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Kamen Rider Series
A statue of Kamen Rider 1 outside of Bandai Corporate Headquarters in Taitō, Tokyo
Created byShotaro Ishinomori
Ishimori Productions
Toei Company
Original workKamen Rider
OwnerIshimori Productions
TV Asahi (1971–1975, Shōwa era, up to Amazon, 2000-present, Heisei era)
MBS/TBS (1975-1989, Shōwa era, from Stronger up to Black RX)
BS Asahi/Tokyo MX (2016, Heisei era, Amazons only)
ADK (2000-present)
Toei Company
Toei Advertising (1979–present)
Films and television
Film(s)See below
Television seriesSee below
Games
TraditionalRangers Strike
Video game(s)Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride
Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes
All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation
Kamen Rider: Battride War
Audio
Original musicRider Chips
Kamen Rider Girls
Miscellaneous
ToysSuper Imaginative Chogokin
Souchaku Henshin
S.H. Figuarts
Mainly sponsored byBandai
McDonald's
Seiban Ltd. (for Seiban-branded backpacks)
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company (for Oronamin C)
Shogakukan
Kodansha
Official website
www.kamen-rider-official.com

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The Kamen Rider Series (Japanese: 仮面ライダーシリーズHepburn: Kamen Raidā Shirīzu, translated as Masked Rider Series) is a metaseries of manga, and tokusatsu television programs and films, created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. The Kamen Rider media generally features a motorcycle-riding superhero with an insect motif who fights supervillains, often known as kaijin (怪人). 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. Its popularity has grown; the original series spawned television and film sequels and launched the Second Kaiju Boom (also known as the Henshin Boom) on Japanese television during the early 1970s, impacting the superhero and action-adventure genres in Japan.[1]

  • 1History
  • 2Production
  • 3Adaptations outside Japan
  • 6External links

History[edit]

Showa Era[edit]

Produced by Toru Hirayama (平山 亨Hirayama Tōru) and designed by Shotaro Ishinomori (creator of Cyborg 009), Kamen Rider premiered on April 3, 1971 initially intended as an adaptation of Ishinomori's Skull Man. He and Hirayama redesigned the main character to resemble a grasshopper. The hero Takeshi Hongo, played by actor and stuntman Hiroshi Fujioka, was described as a transformed human (改造人間kaizō ningen) (cyborg). During the filming of episode 10, Fujioka was thrown from his motorcycle during a stunt and broke both legs. His character was phased out until the introduction of another transformed human, Hayato Ichimonji (played by Takeshi Sasaki) was introduced in episode 14. The return of Fujioka and his character, Hongo, in episode 53 united the two actors and Kamen Riders 1 and 2 appeared in every show of the first half of the Shōwa series. The series from April 1971 to January 1976 (Kamen Rider, V3, X, Amazon, Stronger) included a recurring mentor, Tobei Tachibana.

After a four-year hiatus following the finale of Kamen Rider Stronger, the series returned to broadcast television in October 1979 for two years with The New Kamen Rider (featuring Skyrider) and Kamen Rider Super-1. In these shows, Tachibana was replaced by a similar character named Genjiro Tani (谷 源次郎Tani Genjirō). The annual new shows ended briefly during the 1980s, punctuated by the 1984 Kamen Rider ZX special Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! (Hirayama's last project for the franchise).

Kamen Rider Black premiered in 1987, the first series not hinting at a relationship to its predecessors. Black was the first show in the franchise with a direct sequel: Kamen Rider Black RX, the basis of Saban's Americanized Masked Rider. In RX's finale, the ten previous Riders returned to help Black RX defeat the Crisis Empire. Kamen Rider Black RX was the final show produced during the Shōwa era, with the franchise resuming production by the end of the 20th century. A manga of Kamen Rider Black was a novelization and reimagination of the Black-RX series' continuity. Absent from television during the 1990s, the franchise was kept alive by stage shows, musical CDs, and the Shin, ZO, and J films.

Heisei Phase 1[edit]

Toei announced a new project, Kamen Rider Kuuga, in May 1999. Kuuga was part of Ishinomori's 1997 Kamen Rider revival in preparation for its 30th anniversary, but he died before the shows materialized. During the summer of 1999, Kuuga was promoted in magazine advertisements and TV commercials. On January 30, 2000, Kamen Rider Kuuga premiered with newcomer Joe Odagiri.[2]

In 2005, Kamen Rider: The First was produced. Written by Toshiki Inoue, the film reimagines the manga and original television series and characters from the original series had their storylines altered to fit the film's time span. Masaya Kikawada played Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider 1 and Hassei Takano (previously Miyuki Tezuka/Kamen Rider Raia in Kamen Rider Ryuki) was Hayato Ichimonji/Kamen Rider 2. This was followed in 2007 by Kamen Rider The Next, an adaptation of Kamen Rider V3 starring Kazuki Kato (previously Daisuke Kazama/Kamen Rider Drake in Kamen Rider Kabuto) as Shiro Kazami/Kamen Rider V3 and with Kikawada and Takano reprising their roles.

