Kamen Rider Amazons
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| Created by | Shotaro Ishinomori |
| Written by | Yasuko Kobayashi |
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| Composer | Kuniaki Haishima |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (13, each seasons) |
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| Running time | 30 minutes approx. per episode |
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| Network | Amazon Video |
| Release | April 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017 |
Kamen Rider Amazons (仮面ライダーアマゾンズ, Kamen Raidā Amazonzu) is a 2016 Japanese tokusatsu web series. It is a darker and more mature reimagining of the 1974 television series Kamen Rider Amazon, and part of Toei's Super Hero Year, celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series (and the 40th anniversary of Super Sentai). Kamen Rider Amazons was originally exclusively released through Amazon Video in Japan starting April 1, 2016.[1][2] It was also broadcast on television on BS Asahi (TV Asahi's broadcast satellite channel) starting July 3, 2016, and Tokyo MX starting July 6, 2016.[3][4]
The second season was announced on May 31, 2016, that it will be released in spring 2017 on Amazon Prime.[5] The second season is titled Kamen Rider Amazons Season 2 (仮面ライダーアマゾンズ Season 2, Kamen Raidā Amazonzu Shīzun Tsū) and was exclusively released through Amazon Video in Japan starting April 7, 2017.[6][7]
There are plans to release season one to additional markets such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany in the future.[8]
Story
Haruka Mizusawa is a meek young man who became infected with Amazon Cells (アマゾン細胞, Amazon Saibō), which are created by the Nozama Pharmacy company (野座間製薬株式会社, Nozama Seiyaku Kabushikigaisha). This causes Haruka to transform into the feral berserker Kamen Rider Amazon Omega (仮面ライダーアマゾンオメガ, Kamen Raidā Amazon Omega) as he strives to assert his humanity while fighting similarly infected creatures called the Amazonz (アマゾン, Amazon). Haruka also encounters the Nozama Peston Service (ノザマペストンサービス, Nozama Pesuton Sābisu), Nozama Pharmacy's Amazon hunters, and Jin Takayama, a former cell biologist at Nozama Pharmacy and Amazon hunter who becomes Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha (仮面ライダーアマゾンアルファ, Kamen Raidā Amazon Arufa). Later, Jun Maehara, a member of Nozama Peston Service who died once during an Amazonz attacks, is revived into Kamen Rider Amazon Sigma (仮面ライダーアマゾンシグマ, Kamen Raidā Amazon Shiguma).
Season 2 focuses on a new protagonist named Chihiro, a lone boy raised by Amazonz who hates them but must suppress his cannibalistic urges and can transform into Kamen Rider Amazon Neo (仮面ライダーアマゾンネオ, Kamen Raidā Amazon Neo), and is soon revealed to be the son of Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha. The original protagonist Haruka would later acquire an upgraded form known as Kamen Rider Amazon New Omega (仮面ライダーアマゾンニューオメガ, Kamen Raidā Amazon Nyū Omega).
Episodes
A unique feature of the series is that the episode titles are given in alphabetical order.
Kamen Rider Amazons
| No. | Title | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Amazonz" | April 1, 2016 |
| 2 | "Beast Inside" | April 8, 2016 |
| 3 | "Colony Of Ants" | April 15, 2016 |
| 4 | "Die Or Kill" | April 22, 2016 |
| 5 | "Eyes In The Dark" | April 29, 2016 |
| 6 | "For What I Fight" | May 6, 2016 |
| 7 | "Game Of The Butchers" | May 13, 2016 |
| 8 | "Hero Or Not" | May 20, 2016 |
| 9 | "Into The Cannibal's Pot" | May 27, 2016 |
| 10 | "Jungle Law" | June 3, 2016 |
| 11 | "Killing Day" | June 10, 2016 |
| 12 | "Lost In The Fog" | June 17, 2016 |
| Finale | "M" | June 24, 2016 |
Kamen Rider Amazons Season 2
| No. | Title | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Neo" | April 7, 2017 |
| 2 | "Orphans" | April 14, 2017 |
| 3 | "Persona Non Grata" | April 21, 2017 |
| 4 | "Quo Vadis?" | April 28, 2017 |
| 5 | "Rambling Roses" | May 5, 2017 |
| 6 | "Schooldays" | May 12, 2017 |
| 7 | "The Third Degree" | May 19, 2017 |
| 8 | "Under Wraps" | May 26, 2017 |
| 9 | "Vanishing Wings" | June 2, 2017 |
| 10 | "Way To Nowhere" | June 9, 2017 |
| 11 | "Xing The Rubicon" | June 16, 2017 |
| 12 | "Yellow Brick Road" | June 23, 2017 |
| Finale | "Amazonz" | June 30, 2017 |
Film
Ultra Super Hero Taisen
A crossover film, titled Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Ultra Super Hero Taisen (仮面ライダー×スーパー戦隊 超スーパーヒーロー大戦, Kamen Raidā × Sūpā Sentai Chō Sūpā Hīrō Taisen) featuring the casts of Kamen Rider Amazons, Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, Uchu Sentai Kyuranger and Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger, was released in Japan on March 25, 2017.[9] This movie will celebrate 10th anniversary of Kamen Rider Den-O who also appear in this movie. It also features the spaceship Andor Genesis from the Xevious game, which serves to be used by the movie's main antagonists, as well as introducing the movie-exclusive Kamen Rider True Brave played by Kamen Rider Brave's actor Toshiki Seto from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, and villain Shocker Great Leader III played by the singer Diamond Yukai. In addition, individual actors from older Kamen Rider and Super Sentai TV series, Ryohei Odai (Kamen Rider Ryuki), Gaku Matsumoto (Shuriken Sentai Ninninger), Atsushi Maruyama (Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger), and Hiroya Matsumoto (Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters) reprise their respective roles.
