Kamen raidâ Dikeido

This is a show which shoots itself in the foot with its own gimmick. Which is maybe a bit strained etymologically, but trust me on this.

As the title suggests, Kamen Rider Decade celebrates ten years of modern Kamen Rider, with a plot which sees its protagonists switching from world to world, experiencing the different universes and opponents (and, of course, the Riders and their powers!) from Kiva, Ryuki, Den-O et cetera.

Unfortunately, it comes up severely lacking, especially when compared with last year's offering, Kamen Rider Kiva.

If you love tokusatsu shows, there's guaranteed to be something in here to entertain you, what with the diverse assortment of Riders and monsters, but the world-switching is horribly badly done, and the swift succession of different plots and casts of characters makes it difficult to care too much about any of them.

The central characters who travel between worlds also suffer somewhat from this, as the constant need to introduce and explain every new world (each with its Riders and villains and regular humans) reduces their scope for development significantly. Although I confess I'm rather smitten by female lead Mori Kanna as "Natsumikan" - she's cute, she's funny, and she has some great outfits! This is basically a show for Kamen Rider fanatics, who want to see "which rider would win if..." or "which monster is more badass?". And it's very much a kids' show, whereas Kiva provided enough story and character alongside the comedy and fights to generate more of a family feel. So while this show IS fun, there's really nothing more to it.

I actually wanted to comment on Kamen Rider Kiva (a superb series which I was utterly addicted to for the whole of 2008!) but it doesn't seem to be listed on IMDb... however, if you get the chance, watch Kiva rather than Decade!

UPDATE: Well, the series finished... and even though the storyline is left hangin until the theatrical movie release, I have to admit that the last story-arc was more compelling and that the action and character development did in fact both improve.

However, having by now seen two episodes of the new KR show, Kamen Rider Double (or Kamen Rider W), I'm still forced to say that in my opinion, Decade is a bit weak. So... watch Kiva or Double instead! Sorry to the fans who rated me un-useful, it's just how I feel.

Only crazy people think Kamen rider Decade series is good? Since when is Decade series the best? I call it trash,Doesn't deserve a higher rating than Zi-O anniversary rider which is pretty good given a lower rating than Decade, it's not funny at all Decade fans are really sick and stressed, Decade only wins in terms of actors and costumes for the story is really bad. Yes, it's strange, Zi-O should have a higher rating than Decade, why did it have to be Decade, trash that has a high rating but the story is so bad and trashy, just like Decade fans who are too... Fanatical and excessive ,no decade.

I had a fun time watching the show and it's nice to see some riders from previous show in this season. I think the acting is good, the story is good, writing is good and I like most characters. My main problem like Ryuki is the ending, I hate the fact that I need to watch a special to conclude the story but the story overall isn't bad to be honest. I enjoyed Decade for the most part and I recommend it.

Despite being the shortest Heisei Riders show, it's full of nostalgic elements. This Kamen Rider doesn't have his own proper world; instead of saving people in his own world, he travels to other Riders' worlds and tries to save them in order to prevent their extinction. When I first watched this show, I couldn't stop-I was always curious to see what the next Rider world would be and what new cards he would get. It's a high-quality Rider show with good special effects and suits. The battles are action-packed with plenty of transformations, and Decade always uses his cards to defeat his rivals, he is full of surprises!

However, one of the downsides for me is that they recreated the Riders' worlds, and they have little to do with the originals. It's like an alternate story for each of the Heisei phase 1 Riders with different actors. Some of the Riders are depicted in a disappointing way, and his friend Yusuke feels like a missed opportunity. There are also weird and annoying jokes, like the pressure point thumb, which at times makes one of the characters rather annoying.

Make sure you watch the two movies that complete Decade's story. One explores more about his origin, while the other concludes his story, as the final episode ends on a cliffhanger.

The series starts out with a bang with the first episode filling you with suspense and excitement. After the first episode, the suspense and excitement that you get from the first episode noticeably drops. For people who are fans of the hensei Kamen Rider series, you're going to be very disappointed. I watched the series expecting the original actors/actresses from the previous series to be in it but wow was I disappointed.

The show has some good parts, but most of the parts in the Decade was very bad. The jokes are not funny whatsoever. The main hero Tsukasa calls Natsumi, Natsumikan, which is suppose to be funny, but the acting and execution from Masahiro Inoue(Tsukasa/Decade) is utterly horrible. There are only a couple of jokes/puns that are well executed, other than that, horrible. The jokes (F).

The plot is interesting enough for an average person to watch up to halfway through the series. The only problem with the plot was that Tsukasa was just doing the same thing over and over again when he got to a new world. It also got very confusing when Tsukasa traveled to different worlds that can get a viewer to think to themselves about what is happening. The plot (C+).

Now about the characters. Again, I was very disappointed that the original riders and people in the rider worlds weren't played by the original actors/actresses. What i'm most angry about is the fact that the show used the old kamen riders more as props, meaning they were just there to be there and do there thing(especially during the fight scenes where there are many riders fighting). The main characters were poorly acted from the actors, most of the time the acting wasn't very convincing especially from Masahiro Inoue(Decade) if you compare it to the acting from the past rider series. Diend also shouldn't have never been created because nowadays in kamen rider shows there are usually more than 3 riders in a rider show and with Diend it feels like u've already seen it before so you know that a second rider would appear, but it would've been better to have just one rider for a change since its been a trend to have more than 2 rider in a rider show. One a the few good things about the show is that they got Black/RX in the show, but then i think to myself "Isn't the show suppose to be about Decade and the hensei era riders?" giving myself a headache from that. The characters (C-).

Acting from the show was very poorly done. While watching the show, when Tsukasa/Decade got madangry, I just wasn't convinced at all, I kinda just went like "That's how he looks and sounds like when he's mad?????!!!!!!!!!!" I was very disappointed with the acting and its the reason why I stopped watching the show before the end of the series. The acting (D-).

The writing for the show is OK, but like I said before, Diend shouldn't have been in the show. The writing (C).

The fight scenes were poorly done when comparing it to the epic fighting scenes from Agito, heck its still poorly done when comparing it to kabuto. The fight scene in the 2nd episode weren't that great. The fight scenes are not compelling and one bit exciting, but at the least were one of the only things about the show that viewers want to see. The fight scenes (D).

Well to wrap up the show, it had a powerful and probably the best first episode of all the kamen rider series, but slowly descends into a boring show that feels like there nothing new or exciting about it. The show greatly depends on the fight scenes to carry the show on since its greatly the one and only things in the show that is interesting. I compliment the show for having better fighting scenes then Kiva and for bringing back the old riders. The show started with an A++ first episode to a B- second episode and later on even lower. Over all I would give Decade a D+. Last thing, I've noticed that the recent rider shows that are meant only for kids, have a worse storyline and worse acting than the ones not meant only for kids.