Who We Are
Hi! We’re Josh Meek “the Über Geek” and Toby Tobes! We’ve been friends for a really long time, and bonded over our mutual love of pro wrestling, Power Rangers, and punk rock.
What We’ve Done
We met on the /r/SquaredCircle Reddit discussion board when Josh auditioned to be on a wrestling podcast that Toby was a part of. After that, we started Overanalyzed, a ‘MST3K’-esque watchalong series focusing on Power Rangers. It was popular, but eventually YouTube copyright strikes put an end to that project. Afterwards, we collaborated once again on a pop culture podcast called the Geek Pod.
We’ve also done many solo projects! Toby is a prolific video game YouTuber, having notably played the entirety of the Kingdom Hearts series, in addition to countless other games. Josh created the long-running bite-sized pop culture news show “Pretty Dece”.
What This Show Is
Now, we’ve joined forces once again to watch and discuss Kamen Rider! For the unitiated, Kamen Rider is a decades-long Japanese television franchise featuring masked superheroes that occasionally ride motorcycles. The shows are live-action, featuring actors in elaborate suits and costumes. Kamen Rider is a sister series to Super Sentai, which many western fans will know as the source material for Power Rangers! Kamen Rider seasons are typically aimed at a slightly older audience, with more complicated storylines and more mature themes (while still being kid shows). Despite being unavailable in most of the world outside of Japan, Kamen Rider has a big following on the English-speaking internet!
For Toby, this is his very first experience with Kamen Rider, while Josh has been around the block and has the toys the prove it. Now, we’re reviewing each new episode of Kamen Rider on the podcast, and watching even more tokusatsu on our Patreon.