Kamen Rider Amazons

Kamen Rider Amazons (仮面ライダーアマゾンズ) is a web-only Kamen Rider series based on the 1974 TV series Kamen Rider Amazon and is a part of Toei Company's Sūpā Hīrō Iyā (スーパーヒーローイヤー) project. The first season premiered on the Japanese version of on April 1, 2016 and the second season premiered on April 7, 2017. The catchphrase for season 1 is "Open Your Amazons". For season 2, the catchphrase is "Who are you?" (おまえは谁だ？)

The series' first season was later international distributed via the Amazon Prime service under the title Amazon Riders. The second season debuted worldwide on Amazon Prime in the fall of 2018.

Its story concluded in the theatrical film Kamen Rider Amazons: The Last Judgement, which premiered in spring 2018.

TV Broadcast
In July, 2016, an edited version of Amazons aired on two TV channels: the and  at the late night time and the catchphrase was changed into "Hunt, start" (狩り、開始).

Production
"Do you think the recent Kamen Riders are interesting? I don't think so! I hope with Amazons the toothless Kamen Riders can get their fangs back."

- Shinichiro Shirakura Following the Kamen Rider 1 movie, Amazons was announced in one of the 2016 March Televi-kun magazine pages and later confirmed on March 18, 2016. It changed most of the settings from the original Amazon and doesn't interfere or alter continuity with anything of the recently airing TV series. With the legendary staffs and strongest action teams who produced the Heisei Riders, Amazon now is fully reborn in a modern, darker style that makes it not for kids anymore, because this series' genre is "horror".

Continuity
A standalone series, the world of Amazons, while not necessarily the same mainstream universe as that of the original Kamen Rider Amazon or contemporary shows such as Ghost and Ex-Aid, is established as part of the greater Rider multiverse by Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Chou Super Hero Taisen. The crossover film, which premiered less than two weeks prior to the start of the second season, featured Amazon Riders Omega, Alpha as well as Amazon Neo, serving as his first appearance before his introduction in the second season, in the form of their alternate counterparts from the Game World. Additionally, a Bat Amazon appeared as a member of Shocker's Game World army.

Ultimately, Amazons was confirmed as taking place in its own parallel world by producer Shinichiro Shirakura in an interview which was published on Hyper Hobby Vol.8.

Season 1 (Awakening)
The world is filled by thousands of monsters named Amazons, and the company of Nozama Pharmacy has hired a special team to hunt down and eliminate them. One day, the team were hunting down two Amazon riders, Amazon Riders Alpha and Omega, with their transformers being Jin and Haruka respectfully.

Haruka eventually joined the team to hunt down the Amazons. However, when they were trying to eliminate a group of Amazons that were hiding inside a restaurant, Haruka eventually divided his opinion with the group when he found out that those Amazons have no intention to harm humans. The restaurant has also changed Mamoru, one of the members in the team. He eventually started to have interests in eating human beings. After Jin and Haruka defeated Sigma, Nozama Pharmacy decided to launch a special plan named Tlaloc, a plan to kill all Amazons. Mamoru was in a struggle during Tlaloc because he previously ate one of his friends, Kazuya Mizaki's arm. Haruka eventually rescued him and both of them escaped.

Season 2 (Reincarnation)
In the past, a massive spill occurred at the Amazon experimental lab. Most of the survivors were destroyed, hot-blooded young men enjoyed hunting Amazons and the experiment seemed to be drawing to an end. Far than ending, however, it was entering a completely new phase. The number of cases of ordinary people turning into Amazon without warning was rising. The government formed a new extermination unit to assassinate people who had turned into Amazon secretly and struggled to hide the truth.

Chihiro/Kamen Rider Amazon Neo is a loner, a boy raised by Amazons who hates them but must suppress his cannibalistic urges. One day he meets Iyu, an Amazon girl who transforms into Crow Amazon and vanquishes Amazon enemies with her awesome fighting power. Chihiro is amazed at his first glance of Iyu, because she’s the first human he’s met without thinking, “I want to eat her.” She’s the first opponent he’s ever wanted to get close to, but Chihiro is unaware of her story. Iyu is a “Sigma Type Amazons” a biological weapon brought back to life after her parents turned Amazon and killed her.

