Shout! Factory Gets Exclusive Rights to Two KAMEN RIDER Series
Kamen Rider is a popular tokusatsu series from Japan and it’s celebrating its 50th anniversary. It was recently announced that Shout! Factory and Toei are teaming up for an exclusive deal for Shout! Factory and Shout! Factory TV to have the exclusive rights in the U.S. and Canada to distribute Kamen Rider Zero-One and Kamen Rider Ryuki. Both series will begin streaming later this year on Shout! Factory TV’s TokuSHOUTsu channel. Jordan Fields of Shout said:
We’ve seen a tremendous reaction to the Kamen Rider shows on Shout! Factory TV, so we’re delighted to partner with Toei to build the North American fanbase. And with Zero-One, we’ll now have the premiere series for each of the three eras of the franchise.
Takahito Omori, a producer for Zero-One, exclaimed:
I am so happy to hear that Zero-One will be on Shout! Factory TV. Zero-One is the reflection of our future, of conflicts between humans and artificial intelligence, and a story not only about Kamen Rider, but about human beings. I hope fans enjoy watching the show and thinking about technology and ourselves.
Are you excited for these Kamen Rider series to stream?
KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE SYNOPSIS
HUMAGEAR (humanoid Robots), created by HIDEN INTELIGENCE, the leading company for AI, serves for humanity’s convenient life.
A cyber-terrorist called Metsu-bou-jin-rai Net has secretly had a conspiracy for their final purpose, 'human extinction', although the human society aims for the coexistence between human and HUMAGEAR.
Aruto Hiden has taken over a CEO’s post at HIDEN INTELIGENCE, because his grandfather, Korenosuke Hiden, suddenly passed away, and along with the CEO's post, he also takes over the responsibility for Kamen Rider Zero-One by using his company's technology.
Aruto tries to keep the peaceful world between human and HUMAGEAR with Izu, his HUMAGEAR secretary, while A.I.M.S., a military squad against HUMAGEAR, chases the terrorist.
KAMEN RIDER RYUKI SYNOPSIS
“Mirror World” exists symmetrically beyond an invisible mirror in space, and an exact copy of our human world, where only monsters can dwell. Evil monsters frequently cross the mirror and attack our world.
Only Kamen Riders who make a contract with a specific monster and obtain special power from the monster can enter “Mirror World” and fight against evil monsters with the help of “Advent Card.”
Shinji Kido, a journalist, contacts with Dragon, and becomes Kamen Rider Ryuki. He fights a fierce battle with evil monsters.
Many Kamen Riders appear one after another, and fight to satisfy their own aims. However, only one Kamen Rider can outlive others. Thus, it is their fate to keep fighting to the last man.
