Ever since Kamen Rider first fired up his motorcycle over 40 years ago and kicked evil Shocker arse, one thing has been missing: a pleated-skirt and sailor-suit-wearing rider. That will change.
You can say a lot of nice things about Nintendo games. Nintendo hardware, too. Wildly successful, iconic and timeless are just three of them. But how often can you say something Nintendo made was genuinely cool?
Gundam. Draonball. Kamen Rider. Great Mazinger, even. Namco Bandai’s 2011 Tamashii Nation toy show proves just how wonderful (and awesome) Japanese figures can be. Don’t believe me?
Some people are known for their hairdos. Others are known for their wit. Rina Akiyama was known for her round butt. Now, she’s known for something else: her thin figure.
Namco Bandai doesn’t only make video games. It’s Bandai arm has toy and game licenses for iconic Japanese institutions like Gundam, Kamen Rider and Ultraman, as well as new favs like One Piece and Haruhi Suzumiya.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of masked, motorbike-riding super hero “Kamen Rider” (“Masked Rider”). How will this milestone be marked? Why, with hotpants.