The eighth series, Kamen Rider Den-O, followed in 2007. Differing from past Kamen Rider series, it introduces a rider who is unsure of himself. The series has a large vehicle, the DenLiner: a bullet train which can travel through time. Although the series has only two riders (Den-O and Zeronos), they have multiple forms similar to Black RX, Kuuga, and Agito. Due to Den-O's popularity, a second film crossover with the 2008 series Kamen Rider Kiva was released on April 12, 2008. The top film in its opening weekend,[3] it grossed ¥730 million.[4] In addition, Animate produced an OVA, Imagin Anime, with SD versions of the Imagin. A third film, Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown (with two new riders) was an epilogue for the series.[4] According to Takeru Satoh, who played the lead character of Den-O in the television series and first three films, the series was successful because of its humor.[5]

The 2009 series, Kamen Rider Decade, commemorated the Heisei run's 10th anniversary. Japanese recording artist Gackt performed the series' opening theme, 'Journey through the Decade', and the film's theme song ('The Next Decade') and jokingly expressed interest in playing a villain on the show.[6] Also announced in 2009 was a fourth Den-O film[7] (later revealed as the beginning of the Cho-Den-O Series of films),[8] starting with Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship. In the March 2009 issue of Kindai magazine, Decade star Masahiro Inoue said that the series was scheduled for only 30 episodes.

Heisei Phase 2[edit]

Advertisements in May, June, and July 2009 promoted the debut of Kamen Rider W,[9] who first appeared at the 10th-anniversary Masked Rider Live event[10] and was featured in Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker. The staff of W said that they planned to make 10 more years of Kamen Rider, differentiating subsequent series from the Kuuga through Decade period (including a new broadcast season from September of one year to about August of the next ). The hero of Kamen Rider W is the first Kamen Rider to transform from two people at once,[9] and the series premiered on September 6, 2009.[11] Continuing into 2010 with Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010, W ran from September 2009 to September 2010 instead of from January to January. The second, third, and fourth films of the Cho-Den-O series, collectively known as Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy, were also released in 2010.[12] Late 2010 brought the series Kamen Rider OOO to television after W's finale, and 2011 observed the 40th anniversary of the franchise. Festivities that year included the Kamen Rider Girlsidol group, the film OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders (released on April 1) and OOO's successor, Kamen Rider Fourze, which references the previous heroes in its characters' names and its plot. A crossover film, Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen, was released in 2012 featuring the heroes of all Kamen Rider and Super Sentai series to date.[13]

With Fourze's run complete in 2012, Kamen Rider Wizard premiered; its protagonist was the first Kamen Rider to use magic.[14]Wizard had the first homosexual character and cast member with Kaba-chan.[15]Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z, a sequel to 2012's Super Hero Taisen with the revived Metal Hero Series characters from Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie and other characters created by Shotaro Ishinomori appearing in Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie War Ultimatum, was released in 2013.

On May 20, 2013, Toei filed for several trademarks on the phrase Kamen Raidā Gaimu(仮面ライダー鎧武（ガイム）).[16]Kamen Rider Gaim previewed on July 25, 2013, revealing a Sengoku period and fruit-themed motif to the series' multiple-rival Kamen Riders and Gen Urobuchi as the series' main writer.[17][18] The third entry in the Super Hero Taisen film series, Heisei Rider vs. Shōwa Rider: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai, marked the 15th anniversary of the Heisei Kamen Rider era and revolved around a conflict between the 15 Heisei Riders and the 15 Showa Riders with Kamen Rider Fifteen, and a cameo appearance by the ToQgers and the Kyoryugers. It also marked the start of a yearly Haruyasumi Gattai Supesharu(春休み合体スペシャル, Spring Break Combined Special) involving each year's Kamen Rider teaming up with the current Super Sentai team in a story tying into that year's entry in the Super Hero Taisen movie series. Gaim was followed in 2014 by Kamen Rider Drive, the first Kamen Rider since Kamen Rider Black RX (who also used a motorcycle), to use a car instead of a motorcycle.[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] The fourth Super Hero Taisen, Super Hero Taisen GP, marks Kamen Rider 3's first live-action appearance after the Showa Kamen Rider manga. Kamen Rider Ghost was introduced in 2015. In 2016 the Kamen Rider series celebrated its 45th anniversary, and Toei released the film Kamen Rider 1 on March 26, 2016.[28]Kamen Rider Ex-Aid was introduced in 2016 and was the first Rider series to have a character, Kiriya Kujo, portray the main Rider's motorcycle. A Movie War film known as Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider was announced for December 10, 2016, featuring Bandai Namco Entertainment's original character created by Namco prior merging with Bandai in 2006, Pac-Man. Following up Ex-Aid's finale, Kamen Rider Build premiered on September 3rd, 2017.[29] The twentieth and last series of the Heisei era, Kamen Rider Zi-O, which commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Heisei era, premiered on September 2nd, 2018. On December 22, 2018, a film commemorating all the Riders of the Heisei Era titled Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever premiered in Japanese theaters.

