Kamen Rider Decade
Kamen Rider Decade (仮面ライダーディケイド Kamen Raidā Dikeido?, Masked Rider DCD, Masked Rider Decade) is the title of the first of the 2009 editions of the long-running Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu dramas. Decade, as its title suggests, is the tenth of the Heisei Rider Series, having begun with Kamen Rider Kuuga in 2000. It began broadcast the week following the finale of Kamen Rider Kiva and is featured in Super Hero Time alongside the 2009 edition of the Super Sentai Series, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. The series ties in with the arcade game Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride, with Kamen Riders Decade and Diend using cards resembling those used in the game to transform and access various weapons. The catchphrase for the series is "Destroy everything, connect everything." (全てを破壊し、全てを繋げ Subete o hakaishi, subete o tsunage?).Contents
1 Casting
2 Synopsis
3 Rider War
4 Episodes
5 Films
5.1 The Onigashima Warship
5.2 All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
5.3 Movie War 2010
6 World of Strongers
Casting
Masahiro Inoue, who has portrayed Keigo Atobe in the Prince of Tennis musicals, has been cast in the lead role for Decade as Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade. Also involved is Kanna Mori as Natsumi Hikari, and Renji Ishibashi as Natsumi's grandfather Eijiro Hikari.[1] Another member of the cast is Tatsuhito Okuda as the mysterious Narutaki. The World of Kamen Rider Kuuga, as well as most of the other Rider Worlds, sport several characters that have been renamed and cast with different actors. Ryouta Murai has been cast as Yusuke Onodera who is the series' version of Kuuga.
Synopsis
Photography is an overarching motif in Kamen Rider Decade. Tsukasa uses this twin-lens reflex camera produced by Blackbird, Fly, specially made for the series in a color described as "Decade Pink".
The story revolves around the nine previous universes of the Heisei Kamen Riders merging into one, something that would destroy all the worlds. To prevent this, Tsukasa Kadoya transforms into Kamen Rider Decade and is told that to protect his own world he must travel with Natsumi and her grandfather to the other Kamen Riders' Worlds called A.R. Worlds (Another Rider's World or Alternate Reality World) and eliminate the anomaly in that world. Along the way, confronting the mysterious Narutaki and the thief Daiki Kaito, they are joined by Yusuke Onodera of the World of Kuuga and Kiva-la of the World of Kiva.[2]
To fit with the photography motif of the series, the main Kamen Riders of the series follow the CMYK color model: Decade is magenta, Diend is cyan, and Kuuga (Ultimate Form) is black. While no specific Rider has been yellow, the armor of Kuuga Rising Ultimate is yellow (gold). In the Cho-Den-O Trilogy film Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates, Diend is the primary character, emphasizing the yellow accents on his suit.
Rider War
The Rider Army (ライダー軍 Raidā Gun?), first revealed in Natsumi Hikari's dream, composed of many Kamen Riders, all of whom were seemingly defeated by Kamen Rider Decade. However, Kamen Rider Kuuga survived the initial battle, assuming Ultimate Form to confront Decade once again with the two seemingly destroying each other in the ensuing battle. As Narutaki explains to Natsumi, the dream is a predestined event in which Decade will destroy all the worlds.
Episodes
Generally, episodes of Decade are titled similarly to the episodes of the series that they reference. Kamen Rider Kuuga's episodes were titled with only two kanji and episodes of Kamen Rider Kiva have a musical reference and musical notation in the title. For the World of Hibiki story arc, the episode title cards are stylized in calligraphy similar to the styles featured in Kamen Rider Hibiki. An episode arc also features a crossover with Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.
In an interview in the March 2009 issue of Kindai Magazine, Masahiro Inoue stated that Decade was slated as having only 30 episodes.[5] A subsequent interview in Otonafami magazine confirmed that only 30 episodes were filmed,[6] with 31 episodes airing total.
Rider War (ライダー大戦 Raidā Taisen?)
The World of Kuuga (クウガの世界 Kūga no Sekai?)
Transcendence (超絶 Chōzetsu?)
Second Movement ♬ Prince Kiva (第二楽章♬キバの王子 Dai Ni Gakushō ♬ Kiba no Ōji?)
The Biting King's Qualifications (かみつき王の資格 Kamitsuki Ō no Shikaku?)
Battle Trial: Ryuki World (バトル裁判・龍騎ワールド Batoru Saiban: Ryūki Wārudo?)
Super Trick of the Real Criminal (超トリックの真犯人 Chō Torikku no Shinhannin?)
Welcome to the Blade Restaurant (ブレイド食堂いらっしゃいませ Bureido Shokudō Irasshaimase?)
Blade Blade (ブレイドブレード Bureido Burēdo?)
Faiz High School's Phantom Thief (ファイズ学園の怪盗 Faizu Gakuen no Kaitō?)
555 Faces, 1 Treasure (555つの顔、1つの宝 Faizutsu no Kao, Hitotsu no Takara?)
Reunion: Project Agito (再会 プロジェクト・アギト Saikai: Purojekuto Agito?)
Awakening: Tornado of Souls (覚醒 魂のトルネード Kakusei: Tamashii no Torunēdo?)
