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 One of three projects announced for the 50th anniversary of the Kamen Rider franchise, Fuuto PI is an anime adaptation of the manga spinoff/sequel to the 2009 series Kamen Rider W. The series, taking place after the series and some of the movies (though it doesn't really require the context from them), follows detective duo Shotaro and Phillip as they solve cases in the windy city of Fuuto, oftentimes involving mysterious devices known as Gaia Memories that turn people into monsters called Dopants. To fight these Dopants, the two transform into the singular hero known as Kamen Rider Double. One day, they encounter an amnesiac known as Tokime who is being targeted by Dopants. After saving her, Tokime becomes an assistant at their detective agency as they investigate her forgotten past. Fuuto PI streams on Crunchyroll.  Shotaro Hidari (CV Yoshimasa Hosoya) A self proclaimed "hard boiled" private eye, Shotaro is one of the head investigators in the Narumi Detective Agency and half of Kamen Rider Double. The man on the streets, Shotaro has plenty of informants around Fuuto to help him in his cases.  Phillip (CV Koki Uchiyama) A mysterious youth, Phillip is Shotaro's partner and the second half of Kamen Rider Double. He has the power to enter the Gaia Library, a repository of all the world's knowledge, which he uses to cross reference clues Shotaro finds out in the city.  Tokime (CV Akira Sekine) The newest employee of the Narumi Detective Agency, Tokime is an amnesiac who was saved from a Dopant attack by Kamen Rider Double. What secrets is she hiding?  Akiko Narumi (CV Mikako Komatsu) The daughter of Shotaro's mentor, Akiko is technically the proprietor and owner of the Narumi Detective Agency, though to what extent she actually performs that job outside of telling Shotaro what to do is unknown. Beware the slipper.  Ryu Terui (CV Makoto Furukawa) A detective working at the Fuuto Police Department, Ryu can transform into Kamen Rider Accel and fought together with Double during the events of the original series, and still acts as a begrudging ally to the Narumi Detective Agency. After the events of the original series, he has married Akiko.
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Jul 31, 2022 17:12
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Pretty good start honestly, the new voices aren’t bad and I liked that they included a flashback to an animated version of the origin story (likely both to serve as a recap and to give us some Rider action since as I recall the W suit doesn’t actually appear in the manga for a few chapters at first)
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Jul 31, 2022 18:29
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This show is horny. It's odd.
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Jul 31, 2022 18:32
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DoctorWhat posted:This show is horny. It's odd. The manga was bad horny pretty early on iirc and from what I heard it got worse so I've been waiting to hear stuff about the show before checking it out.
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Jul 31, 2022 18:41
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Chiming in to reiterate that you really don't need to have watched the TV show this is a sequel for beforehand, the manga was designed to welcome newbies and the first episode is clearly following on those cues. I really hate that the top CR comment is precisely about this being a sequel to W, but alas
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Jul 31, 2022 19:58
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I'm pleasantly surprised at how good the show looks, especially the bit of the origin story at the beginning.
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Jul 31, 2022 20:04
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Yeah, I was really happy with the first episode, but it was incredibly horny.Ignis posted:Chiming in to reiterate that you really don't need to have watched the TV show this is a sequel for beforehand, the manga was designed to welcome newbies and the first episode is clearly following on those cues. It may not be necessary, but W is really good, so people should watch it anyway
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Jul 31, 2022 22:23
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The manga is indeed quite horny and not unabashed in it but it does dial it down a little, I think, after a few cases. The anime has toned it down a little already at least. The fountain scene, for example, is much more explicit in the nudity. That may be more about what they can get away with in the manga than in the anime though. And for reference, neither of these, in terms of horniness is representative of the original KR series.
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Jul 31, 2022 23:16
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The blood is also not representative, it feels very much like "Well it's been like 10 years, the kids that watched the show are adults now"
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Jul 31, 2022 23:22
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I'm going to have to get used to the voices as, obviously, I haven't played the tie-in games.
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Aug 1, 2022 00:42
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Phillip and Akiko’s replacements sound close enough to me at least (Shotaro’s a little deep but he does well enough)
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Aug 1, 2022 00:57
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I need to watch this.
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Aug 1, 2022 08:08
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I'm just happy they didn't cast the real actors as the VAs. I'm sure Kiriyama woulda tried his best, but Suda Masaki is incredibly godawful at dubbing and is well better off knitting himself a new costume or playing Granblu on a rooftop or whatever it is he does these days.