Reiwa Era[edit]

On May 13, 2019, Toei filed a trademark on the phrase Kamen Rider Zero-One (仮面ライダーゼロワンKamen Raidā Zerowan).[30]

Production[edit]

Main series[edit]

A 205 series train on the Senseki Line with Kamen Rider and other Shotaro Ishinomori character livery. The Senseki Line has a terminal in Ishinomori's hometown of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture.

The following is a list of the Kamen Rider series and their broadcast years:

  • Kamen Rider (1971–1973); first series in the franchise and first series of the Shōwa period.
  • Kamen Rider V3 (1973–1974)
  • Kamen Rider X (February 1974–October 1974)
  • Kamen Rider Amazon (1974–1975)
  • Kamen Rider Stronger (April 1975–December 1975)
  • Kamen Rider Skyrider (1979–1980)
  • Kamen Rider Super-1 (1980–1981)
  • Kamen Rider Black (1987–1988)
  • Kamen Rider Black RX (1988–1989); last series of the Shōwa period.
  • Kamen Rider Kuuga (2000–2001); first series of the Heisei period.
  • Kamen Rider Agito (2001–2002)
  • Kamen Rider Ryuki (2002–2003)
  • Kamen Rider 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 (2008–2009)
  • Kamen Rider Decade (January 2009–August 2009)
  • Kamen Rider W (2009–2010)
  • Kamen Rider OOO (2010–2011)
  • Kamen Rider Fourze (2011–2012)
  • Kamen Rider Wizard (2012–2013)
  • Kamen Rider Gaim (2013–2014)
  • Kamen Rider Drive (2014–2015)
  • Kamen Rider Ghost (2015–2016)
  • Kamen Rider Ex-Aid (2016–2017)
  • Kamen Rider Build (2017–2018)
  • Kamen Rider Zi-O (2018–2019); last series of the Heisei period.

Television specials[edit]

  • 1976: All Together! Seven Kamen Riders
  • 1979: Immortal Kamen Rider Special
  • 1984: Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!
  • 1987: This Is Kamen Rider Black
  • 1988: Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering
  • 1993: Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider (Co-production with Tsuburaya Productions)
  • 2000: Kamen Rider Kuuga: First Dream Of The New Year
  • 2001: Kamen Rider Agito Special: Another New Transformation
  • 2002: Kamen Rider Ryuki Special: 13 Riders
  • 2004: Kamen Rider Blade: New Generation
  • 2006: 35th Masked Rider Anniversary File
  • 2009: Kamen Rider G

Theatrical releases[edit]

  • 1971: Go Go Kamen Rider (Movie version of episode 13)
  • 1972: Kamen Rider vs. Shocker
  • 1972: Kamen Rider vs. Hell Ambassador
  • 1973: Kamen Rider V3 (Movie version of episode 2)
  • 1973: Kamen Rider V3 vs. the Destron Monsters
  • 1974: Kamen Rider X (Movie version of episode 3)
  • 1974: Kamen Rider X: Five Riders vs. King Dark
  • 1975: Kamen Rider Amazon (Movie version of episode 16)
  • 1975: Kamen Rider Stronger (Movie version of episode 7)
  • 1980: Kamen Rider: Eight Riders vs. Galaxy King
  • 1981: Kamen Rider Super-1
  • 1988: Kamen Rider Black: Hurry to Onigashima
  • 1988: Kamen Rider Black: Fear! Evil Monster Mansion
  • 1989: Kamen Rider: Stay in the World – 3D theme park special
  • 1992: Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue
  • 1993: Kamen Rider ZO
  • 1994: Kamen Rider J
  • 1994: Kamen Rider World – 3-D theme park special
  • 2001: Kamen Rider Agito: Project G4
  • 2002: Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final
  • 2003: Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost
  • 2004: Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace
  • 2005: Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Senki
  • 2005: Kamen Rider: The First
  • 2006: Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love
  • 2007: Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born!
  • 2007: Kamen Rider: The Next
  • 2008: Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka
  • 2008: Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World
  • 2008: Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown
  • 2009: Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship
  • 2009: Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
  • 2009: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010
    • Kamen Rider Decade: The Last Story
    • Kamen Rider W: Begins Night
    • Movie War 2010
  • 2010: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy
    • Episode Red: Zero no Star Twinkle
    • Episode Blue: The Dispatched Imagin is Newtral
    • Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates
  • 2010: Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate
  • 2010: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core
    • Kamen Rider Skull: Message for Double
    • Kamen Rider OOO: Nobunaga's Desire
    • Movie War Core
  • 2011: OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders
  • 2011: Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals
  • 2011: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max
    • Beginning: Fight! Legendary Seven Riders
    • Kamen Rider OOO: Ankh's Resurrection, the Medals of the Future, and the Leading Hope
    • Futo, The Conspiracy Advances: Gallant! Kamen Rider Joker
    • Kamen Rider Fourze: Nade-Shiko Ad-Vent
    • Movie War Mega Max: Gather! Warriors of Glory
  • 2012: Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen
  • 2012: Kamen Rider Fourze the Movie: Space, Here We Come!
  • 2012: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie War Ultimatum
    • Kamen Rider Fourze
    • Kamen Rider Wizard
    • Movie War Ultimatum
  • 2013: Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z
  • 2013: Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land
  • 2013: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle
    • Kamen Rider Wizard: The Promised Place
    • Kamen Rider Gaim: Sengoku Battle Royale
  • 2014: Heisei Riders vs. Shōwa Riders: Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai
  • 2014: Kamen Rider Gaim: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup!
  • 2014: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle
    • Kamen Rider Gaim: The Advancing Last Stage
    • Kamen Rider Drive: A Challenge from Lupin
    • Movie War Full Throttle
  • 2015: Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3
  • 2015: Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future
  • 2015: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie War Genesis
  • 2016: Kamen Rider 1
  • 2016: Kamen Rider Ghost: The 100 Eyecons and Ghost's Fated Moment
  • 2016: Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Riders
  • 2017: Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Ultra Super Hero Taisen
  • 2017: Kamen Rider Ex-Aid the Movie: True Ending
  • 2017: Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Final: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Rider
  • 2018: Kamen Rider Amazons the Movie: The Last Judgement
  • 2018: Kamen Rider Build the Movie: Be the One
  • 2018: Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever
  • 2019: Kamen Rider Zi-O the Movie: Over Quartzer

