#Hiroshi tsukuba

[kirider]

[09/09/2023]

Rescue mission

Kind of a panel redraw, panel and alternate more canon version under read more bc of spoilers vvv

[tokudocu]

Found these set of images on reddit, about how Beyond Generations paid tribute to SkyRider.

and then.. I realize, these are the same words Keiwa uttered to Kekera!

It's not a perfect comparison as Kekera remained remorseless whereas the scientists above are really remorseful for what they have done to their respective Riders.

It solidifies the notion that Keiwa's a Showa Rider Rep to Kekera's Shocker Rep.

More like Keiwa is an allusion to a lot of Riders not just mains and secondaries.

But Keiwa is also his own character it'd be disingenuous to reduce him to allusions of other riders when he is his own character in Geats.

[miyushin]

Joe Biden please kill them

[ask-cloverfield]

[lowder-the-koopa]

Daily Questions #3

[steelajeeg]

Kamen Rider Hero's Brave

Figure Statue Skyrider [ver. A]

  - from Kamen Rider Skyrider

  - by Banpresto

I love the original Kamen Rider. The 1971 show is the perfect, most undiluted Kamen Rider experience to me.

Rider 1 is my favorite Rider, but Skyrider is a *very* close second.

Premiering in 1979, Skyrider was originally titled "New Kamen Rider" - and was intended to be a reboot/remake of the original series that stayed closer to the tone of the manga. It was eventually reworked into a sequel.

This figure is based on his original costume (and it's the superior one, in my opinion) - Ver. B is based on the neon green and pleather costume from the second half of the series.

The sculpting and paint work are incredible. I've raved about the quality of Banpresto's figure statues before, but this one is truly astounding.

The colors, textures, and proportions are all perfect. This looks like Skyrider Sailing Jumped right out of the screen. Matte paint on the arms and chest, and satin finish on the green parts and helmet give it a screen-accurate look that elevate it above your standard (still impressive) Banpresto release.

I can't gush enough about this figure. It's the kind of toy that you could make the centerpiece of a collection. And as a bonus, it happens to be one of my favorite characters.

Fun fact: I actually helped with a translation of the show back in the day. It was a fun experience, and it  really made me appreciate the amount of craft that went into this season.

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[pleuvoire]

fucked up that skyrider wasn’t actually called skyrider and was just called kamen rider (1979) and we only call him skyrider cause shigeru showed up in an episode and called him that like once. you can’t just DO that

[incorrectriderquotes]

Kazuya: *exists*

Hiroshi: Oh I hope he thinks I’m cool

[kamen-rider-fanatic]

Currently re-watching several shows again, all from different genre. Allow me to share my favorite characters in a random order

1st and most recent.

Peter Parker/Spider-Man from Spider-Man: The Animated Series

Just started binging this series again, and man do I appreciate this Pete's whole personality, something very charming about it. Plus, Christopher Daniel Barnes does god tier work as the web head. I want Spider-Man 98' mainly to hear him in the role again. Lord Please!!!

Side note, can't talk about a 90's Spider-Man with out mentioning the all new all improved Spider-Man

Peter Parker/Spider-Man from Spider-Man Unlimited

I know I know, It feels almost criminal to talk about Unlimited but use the classic suit in a photo instead of the Nanotech Suit he wears but hey...It's my list and I get to pick the photos, and it also lets me fanboy over how good the classic suit looked in this show. I appreciate Unlimited for what we got, but man do I wish I could see an alt. universe where this Peter had a normal adventure on earth. Not to mention Rino Romano voicing him, God Damn!! Perfection!

Let's jump ship a bit too a Nick toon. Bit of a departure from the web head right. So ya'll heard of Rugrats, it's a iconic nick toon from yesteryear, we'll we aren't talkin about the original, we're jumping into it's sequel, All Grown Up, with the character I enjoyed personally,

Lil Deville

Just when you think you have me figured out, I pull out a curve ball. I dunno why Lil became my favorite, but she did, maybe it was the "Twins becoming their own person" thing that hooked me. Not sure. What I do know is I feel she got robbed on episodes where she could be a primary focus. I know she had some, but it felt like not as many as the others did. Justice for Lil!

Oh boy, if you thought we made a left turn on Spidey to Lil, just wait.

