Kamen Rider Agito

is the eleventh installment in the popular Kamen Rider tokusatsu franchise. The series represented the 30th anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series.

The series was also a joint collaboration between Asatsu-DK and Toei and was shown on TV Asahi from January 28, 2001, to January 27, 2002. The series served as an indirect sequel to ''Kamen Rider Kuuga'', which this show is set in the same universe as the previous show, and the first Kamen Rider series to not have an ending sequence. The series aired along with '' Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger''. The series is airing on Toku after being added to the network in November 2020.

Story

Two years have passed since the Unidentified Lifeform case concluded, a series of mysterious and impossible murders are taking place across the city carried out by unknown beings. A man named Shouichi Tsugami has no memory of who he was, where he came from, or how he came upon his peculiar circumstances to transform into a powerful superhuman, Kamen Rider Agito, whenever in the presence of the beings referred to by the police as the "Unknown". Known as the Lords, these powerful monsters perceived themselves as humanity's defenders and kill certain people in a series of murders that force the police department to make Makoto Hikawa the user of the Kamen Rider G3 powersuit which was modeled after Kamen Rider Kuuga. Shouichi and Makoto, both initially hesitant of the other at first, are joined by Ryō Ashihara, who becomes a pre-Agito known as Kamen Rider Gills and seeks the truth behind his father's suicide. These mysteries and many others collide as the true nature of Agito would ultimately determine the fate of humanity.

Episodes

Movies and specials

*TV Special:
:They were originally aired on October 1, 2001, between Episodes 35 and 36, the special features all three Riders plus the first appearances of G3 Mild and Agito Shining Form. Shouichi encounters psychologist Azuma Kunieda, who had once nursed him back to health, fights an Unknown at night and reaches Burning Form, but goes out of control. Then, Kunieda helps him control it. All three Riders fight against the Beetle Lord. The story ended with a mysterious girl stalking G4 and was to be continued in the movie.

:There is a difference between the series' plot and the special's plot: in the latter, Tōru Hōjō eavesdrops on Shōichi and Kunieda's conversation behind a window and finds out Shōichi is Agito; in the series, however, Hōjō ambushes Agito as he flees from a battle scene, sees as he reverts back to Shōichi and arrests him.

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:Released in theatres on 22 September 2001, ''Project G4'' was a double bill with ''Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger the Movie: The Fire Mountain Roars''. Shouichi encounters a teenage girl called Sayaka Kahara, who ran away from a military facility because of an attack by the Ant Lords. Sayaka has a supernatural ability to foresee the future. Risa Fukami, of the military group GA, wants to use that power to enhance the newly made G4 System, which was based on designs stolen from Ozawa. Now, Agito and Gills must fight to stop the Ant Lords' attack, as G3 and G4 settle their score. The events of the movie happen in the late 30s–early 40s after the special.

:The film grossed over at the Japanese box office.

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:''Three Great Riders'' is the Hyper Battle Video for ''Agito''. The events of the video show , the Televi-Kun mascot, calling upon Kamen Riders Agito, G3, and Gills to help fight several Unknowns that have invaded his world. Still, he will only trust the "Ultimate Rider". The video featured exclusive finishing moves for the three Riders. G3's special weapon that appears in the video, the Antares, was later featured in the television series.

Production

The Kamen Rider Agito trademark was registered by Toei on October 16, 2000.

Video game

A video game based on the series, developed by KAZe and published by Bandai, was released in Japan on November 29, 2001, for the PlayStation. It is a fighting game.

S.I.C. Hero Saga

''Agito'' featured two S.I.C. Hero Saga side stories published in ''Monthly Hobby Japan'' magazine. The first was titled and featured a crossover with ''Kamen Rider 555''. It introduces the new characters and the . The story was published from October 2003 to March 2004. Later, in the ''S.I.C. Hero Saga Vol. 2'' book, the elements of ''555'' were removed from the story and the Dog Orphnoch was changed to the .

