Kamen Rider Amazons Amazon Riders | |
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Created by | Shotaro Ishinomori |
Written by | Yasuko Kobayashi |
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Composer(s) | 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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Distributor | Toei Company |
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Original network | Amazon Video BS Asahi Tokyo MX |
Original release | April 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017 |
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Kamen Rider Amazons (仮面ライダーアマゾンズKamen Raidā Amazonzu), known in the overseas market as Amazon Riders, 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). Amazon Riders 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]
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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 2Kamen Raidā Amazonzu Shīzun Tsū) and was exclusively released through Amazon Video in Japan starting April 7, 2017.[6][7]
Plans to release season one in international markets such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany were announced in 2016.[8] An English subtitled version of the first season launched on Amazon Prime on April 19, 2018[9] with Season 2 launching on September 21, 2018.
- 2Episodes
- 3Films
- 5Cast
Story[edit]
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 Amazon Omega as he strives to assert his humanity while fighting similarly infected creatures called the Amazons (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 Amazon Alpha. Later, Jun Maehara, a member of Nozama Peston Service who died once during an Amazons attacks, is revived into Amazon Sigma.
Taking place five years after the first season, Season 2 focuses on a new protagonist named Chihiro, a lone boy raised by Amazons who hates them but must suppress his cannibalistic urges and can transform into Amazon Neo, and is soon revealed to be the son of Jin Takayama. The original protagonist Haruka would later acquire an upgraded form known as Amazon New Omega.
Episodes[edit]
A unique feature of the series is that the episode titles are given in alphabetical order.
Kamen Rider Amazons (Amazon Riders)[edit]
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 (Amazon Riders Season 2)[edit]
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 |
Films[edit]
Ultra Super Hero Taisen[edit]
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 Amazon Riders, Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, Uchu Sentai Kyuranger and Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger, was released in Japan on March 25, 2017.[10] 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.
Season 1 - Awakening[edit]
A re-edited version of Kamen Rider Amazons, titled Kamen Rider Amazons the Movie: Season 1 - Awakening (劇場版 仮面ライダーアマゾンズ Season 1 覚醒Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Amazonzu Shīzun Wan Kakusei), was released in Japan on May 5, 2018.[11]
Season 2 - Transmigration[edit]
A re-edited version of Kamen Rider Amazons Season 2, titled Kamen Rider Amazons the Movie: Season 2 - Transmigration (劇場版 仮面ライダーアマゾンズ Season 2 輪廻Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Amazonzu Shīzun Tsū Rinne), was released in Japan on May 12, 2018.[11]
The Last Judgement[edit]
A sequel film titled Kamen Rider Amazons the Movie: The Last Judgement (仮面ライダーアマゾンズ THE MOVIE 最後ノ審判Kamen Raidā Amazonzu Za Mūbī Saigo no Shinpan), which is set after the end of the second season and will conclude the storyline, was released in Japan in May 19, 2018.[12]
Manga[edit]
Kamen Rider Amazons Gaiden: Light of Fireflies (仮面ライダーアマゾンズ外伝 蛍火Kamen Raidā Amazonzu Gaiden Hotarubi), written by Shinjiro and supervised by Yasuko Kobayashi, is a manga adaptation that is a side story focusing on the Firefly Amazon, one of the Experiment Amazons. It takes place during the first season of Kamen Rider Amazons.
Cast[edit]
- 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)[13][6][7]
- Iyu Hoshino (星埜 イユHoshino Iyu): Ayana Shiramoto (白本 彩奈Shiramoto Ayana)[14][6][7]
- Takeshi Kurosaki (黒崎 武Kurosaki Takeshi): Kota Miura (三浦 孝太Miura Kōta)[15][6][7]
- Ichiro Fudamori (札森 一郎Fudamori Ichirō): Yoshito Momiki (籾木 芳仁Momiki Yoshito)[16][6][7]
- Hiroki Nagase (長瀬 裕樹Nagase Hiroki): Eiji Akaso (赤楚 衛二Akaso Eiji)[17][6][7]
- Takumi Yamashita (山下 琢己Yamashita Takumi): Kairi Miura (三浦 海里Miura Kairi)[18][7]
- Kenta Kitamura (北村 健太Kitamura Kenta): Shohei Domoto (堂本 翔平Dōmoto Shōhei)[19][7]
- Hajime Hoshino (星埜 始Hoshino Hajime): Jun Yamasaki (山崎 潤Yamasaki Jun)
Guest cast[edit]
- 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[edit]
- '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)[20]
- 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[edit]
- ^'仮面ライダー生誕45周年のメモリアル・イヤーに'仮面ライダーアマゾン'がAmazonで完全新生!その名も「仮面ライダーアマゾンズ」!'. toei.co.jp.
- ^'「仮面ライダーアマゾンズ」Amazonプライムビデオで4月1日から配信決定 シリーズきっての異色作を新たな解釈で再構築'. itmedia.co.jp.
- ^'「仮面ライダーアマゾンズ」7月からTV放送 反響呼んだ話題作 - ライブドアニュース'. livedoor.com.
- ^'Web独占配信「仮面ライダーアマゾンズ」、7月からテレビでも 新撮OP映像を追加'. itmedia.co.jp.
- ^'Amazonビデオ(アマゾン ビデオ) on Twitter'. twitter.com.
- ^ abcdefg'Amazonプライム・ビデオ 「仮面ライダーアマゾンズSeason 2」4月7日配信!'. toei.co.jp.
- ^ abcdefgh'「仮面ライダーアマゾンズ」シーズン2配信決定 4月7日よりAmazonプライム・ビデオにて'. animeanime.jp.
- ^''Kamen Rider Amazons' Kicks Off 2nd Season in 2017'.
- ^'Amazon Riders Now on Amazon Prime US – Official English Sub of Kamen Rider Amazons'. Toku Nation. April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^'Kamen Rider x Super Sentai: Chō Superhero Taisen Film Announced for March 25 Premiere'.
- ^ ab'映画『仮面ライダーアマゾンズ THE MOVIE 最後ノ審判』 【Season1 覚醒】5月5日(土) 【Season2 輪廻】5月12日(土) 配信...'toei.co.jp.
- ^'Kamen Rider Amazons Series Gets Film in Spring 2018'.
- ^'前嶋 曜 on Twitter'. twitter.com.
- ^'GMB on Twitter'. twitter.com.
- ^'重大告知'. ameblo.jp.
- ^'籾木芳仁(Yoshito Momiki) on Twitter'. twitter.com.
- ^'赤楚衛二 on Twitter'. twitter.com.
- ^'三浦 海里 on Twitter'. twitter.com.
- ^'堂本 翔平 on Twitter'. twitter.com.
- ^Inc., Natasha,. '小林太郎、Amazonで公開中「仮面ライダーアマゾンズ」主題歌を明日配信'. natalie.mu.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
External links[edit]
- Official website (Season 1)
- Official website (Season 2)
- Official website (Season 1) at Toei Company
- Official website (Season 2) at Toei Company
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kamen_Rider_Amazons&oldid=910626547'
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