V-Cinema releases[edit]

Direct-to-video releases, films focusing on secondary riders and storylines, began appearing during the franchise's Heisei era. Hyper Battle Videos are episodes included with Televi-Kun magazine.

  • 1992: Shin: Kamen Rider Prologue
  • 1993: Kamen Rider SD – Only anime adaptation
  • 2011: Kamen Rider W Returns
    • Kamen Rider Accel Chapter
    • Kamen Rider Eternal Chapter
  • 2015: Kamen Rider Gaim Gaiden
    • First Part
      • Kamen Rider Zangetsu Chapter
      • Kamen Rider Baron Chapter
    • Second Part
      • Kamen Rider Duke Chapter
      • Kamen Rider Knuckle Chapter
  • 2017: Kamen Rider Ghost Re-Birth: Kamen Rider Specter
  • 2018: Kamen Rider Ex-Aid Trilogy: Another Ending
    • Brave & Snipe Chapter
    • Para-DX with Poppy Chapter
    • Genm vs. Lazer Chapter
  • 2019: Kamen Rider Build New World
    • First Part
      • Kamen Rider Cross-Z Chapter
    • Second Part
      • Kamen Rider Grease Chapter

Hyper Battle Videos[edit]

  • 2000: Kamen Rider Kuuga: vs. the Strong Monster Go-Jiino-Da
  • 2001: Kamen Rider Agito: Three rider TV-kun Special
  • 2002: Kamen Rider Ryuki Hyper Battle: Kamen Rider Ryuki vs. Kamen Rider Agito
  • 2003: Kamen Rider 555: The Musical
  • 2004: Kamen Rider Blade: Blade vs Blade
  • 2005: Kamen Rider Hibiki: Transform Asumu: You can be an Oni too
  • 2006: Kamen Rider Kabuto: Birth! Gatack Hyper Form!
  • 2007: Kamen Rider Den-O: Singing, Dancing, Great Time!!
  • 2008: Kamen Rider Kiva: You Can Also be Kiva
  • 2009: Kamen Rider Decade: Protect! The World of TV-Kun
  • 2010: Kamen Rider W: Donburi's α/Farewell Recipe of Love
  • 2011: Kamen Rider OOO: Quiz, Dance, and Takagarooba!?
  • 2012: Kamen Rider Fourze: Rocket Drill States of Friendship
  • 2013: Kamen Rider Wizard: Showtime with the Dance Ring
  • 2014: Kamen Rider Gaim: Fresh Orange Arms is Born!
  • 2015: Kamen Rider Drive Hyper Battle:
    • Type TV-KUN: Hunter & Monster! Chase the Mystery of the Super Thief!
    • Type High Speed! The True Power! Type High Speed is Born!
  • 2016: Kamen Rider Ghost Hyper Battle:
    • Ikkyu Eyecon Contention! Quick Wit Battle!!
    • Ikkyu Eyecon! Awaken, My Quick Wit Power!!
    • Truth! The Secret Of Heroes' Eyecons!
  • 2017: Kamen Rider Ex-Aid 'Tricks'
    • Kamen Rider Lazer
    • Kamen Rider Para-DX
  • 2018: Kamen Rider Build
    • Birth! KumaTelevi!! VS Kamen Rider Grease!
    • Kamen Rider Prime Rogue

