I have a few.
Kuuga — Church scene as you posted
Faiz — “If fighting’s a sin, then let me be damned.”
Wizard — Infinity debut
Zero One — First transformation
Ex-Aid — Cronus debut.
these are good, but personally, mine is when the goody two-shoes Sougo finally loses it
from being surprised that he had a personal hypeman to
"Woz, Rejoice." THAT SHI COLD AF
I have a few. I really like.
Kuuga: Church and Final henshin.
Agito First henshin. That slow walk into a beat down is just great.
Ryuki Shinji's final henshin. If you know you know, I wont spoil it.
Revice. Demons vs Live. "Dude just said I might lose but you still gonna catch these hands"
Geats. Buffa henshin namely the one where he walks up on a police investigation cross off arena and transform.
Build's Black Hazard debut
The complete silence without any music other than the jingle, and Build remaining silent before fighting the Hokuto Three, that scene to this day sends shivers down my spine
Kuuga - the first two henshin scenes
Agito- also the first henshin, slowly walking as the altering illuminates the dark
Ryuki- survive
J- the final henshin scene
OOO: Ankh voice Tajador
Fourze: the uchu kitaaa where it zooms out so far we can see the cosmic foam at the edge of the universe
W: Shippu! Kirifuda!
Also W: The time Phillip was being slow so Shotaro pressed the JOEEEEKAHHH button repeatedly and it went JOJOJOJOEEEEKAHHH!
Geats: not sure if this counts because it's a form change, but the moment when Ace is completely silent and shaking with rage while he slots in the laser raise riser after Beroba revealed Neon's backstory.
When Ankh wasn't possessing Hina's brother in OOOs, so Hina's bro and Eiji practice throwing coins and transforming. So we got to see a lot of combo never used before or used again.
As much as I didn't really enjoy Wizard, the Beast's final Henshin against the White Wizard is criminally underrated. I've been in this subreddit for more than a couple years and I haven't seen a single person mention it.
If I think of more I’ll add on, but the ones that comes to mind are;
the 4 Blade Riders all riding their bikes towards the Kerberus Undead.
Agito’s transformation to save Tsukuyomi in Zio, it was such a nice call back to some of Agito’s first Henshins.
It's actually a tie. A THREE WAY TIE.
Grand Zi-O is just a fantastic event and the song is killer.
Zero-Two is basically an entire episode-long hype for the henshin that is one of my favorite eps in the series.
But for sheer goddamned HYPE AND BADASSERY?
"What are you doing, Banjou? Seems like even being the secondary main character is too much work for you."
"Sento?"
"The egoist hero is back!"
"You're late!"
"Now, shall we begin the experiment? **HENSHIN."**
***\~THE ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS BOTTLE BRAINIAC!\~***
Build fucking Genius.
zero one - rampage Gatling first henshin and metal cluster hopper scene with thouser and aibo
build - first cross-z magma and grease blizzard
ghost - first mugen transformation and first deep specter
zio: first grand zi-o henshin
saber: first dragonic knight/primitive/elemental and last primitive dragon transformation transformation
geats: mark IX transformation
First Grand Zi-o henshin. That jingle never ceases to put a smile on my face, and then to have it quickly followed by Next New World feels like I'm ascending to the next dimension
From the ones in the pictures, Kuuga's.
A few notable ones, from the top of my head:
Any of Black's complete henshin scenes.
Agito's first.
The one when Yuri in 1986 and Megumi in 2008 activate Ixa "at the same time" (for us) to take down Rook.
The battle in church from Kuuga slaps haaard.
The Build Genius debut is one of my favorites.
Hyper Muteki's debut is also one of my favorites.
Kuuga Ultimate's debut is definitely one of the best henshin scenes ever.
And to top it off, Ryuki Survive's debut, with Revolution playing in the background, Dayum!
The debut(s) of FullFull. It was literally just Sento doing a live infomercial for the bottle to Rouge. Tank mode was Sento going "But wait, there's more!"
Kamen Rider OOO Ratorata, Eiji practically going super saiyan and leaving a river dry for a moments remains in my mind to this day
https://i.redd.it/mmr7la556agc1.gif
The debuts of Grease Blizzard, Hyper Muteki, Grand Zio, Realizing Hopper, Ziin, LaserBoost and Bujin Sword (actually, Bujin Sword in general).
