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WHAT IS "KAMEN RIDER" YOU ASK?

仮面ライダー (Masked Rider) is a long-running weekly Japanese tokusatsu (special effects) TV series created by Shotaro Ishinomori, that basically revolves around  a Japanese young man who turns into a motorcycle-riding masked super hero to fight monsters and evil organizations often linked to his own origin.

WHERE TO START?

Mostly every installment of the franchise is a self-contained story with a different protagonist, set of villains and plot, so you can pick any one you find appealing and start there. The original Kamen Rider series and manga, V3, Black, ZO, Kuuga, Kabuto, Double and Fourze are usually recommended as good starting points.

Productions are posted in chronological order with links to find English subtitled versions.
To easily find episodes and movies, go to KRDL.INFO and PASTEBIN.COM/QUiGr6Xz
"Kamen Rider The Movie Collection" bootleg DVDs have english subtitles for all the movies from 1971 to 1987, ISO's can be found at asiandvdclub.org
LAST UPDATE 30/04/2015

SERIES

KAMEN RIDER (1971)
98 + 3 MOVIES

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Shocker is a terrorist organization bent on world domination that recruits it's agents through kidnapping, turning their victims into cyborgs; 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 hero Kamen Rider. A little later, when Hongo leaves Japan to fight Shocker overseas, he is replaced by Kamen Rider 2, Hayato Ichimonji.

KITsubs 43 eps
HK Bootleg 3 movies

V3 (1973)
52 + 2 mOVIES

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A young university student, Shiro Kazami vows to avenge the murder of his family by taking on the sinister Destron organization. After suffering a near-fatal attack, Shiro is revived by Kamen Riders 1 and 2 as the mighty cyborg Kamen Rider V3, to take on the ruthless Destron syndicate!

Generation Kikaida (Official Release) 52 eps
HK Bootleg 2 movies

X (1974)
35 + 2 MOVIES

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Robotics scientist Keitaro Jin gets caught up in the campaign of terror by an evil organization known as G.O.D. He is attacked and his technology stolen, but before dying, Keitaro is able to perform surgery on his son, Keisuke Jin. With the last of his robotics technology, he transforms his son into Kamen Rider X! To avenge his father's death and ensure the safety of the entire world, he battles the monstrous minions of G.O.D. 

Order of Zeronos 6 eps (dropped)
/m/subs 1 movie
HK Bootleg COMPLETE SERIES

AMAZON (1974)
24 + 1 MOVIE

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After  his family died in a plane crash, young Daisuke Yamamoto is left stranded in the Amazon, becoming a wild child living off the land. When a nearby Inca tribe is massacred by the evil organization Geddon, a dying Elder performs a mystical operation on Daisuke, transforming him into the powerful and fierce Amazon Rider. Amazon then travels to Japan to defeat the Geddon threat!

HiNoTori Fansubs COMPLETE SERIES

STRONGER (1975)
39 + 1 MOVIE

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Following the death of a close friend, Shigeru Jo joins the evil organization Black Satan. Jo undergoes surgery to become one of Black Satan's electric cyborgs but secretly, Jo knows that Black Satan were in fact responsible for his friend's murder, and he uses the organization as a means to gain the power he needs to exact his vengeance as Kamen Rider Stronger. Yuriko Misaki, another cyborg known as Electrowave Human Tackle soon joins Shigeru in his fight for justice.

Midnight Crew Subs and KITsubs 39 eps
HK Bootleg 7 eps (33-39) + 1 movie

SKYRIDER (1979)
54 + 1 MOVIE

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Desperate to escape from the evil organization Neo-Shocker, Doctor Shido convinces them to allow him turn an injured camper, Hiroshi Tsukuba, into a monster. They allow Shido to operate but he turns the tables on them, transforming Hiroshi into the powerful flying warrior Skyrider! Using his new found abilities, Hiroshi combats the evil Neo-Shocker menace.

KITsubs 33 eps
HK Bootleg 22 eps (32-54) + 1 movie

SUPER-1 (1980)
48 + 1 MOVIE

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Kazuya Oki volunteers to undergo cybernetic surgery in the International Space Development Program in the United States in order to become a cyborg astronaut, code-name "Super-1", however, the base where he received this operation is attacked by the evil organization Dogma Kingdom. Being the only survivor, Kazuya returns to Japan and is trained by a martial arts expert, Master Genkai. With this knowledge, he is able to transform into the powerful Kamen Rider Super-1 to fight for justice.