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Aug 1, 2022 20:18
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Ignis posted:I'm just happy they didn't cast the real actors as the VAs. I'm sure Kiriyama woulda tried his best, but Suda Masaki is incredibly godawful at dubbing and is well better off knitting himself a new costume or playing Granblu on a rooftop or whatever it is he does these days. allegedly a lot of acting in stuff that isn't translated over here. but i could be wrong
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Aug 2, 2022 00:19
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https://twitter.com/EpicLinkSam/status/1556318532815708168
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Aug 8, 2022 14:59
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Speaking of, that was a pretty good second episode. As far as I’m aware though this show is only going to be one cour and last I checked the manga is still going in Japan (but maybe we’ll get another season or two later down the line assuming this does well enough)
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Aug 8, 2022 15:19
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The place is pretty gentle too atm. One chapter per episode. Unless they start skipping cases, we may not get too far
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Aug 8, 2022 15:38
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If this is one chapter per episode, these are some long chapters. Doesn't feel drawn out at all.
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Aug 8, 2022 16:18
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Shoutouts to sub rippers who care so little that they accidentally recreated the TVN experience on a short clip
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Aug 8, 2022 16:34
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Waffleman_ posted:If this is one chapter per episode, these are some long chapters. Doesn't feel drawn out at all. Actually, I'm mistaken. The latest ep (2) basically ended covering up to Chapter 5, so it's going at a standard clip for an adaptation. Next episode should finish the case and ep4 should be the start of the next one. Xelkelvos fucked around with this message at 01:39 on Aug 9, 2022 |
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Aug 9, 2022 01:35
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hell yeah
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Aug 9, 2022 02:14
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i'm glad shotaro is still a reckless, overly sentimental goofball who cannot be left to his own devices.
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Aug 9, 2022 05:16
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It’s no WBX but the opening and ending aren’t too bad overall. Why does Phillip have green hair all of a sudden though?
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Aug 9, 2022 05:20
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He has green hair in the manga, too. Artistic decision/probably helps keep it away from Masaki Suda's probably expensive likeness.
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Aug 9, 2022 05:32
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It's also clear from the roots that he's dyeing it.
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Aug 9, 2022 12:37
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Yeah that makes sense (especially since all the other returning characters look more or less the same as they did in the live action show)
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Aug 9, 2022 13:03
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DoctorWhat posted:It's also clear from the roots that he's dyeing it. Maybe? But he's shown with green hair even in the Begins Night flashback so it seems like him having green hair has always been a thing in the Fuuto PI continuity, rather than him dyeing his hair between the ending of W and Fuuto PI.
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Aug 9, 2022 15:02
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philip has always been a very fancy lad
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Aug 9, 2022 15:55
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Blaze Dragon posted:Maybe? But he's shown with green hair even in the Begins Night flashback so it seems like him having green hair has always been a thing in the Fuuto PI continuity, rather than him dyeing his hair between the ending of W and Fuuto PI. I generally don't take character appearances literally, especially in animation, so I figure it's just visual continuity.
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Aug 9, 2022 16:03
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The use of WBX in this episode was so goddamn good. This show rules.
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Aug 14, 2022 20:37
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It's not WBX, it's a new song
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Aug 14, 2022 20:52
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Ignis posted:It's not WBX, it's a new song It sounded like a remix, but it's been long enough since I heard the song that I just ran with it.
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Aug 14, 2022 21:10
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jcwVOErVU8 WGX - W Goes Next available at Spotify/itunes et al
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Aug 14, 2022 22:00
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Puto Fi. 
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Aug 14, 2022 23:39
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Can we change the thread title? Big W basically makes no sense and I know I'm being very  about it, but still.Suggestions: Fuuto PI - New Mysteries in the Windy City Fuuto PI - Kamen Rider W IN GLORIOUS 2D! Fuuto PI - The softboiled detective and his boy-friend returns
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Aug 14, 2022 23:55
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The thread title is fine. I like it being a bit of a mystery. Many of the people watching this aren't going to already be fans of Kamen Rider and overplaying the sequel aspect (even though so far you do not have to have seen W to enjoy this) sends the wrong message.
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Aug 15, 2022 05:07
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I like the animation for the action scenes. A big surprise it wasn't using poorly rendered 3d cg.
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Aug 15, 2022 10:10
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I dropped the manga early though I’ll probably pick it back up at some point now that it’s being regularly translated again. Roughly how many chapters per episode had the anime version been adapting so far? Also the new songs are alright so far but it’d be nice if we could get a reprise of WBX at some point as well.
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Aug 16, 2022 01:13
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Larryb posted:I dropped the manga early though I’ll probably pick it back up at some point now that it’s being regularly translated again. Roughly how many chapters per episode had the anime version been adapting so far? 2-3 Also, you'll be pleasantly surprised
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Aug 17, 2022 14:18
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On the one hand, I think Fuuto PI should be able to stand on its own and not rely on W entirely, and having its own songs that aren't fully connected to its predecessor's is a good way to do so. On the other, man the opening is terrible and using W-G-X instead works so much better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtpqhShlyyg
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Aug 17, 2022 14:31
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