Web exclusive[edit]

  • 2015: D-Video Special: Kamen Rider 4
  • 2016: Kamen Rider Ghost: Legendary! Riders' Souls!
  • 2016–2017: Kamen Rider Amazons
  • 2017: Kamen Sentai Gorider
  • 2018: Kamen Rider Build: Raising the Hazard Level ~7 Best Matches~
  • 2019: Kamen Rider Zi-O Spin-off
    • Rider Time: Kamen Rider Shinobi
    • Rider Time: Kamen Rider Ryuki

Others[edit]

  • 2016: The Legend of Hero Alain
  • 2017: Kamen Rider Snipe: Episode ZERO
  • 2018: ROGUE
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Hybrid release[edit]

Kamen Rider Drive Saga was release at 2016 as a V-Cinema. Later in 2019, Kamen Rider Brain will became the last Drive Saga series in the Heisei period and only available for Web exclusive.

  • 2016: Kamen Rider Drive Saga
    • First Part
      • Kamen Rider Chaser Chapter
    • Second Part
      • Kamen Rider Heart Chapter
      • Kamen Rider Mach Chapter
    • Third Part
      • Kamen Rider Brain Chapter

Adaptations outside Japan[edit]

Taiwan[edit]

In 1975–1976, the Tungstar Company in Taiwan produced a Super Riders series based on the Japanese version.

  • 1975: The Super Rider V3 based on Kamen Rider V3
  • 1976: The Five Of Super Rider based on Kamen Rider X'
  • 1976: The Super Riders based on Kamen Rider vs. Shocker and Kamen Rider vs. Hell Ambassador

United States[edit]

In 1995, Saban produced the first American Masked Rider series after its success adapting Super Sentai into Power Rangers and the Metal Hero Series (VR Troopers and Beetleborgs).

In 2009 a new series, produced by Michael and Steve Wang, was broadcast: Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight, which was adapted from Kamen Rider Ryuki. Although it was cancelled before finishing its syndicated run, it won the first Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Stunt Coordination at the 37th Daytime Emmy Awards.[31][32]

Unofficial Thailand Adaptation[edit]

In 1975, Chaiyo Productions; made an unofficial Kamen Rider movie entitled Hanuman and the Five Riders, which used original footage of Chaiyo's Hanuman character, spliced with footage from the 'Five Riders Vs. King Dark' movie. However, Chaiyo went ahead with the production without authorisation after Toei denied them permission to make an official movie with them, putting the legality of the movie into question.

Homages and parodies[edit]

The Kamen Rider franchise has been parodied in and outside Japan. One parody is of the Kamen Rider henshin (transforming) pose. In video games, Skullomania (from Street Fighter) and May Lee (from The King of Fighters) are examples of Kamen Rider parodies. In anime, examples include Fair, then Partly Piggy, My-HiME (and its sequel, My Otome), Dragon Ball Z, and Franken Fran as parody or homage. In the Crayon Shin-chan series, the title character interacts with Kamen Riders in crossover specials. Detective Conan has a recurring TV series the detective boys like to watch, Kamen Yaiba. In One Punch Man, the C Class Hero Mumen Rider is a parody, being an ordinary man in a world of superhuman beings, riding a bicycle rather than a motorcycle. However despite his weakness he is extremely heroic and his actions form a counterpoint to his parodic character conception.

In live action, parodies include 'Kamen Renaider' by SMAP's Takuya Kimura and Shingo Katori, a parody of Ryuki; 'Kamen Zaiber', a parody of the original; 'Kamen Norida' by the Tunnels, a parody of Kamen Rider 1 and the first series; 'Kamen Rider HG', Hard Gay's parody of the original for a Japanese TV show, and 'Ridermen' (a short skit with a man called Ridermen, a parody of the Riderman on the set of Kamen Rider Kuuga.

Akimasa Nakamura named two minor planets in honor of the series: 12408 Fujioka for actor Hiroshi Fujioka, known for his portrayal of Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider 1,[33][34] and 12796 Kamenrider for the series itself.[33][35]