The second S.I.C. Hero Saga story titled expands on the story told in ''Project G4'' in showing the G-Series suits Generation 1, , Generation 2, and the vehicle. It also features the . The story was published from October 2007 to January 2008.

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Novel

, written by Naohiro Okamura and supervised by Toshiki Inoue, is part of a series of spin-off novel adaptions of the Heisei Era Kamen Riders. The novel was released on January 31, 2013.

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A New Transformation cast

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*Customer in Hamburger Shop:
*Sayaka's Father:
*Sayaka's Mother:
*MPD Superintendent General:

Songs

;Opening themes
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**Lyrics:
**Composition & Arrangement:
**Chorus:
**Artist:
**Episodes: 2 - 35
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**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Kazunori Miyake
**Remix: Kazunori Miyake, ,
**Chorus: Lisa Ooki
**Artist: Shinichi Ishihara
**Episodes: 36 - 50 & TV Special
;Insert themes
*"BELIEVE YOURSELF"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Kazunori Miyake
**Artist:
**Episodes: 1 - 8, 10 - 13, 15 - 25 & TV Special, 51
*"STRANGER IN THE DARK"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement:
**Artist:
**Episodes: 9
*"MACHINE TORNADER"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Kazunori Miyake
**Artist: Shinichi Ishihara
**Episodes: 14, 31 & 40
*"DEEP BREATH"
**Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition:
**Arrangement: RIDER CHIPS
**Artist: RIDER CHIPS featuring ROLLY
**Episodes: 26 - 30, 32 - 39, 41 & 43 - 50
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**Lyrics (Japanese ver.): Shoko Fujibayashi
**Composition & Arrangement: Toshihiko Sahashi
**Artist: Tamami Shiraishi
**Episodes: 40 & 42

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**Lyrics & Composition:
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Broadcasts, Home Video, and Video Streaming

*In its' original home country of Japan, the series originally aired on Sunday Mornings at 8:00AM EST on TV Asahi and other ANN affiliates from January 28, 2001 to January 27, 2002, concluding at 51 episodes. Starting on December 7, 2001 until November 21, 2002, during the near end of the original run, Toei Video started releasing all 51 episodes of the series on retailer VHS and DVD. Although, rentals first began prior on October 21, 2001. There are 12 volumes in total, and the content is the same as the DVD version (both for sale and rental). Each volume for both releases each hold four episodes, with the last three volume holding five episodes. The previous series Kamen Rider Kuuga was still being released on both VHS and DVD at the time of this series' being released. The first episode was included as a limited edition video bonus in the "Shotaro Ishinomori 70th Anniversary DVD Box" released on July 21, 2008, and in the first production run of "Kamen Rider Decade Vol. 5" released on November 21, 2009. The series was later released on Blu-Ray in three volume boxsets starting on September 14, 2016 up until January 11, 2017. The first boxset contains the TV special, ''Kamen Rider Agito: Three Great Riders.''
*In Southeast Asia, an English dub was produced in Hong Kong by Omni Productions and was aired on Television and released on home video during 2002, under the title: Masked Rider Agito.
*In the Philippines, it was aired on ABS-CBN from 2003 to 2004 with a Tagalog dub, under the title of ''Masked Rider Agito''.
*In Indonesia, the series on Indosiar with an Indonesian dub from January 30, 2005 to January 29, 2006. All 51 episodes were covered.
*In the United States, the series aired in its original Japanese audio with English subtitles on the Toku TV channel and streaming service in November 2020. A new English dub would be made for FreeTV in 2024 by Olympusat, but it was actually based off the Latin Spanish dub prior from 2021.
*Two decades later, Toei commissioned a Latin-Spanish dub in 2021, produced by Olympusat with dubbing work by Mexican studio, Meliorem for digital streaming. This was dubbed remotely online during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was licensed and released in Latin America on April 24, 2021, on and May 23, 2023, in North America on FreeTV respectively, and DistroTV for Latin American users in March 2023.

References

External links

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''Kamen Rider Agito'' DVD & Blu-ray Box

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2001 Japanese television series debuts
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