The 10 Best Kamen Rider Series According To IMDb
The 10 Best Kamen Rider Series, According To IMDb
Kamen Rider is a long-running tokusatsu franchise in Japan. Here are the 10 best series from it, according to IMDb.
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The Japanese term “Tokusatsu” refers to film or TV series that make use of a lot of special effects, and they tend to deal with monsters and various sci-fi elements. A prime example of this is the earlier Godzilla films and the Japanese Super Sentai shows that Power Rangers is based on. Besides Super Senta, there is also the long-running Kamen Rider series.
Going strong for nearly 50 years and 30 seasons, the cultural influence of Kamen Rider is undeniable and even two minor planets have been named in honor of the series, one of them being “12796 Kamenrider.” For anyone looking for the cream of the crop from Kamen Rider’s franchise, look no further.
10 Kamen Rider Amazons – 7.9
Based on the 1974 series Kamen Rider Amazon, Kamen Rider Amazons was a 2016 web series that aired on Amazon Prime Video and was a retelling of the 1974 series with a more mature plot. Set in an alternate universe separate from the main Kamen Rider series, the show was considerably darker and much more violent. The story focused on the duo Haruka Mizusawa and Jin Takayama who fight monsters known as “Amazons” after they are given the power to turn into Amazon Omega and Alpha respectively by the Nozama Pharmacy company.
9 Kamen Rider Gaim – 8.0
In the fictional city of Zawame in Kamen Rider Gaim, The Yggdrasill Corporation is a major international company which has set up its headquarters in the suburban town and has modernized it in a manner where the whole city is dependent on them for all kinds of services, referred to as “Jōkamachi” in Japanese. Kouta Kazuraba, an ex-member of a dance crew finds the Senguko Driver which allows him to turn into Armored Rider Gaim. Using his newly found powers he must fight the monsters that are appearing from a different dimension called “Inves,” and also other armored-Kamen Riders.
8 Kamen Rider Agito – 8.0
An indirect sequel to Kamen Rider Kuuga, Kamen Rider Agito the 30th anniversary of the Kamen Rider franchise. The premise revolved around the amnesiac Shouichi Tsugami who has no recollection of his past life now about how he gained the superpower to transform into Kamen Rider Agito whenever he comes in proximity to monsters who are referred to as the “Unknown,” who deem themselves as the defenders of humanity.
Together with Kamen Rider G3 and Gills, he fights these murderous monsters while trying to uncover the mystery of his past.
7 Kamen Rider Black RX – 8.1
As the similarity in the title suggests Kamen Rider Black RX was the direct sequel to Kamen Rider Black and continued the story of Kotaro Minami as a chain of events transforms him into Kamen Rider Black RX and grants him newer powers, which he uses to fight the Crisis Empire and curb their attempts at taking over Earth. The series was adapted for airing in North America by heavily changing the story and characters and publishing it under a new name of Masked Rider. It was meant to be a spin-off of the Power Rangers series.
6 Kamen Rider Kuuga – 8.2
The tenth installment in the franchise, Kamen Rider Kuuga was the first series to entirely take place in the Heisei time period of Japan (which lasted from 1989 to 2019), and also the second Kamen Rider series to air in America, through the TokuSHOUTsu streaming service by the company Shout! Factory. The show featured only a single Kamen Rider (Yusuke Godai) who comes into contact with an ancient artifact by the name of Arcle which provides him with the power to fight against monsters known as Grongi.
5 Kamen Rider Black – 8.2
The oldest entry on this list, Kamen Rider Black (also translated as Masked Rider Black sometimes) is one of the most famous Kamen Rider series. The 1987 show tells the story of stepbrothers Kotaro Minami and Nobuhiko Akizuki who are kidnapped by the criminal cult Gorgom as one of them is destined to be the next Gorgom Creation King.
Kotaro manages to escape and dons the mantle of Kamen Rider Black to fight the Gorgom and rescue his brother, only to realize that it was too late as he had already changed sides.
4 Kamen Rider Faiz – 8.3
Also known as Kamen Rider 555, the 2003 series is the 13th installment in the Kamen Rider franchise. The main antagonist group this time around is The Smart Brain corporation, the most powerful company in the fictional world of Kamen Rider 555; they are trying for total world domination by killing off the entire human popular and replace them with “Orphnochs,” who are apparently the next stage in humanity’s evolution. Takumi Inui, the Wolf Orphnoch, and his comrades utilize the Rider Gears technology to turn into Kamen Riders and save humanity.
3 Kamen Rider W – 8.3
The 2009 series Kamen Rider W takes place in the harmonious and ecologically developed city of Futo where the Sonozaki Family is trying to sabotage the peace of the people by selling substances called “Gaia Memories” to criminals who use it to turn into superpowered beings called “Dopants.” They use their powers to terrorize the city and some even turn into monsters.
The show features the “two-in-one Kamen Rider” duo, a detective Shotaro Hidari and a mysterious library-boy Phillip who use the power of the Double Driver belts to protect Futo.
2 Kamen Rider Build – 8.4
The 28th series in the franchise, Kamen Rider Build was the first TV series in the franchise to take place in an alternate universe, similar to the 2016 web series Kamen Rider Amazons. The plot revolves around an object called the “Pandora Box” that was brought to Earth following a successful Mars expedition, which caused a national cataclysm in Japan and split the country into three regions with a barrier called Skywall. Genius physicist Sento Kiryu and his acquaintance’s fight the monsters called “smash” which were indirectly created by the catastrophe as Kamen Riders.
1 Kamen Rider Zero-One – 8.7
The 30th show in the long-running series, Kamen Rider Zero-One is the first one to take place in the “Reiwa” time period of Japan (or rather, in the present day). The plot follows Aruto Hiden, an aspiring comedian who finds himself as the CEO of Hiden Intelligence, the leading company in artificial intelligence research. Hiden Intelligence has developed human-like androids called HumaGears. Seeing the destruction caused by a terrorist group, he decided to take on the title of Kamen Rider Zero-One as a protector of humanity.
Link Source : https://screenrant.com/best-kamen-rider-series-imdb-tokusatsu/
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