Recommendation Masterlist: Fantasy & Supernatural Themed Jdramas Ryotaro Nogami is a young man with a lot of bad luck. One day, he finds a strange pass and things got stranger from a mysterious girl, and a large time-travelling train to being possessed by an entity called an Imagin, beings from an alternate future whose kind are attempting to change the past. Though slightly confused about the nature of the crisis, Ryotaro, along with the aid of the hot-headed, violent Imagin, dubbed Momotaros, becomes Kamen Rider Den-O, travelling to different times on the DenLiner to battle the evil Imagin to prevent them from altering the past to affect the present and future. During his adventure, Ryotaro is joined by other Imagin who aid him as well; the lying, manipulating and womanizing Urataros, the herculean (and narcoleptic) Kintaros, and the childish yet powerful Ryutaros. He later meets the mysterious Yuto Sakurai and his bumbling Imagin partner Deneb. Yuto is not only Kamen Rider Zeronos but is the younger incarnation of Ryotaro's older sister Airi's fiance, Sakurai, who mysteriously disappeared and is tied to the mysteries involving the Imagin and a person known as the Junction Point. (Source: Wikipedia) Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Norsk
- Native Title: 仮面ライダー電王
- Also Known As: Kamen Raidā , Den\'ō , , Masked Rider Den-O
- Director: Shibasaki Takayuki, Osamu Kaneda, Ishida Hidenori, Nagaishi Takao, Shibasaki Takayuki, Sakamoto Taro
- Screenwriter: Yonemura Shoji, Kobayashi Yasuko
- Genres: Action, Tokusatsu, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Cast & Credits
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![Satoh Takeru in Kamen Rider Den-O Japanese Drama (2007)]( "Satoh Takeru in Kamen Rider Den-O Japanese Drama (2007)")
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![Shiratori Yuriko in Kamen Rider Den-O Japanese Drama (2007)]( "Shiratori Yuriko in Kamen Rider Den-O Japanese Drama (2007)")
Shiratori YurikoHanaMain Role -
![Matsumoto Tamaki in Kamen Rider Den-O Japanese Drama (2007)]( "Matsumoto Tamaki in Kamen Rider Den-O Japanese Drama (2007)")
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![Nakamura Yuichi in Kamen Rider Den-O Japanese Drama (2007)]( "Nakamura Yuichi in Kamen Rider Den-O Japanese Drama (2007)")
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![Akiyama Rina in Kamen Rider Den-O Japanese Drama (2007)]( "Akiyama Rina in Kamen Rider Den-O Japanese Drama (2007)")
Akiyama RinaNaomiSupport Role -
![Ishimaru Kenjiro in Kamen Rider Den-O Japanese Drama (2007)]( "Ishimaru Kenjiro in Kamen Rider Den-O Japanese Drama (2007)")
Ishimaru Kenjiro[Owner] | [Station master]Support Role
Reviews
This review may contain spoilers
Satoh Takeru was absolutely amazing in this drama, playing so many characters at once, so many versions of Possessed!Ryoutaro. And in certain moments, it also allowed him to showcase his fighting skills, though rather rarely, true. I also have to praise all the suit actors who played the various Imagin!Ryoutaros because you really immediately knew who was in charge, which Imagin was at the wheel, just from their body language alone. That was so great!But!
Despite all that, I didn't enjoy Den-O nearly as much as Build, my top Kamen Rider series. Why? Because even though Ryoutaro was the lead, the main storyline was not about Ryoutaro - at all. It was about Airi, Sakurai and finally Hana while Ryoutaro was, well, he was basically the pawn. Even Yuuto had a bigger role to play within the main arc than Ryoutaro, a red herring, sure, but for a big part of the story, Yuuto was the focus of the bad guys, so...
Sakurai was the mastermind, Airi the linchpin and then Hana the one it was all about while Ryoutaro... well, he fought. Sure, he made all of it possible but he wasn't the focus of the main arc. Compare that with Build where Sento and Banjo were the fighters and the focus of the main arc - and Sento even was the mastermind who went toe to toe with the lead baddie. It's basically the difference between action and reaction. Sento acted - Ryoutaro reacted. Sento played chess with Evolt - Ryoutaro was getting dragged along. Sento was Sakurai - Ryoutaro was Grease.
Also, I didn't understand why Ryoutaro gave up his train ticket at the end. I guess I must've missed something, it's possible because with all the time hopping and junctions and Singularity Points speak, I was getting a wee bit lost in how the rules of this world actually worked. Oh well... Maybe it gets explained in one of the movies? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Overall, a good series but for me personally, it doesn't top Build, not even remotely.
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