Kaiju no Kami Reviews - Kamen Rider Kiva (2008) Series 

I wish there was a cross over with thus Kiva and Decade. They even got the actor to give Decade exposition about earths merging together.

Fun Fact: the Kiva Emperor form was actually introduced earlier than other Rider's final form due to how heavy the base form's suit was

It wuold be cool having an sentai series with two teams in difrent time periods

Basically, Kiva is to Inoue as to what Turboranger and Fiveman are to Soda and Toqger is to Kobayashi

It wuold be cool having an sentai season about halloween monsters and the six ranger is some kind of monster hunter

Toshiki Inoue Is A Weird But Interesting Head Writer

Just finished kiva. Final thoughts: pretty awesome. Love the twist at the end with the neo fangire and wataru’s son

You forgot to mention that the reason why The Emperor Form ends up being overused, it's due to Regular Form Kiva's real chains ended up nearly killing the suit actor, Seiji Takaiwa. And this is why Rmperor Form is used so much, because it's light.

A *BETTER* vampire saga than Stephanie Meyer's Twilight.

If kiva had a proper tribute episode in Kamen rider Zi-O, i believe that Dark Kiva would have been another Kiva!

I just started decade and I have a few questions. In the universe of decade, all rider history has been changed so that different versions of the main riders exist, but in the world of den o, nothing has changed, everything is the same other than the imagins possessing people( other than the taros, that was already known) and the fact that one of the mirror monsters was there. I mean I know the oni somehow brought them into that world, but each monster from each worlds never traveled to the others and the gelnewts should not have been able to travel outside of mirrors unless they made a contract with a rider. Am I crazy, or should someone try to explain this? Also, what was with the arms monsters being in the past in the den o decade team up? It was a hilarious cameo but left me with a lot of questions as to how they were in the altered rider universe when it was revealed that only their monster forms exist

Oh Break the Chains your favorite? That's cool. Mine is Suprise Drive

Kiva emperor form is the greatest final form in all of Kamen rider

Honestly this show was entertaining I love the music especially to super nova I always jam to that music every day and over all I think show is overhated in my opinion ngl

That black and white segment at the beginning was really cool. And I’ve just replayed Kingdom Hearts 1 at Halloween Town seeing how it’s already Halloween now.

I love that a previous rider returned as a character. Also if anyone is wondering, the climax cop movie I say could be watched after episode one because even though it takes place in a separate timeline it will probably spoil episode one because it has the first villain and Wataru without his mask that he used when he thought he was allergic to everything in the world

I'm glad you enjoyed this show despite some of it's flaws. It's one of my favorite KR series as it had my favorite Horror/Supernatural themes put into it. And I think it held up okay from Den-O at the time which I loved to pieces. Also, Kiva had a Chopper for a bike. How bad@ss is that ?! 😎

I love this more than Faiz but that being said yea there were things that were either poorly explained or not shown reasons why certain things are the way they are. Yes the major plot points get resolved or explained but other than that... i wish they did a better job. Faiz was the first one i watched through and looking back that one was REALLY rough around the edges. I love the kiva monster designs and rider designs. Nago i can understand how you feel but after a while nago was far more tolerable than Kusaka. I might make my own reviews based on rider.... i love Jirou.

I'm pretty sure the Ixa knuckle didn't magically turns into a belt, there are always scenes where the users wear the belt, then press the knuckle Also, isn't the reason Nago collects button because he accidently pulled out the button of the first person he killed( like his father or sth )

12:42 The reason Natou collects buttons is because when after he ratted his father for being a corrupt cop, the latter confronted him and the two fought. During the skirmish, Natou ripped one of his father's buttons off and kept it as a reminder to always stay to true to his own sense of justice

Another interesting concept from the KR franchise, a vampire bat changer, a dragon castle, 3 monsters from classic movies, among other things. Happy Halloween KNK!

Kamen Rider Kiva is another one of my favorite Kamen Rider series. Plus, the Soundtrack is AWESOME! And Waturu is one of my favorite characters. I enjoyed his journey and growth as he evolved throughout the series.

You know, I’m currently rewatching Faiz(and greatly enjoying it like I did when I first watched it) and I came to the realization that Lucky Clover and the Checkmate 4 are just copy/pastes of the Vyram but less interesting/developed

Nago seems to have some serious trust issues and an inability to think for himself other than his own sense of justice.