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Inglorious Empire tells the real story of the British in India — from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj — and reveals how Britain’s rise was built upon its plunder of India.
In the eighteenth century, India’s share of the world economy was as large as Europe’s. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest...more
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Pranav'The British did a lot of good in India and in their empire, as well as a lot of evil.'
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I find your ignorance on this topic embarrassing. Especially since you claim to be Indian. If you had read the book you would know every 'good' that apologists of the Empire claim in India, the intention behind was control and exploitation. Destruction of the traditional education was systematic in it's attempt to create a more servile class of indians.(less)
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Dec 05, 2016Raghu rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
In 1995, I was travelling in Tierra del Fuego where I chanced to meet a middle-aged Canadian in a coffee shop. He too, like me, was travelling in South America and we ended up chatting about colonialism. It was then that he made the following astounding statement: '...you know, of all the European countries that colonized the world - France, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and Britain - it was only the English who did so with the aim to modernize and develop those backward nations. The rest wer...more
Apr 19, 2018Trevor rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
While I was reading this book, I kept thinking that one of the things people on the left could reasonably do is just make up stuff about the extent of murderousness that colonisation has involved. The reason being that it is highly unlikely anyone on the left would have the imagination to think up the horrors that were actually inflicted upon the world by the imperial ambitions of Britain or Spain – or the costs to indigenous peoples in the US or Australia. This book documents horrors upon horro...more
There are still far too many people in Britain who look back fondly on Empire and who have very little grasp of the real history of Empire. Not understanding your own history leads to delusions and in this country xenophobia and racism.
This is essentially an extended polemical essay based on Tharoor’s speech to the Oxford Union in 2015. He essentially looks at the pros and cons of British rule and addresses the alleged benefits of the Raj. There aren’t any new arguments, it’s more a condensatio...more
I'm generally sympathetic to the argument that colonialism is over and done with and there's no need to keep grievance mongering over past events. But a raft of recent nostalgic scholarship by Niall Ferguson and others has unfortunately brought the issue of British colonialism in India up for debate once again. Shashi Tharoor gave a well received speech on the impact of the colonial project on India at Oxford a few years back, and this book is an attempt to capture the spirit of that speech in w...more
Mar 24, 2018হাঁটুপানির জলদস্যু rated it really liked it
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উপনিবেশ এখনও পরাসঙগিক, মূলত, আমাদের আলসযের কারণে। উপনিবেশকেরা চলে গেছে, কিনতু তাদের ছেড়ে যাওয়া খোলসগুলো পড়ে আছে, এবং সেটা গায়ে দিয়ে উপনিবিষটদের মাঝে যারা কেষটুবিষটু, তারা এককালীন পরভুর ভূমিকায় অভিনয়ের চেষটা করে যাচছে। এ কাজে তাদের সাফলয উড়িয়ে দেওয়ার মতো নয় বলেই এমন বই পড়া জরুরি।
বিবিসির একটি পরামাণযচিতরে দেখেছিলাম, চীনে পরাথমিক বিদযালয়ে অকষর-সংখযা পরিচয় শেখানোর বয়সেই ছাতরদের জানানো হয়, কীভাবে বৃটিশরা চীনকে আফিমের নেশায় ডুবিয়ে কাবু করে রেখেছিলো দীরঘসময়, এবং কীভাবে জেসুইট পাদরীরা সে নেশা...more
Feb 10, 2017Vikalp Trivedi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
What is history for most of the Indians?
A subject which they have to mug up till tenth standard to get marks and if in future any person who is preparing for any public service examinations has to memorise certain events of history in order to pass out the general studies paper . Nobody gives a damm about studying history we just memorise it and then forget.
How do they teach us history ?
I was a student of a state board school (Madhya Pradesh Board), we had a book from sixth standard to tenth st...more
Dec 11, 2016Arvind rated it really liked it · review of another edition
There is a much-touted phrase 'Truth lies somewhere in d middle.' Does it always ?
I was reading Savarkar's famous book on 1857 mutiny and gave it up after reading 50 pages as it felt one-sided bitter criticism of d British. Surely, Lawrence James, Niall Ferguson couldnt be that wrong. Surely, the British rule had a lot of benefits ?
I too believed in d 'middle' 2-3 yrs ago until I read a few stats and Amitav Ghosh's description of Opium farming and trade in India.
Shashi Tharoor, building on his...more
Oct 29, 2017Arun Divakar rated it really liked it · review of another edition
One quote in particular by a member of the British aristocracy sums up what Tharoor speaks eloquently in book length :
The Marquess of Salisbury, using a colourful metaphor as Secretary of State for India in the 1860s and 1870s, said: ‘As India is to be bled, the lancet should be directed to those parts where the blood is congested… [rather than] to those which are already feeble for the want of it.’
As a child growing up in the late 80’s and early 90’s, I was told that the Britishers were the...more
Mar 20, 2018Inderjit Sanghera rated it it was amazing
Tharoor is an excellent orator; well-spoken, warm and articulate, his Cambridge University speech inspired this book. What is surprising is-or, on reflection, perhaps not, is as greater a orator as Tharoor is, his writing style, although well-researched and engaging, is didactic and lacks the elegance of his vocal abilities; some of his puns lose their verve without the cadence of his voice, some of his homilies became slightly platitudinous but, with that being said, “Inglorious Empire” is one...more
Among other things, this book contains the most passionate defense of the game of cricket I've ever encountered. Here Tharoor grants there were some beneficial effects of empire, albeit with a dialectical twist. What started out as a pretty straightforward case of western cultural imperialism turned into the negation of the negation as Indians developed their own athletic mastery...
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The great Ukrainian famine of the late twenties and early thirties is usually seen as proof that communism is inhe...more
Aug 19, 2017Vinita Thomas rated it really liked it
More than Indians or any other country colonised by the British, it's important every Brit reads. Something I doubt their history books covers!
Dec 24, 2016Surabhi Sharma rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
The Author, Shashi Tharoor, is an Indian politician and a former diplomat who is currently serving as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha.
The birth of the book is the speech made by the author at Oxford when author was invited as a speaker at Oxford Union. After praises, criticism, trolling over internet, the speech made its way in the heart of masses. The book is not his written speech; it is differ in many respects. This book is not about British Colonialism as a whole, but simply tells about Indi...more
Jan 22, 2017Anil Swarup rated it liked it · review of another edition
The speech delivered at Oxford that led to writing of this book was a brilliant one but the book itself fades in comparison. However, it is still worth reading because of the inimitable style of Shashi Tharoor and his penchant for research before coming to conclusions. He is indeed critical of the empire for 'cruelties unheard and devastation almost without name....crimes which have their rise in the wicked dispositions of men in avarice, rapacity, pride, cruelty, malignity, haughtiness, insolen...more
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Kavita rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
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It is as much a pleasure to read Shashi Tharoor as it is to hear him speak. Quite apart from his eloquence and flawless phrasing of language, Tharoor knows how to keep his audience interested, whether he is writing or speaking. I have read his fiction work a long time ago and was very impressed. Now, this work of non-fiction is also very good. And required. Oh, how very needed is this work!
Tharoor tackles the subject of British colonisation of India and its effects and aftereffects. Taking the m...more
Dec 03, 2017Sajith Kumar rated it it was ok · review of another edition
As the world slept, India awoke to light and freedom on a summer night in 1947 after reeling under two centuries of British rule and seven centuries of Islamic hegemony. Undoubtedly, some beneficial aspects had been bestowed on the country from the alien rule, but there is universal consensus that on the whole, the experience had been deleterious. Shashi Tharoor, former UN bureaucrat, politician, former minister in Manmohan Singh’s cabinet and writer, presents a postmortem examination of the col...more