Super Den-O Beginning (超・電王ビギニング Chō Den'ō Biginingu?)
Here Comes Super Momotaros! (超モモタロス、参上! Chō Momotarosu, Sanjō!?)
Warning: Kabuto Running Amok (警告:カブト暴走中 Keikoku: Kabuto Bōsōchū?)
The Grandma Way of Taste (おばあちゃん味の道 Obaachan Aji no Michi?)
Idle Hibiki (サボる響鬼 Saboru Hibiki?)
Ending Journey (終わる旅 Owaru Tabi?)
The Nega-World's Dark Riders (ネガ世界の闇ライダー Nega Sekai no Yami Raidā?)
The Walking All-Rider Album (歩く完全ライダー図鑑 Aruku Kanzen Raidā Zukan?)
Wanted: Diend (ディエンド指名手配 Diendo Shimeitehai?)
End of Diend (エンド・オブ・ディエンド Endo Obu Diendo?)
The Arrival of the Samurai Sentai (見参侍戦隊 Kenzan Samurai Sentai?)
Heretic Rider, Go Forth! (外道ライダー、参る! Gedō Raidā, Mairu!?)
RX! Dai-Shocker Attack (RX!大ショッカー来襲 Āru Ekkusu! Daishokkā Raishū?)
Black × Black RX (BLACK×BLACK RX Burakku × Burakku Āru Ekkusu?)
Amazon, Friend (アマゾン、トモダチ Amazon, Tomodachi?)
The Strong, Naked, Strong Guy (強くてハダカで強い奴 Tsuyokute Hadaka de Tsuyoi Yatsu?)
Rider War: Prologue (ライダー大戦・序章 Raidā Taisen: Joshō?)
Destroyer of Worlds (世界の破壊者 Sekai no Hakaisha?)
Films
The Onigashima Warship
Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations The Movie: The Onigashima Warship (劇場版 超·仮面ライダー電王&ディケイド NEO ジェネレーションズ 鬼ヶ島の戦艦 Gekijōban Chō-Kamen Raidā Den'ō ando Dikeido Neo Jenerēshonzu Onigashima no Senkan?) was released on May 1, 2009. The film takes place between episodes 15 and 16 of Decade and primarily features the cast characters from Kamen Rider Den-O in their new media franchise, the Cho-Den-O Series.
Main article: Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker
The film Kamen Rider Decade The Movie: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker (劇場版 仮面ライダーディケイド オールライダー対大ショッカー Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Dikeido: Ōru Raidā tai Daishokkā?) opened in Japanese theaters on August 8, 2009, double-booked with the Shinkenger film. The film is billed as featuring twenty-six Kamen Riders: the original ten Showa Riders, Black, Black RX, Shin, ZO, J, the previous nine Heisei Riders, Decade, and Diend. It also features the first on-screen appearance of the 11th Heisei Kamen Rider: Kamen Rider Double. The film provides light to Tsukasa's past and Decade's relation with the mysterious Dai-Shocker organization, whose membership is composed of the various villains and monsters that previous Kamen Riders battled with.
Movie War 2010
As part of the Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Double & Decade: Movie War 2010 (仮面ライダー×仮面ライダー W(ダブル)&ディケイド MOVIE大戦2010 Kamen Raidā × Kamen Raidā: Daburu ando Dikeido Mūbī Taisen Nisenjū?)[7] triple feature, Decade's film Kamen Rider Decade: The Last Story (仮面ライダーディケイド~完結編~ Kamen Raidā Dikeido ~Kanketsuhen~?) tells the story of what happens following the television series' cliffhanger finale, and is to be released in Japanese theaters on December 12, 2009 (initially hinted during a post credits trailer after All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker).[8] Double was also featured in the sequence. The October issue of TV-Kun also makes reference to this movie, stating that "All of the mysteries [about Decade] will be answered by the movie coming out in December!!" (すべての謎は、12月公開の映画で明らかに!! Subete no nazo wa, jūnigatsu kōkai no eiga de akiraka ni!!?). Gackt will once again perform the film's theme song, "Stay the Ride Alive" to be released January 1, 2010.[9]
World of Stronger
For Decade's S.I.C Hero Saga side story Masked Rider Decade: World of Stronger (MASKED RIDER DECADE─ストロンガーの世界─ MASKED RIDER DECADE -Sutorongā no Sekai-?) tells of how Tsukasa and the Hikari Studio crew enter the reality in which Kamen Rider Stronger takes place and meet up with the characters within, such as the original Yuriko Misaki. The first episode was published in Hobby Japan, June 2010.
Delza Army! Staff Officer Steel Appears!! (デルザー軍団!鋼鉄参謀現る!! Deruzā Gundan! Kōtetsu Sanbō Arawareru!!?)
The Rhinoceros Beetle Riders Appear!! (カブト虫ライダー登場!! Kabutomushi Raidā Tōjō!!?)
Arrival! Rider Diend!! (出現!ライダーディエンド!! Shutsugen! Raidā Diendo!!?)
Doctor Kate's Defeat (ドクターケイトの最期 Dokutā Keito no Saigo?)