Kamen Rider (1979 TV Series)

Kamen Rider (仮面ライダー Kamen Raidā, Masked Rider) is a Japanese tokusatsu drama that serves as the sixth installment of the Showa Era of the Kamen Rider Series. A joint production between Toei Company and Ishimori Productions, it aired from October 5, 1979 to October 10, 1980 on TBS for 54 episodes.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) It tries way too hard to live up the legacy of the original Kamen Rider series, and what's even worse is it doesn't even have the charm that the original show provided.
 * 2) Hiroshi Tsukaba is easily the most forgettable Rider protagonist that the franchise has to offer, his personality is as dull as dry wall, being that his ONLY personality is to be kind-hearted and nothing else.
 * 3) The plot is extremely lack-luster and almost non-existent.
 * 4) The aesthetics of this show are atrocious, maybe the worst that the Showa era has provided (along with Stronger), yet it makes sense that the atmosphere is more simplistic given that it's a reboot, however it doesn't work at all.
 * 5) The Skyrider suit is very lackluster with it's very horrendous color palette, granted the second suit is a minor improvement over the first one due to it's more tolerable color palette, however it doesn't eclipse the fact that the suit still suffers from a very boring design.
 * 6) The second theme song is not that great and is very forgettable, and is overall pointless considering it only occurred through the remaining ends of the show.
 * 7) The fight scenes are a mixed bag, most of the fight scenes tend to be lazily choreographed, while at times it tends to have some pretty decent scenes only to be swallowed by some really really bad choreography, it just doesn't make any sense
 * 8) GanGan G is an awful comic relief and the worst character in the show to exist due to his gags being pure irritating and his antics are really migraine-triggering.
 * 9) Neo Shocker is pretty much the exact definition of the WORST villain group to exist in the history of the franchise as almost every single one of them did absolutely nothing the entire show to spice up it's very boring nature, not to mention they failed miserably to live up to the shocker title that the original shocker had.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The final villain's design is actually pretty good, and is the only design to come out of the show as appealing to the audiences' eye.
 * 2) The first theme song is actually pretty decent to listen to.
 * 3) The finale was passable at best, ignoring the very lack-luster final battle.

Trivia

 * 1) This title Kamen Rider was brought back due to wanting this show to be simplistic like the original 1971 series.
 * 2) To distinct it from the original, many people in Japan refer to this show as Kamen Rider Shin (Not to be confused with the 1992 Movie).