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Kamen Rider

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Masked Rider
Japanese: 仮面ライダー
English: Kamen Rider
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 8
Status: Finished
Published: 1971
Genres: Action Action, Drama Drama, Sci-Fi Sci-Fi
Theme: Super Power Super Power
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Authors: Ishinomori, Shoutarou (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 6.911 (scored by 14241,424 users)
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Ranked: #101662
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Popularity: #5889
Members: 3,555
Favorites: 82

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Volumes: /4
Chapters: /8

Synopsis

The series takes place in a world plagued by Shocker, a mysterious world-wide terrorist organization formed by remaining members of the Nazis. To further its plans for world domination, Shocker recruited its agents through kidnapping, turning their victims into mutant cyborgs and, ultimately, brainwashing them. However, one victim named Takeshi Hongo escaped just before the final brainwashing. With his sanity and moral conscience intact, Hongo battled Shocker's minions as the grasshopper-themed altered human superhero Kamen Rider.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Background

Kamen Rider was published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment as a 4-in-1 omnibus volume on January 4, 2022. It was also released in Spanish by Ooso Comics.

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Reviews

Feb 11, 2015
So...the 1971 Kamen Rider manga.

Well, it's even darker than the way the TV show began, for one thing, and even if Ichimonji's introduction does, as in the show, bring some moments of levity, the darker parts are still just as dark. The art, being pretty old, is dated in quite a few panels, with proportions and such, but when Ishinomori wants to draw something detailed for an emphasis or large panel, he does it well. Kind of like a proto-Kurumada (Kurumada is the mangaka of, among other things, Saint Seiya and Ring ni Kakero) in that respect, I guess.

The story (which is entirely separate from ...
Jun 16, 2024
The original Kamen Rider manga, which shows Shotaro Ishinomori's original vision for the 1971 tokusatsu show, exceeds 70's charm from all of it's pores. With every page, every character design, and every pose, you can tell this man trained Go Nagai. So while clearly being a product of it's time, this does not really fault it in the realm of aesthetics.

The plot, while clearly very simple and not at all difficult to understand, actually tackles some topics that are still very important today. Capitalism, pollution, politics... all while a cybernetic grasshopper man is beating up a spider guy. Ishinomori was clearly very interested in scientific ...
Aug 11, 2022
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For reference: I am reading the 50th Anniversary Edition. YMMV.

Good Lord what a mess. Where do I even start with this?

The art is good... when it is anything but the human body. And don't get me wrong I am not talking about the overly cartoony nature of some of the characters (although that was also very distracting at times). I mean that Ishinomori cannot draw the human form in a believable way. Looking at the panel on page 19: Kamen Rider's chest is comically large. He looks like Bob with bitch tits from Fight Club. If Kamen Rider wasn't wearing his outfit this wouldn't even ...

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