, 28, & 29, we unpack Ace’s big secret that was dropped on us last time, and Ziin learns what it means to be a real boy. Also, Happy Birthday to Neon! Surely it will be a joyful celebration with no troubling revelations at all!   1:04 - Opening 19:22 - Geats 27 40:13 - Geats 28 1:00:00 - Geats 29   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: [email protected]

We get an unexpected treat in Gotchard 26 as Daddy becomes a Kamen Rider! Surely nothing bad will happen… And we try something a little different by checking out the first episode of the Rider-filled BL series, Senpai, This Can’t Be Love!   0:57 - Intro 18:38 - News 32:48 - Gotchard 26 1:09:12 - Senpai, This Can’t Be Love! 1   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: [email protected]

It’s officially the halfway point of Kamen Rider Gotchard with episodes 23, 24, & 25. We finally get a bit of Minato’s backstory, and Rinne’s hot dad returns out of nowhere! Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger started recently, so we give our first impressions of the premiere. And our Ride Kamens coverage comes to a close (for now) as we discuss the final few characters to have been revealed!   1:05 - Intro 20:52 - Boonboomger 41:05 - Ride Kamens 1:23:41 - Gotchard 23 1:42:03 - Gotchard 24 1:58:39 - Gotchard 25   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: [email protected]

No, you’re not experiencing déjà vu! We really spend another full hour on Ride Kamens, analyzing more recently revealed characters! Boonboomger gets some love too, as we take a closer look at the cast in anticipation of the premiere this weekend. Geats episodes 25 & 26 tease us with a romantic reunion that was not to be, and drop a big revelation about our series protagonist!   0:56 - Intro 7:29 - Ride Kamens 1:08:39 - BoonBoomger 1:31:59 - Geats 25 1:48:15 - Geats 26   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: [email protected]

Get ready for an hour long deep dive into the upcoming game, Ride Kamens, and the Rider-inspired anime gentlemen revealed so far! We also give our brief initial reactions to the Boonboomger cast, with more to come next time. In the world of actual Kamen Rider, Gotchard 21 & 22 give us the breakthrough with Spanner we’ve been waiting for, and a certain vampire prince attempts to go straight for Amber’s heart!   0:57 - Intro 11:03 - News 16:44 - BoonBoomger 26:48 - Ride Kamens 1:25:52 - Gotchard 21 1:49:50 - Gotchard 22   Website: www.RiderLovePodcast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/RiderLOVEcast Email: [email protected]