Wizard is about healing from trauma and then in turn helping others to heal, with magic representing kindness and hope. I think that's why it resonates so strongly for some while other don't seem to like it at all. Either the premise speaks to you or it doesn't I suppose.

The novel actually confirms that Rinko and Haruto marry and have a daughter, who they name Koyomi.

I appreciate Shunpei for being an assistant that acts as crowd control and escort for innocent people so that Haruto can focus on fighting the Phantoms. Yeah, Shunpei is clumsy and silly, but he does his best with what he has.

Woah.. the two parts got combined into one video? It's like *M A G I C*

While I can understand why some would find this series boring ( it does drag at times) I still enjoyed the series. Plus, I enjoy the fact the main villain isn't who you thought it was or that their main goal isn't your typical World Domination plot but a grieving man who is so desperate to have his child back, he will do ANYTHING to accomplish it. And I find the storyline with Gremlin to be very interesting in that he seems the most human until you learn the truth about who he was and then realize that him becoming a Phantom was very fitting indeed.

I know i am coming in late, but i am just discovering your content. Wizard was the first Kamen Rider i watched week to week through fansubs. And to this day i still love it. The fact that it is so mundane was it's biggest charm to me. It kept it grounded and relatable to me which is important in keeping with the theme trauma. I don't think this theme would have translated as well if it were bigger, louder or more bombastic. And Haruto being more subdued lends to that (not to ignore it seems haruto's name being so close to heart). Some ones last hope isn't usually depicted as a raging fire it is usually and ember to keep just enough heat until it can ignite a new flame. And i think that is what Wizard is or at least how i see it. It is a small more personal rider series to hopefully spark something in those who watch it and resonate it.

Regardless of how much bad outweighs the good, I still love Wizard. I wish it got more love for the plot and story plot more to make it solid good. But sadly I just don't know why or how but this was screwed up. It's really sad. But still, I enjoy Wizard. I love Hope vs Despair. I love Haruto/Wizard, I love the Phantoms, I love the magic rings and the epic moments. THE SONGS... but still, I wished Wizard was grander. Still, I had fun with Wizard. It didn't piss me off like Ryuki.

I really hope one day they would consider to bring Kamen Rider Wizard back to life once again for a sequel or a new movie in a much darker settings, new villains, new saga, new riders like Necromancer and Witch, and so many things that can be done. Or in an animated form like what they did to Kamen Rider W. Seriously, Kamen Rider Wizard deserves more recognition and it has a special place in my heart for being my most favourite Kamen Rider ever. Not to mention, it has the most unique features among of all the Riders I’ve known. His infinity form is what caught my attention the most. Just pure badass. Kinda reminds me of the Kamen Rider version of Dante from DMC while his Infinity form reminds me of Vergil too.

- Thank you to Konte V. for requesting this video! - OOO is next. - I’m gonna fix up the Fourze video (no ending included)

My favourite scene is not the fight scenes one of my favourite episodes is the one where they meet the actress and they teach how hope and the truth are not always aligned. Another episode I love is the episode with Haruto's teacher and the plane, showing how blind someone can be to someone elses needs in moments of selfishness, and how you need people like Shuunpei, and Haruto's teacher in that episode to break you out of that.

The wizard suit peeked my interest in kamen rider in general

[Spoiler] In the epilogue fiction of Kamen Rider Wizard, Haruto and Rinko got married. They had a child and she's (named?) Koyomi

Wizard is one of my favorite Kamen Rider series. I enjoy it from start to finish. It really is ridiculous how much hate it gets or how much people are bored with it. To me, there is no bad Kamen Rider series, though Hibiki is probably my least favorite. My favorite Kamen Rider is OOO most definitely.

I'm glad that Wizard gets the right amount of respect for the insert theme (all of the Rider Chips songs were all straight up bangers and Rider Girls were on point) and Life is Showtime is one of my all time favorites I am one of the few that really enjoyed Beast from start to finish. The fight choreography is top notch.

My favorite moment was in the first episode when Haruto was arrested and he look at the detective and said. "But why?" Idk why but that just made me smile.

Wizard is honestly one of my favorites. I watched it early on in my toku experience and then I rewatched it later. What I love so much is the visual style the show has. All the suits look real cool. The music is also probably my favorite in all of KR. Not just the insert themes, but the incidental music has actually stuck with me more than any other series. I don't really absorb character depth or story beats as well with subtitled shows as I would English speaking ones, so with KR it's mostly about how a series makes me feel than what I actually remember of the plot or interactions. This show just makes me smile when I see it and hear the themes.

