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Fuuto PI: The Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull (劇場版 風都探偵 仮面ライダースカルの肖像, Gekijōban Fūto Tantei: Kamen Raidā Sukaru no Shōzō) is a Japanese superhero anime Winter Film for Fuuto PI, serving to adapt the "Portrait of s" arc of the original manga.
The film was also accompanied by an original manga chapter, titled Portrait of s/Essentials of a Detective, which has been referred to as "Futo Tantei, Chapter 6.5".
Production[]
On June 30, 2024 (9:30 AM JST), Toei released the promotional poster and a trailer.[2][3] The official website would also release the very same date.[4] It is scheduled to be screened in theaters for a limited time from November 8, 2024.
The first 20 minutes of the film was exclusively screened at Anime Expo 2024 in Los Angeles, California.[5]
On September 5, 2024, the 15th anniversary of the premiere of Kamen Rider W, more cast members were revealed to have joined, while Koji Kikkawa was announced to be performing the film's theme song.
Synopsis[]
How were the Gaia Memories created? How did Double's battle begin? To answer Tokime's questions, Shotaro quietly begins to talk about how he met and parted with his master, Sokichi Narumi, a man whom he looked up to as his "boss".
When the Dopants, monsters who utilize Gaia Memories began to operate in the windy city of Futo, a young Shotaro became Sokichi's assistant and followed in his footsteps despite being called 'half-boiled."
Shotaro becomes increasing impatient with Sokichi, who secretly operates on the side as Kamen Rider Skull. Meanwhile the Narumi Detective Office receives a phone call... It is a request from hell that will led Sokichi and his team to a fateful night!!
What will Shotaro see as he follows Sokichi whereabouts in order to deliver the "trump card" brought to him by the mysterious client?
Shotaro and Philip, the duo detectives who met on the first night they became Kamen Rider Double.
The full story will finally be revealed...Shotaro tells Tokime all about his mentor, Sokichi Narumi, and the night he and Philip became Kamen Rider Double.
Continuity and Placement[]
- The film's present-day events take place immediately after episode 12, with Shotaro about to chronicle to Tokime the final days of his mentor's career up until the events of "Begins Night" that ultimately took his life. The film's flashbacks begin after the events of Kamen Rider Skull: Message for W and concurrently with Kamen Rider W: Begins Night.
Plot[]
The film begins with Tokime sitting by the pier, where Shotaro had requested to meet with her and tell her of the life-story of his mentor Sokichi Narumi.
In elementary school, Shotaro was in attendance at concert when a spider-like monster attacked the performer. Sokichi rushed in to save the performer, which wowed Shotaro and ultimately inspired him to be like him. Shotaro met up with Sokichi at his detective agency and expressed his love for Futo, but was deemed too young for Sokichi to hire. One night, Shotaro was attacked by the Antlion Dopant, but was saved by Sokichi who transformed into Kamen Rider Skull and defeated monster. For years, Shotaro began pestering Sokichi to take him in but the latter refused to. Though Shotaro eventually went down a life of delinquency in high school, Sokichi recognized his heart for justice and finally agreed to hire Shotaro as his assistant after he graduated high school.
Several years later, Sokichi was called to a mission and left Shotaro behind. While Shotaro looked for his mentor, he stumbled upon a briefcase as well as a phone call from Shroud who asked Shotaro to deliver the briefcase to Sokichi. Shotaro is able to track Sokichi down to an island, where Sokichi had the mission to rescue a young boy from captivity. As the two entered the island, they are attacked by Saeko Sonozaki, who Sokichi as Skull engages in combat with. Shotaro runs off with the briefcase where he meets the boy of fate, but is left appalled by his emotionless and ill-remorse act of continuing to make Gaia Memories. In a fit of anger, Shotaro accidentally pushes the boy into Gaia Tower.
After Sokichi manages to escape from Saeko as a result of his Driver and Memory destroyed, he finds Shotaro and scolds him for leaving his post. Though Shotaro doesn't feel its worth saving the boy, Sokichi ultimately reminds him that despite so, Shotaro's strong heart of justice will eventually allow him to save the boy. Sokichi goes to Gaia Tower and enters Gaia Library where he meets the boy and names him Philip, after Philip Marlowe. After getting Philip out, Sokichi is then shot to death by Saeko and her men. Entrusted to finish the mission, Shotaro's mind merges with Phillip as they become Kamen Rider Double. They defeat Saeko and her attendent Nagi Oshima before leaving the island and returning to the agency.
As Shotaro finishes his story, he begins sobbing as he never stopped blaming himself for his mentor's death. After Shotaro passes out in Tokime's arms, Phillip arrives to finish telling the story. Although that night was indeed the worse night of their lives, it was also a new beginning of a fateful encounter, which Shotaro and Philip have dubbed "Begins Night". Philip concludes that Shotaro told Tokime this story because he felt obligated to as fellow holder of a Joker Memory, Gaia or Dopant.
