Kamen Rider - The Classic Manga Collection
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- Create Date：2022-02-21 09:53:55
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Shotaro Ishinomori
- ISBN：1645059421
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Shadow Steve
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Before I begin there are a few of things I want to say 1st。 I want to wish Booktopia a happy 18th birthday。 That's where I purchased a Kamen rider manga from。 This review is dedicated to my best friends and family on Instagram including @aussiegamerchick @nerdorkeeg @1upemily @toohappygamers @fozzdikes。world @roguesultana @_atrinity and @xeneriith for supporting me on my passionate love for all things tokusatsu including Kamen Rider Ultraman and Super Sentai and to all you guys and girls for sup Before I begin there are a few of things I want to say 1st。 I want to wish Booktopia a happy 18th birthday。 That's where I purchased a Kamen rider manga from。 This review is dedicated to my best friends and family on Instagram including @aussiegamerchick @nerdorkeeg @1upemily @toohappygamers @fozzdikes。world @roguesultana @_atrinity and @xeneriith for supporting me on my passionate love for all things tokusatsu including Kamen Rider Ultraman and Super Sentai and to all you guys and girls for supporting me on social media including Insta。 Love you allKamen Rider isn't just 1 of the best shows on Japanese TV but it's my all time favourite superhero franchise。 Sorry Spider-Man。 However I'm still looking to watch online with English SubsThis is actually the 3rd time I got a book from my multimedia hero - the legendary Shotaro Ishinomori。 While the translation seems great it's actually the manga character designs and the action I like the most however it's a lot different that the 1971 original 98 episode entry。 But it's great to check out 4 volumes from 1972 since the Himitsu Sentai Gorenger manga and of course A Link To The Past graphic novel。 Loved itI just hope Cyborg 009 manga gets an English translation and more Kamen Riders entries are available to watch with English subtitles 。。。more
lukas ray hall
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 51% — my favorite scene was when all the horses are encircling Kamen and the other guy & the other guy goes “horses are too dumb to do this！” and Kamen is like “stfu。”
AltLovesBooks
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I didn't know what to expect when picking up a manga adaptation of a live action superhero drama， particularly one made in the 70s。 What I got， though， managed to feel exactly like an old Kamen Rider show， surprisingly enough。 The dialogue was snappy and very 70s Japanese show， the action scenes were laid out cinematically， and everything just had this fluid feel that I really enjoyed。 I haven't watched the original Kamen Rider series， but this made me want to run out and find a copy。The artwork I didn't know what to expect when picking up a manga adaptation of a live action superhero drama， particularly one made in the 70s。 What I got， though， managed to feel exactly like an old Kamen Rider show， surprisingly enough。 The dialogue was snappy and very 70s Japanese show， the action scenes were laid out cinematically， and everything just had this fluid feel that I really enjoyed。 I haven't watched the original Kamen Rider series， but this made me want to run out and find a copy。The artwork by Shotaro Ishinomori was also incredible。 Lots of full page/full spread action shots with clean lines and a really great look。 I've already picked up his other manga adaptation to read next。This was great fun， highly recommend to any tokusatsu fan。 。。。more
Doug
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Ishinimori's classic Kamen Rider manga is from a similar place as his Gorenger manga that was re-released in a similar format a couple of years ago* 。 Like Gorenger， Kamen Rider was a contemporaneous retelling of one of Ishinomori's on-going hit live-action television shows; compressing a few key episodes together in a quicker read format while altering the basic mechanics [no cyborg pun intended] of the plot。 The first chapter is more or less spot-on to the television series: Takeshi Hongo is a Ishinimori's classic Kamen Rider manga is from a similar place as his Gorenger manga that was re-released in a similar format a couple of years ago* 。 Like Gorenger， Kamen Rider was a contemporaneous retelling of one of Ishinomori's on-going hit live-action television shows; compressing a few key episodes together in a quicker read format while altering the basic mechanics [no cyborg pun intended] of the plot。 The first chapter is more or less spot-on to the television series: Takeshi Hongo is a brilliant scientist and motorbike racer who is kidnapped by a global organization named Shocker who escapes and uses his new cyborg body to fight crimes。 We then get five or six other primary conflicts against Shocker leading up to a。。。finale。 Or， at least it stops telling the story and the pages run out。 The non-ending is one of the primary reasons the book does not get five-stars。From the start to the end， though， there is a lot of charm in this cutesy， hyper-violent tale of a motorbiking grasshopper cyborg versus other animal-shaped mechanoids。 Spoilers， I suppose， but two motorbiking grasshopper cyborgs。 In the production of the original series， the first Kamen Rider actor injured himself performing stunts and so had to be replaced by a second actor who was written in。 While the first actor did return to finish out the series， it was several months later and so the show heavily features Rider v2。 The manga follows this general format with the latter half being a secondary character after the first Kamen Rider gets caught up in a grisly gunfight。** Out of the context of knowing the original series （which presumably the original readers would have known）， this can give newer readers a feeling of disjointedness。 The handful of stories chosen to highlight the adventures of Kamen Rider are good adventures with a trend towards horror set-ups and shout-outs to Ishinomori's comic heroes [the first adversaries are Man Spider and Man Bat]。 There's a classic haunted fishing village， a body-snatcher type plot， and various other references to mind control and loss of bodily autonomy （the manga， like the show， briefly informs the reader that the other cyborgs were also victims like Hongo， but unable to escape before the mind-control is completed）。 The comical graphics are regularly contrasted with bloody violence while the stories show a more traditional comic book style narrative over the live-action series' "monster of the week" style formats。 It would have been fascinating to have seen this expanded to a much longer run since it allows certain elements to be developed and the general style of the piece to take a stronger character。 And had it gone on longer， maybe there would have been an actual ending。This volume includes a handful of colorized pages at the front as a slight bonus and then a handful of short "kindergarten" stories at the back [they tend to be super short retellings of Kamen Rider plots， including some otherwise in the volume， I do not know the precise context of them。 This book could have used at least a couple of quick introductory pages to discuss its contents]。 Interestingly， the "kindergarten" shorts tend to have a less cutesy drawing style。 I'm sure there's a historical reason for this， but I do not know it off the top of my head。====================* or was it last year？ Man， the pandemic has made time a bit harder to judge。 ** never bring a rider kick to a gunfight， I suppose。 。。。more
Rocco Frontuto
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I'm not too familiar with Kamen Rider， knowing just the basics from a few episodes I'd seen on Toei's YouTube channel。 Most of my interest in this was because of the Himitsu Sentai Gorenger manga that released last year。 I enjoyed that and preordered this because of Shotaro Ishinimori。 I'm learning I'm enjoying his work immensely。 I didn't expect this collection to be so hefty。 I apparently ignored the page count in the listing， which was a nice surprise for me。 The stories hold up very well for I'm not too familiar with Kamen Rider， knowing just the basics from a few episodes I'd seen on Toei's YouTube channel。 Most of my interest in this was because of the Himitsu Sentai Gorenger manga that released last year。 I enjoyed that and preordered this because of Shotaro Ishinimori。 I'm learning I'm enjoying his work immensely。 I didn't expect this collection to be so hefty。 I apparently ignored the page count in the listing， which was a nice surprise for me。 The stories hold up very well for 70s sci fi。 Unfortunately， as another reviewer stated， the themes are now kinda timeless。 The writing balanced really well between dark and lighthearted in most instances。 The art almost gives off a Hanna Barbera superhero cartoon vibe to me with some of the character and location designs。I'm really glad to have this one sitting on my shelf。 。。。more
Rebecca
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