KITsubs 5 eps (dropped)
HK Bootleg COMPLETE SERIES

BLACK (1987)
52 + 2 MOVIES

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After being kidnapped by the cult Gorgom on the night of their 19th birthday, stepbrothers Minami Kotaro and Nobuhiko Akizuki were submitted to a cyborg surgery to become the candidates to be the next Gorgom "Creation King". Kotaro escapes before getting brainwashed, taking the name of Kamen Rider BLACK and was determined to rescue his stepbrother from Gorgom, but... Whatever happened to Nobuhiko'?

Century Kings COMPLETE SERIES
Stone 52 eps

BLACK RX (1988)
47 + 1 SPECIAL

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It has been five years since Gorgom was defeated. Kotaro Minami has gotten a job as a helicopter pilot in a business owned by the Sahara family. Suddenly he is captured by the alien Crisis Empire and forced to serve them. When Kotaro refused, his "King Stone" was destroyed and he was thrown into space to die.  There, solar radiation mutated his King Stone and he transformed into Kamen Rider BLACK RX! With his new powers, he battles the Crisis Empire and thwarts their plans to take over Earth.

Stone 47 eps
Grown Ups In Spandex 6 eps (dropped)
Stardust Fansub 3 eps (dropped)
Fansub Film Robot 1 special
MegaBeast Empire 1 special

KUUGA (2000)
49 + 1 SPECIAL

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Long ago, a violent tribe known as The Grongi terrorized the peaceful ancestors of humanity, until they were defeated by Kuuga, a warrior who sealed their leader within a cave. In present day, a multi-talented man by the name Yuusuke Godai finds himself linked to a mysterious stone belt that was found in an excavated cave. When the Grongi are resurrected and start murdering people, Yuusuke, along with the assembled Science Police fight the menace while discovering the various powers of Kuuga.

Midnight Crew Subs COMPLETE SERIES
TV-Nihon 24 eps
SCS-Works 12 eps (dropped)

AGITO (2001)
51 + 1 MOVIE + 1 SPE

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After the end of Kamen Rider Kuuga, the police dep. developed an armor called G3 Unit, wear by Hikawa Makoto, to fight monster threats. However, a new kind of evil Unknown lifeforms appear. Tsugami Shouichi, a carefree amnesic man mysteriously transform into the super-human Agito and fight the Unknowns. How is his past linked to this strange power? What do the people murdered by the Unknowns have in common? Ashihara Ryo, an ex-swimmer also transforms into a different super human, Gills.

GomenRider Fansubs COMPLETE SERIES
Cruel Angel Prod. COMPLETE SERIES
TV-Nihon 46 eps + 1 movie + 1 special

RYUKI (2002)
50 + 1 MOVIE + 1 SPE

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13 "Advent Card" decks were created for 13 Kamen Riders who battle each other in the mysterious Mirror World. The sole victor of this Rider War will be granted a single wish. Shinji Kido, a naive journalist trainee  discovers one of the decks and becomes Kamen Rider Ryuki to protect innocent people from the Mirror Monsters, but this becomes a difficult task  when the other Kamen Riders, each with his/her own ambitions see him as a threat.

TV-Nihon COMPLETE SERIES
Sub Vent 14 eps
Ryuganon 8 eps (dropped)
Midnight Crew Subs 1 special

FAIZ (2003)
50 + 1 MOVIE

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A young loner, Takumi Inui gets unwittingly involved with a girl named Mari Sonoda as she's being hunted down by monsters called Orphnochs, who are behind top-secret items developed by the Smart Brain Corporation that she holds in possession. Takumi reluctantly uses these items and becomes Kamen Rider Faiz to combat the Orphnoch threat. Meanwhile, a man by the name Yuji Kiba comes back from the dead as an Orphnoch but decides to protect humans and fight Smart Brain.

TV-Nihon COMPLETE SERIES
GabuAnon 10 eps
JustiFaiz 2 eps (dropped)
JettoSubs 17 eps (17-33) + 1 movie (dropped)
555reloaded 6 eps (14,17-21)  (dropped)

BLADE (2004)
49 + 1 MOVIE

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An ancient seal is broken and the ancient Undead monsters were released. To counter this situation, BOARD created the Rider systems. Kenzaki Kazuma and Tachibana Sakuya were chosen to fight the Undead as Kamen Riders Blade and Garren, but a mysterious third Kamen Rider, Chalice, appears. His real identity and purpose remains unknown.

