Unfortunately, being a newbie of this franchise I though that starting with its first series ever it would have proven the right choice since usually by doing that I've found a lots of gems people tend to not consider because of their age, in both the comic medium and the anime one. This is not one of those gems, except the first 10/13 episodes that are interesting because they show you how originally the series was intended to be, I. E. akin to the american golden age of comics with lots of blood and dismemberment (something I'm not particularly fond when it's done past that specific period except when it has a meaning behind and it's not just for gore's sake). After that, what you're going to see if you stick until the end (something I don't recommend doing) is a progressively kiddified affair that is really, really and I can't stress enough REALLY repetitive and way more repetitive, boring and hamfisted than a lot of classic 100+ or 200+ episodes repetitive animes I've seen from front to end (fillers and recaps included) without being bored once with nothing particularly engaging if we exclude the occasional campy glimpse (provided you're a sucker of camp like me), the nice eye-candy chicks who start by factually fighting the minions and end being treated like nothing more than props and a couple of interesting episodes, in particular episode 84 which is the way I personally like superheroes to be. Other than that there is nothing here for newcomers, so as a newcomer to this franchise myself I can't recommend this to anyone in my situation. Go down on other series of the franchise before this, not on this one.
Review of Kamen Rider
Kamen Rider
(1971–1973)
an overlong, boring, repetitive slugfest that is recommended ONLY to Kamen Rider Completionists
11 November 2022