Top 3 guesses 1. Skyrider 2. Ex-Aid 3. Faiz

🎼I love Kivas ost the mixing of the violins and heavy rock is awesome "Don't lose yourself" is my second favorite rider song of all time First is " KOKORO TSUNAGU AI" from J

I actually suprise that you like Kiva, cause i saw a Few comment says that they dislike Kiva a lot and Saying things like "Kiva is the Go Onger of Kamen rider" Edit: need to change the word Sentai to Kamen rider

Ah Kiva. Such good memories. This series inspired me to create my 1st book. And omg where did you get good subs for this? I have the old TV Nihon subs

Kiva was kinda eh to me, I wasn't a fan of the plot structures and the time travel thing kinda threw me off for a show that Inoue wrote I kinda thought it would be similar to Agito and Faiz but guess not I'll give it this at least the soundtracks and suit designs were cool

Oh, yeah, my time :) The Halloween Special this time is Kiva.

Love the Young Frankenstein joke you did

Every time I hear the opening, I think of the Batman beyond(if anyone’s heard of that) opening if it had lyrics. I’m almost done with den o by the way, one episode

🎃 Happy Halloween !!!!!!!! 👻

While I like Jetman, love Agito with every fiber of my being and 555 makes my blood boil, Kiva sits in that middle place amongst Inoue's series. While the bad stuff is certainly infuriating (as to be expected from Inoue), it doesn't necessarily outweigh the good. But the good stuff isn't mind-blowing either. Kiva is certainly an enjoyable series, but when it comes to Inoue resume, it's sort of.......there.

How come you never talked about the insert themes like Destinys Play or Supernova?

Glad to see more Kamen Rider reviews

Kamen Rider Castlevania

Inoue i think is a better Sentai director than Rider director.

I give up trying to guess, I keep getting it wrong.

Yeah this was one of my first. Kiva is lit as shit

The only problem with Kiva i felt was the final like resurrecting the king as final boss out of nowhere, I mean if you that ending atleast make a build up for it like they are already planning to revive the former king from the very beginning of the sho or something like that, but they didn't. Well from my point of view it felt like the writer has no ideas left for final and they just like- "you know what, let's just end this thing, I am done from it"

That opening theme is awesome though.

This was actually my first ever Rider series believe it or not. I watched it back in high school, which is pretty much appropriate since this was my edgy teenage faze and what better series to quench that thrust was a vampire themed rider series.

Happy Halloween great review 😎

One of the ixa users played Kamen rider grease in build right?

Great job . Keep up the good work .

I finished kiva like 4 days ago. Yeah, if I am to summarize how I feel about kiva, it would be "Bad writing, saved by the soundtracks". Seems to me both of us are suckers for violin, huh? lol. I must say, at the 1st 10 or so eps, I can't stand the gimmicks & the anime tropes. At 1st, I didn't like Wataru & Ootoya at all. Eventhough, the 1st 10 or so episodes seems to be traditional formulaic monster of the week stuff that I should like. I was also thrown off by how seemingly-random they switched back to the past as well. So I went on a break & watched Kamen Rider Dragon Knight instead. Then I came back & I was surprised the flashy gimmicks & the anime tropes were decreasing & decreasing as the show progresses, Wataru & Ootoya also seems to mature. The jumping back & forth took a bit to get used to. And then, nearing the end, the writing quality dropped, things & characters starts to appear out of nowhere, characters doing things with no real reasons or clear motives. I'd still think Fangaia is a missed opportunity, could use actually proper horror treatment to make Fangaia feels like a real threat & they were actually building up Rook so well just to dropped the ball for the rest of the entire show. I also didn't like how they failed to handle Tago & his problems of his authority being challenged properly.Typical modern kamen rider writing style of introducing way too many things & can't end them properly. But to be fair, I do like the ending, it's kinda cute. It is funny that I don't hate any characters in kiva, I just don't like the writing quality in general. The actions are good, they overplayed the whole resurrected trope a few episodes too many times. So when the big bad showed up, I was actually annoyed at their lack of creativity above all else. I also didn't like Kiva suit, it looks like Kamen Rider Kuuga with Halloween theme. Kiva is just unoriginal. And Emperor form is kinda okay, I guess. Red & gold is just too basic, it's auspicious colours that you get to see everywhere anyway, so it's just meh to me. Dark kiva is just a rip off of kiva again. I feel like they were trying to go with the whole Black Sun vs Shadowmoon because modern kamen rider just got to rip off Kamen Rider Black tropes 1 way or another. But the Emperor form with Sunsword looks badass, so I'll give'em that. Saga suit is kinda ugly, I'm just not a fan. I do like the designs of Ixa, except the powered up form. Kiva is the 1st 1 so far I actually look up the soundtracks just to find the ones I like. I like pretty much all of the songs, which is a surprise even to me, must be the damn violins. Now I don't know should I continue watching Decade or try to slog through Den O. I've watched 6 eps of both, I enjoyed Decade more, but I hate the character. Den O is just annoying. Oh my 1st world problem! lol.

