History of Kamen Rider Kabuto 

A wholesome fact about Tendou's actor, Hiro Mizushima, is that he revealed his role as Kabuto to his daughter. Now his daughter carries around a Kabuto vinyl figure that she calls "Kabuto-Papa" everywhere she goes since it's like her father is protecting her all the time.

Some KR fans: i dont like Tendou because he has a god complex Those same fans: i like Kuroto because he has a god complex

I think one of the crowning moments for Kagami is when he first transforms into Gattack, even when he said he wouldn't forgive the Worms for betraying him, he still fulfilled his promise to the kid mimicking Worm that he'll show him the night sky with the moon, and cementing to me that Kagami was the real protagonist all along.

Tendo can be considered a paragon. Someone already accomplished/OP and is only meant to elevate the people around him. For me Kagami is the true protag of the series and Tendo is only there to make him into a hero he truly is. That's why I didn't mind that Kagami inherited the Kabuto Zecter in Zi-O.

Honestly the fact that tendou defeated that worm in clock up just to make it look like kagami defeated it himself is kinda heartwarming

Grandmother once said this; "Marcos will upload another HOKR of one of your favorite seasons."

Perfect timing, because the zi o kabuto arc starts this week Edit: My grandmother once said this, holy shit thanks guys for all the likes

Kabuto was good in the beginning, but the second half was pretty bad and rushed for me. In the other hand, the visual and special effects of Kabuto is one of my favorites

I liked Kabuto a lot. It's the serie that got me into Kamen Riders. Hyper Kabuto is still my favorite final form for a rider. But what I really liked about it was that instead of showing how the main character evolves as the serie progress (let's face it, Tendou doesn't need to evolve, he's already the chosen one), it shows how other characters like Kagami and Hiyori evolve and change due to coming into contact with the Chosen one.

Daisuke saying goodbye to Gon is still probably my favorite in not just Kabuto but Rider in general. I don't know why, but Daisuke just moving on after he realized she lost her memories is one of the saddest moments in the franchise but it has a bittersweet vibe to it that while she forgot who Daisuke was, she has her original life but it hurts that Daisuke will always remember her. I don't even think her regaining her memories ruins the scene in any way.

Grandma once said: "You thought Hiro will be back at Kabuto arc in Zio boi? You're making a huuuuge mistake lmao"

Think my favorite funny moment in Kabuto was during one of Daisuke's arcs (the one with the female Worm), where Tendou's little sister had asked him about love, and Tendou misunderstood that as his little sister having found someone she liked. The way he acted like an anime dad was hilarious to me, even if it lasted about ten seconds

I wish Marco would make a bonus video to talk about stuff like how Daiske was being framed and the riders attacked him, how one of the OP worms got hit in the head and the human memories took over and how she fell in love with Daisuke but that’s a dream that only time will tell

The Kabuto movie was good, it made the series make a lot more sense when Kabuto becomes Hyper Kabuto. Also, Hiyori in the movie is portrayed a lot better.

Kagami’s arc Leading up to his transformation into a rider was so cool.

I watched Kabuto twice. Both times I felt that Kagami was the main character. We follow him as he discovers the world. Tendou might be the main rider, but Kagami remains the main character. It feels like a show from the perspective of the secondary rider and that's why I like it.

My favorite rider series ever. I just love the idea of paramilitary group fighting alien lifeforms while having the riders as their ACE frontliners. It somewhat like 555 and im really diggin it. I noticed that alot of people are hating on Tendou about his personality, but for me i think its super fresh and i really like it. He has that OP anime protagonist vibe to it which is quite surprising since this "trend" wasnt very popular back then. Its biased but i enjoy "quirky" protagonist like these. Also his fighting style its very sleek and smooth, focusing on timing and counters, even his signature rider kick was based on it. Its quite similar to Agito's which are very graceful. Kabuto's style aint as practical and powerful but its still very nice to look at. Great characters and rider designs. And like i said about fighting style, every single riders has distinct fighting styles: Yaguruma fights like kickboxer, Kageyama fights like a boxer, and Kagami fights like a brawler similar to Faiz, its awesome. Also i love at how unpredictable the story were. On one episode we have a huge drama about fight to the death and identity crisis, then on the next episode we got some insane anime cooking competition with supernatural knifes and such

Marcosatsu: Anyway, intermission over let's get back to the show *ad pops up* Me: you lied to me

This is Shibuya, but it's not Shibuya. Here, only the pain is real. oh snap, wrong show!