TV-Nihon COMPLETE SERIES
NDA Subs 7 eps
Ryuganon 5 eps (dropped)

HIBIKI (2005)
48 + 1 MOVIE

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Adachi Asumu is a boy who is almost done with middle school. During a trip, he meets a man just loosely named Hibiki. When Asumu's cousin is kidnapped by the monstrous Makamou, Hibiki saves the day in his true form, an Oni that fights with the power of music. From that day on, Asumu follows Hibiki's steps and discovers Takeshi, a Makamou extermination group.


TV-Nihon COMPLETE SERIES
Hibiki Anon 16 eps
KITsubs 2 eps (on hold)

KABUTO (2006)
49 + 1 MOVIE

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Tendou Souji, the man who walks the path of heaven has been training his whole life to become the super-speed warrior Kamen Rider Kabuto to fight the alien Worms that arrived from a meteorite seven years ago. 
Right away he meets Kagami Arata of ZECT, a mysterious organization that seemingly acts in order to destroy Worms. The two soon work together to fight the alien threat but not before uncovering the conspiracies within ZECT and meeting other Riders with mysterious origins.

TV-Nihon COMPLETE SERIES
English Dub (Official Release) 49 eps
Clocked-Up Scrubs 10 eps
Clocked Up Bakers 2 ep
Midnight Crew Subs 6 eps (dropped)

DEN-O (2007)
49 + 5 MOVIES

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Ryotaro Nogami, a very unlucky man finds himself involved with the Imagin, beings from the future who attempt to change the past. Ryotaro, possessed by the hot-headed Imagin Momotaros, becomes Kamen Rider Den-O, traveling to different time periods on a time traveling train, the "Den-Liner", to battle the evil Imagin and protect the present and the future.

TV-Nihon COMPLETE SERIES
Den-Anon 4 eps
Onore Subs 4 eps (on hold)
Midnight Crew Subs 3 eps (dropped)

KIVA (2008)
48 + 1 MOVIE

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Wataru Kurenai, a shy violinist is destined as Kamen Rider Kiva to fight life-draining monsters known as Fangires, the very race his missing father fought 22 years ago. Wataru must also deal with Kamen Rider Ixa who is part of an organization seeking to destroy the vampiric monsters, as well as the Fangire's own Rider, Kamen Rider Saga.

TV-Nihon COMPLETE SERIES
Order of Zeronos COMPLETE SERIES
SwagScrubs 12 eps

DECADE (2009)
31 + 1 MOVIE

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The 9 previous worlds of the Kamen Riders are merging into one, something that would destroy them all. To prevent this, the amnesiac Tsukasa Kadoya must transform into Kamen Rider Decade, destroyer of worlds, and travel along with his friend Natsumi Hikari, to the other Rider Worlds to eliminate the anomaly. Along the way confronting the mysterious man called Narutaki, they are joined by Kamen Rider Kuuga and Kivala from the World of Kiva.

TV-Nihon COMPLETE SERIES
MegaAnon 17 eps (on hold)
MillionFold Curiosity 3 eps (on hold)
NTN 16 eps (16-31) (dropped)

DOUBLE (2009)
49 + 3 MOVIE

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In the ecologically-minded city of Futo, the Sonozaki Family is selling "Gaia Memories" to criminals who use them to become monsters called Dopants. The "half-boiled"private detective Shotaro Hidari and the mysterious boy just known as Phillip who possesses all of earths memory inside himself, use the "Double Driver" belt to combine into one as Kamen Rider Double and fight the Dopant menace.

Over-Time COMPLETE SERIES
TV-Nihon COMPLETE SERIES
OZC Live  COMPLETE SERIES
Order of Zeronos and HaroRangers 28 eps (dropped)

OOO (2010)
48 + 1 MOVIE

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Eiji Hino is a man who has no dreams. When ancient monsters called Greed awaken to feed off of human desire, a bird-type Greed named Ankh gives Eiji a belt and three "Medals" that he uses to become Kamen Rider OOO. The mysterious Kougami Foundation begins assisting him in his fight against the Greed, but their true motives are not clear.