Series seems pretty good btw the only kamen rider ive seen is fourze but personally I think it's cool that the suits a bat but I think it's kinda gimmicky.

No Count Chouola??? Hey I like coffee...but not all the time.

Excellent

Watching the first time, I enjoyed it. 2nd time, I saw many problems and it made me hate it. And thats probably because Wataru.

wow, no Halloween franchise to look at this year

Why is Kiva considered a failure and suffered from poor ratings despite its solid storytelling?

Kamen Rider Halloween The Horror Show 🎃 🦇

Kamen Rider Kiva The Of Halloween

before the Twilight movies Kiva had the concept of vampires turned into shattered glass when they die, lol.

Will you ever review the OG Kamen Rider?

Okay, I have my guesses for your Halloween review #1. Garo: The Carved Seal of Flames a.k.a. The Animation #2. Monster Musume #3. In/Spectre #4. The Conjuring #5. Either Coraline or ParaNorman #6. Zombieland Saga Seasons 1 & 2 #7. Child's Play (1988) #8. Kamen Rider Kiva, the only Kamen Rider themed off of Universal Monsters

Ah Kiva my 8th favorite season. Personal anecdote time, my favorite rider in this season is Kamen Rider Rey. And no it's no because of the name. It's because of his motif and ice powers, as I love ice powers and I wanted a rider who had ice powers and stuff and then I saw Rey. Now I was a little disappointed with his reason on why he was a villian rider because it didn't work some what it came off one dimensional but it is what it is and I can't do anything about it. I will also say I heavily disagree with Marcosatsu on Yuri and Otaya's relationship working. I just didn't see it working and I don't know why but I guess not every relationship can work. As for the ost; I love the hell out of it. It is my second favorite OST in Kamen rider the first being Ryuki and I listen to it whenever I want to rock out to some rock and roll. My favorite somg on the album is Eternity Blood by Tetra Fang.

I , on the other hand, hated Double and immediately welcomed Wizard. :-)

Wake Up And Break The Chain

Kamen Rider Alucard

You got an error in the title. Kiva is from 2008, not 2009. The 2009 Kamen Rider entry is Decade.

My guess for the batform,motorcycle and vehicle being used only a few times. Advertisement for toys

we finally got kiva

You missed the first ever crossover here.... Oh wait it was not that much there.

Wake up fever

So what’s the next Kamen Rider?

What Kamen rider are u going to do next.

Emperor form is hands down one of the coolest final rider forms ever, plus the theme song Supernova is AMAZING!!!!

I remember me saying how I thought it was weird that you reviewed Ghost but not Kiva for Halloween was weird. Jokes on me ig lmao

Please review the original kamen rider series?

I'm sorry I instantly got triggered when you don't mention gintoki (gintaman) from tomokazu sugita list of work

If this show gets an English Dub Please make most of the voices on the show sound British

Well Highlander and Kung Fu and later Arrow had lots and lots of Flashbacks...oh so did Person of Interest. Oh and since I missed this...oh no its Gash again and he is really mad so...so mad on NO its his...its HIS...(clink, clink, clink) GIGA PHANTOM!!!

So what show is next.

something you can sink your teeth into

I just sent you an email because I want to get your opinion on a book I finished. If you see it, like I said, you don't have to read it if you don't want to or if you think it's boring, I would like to hear your opinion. Sorry for talking about something that has nothing to do with the video.

Back when i started to watch Kiva after finishing DenO (thanks old youtube), i didn't like it because i didn't get the story and DenO still fresh in my mind ( i like DenO but hate the finale and toei milking DenO )

Kami, while I love the theme myself...Jeff Lynne is still a bad @$$!!!