The whole reason I love your series of videos about tokusatsu and kamen rider specifically is it gives me a general idea about the shows but doesn't make me feel any less excited for the series themselves. I've been waiting with baited breath to see what the 50th anniversary rider series brings to the table, as interesting as the previous anniversary series were. Decade was one of the first Riders I watched and it wasn't disappointed in the slightest. Please keep making these videos. It seems like the jingles can be very divisive but I understand why they seem quite hard to enjoy during the tense moments. If the music adds to a show, jingle or otherwise, it's not always perfect and that stands out during tense moments, good or bad.

Amazing bro! But I have a question though, can you do ex-aid next?

I watched this show during what was the most trying college semester I had so far with a class that drove me to tears and a final project I had thought I had 10 more days to work on 2 days before it was actually due. This show lovingly beat me over the head with the message of not giving into despair even when it looks hopeless. It is alot of what kept me sane in that last leg and helped me see it to the end. For that, it will remain special to me.

I like the magic and episodic theme. And I allways remember the 2 episodes about being Shunpei and Rinko suspects running away with a Gate. And the teacher of Haruto looking for the old memory of his passed child. (And the special final xover, the idea than riders are almost or failed monsters is fine)

Some people don't like this series but there was something about it that I found charming and it became one of my favorite Rider shows. But I understand it's not for everyone.

The Hyper Battle DVD is everything I love about Hyper Battle DVDs. It's dumb fun in the best way imaginable. A goofy, lighthearted romp with tons of banter, a brand new toy, and some awesome action to top it all off.

Let's put the show in *S H O W T I M E!*

Wizard is up there with my five favorite Rider seasons I’ve seen so far. I love the magic, the characters minus Shunpei, the hyper active fighting that fuels me, Life is Showtime being my favorite intro and the suits are awesome. Wiseman being the absolute best.

Mana is actually an interpretation of one's inner power or the world's power if you could be specific enough, so basically it's like how final fantasy channels it's magic even the same concept goes from secret of mana and trails of mana, or like ether like Xenoblade

26:35 This is my favorite part of the film. 🤣

You broke my heart, Marco. Hahaha. Just kidding. Wizard is my no. 1, but yes, I do acknowledge the 2-Parters are kinda taking a toll. Overall, I do love this show and I do respect your opinion.

Wizard is one of my favorite seasons with one of the strongest thematic cores which every episodic arc focused on. Not to mention the great action and style, I pretty much love everything about it.

I love how the white wizard just carelessly threw Haruto his morpher

I first came across one of your videos as I was beginning my adventure with this French I've watched a little bit but I decided to stop and watch the serious I have watched every show in the heisei era and now I'm watching your video to compare your opinion to my own and just remember the show I love your videos and I'm very much enjoyed it you are awesome

Nitou's catchphrase being a mimcry of Haruto's bring me endless joy when I hear him say it, especially with it being something so silly.

Wizard was one of my favorite riders when i didn’t really know what Kamen rider was, next to double, ooo, and decade. I actually got a wizard hurricane figure, but the head broke off

I love wizard and the reason is haruto. hes cool afI like heroes that are like him- calm collected, sarcastic, and earnest. its why I like certain versions of batman. My favorite moment is one you left behind grimlins backstory- the way it swerves you making you think he might have originally been a good guy and then goes in so far the other extreme it made me scream outloud I couldnt handle how good it works; I had the advantage of watching these at my own pace and Im a binge watcher me and my Boyfriend watch them together cause he likes my reactions; tbh wizard is one of my top 10 like you said it never gets to peirce the better shows so I agree that it kinda skips along for along while, but I like the suits, themes, villain's and harutos ethos enough to keep me invested.

11:25 youre doing a really good job selling the wizard toyline. You're making me want to go in on it as my first rider toyline

It’s......Finally Showtime

This is a favorite series of mine, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have its flaws. Here’s a couple of ideas I thought of that might have made it more interesting. 1) Be more creative with the fights. You’re using magic that gives you the opportunity to do a lot of things in the fight. And if you don’t want Haruto to have a bunch of forgettable magic rings have it that they had a limited use before they crumble into dust as they were made by Shunpei. This could also give him more to do and tie into him becoming Wajima’s apprentice at the end. 2) Show that Phantom’s have a chance to regain their lost humanity. More specifically Phoenix, have it that Rinko is able to get through to Phoenix, heck this could lead into him becoming the tertiary rider. 3) At the end have Koyomi speak to everyone one final time before she sacrifice herself in order to bring back those gates who perished when they became Phantoms.

