Kamen Rider Gaim is a Japanese television series, a tokusatsu drama that is in the Kamen Rider Series; it is the 15th series during its Heisei run and 24th overall. The series, written by Gen Urobuchi, directed by Ryuta Tasaki and produced by Naomi Takebe, began airing on TV Asahi from October 6, 2013, replacing Kamen Rider Wizard in its initial timeslot and joining Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger then Ressha Sentai ToQger in the Super Hero Time programming block.
Story
In Zawame City, a large company known as the Yggdrasill Corporation transformed the once bustling suburban city into a jōkamachi (castle town). To escape the resulting feeling of oppression, many of the youth in Zawame formed dance crews called Beat Riders to bring joy back into peoples' lives. Also rising in popularity is the Inves Game, a simulator that uses strange devices known as Lockseeds to summon monsters known as Inves.
Publication Information
- Title : Kamen Rider Gaim
- Japanese : 仮面ライダー鎧武/ガイム
- Genre : Tokusatsu
- Created by : Shotaro Ishinomori
- Written by : Gen Urobuchi, Toriko Nanajo, Gan Sunaaku, Nobuhiro Mouri, Jin Haganeya, Norimitsu Kaiho
- Directed by : Ryuta Tasaki, Takayuki Shibasaki, Satoshi Morota, Shojiro Nakazawa, Hidenori Ishida, Osamu Kaneda
- Narrated by : Hōchū Ōtsuka
- Composer(s) : Kousuke Yamashita
- Country of origin : Japan
- Original language(s) : Japanese
- No. of episodes : 47
- Producer(s) : Motoi Sasaki (TV Asahi), Naomi Takebe (Toei)
- Running time : 24-25 min. (per episode)
- Distributor : Toei Company
- Original channel : TV Asahi
- Picture format : 1080i (HDTV)
- Original run : October 6, 2013 – September 28, 2014
- Preceded by : Kamen Rider Wizard
- Followed by : Kamen Rider Drive
Kouta Kazuraba, a member of the dance group Team Gaim, tries to find his place in the world while torn between his loyalty to his teammates and his sister Akira's insistence that he starts acting like an adult and find a proper job. When Team Gaim's captain disappears after informing Kouta of a strange belt he found, Kouta discovers that the Lockseeds and Inves are from an alternate dimension known as Helheim Forest.
Episodes
- Transform! The Orange From the Sky!?
- Deadly! Pineapple Kick!
- Shock! The Rival's Banana Transformation!?
- He's Formed! The Third Grape Rider!
- Return! The Ichigo Arms of Friendship!
- The Durian Rider Appears!
- Great Ball Watermelon, Big Bang!
- Baron's New Mango Power
- The Great "Inves Monster Capturing" Operation!
- All the Riders Gather! Revealing the Forest's Mystery!
- The Truth Behind the Christmas Game
- The New Generation Rider Appears!
- The Friendship Tag Team of Gaim and Baron!
- The Secret of Helheim's Fruits
- The Man Who Developed the Belts
- A New Arms! Jimber Lemon Is Born!"
- The Peach Rider Marika Descends!
- Farewell Beat Riders
- The Gift Secret Weapon
- The End of the World, the Invasion Begins
- Yggdrasill's Secret
- A Seventh of the Truth
- Now Let's Go! Kachidoki Arms!
- Ressha Sentai ToQger vs. Kamen Rider Gaim: Spring Break Combined Special
- The New Formidable Over Lords
- Gridon and Bravo's Strongest Tag Team
- Baron's Genesis Transformation!
- Time to Know the Truth
- The Betrayal of Zangetsu
- The Over Lord King
- The Red and Blue Kikaider
- The Whereabouts of the Forbidden Fruit
- The Strongest Power! Kiwami Arms
- The Great Beat Riders' Gathering!
- The King's Power and the Queen's Revival
- Mitch's Ark
- A Brotherly Conclusion! Zangetsu vs. Zangetsu Shin!
- Baron Soccer Showdown: Summer Camp!
- Return of the Professor
- The Suicide Plan to Break Into Tower!
- The Over Lord Awakens
- A Duel with the Over Lord King!
- Mitsuzane's Last Transformation!
- Baron's Ultimate Transformation
- The Future Goals of Two People
- The Final Battle of the Two Destined People!
- The Fated Victor
- Transform! And to the Future
- Gaim & Wizard : The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle
- Heisei Rider vs. Shōwa Rider : Kamen Rider Taisen feat. Super Sentai
- Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup!