Grandmother once said Kabuto is the next arc for Zi O featuring ONORE DECADE. Good retrospective anyway.

Kagami is the real "main rider" of Kabuto to me. He has the real heroic development in this show, while Tendou started as a hero and ended as one (even if he was an incredibly smug one). Also, I think lore-wise, isn't Gattack the strongest of all Kabuto riders? I only wish Hyper Gattack had actually appeared in the show, instead of being relegated to a hyper battle video and figure arts.

The Actor for Tendou did do Hana Kimi and it's the best moments where you get him to react differently even when hes called out for being Kabuto

Wait a minute... Could this mean Protodubs is actually a Worm mimicking the whole cast of Ex-Aid Abridged?

A good recap before the Kabuto Tribute arc in Zi-O! Can't wait for the Ryukendo one!

The man that walks the path of Heaven!

I just finished watching Kabuto and boy was it a fun ride I can say it's my favorite rider seasons

This show had me thinking Arata was the main character when, technically, the show is all about Tendou and that's kinda messed up as they continue that pattern, like following an NPC who keeps interacting with the main character. I loved it.

Tendou character perfectness is an intended one, to be a source of comedic scenes throughout the series, just like Barney Stinson in HIMYM. Thanks to his character we can have many absurd, funny scenes like the one how he ends up diagnosing the doctor instead.

Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod. That makes my day. Kabutos my absolute favorite. Thank you Marcos. You‘re the man.

After Zi-O ends, please make "History of kamen rider after Zi-O" or somenthing like that.

Kabuto is the first common Rider series that I ever watch and it’s still one of my favorites to this day

Been waiting for this one for a long time! You really cleared up most of the stuff that happened on the second half that I was struggling to understand.

Gatack (Kagami Agata) is my personal favourite back then (Now it's Kisaragi Gentarou). His personal arc to his Gatack transformation was perfect! PERFECT! That transformation made a life long impact to me on a personal level.

Lord of Speed is one of my favorite theme in kamen rider, it juat goes along with the debut of hyper kabuto.

Marco: complains about Kabuto suit Kabuto:Let me Cast Off *CAST OFF CHANGE BEETLE* Marco:*Fangirling while saying this* OMG ITS SO GOOD

Thank you! I was getting bored during class. Thanks Marcos. 👍 Also at 31:27 (might be 31:25) you kept in a line you messed up on AND the retake of that line.

If Kagami is your favorite rider of all time, then you have wisely!

Kabuto was my introduction to this series and I haven't looked back since.

People hated Souji? Huh I never thought of him as a Gary Stu

Just in time since the kabuto arc in Zi-O is coming this weekend.

Thank u!!! I've been waiting for this

The one thing I didnt like about this season was the fact that Dark Kabuto was introduced after Hyper Beatle and didn't have a final of his own. As hype as that Dark Kabuto arc was I knew he wasn't on tendo's level the entire time.

I've been waiting for a loooon time for you to get this season. This was my first "modern" Rider series I ever saw....so it really stuck with me. TheBee is probably my favorite suit in the series. So damn clean and straight to the point. :)

Kabuto was my first Kamen Rider series, and is always what I think of when I hear Kamen Rider. So I kind of subconsciously compare all other rider series directly to it.

THIS IS GREAT PLEASE KEEP DOING THESE, THEY GIVE ME A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OF THE SHOW

I’ve been waiting for this yay

Yuhh, I been waiting for this one

Really enjoyed this review. I was in Japan when Kabuto aired. I introduced my brother to this particular series and Kabuto became his main favorite. Gatack is also my favorite in this series too.

Kabuto = Time travel Den-O = Time travel no wonder they form a band together

MY FAVOURITE KAMEN RIDER SHOW!!!!!

Clock-Up = Accelerator Kamen Rider 009 😄

I watched the movie before the main season and always thought of it as an alternate prologue of sorts. Greats season and Characters. Great video.

I love how you made the topics on this video!

Oh I’m very excited about this one. I’ve actually been wanting to watch Kabuto, but I really wanted to know more about it first :)

Grandmother once said: I still ain't watched Kabuto but I love you buddy

God I love this show! I especially like Tendou and Kagami, to the point where I collect their SHF and custom painting the Figurise Kabuto for Kabuto and Dark Kabuto Masked Form. Thank you for covering my favorite rider show ever, all hail to the man who walk the path of heaven.