Over-Time COMPLETE SERIES
TV-Nihon COMPLETE SERIES
OZC Live  34 eps

FOURZE (2011)
48 + 1 MOVIE

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Gentaro Kisaragi is a second year transfer student who seeks to make friends with everyone at Amanogawa High, a school were students turn into Zodiarts, monsters powered by strange switches. The loner Kengo Utahoshi and space otaku Yuki Jojima attempt to fight the monsters but Gentaro interferes in their plans, using their "Astro Switches" to transform into Kamen Rider Fourze. Upon learning of other heroes called Kamen Riders, Gentaro creates the Kamen Rider Club with his new friends.

Over-Time COMPLETE SERIES
TV-Nihon COMPLETE SERIES
Aesir COMPLETE SERIES

WIZARD (2012)
53 + 1 MOVIE

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A mysterious ritual is held on the day of the solar eclipse, releasing a group of magical creatures called Phantoms into the world through human Gates who were people who gave into despair. Haruto Souma, the survivor of the ritual, is tasked by the mysterious White Wizard to use magic rings and become Kamen Rider Wizard in order to fight the Phantoms and save humanity from despair.

Over-Time COMPLETE SERIES
TV-Nihon COMPLETE SERIES

GAIM (2013)
47 + 3 MOVIE

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The city of Zawame is apparently controlled by the huge Yggdrasill Corporation. The bored youth express themselves by forming dance crews and holding battles using creatures from another dimension called Inves that they summon through the mysterious "Lock Seeds". Kota Kazuraba, a former Team Gaim dancer becomes  the Armored Rider Gaim to fight the Inves. However, Kota finds himself facing other Armored Riders in what becomes a Kamen Rider warring states period.

Aesir 47 eps
TV-Nihon COMPLETE SERIES
BananaArms 1 movie
OrangeLionSubs 2 movies

DRIVE (2014)
ONGOING

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Shinnosuke Tomari is a former elite police officer who, after a traumatizing event, gets demoted into the Special Investigations Division, a group that looks into strange phenomena in the city that people call "Slowdown". When he is chosen by the "Drive Driver" AI system, Shinnosuke uses "Shift Cars" to  transform into Kamen Rider Drive and is tasked with battling evil creatures called Roidmudes who wish to take over the world by eliminating humanity.

Over-Time and KITsubs Ongoing
TV-Nihon Ongoing
OZC Live  Ongoing
BananaArms Ongoing

 

MOVIES AND SPECIALS

ZX (1984)

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Ryo Murasame and his sister were shot down while flying over the Amazon and got captured by the terrorist organization Badan. His sister is killed and Ryo gets turned into a cyborg warrior named ZX; however, an accident enables him to regain his memory. Ryo then becomes a Kamen Rider to avange his sister, teaming up with the past 9 Riders to fight Badan.

Midnight Crew Subs

SHIN (1992)

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Doctors Kazamatsuri and Onizuka are geneticists researching cures on diseases such as AIDS and cancer by strengthening the human body. The test subject is Shin, motorcycle racer son of Doctor Kazamatsuri. Unknown to them, their operation is funded by a syndicate group, who plan to use this research for their own gain.  As if the syndicate were not enough, a CIA agent tracks Shin and wants him eliminated, for he doesn't know the true threat he could pose.

TV-Nihon

ZO (1993)

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Masaru Aso was the young lab assistant of geneticist Doctor Mochizuki, but was used against his will on experiments related to the creation of the Neo Organism, enabling him to transform into Kamen Rider ZO. After escaping he went into a coma just to awake two years later with an unconscious urge to protect the Doctor's son from the evil creatures made by the powerful Neo Organism. 

MegaAnon
TV-Nihon

J & WORLD (1994)

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The three oldest children of the Fog Mother, a giant alien crature, arrive to earth and hunt down Kana, the young sister of environmentalist reporter Kouji Segawa, in order to feed her to their newly hatched siblings. Kouji is thrown over a cliff trying to protect his sister from the fiends, but gets resurrected by the Earth spirits as the size changing warrior Kamen Rider J, with the purpose of fighting the Fog Mother.


MegaAnon
Century Kings and SkewedStudios

THE FIRST (2005)

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Takeshi Hongo, a man of extraordinarily intellect, is kidnapped and turned into a cyborg by an evil secret society known as Shocker, but soon he regains his self-awareness and escapes. Shocker views Hongo as a traitor and dispatches a new, nearly identical cyborg to destroy him. Meanwhile a lonely terminally ill patient has lost all hope but is slowly regaining it thanks to a mysterious girl.