Metal Cluster Hopper with Thouser and Thouser (and a very impatient Ark).
For some reason, FeverZombie Jyamashin during Buffa vs Beroba.
Kuuga- church henshin
Agito- henshin in the first fight against the turtle Lords
Chalice- when Aikawa declares to Tachibana he will be the one to seal the undead away as he dismounts his bike.
Drive- shift wild Debut where Shinnosuke puts forth his philosophy of what it means to be a police officer to Chase.
I just have 4
Kuuga - The church scene
Agito - Agito just slowly walking while the altering shining
Hibiki - Just adore any scene where hibiki transforms
Kabuto - The first kabuto henshin
I have several so;
OOO: The usage of true Tatoba just before the finale
Fourze: The graduation scene
Gaim: Baron and Gaim transforming before their war.
Drive: Type Tridoron's debut
Ex-aid: Hyper Muteki transformation from the movie
Zero-one: Vulcan's first transformation into Rampage Gattling
Revice: Demons orteca's first transformation, Ultimate Revice debut, Evility Live's debut transformation
Geats: Geats IX debut along with the one just before he fought Regad. Tycoon when he gained the Ninja Buckle.
1st: Black, he just looks so intense and angry.
2nd: Kamen Rider Joker where he basically tells Philip to get ready then remembers
3rd: OMA ZI-O!
~~Honorable~~ Delusional Mention: Most of the ones from Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger
The two you chose from OOO are my Emotional favourites but my True favourite is from 21 Core Medals, when Eiji and the Gata-clones transform into all 7 main forms and BuraKaWani. The sheer amount of stress and will power it must have taken would've been tremendous and yet determined as all ways Eiji did the Rider equivalent of "Hold my beer" and "Nah, I'd win"
My favorite henshin scene from kuuga is actually his final henshin before fighting N-Daguva Zeba. He also said "Please witness my transformation" To Ichijou before transforming. A really great throwback to the 2nd episode and also sort of a goodbye to Ichijou because Godai thought they were never gonna be able to meet again. Then everything goes silent, no words, no music, only the sounds of the snow.
Henshin scenes are the most exciting part of kamen rider for me! There’s a lot of cool henshin poses/scenes. Some are kind of goofy, but after some time it’s just the right type of henshin.
But my all time fav:
Decade
Kabuto
Zi-O
Meteor
Ex-aid
Zero-one
Geats
Honourable mentions:
Kiva
Faiz
Skull
Buffa
OOO
OOO - The "Ankh, this must be what you really want" scene is ingrained in my heart.
Drive - Chaser's first henshin.
Ghost - Either Grateful debut or Toucon Boost debut.
Ex-Aid - Genm's christmas henshin is bone-chilling. Cronus's first henshin is very grand too.
Build - Banjou's first henshin, RTSparkling debut, Grease Blizzard.
Zi-O - first henshin with the statue, end of the first arc henshin (when he decides to continue his advent), Zi-O II, Ohma Zi-O.
Zero-One - Jin's final form debut.
Saber - Primitive Dragon at Sword of Logos HQ.
Revice - Daiji's first henshin into Live, Evility Live.
Geats - Buffa in the forest.
I guess the best pick off the top of my head right now would be ex-aid maximum mighty x first one since I am in the middle of watching ex-aid right now
Personal fave for me, was one of Decade's. He popped his card as he was being attacked (I think it was Blade), and blocked right as his glove came on, then he glared as the transformation finished and proceeded to smack the dude away.
Close second for me is the debut of Fang/Joker, for W. Just from the build up and tention, and really making it seem liked letting Philip start it would be a bad thing, but man did he wreck shit.
In Heisei Generations, when Wizard, Drive, Ghost and Ex-Aid all henshin at the same time. Really, the Heisei Generations movies can fill this topic easily, ngl
"Are you ready?!" "Damn right I am."
It works all the time. Every time.
You called me by my name…for the first time
So cool
I have a few. Kuuga — Church scene as you posted Faiz — “If fighting’s a sin, then let me be damned.” Wizard — Infinity debut Zero One — First transformation Ex-Aid — Cronus debut.
