Summer Movies

Revision as of 03:17, 25 September 2020

This article is about a recurring trend in the Kamen Rider Series.

There have been summer movies since the beginning of the Kamen Rider Series, but it did not become a tradition until Kamen Rider Agito. Every Kamen Rider show has since had its own movie, premiering in the summer, double-billed with the summer movie of the Super Sentai show it is currently airing alongside. A common theme with all the movies is that they feature an evil Kamen Rider. The only exception to this is the summer movies for Decade, OOO, and Fourze. However, the Kamen Rider Decade and OOO movies each featured a Movie-exclusive form, while the Kamen Rider Fourze movie featured the Space Ironmen Kyodain, which are similar to Kamen Riders.

Due to the change broadcast schedule of Kamen Rider shows brought about by the shortened episode count of Kamen Rider Decade, summer movies now premiere during the final weeks of said show and only around a month before the arrival of the new series. Thus, starting with Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker, the Rider of the upcoming show makes his "early-bird cameo". Super Sentai would copy this formula with their team up movies starting with Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-Onger: GinmakuBang!!. This tradition ended with Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land, as Gaim was introduced in a special epilogue two-parter for Kamen Rider Wizard. However, the tradition has since been revived by Kamen Rider Ghost making a cameo appearance in Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future.

Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World was the first summer movie to be accompanied by a series of Net Movies, which has remained with all future summer movies until the tradition was forgone by Kamen Rider Gaim: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup!.

Kamen Rider Zero-One: The Movie would be the first theatrical movie to not release in the summer. Originally set to be released on July 23, 2020, it was delayed to December 18, 202 due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Mashin Sentai Kiramager: The Movie was further pushed back to 2021, no longer releasing during the run of its source TV series nor alongside the movie of its Kamen Rider counterpart.

Trends

Each Summer Movie (with the exception of Decade, OOO, & Fourze) features the introduction of the Movie-Exclusive Riders

List of Summer Movies

Occasional

Title	Release Date	Director	Writer(s)
Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell (仮面ライダーVS地獄大使, Kamen Raidā tai Jigoku Taishi)	July 16, 1972	Minoru Yamada	Masaru Igami
Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron Mutants (仮面ライダーV3対デストロン怪人, Kamen Raidā Bui Suri tai Desutoron Kaijin)	July 18, 1973	Minoru Yamada	Masaru Igami
Five Riders vs. King Dark (五人ライダー対キングダーク, Gonin Raidā tai Kingu Dāku)	July 25, 1974	Itaru Orita	Masaru Igami
Kamen Rider Black: Terrifying! The Phantom House of Devil Pass (仮面ライダーＢＬＡＣＫ　恐怖!悪魔峠の怪人館, Kamen Raidā Burakku Kyōfu! Akumatōge no Kaijinkan)	July 9, 1988	Takeshi Ogasawara	Kyōko Sagiyama