Supporting Characters

 * Mizuki Mizusawa
 * Nozama Peston Service
 * Makoto Shido
 * Nozomi Takai
 * Kazuya Misaki
 * Nozama Pharmacy
 * Reika Mizusawa
 * Shogo Kano
 * Yugo Tachibana
 * Takaaki Tenjo
 * Team X
 * Hiroki Nagase
 * Kenta Kitamura
 * 4C
 * Takeshi Kurosaki
 * Ichiro Fudamori
 * Kota Fukuda

Villains

 * Experiment Amazons
 * Spider Amazon
 * Spider Amazon 1
 * Spider Amazon 2
 * Bat Amazon
 * Bat Amazon 1
 * Bat Amazon 2
 * Soldier Ant Amazons
 * Butterfly Amazon
 * Butterfly Amazon 1
 * Butterfly Amazon 2
 * Shrike Amazon 1
 * Crab Amazon
 * New type Amazons
 * Panther Amazon
 * Stag Beetle Amazon
 * Rhinoceros Amazon
 * Snake Amazon
 * Mantis Amazon
 * Urchin Amazon
 * Elephant Amazon
 * Weevil Amazon
 * Other

Manga

 * 1) Kamen Rider Amazons Gaiden: Light of Fireflies (仮面ライダーアマゾンズ外伝　蛍火)

SIC Hero Saga

 * 1) Kamen Rider Amazons: Beastman Syndrome (仮面ライダーアマゾン 獣人症候群)

Theme song

 * Armour Zone - Taro Kobayashi (Season 1)
 * DIE SET DOWN - Taro Kobayashi (Season 2)

Cast

 * Haruka Mizusawa (水澤 悠): Tom Fujita (藤田 富)
 * Jin Takayama (鷹山 仁): Masashi Taniguchi (谷口 賢志)
 * Mizuki Mizusawa (水澤 美月): Rena Takeda (武田 玲奈)
 * Nanaha Izumi (泉 七羽): Ayu Higashi (東 亜優)
 * Makoto Shido (志藤 真): Mitsutoshi Shundo (俊藤 光利)
 * Mamoru (マモル): Ryota Kobayashi (小林 亮太)
 * Ryusuke Otaki (大滝 竜介): Ryoma Baba (馬場 良馬)
 * Nozomi Takai (高井 望): Kanon Miyahara (宮原 華音)
 * Kazuya Misaki (三崎 一也): Katsuya (勝也)
 * Kota Fukuda (福田 耕太): Kazuya Tanabe (田邊 和也)
 * Jun Maehara (前原 淳): Hiroshi Asahina (朝日奈 寛)
 * Reika Mizusawa (水澤 令華): Takako Kato (加藤 貴子)
 * Shogo Kano (加納 省吾): Toshimasa Komatsu (小松 利昌)
 * Yugo Tachibana (橘 雄悟): Yu Kamio (神尾 佑)
 * Takaaki Tenjo (天条 隆顕): Takashi Fujiki (藤木 孝)

Season 2

 * Chihiro (千翼): You Maejima (前嶋 曜)
 * Iyu (イユ) : Ayana Shiramoto (白本 彩奈)
 * Takeshi Kurosaki (黒崎 武): Kota Miura (三浦 孝太)
 * Ichiro Fudamori (札森 一郎): Yoshito Momiki (籾木 芳仁)
 * Hiroki Nagase (長瀬 裕樹): Eiji Akaso (赤楚 衛二)
 * Takumi Yamashita (山下 琢己): Kairi Miura (三浦 海里)
 * Kenta Kitamura (北村 健太): Shohei Domoto (堂本 翔平)

Suit Actors

 * Kamen Rider Amazon Omega: Yugo Fujii (藤井 祐伍)
 * Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha: Hirokazu Iwakami (岩上 弘数)
 * Kamen Rider Amazon Sigma, Bat Amazon: Makoto Arakawa (荒川 真)
 * Mole Amazon: Daisuke Satō (佐藤 太輔)
 * Kamen Rider Amazon Neo: Kohei Matsuoka (松岡 航平)
 * Crow Amazon: Yuto Kikuchi (菊池 雄人)
 * Dragonfly Amazon : Daiki Suzuki (鈴木大樹 Suzuki Daiki)