Kamen Rider Zi-O 29

Episode 29; Blade・Joker!? 2019; ブレイド・ジョーカー！？2019
	Kamen Rider Zi-O episode
Writer	Shimoyama Kento
Director	Yamaguchi Kyouhei
Action Director	Miyazaki Takeshi
Original air date	March 31, 2019
Viewership	3.6%
Forum Thread	Thread
Fan Rating	4.33 / 5
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Aired with Kishiryuu Sentai Ryusoulger 03

Important things that happened

Kamen Rider Neo DiEnd
(仮面ライダーディエンド（ネオディエンドライバーVer.）)
Neo DiEnd Driver
(ネオディエンドライバー)
Kamen Rider Woz FutureRing Kikai (Woz Ver.)
(仮面ライダーウォズフューチャーリングキカイ（ウォズ Ver.）)

N/A

アナザーブレイド

Ride Watch: Another Blade Watch (アナザーブレイドウォッチ)

Height: 201.0cm

Weight: 101.0kg

Year: 2019

Characteristics/Powers: Wields a big sword (大剣を操る)

Kaitou Daiki / Kamen Rider DiEnd (Decade) - Totani Kimito → 海東大樹 / 仮面ライダーディエンド - 戸谷公人
Kurihara Amane (Blade) - Kajiwara Hikari → 栗原天音 - 梶原ひかり
Kenzaki Kazuma / Kamen Rider Blade (Blade) - Tsubaki Takayuki → 剣崎一真 / 仮面ライダーブレイド - 椿隆之
Aikawa Hajime / Kamen Rider Chalice (Blade) - Morimoto Ryoji → 相川始 / 仮面ライダーカリス - 森本亮治
Female customer - Sagawa Yui → 女性客 - 佐河ゆい

After the opening credits, Kaitou introduces himself to the main characters the same way he did on Decade Ep 10, which is serving breakfast.
Like Tsukasa's Decade Driver, Kaitou's DiEnd Driver gets an upgrade. He has new a set of KamenRide, FormRide, AttackRide, Final FormRide, and Final AttackRide cards which possess the abilities of W to Build secondary Riders. The AttackRide: Invisible card is changed into Neo Invisible. The Driver physically doesn't change much except recoloring, but also includes the name "DIEND" underneath the DiEnd logo.
Another Blade is unique in a few ways. First, she's the first female host of an Another Rider. Second, she has 2019 written on her instead of 2004 when Blade was active. Also, normal Blade is able to co-exist with Another Blade, but it's not clear if there's a consistent rule about this or just bad writing.
On the substitute dummy that falls down, the face is written with the hiragana for "shinobi".
The title for next week's episode flips the date and title order. Up to this point, it's always been the title and then the year.

Blade recently celebrated its 15th anniversary since its first airing, so this special takes place on Blade's 15th anniversary.
Amane appears to be still working at her mother's restaurant, Jacaranda. The home base for most of the heroes in the original Blade series.
In a photo, we see Amane's mother, although her actress doesn't appear in this episode.
Before the opening, we pan over some photos before zooming in on Chalice's 2 of Hearts Spirit Card while a certain sound effect plays. This scenario is a direct homage to the way every episode of Blade starts, and it uses the exact same sound effect.
Another Blade attacks photo studios to search for Hajime, because he works as a photographer. He's shown still working on his photographs before the opening.
When Hajime appears, he's wearing his long trench coat that he wore throughout the original series.
Because of his loss of humanity at the end of the series, Kenzaki goes on the run. From his tattered clothes, he has apparently had a rough time.
Blade's suit is reused from the Heisei Generations FOREVER movie.