Sorry about the double post, but I guess people are liking my post enough for me to shamelessly talk about Kamen Rider hahaha

It's basically a live action series where characters transform into superhero forms to fight monsters, usually using belts and toys gimmicks to transform, although it wasn't like that during its ancient stages. The closest analogue I'd guess is Power Rangers, because Power Rangers is based on/uses footage from Super Sentai which is an offshoot of Kamen Rider. Kamen Rider doesn't usually have the combining mecha and usually doesn't have a team of Riders right off the bat, and can be... darker or edgier XD They usually fight with hand-to-hand combat and finish enemies off with a distinctive looking, physics-ignoring kick, which, combined with an insect-theme that their masks have going, has given them the affectionate moniker of karate bugmen among the fandom XD (They're also the reason why Bug-type Pokemon are strong against Dark-type Pokemon, because these bugmen are strong against evil! When are we getting a Kamen Rider Pokemon?)

An ongoing theme of Kamen Rider is that the protagonist uses a similar or derived power from the monsters he fights, meant to exemplify that it isn't powers or technology or magic that you use that are evil, but what you do with them is what matters. Seasons are generally self-contained, usually going for 50-something episodes, with requisite crossover movies that do quite well in Japan, hahaha. There's the old Showa era that I haven't watched where things weren't very toy-based yet (they sell the Rider's gear as toys, if you haven't realized yet) with old-timey special effects, and the Heisei era which I'm more familiar with and has recently made way for the Reiwa era (following the era names based on the Emperors of Japan).

My personal favorite seasons were:
- Kamen Rider OOO, which involved creatures made of medals/coins called Greeed (yes, there are three e's), which exploited human desires. Said medals and Greeed were themed after animals, and Kamen Rider OOO uses those medals to transform into a form based off a hawk, a tiger, and a grasshopper.
- Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, which involved doctors trying to cure patients of sapient viruses in the form of video game characters. They do so by... transforming into video game characters themselves with a bulky belt that looks like a Famicom. XD

Shout-out to Kamen Rider Gaim, which got me into this fandom, which uses the theme of fruits (don't be fooled, it's pretty dark, it's written by Gen Urobuchi of Fate/Zero and Madoka Magica). Also Kamen Rider Wizard and Kamen Rider Ghost, which are often hated amongst the fandom but which I personally... well, they're not the best, but I enjoyed their runs.

Anyway, with all that spazzing, have a video of transforming... or, well, more accurately, henshins!