Kamen Rider Amazons
| Kamen Rider Amazons | |
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| Genre | Tokusatsu |
| Created by | Shotaro Ishinomori |
| Written by | Yasuko Kobayashi |
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| Ending theme | "Armour Zone" by Taro Kobayashi |
| Composer(s) | Kuniaki Haishima |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Running time | 25 minutes approx. per episode |
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| Distributor | Toei Company |
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| Original network | Amazon Video |
| Original release | April 1, 2016 |
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Kamen Rider Amazons (仮面ライダーアマゾンズ Kamen Raidā Amazonzu) is a 2016 Japanese tokusatsu web series. It is a 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). Kamen Rider Amazons 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]
The second season was announced on May 31, 2016 and will premiere in spring 2017 on Amazon Prime.[5] There are plans to release season one to additional markets such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany in the future.[6]
Story
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 Kamen Rider Amazon Omega (仮面ライダーアマゾンオメガ Kamen Raidā Amazon Omega) as he strives to assert his humanity while fighting similarly infected creatures called the Amazonz (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 Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha (仮面ライダーアマゾンアルファ Kamen Raidā Amazon Arufa). Later, Jun Maehara, a man who died once during an Amazonz attacks, is revived into Kamen Rider Amazon Sigma (仮面ライダーアマゾンシグマ Kamen Raidā Amazon Shiguma).
Episodes
A unique feature of the series is that the episode titles are given in alphabetical order.
| 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 |
| 13 | "M" | June 24, 2016 |
Cast
- 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)
- Jun Maehara (前原 淳 Maehara Jun): Hiroshi Asahina (朝日奈 寛 Asahina Hiroshi)
- 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)
Guest cast
- Ryusuke Otaki (大滝 竜介 Ōtaki Ryūsuke, 1, 2): Ryouma Baba (馬場 良馬 Baba Ryōma)
- Kukizono (久木園, 3): 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)
Theme song
- "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)[7]
- This song is also used as the opening theme for the television broadcast version of the series.
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/06/13-1/kamen-rider-amazons-kicks-off-2nd-season-in-2017
- ↑ 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.