5 episodes down for the very cool Kamen Rider series and the show continues to develop intriguing ideas.  I noticed that Dragon Knight Incisor wasn’t clicking with the fans (though I thought he was fun and I noticed a subtle gay subtext to his character Richie) so we’ve moved on to a new villain already after Richie was “vented” last episode.  We meet a new villainous Kamen Rider named Drew who is scouting both Kitt and the brooding Len (Matt Mullins).  There are more fun fight scenes but the show is mostly about the relationship between reluctant hero Kitt (a staple in anime) and Len. 

The Power of Two emphasizes teamwork as the two Kamen Riders learn to work together to thwart General Xaviax’s plans.  Xaviax is a good (if generic) villain, who plans to take over the entire planet and make humans his slaves in his quest to rebuild his home planet.  Kamen Rider fans should generally be pleased with this new series as its not the campy piece of crap that Masked Rider (dear God, the pain) or later Power Rangers became. 

Episode Grade: B+

Many of the episodes of Kamen Rider can be found right on The Cw4Kid’s official site, go catch up now !:

The CW4Kids website has full episodes of Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight on there now, here’s the link:

http://www.4kidstv.com/kamen-rider-dragon-knight

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