is the collective title for a series of media released in the 1990s that are based on Toei's popular

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. It features

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versions of the various Kamen Riders featured from ''

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'' through '' Black RX'' placed in a cartoonish world, where each enemy of the Riders has banded together under the command of the "Great Leader" under the name "Gran Shocker".

Manga

The first ''Kamen Rider SD'' manga was written by Kei Aoki and published in ''

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''s ''DX BonBon'' imprint. The next edition was written by Hiroshi Katō and was published in ''

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'' from January 1992 through April 1993. Takeshi Tamai's was published in

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's family comic magazines. Minoru Nonaka's ''Kamen Rider SD'' was published in ''Telebi Land'' from October 1993 to February 1997. by Yūji Hosoi has been published in ''

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'' since December 1999.

Video games

The first video game released under the ''Kamen Rider SD'' name was for the

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on January 22, 1993. was released for the

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on July 9, 1993. The final video game released with the ''Kamen Rider SD'' characters was for the

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on August 20, 1993.

Animation

January 23, 1993, saw the release of an

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edition of ''Kamen Rider SD'' titled . The cast was based on the characters from the ''Hurricane Legend'' manga, with the main character being Black RX (voiced in the animation by

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). The titular theme song was performed by TOM of

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fame and the ending theme was performed by

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References

External links

* {{Toei Animation OVAs SD Anime OVAs SD Toei Animation original video animation Shogakukan franchises Shōnen manga