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Kamen Rider Black (仮面ライダーBLACK, Kamen Raidā Burakku) is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero-drama television series. It is the eighth installment in the Kamen Rider series and a co-production between Mainichi Broadcasting System and Toei. The series aired on all Japan News Network affiliates from October 4, 1987, to October 9, 1988. For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as Black Kamen Rider.
Kamen Rider Black | |
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Genre | Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Science fiction Action/Adventure Dark Fantasy Drama Conspiracy |
Created by | Shotaro Ishinomori |
Based on | Have You Seen The Kamen Rider?! by Shotaro Ishinomori |
Written by | Shōzō Uehara (eps 1-12) Noboru Sugimura (eps 13-51) |
Directed by | Yoshiaki Kobayashi |
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Narrated by | Kiyoshi Kobayashi Issei Masamune |
Composer | Eiji Kawamura |
Country of origin | Japan |
No. of episodes | 51 |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Toei Company Mainichi Broadcasting System |
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Network | JNN (MBS, TBS) |
Release | October 4, 1987 – October 9, 1988 |
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Written by | Shotaro Ishinomori |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 1987 – 1989 |
Volumes | 6 |
The series has spawned a manga adaptation that ran in Shōnen Sunday during its broadcast; a direct sequel, Kamen Rider Black RX, in 1988; and a reboot, Kamen Rider Black Sun, in 2022.
The Creation King, the pinnacle of the cult Gorgom. As his life begins to extinguish, the elected Creation King will inherit his power. On the night of their 19th birthday, stepbrothers Kotaro Minami and Nobuhiko Akizuki were kidnapped by Gorgom and submitted to a mutant cyborg surgery to become the candidates for the next Gorgom Creation King. Both of them are called Century Kings and are destined to best each other in a final battle - whoever wins will become the next Creation King. Kotaro escaped before getting brainwashed (which is the final step in the surgery), with help from his foster father, and turned against Gorgom. He soon finds out the horrific truth from his stepfather: Gorgom originally killed his true parents and, since both Kotaro and Nobuhiko were born on the day of a solar eclipse, are referred to as "Black Sun" and "Shadow Moon". Kotaro, taking on the name of Kamen Rider Black, was determined to rescue his stepbrother from Gorgom while protecting Japan. However, later in the series, Nobuhiko emerged as Shadow Moon to fight Kotaro with the survivor becoming the next Creation King.[1][2]
Kamen Rider Black Sun (仮面ライダーBLACK SUN, Kamen Raidā Burakku San) is a political drama reboot of Kamen Rider Black, broadcast as part of the Kamen Rider 50th Anniversary Project.[3]
The reboot was announced at a press conference on April 3, 2021, with Kazuya Shiraishi heading the project as director. The series was announced to release in spring 2022,[4] with a worldwide release being considered. The show's staff was confirmed in October 2021, with Izumi Takahashi as a screenwriter, Shinji Higuchi as a concept designer, and Kiyotaka Taguchi as special effects director.[5][6] The first visual of the show was slated to be revealed the following month. The show's two leading actors were confirmed in November 2021, with Hidetoshi Nishijima as Kotaro Minami/Kamen Rider Black Sun and Tomoya Nakamura as Nobuhiko Akizuki/Kamen Rider Shadow Moon.[7]
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