Review: KR Kabuto Super Complete Works

On account of burnout from that massive last post, and a lack of actual new stuff this week (it all comes next week, or has been delayed; literally, two or three things I was waiting to get this week were delayed until the end of January or next month), I'll skip the usual merchandise news stuff this week. Don't worry, there's plenty to talk about next week, including the first Kiva toys. In the meantime, here's a book you might want to check out absolutely must buy if you're a Kabuto fan.

Kamen Rider Kabuto "Super Complete Works"
The book that stands at the top of all others

This book has everything! Everything! Tons of color photos of nearly everything that was in the series? Check. A comprehensive episode guide that includes the movie and Hyper Battle Video? Check. Recreations of Hiyori's drawings that eventually just sort of got forgotten about after a while? Check.

As with previous "Super Complete Works" (I'm sure there's a better way of translating it, but I'm lazy so feh) the people at Terebi-Kun really did their homework for this one. It almost puts the books Terebi-Magazine does to shame, because while those guides (which tend to focus more on multiple series and are considerably thicker) are stuffed with even more photos, the sheer amount of information in these is staggering. If it had a name, this book has it in there somewhere.

One especially nice thing about the Kabuto edition is that it's all in one book. Whereas in previous years we had the series spread out over two volumes or even three (as Den-O is doing) they wisely waited until long after the series was over to release this, making it the ultimate Kabuto guide book. It's about as comprehensive as it gets, covering the series, movie, characters, Rider equipment and powers, enemies, the whole lot. There's even sections on the mysteries of ZECT (including nice pictures of things only briefly glimpsed in the series, like the original Masked Rider System plans) and of course a complete guide of Tendô's grandmother's advice for life. There's also a cool illustration in the front attempting to recreate the Kabuto characters as Ishinomori might have drawn them, as tends to pop up in these things.

So what are you waiting for? If you're one of those crazy people who considers Kabuto the greatest Rider series in the entire history of forever despite having never seen any of the others, this book's for you. And if you just liked the show a whole lot, this book's also for you. Even if you just liked it a little, this book might still be for you. And if you hated Kabuto... well, they do make these for other series, so pick you favorite and hope somebody still sells it!

Order it on Amazon.co.jp

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