Media Blasters (Official Release)
TV-Nihon

THE NEXT (2007)

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Two years after the end of Kamen Rider the First, a strange series of gruesome murders occur with a song by pop star Chiharu playing at the site of the murder. Hongo and his student Kotomi investigate Chiharu's brother Kazami Shiro and discover that Shocker have used nano-technology to turn Kazami into a cyborg code-named "V3". Now Hongo and Hayato are reunited to fight against Shocker one more time.

TV-Nihon

CROSSOVERS

DEN-O & KIVA:
CLIMAX DEKA (2008)

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TV-Nihon

DEN-O & DECADE: NEO GENERATIONS (2009)

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TV-Nihon
Order of Zeronos 

W & DECADE: MOVIE WARS 2010 (2009)

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Over-Time
TV-Nihon
OZC Live

OOO & W:
MOVIE WARS CORE (2010)

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Over-Time
TV-Nihon
OZC Live

OOO, DEN-O, ALL RIDERS: LET'S GO KAMEN RIDERS (2011)

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Over-Time
TV-Nihon
OZC Live

FOURZE & OOO: MOVIE WARS MEGAMAX (2011)

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Over-Time
TV-Nihon

KAMEN RIDER X SUPER SENTAI:
SUPER HERO WARS
(2012)

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Over-Time
TV-Nihon

WIZARD & FOURZE: MOVIE WARS ULTIMATUM (2012)

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Over-Time
TV-Nihon

KAMEN RIDER X SUPER SENTAI X SPACE SHERIFF: SUPER HERO WARS Z (2013)

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Over-Time
TV-Nihon

GAIM & WIZARD: THE FATEFUL SENGOKU MOVIE BATTLE (2013)

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Over-Time
TV-Nihon

HEISEI RIDER VS SHOWA RIDER: KAMEN RIDER WAR (2014)

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Imagination Station
TV-Nihon

 


MANGA

KAMEN RIDER (1971)
4 vOLUMES

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Takeshi Hongo is an expert motorcycle racer and a young genius. He is abducted by the evil organization Shocker and turned into a cyborg as part of a fiendish plot to take over the world. Just before his brain is irrevocably transformed, Hongo manages to escape his hidden prison and with his indomitable spirit and sense of justice, names himself the Masked Rider and uses his motorcycle, Cyclone, and the superhuman powers imbued in him by Shocker to combat the organization's evil ambitions! 

Comixology (Official Release) COMPLETE SERIES
HappyScans COMPLETE SERIES

KAMEN RIDER BLACK (1987)
6 VOLUMES

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A TV crew in New York is investigating about monsters bellow the city streets, when they are attacked by a horrible mutant crocodile. Luckly, they are saved by a japanese young man named Minami Kotaro who transforms into a grasshopper man to fight the monster. Now the TV crew, with help of Kotaro, have a journey around the world to discover Kotaro's past and an evil organization behind the strange creatures.

Midnight Crew Subs and HappyScans COMPLETE SERIES

KAMEN RIDER ZO (1999)
1 vOLUME

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Based on the live action movie. Masaru Aso has gone missing from the public, due to being used as a genetic experiment by Doctor Mochizuki in order to create a perfect lifeform. Aso goes to hide in the forests from civilization due to his disgust on his "form" before he was summoned to save Dr. Mochizuki's son, Hiroshi, from being targeted by monsters from Neo Organism.

KAMEN RIDER SPIRITS (2001)
16  VOLUMES

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After the end of Kamen Rider Super-1 series, Taki Kazuya and the original 9 Kamen Riders, who are no longer a team, have all gone their separate ways. After discovering suspicious activity going on all over the world, the Kamen Riders realize that a new evil is rising. A new Kamen Rider appears, ZX, as the evil organization Badan makes it's move towards world domination.

Brolen COMPLETE VOLUME
Snoopy Cool 3 vols (dropped)
The Nevada Child Rapist 5 vols (3-7)  (dropped)
Midnight Crew Subs 2 vols (8-9) (on hold)

sHIN KAMEN RIDER SPIRITS (2009)
8 VOLUMES (oNGOING)

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A sequel to "Kamen Rider Spirits" after the series changed magazines. Shin Kamen Rider Spirits follows the campaign of terror led by the evil Badan Empire against the 10 Kamen Riders and their allies the "Spirits" mercenaries, while expanding on stories and characters from the TV series.

MOY Moe Scanlations 1 chapter


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