Kamen Rider Fourze
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Kamen Rider Fourze (仮面ライダーフォーゼ, Kamen Raidā Fōze) is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series, being the thirteenth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-second overall. It began airing on September 4, 2011, the week following the conclusion of Kamen Rider OOO,[1] joining Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger and then Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters in the Super Hero Time lineup.
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Genre | Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Science fiction School drama Comedy |
Created by | Shotaro Ishinomori |
Written by | Kazuki Nakashima |
Directed by | Koichi Sakamoto |
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Narrated by | Nobuyuki Hiyama |
Opening theme | "Switch On!" by Anna Tsuchiya |
Composer | Shuhei Naruse |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 48 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 24–25 min. (per episode) |
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Network | TV Asahi |
Release | September 4, 2011 (2011-09-04) – August 26, 2012 (2012-08-26) |
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The series commemorates not only the Kamen Rider Series' 40th anniversary but also the 50th anniversary of spaceflight, which began with Yuri Gagarin's flight in 1961.[2] The show's catchphrase is "Switch on youth 'cause we're going into space!" (青春スイッチオンで宇宙キター!, Seishun suitchi on de uchū kitā!),[3] referencing the Fourze Driver transformation belt which gets its various powers from devices called Astroswitches to conjure attachments to Fourze's limbs.[1][4] As with the two previous series, the protagonist of Fourze made his debut in the annual summer film of the show's direct predecessor, appearing in Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals.