#LIST OF ALL KAMEN RIDERS SERIES#

#LIST OF ALL KAMEN RIDERS SERIES#

While the interpretation of this theme can vary wildly from year to year, every single Kamen Rider series embodies this in one way or another. The central concept is that a lone hero undergoes some great tragedy at the hands of an evil far bigger than they are ( usually a large organisation with a secret and sinister agenda), but rises to use the technology of the villains against them and as a general force for good. Shows such as its brother-show Super Sentai, Devilman, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, and to go even further Sailor Moon (and the Magical Girl Warrior genre as a whole) wouldn't be possible without Kamen Rider, just to name a few. The subsequent domino-effect made Kamen Rider's influences in the current Japanese media deep rooted. Kamen Rider famously launched the 'Second Monster Boom' or 'Henshin Boom', a period in the 70's that saw the birth of many imitating superhero shows (specifically, that of the Henshin Hero variety), moving tokusatsu from the film industry to television. The Kamen Rider Series, simply known as Kamen Rider (also known under the English translated title of Masked Rider in shows prior to Kamen Rider Double note The switch from MASKED RIDER to KAMEN RIDER being a result of Kamen Rider Dragon Knight keeping the actual Japanese moniker in order to distinguish itself from the earlier Saban's Masked Rider.), is a franchise of tokusatsu series created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by the Toei Company in 1971, and has since then become one of the milestones in Japanese pop culture, greatly revolutionizing the Japanese superhero and action genre, effectively becoming the figurehead of classical superheroes and the idea of 'poetic justice' in Japan.

List of all kamen riders