Kamen Rider debuts on January 3rd

[Roy Mustang]

Kamen Rider debuts on January 3rd

Kamen Rider, one of Japan’s most enduring franchises, will make its full scale live action debut on American television on Saturday, January 3rd on the CW4Kids Saturday morning block. The CW4Kids will air a special sneak preview of the Kamen Rider Dragon Knight series on Saturday morning December 13th. Bandai America will release a full line of Kamen Rider Dragon Knight toys in the spring of 2009.

The Kamen Rider franchise was created by manga-ka Shotaro Ishinomori in 1971 and quickly adapted into a popular live action children’s TV series by Toei Company, Ltd. The Kamen Rider franchise is still going strong after 37 years having spawned 18 television series (with a total of 892 episodes), 10 TV specials, 28 theatrical releases, plus 11 direct-to-DVD productions.

Adness Entertainment has adapted the 2002 Japanese live action tokusatsu (special effects) series Kamen Rider Ryuki into Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, which features an attractive young cast and non-stop action.

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[Kung_Fu_Master]

Sweet. Finally.

[minakichan]

Wait.

Seriously?

Is it going to be straight dub style or more like Power Rangers?

[Nate]

It's going to be like Power Rangers more or less, American actors and a different storyline (probably), but with dubbing over the suit footage.

What's interesting is that they're apparently going to have a female Rider as a main character, even though Kamen Rider Femme wasn't in the TV series, just the movie. So I dunno how they'll work her in.

[ShiroiHikari]

Whoa. Might have to check this out just out of morbid curiosity.

[Tsukuyomi]

CW4Kids?

I don't know if I get that station -_- I don't even know what the CW stands for in it

[Roy Mustang]

CW4Kids?

I don't know if I get that station -_- I don't even know what the CW stands for in it

Its the CW Television Network, the one that use to be called the WB network. They change it a few years ago to CW and the name is derived from the first letter of the names of these corporations CBS and Warner Brothers.

The children's block use to be called Kids' WB television block, and then it was change on May 24 2008 and called the CW4Kids after the block is proogrammed by 4Kids Entertainment.

I think they did this since Fox and 4Kids Entertainment are partings ways after the end of the year.

CW channel is a local channel all over the country.

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It's going to be like Power Rangers more or less, American actors and a different storyline (probably), but with dubbing over the suit footage.

What's interesting is that they're apparently going to have a female Rider as a main character, even though Kamen Rider Femme wasn't in the TV series, just the movie. So I dunno how they'll work her in.

I see. I wonder why they chose to do Ryuki then? Oh well, I wouldn't watch any Kamen Rider but Kiva, and only with Seto Kouji and that Tetra Fang song XD;