Kamen Rider X, Amazon and Stronger Blu-ray | HobbyTiger

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Release April 14, 2021

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Kamen Rider TV Series

Kamen Rider, the extraordinary hero who first appeared in 1971 and sparked a nationwide boom, celebrates his fiftieth anniversary! To commemorate the occasion, these Blu-ray selections bring together outstanding episodes from the Showa-era productions that established the series.

Kamen Rider began broadcasting in 1971 and ignited Japan's transformation craze. Its popularity endured through the Showa and Heisei eras and remains undiminished in Reiwa. These Showa Kamen Rider selections mark the series' fiftieth anniversary.

The second selection contains thirty episodes from Kamen Rider X, Kamen Rider Amazon and Kamen Rider Stronger. The Riders stand fearlessly against evil organizations that threaten world peace and take away humanity's freedom.

Kamen Rider X contributes ten episodes: episode one, X, X, X Rider Is Born!!; two, Run, Cruiser! X Rider!!; nine, X Rider's Intensive Special Training; ten, GOD Secret Police! Apollo Geist!!; twenty-one, Apollo Geist's Final All-Out Attack!!; twenty-seven, Special Feature: All Five Riders Together!!; twenty-eight, Behold! X Rider's Great Transformation!!; thirty-three, Terror! King Dark's Revenge!!; thirty-four, A Terrifying Weapon Targets Three Riders!!; and thirty-five, Farewell, X Rider. Its cast includes Ryo Hayami, Shoji Kobayashi, Naoko Miyama, Chisako Koita, Miyuki Hayata and Yasuhiko Uchida.

Kamen Rider Amazon contributes seven episodes: episode one, Human or Beast?! An Amazing Fellow from the Jungle!; four, Run! The Furious Jungler!!; five, A Strange Fellow from Underground!!; thirteen, Ten-Faced Demon Closes In! Amazon in Danger!!; fourteen, Ten-Faced Demon Dies! And a New Enemy?!; twenty, Mole Beastman's Final Exploit!!; and twenty-four, You Did It, Amazon! Emperor Zero's End!! Its cast includes Toru Okazaki, Shoji Kobayashi, Yoji Matsuda, Mariko Matsuoka and Hirohisa Nakata.

Kamen Rider Stronger contributes thirteen episodes: episode one, I Am the Electric Human Stronger!!; two, The Secret of Stronger and Tackle!; fourteen, The Mysterious High Commander Shadow Appears!; twenty-three, The Demon King of the Underground Kingdom!!; twenty-six, I Saw It! The Great Leader's True Identity!!; twenty-seven, Modified Demons! The Delza Army Appears!!; thirty, Goodbye, Tackle! Her Final Exploit!!; thirty-one, Stronger's Great Modification!!; thirty-five, The Man Who Returned! His Name Is V 3!!; thirty-six, Three Riders Against the Mighty Delza Army; thirty-seven, Riders Captured! Long Live Delza!!; thirty-eight, Riders One and Two Appear!!; and thirty-nine, Goodbye! The Glorious Seven Riders! Its cast includes Shigeru Araki, Kyoko Okada, Shoji Kobayashi and Akira Hamada.

The video bonus is the twenty-eight-minute theatrical film Five Riders vs. King Dark, released in July 1974. Original first-press copies included a booklet; this extra depends on the copy supplied. The programs are recorded in standard-definition 480i picture quality.