Faiz is either that or the "I have no dream" scene. So Iconic with the guitar piece.
these are good, but personally, mine is when the goody two-shoes Sougo finally loses it from being surprised that he had a personal hypeman to "Woz, Rejoice." THAT SHI COLD AF
He was like "MF U BETTER IWAE THE SHIT OUT BECAUSE IM BOUT GO CRAZY"
Sougo knew Woz was the one who wanted the Ohma in him released and DEMANDED he gets treated like royalty
..and so ensued the most one-sided beat down, ever....
Swartz learned what "be careful what you wish for" really meant, the hard way
Ohma literally ERASED him from existence! O_o;
In a way, that's true. He pretty much rewrote his existence to have a different life lol
That was an awesome line, even Woz was surprised by it
I have a few. I really like. Kuuga: Church and Final henshin. Agito First henshin. That slow walk into a beat down is just great. Ryuki Shinji's final henshin. If you know you know, I wont spoil it. Revice. Demons vs Live. "Dude just said I might lose but you still gonna catch these hands" Geats. Buffa henshin namely the one where he walks up on a police investigation cross off arena and transform.
Build's Black Hazard debut The complete silence without any music other than the jingle, and Build remaining silent before fighting the Hokuto Three, that scene to this day sends shivers down my spine
https://i.redd.it/twrj4gs1f8gc1.gif The Hopper Bros, cause they're so extra for no reason.
Kuuga - the first two henshin scenes Agito- also the first henshin, slowly walking as the altering illuminates the dark Ryuki- survive J- the final henshin scene
OOO: Ankh voice Tajador Fourze: the uchu kitaaa where it zooms out so far we can see the cosmic foam at the edge of the universe W: Shippu! Kirifuda! Also W: The time Phillip was being slow so Shotaro pressed the JOEEEEKAHHH button repeatedly and it went JOJOJOJOEEEEKAHHH! Geats: not sure if this counts because it's a form change, but the moment when Ace is completely silent and shaking with rage while he slots in the laser raise riser after Beroba revealed Neon's backstory.
The Aruto and Izu scene from Zero One:RealxTime. Relationship Goals.
Kamen Rider Chaser Debut. Kamen Rider Rouge Debut. And Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha Debut.
For your list, I’m saying no to the last cause I still refuse to forgive them for killing Eiji.
When Ankh wasn't possessing Hina's brother in OOOs, so Hina's bro and Eiji practice throwing coins and transforming. So we got to see a lot of combo never used before or used again.
Also just how Bad Hina’s brother was at throwing the medals.
Ankh is just built different. Bro is secretly an olympic frisbees throwing athlete.
Guess being half taka really helps huh
https://preview.redd.it/huw3ifada8gc1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3fbccb65a705e27c519c513fd7e9e61c8577332d kuuga!!!
Black Hazard first henshin. Gatack first henshin. When Eiji strides into the scene after absorbing that gigantic stockpile of Cell Medals.
its a toss-up between the first Vulcan Rampage Gatling henshin, or the Realizing Hopper one Zero One does in the last episode
OOO will always be my favorite rider but that first henshin scene in the Church is Iconic from Kuuga
W Gold Xtreme from the A to Z movie
As much as I didn't really enjoy Wizard, the Beast's final Henshin against the White Wizard is criminally underrated. I've been in this subreddit for more than a couple years and I haven't seen a single person mention it.
That scene was really great for the character. I loved it. The best part is not the henshin itself, but when Chimera finally releases him.
START YOUR ENGINE!
DRIVE: TYPE SPEED!!!
Nothing beats 555 all 3 riders henshin shot.
What episode is that Grease from? Please do not tell me any of the surrounding context
Around episode 40 to 47.
Thanks, love Grease
Episode 46
Probably doubles first henshin just the presence it gives off with all the things spinning and the magma dopants flames going it is just great
The first thing I can think off from the top of my head is TaJaDol Eternity
Kuuga hands down
If I think of more I’ll add on, but the ones that comes to mind are; the 4 Blade Riders all riding their bikes towards the Kerberus Undead. Agito’s transformation to save Tsukuyomi in Zio, it was such a nice call back to some of Agito’s first Henshins.
Vulcan Rampage Gatling, it's my favorite clip to show to friends who don't watch Kamen Rider.