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Dec 27, 2018Shadin Pranto rated it really liked it · review of another edition
জেমস মিল সাহেবের ওপর ভার পড়লো অবিভকত ভারতবরষের ইতিহাস রচনার। তিনি হিনদু শাসনামল, মুসলমান শাসনকাল এবং ইংরেজ শাসনে ভাগ করে সাজিয়ে গুছিয়ে ইতিহাস বিষয়ক পুসতক রচনা করলেন। 'উদারবাদী'বলে খযাত জেমস মিল হিনদু রাজাদের শাসনকালকে হিনদু শাসন বললেন। তুরকি আর মোগলদের শাসনামলকে চিহনিত করলেন মুসলমান শাসনাকাল হিসেবে। কিনতু খরিসটান ধরমাবলমবী ইংরেজ শাসকদের সময়কে তিনি খরিসটানশাসনকাল বললেন না। এইখানেই বরিটিশদের চালাকি। অবশয শোষণ আর নিপীড়নের দুই শ বছরে র যুগকে শশী থারুর উললেখ করেছেন, 'অনধকার যুগ' বলে।
' In 1600, when...more
Dec 22, 2016Sandeep Raturi rated it really liked it · review of another edition
If history interests you, you will simply love this book. If it doesn’t, you may like it even more as the book may spark an interest in you for history. In today’s age of social media, when nationalism and patriotism have become almost synonymous with chest thumping jingoism, this book which has been written with unbridled passion and utmost love for the country but without sacrificing rationality, is a must-read. It presents a harrowing account of the BrUtish raj in India and explains in detail...more
Apr 26, 2017Veena rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shashi Tharoor is a die hard nationalist, so are many of us. But one thing that keeps him at the edge is the deep recognition of facts and the courage to speak it out on a national and international platform. Tharoor begins with an stunning preface, putting the book into the context. He talks about the talk he gave at Oxford which in turn prompted him to write this book. He explains the importance of history, that it is neither for excuses nor for revenge. It is to know our past better to learn...more
Mar 28, 2018Tariq Mahmood rated it liked it · review of another edition
The book has been popular because it is rather direct and thought-provoking. But in terms of arguments, I found a few well known strong arguments along with a number of weaker ones. Why were so few British able to control so many more Indians for so long in India for instance? Were not the local Indians junior partners in this venture?
I could not help comparing China with Indian colonisation. Why did China resist while the Indians acquiesced? After all, East India company was equally trying to...more
May 04, 2017Toshali Gupta rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
While a lot of arguments and cases in discussions seemed (and very well could be) biased and hypocritical,
there have been multiple statements and illustrations which I not only agree but thank the author for adding to my database of Indian History :
- Unlike any other foreign influence/immigrants (namely Portuguese, Mughals, Persian etc) , British were in India with the sole purpose of making money and not to settle in. Makes quite sense with his illustrated examples.
- If not for anything else,...more
Apr 07, 2018Calzean rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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The author provides passionate rebuttals to the traditional histories of all the good things England did for it's appreciative colonies. His analysis of the English divide and rule strategy, using religious differences and the caste system, was fascinating. He also shows the lack of English investment in education and health and little regard to the welfare of the Indian people. He also shows how a great country was demeaned and devalued in the pursuit of profits.
Jan 29, 2017Diptakirti Chaudhuri rated it really liked it · review of another edition
An extremely detailed recounting of the many ills that the British Raj brought upon India, reducing one of the world's economic superpowers (in 1750) to a bankrupt and bleeding mess (in 1947).
Tharoor takes on the so-called benefits of the British rule - the railways, the education system, cricket, tea - and deconstructs the rationale behind promoting them among Indians, listing out the positives and negatives.
A couple of the chapters seem a little repetitive but Tharoor writes with exceptional...more
Jun 24, 2018David Eppenstein rated it liked it · review of another edition
'Inglorious Empire: What the British Did To India' now there's a title that caught my eye. I know next to nothing about the history of India but I have read a great deal of British history and have more than a passing knowledge of their colonial exploits and in particular what they did to Ireland, the Middle East, and South Africa. Since this book was only 249 pages of text I thought this could be a quick survey of Indian history under British occupation and I might learn something about the Bri...more
Mar 02, 2018Sagheer Afzal rated it really liked it
This book is an impassioned tirade against the injustices perpetrated by the British Raj durng their rule of India. The stats that Tharoor presents provide a compelling argument and offer a harrowing insight into the callousness of the great British Empire.
This book should become required reading within classrooms because after having read it, I realised that the narrative of the British Empire presented within history lessons is not accurate. Winston Churchill's bigotry is never discussed with...more
Dec 30, 2016Nikita Nautiyal rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shashi Tharoor's books never disappoint me . His latest 'An era of Darkness' once again proves what a brilliant writer he is !His style of narration makes history so readable and interesting .
Coming to the book now , this book in the first place will clear all your misconceptions on the supposed benefits of the British Raj . Whatever they established be it the railways , press , laws ,educational institutions were to serve their own interest in India .
One of the facts he quotes is how india's...more
Aug 08, 2017Apoorv Purwar rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Shashi Tharoor with his speech at Oxford had set high expectations from this book. But the tenseness of his arguments in the speech at Oxford seemed to have diluted in the book.
In order to monetise from the fact that his speech had gone viral and the time was perfect for him to score some monetary gains from the sales of this book, he seemed to have compiled it in a hurry without focussing much on the persuasiveness of the content.
Almost every chapter at least has a few lines from his speech a...more
Sep 21, 2017hayls rated it it was amazing
Well-argued, scathing critique of the Raj, and a great explanation of the real purpose of British colonialism in general. Tharoor eloquently knocks down all the common arguments put forth by apologists of empire, especially the suggestion that India could not possibly have become what it is today without the 'benefits' left behind by the British. I particularly enjoyed the chapter on the context and events leading up to the Partition of India. I was also interested to learn that the area of stud...more
Mar 26, 2017Vinay Badri rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
A wonderful read geared to also make you quite angry at the end of it. The sheer scale of the plunder is only matched by the sheer callousness of British towards India. None of this is exactly new but reading about it esp when there are numbers associated towards it brings about the enormity of what happened during those 2 centuries. Tharoor takes on every flimsy excuse that justifies that occupation and tears them to shreds quite poetically and ironically in the same language.

