Review: Kamen Rider Kiva Sticker Book

Kamen Rider Kiva: Cutting Evil Up, A Warrior of Justice!
With 101 Stickers! It says so on the cover!

The big hardboard sticker books are pretty much a requisite of any children's series in Japan; there are a ton of these things! This, the 146th volume in the current series, features plenty of nice big photos of Kiva himself. As this is put out by the people who make Terebi Magazine, and was released prior to the series, there's nothing in here we haven't seen before, but if you want the Kiva material from Terebi without everything else, this is as close as it gets. You also get 101 stickers, which is the real buying point (I'm a sticker fiend.)

There's some shiny foil ones for putting in the book itself (in a "complete the picture" kind of way) and the rest are divided up between useful ones (i.e. name tags or daily reminders) or just for fun. All the pictures are of Kiva (Kiva Form), Kivat-Bat, the first two Fuestles, and the Machine Kivaa. Again, nothing ground-breaking, but there will almost certainly be future volumes, including another eventual all-Riders edition (which are always the best, cuz nothing beats Kabuto reminding you to eat or professional high school dropout Den-O reminding you to do your homework!)

It's a worthwhile purchase if you're trying to kickstart a Kiva collection and want a nice cheap book that covers the basics. You can pick it up on Amazon.jp here.


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