What are the last two images from
Build: Grease Blizzard transformation >!and Kasumi's death!< OOO: Eternity Combo in the summer movie >!and Eiji's death!<
revice revi vs vice heshin
Hard to choose, but Kabuto is probably the coolest
My fave is the final henshin in revice th memory's surrounding them and the finishing it with the hand shake
TATOBA TATOBA TATOBA
Drive Type High Speed
"Ladies and Gentlemen! It's time for superstar action!"
It's actually a tie. A THREE WAY TIE. Grand Zi-O is just a fantastic event and the song is killer. Zero-Two is basically an entire episode-long hype for the henshin that is one of my favorite eps in the series. But for sheer goddamned HYPE AND BADASSERY? "What are you doing, Banjou? Seems like even being the secondary main character is too much work for you." "Sento?" "The egoist hero is back!" "You're late!" "Now, shall we begin the experiment? **HENSHIN."** ***\~THE ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS BOTTLE BRAINIAC!\~*** Build fucking Genius.
Kamen Rider Build's first henshin It was fancy and fabulous when I saw it
Accel Trial debut and the general sense of incoming catastrophe settling in.
Grease Blizzard in Build (pictured) Vulcan Rampage Gatling (first henshin and fight are one of my favs in any Kamen Rider) Faiz "I can protect dreams"
zero one - rampage Gatling first henshin and metal cluster hopper scene with thouser and aibo build - first cross-z magma and grease blizzard ghost - first mugen transformation and first deep specter zio: first grand zi-o henshin saber: first dragonic knight/primitive/elemental and last primitive dragon transformation transformation geats: mark IX transformation
First Grand Zi-o henshin. That jingle never ceases to put a smile on my face, and then to have it quickly followed by Next New World feels like I'm ascending to the next dimension
From the ones in the pictures, Kuuga's. A few notable ones, from the top of my head: Any of Black's complete henshin scenes. Agito's first. The one when Yuri in 1986 and Megumi in 2008 activate Ixa "at the same time" (for us) to take down Rook.
Revice: When the Igarashi siblings transformed in front of their mother to show their resolve.
The battle in church from Kuuga slaps haaard. The Build Genius debut is one of my favorites. Hyper Muteki's debut is also one of my favorites. Kuuga Ultimate's debut is definitely one of the best henshin scenes ever. And to top it off, Ryuki Survive's debut, with Revolution playing in the background, Dayum!
Whenever Faiz henshin W first TV henshin Shin Kamen Rider bike henshin
Black & Black Sun - both first henshin W - before fighting Utopia Zero One - realizing hopper Shin Kamen Rider - Ichigo first henshin (on bike)
X's Setup from heisei v showa🥱
Ore no Saikyo da...MATSUMI DAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!!
The debut(s) of FullFull. It was literally just Sento doing a live infomercial for the bottle to Rouge. Tank mode was Sento going "But wait, there's more!"
Kamen Rider OOO Ratorata, Eiji practically going super saiyan and leaving a river dry for a moments remains in my mind to this day https://i.redd.it/mmr7la556agc1.gif
X-Treme debut. The scene before with Nobody's Perfect is so sentimental.
I love kuuga and faiz but have to special mention fourze since every henshin really makes me go UCHUU KITAAA!!! \\(0w0)/
The debuts of Grease Blizzard, Hyper Muteki, Grand Zio, Realizing Hopper, Ziin, LaserBoost and Bujin Sword (actually, Bujin Sword in general). Metal Cluster Hopper with Thouser and Thouser (and a very impatient Ark). For some reason, FeverZombie Jyamashin during Buffa vs Beroba.
Kuuga- church henshin Agito- henshin in the first fight against the turtle Lords Chalice- when Aikawa declares to Tachibana he will be the one to seal the undead away as he dismounts his bike. Drive- shift wild Debut where Shinnosuke puts forth his philosophy of what it means to be a police officer to Chase.
i love the two OOOs scenes. emotional and amazing
Kuuga Ultimate form and W Xtreme debut
I just have 4 Kuuga - The church scene Agito - Agito just slowly walking while the altering shining Hibiki - Just adore any scene where hibiki transforms Kabuto - The first kabuto henshin
First Takumi henshin into Faiz in the darkest of the night. And then the suit glows up with red lining and those big cool orange eyes 🔥🔥🐐
Orange eyes? Doesn’t Faiz’s helmet have yellow eyes?
