Kamen Rider Zero One - breathing new life to the Human vs Robot theme

The first Kamen Rider series to debut during the Reiwa period and the thirtieth overall. It aired under TV Asahi with Takahito Omori as producer and Yuya Takahashi, Masaya Kakehi, Riku Sanjo, Minato Takano as writers under Toei and Bandai. Kamen Rider Zero One revolves around the theme of humanoid robots called Humagear living with humanity as tool. And pioneering this robot advancement is Hiden Technology and its newly appointed street comedian turned company president Aruto Hiden who is the typical fish out of water in the robot business world. Along with his stoic yet charming Humagear secretary Izu they fight off rogue Humagear group that wants to wipe out humanity.

With the help of Artificial Intelligence Military Service or A.I.M.S. (I kid you not) his company keeps the world safe(well mostly japan) from dangerous Humagear. Along with being president and to help him fight these evil Humagear he also inherits the a belt that turns him into a Kamen Rider.

Kamen Rider Black Sun (2022) vs Mask Rider Black (1987) Comparison

 Since Im finally done reviewing Kamen Rider Black Sun I guess Ill go do a comparison of the two of which one is better for me. This kind of comparison has probably done lots of time before but I still wanted to do my own take on it. Don’t get upset when on what you read since this is more of a personal preference comparison if anything. For this comparison I won’t bring up Kamen Rider Black RX since the Black Sun series is more based on Rider Black.

This is my first time doing this so do forgive me if I do it half hazardly. For this one the comparison for the series will be based mostly on STORY, CHARACTERS, SPECIAL EFFECTS, COSTUME, CINEMATOGRAPHY and MUSIC.

Kamen Rider Black Sun (2022) - Something old combined with something new

Co-production between Ishimori Productions and Toei,  Kamen Rider Black Sun is a Japanese tokusatsu web drama and a reimagining of the 1987 series Kamen Rider Black. The series is part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series, also celebrating the 35th anniversary of Kamen Rider Black. It stars Nishijima Hidetoshi as Minami Kotaro / Kamen Rider Black Sun and  Nakamura Tomoya as Akizuki Nobuhiko / Kamen Rider Shadow Moon, with Hirasawa Kokoro as Izumi Aoi.

I’m not a hardcore kamen Rider fan but I do have some memories of the 1987 kamen Rider Black back when it was aired locally back then. It is one of the first kamen Rider experience I had growing up as well so it holds a lot of fond memories for me. That said, I will try not let nostalgia sway me from reviewing this one. Also minor spoilers flag for this one just in case.