Haven't watched it, but Wizard's design is one of the best main forms imo easy top 3, the red ruby armor plating with the cloke and black undersuit is sick. I still remember being in awe of how majestic it is in motion and pictures as a kid

18:30 I pray for Ryu's spine if Akiko ever found out...

Can't wait for you to do History of Kamen Rider Saber..hahahaha!

I GUSH over the transformation of White Wizard/Kamen Rider Wiseman. It is simple perfection of every aspect (coming from someone with amatuer levels of art knowledge). To begin, the henshin jingle: it's made great alot by it being next to Wizard and Beast's loud and flashy henshin jingles that really show off the outrageous wonder of what they are, then Fueki appears and just the switch to henshin mode on the belt is immediately more muted and serious, after that the grim and commanding "Change! Now!" followed by an equally grim and serious jingle with no words. Next, his design, it's POWEFUL to look at. The elegant cowl to the roughcut gem and more sinister eyes, it all compounds to impose a powerful silhouette. This leads me to the transformation, the magic ring glides over him to transform like Wizard and Beast, but unlike them, it first reveals the form as a blacked out silhouette backlit by the spell circle, first revealing the sinister eyes and finally the full form. It's so simple, but it is among some of the best suits in all of Kamen Rider to me.

I was only 7 years old when I watched this show on 2012 (the year it was airing in Japan). It wasn't perfect but it doesn't stop me from finishing it. Haruto is also one of the few protagonists that doesn't get the girl even though Koyomi is more of a plot device than actual character in the show.

That Danganronpa clip of Monokuma 😂 Fitting for Wizard's Hope vs Despair Theme

Not sure if someone commented this yet, but the reason the fight choreography is spectacular is because legendary Power Rangers action director Koichi Sakamoto was the man behind the action for the series as well as direct the Fourze/Wizard crossover movie. He's now doing choreography for Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, and Ultraman.

For the rider episodes, I probably wouldve liked them more if I was just warned theycwere coming. Thinking there's 2 more episodes after the finale and just wanting to get them over with soured me toward them, though amadan pointing out that nearly all of riders' powers come from the same source as the big bad, cut from the same cloth, was really fascinating to realize. It really shows what makes a hero or villian isnt what they look like but what they do.

The most important thing when watching these is to remember that these aren't a play by play of the entire series. They are a subjective reveiw of the series and if you havent seen these seasons(I havent seen wizard yet but this makes me want to watch it) then they should be treated as a jumping off point at best. If you havent seen the series yet you need to watch some of it before you can form your opinion of it.

Damn, that SpecialForm12 guy sounds kinda cool. Wonder if he makes content...

My favorite moment in Kamen rider wizard was that when he use huricane dragon for first time and then he use his dragon wings and thunder ring to make that huricane with thunders to that flying phatom

Beast hyper looks cool,I love the blue and gold 😁😋

Life is Showtime is a straight banger.

Also, Marco, I feel like you were pretty even handed in this review. I liked Wizard a lot when I watched it the first time and I am a little concerned to go back and try it again. I do, however, think it's awful the way almost everyone in the western community holds this up as the worst season. Your opinion seemed very reasonable.

I understand your gripes with Wizard, and I can see why. For me tho, I truly do love Wizard. Not only for having a magic KR user fully, but a lot of the themes and messages i see from it. Of course, like you, my views are different. I was able to see hope in everything, understand why they chose to do it like this and everything else. I still love Wizard but respect your opinion.

Does anyone know where I can watch the Super Hero Otsu stuff at? I'm seriously dying to watch this, it looks amazing.

idk if im way too late on the joke. but, how dare you dislike wizard. one of the best shows to ever exist under the universe. PLEASE.

The Kyoryugers are probably the most humorous tokusatsu team, even if it’s not in their own show

36:28 This kind of looks like the monster from Kamen Rider Saber's episode 2-3.

I think the reason a lot of people like Wizard is because of the characters, the premise, and the execution of said premise. That's why asking for a favorite single moment gets a lot of the same answer. It is like asking for a single, specific, drop of water from the ocean. Single moments aren't what make Wizard fans enjoy the show, it's the entirety of Wizard. I think this is true for almost all Kamen Rider seasons too. Sure, there will always be key moments that people enjoy. But the people who love that series don't love it because of one moment; they love it because of the whole that those one moments creates.

