Just finished watching the first episode of Kamen Rider Kiva and I must say there are a few elements of this new series for 2008 which I’m very impressed with.

Firstly is the costume of kiva, I think its really cool

But what I’m really impressed by is Kiva’s finishing move. I liked how the day suddenly turns into night and he leaves a nice bat imprint on the surface when his kick lands.

Anyway Rider Kiva is this shy, overly obsessive clean guy called Wataru Kurenai (acted by Koji Seto). He started out the episode thinking that he was allergic to the world. Then he has this goal of carrying on his father legacy of making the ultimate violin, but by using weird materials such as fish bones.

The most awesome thing is Kiva’s transformation device. It is in the form of a moving talking bat - Kivat-bat the 3rd. If I’m not wrong, its the first time I’ve seen a Rider transformation device that can talk and has a mind of its own.

The other awesome thing about Kivat-bat the 3rd is that the seiyuu behind it is Tomokazu Sugita. Or some of you would know him better as Kyon from Haruhi. He really gives life to Kivat.

I think this is really gonna be a great series. I hope the following episodes will amaze me even further.