Kamen Rider Amazons


Kamen Rider Amazons, known outside Japan as Amazon Riders, is a 2016 Japanese superhero tokusatsu web drama. 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. Amazon Riders was originally exclusively released through Amazon Video in Japan starting April 1, 2016. It was also broadcast on television on BS Asahi starting July 3, 2016, and Tokyo MX starting July 6, 2016. In a similar vein as the reboot films based on the Shōwa era series, Kamen Rider: The First & Kamen Rider: The Next, Kamen Rider Amazons takes place in an alternate universe separate from the main series timeline.
The second season was announced on May 31, 2016, that it will be released in spring 2017 on Amazon Prime. The second season is titled Kamen Rider Amazons Season 2 and was exclusively released through Amazon Video in Japan starting April 7, 2017.
Plans to release season one in international markets such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany were announced in 2016. An English subtitled version of the first season launched on Amazon Prime on April 19, 2018 with Season 2 launching on September 21, 2018.

Story

Haruka Mizusawa is a meek young man who became infected with Amazon Cells, which are created by the Nozama Pharmacy company. 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. Haruka also encounters the Nozama Peston Service, 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

A unique feature of the series is that the episode titles are given in alphabetical order.

''Kamen Rider Amazons (Amazon Riders)''

''Kamen Rider Amazons 2 (Amazon Riders 2)''

Films

''Ultra Super Hero Taisen''

A crossover film, titled Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Ultra Super Hero Taisen featuring the casts of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, Amazon Riders, Uchu Sentai Kyuranger, and Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger, was released in Japan on March 25, 2017. This movie also celebrates the 10th anniversary of Kamen Rider Den-O and features the spaceship Andor Genesis from the Xevious game, which is used by the movie's main antagonists, as well as introduces the movie-exclusive Kamen Rider True Brave, played by Kamen Rider Brave's actor Toshiki Seto from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, and the 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, Gaku Matsumoto, Atsushi Maruyama, and Hiroya Matsumoto reprise their respective roles.

''Season 1 - Awakening''

A re-edited version of Kamen Rider Amazons, titled Kamen Rider Amazons the Movie: Season 1 - Awakening, was released in Japan on May 5, 2018.

''Season 2 - Reincarnation''

A re-edited version of Kamen Rider Amazons Season 2, titled Kamen Rider Amazons the Movie: Season 2 - Reincarnation, was released in Japan on May 12, 2018.

''The Last Judgement''

A sequel film titled Kamen Rider Amazons the Movie: The Last Judgement, which is set after the end of the second season and concludes the storyline, was released in Japan on May 19, 2018.

Manga

Kamen Rider Amazons Gaiden: Light of Fireflies, 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 between the first and second seasons of Kamen Rider Amazons.

Cast

  • Haruka Mizusawa: Tom Fujita
  • Jin Takayama: Masashi Taniguchi
  • Mizuki Mizusawa: Rena Takeda
  • Nanaha Izumi: Ayu Higashi
  • Makoto Shido: Mitsutoshi Shundo
  • Mamoru: Ryota Kobayashi
  • Nozomi Takai: Kanon Miyahara
  • Kazuya Misaki: Katsuya
  • Kota Fukuda: Kazuya Tanabe
  • Yugo Tachibana: Yuu Kamio
  • Shogo Kano: Toshimasa Komatsu
  • Reika Mizusawa: Takako Katō
  • Takaaki Tenjo: Takashi Fujiki
;Season 1 exclusively
  • Ryusuke Otaki: Ryōma Baba
  • Jun Maehara: Hiroshi Asahina
;Season 2 exclusively
  • Chihiro: You Maejima
  • Iyu Hoshino: Ayana Shiramoto
  • Takeshi Kurosaki: Kōta Miura
  • Ichiro Fudamori: Yoshito Momiki
  • Hiroki Nagase: Eiji Akaso
  • Takumi Yamashita: Kairi Miura
  • Kenta Kitamura: Shohei Domoto
  • Hajime Hoshino: Jun Yamasaki

    Guest cast

;Season 1
;Season 2
  • Fujio: Shinji Kasahara

    Theme songs

  • "Armour Zone"
  • * Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama
  • * Composition: Nobuo Yamada
  • * Arrangement: Tetsuya Takahashi
  • * Artist: Taro Kobayashi
  • : 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"
  • * Lyrics: Mike Sugiyama
  • * Composition: Nobuo Yamada
  • * Arrangement: Tetsuya Takahashi
  • * Artist: Taro Kobayashi
  • : The theme song of the second season.