Just because the typewriter and camera films are thrown out that certain principles died with it. Pursuing innovation doesn't totally discard the old. In short, Kuuga truly emptied itself of some traditional formulas even if it's still a Kamen Rider series. I heard Shigenori Takatera worked with Black RX so he knew what failures need to be corrected. Black RX may have been a failed experiment but it did provide ideas for better, later use proving that innovation doesn't always succeed at first try. Instead, we get a fresh new start with new types of villains. The last words of Grand Lord Crisis in Black RX were somehow purposely ignored. No more references to the Showa era's Great Leader who has become nothing more than the Great Loser in massive crossover movies. Kuuga was trying to rethink almost everything you knew about Kamen Rider.
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The Heisei era started to change that in exchange for a sci-fi/fantasy TV drama approach. Kamen Rider villains in the Showa era usually came up with convoluted and/or unbelievable plots. Super Sentai villains are still notorious for having stupid plans. The Showa era Riders had villains acting like typical cartoon villains. But this time, the Heisei era succeeded where the Showa era failed with the Kamen Rider franchise.
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A reboot felt risky considering that the Showa era did try to reboot the series with Skyrider and Black but it didn't work. It would be that Kuuga was not just meant to be a big comeback for the Kamen Rider franchise. However, there's more than that with the term "empty self". The term "empty self" can be understood that the hero Yousuke Godai is a selfless person. The kuwagata or stag beetle also loses its shell. The name also means "empty self" from what I heard.
Kuuga is derived from the name kuwagata or stag beetle in English. Why was Kuuga well named, Kuuga? I can only offer a hypothetical scenario. You may notice that Kamen Rider is becoming more metallic which suggests Metal Hero isn't truly dead - it just lives on in the form of the rebooted Kamen Rider! In the end, Toei simply silently pulled the plug but would later revive Metal Hero in the form of Kamen Rider. However, the late 90s were in decline which resulted in the end of the Metal Hero title as we know it. It was also the 90s when Metal Hero was its prime from Winspector up to B-Fighter. We had Kamen Rider ZO, Kamen Rider Shin, and Kamen Rider J which just felt boring. They simply ended up as failed pilots like Kamen Rider ZX. Kamen Rider tried to be revived in the 90s but all attempts failed. However, Black RX led to the longest hiatus in terms of Kamen Rider shows. Kamen Rider Black happened in 1987 and Black RX followed soon after. Sadly, a six-year hiatus happened after Super-1 ended in 1981. You had Kamen Rider Super-1 which followed a year after. It took four years after Kamen Rider Stronger ended before Kamen Rider Skyrider (which was intended to be a reboot happened) started. What I failed to notice or remember was that the Showa era of Kamen Rider was a mess.
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