As one of my favorite seasons im glad you did this.i aslo hated the theme at first but eventually grew on me

22:00 The Hyper Zecter you see is the one from the movie. Since in the movie Tendou travels back in time and changes the futur, a new reality (the one from the show) is created. The hyper zecter from the show's universe is destroy but the one from the movie still exists and it's that one that Always comes to Tendou's aid. 23:00 The Kick and Punch hopper zecters were created by Kagami's father in secret because he didn't trust the Natives. The Natives being the other species of shape changing aliens who are secretly living on Earth. They were the ones who originally gave humans the technology to build the rider system and Zecters which is why they can summon any zecter they wish and transform into any rider so long as they have the rider gear to go with the zecters.

I was binging Kabuto for the first time last week in preparation for this

Finally! Kabuto has always intrigued me and it's my favorite season design and concept wise, I just could never understand it. Hopefully now I can

Kabuto was my first Kamen Rider series. I really love it. It knows when to be goofy and when to be serious. Gattack is my all-time favorite Kamen Rider too.

Kabuto was the first Kamen Rider series I watched. I loved the designs, the powers, the storylines (the one with Daisuke was one of my favourite moments) and the fact that, unlikely previous tokusatsus I watched, Kabuto had balls to kill major characters (the death of Tsurugi was another of my fav moments). However, a big problem I had was with some/many WTF moments, like Tendou's belt getting repaired by itself, the other Riders' Zects just fusing on Kabuto for no reason and the Hyper Kabuto Zect re-appearing through space and time after being supposedly destroyed. My biggest issue was with the ending: I had to watch this video to actually understand who the heck was that Dark Tendou supposed to be. I had fun watching Kabuto. Ot was the series who introduced me to Kamen Rider. However, I'm not sure if I would recomend it as an introduction for a non-fan. Kamen Rider Build, on my opinion, would be a better recomendation as first series to a non-fan.

My favorite Kamen Rider. I can watch it over and over again.

This series is what got me into kamen rider

You know its a great season, if its popular despite the bad story writing in the second half

Kabuto was my first rider show , but seeing Kamen Rider Gattack is what kickstarted my path to rider fandom.

Amazing my good sir keep the hard work up and work hard not like you already do.

You must be very happy to hear that kagami will be back for Zi-o..

Walk the path of heaven Marcos

My grandmother said don't be bad guy be a good guy

I'll admit that I did not like Tendou at first. But I saw that his arrogance was actually a zen like understanding of the world and it's that attitude that allows him to be ahead of the curve, as he can see the bigger picture. I want to say he's one of my favorites but almost every rider in the Heisei era has good qualities that make it hard to rank them in any order after my top three.

This is the series that got me into Kamen Rider because my best friend introduced it to me and it's always been one of my favorite series next to ryuki faiz kiva and blade along with all the newer riders that come out so far

Gattack is my second favorite suit out of this season. Why? Cause I like stag beetles.

Omg i just realised why there was 2 kabutos in one of the episodes. It makes so much sense when they released the alternative timeline

That ending clip is amazing Currently watching Kabuto myself and, I'll be blunt, I got bored with it. This video did convince me to go back and see everything through to the end though, so thank you

36:10 My favorite bit between Tendou and Kagami and Zuban.

kagami finally get to used kabuto zector, his arc is complete.

This, this is good. This is very good. I admit I got lost in the second half of the show but lord almighty This sounds so good too. Auuuuugh I was intending to let your histories sate my desire to watch but now I gotta watch it! *goes to watch Kabuto* But now I gotta look forward to see Den-O, my second rider series after Wizard.

Finally the show that got me watching kamen rider

Kamen rider kabuto Pays homage to kamen rider black with its theme of the sun. Tendou considered himself chosen by the sun when his alternate self gave him the rider belt. He saw his alternate self as if he came to him from the sun giving him his fates. Although its never mentioned, I bet he was meant to receive glimpses of his alternate life as the savior of the world. Knowing hes the most powerful rider and the wielder of hyper zecter, shouldering the responsibility of being the guy whose chosen to save the world. All this ofc disregarding the awful native arc. Its not a part of the original intended story. The movie is the intended original story. If you didnt know the original head writer was fired cuz toei didnt like the script and replaced him with the worst kamen rider writer. So kamen rider kabuto is basically snydercut before the snydercut. Luckily however they kept the original story in the movie. We can only imagine whats the original story and the original ending of the series was meant to be.

I like the opening and both insert themes for Kabuto.

