Shin Kamen Rider

So Higuchi directed Shin Ultraman.

And then after that, the next year, Shin Kamen Rider came out, which Anno directed.

I'm not the biggest Ultraman fan.

That's kind of like before my time for like being into the Ultraman franchise.

Fucking Anno really likes that shit, right?

We, as Japan, can work together and do something great.

But yeah, I think last year I watched Shin Kamen Rider, and I liked that for what it was.

But I feel like Shin Ultraman is way more recommendable, even if you know nothing about Ultraman.

So it's not unheard of for stuff like that.

Um, interesting thing to note, co- Shin Kamen Rider, uh, I believe got a PG-13 rating here in America, but in-

Which is a little astonishing, but yeah

...

So I think it's R-15.

Hmm.

Um, Shin Comet Ma- uh, Shin Kamen Rider received an R-15.

Um, and real quick, just to fact-check myself, so Godzilla Minus One is the second-highest grossing Asian film in the US market, uh, only losing to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Oh, yeah ... it's the second, it's the second best Godzilla.

Shin Kamen Rider is also-

Absolutely

... yeah.

Uh, he's a frequent collaborator with Hideaki Anno, uh, having worked with him on Neon Genesis Evangelion.

And when Anno didn't ask him to help with the movie Shin Kamen Rider, he assumed he would never get a chance to work on Kamen Rider himself.

That is, until he was approached for Kamen Rider Black Sun.

Kiyotaka Taguchi is an effects director as well.

I don't, I don't have a ton of other experience with Kamen Rider either.

I've seen the set that came out.

It had, like, it had, like, Zeto, J, and the original Shin Kamen Rider on it, and was that it?

Yes, it was just those three on the recent set, the limited release.

Yeah

... uh, also app- also making an appearance in another movie we just covered, uh, Shin O- uh, Shin Kamen Rider, for which she was, uh...

This, this was a big year for her-

Yeah

... because she got nom- She won best actress, I believe, at the Japanese Academy Awards for this movie, and she also got nominated in supporting for Shin Kamen Rider.

I, I mean, she's really good, and I almost...

I actually don't like, like...

If I'm picking, we're doing Kamen Rider next.

That is Shin Kamen Rider.

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