The following contains spoilers for Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider Episode 1. Anyone who's vaguely familiar with Japanese pop culture knows that Kamen Rideris practically an institution in the ...

Shin Kamen Rider, which directly means "New Masked Rider" in English, follows the first Kamen Rider TV series from 1974 that launched a franchise that never disappeared. There's been a new Kamen Rider ...

The legendary mangaka Shotaro Ishinomori created Kamen Rider for TV in the early ’70s. During its initial 98-episode run, the style and tone changed pretty drastically. Starting as a dark, moody ...

If ever you needed to know how influential Hideaki Anno is in Japan, look no further. The creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion and its many reboots has more recently ushered in a new, unprecedented ...

"Henshin!" is the Japanese word for "transformation/transform" and is the phrase that most Kamen Riders use to transform into their heroic armor. This phrase, with ...

Shin Kamen Rider, the latest entry in the Kamen Rider franchise, is finished and ready to release. The announcement comes from the official Twitter account , which shared an image depicting the ...

Kamen Rider may not have the international recognition of Godzilla — yet. But Toei, whose first “Kamen Rider” live-action TV series aired in 1971, has announced an ambitious project for raising the ...

The Kamen Rider franchise has been in the midst of a surprising translation controversy over the past few weeks, and as it turns out it has led to the controversial manga release getting a full on ...