Traditional

Poster	Title	Release Date	Director	Writer(s)
	Kamen Rider Agito: Project G4 (劇場版仮面ライダーアギト PROJECT G4, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Agito Purojekuto Jī Fō)	September 22, 2001	Ryuta Tasaki	Toshiki Inoue
	Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final (劇場版　仮面ライダー龍騎　ＥＰＩＳＯＤＥ　ＦＩＮＡＬ, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Ryūki Episōdo Fainaru)	August 17, 2002	Ryuta Tasaki	Toshiki Inoue
	Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost (劇場版　仮面ライダー555　パラダイス・ロスト, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Faizu: Paradaisu Rosuto)	August 16, 2003	Ryuta Tasaki	Toshiki Inoue
	Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace (劇場版　仮面ライダー剣　MISSING ACE, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Bureido Misshingu Ēsu)	Theatrical: September 11, 2004 DVD: May 21, 2005	Hidenori Ishida Katsuya Watanabe	Toshiki Inoue
	Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Fighting Demons (劇場版　仮面ライダー響鬼と７人の戦鬼, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Hibiki to Shichinin no Senki)	Theatrical: September 3, 2005 DVD: May 29, 2006	Tarō Sakamoto	Toshiki Inoue
	Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love (劇場版　仮面ライダーカブト　GOD SPEED LOVE, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Kabuto Goddo Supido Rabu)	August 5, 2006	Hidenori Ishida	Shōji Yonemura
	Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born! (劇場版　仮面ライダー電王　俺、誕生！, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Den'ō Ore, Tanjō!)	August 5, 2006	Takao Nagaishi	Yasuko Kobayashi
	Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World (劇場版仮面ライダーキバ魔界城の王, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Kiba Makaijō no Ō)	August 5, 2006	Ryuta Tasaki	Shōji Yonemura
	Kamen Rider Decade: 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)	August 5, 2006	Osamu Kaneda	Shōji Yonemura
	Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate (仮面ライダーＷ（ダブル） FOREVER AtoZ／運命のガイアメモリ, Kamen Raidā Daburu Fōebā: Ē tu Zetto/Unmei no Gaia Memori)	August 7, 2010	Koichi Sakamoto	Riku Sanjo
	Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals (劇場版仮面ライダーオーズ　WONDERFUL　将軍と２１のコアメダル, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Ōzu Wandafuru: Shōgun to Nijū-ichi no Koa Medaru)	Theatrical: August 6, 2011 DVD/Blu-Ray: January 21, 2012	Takayuki Shibasaki	Yasuko Kobayashi
	Kamen Rider Fourze the Movie: Everyone, Space is Here! (仮面ライダーフォーゼ　ＴＨＥ　ＭＯＶＩＥ　みんなで宇宙キターッ！, Kamen Raidā Fōze Za Mūbī Min'nade Uchū Kitā!)	Theatrical: August 4, 2012 DVD/Blu-Ray: January 21, 2013	Koichi Sakamoto	Kazuki Nakashima
	Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land (劇場版仮面ライダーウィザード in Magic Land（マジックランド）, Gekijō-ban Kamen Raidā Wizādo In Majikku Rando)	Theatrical: August 3, 2013 DVD/Blu-Ray: January 10, 2014	Shojiro Nakazawa	Junko Komura
	Kamen Rider Gaim: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup! (劇場版仮面ライダー鎧武(ガイム) サッカー大決戦！黄金の果実争奪杯(カップ)！, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Gaimu Sakkā Daisakusen! Ōgon no Kajitsu Sōdatsu Kappu!)	Theatrical: July 19, 2014 DVD/Blu-Ray: November 7, 2014	Osamu Kaneda	Jin Haganeya
File:18918 10153030957653983 132543290021393031 n.jpg	Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future (劇場版　仮面ライダードライブ　サプライズ・フューチャー, Gekijō-ban Kamen Raidā Doraibu: Sapuraizu Fyūchā)	Theatrical: August 8, 2015 DVD/Blu-Ray: January 6, 2016	Takayuki Shibasaki	Riku Sanjo
	Kamen Rider Ghost: The 100 Eyecons and Ghost's Fateful Moment (劇場版仮面ライダーゴースト: 100の眼魂とゴースト運命の瞬間, Gekijō-ban Kamen Raidā Gōsuto: Hyaku no Eyecon to Gōsuto Unmei no Toki)	Theatrical: August 6, 2016 DVD/Blu-Ray: January 18, 2017	Satoshi Morota	Takuro Fukuda
	Kamen Rider Ex-Aid: True Ending (劇場版仮面ライダーエグゼイド: トゥルーエンディング, Gekijō-ban Kamen Raidā Eguzeido: Turū Endingu)	Theatrical: August 5, 2017 DVD/Blu-Ray: January 10, 2018	Shojiro Nakazawa	Yuya Takahashi
	Kamen Rider Build: Be The One (劇場版仮面ライダービルド: ビー・ザ・ワン, Gekijō-ban Kamen Raidā Birudo: Bī Za Wan)	Theatrical: August 4, 2018 DVD/Blu-Ray: January 9, 2019	Kazuya Kamihoriuchi	Shogo Muto
	Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer (劇場版仮面ライダージオウ Over Quartzer（オーヴァークォーツァー）, Gekijō-ban Kamen Raidā Jiō Ōvā Kwōtsā)	Theatrical: July 26, 2019 DVD/Blu-Ray: January 8, 2020	Ryuta Tasaki	Kento Shimoyama

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 ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World]]'' was the first summer movie to be accompanied by a series of [[Net Movies]], which has remained with all future summer movies until the tradition was forgone by ''[[Kamen Rider Gaim: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup!]]''.
-''[[Kamen Rider Zero-One: The Movie]]'' would be the first theatrical movie to not release in the summer. Originally set to be released on July 23, 2020, it was delayed to December 18, 202 due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. ''{{PR|Mashin Sentai Kiramager: The Movie}}'' was further pushed back to 2021, no longer releasing during the run of its source TV series.
+''[[Kamen Rider Zero-One: The Movie]]'' would be the first theatrical movie to not release in the summer. Originally set to be released on July 23, 2020, it was delayed to December 18, 202 due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. ''{{PR|Mashin Sentai Kiramager: The Movie}}'' was further pushed back to 2021, no longer releasing during the run of its source TV series nor alongside the movie of its Kamen Rider counterpart.
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