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[[File:rider40th.jpg|frame|Kamen Riders 1 through OOO ([[My Friends and Zoidberg|and New Den-O]]). ''Almost'' too many to be listed in one caption.<ref>Starting in the upper-left corner, moving left to right then down: Ryuki, Agito, Kuuga, J, ZO, Shin, RX, Hibiki, Blade, Faiz, Black, ZX, Super-1, Den-O, Kabuto, Sky Rider, Stronger, Amazon, Decade, Kiva, X, Riderman, W, Rider 2, V3, New Den-O, Rider 1, and OOO. That's ''every'' main Kamen Rider from ''every'' television season ''and'' movie (except Kamen Rider G) from ''1971 to 2011''!</ref>]] |
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{{quote|''"Won't you believe in him? Even if there is no God or Buddha... there is Kamen Rider."''|'''Taki Kazuya''', ''[[Kamen Rider Spirits]]''}} |
{{quote|''"Won't you believe in him? Even if there is no God or Buddha... there is Kamen Rider."''|'''Taki Kazuya''', ''[[Kamen Rider Spirits]]''}} |
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Often involves insect-themed armour (concept partially ditched for the Heisei Riders, in which only a minority is directly insect themed and mainly maintain just the general helmet design reminiscent of insect eyes). And motorcycles. Rather short on [[Combining Mecha]] (although ''[[Kamen Rider Faiz]]'' and ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze]]'' feature some nice [[Mini-Mecha]], and ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' had artillery-loaded, flying train cars). |
Often involves insect-themed armour (concept partially ditched for the Heisei Riders, in which only a minority is directly insect themed and mainly maintain just the general helmet design reminiscent of insect eyes). And motorcycles. Rather short on [[Combining Mecha]] (although ''[[Kamen Rider Faiz]]'' and ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze]]'' feature some nice [[Mini-Mecha]], and ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' had artillery-loaded, flying train cars). |
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More recently, the first 10 or so riders have been revived in a manga series: ''[[Kamen Rider Spirits]]''. As [[Badass]] as they originally were, they |
More recently, the first 10 or so riders have been revived in a manga series: ''[[Kamen Rider Spirits]]''. As [[Badass]] as they originally were, they become even more so. |
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ome even more so. |
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The ''Kamen Rider'' franchise is generally divided into two distinct "eras", using the Japanese names for the time period in which they were made. The '''Showa Era'''<ref>Named for the last era of Japan.</ref> consists of: |
The ''Kamen Rider'' franchise is generally divided into two distinct "eras", using the Japanese names for the time period in which they were made. The '''Showa Era'''<ref>Named for the last era of Japan.</ref> consists of: |
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