Kamen Rider Amazons (original) (raw)

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Kamen Rider Amazons (仮面ライダーアマゾンズ, Kamen Raidā Amazonzu) is a Japanese tokusatsu web-drama serving as a reboot of Kamen Rider Amazon as well as to commemorate the franchise's Super Hero YearIcon-crosswiki (スーパーヒーローイヤー, Sūpā Hīrō Iyā) project. All 13-episodes of the first season released on Amazon Prime Video on April 1, 2016, with an edited broadcast premiering weekly on BS Asahi and Tokyo MX that July. All 13-episodes of the second season released on Prime on April 7, 2017, which was then followed by an epilogue film Kamen Rider Amazons: The Last Judgement, which premiered in Japan on May 19, 2018 with no international release confirmed as of yet.

The show was also distributed internationally as Amazon Riders, with the first and second seasons being released on April 19, 2018 and September 21, 2018 respectively on each country's respective Prime libraries. Both seasons were removed from the American catalog on April 6, 2023, most likely due to an expired contract between Toei and Amazon with no word on any potential renewal of the license.

The catchphrase for season 1 is "Open Your Amazons", while it was changed to "Hunt, start" (狩り、開始, Kari, kaishi) for its television broadcast. For season 2, the catchphrase is "Who are you?" (おまえは谁だ？, Omae wa dare da?).

Production[]

"Do you think the recent Kamen Riders are interesting? I don't think so! I hope with Amazons the toothless Kamen Riders can get their fangs back."

―Shin-ichiro Shirakura[src]

Following the Kamen Rider 1 movie, Amazons was announced in one of the 2016 March Televi-kun magazine pages and later confirmed on March 18, 2016. It changed most of the settings from the original Amazon and doesn't interfere or alter continuity with anything of the recently airing TV series. With the legendary staffs and strongest action teams who produced the Heisei Riders, Amazon is fully reborn in a modern, darker style.

Continuity and Placement[]

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Kamen Rider Ex-Aid encounters Season 2 Riders in Game World

Plot[]

Season 1 (Awakening)[]

The world is filled by thousands of monsters named Amazons, and the company of Nozama Pharmacy has hired a special team to hunt down and eliminate them. One day, the team were hunting down two Amazon riders, Amazon Riders Alpha and Omega, with their transformers being Jin and Haruka respectfully.

Haruka eventually joined the team to hunt down the Amazons. However, when they were trying to eliminate a group of Amazons that were hiding inside a restaurant, Haruka eventually divided his opinion with the group when he found out that those Amazons have no intention to harm humans. The restaurant has also changed Mamoru, one of the members in the team. He eventually started to have interests in eating human beings. After Jin and Haruka defeated Sigma, Nozama Pharmacy decided to launch a special plan named Tlaloc, a plan to kill all Amazons. Mamoru was in a struggle during Tlaloc because he previously ate one of his friends, Kazuya Mizaki's arm. Haruka eventually rescued him and both of them escaped.

Season 2 (Reincarnation)[]

In the past, a massive spill occurred at the Amazon experimental lab. Most of the survivors were destroyed, hot-blooded young men enjoyed hunting Amazons and the experiment seemed to be drawing to an end. Far than ending, however, it was entering a completely new phase. The number of cases of ordinary people turning into Amazon without warning was rising. The government formed a new extermination unit to assassinate people who had turned into Amazon secretly and struggled to hide the truth.

Chihiro/Kamen Rider Amazon Neo is a loner, a boy raised by Amazons who hates them but must suppress his cannibalistic urges. One day he meets Iyu, an Amazon girl who transforms into Crow Amazon and vanquishes Amazon enemies with her awesome fighting power. Chihiro is amazed at his first glance of Iyu, because she’s the first human he’s met without thinking, “I want to eat her.” She’s the first opponent he’s ever wanted to get close to, but Chihiro is unaware of her story. Iyu is a “Sigma Type Amazons” a biological weapon brought back to life after her parents turned to Amazons and killed her.

Characters[]

Kamen Riders[]

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Main Season 1 Riders (Alpha, Omega and Sigma)

Amazons Season 2 Riders

Main Season 2 Riders (New Omega, Neo and Alpha)

Movie-exclusive[]

Manga-exclusive[]

Debatable Riders[]

Supporting Characters[]

Villains[]

Experiment Amazons

Sea Snake Amazon Mina
Snapping Turtle Amazon Yoji
Tiger Amazon Sango

Episodes[]

Main article: Kamen Rider Amazons Episodes

All of the Season 1 episode titles are completely in English, while some of the Season 2 titles are in Latin, but they are both in all-caps. The first letter of each episode title cycles though the English alphabet, with the first episode's title starting with "A". The exception is the last episode, which shares the same name as the first and ends with "Z".

Movies

  1. Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Chou Super Hero TaisenIcon-crosswiki (仮面ライダー×スーパー戦隊 超スーパーヒーロー大戦, Kamen Raidā × Supā Sentai: Chō Supā Hīrō Taisen) (cameo)
  2. Kamen Rider Amazons Season 1 the Movie: Awakening (劇場版 仮面ライダーアマゾンズ Season1 覚醒, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Amazonzu Shīzun Wan: Kakusei)
  3. Kamen Rider Amazons Season 2 the Movie: Reincarnation (劇場版 仮面ライダーアマゾンズ Season2 輪廻, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Amazonzu Shīzun Tsū: Rinne)
  4. Kamen Rider Amazons: The Last Judgement (仮面ライダーアマゾンズ THE MOVIE 最後ノ審判, Kamen Raidā Amazonzu Za Mūbī: Saigo no Shinpan)

Stageshows

  1. Kamen Rider Amazons Special Event: A to M Open Your AMAZONS (仮面ライダーアマゾンズ スペシャルイベント: A to M Open Your AMAZONS, Kamen Raidā Amazonzu Supesharu Ibento : Ei Tū Emu Ōpun Yua Amazonzu)
  2. Kamen Rider Amazons: The Last Judgement Special Event "A to Z AMAZONZ" (仮面ライダーアマゾンズ THE MOVIE 最後ノ審判 スペシャルイベント A to Z AMAZONZ, Kamen Raidā Amazonzu Za Mūbī: Saigo no Shinpan Supesharu Ibento "Ei Tū Zetto Amazonzu")[2]

Other media[]

Manga[]

  1. Kamen Rider Amazons Gaiden: Light of Fireflies (仮面ライダーアマゾンズ外伝 蛍火, Kamen Raidā Amazonzu Gaiden Hotarubi)

S.I.C. Hero Saga[]

  1. Kamen Rider Amazons: Beastman Syndrome (仮面ライダーアマゾン 獣人症候群, Kamen Raidā Amazonzu Kemonohito Shōkōgun)

Music[]

Season 1 Opening Song

Season 2 Opening Song

Cast[]

Season 2[]

Suit Actors[]

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ↑ https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbjEcEWVwAAi0sl.jpg
  2. ↑ https://www.amazon.co.jp/仮面ライダーアマゾンズ-MOVIE-最後ノ審判-スペシャルイベント-AMAZONZ/dp/B07HP95VL4
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