It seems that Kamen Rider Ryuki has been picked up for US release. Adness entertainment and the Wang Brothers have geared up their editing skills to americanize the Ryuki we all know and love. While I am no fan of Americanizations of Asian properties, there are times I can say that the US version while inferior is not bad. Sadly however this is not the case. Upon viewing the leaked trailer of Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, I was extremely unimpressed. The acting was horrible, the dialogue was ear shattering, the original human fight scenes looked like reject matrix footage and the plot from what we can see in the trailer was all uninspiring and cliche. I guess I can understand that this is a program marketed towards children, so I really shouldn't be so hard on it but man this trailer is REALLY BAD. I hear some guys on some of the US toku boards like the original "action" they see in it but to me it just seems like really low level choreography (ala reject Matrix footage). I really hope the Wang Brothers and Adness touch up their "creation because at the level it's at now I'm not sure how well they can do the KR license any justice.

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MERRY HARUHI-XMAS!!!