Kamen Rider Kabuto omg nostalgia !

hopefully the hell bros(hopper riders) story gets some sort of resolution in the zi-o kabuto arc

I think is how the cast interacts respond to Tendou’s ‘perfection’ that make it interesting

My favorite kamen rider series with the best cast of Kamen rider characters ive seen

I found the whole series fascinating. I really liked Hiyori and how she was one of the reasons why Souji was fighting to protect people. Also Juka was Souji's cousin. There were also several past Tokusatsu guest stars on Kabuto. Including some Sentai actors. What's your Twitter???

I remember watching the English dub on the Toonami segment on cartoon Network on weekends.

I almost squealed when you said Gatack was your favorite character from this show because Gatack is one of my favorite Kamen Riders so far. His suit, his character development, he was definitely the hero in my eyes. But Tendou was cool.

Hes "arrogant" because he inherited the memory of his alternate self. His alternate self was the strogest rider and the user of hyper zecter. He was also the saviour of the world and the world is hanging on his shoulder and literally revovles around him. Knowing that it cant be helped that hes a bit arrogant. Pity the series retconed that original plan with the shitty native arc. And im glad they retconed it back with the movie. He sees himself as the sun because he saw his altenate self as if he came from the sun.

Ah yes, my favorite Kamen Rider series alongside with Gattack as my all time favorite secondary rider.

Kabuto(cast off) has got to have one of my fav(if not my fav) helmets in Kamen Rider. Like if I ever wanted to buy a helmet and wait X amount of years for it to get to me, it would be that one.

I watch these every time i finish a season.

REJOICE, Marcos has returned to bring us the knowledge and opinions of all the past riders with HOKR KABUTO

Nice content bro keep going cheer

Bro, like no lie, Kabuto has the dopest rider kick of all time. It’s why I play him all the time in Battride War Genesis

you do not watch kabuto for the adventures of tendo, you watch it to see what the group gets into this time. the early episode where there's only one rider are IMO the weackes because tendo IS a mary sue. up to the halfpoint he never really have any foil; even tsurugi, the only one that somewhat reach his level, stops being a rival after his introduction. his greater loss until he's met with a litteral clone of himself is using a loophole so that he gets to keep the hyper zeckter and it is ok, because the whole cast keeps the thing going flawlessly even when there isn't much story (the anghst of the hopper for the sake of being anghsty, for one). it is a problem we'll see later with kiva, which tried the same thing didn't manage to suceed but one problem of the serie is the underusage of some established point: kabuto's toy launcher, used a whole of 3 times, one offscreen; gatack is the one that uses his cannons from masked form the most, and he still press the trigger less than 10 times, sasword coilwhip used twice, drake underwater functionality barelly more than just told us, all the masked forms hazmat funtionality, the hoppers having clock up in every single appearence in ancillary media but not in the serie proper also, the suspended points. the hopper zeckters just appears out of nowhere when tendo is taking possession of all the others, straight after an exchange with how this is upsetting the natives (that we already know, are the one that made the zeckters) and look like prototypes for something you build bulks of. never brought up. after mishima becames thebee once, the thing is forgotten regardless of the pressure previously placed onto the importance of having thebee in the first place, not even a word of being in search of a new guy for it. not too big on their own, but they compounds upon eachother

I wan't to watch your entire series but i only finished Kabuto and Kuuga, so i could only watched your video on Kuuga and i was waiting for a History of Kabuto, Thanks?

HOLLY SHIT! Kagami is my favorite rider too :D. Nice review btw.

Okay, I'm just gonna make one thing perfectly clear... I was also hooked with Kamen Rider Kabuto ever since I first got into Kamen Rider during my childhood years, and it has taught me things that I was too distracted and kept myself away from a while, which makes me feel I've been blind for not following these lessons that Kabuto showed to me. I was also heartbroken at the moments that had a despressive yet also heartbroken state, it's like the happiness that I had was starting to fade away whenever Tendou or Arata break down and I soon find myself breaking down as well, which is something that often happens whenever my life is a living hell. Plus, the designs for the suits and the choreography of the fight scenes looked so amazing that I was quite surprised that some future generations of Kamen Rider even followed along with this process, at least... That's what I think. So yeah, Kamen Rider Kabuto is a series that I look up to during times of depression or Kamen Rider watching, and it's also considered to be one of my all time favorite seasons of Kamen Rider. It deserves an A+, espically one from the one who walks the path of Heaven

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