Lately I've been in a toku mood as well, so I thought I'd go old school a bit and binge an older series so, let's fly a bit. "Sailing Jump!"

Tsukuba Hiroshi/Skyrider from Kamen Rider (1979)

Meet our 8th loveable karate bug man. Told you it was gonna be a wide left turn. Look at this mannnn!! Aahhh why's he gotta look so adorable!!!

Hailing from what was supposed to be a soft reboot of the original Kamen Rider, Tsukuba is a cybernetic human based on the motif of a locust. Remodeled into a cyborg against his will, he dedicates his life to fighting the forces of Neo Shocker. While it was meant to be a soft reboot, that flew out the window faster than the character could fly himself, when past riders made guest appearances. To some, Tsukuba is a character that seems as plain as toast. And to that I say, he's my comfort character in plain toast form!!!

Boy, the tags are gonna cause some mingling in fandoms with this one. Yes I know I didn't have much to go on about TAS Spidey, but that's in part to the fact that I just started the re-watch yesterday unlike the others. I just wanted to do some rambling and share some characters of random franchises I enjoy, and yeah, it's random alright.

Popping in one day later for two final guest characters

Scootaloo from MLP Gen 3/3.5

Gremlin. That is all.

Lastly, I have a confession to make. I know this is gonna sound weird but...My whole world changed one day when all these random cards started raining down everywhere. At first none of us thought much of it, so a bunch of us kids invented a cool new game!

That's when we realized those cards weren't so harmless after all. They were packed with incredible power from another world!

Dan Kuso/Danma Kuso from Bakugan Battle Brawlers

[sailorgokaidecade]

All Showa-Era Kamen Riders:

Takeshi Hongo (Kamen Rider 1)

Hayato Ichimonji (Kamen Rider 2)

Shiro Kazami (Kamen Rider V3)

Joji Yuki (Riderman)

Keisuke Jin (Kamen Rider X)

Daisuke Yamamoto (Kamen Rider Amazon)

Shigeru Jo (Kamen Rider Stronger)

Hiroshi Tsukuba (Skyrider)

Kazuya Oki (Kamen Rider Super-1)

Ryo Murasame (Kamen Rider ZX)

Kotaro Minami (Kamen Rider Black/Black RX)

Shin Kazamatsuri (Kamen Rider Shin)

Masaru Aso (Kamen Rider ZO)

Koji Segawa (Kamen Rider J)

[amazon-did-nothing-wrong]

Kids in 1979 were not ready for aromantic icon Tsukuba Hiroshi

[bugtransport]

i loveeeeee all the weird fucked up bugman stuff in black so far i think it's really cool. i'm not immune to things being a little edgy sometimes. you can do a lot with a little body horror imo. it's also so wild watching kotaro go through actual borg angst after hiroshi "[shatters a glass] [shrugs] not gonna let that ruin my day" tsukuba and kazuya "my only angst is that i'm not borg enough" oki. and ZX who was also there

[asknarashikari]

What if, there were a few Riders [Riders that could fly] present during the heaven or hell game? Who would do you think it would be and who would choose to save the civilians falling and who would just bash the bull's face in?

[and who would eventually save Keiwa from falling]

Tsukuba Hiroshi, aka Skyrider, was the one that immediately came to mind for me. As the name implies, flight was part of his powerset from the get-go. And as a Showa Rider, he'd have decades of experience on the bull and could probably kick his ass easily.

I can also see the Ghost Riders (Takeru, Makoto, Alain and maybe Kanon) also make attempts to grab people. Fourze as well, if using the Rocket module, and Build using one of the flight-capable Full Bottles (...like Rocket). Another possibility is wind-element Riders (like Philip or Haruto using their respective wind-themed trinkets, for example) using some kind of current to push the would-be victims back up.

And while it's not a Rider that could fly per se, I reckon Den-O (whether it's Ryoutaro or one of the Taros) would be a great help with the civilians- just use the Den-Liner to catch them. Ditto for Yuto (Keiwa's possible relative?) with the Zero-Liner. While technically any Rider with a flight capable-mech could do this, the train mechs would be the ones that can catch the most people because of their sheer size.

[ask-cloverfield]

[lowder-the-koopa]

Sky...transform! Here's Skyrider. Next up is Kamen Rider Den-O.

