As the "Masked Rider," Takeshi Hongou rides the super motorcycle Cyclone, and with super-speed and super-strength, performs high-flying rechniques such as the Rider-Jump to reach the top of buildings, or his killing technique, the Rider-Kick! The show began as dark, serious and violent, but many complications (including star Hiroshi Fujioka temporarily leaving the series due to a stunt-related accident) forced the series to change into the more kid-friendly and somewhat comical series that everyone's more accustomed to.
Though the character of Skullman was more of an antihero than his resulting TV counterpart, the comic was successful enough for Hirayama to request changes from Ishinomori, turning Skullman into a grasshopper variant (a design chosen by his then five-year old son Jou) called "Masked Rider Hopper King," which was shortened to just "Masked Rider," and the rest was history! The show concerns a runaway cyborg grashopper-man who sets out to avenge the death of his teacher and the loss of his humanity (he is, in reality, scientist/motorcycle racer Takeshi Hongou) by fighting the evil forces of Shocker, the Nazi-like organization that transformed him in the first place (he was meant to be the perfect weapon against society). When coin-based homunculi known as the Greeed awaken after their 800-year slumber to attack humans and feed off of their desires, the disembodied arm of the Greeed named Ankh gives Eiji a belt and three Medals to fight the other Greeed as Kamen Rider OOO. Toei producer Tooru Hirayama, attempted to bring back the Masked Superhero genre, but their drafts were unsuccessful, until Ishinomori published a 100-page one-shot comic-book story called SKULLMAN in early 1971. Kamen Rider OOO: Eiji Hino is a traveling man who has no place to call home and a tragic past. Manga/anime characters such as Kazumasa Hirai/Jirou Kuwata's EIGHT-MAN (the granddaddy of the genre) and Ishinomori's own CYBORG 009 were similar to MASKED RIDER, but the more popular superheroes in tokusatsu was ULTRAMAN, its sequels (notably ULTRA SEVEN) and imitations. Along the way, Eiji and Ankh are assisted by members of the Kougami Foundation, who have found a way to weaponize the Greeed’s powerful medal technology.Rarely was there ever such a hero as Shoutarou Ishinomori's MASKED RIDER in the tokusatsu field before that time. After being recruited by the disembodied arm of Ankh (Ryosuke Miura), Eiji becomes OOO to fight against the ancient monsters known as Greeed, who feed off of human desires. Kamen Rider OOO, which first aired in the fall of 2010, follows Eiji Hino (Shu Watanabe), a young man with no worries aside from having a clean pair of boxers for tomorrow. As Kiva and a half Fangire himself, Wataru must fight the Fangires while at the same time trying to unravel the mystery of his father’s untimely demise in the past.
Both have to deal with the threat of the monstrous Fangire who steal people’s life force much like a vampire. Originally airing in 2008, Kamen Rider Kiva follows two interwoven story lines: The present day story of the reclusive Wataru Kurenai (Koji Seto) and his father, violinist Otoya Kurenai (Kouhei Takeda) in 1986. In Episode 47, as of the result of the further space-time anomalies, each Heisei Rider history will. Ridewatches are armament devices designed like stopwatches that are the power sources for Ridewatch-compatible Rider Systems. Each week, the channel will load two more episodes of each series. The Ridewatches (, Raidowotchi) are pocketwatch-like devices used by the Riders in Kamen Rider Zi-O that contain the power of past Kamen Riders. Seasons Episodes Actors Photos Similar shows.
A grasshopper-like, motorcycle-riding cyborg fights the evil organization that transformed him for their evil deeds. On May 22, the channel will begin uploading two episodes of Kamen Rider OOO, and on May 24th, Toei will begin uploading two episodes of Kamen Rider Kiva. 1971 164 members 32 seasons 1524 episodes. Toei will be uploading more episode of certain Heisei era Kamen Rider series to their official YouTube channel starting this week.
Fans will be able to watch two episodes of both Kamen Rider series starting this week.