Sep 18 2011, 01:13 AM, updated 13y ago
Kamen Rider Series
The Kamen Rider Series is a metaseries of manga and tokusatsu television programs and films created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. The various Kamen Rider media generally feature an 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.
Kamen Rider Wizard
In 2011, Kamen Rider Fourze celebrated the 40th anniversary of Kamen Rider as a franchise. He went into space and appealed to young viewers with the power of friendship. The show incorporating new ideas and topics, even using a school as the setting for the very first time. This time around, the Rider for 2012 is a magician who transforms into Kamen Rider Wizard with the power of his rings to fight the evil “Phantoms”. The design takes various concepts into mind such as the face of a ring as well as general mystic themes.
The series' protagonist Kamen Rider Wizard is stated to be the Kamen Rider Series' first magic-using Kamen Rider. The hero Haruto Souma, portrayed by Junon contest winner Shunya Shiraishi, transforms through the use of the Wizardriver transformation belt that enables him to change between four different classical element-themed forms called Styles. The Styles are Flame Style, Water Style, Hurricane Style, and Land Style.
Haruto gains these abilities after surviving being sacrificed as part of a ritual during a solar eclipse, and he helps rescue Koyomi, portrayed by Makoto Okunaka, but not even she is sure if she is a human like Haruto or one of the creatures that were to be summoned in the ritual. Haruto, who is often misunderstood by others, now finds his mundane life boring now that he must fight Demons. Also joining Haruto and Koyomi is Shunpei Nara, portrayed by Junki Totsuka, who wants to be an apprentice wizard to Haruto. Other cast members include Rinko Daimon, portrayed by Yuko Takayama, who is a rookie detective at the local police department who investigates the event that brought the Demons into the real world, and Shigeru Wajima, portrayed by Hisahiro Ogura, the owner of a local antique shop who seems to know how Kamen Rider Wizard's ring and belt work and houses Haruto and Koyomi in his shop.
Phantoms
The Monster which was born from the despair of the human and will swallow up all the host. —— "Phantom"
As with magic, the normal weapon is invalid on them, they only can be defeated by Magic. Attitude are a myth in the legend of the monsters, they will usually mimic the appearance of their host to live, their purpose is to give human despair and anxiety, so that the New Phantom can be born. The human who can produce Phantom is known as the "GATE" while human who cannot produce the Phantom will just simply become their food. To produce a lot of Phantoms in one shot, they need to hold a eclipse ceremony called "Sabbath".
Cast
Haruto Souma/Kamen Rider Wizard : Shunya Shiraishi
Souma Haruto hides his true self under a lighter, easily-amused persona. His favorite food is donuts.
Koyomi : Makoto Okunaka
Koyomi is a strange but fragile girl with a mysterious past, but is she a human or something else? She’s at the center of the mystery revolving around this series. She also tends to the act as support for the others through her ability to tell the future. Due to her low blood pressure, she seems to always be low on tension.
Shunpei Nara : Junki Tozuka
A young man who aspires to become a magician and find a great master. Although he wants to be able to help people, he’s usually not able to. Though he can be a bit of a trouble maker at times, he has a cheerful personality.
Rinko Daimon : Yuko Takayama
A rookie detective from the Metropolitan Police Department who becomes associated with those involved in demonic activities. She finds it suspicious that the police are not actively working against the demons and tries to help the others from the inside.
Shigeru Wajima : Hisahiro Ogura
He is the creator of the magic rings Haruto uses to become Wizard. Wajima becomes the caretaker for Haruto and Koyomi who have been living together. Haruto helps him by testing out the different rings.
Yuugo/Phoenix : Atsumi Kanno
Phoenix, going by the name Yuugo when under his human guise. Phoenix is the leader of the Phantoms, being the strongest of the bunch and having ability to regenerate after being hurt in battle.
Misa/Medusa : Erina Nakayama
Medusa is the female leader of the Phantoms in Kamen Rider Wizard. Going by the name of Misa when in human form, she has the ability to see into human hearts and recognize who might serve as a source of energy for the Phantoms.
Doughnuts Shop Owner : KABA-Chan
Her?.. His doughnut shop named "Do~Natsu ya Hungry".
? : Komiya Takayma
He is a Chief Police Officer.
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Kamen Rider Fourze
Latest Kamen Rider Series. Kamen Rider Fourze, celeberating 40th anniversary and collaboration with 50th anniversary of the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin.
Fourze is written by Kazuki Nakashima, known for his screenplays of Oh! Edo Rocket and Gurren Lagann. The creature designer is Kia Asamiya, known for his artwork for the manga Martian Successor Nadesico and Silent Möbius. Koichi Sakamoto, known for his work on the American adaption of Super Sentai, Power Rangers franchise, serves as the series' main director after his work on the Kamen Rider W films and several episodes of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.
Amanogawa High School has become the center of strange happenings, and things only get stranger when the bad boy styled transfer student Gentaro Kisaragi attempts to make friends in his own unique way, reuniting with childhood friend and self-professed space travel otaku Yuki Jojima, all while gaining the ire of loner Kengo Utahoshi and the school's queen bee Miu Kazashiro and her enforcer jock boyfriend Shun Daimonji, as garishly styled social butterfly JK and goth girl Tomoko Nozama watch on. When monsters called Zodiarts begin to appear on campus, Kengo and Yuki attempt to use the strange devices they have found in the Rabbit Hatch lunar base that they access through a locker on an off-limits part of campus to fight them. However, Gentaro interferes in their plans, in part due to Kengo's body unable to handle the strains of battle, and uses the devices to transform into Kamen Rider Fourze
Latest Kamen Rider Series. Kamen Rider Fourze, celeberating 40th anniversary and collaboration with 50th anniversary of the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin.
Fourze is written by Kazuki Nakashima, known for his screenplays of Oh! Edo Rocket and Gurren Lagann. The creature designer is Kia Asamiya, known for his artwork for the manga Martian Successor Nadesico and Silent Möbius. Koichi Sakamoto, known for his work on the American adaption of Super Sentai, Power Rangers franchise, serves as the series' main director after his work on the Kamen Rider W films and several episodes of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.
Amanogawa High School has become the center of strange happenings, and things only get stranger when the bad boy styled transfer student Gentaro Kisaragi attempts to make friends in his own unique way, reuniting with childhood friend and self-professed space travel otaku Yuki Jojima, all while gaining the ire of loner Kengo Utahoshi and the school's queen bee Miu Kazashiro and her enforcer jock boyfriend Shun Daimonji, as garishly styled social butterfly JK and goth girl Tomoko Nozama watch on. When monsters called Zodiarts begin to appear on campus, Kengo and Yuki attempt to use the strange devices they have found in the Rabbit Hatch lunar base that they access through a locker on an off-limits part of campus to fight them. However, Gentaro interferes in their plans, in part due to Kengo's body unable to handle the strains of battle, and uses the devices to transform into Kamen Rider Fourze
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