A Kamen rider based on gems would be pretty neat

Wizard is my favorite Kamen Rider series.

Fun fact about Forest of Rocks: The name is actually a literal translation of Shotaro Ishinomori’s surname. “Ishi” means rock and “mori” means forest.

Decade was my first rider but Wizard was definitely my gate way and the first season I finished. I'm part to blame for that massive merch number. I loved the WAP figured and roleplay toys. But saying all that, it's entirely on the back of the production design. Suit, music, names, etc are all just great. Magic circle summoning and rings? It's like mashing up Green Lantern and FMA. But I remember finishing and it just feeling empty. The plot is doesn't hold up to scrutiny. I remember talking about how Phoenix's arch ended, so he's gonna eventually become infinitely powerful? I thought they were setting up Chimera to eat Phoenix, but guess not. And that kinda reflects my overall memories of the series, stakes just end up being empty and overall resolutions are lackluster. But boy does it look and sounds amazing lol. I still hum "Its Magic" and Showtime. Decade, Wizard, and then Giam was a Rollercoaster of an introduction.

I feel bad for people who are gluten intolerance you're missing out on so many delicious things same with the people who can't have cheese or milk

3:05: Percy Jackson as a reference? Neat

Wizard, kiva, and w are my favorite Hesei riders, Stronger and black are my favorite shows riders, and so far only saber is my favorite reiwa rider.

cool

I remember when I introduced Wizard to a friend of mine , he thought it was real cool. Same with Kyoryuger and Super Hero Taisen . I wanted to share my love of Toku with people I know

Does anyone know where can I watch the Otsu net movies?

Beast's belt looks like IWGP belt, along with the lion imagery. Not to mention the guy kinda looks like Kazuchika Okada if you squint hard enough with his hair and fancy robe. I think the whole character is a japanese pro wrestling reference.

I had a little bit of a problem with how little momentum the big climactic plot had until the very end when I got to the latter half. When you called it slice of life, you made me realize I was just spoiled rotten from watching build and geats previously.

I think Kamen Rider Wizard is probably one of my favorite rider costumes......EXCEPT for the rings. I have never been big on rings personally and the ones used in the show are of course, supposed to be children's toys. Otherwise the mask and suit designs, especially with the magic theme are REALLY good.

55:30 love that always Decade.

recently finished Wizard and I am finding it weird hearing your many complaints about the season honestly more with Nitou I really enjoyed his character, and lets be honest, who doesn't love a secondary rider than isn't the predictible super serious guy ( still loving Meteor from Fourze as I write this part )

You should do one of these videos but for superhero otsu

Where did you find the Taisen Z net movies? Because I've been looking everywhere.

Wizard the best of the kamen rider

Wasn’t beast helmet suppose to be tatoba prototype from early designs of the taka helmet?

Fact: The reason Koyomi didn't get as much screentime and character development as she deserved, is because her actress; Makoto Okunaka was juggling her idol career with her role in Wizard. Being an idol and being an actress are both equally demanding jobs, so the smart thing to do would've been to choose one or the other. Okunaka thought she could do both, and as a result; Wizard consisted mostly of filler. Okunaka's naive/idiotic decision reminds me a lot of when Nando from the "Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl" anime decided to be both a Pokémon Coordinator and participate in the Sinnoh League. And what ended up happening to Nando? He got his ass handed to him by Ash on a solid gold plate in the Sinnoh League's preliminary rounds. God forbid I ever get a position of power at Toei, because I would issue an ultimatum to future actresses to prevent another decision like Okunaka's. Either the actress fully committed to the show, or I (or by extention, Toei) would find someone else that would. And this is all coming from someone who also finds Wizard to be a rather basic season.

I can agree that Wizard has some great fights and some style but I didn't like it because the story never grabbed and took me for a ride. With Fourze as basic as it is I went on a journey of friendship with friends, or Kiva taking me through a story of people's music, but Wizard never had a story in mind to tell which couldn't make me care about what was going on. I honestly believe that a good (not fantastic, just decent) story can elevate the rest of the show if done right but Wizard's lack of story really relagates it to its negative status.

Wait, Wizard has Percy Jackson influences? No wonder I love this series so much

Wizard is like, that one hack n slash game, the story may seem plain but hey the action is nice. I can't believe how much the action in this series got me hooked and distracted me from a lot of its flaws.

Yeah to me i really don’t know why alien Bolton appears in a cameo well I know they did a crossover once but still the brick

Shigeru Wajima’s Actor also appeared in Ultraman Z.