[spacenutspod]

NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Katherine Cook, fourth from the left, attends a welcome reception for the 26th class of Mansfield Scholars at the Iikura House in Japan on Sept. 1, 2022. The reception was jointly hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the Mansfield Foundation, and the National Personnel Authority of Japan.Contributed photo A yearlong journey of cultural and professional development overseas has a NASA Deep Space Logistics employee excited about current and future collaboration with one of America’s key international partners in the agency’s Artemis program.    Katherine Cook, who develops cargo delivery services for NASA’s Gateway, recently returned to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after an immersive experience in Japan. There, she collaborated with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), government ministries contributing to Japan’s space activities, and The National Diet’s House of Representatives. Katherine Cook speaks at Kumamoto University Graduate School for Science and Technology in Japan on Dec. 16, 2022. The university is located on Kyushu, the southernmost main island of Japan.Contributed photo “Everything I did involved Artemis and human exploration,” Cook said. “Developing technologies for Moon to Mars is challenging, but if we can find a good balance of leveraging the strengths of each partner and continue to evolve the partnership, we’ll be able to share knowledge in an even more integrated way.”      As part of her trip, Cook spent about five months at the Tsukuba Space Center, approximately one hour north of Tokyo, working under JAXA Vice President and Director General for Human Spaceflight Technology Hiroshi Sasaki. She partnered with JAXA subject matter experts to host themed discussions for the directorate team, sharing and discussing ideas about the U.S and Japanese approaches, including future partnering opportunities.   Her research themes included: NASA’s Moon to Mars objectives; commercial capabilities such as commercial low Earth orbit development; lunar surface transportation such as rovers and utility vehicles; lunar in-situ resource utilization, human landing systems, and science priorities to enable human exploration to the Moon and beyond. This required intense language training – before and throughout Cook’s trip – so she could understand, write, and speak Japanese with an audience ranging from students and coworkers to Japanese dignitaries, such as the Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi and JAXA President Dr. Hiroshi Yamakawa.           On June 15, 2022, Koji Tomita (fourth from the left), ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States, hosts six members of the Mansfield Fellowship, including NASA’s Katherine Cook, fifth from the left, in Washington, D.C., before their departure to Japan.Contributed photo “I think a lot of growth came out of challenging myself – both in learning more about NASA and U.S. agencies collaborating on space and learning about it deeply enough to explain it and communicate it in a succinct way that could make it through translation,” Cook said. Cook was just the third NASA person selected in the nearly 30-year history of the Mansfield Fellowship, a program named for former U.S. Senate Majority Leader and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Mike Mansfield. Invited to lecture at several university graduate programs, Cook was inspired by students’ interest in NASA’s Moon to Mars plans, as well as their knowledge and in-depth questions. Her interaction with Japanese colleagues was equally positive, as they welcomed her to their group with open arms. During the Artemis I launch in November 2022, Cook invited members of the JAXA human spaceflight team to a launch viewing party. Aware that she was disappointed about missing the launch live, they blew her away by showing up in great numbers, doling out high-fives and ecstatically cheering on the launch in front of a big screen TV at the Tsukuba Space Center. After a ride on the new Superconducting Maglev, the world’s fastest bullet train that travels up to 311 mph and operates on a magnetic levitation railway system, Mansfield Fellows stop by a convenience store for a drinkable ice cream treat on May 18, 2023. NASA’s Katherine Cook is pictured third from the left.Contributed photo “One thing that leaves an impression on you from Japan is their hospitality. The word for it is ‘omotenashi,’” Cook said. “It’s more than just a word; it’s culturally ingrained in how they interact with each other and the level of consideration that they put into everything they do.” Enriched technically, culturally, and spiritually from her transformative experience in Japan, Cook returned to NASA “forever changed.” She learned a great deal about science, life, and her own agency. She even picked up a saying that she incorporated into her daily work routine.           “In Japan, at the end of every day, you say, ‘Otsukaresama deshita,’ which means, ‘Thank you for your hard work.’ When you pass a coworker in the hall and when you toast in celebration with coworkers, you say ‘Otsukaresama des,’ ” Cook said. “Even still, when I meet with my Japanese counterparts, I will often say it. And it reminds me to carry that appreciation of my team throughout my day back at NASA. The simple phrase bonds us all together across the international Artemis work we do.”