- Gaim & Drive : Movie War Full Throttle
- Gaim Gaiden : Kamen Rider Baron
- Gaim Gaiden : Kamen Rider Zangetsu
- Gaim Gaiden : Kamen Rider Duke
As with every year, Telebi-kun sells a limited edition "Hyper Battle DVD" that tells a unique and non-canon story of the members of the cast. For Gaim, the DVD is titled Kamen Rider Gaim : Fresh Orange Arms Is Born!: You Can Also Seize It! The Power of Fresh. During the events of the DVD, the Armored Riders' normal Lockseeds are damaged and the mysterious girl orders them to freshen things up, so they attempt all methods of using the word "Fresh". The many Kamen Riders use Lockseeds they normally would not use, and Gaim gets a new Fresh Orange Lockseed to become the titular Fresh Orange Arms.
Video games
A PlayStation 3 and Wii U sequel to Kamen Rider : Battride War titled Kamen Rider : Battride War II was released on June 26, 2014. It featured characters from Gaim as well as characters and scenarios based on the recent Kamen Rider series and films. A limited edition version of the game featuring music from the TV series and films was also released.
Cast
- Kouta Kazuraba : Gaku Sano
- Kaito Kumon : Yutaka Kobayashi
- Mitsuzane Kureshima : Mahiro Takasugi
- Mai Takatsukasa, Maiden of Fate : Yuumi Shida
- Takatora Kureshima : Yuki Kubota
- Ryoma Sengoku : Tsunenori Aoki
- Yoko Minato : Minami Tsukui
- Zack : Gaku Matsuda
- Peko : Saku Momose
- Ryoji Hase : Atsushi Shiramata
- Hideyasu Jonouchi : Ryo Matsuda
- Oren Pierre Alfonzo : Metal Yoshida
- Sid : Kazuki Namioka
- DJ Sagara : Tomomitsu Yamaguchi
- Roshuo (Voice) : Jōji Nakata
- Akira Kazuraba : Rika Izumi
- Kiyojiro Bando : Tomohisa Yuge
- Chucky : Kanon Tsuyama
- Rica : Miina Yokota
- Rat : Ren Ozawa
- Dēmushu (Voice) : Tomokazu Sugita
- Redyue (Voice) : Kenjiro Tsuda
- Sengoku Driver Equipment Voice : Seiji Hiratoko
- Narration : Hōchū Ōtsuka
- Yuya Sumii : Hiromi Sakimoto
- Team Pop Up : Kamen Rider Girls
- Jiro : Jingi Irie
- Lapis : Taketo Tanaka
- Kamen Rider Mars : Kataoka Ainosuke VI, Kengo Nakamura, of Kawasaki Frontale, Kosuke Ota of F.C. Tokyo
- Over Lord Queen : Hiromi Iwasaki
Opening theme
- Just Live More
- Lyrics : Shoko Fujibayashi
- Composition & Arrangement : Shuhei Naruse
- Artist : Gaimu no Kaze
- E-X-A (Exciting×Attitude)
- Lyrics : Shoko Fujibayashi
- Composition & Arrangement : tatsuo (of everset)
- Artist : Kamen Rider Girls
- Episodes: 3, 5, 11
- Never surrender
- Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
- Composition & Arrangement : Junichi "IGAO" Igarashi
- Artist : Team Baron (Kaito Kumon, Zack, & Peco) (Yutaka Kobayashi, Gaku Matsuda, & Saku Momose)
- Episodes : 8, 26, 37
- Toki no Hana, Flower of Time
- Lyrics : Shoko Fujibayashi
- Composition : Naoki Maeda
- Arrangement : Shuhei Naruse
- Artist : Kamen Rider Girls
- Episodes : 17, 21, 29
- Raise Up Your Flag
- Lyrics : Shoko Fujibayashi
- Composition & Arrangement : tatsuo (of everset)
- Artist : Kouta Kazuraba (Gaku Sano)
- Episodes : "Spring Break Combined Special", 24, 28, 30, 37
- Ranbu Escalation (Dancing Escalation)
- Lyrics : Shoko Fujibayashi
- Composition & Arrangement : Shuhei Naruse
- Artist : Kouta Kazuraba & Kaito Kumon (Gaku Sano & Yutaka Kobayashi)
- Episodes : 36, 37, 39, 41, 45
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