Kamen Rider

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Kamen Rider, translated as Masked Rider, was a popular and seminal sci-fi story conceived by renowned Japanese comic book creator Shōtarō Ishinomori . It debuted as a tokusatsu television series on April 3, 1971 and ran until February 10, 1973. A manga adaptation was also featured in Shōnen Magazine around the same period. The series has spawned many sequels and evolved into a widely popular franchise which is still going strong after 3 decades.

Kamen Rider become an iconic action hero in Japan, with a lot of spin-offs, sequels and adaptation movies. The lates sequel is Kamen Rider 555 and Kamen Rider Kabuto which is a huge hit. Information are obtained from Wikipedia.
 
The most recent installment of the Kamen Rider Series is the Kamen Rider Kiva, premiered on January 27, 2008. It will be a part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block with Engine Sentai Go-onger. Advertisements show a horror film theme to the series, with the motif for Kamen Rider Kiva as a vampire. The advertising slogan for the series is "Wake up! Release the chains of destiny."

Kamen Rider Kiva's plot started twenty-two years after the disappearance of the father of the main character. Wataru Kurenai (portrayed by Koji Seto) lives in an infamous "haunted house" where he is destined as Kamen Rider Kiva to fight life-draining monsters known as the Fangaire, the very race his father fought years ago before his disappearence. Wataru must also deal with a second rider in the series (named Kamen Rider Ikusa who is part of an organization seeking to destroy the Fangaire menace, as well as kill Kiva for being greater threat than the Fangaire themselves. The story is split between the actions of Wataru in the present (2008) and his father Otoya in the past (1986), slowly revealing the story behind the Fangaire and Kiva.

The Kamen Rider TV Shows

• Kamen Rider (1971-1973)
• Kamen Rider V3 (1973-1974)
• Kamen Rider X (1974)
• Kamen Rider X (1974)
• Kamen Rider Stronger (1975)
• Kamen Rider Sky Rider (1979-1980)
• Kamen Rider Super 1 (1980)
• Kamen Rider Black (1987-1988)    
• Kamen Rider Black RX (1988-1989)
• Kamen Rider Kuuga (200-2000)    
• Kamen Rider Agito (2001-2002)    
• Kamen Rider Ryuki (2002-2003)
• Kamen Rider Faiz / 555 (2003-2004)
• Kamen Rider Blade (2004-2005)    
• Kamen Rider Hibiki (2005-2006)    
• Kamen Rider Kabuto (2006-2007)    
• Kamen Rider Den-o (2007-2008)
• Kamen Rider Kiva (2008 - on going)

The Movies/ Specials/Other    

• Go! Go! Kamen Rider (1971)
• Kamen Rider VS Shocker (1972)
• Kamen Rider VS Hell Ambassador (1972)
• Kamen Rider V3 (1973)
• Kamen Rider V3 VS Destron Demons (1973)
• Kamen Rider X (1974)
• Kamen Rider X: Five Riders VS King Dark (1974)
• Krieg Der Infras (1975 ?)
• Kamen Rider Amazon (1975)
• Kamen Rider Stronger (1975)
• Kamen Rider All Back Again! 7 Riders (1976)
• Kamen Rider: 8 Riders VS Galaxy King (1980)
• Kamen Rider Super-1 (1981)
• Kamen Rider #10's Birth! Riders Come Together (1984)
• Kamen Rider Black (1988)
• Kamen Rider Black: Panic! Evil Monster Mansion (1988)
• Kamen Rider Black: Henshin of Glory (1988)
• Kamen Rider Black RX: Stay In The World (1989)
• Kamen Rider Shin (1992)
• Kamen Rider SD (1993)
• Kamen Rider ZO (1993)
• Kamen Rider J (1994)
• Kamen Rider Kuuga: New Years Special (2000)
• Kamen Rider Agito: Another New Transformation (2001)
• Kamen Rider Agito: 3 Rider TV Kun Special (2001)
• Kamen Rider Agito: Project G4 (2001)
• Kamen Rider Ryuki: 13 Riders (2002)
• Kamen Rider Agito VS Kamen Rider Ryuki (2002)
• Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final (2002)
• Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost (2003)
• Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace (2004)
• Kamen Hibiki and the 7 War Demons (2005)
• Kamen Rider The First (2005)