Summary: Wiseman joins his lieutenants on the battlefield and assigns a new Phantom to menace the wandering gourmand Kousuke Nitou. When Haruto and the others race to his defence, he reveals his true identity as Kamen Rider Beast!
With Wizard on hiatus, Zigg and Aqua have delved far, far back into the depths of time (i.e. 2004) to check out the first two episodes of one of the most beloved tokusatsu shows of recent years. It’s the tale of five spandex wearing police officers and their distinctly canine captain, presented in glorious 4:3 by your…
Summary: Phoenix decides to ruin Christmas, because he’s just a bit of a bastard like that.
Summary: After Haruto has found out Chizuru is the Gate, he can’t bring himself to telling her Satoshi has become a Phantom. While Wajima begins to work on the magic stone Koyomi found, Medusa commands Lizardman to take out Chizuru. Names!
Summary: Haruto looks to protect a film student and her erstwhile director from an assault by Medusa, while Koyomi follows a strange familiar to a mysterious location.
Despite his business being ruined, the shop owner refuses to give in to despair, causing Medusa and Valkyrie to try a new tactic.
Summary: Shunpei runs into an old friend who’s now working at a traditional sweet shop, but business is tough and then there’s the prospect of a Phantom attack to deal with.
Agent Kizaki continues his dogged mission to protect Naoki, while still resisting interference from Haruto. Elsewhere, the restored Phoenix and Medusa plot how to drag the boy into despair.
Summary: With Phoenix lying low to lick his wounds, Haruto becomes entangled with the mysterious Kizaki and the National Security Agency when they kidnap Wajima.
Zigg witnesses the two greatest Tokusatsu franchises collide in the battle to end all battles. Whoever wins, the audience loses.
With Haruto unable to stop Phoenix’s rampage, he’s forced to rely on an untested new ring. But can even that prevent the malevolent Phantom from inflicting total despair on wee liddle Hiroki?
The gang discover the newest Gate is a snotty little brat whose mother has a connection to Haruto, and Phoenix seeks permission to enter the battle personally.
Haruto and the gang work to try and track down Manami, but the Gnome Phantom is also waiting to sniff her out
Love is in the air as it seems everyone but Haruto is meeting beautiful ladies. At least he has his donuts.
Summary: As Haruto is forced to rest to recover from his mana-drained state, Koyomi, Shunpei and Rinko continue to try and persuade the Gate to overcome his fear and play in the concert. But Koyomi is clearly still shaken by Haruto’s close shave, and the others dig a little deeper into her relationship with him.
Phoenix and Medusa call upon a Phantom to menace this week’s gate – an award winning pianist who’s hit a rough patch. Meanwhile, Shunpei has attached himself to Team Wizard full time, and there’s friction between Rinko and Koyomi over their respective relationships with Haruto.
Giddy with his new power to summon flames, Shunpei attracts the attention of a local TV host, who promises him a shot at the big time with a live appearance. In the meantime, Haruto remembers more about his origins as Wizard. Unbeknownst to either of them however, Hellhound survived and is still plotting to turn Shunpei into a Gate.
As the Phantoms attempt to open a new gate, Haruto finds himself set upon by overgrown manchild Shunpei Nara, who wants nothing more than to be a wizard. Meanwhile, Rinko meets Koyomi again and discovers more about her and Haruto’s shared past.
Wait, what? 3D people on my animu blog? Yes indeed, the Glorio Blog has decided to start covering Tokusatsu, aka the ancient Japanese art of men in rubber suits beating up other men in rubber suits while everything behind them explodes. We’ll be starting with one of the longest running and most renowned of all…
Recap: Yuji helps a pair of brothers overcome their problems with each other and take down a Machine Empire monster too.