Cast
- Haruka Mizusawa (水澤 悠, Mizusawa Haruka): Tom Fujita (藤田 富, Fujita Tomu)
- Jin Takayama (鷹山 仁, Takayama Jin): Masashi Taniguchi (谷口 賢志, Taniguchi Masashi)
- Mizuki Mizusawa (水澤 美月, Mizusawa Mizuki): Rena Takeda (武田 玲奈, Takeda Rena)
- Nanaha Izumi (泉 七羽, Izumi Nanaha): Ayu Higashi (東 亜優, Higashi Ayu)
- Makoto Shido (志藤 真, Shidō Makoto): Mitsutoshi Shundo (俊藤 光利, Shundō Mitsutoshi)
- Mamoru (マモル): Ryota Kobayashi (小林 亮太, Kobayashi Ryōta)
- Nozomi Takai (高井 望, Takai Nozomi): Kanon Miyahara (宮原 華音, Miyahara Kanon)
- Kazuya Misaki (三崎 一也, Misaki Kazuya): Katsuya (勝也)
- Kota Fukuda (福田 耕太, Fukuda Kōta): Kazuya Tanabe (田邊 和也, Tanabe Kazuya)
- Yugo Tachibana (橘 雄悟, Tachibana Yūgo): Yuu Kamio (神尾 佑, Kamio Yū)
- Shogo Kano (加納 省吾, Kanō Shōgo): Toshimasa Komatsu (小松 利昌, Komatsu Toshimasa)
- Reika Mizusawa (水澤 令華, Mizusawa Reika): Takako Katou (加藤 貴子, Katō Takako)
- Takaaki Tenjo (天条 隆顕, Tenjō Takaaki): Takashi Fujiki (藤木 孝, Fujiki Takashi)
- Season 1 exclusively
- Ryusuke Otaki (大滝 竜介, Ōtaki Ryūsuke): Ryouma Baba (馬場 良馬, Baba Ryōma)
- Jun Maehara (前原 淳, Maehara Jun): Hiroshi Asahina (朝日奈 寛, Asahina Hiroshi)
- Season 2 exclusively
- Chihiro (千翼): You Maejima (前嶋 曜, Maejima Yō)[10][6][7]
- Iyu Hoshino (星埜 イユ, Hoshino Iyu): Ayana Shiramoto (白本 彩奈, Shiramoto Ayana)[11][6][7]
- Takeshi Kurosaki (黒崎 武, Kurosaki Takeshi): Kota Miura (三浦 孝太, Miura Kōta)[12][6][7]
- Ichiro Fudamori (札森 一郎, Fudamori Ichirō): Yoshito Momiki (籾木 芳仁, Momiki Yoshito)[13][6][7]
- Hiroki Nagase (長瀬 裕樹, Nagase Hiroki): Eiji Akaso (赤楚 衛二, Akaso Eiji)[14][6][7]
- Takumi Yamashita (山下 琢己, Yamashita Takumi): Kairi Miura (三浦 海里, Miura Kairi)[15][7]
- Kenta Kitamura (北村 健太, Kitamura Kenta): Shohei Domoto (堂本 翔平, Dōmoto Shōhei)[16][7]
- Hajime Hoshino (星埜 始, Hoshino Hajime): Jun Yamasaki (山崎 潤, Yamasaki Jun)
Guest cast
- Season 1
- Kukizono (久木園, 3, 4): Yuka Motohashi (本橋 由香, Motohashi Yuka)
- Soji Shitashimo (下霜 草司, Shitashimo Sōji, 7, 8): Tomohisa Yuge (弓削 智久, Yuge Tomohisa)
- Hajime Koyama (小山 ハジメ, Koyama Hajime, 7, 8): Soran Tamoto (タモト 清嵐, Tamoto Soran)
- Mika (ミカ, 9, 12): Miyuu Sawai (沢井 美優, Sawai Miyū)
- Sawaguchi (沢口, 9-11): Akiyoshi Shibata (柴田 明良, Shibata Akiyoshi)
- Season 2
- Fujio (藤尾, 5, 6): Shinji Kasahara (笠原 紳司, Kasahara Shinji)
Theme songs
- "Armour Zone"
- Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama (マイクスギヤマ, Maiku Sugiyama)
- Composition: Nobuo Yamada (山田 信夫, Yamada Nobuo)
- Arrangement: Tetsuya Takahashi (高橋 哲也, Takahashi Tetsuya)
- Artist: Taro Kobayashi (小林 太郎, Kobayashi Tarō)[17]
- The theme song of the first season. This song is also used as the opening theme song for the television broadcast version of the series.
- "DIE SET DOWN"[6]
- Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama
- Composition: Nobuo Yamada
- Arrangement: Tetsuya Takahashi
- Artist: Taro Kobayashi
- The theme song of the second season.
References
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- ^ http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/06/13-1/kamen-rider-amazons-kicks-off-2nd-season-in-2017
- ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-26/kamen-rider-x-super-sentai-cho-superhero-taisen-film-announced-for-march-25-premiere/.110365
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- ^ "三浦 海里 on Twitter". twitter.com.
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External links
- Official website (Season 1)
- Official website (Season 2)
- Official website (Season 1) at Toei Company
- Official website (Season 2) at Toei Company