 This article is about a villain in the Kamen Rider Series.
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Big Machine (ビッグマシン, Biggu Mashin) is a character who only appears in Ishinomori's original Kamen Rider manga, being the main antagonist and also seemingly the Shocker Leader's incarnation in this manga. He has a fully mechanized body and is behind Shocker's "October Project", which involves using a super computer to brainwash the population of Japan. He's able to match up the Riders in combat and launch attacks that disrupt electronic equipment, including Rider 1's and 2's own bodies.
Appearance in Other Media[]
Kamen Rider Eve -Masked Rider Gaia-[]
Super Hero Taisen[]
- Main article: Big Machine
Big Machine in space firing missiles at Rocket Drill Go-Buster Oh
In Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen, Big Machine is used as the name for the combination of the Crisis Fortress and the Gigant Horse
. It was made when the members of Dai-Shocker and Dai-Zangyack secretly united behind Captain Marvelous and Tsukasa Kadoya. It was piloted by Kamen Rider Diend and destroyed by Rocket Drill Go-Buster Oh.
Behind the Scenes[]
History of Reusing the Design[]
The body design transition from Big Machine to Jigoku Taishi, seen in a March 1972 (left) and a June 1972 (right) illustration drawn by Mitsuru Sugaya and published on different magazines.
The very first original design of this character could be found in the album Kamen Rider Record (released May 1971), depicted as The Leader of Shocker who captured Takeshi Hongo and turned him into Kamen Rider. With the TV series production team moving onwards, the character was re-imagined as a separate Shocker executive instead of the leader, bringing out the debut of Jigoku Taishi in the 53th episode (aired April 1972) of the TV series. However, the concurrent publishing Ishinomori's manga decided to ignore the TV series plot and, still using this deign for its final villain and name him Big Machine (ビッグマシン, Biggu Mashin).
Concept Art[]
Heisei Big Machine concept art
The Heisei Era movie version Big Machine was designed by Tamotsu Shinohara (篠原 保, Shinohara Tamotsu). The end of its tentacles were designed intended to resemble the shape of the upper torso of the original manga version. [1]