

To further its plans for world domination, Shocker recruited its agents through kidnapping, turning their victims into mutant cyborgs and, ultimately, brainwashing them. The story took place in a world plagued by Shocker, a mysterious terrorist organization. The cultural impact of the series in Japan resulted in Akimasa Nakamura naming two minor planets in honor of the series: 12408 Fujioka, after actor Hiroshi Fujioka, known for his portrayal of Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider #1, and 12796 Kamenrider, after the series itself.Ī statue of Kamen Rider 1 outside of Bandai corporate headquarters. The series has spawned many sequels and evolved into a franchise. A manga adaptation was also featured in Shōnen Magazine around the same period. Since its end, it has spawned many sequels and spin-offs, ultimately shaping its own franchise. The average ratings of the series was 21.2% The series also became available on the Shout! Factory TV site and app.

On March 16, 2020, Shout! Factory announced it would stream the show on a dedicated tokusatsu channel called TokuSHOUTsu. On March 10th, 2020, Shout! Factory began streaming the series on Tubi TV before being removed the next day. To date, the series is the longest entry with 98 episodes. The debut entry of the Showa Era, the series was created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori and aired from Apto Februon the Mainichi Broadcasting System and NET TV (now TV Asahi).

Kamen Rider ( 仮面ライダー, Kamen Raidā, "Masked Rider"), is a Japanese tokusatsu drama and the very first installment in what would be known as the Kamen Rider Series. For the series' main character, Kamen Rider 1, see Takeshi Hongo. For other uses, see Kamen Rider (disambiguation). "Kamen Rider (1971)", "Kamen Rider (TOS)" and "Kamen Rider (original series)" redirect here. Too many for one category.Įach Kamen Rider series has a varying amount of episodes.This article is about the original series. There's over 1500 episodes of Kamen Rider as of Saber. Instead, it's the season categories that belong here. Reason: Each season should have it's own episodes category, rather than the episodes being directly included in this one.
