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Kamen Rider Ryuki (仮面ライダー龍騎, Masked Rider Dragon Knight) is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was the twelth installment in the Kamen Rider series of tokusatsu shows. It was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and it was shown on TV Asahi from February 3, 2002 to January 19, 2003.

13 Riders

The notion of 13 Riders is apparently a homage to the original Kamen Rider manga published in 1971, which contains a chapter called The 13 Kamen Riders. Ironically only 10 Riders were featured in the TV series. Femme, Ryuga and Verde appeared exclusively in the movie Episode: Final and/or the TV special 13 Riders.

Kamen Rider Knight
Kamen Rider Ryuki
- main protagonist
Kamen Rider Scissors
Kamen Rider Zolda
Kamen Rider Raia
Kamen Rider Gai
Kamen Rider Oja
Kamen Rider Tiger
Kamen Rider Impaler
Kamen Rider Femme
- officially the first female Kamen Rider
Kamen Rider Ryuga
Kamen Rider Verde
Kamen Rider Odin

The show also featured 2 Kamen Rider clones, called Alternatives
:

Alternative Zero
Alternative

Comments

Some fans consider Ryuki to be the black sheep of all the Rider series, as they opine that it did not follow the direction set in the older shows. Other see the series as an elegant time-manipulation story that stands alone.

At a conceptual level, the series is more adult and character driven that the earlier series, considering the nature of time, predestination, whether fighting can be morally justified, what price people must pay for personal catharsis and the redemption of those they love, etc.

Some of the Monsters in this series are portrayed as hungry creatures which prey on humans and other Riders for survival, rather than as the evil kaijins of the preceding shows. But the majority of the Monsters are contracted allies and the power source for most of the thirteen Riders, building their power by absorbing the energy of those who are defeated.

As of 2003 there was a rumor spread in the Internet, talking about the way Disney had plans to purchase the rights to the series and create an adapted version for western audiences (Americanizing it like Power Rangers did to Super Sentai), receiving the name of Future Dragon Rider. The rumor has since been confirmed to be false, if the rumor were true, it would mark the return of Kamen Rider to the state since Saban's Masked Rider.

Movies & Special

Kamen Rider Ryuki-Episode Final (Theatrical Movie)

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