Characters[]
Kamen Riders[]
| Kamen Rider Skull | Sokichi Narumi |
| Kamen Rider Double | Philip & Shotaro Hidari |
Allies[]
Villains[]
| Antlion Dopant | Unidentified user |
| Taboo Dopant | Saeko Sonozaki |
| Ocean Dopant | Nagi Oshima |
Voice Cast[]
- Shotaro Hidari (左 翔太郎, Hidari Shōtarō): Yoshimasa Hosoya (細谷 佳正, Hosoya Yoshimasa)
- A young Shotaro is voiced by Ayumu Murase (村瀬 歩, Murase Ayumu)
- Philip (フィリップ, Firippu): Koki Uchiyama (内山 昂輝, Uchiyama Kouki)
- Tokime (ときめ, Tokime): Akira Sekine (関根 明良, Sekine Akira)
- Akiko Narumi (鳴海 亜樹子, Narumi Akiko), Melissa (メリッサ, Merissa) Mikako Komatsu (小松 未可子, Komatsu Mikako)
- Ryu Terui (照井 竜, Terui Ryū): Makoto Furukawa (古川 慎, Furukawa Makoto)
- Sokichi Narumi (鳴海 荘吉, Narumi Sōkichi): Kenjiro Tsuda (津田 健次郎, Tsuda Kenjirō)
- Mikio Jinno (刃野 幹夫, Jinno Mikio): Kenyu Horiuchi (堀内 賢雄, Horiuchi Ken'yū)
- Yukiji Bando (万灯 雪侍, Bando Yukiji): Daisuke Ono (小野 大輔, Ono Daisuke)
- Hideo Chiba (千葉 秀夫, Chiba Hideo): Natsumi Fujiwara (藤原 夏海, Fujiwara Natsumi)
- Kazuha Gojo (五条 一葉, Gojō Kazuha): Miku Ito (伊藤 美来, Itō Miku)
- Saeko Sonozaki (園咲 冴子, Sonozaki Saeko): Satomi Sato (佐藤 聡美, Satō Satomi)
- Ryubei Sonozaki (園咲 琉兵衛, Sonozaki Ryūbee): Katsuhisa Houki (宝亀 克寿, Hōki Katsuhisa)
- Wakana Sonozaki (園咲 若菜, Sonozaki Wakana): M・A・O ( M・A・O)
- Fumine Sonozaki (園咲 文音, Sonozaki Fumine): Naoko Kouda (幸田 直子, Kōda Naoko)
- Nagi Oshima (大嶋 凪, Ōshima Nagi): Jun Fukuyama (福山 潤, Fukuyama Jun)
- Antlion Dopant (アントライオン·ドーパント, Antoraion Dōpanto): Teppei Uenishi (上西 哲平, Uenishi Teppei)
Crew[]
- Ayataka Tanemura - Assistant Director
- Hidekazu Ebina - Character designer, chief animation director
- Kiyoshi Komatsubara - Chief animation director
- Kotaro Nakagawa, Shuhei Naruse - Composers
- Hideaki Tsukada - Executive producer
- Akira Onodera - Supervisor
- Kazuki Kimura, Ken Obata, Kenta Yokoya, Shun Shibata - Animators
Form Changes and Collectibles Used[]
Gaia Memories[]
- Memory Used:
- Skull
- Skull
- Double
- Soul - Cyclone, Fang
- Body - Joker, Skull (hypothetical only)
- Skull
- Forms:
- Skull
- Skull
- Double
- CycloneJoker, FangJoker, CycloneSkull (hypothetical only)
- Skull
Music[]
- "Niau Otoko ni Nare"
- Arrangement: Hiroaki Sugawara
- Lyrics: Sokichi Narumi (CV: Koji Kikkawa), jam
- Composition, Artist: Sokichi Narumi (CV: Koji Kikkawa)
- "Forevermore"
- Composition, Arrangement: Kotaro Nakagawa
- Lyrics: Isa Takino
- Artist: Melissa (CV: Mikako Komatsu)
"Nobody's Perfect" is played briefly during Shotaro's recount of how he convinced Sokichi to hire him.
"W-B-X ~W-Boiled Extreme~ is played during the latter half of Double FangJoker's fight against the Ocean Dopant.
Marketing[]
Release[]
- The film premiered in Japanese theaters on November 8, 2024.
- The film was released on Blu-Ray on March 12, 2025, alongside a Shinkocchou Seihou S.H. Figuarts of the film-exclusive Kamen Rider Double form CycloneSkull.[1]
Errors[]
- to be added
Notes[]
- Adapted from: Chapters 47-55
- The official website has the film listed alternatively as Fuuto PI: The Movie (劇場版 風都探偵, Gekijō-ban Fūto Tantei).
- The film's title is directly derived from the name of the arc that this film adapts from the manga, Portrait of s (sの肖像, Esu no Shōzō), though the film's title directly refers to Kamen Rider Skull instead of S.
- The film is an animated retelling of the "Begins Night" event from the live-action TV show and is the first standalone adaptation of said arc, as previous depictions occurred in film crossovers with Riders from other series.
- Koji Kikkawa, who portrayed Sokichi Narumi in the live-action Kamen Rider W metaseries, is involved in the film as the singer of the film's theme song, "Niau Otoko ni Nare".
- Toei has categorized both this film and Kamen Rider Gotchard: Graduations as Winter Movies.[8]
Manga Differences[]
- Both Melissa and the Spider Dopant, who previously appeared in Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core, appear in the film in anime-only scenes.
- Nagi Ooshima is a character exclusive to the anime and has a fight with Kamen Rider Double FangJoker towards the end of the island escape. In the original series, Double returned straight to the agency from the island with no fight having occurred in between.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://twitter.com/anime_Fuuto/status/1857227016539345253
- ↑ https://twitter.com/HKR20_official/status/1807210263055368343/photo/1
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL2-mb5nXAA
- ↑ https://www.kamen-rider-official.com/fuuto-movie/
- ↑ https://x.com/studioKAI_inc/status/1807708460177568082
- ↑ https://twitter.com/studioKAI_inc/status/1807708460177568082
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-11-15/fuuto-pi-kamen-rider-skull-no-shozo-anime-film-streams-on-crunchyroll/.231036
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Gotcha_toei/status/1858456581815623971
External Links[]
- Official Website
- Watch now on U-NEXT (Japan only, subscription required)
- Watch on Crunchyroll (subscription required)
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