The Kamen Rider is a metaseries of manga and tokusatsu television programs and films created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. The various Kamen Rider media generally feature a motorcycle-riding superhero with an insect motif who fights supervillains often referred to as kaijin. The franchise began in 1971 with the Kamen Rider television series which followed college student Takeshi Hongo and his quest to defeat the world-conquering Shocker organization. Over the years, the popularity of the franchise has grown and the original series has spawned many television and theatrical sequels, and launched the "Second Kaiju Boom" or "Henshin Boom" on Japanese television in the early 1970s, greatly impacting the superhero and action-adventure genre in Japan. |
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Ratings: | TVMaze: 5.5/10 | |
Released: | April 3, 1971 | |
Runtime: | 30 min | |
Genres: | Action Adventure Sci-Fi | |
AKA: | Kamen Raidā, Kamen Rider Gotchard, 仮面ライダ | |
Countries: | Japan | |
Companies: | TV Asahi | |
Cast: | Kenjiro Tsuda Hiroshi Fujioka Subaru Kimura Hiroshi Miyauchi Shigeyuki Totsugi Shinji Kasahara So Okuno Wataru Hyuga Kurara Emi Toshihiro Yashiba Marie Kai 38 more Kokoro Aoshima Kentaro Maeda Shugo Oshinari Takeshi Sasaki Tsukamoto Takashi Gaku Oshida Hideyoshi Kan Ryuga Sato Oto Abe Seia Yasuda Yuna Hoshino Tom Constantine Michael K. Mei Hanakawa Junya Komatsu Kazuto Mokudai Tsubasa Sakiyama Junsei Motojima Reiyo Matsumoto Yasunari Fujibayashi Noritaka Hamao Ayaka Imoto Hayata Seki Claud Hachijoin Yutaka Saigo Kazuya Tanabe Kitamura Ryo Nene Shida Harumi Shihou Ryo Hayami Ryôko Yûi Hidekazu Chinen Yusuke Hino Nozomi Miyabe Honoka Kawasaki Ruito Koga Ryo Takizawa Machi Chitose | |
Crew: | Shotaro Ishinomori Jun Onose | |
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