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Jun 06, 2017Kevin rated it it was amazing
WOW!!! What a fantastic book, a literary marvel, deserves a Nobel !!!
' The creation and perpetuation of Hindu-Muslim antagonism was the most significant accomplishment of British imperial policy; the project of divide et impera would reach its culmination in the horrors of Partition that eventually accompanied the collapse of British authority in 1947.'
Feb 18, 2017Santosh Mathew rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
A superb book that debunks a lot of myths about the 'advantages' of british rule in India. Even if you are not a fervent nationalist or the right brigade, this is a very instructional read. Shashi Tharoor examines all the purported 'blessings' the great 'civilization' provided to Indians - democracy, railways, rule of law, education, english, infrastructure etc.
An absolute must read.
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Shashi Tharoor is a member of the Indian Parliament from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala. He previously served as the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information and as the Indian Minister of State for External Affairs.
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“The sun never set on the British empire, an Indian nationalist later sardonically commented, because even God couldn’t trust the Englishman in the dark” — 10 likes
“I do not look to history to absolve my country of the need to do things right today. Rather I seek to understand the wrongs of yesterday, both to grasp what has brought us to our present reality and to understand the past for itself. The past is not necessarily a guide to the future, but it does partly help explain the present. One cannot, as I have written elsewhere, take revenge upon history; history is its own revenge. One” — 8 likes
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