is the collective title for a series of media released in the 1990s that are based on
Toei's popular
Kamen Rider Series
The , also known as ''Masked Rider Series'' (until Decade), is a Japanese superhero media franchise consisting of tokusatsu television programs, films, manga, and anime, created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. ''Kamen Rider'' media genera ...
. It features
super deformed
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versions of the various Kamen Riders featured from ''
Kamen Rider
The , also known as ''Masked Rider Series'' (until Decade), is a Japanese superhero media franchise consisting of tokusatsu television programs, films, manga, and anime, created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori. ''Kamen Rider'' media generall ...
'' 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 ''
Comic BonBon
was a monthly Japanese children's manga magazine published by Kodansha. It was first published on October 15, 1981, and ceased publication in 2007. A web version of the magazine has been published on Pixiv Comic since the end of July 2017.
Simi ...
''s ''DX BonBon'' imprint. The next edition was written by
Hiroshi Katō and was published in ''
CoroCoro Comic
is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Shogakukan, established on May 15, 1977. Its main target is elementary school-aged boys, younger than the readers of shōnen manga. Several of its properties, like ''Doraemon'' and the '' Poké ...
'' from January 1992 through April 1993.
Takeshi Tamai's was published in
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...
'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 ''
Televi-Kun
is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Shogakukan, starting in May 1976. Its main target is elementary school aged boys, younger than the readers of shōnen manga. It features super heroes such as ''Kamen Rider'', ''Super Sentai'', ...
'' since December 1999.
Video games
The first video game released under the ''Kamen Rider SD'' name was for the
Famicom
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on January 22, 1993. was released for the
Super Famicom
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on July 9, 1993. The final video game released with the ''Kamen Rider SD'' characters was for the
Game Boy
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on August 20, 1993.
Animation
January 23, 1993, saw the release of an
original video animation
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...
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
Joe Onodera
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Arts
Film and television
* ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle
* ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage
* ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971
* ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated ...
).
The titular theme song was performed by TOM of
Tom Cat
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fame and the ending theme was performed by
Hironobu Kageyama
is a Japanese singer and composer prominent in the soundtracks for anime, video game and tokusatsu productions. He is sometimes called Kami (Kei) by his fans. Kageyama got his big break at age 16, as lead singer of the rock band Lazy. By the ea ...
.
References
External links
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Shogakukan franchises
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