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[Marcthelightspark2004]

What's Kamen Rider?

[BradyBunch]

Say it again. Say! A joke! Again! I dare ya! I double dare you! If you make one more bad Totoba joke~

[The Bricklayer]

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Disapointed look Dude, you call yourself a nerd and you don't know about this. Shame, shame.

But in all seriousness...

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 ), 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.

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 subsequent domino-effect made Kamen Rider's influences in the current Japanese media deep rooted. 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 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. 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. Another important theme is that the hero regrets the act of fighting, but is forced to do so for the sake of humanity; this is shown by the iconic "teardrops" coming from the eyes of the helmet.

It typically has a smaller main cast than (in the west) the relatively more well-known Sentai (the title of each series refers to a single main Rider instead of Super Sentai's Five-Man Band), but not always. Some series feature huge numbers of Riders, with the most extreme examples being Kamen Rider Ryuki and its 13 Riders and Kamen Rider Gaim with 18.

From Tv Tropes. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/KamenRider If you for whatever reason decide to watch this series, avoid Ryuki or Den-O for the love of god please.

[The Bricklayer]

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The joke needs some explanation. The Rider you see here, Takatora includes the two names for the hawk and the tiger in his name. Taka: Hawk and Tora: Tiger.

These two animals were part of OOO's TaToBa combo.

[Marcthelightspark2004]

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.....OK. If it goes on Netflix, I'll watch it, except those two.

[The Bricklayer]

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Yeah, it probably never will. I'd advise here actually after you get Adblock.
http://jatoku.xyz/

[darkmagician41]

OK I'll make a TaToBa joke... Let me just get my Kohai ready.

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With that being said... When is Traffic Light Form coming back??? 😇