Kamen Rider Black RX!!

This is the continuation of the hero called Kamen Rider Black RX.. As most of us true Kamen Rider fans know, RX is the sequel to Kamen Rider Black, and in a nutshell, after KRB saves the world and defeats Golgom, our hero, Kotaro Minami enjoys peace for the time being..

Now working as a helicopter pilot for Sahara Industries, he even has time for a girlfriend, photojournalist Reiko Shiratori. Alas, the peace doesn't last long, as the Crisis Empire sets up their invasion to (yep, you guessed it) take over the world. But first, they must take out the only obstacle in the way, namely, Kamen Rider Black! But even before Kotaro can transform, he is taken captive by the villains,tortured, and then is thrown into the coldness of space. In the process, Crisis bombards Kotaro with particle beams, splitting his King Stone. Absorbing cosmic rays in the process, Kotaro falls back towards the earth. With the split King Stone exploding, Kotaro rises back out of the earth, and takes on to challenge the Crisis Empire as Kamen Rider Black RX!

The Birth of Roborider

In addition to Kotaro's resurrection into Black RX, his powers were magnified. As a result of the split King Stone, RX now had the power to split into two other identities... The first was Roborider, the Prince of Sadness.. Dressed in black and gold armor, he has the same powers like all the other Riders. Roborider would dispatch and eliminate any demon robot or monster with his Vortech Shooter. In addition, RX not only transformed, but his bike, Acrobatter(formerly Battlehopper and MR:Combat Chopper)morphed into Roboizer. In Masked Rider, he is known as Masked Rider Super Gold.

Biorider!

RX'S second identity was Biorider, the Prince of Wrath.I like his powers because he was able to transform using a liquidfied attack on the monsters. Biorider also wielded his mighty Bio Blade, which slices demon monsters in two. With Biorider's transformation, Acrobatter changes into Makjabber. In Masked Rider, Biorider is named Masked Rider Super Blue.

My appreciation for the original version over the Americanized version

The reason is obvious.. Special effects, the action,and the intensity of the characters..Which goes to show that Saban is an idiot.. Case in point: They tried to put in a B-movie actor to wear Kotaro's clothing- From the back he may resemble Kotaro (NOT!), but let's get real here, Kamen Rider fans..T.J. Roberts, as great a martial artist he is, will never replace Tetsuo Kurata..To add insult to injury,not only Saban had the temerity to give the remade RX telepathic powers, but they added that..that..thing, that furball called Ferbus! Bad enough he was thrown in there as comedy relief (See the Saban's Mashed Rider episode where he flies a plane, or when he grows into a giant..

And the last thing that got this rider fan ticked off was the way Masked Rider finished off the monster-He shot it with his so-called Electro-saber from a distance!In Black RX, he thrusted his Ribolcane sword into the monster or robot, and comes out of the way with the hero pose, and the creature blows up (Examples: Spielban a.k.a. J.B. in VR Troopers) posing after defeating a robot, or Lone Wolf posing after defeating the bad guys in Shogun Assassin)

This is what really happened to the robot monster that RX destroyed.. Better than zapping him from a distance, don't you think?

Special thanks to Michael Robinson for the pictures!

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The one and only true Masked Rider Black RX: Kotaro Minami, played with powered up panache by Tetsuo Kurata!!

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