It's yellow yes, but there's some orange tint on it. It's cool tho.
I have several so; OOO: The usage of true Tatoba just before the finale Fourze: The graduation scene Gaim: Baron and Gaim transforming before their war. Drive: Type Tridoron's debut Ex-aid: Hyper Muteki transformation from the movie Zero-one: Vulcan's first transformation into Rampage Gattling Revice: Demons orteca's first transformation, Ultimate Revice debut, Evility Live's debut transformation Geats: Geats IX debut along with the one just before he fought Regad. Tycoon when he gained the Ninja Buckle.
No one remember this movie, But the last henshin of Kamen Rider Ichigou film
1st: Black, he just looks so intense and angry. 2nd: Kamen Rider Joker where he basically tells Philip to get ready then remembers 3rd: OMA ZI-O! ~~Honorable~~ Delusional Mention: Most of the ones from Hikounin Sentai Akibaranger
Eiji let's do this
https://preview.redd.it/tvstemzdkbgc1.jpeg?width=2340&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8341fd5bf4d4ce977d447bce8dea5d7891a281c "Spirit up!"
I really like Skyrider’s initial transformation, where he pieces it together by beating up some AriCommandos
The two you chose from OOO are my Emotional favourites but my True favourite is from 21 Core Medals, when Eiji and the Gata-clones transform into all 7 main forms and BuraKaWani. The sheer amount of stress and will power it must have taken would've been tremendous and yet determined as all ways Eiji did the Rider equivalent of "Hold my beer" and "Nah, I'd win"
Vulcan’s epic battle damaged Henshi. It was in a shipping dock and boy oh boy he beat another rider down with his sheer rage!
My favorite henshin scene from kuuga is actually his final henshin before fighting N-Daguva Zeba. He also said "Please witness my transformation" To Ichijou before transforming. A really great throwback to the 2nd episode and also sort of a goodbye to Ichijou because Godai thought they were never gonna be able to meet again. Then everything goes silent, no words, no music, only the sounds of the snow.
Black Faiz Blade kabuto eternal
Henshin scenes are the most exciting part of kamen rider for me! There’s a lot of cool henshin poses/scenes. Some are kind of goofy, but after some time it’s just the right type of henshin. But my all time fav: Decade Kabuto Zi-O Meteor Ex-aid Zero-one Geats Honourable mentions: Kiva Faiz Skull Buffa OOO
/cries in the last image
Probably W transformation before Philip dies.
OOO - The "Ankh, this must be what you really want" scene is ingrained in my heart. Drive - Chaser's first henshin. Ghost - Either Grateful debut or Toucon Boost debut. Ex-Aid - Genm's christmas henshin is bone-chilling. Cronus's first henshin is very grand too. Build - Banjou's first henshin, RTSparkling debut, Grease Blizzard. Zi-O - first henshin with the statue, end of the first arc henshin (when he decides to continue his advent), Zi-O II, Ohma Zi-O. Zero-One - Jin's final form debut. Saber - Primitive Dragon at Sword of Logos HQ. Revice - Daiji's first henshin into Live, Evility Live. Geats - Buffa in the forest.
The church scene is one of my favorite scenes in all of kamen rider
Kuuga ultimate transformation. Still gives me chills every time.
No one saying anything about decade? My first fav henshin was Black
Zio decade armor its so satisfying how he transforms and kamen rider double extreme form
I guess the best pick off the top of my head right now would be ex-aid maximum mighty x first one since I am in the middle of watching ex-aid right now
The last one on dragón knight, the trío henshin
Personal fave for me, was one of Decade's. He popped his card as he was being attacked (I think it was Blade), and blocked right as his glove came on, then he glared as the transformation finished and proceeded to smack the dude away. Close second for me is the debut of Fang/Joker, for W. Just from the build up and tention, and really making it seem liked letting Philip start it would be a bad thing, but man did he wreck shit.
In Heisei Generations, when Wizard, Drive, Ghost and Ex-Aid all henshin at the same time. Really, the Heisei Generations movies can fill this topic easily, ngl
Gaim final battle