The main villain motive feels like shiro kenzaki from ryuki

You could also refer to mana as like magika from the elder scrolls

What app can you watch kemen rider wizard on?

I love Wizard Infinity and Beast Hyper, though both of them are part of what makes me winge about the latter half of Wizard: the 2 episodes for the same Phantom structure. A 2 part episode is fine with me so long as it feel warranted, but those episodes have a nasty habit of the phantom just slipping away because the riders didnt go full-tilt with their final forms in the first encounter. Some of the plots are justified to span 2 episodes, other times its a single episode plot stretched out, others are 2 plots with 1 phantom. It just burns me up when Haruto and Nitou faff about in their weaker forms in the first encounters then finally use their final forms to finish them off the next episode. Maybe. We MAYBE see infinite style. We see Beast Hyper plenty and I love the sounds of the form and think its really cool(especially with the open mouth motif coinciding with Khimaira's theme) but I wanted to see wizard infinity more than just MAYBE every other episode and ONLY for the finisher. I especially love Wizard Infinity because of how it stands out from the other styles in almost every way, showing that its a style of Haruto's with Dragon relegated to molding and a broche. To further drive home my point, we never saw, outside of extreme circumstances, the other riders I've seen using their weaker forms after obtaining their final form, Emu didnt use Double Action Gamer to fight after getting Muteki, Sento didnt use GorillaMond after getting Build Genius, and Kiva didnt use his normal form after obtaining Tatsulot. Just frustrating, yeah they probably wanna hold off the gas to preserve mana, but cant we handwave that for rule of cool?

I miss the abridged stuff but I understand why it cant be reuploaded.

Magic karate bugman theme bops

There's a series called Harry Dresden that is basically a wizard in a city who solves crimes so that could have been an inspiration but I highly doubt it

43:40 what a tokyo ghoul moment

that shocker fits a description.. lol

Honestly. I think Kamen Wizard should’ve tied Both Wisemen and Sorcerer’s story together. I know Wizard in Magic Land is it’s own thing. But think about it! Where did Fuuki (Wisemen) get the knowledge to turn himself into a Phantom!? Specifically the Carbuncle Phantom! Wouldn’t make so much more sense for Sorcerer to come into the picture, and forge a contract between them where they help each other with trying to achieve their own personal goals? I mean, it would make a lot more sense, add abit more punch to the Wizard Narrative. And honestly I’d be interested in seeing Their dynamic, and It would be interesting to see Wisemen betraying Sorcerer rather than handing his daughter over! I mean, that would be awesome to see!

my favorite thing about beast is that the mantles are the opposite colors of the wizard forms, Red Flame - Green Chameleon Yellow Earth - Purple Dolphin Green Wind - Crimson Buffalo Blue Water - Orange Flacon

I will say my final thoughts on Wizard is that it has heart and problems. It's problems (cough, misuse of Shunpei and the insistence of 2 episodes to the point we're repeatedly robbed seeing Infinity Style) are a bit to get through, but aside from that, it's super fun! Not to mention that the message that helped me out immensely in a pinch, giving me a chance(Nitou catchphrase). Hyper's arc was INTENSE because it plays with the tension wrought from knowing the security of being in a rider suit by robbing Nitou of his suit as he is swarmed in battle. It held me tight until he cleaned house. Also the jingles never bothered me in inappropriate times, dunno why. So, my opinion may wither as I watch more rider seasons, but as the most recent season I finished, I hold it dear. Also my faith in superhero taisen movies was thoroughly shattered (kamen rider taisen is a different league) and have grown to believe that there are no good super hero taisens.

Waiting for Gaim and Build continuation . .

Marcosatsu can you link kamen rider build and kamen rider wizard and kamen rider Kabuto

are you sure its axel? i always thought it was refering to acceleration as hes a speed rider . could be both just like double and w. anyways thats just a silly nitpick . thanks for making this series !

I'm an old fan and my last Rider show had been Black RX in the late '80's! In 2012 I jumped back in with Wizard, and so it's a special show for me. The storytelling had really changed from villain-of-the-week to a story arc, and Wizard has the most beautiful suit designs and fight choreography. I love Kabuto as well, but his style is all blunt force, by comparison, Wizard is fluid and cool. The following show, Kamen Rider Gaim, is a better show, but Wizard remains the coolest Heisei Rider for me!

where can i watch super hero otsu?

Fourze has 2 driver, because of Haruto giving past Gento a driver while the other driver is safe and sound.

I really wanted shunpei to be another wizard rider!