Gotch Watch: A Kamen Rider Gotchard Retrospective

Is this the start of a new ongoing series? No, it's not. 9 Months after Salt gave up on continuing with Kamen Rider Gotchard, Lan lured him back into watching weekly Kamen Rider with the first episode of the 2024-2025 season, Kamen Rider Gavv. Did Salt like it? Does Lan regret keeping up with Gotchard? Will Gotch Watch ever come back? Find out in this preview for a Patreon-exclusive bonus episode...

After going through the roller coaster that was Chapter 3 of Kamen Rider Gotchard, Ei and Lark take a breather and discuss Episodes 28 to 31 of the show; four relaxed episodes that aren't bound to provoke any- sweet mother of god, what's going on in there!? Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email us: midnightgrappleranimals@gmail.com Follow Lark and Ei on Twitter: @LanTweets  & @EiP__...

Ei and Lan return to answer the age-old question: Can we squeeze over an hour's worth of discussion out of just two episodes? The answer is yes, as we cover episodes 26 and 27 of Kamen Rider Gotchard, and discuss our overall thoughts on this show's third chapter. Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email us: midnightgrappleranimals@gmail.com Follow Lark and Ei on Twitter: @LanTweets  & @...

Ei and Lan return to the Gotch Watch table after watching episodes 22-25 of Kamen Rider Gotchard to discuss what it means to be a Zukyun, pacing backstories, and whether or not we've gotten tired of What's Ya Fire yet. Want access to show notes, as well as episodes early, and 2 bonus episodes of Midnight Grappler Animals' main show every month? Head over to our Patreon to find them: https://www.pa...

After roughly 3 months, Gotch Watch makes its triumphant return as Lan is joined by fansubber extraordinaire Ei as they cross the rubicon of the show's second- wait what, this is the third chapter? Okay, Lan and Ei are apparently covering the first five episodes of the show's THIRD chapter (17-21) and talk about how effective this reboot/relaunch/rebrand/revice??? was for the show. Keep Gotch Watc...

After four months of watching Kamen Rider Gotchard, we start asking the big questions: Was this worth it? Will this show truly be peak? Can Salt handle watching this show for another eight months? Join us as we discuss episodes 13-16 and wrap our heads around clunky CGI, plots that could make for great Yakuza substories, and-- hey wait didn't we see that forest before? Will this show keep going, o...

We return to Gotch Watch with a look at episodes 9 to 12, as we're introduced to a new rider, a problematic situationship, and hit the end of the first quarter of this season. Will this be what finally breaks Salt? Find out in this possibly-penultimate episode of Gotch Watch! Want access to show notes, as well as episodes a week early, and four episodes of Midnight Grappler animals a month? Head o...

After a less-than-stellar outing for Gotchard's first month, we came back for month two with quite a few surprises. Just how much did Gotchard improve over the course of a month? Did a lot of our criticisms from the first episode get addressed? See what we have to say about Uchida's first two solo-written episodes as well! For this episode, we covered episodes 5-8 of the show. Did Gotchard find it...

Salt M Bank has been on a year-long journey of getting into tokusatsu, and after participating in the Month of the Mask back in May/June for Midnight Grappler Animals, it was time to dunk Salt into the deep waters of modern Kamen Rider by making him watch the latest season of Kamen Rider as it comes out weekly. This is partially to catch him up on the "innovations" (both positive and negative) tha...