 This article is about a special in Kamen Rider Saber.
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Kamen Rider Saber Prologue (仮面ライダーセイバー［聖刃］序章, Kamen Raidā Seibā Joshō) is a prologue net special of Kamen Rider Saber. It was released exclusively on Tencent Video in China.
Continuity and Placement[]
- This episode is non-canon due to the events in this episode being retold in the first episode.
Plot[]
Touma Kamiyama dreaming his childhood past where he lost his reach to his friend, Luna. As the Megid cornered him, a mysterious Flame Swordman rescued him and told him that beyond despair, there is a hope. The young Touma woke up with the Brave Dragon Wonder Ride Book in his hands and had kept it with him since his adulthood. Touma having become a novelist and used what he remembered in his dreams to write his novel, Lost Memory.
Mei Sudo, the editor of his novel came to him for asking the update of his novel progress. Touma instead tells Mei about the tales of Kamen Rider Zero-One, a story about a young comedian named Aruto Hiden has become the president of Hiden Intelligence and chosen to become Kamen Rider Zero-One to protect humanity and the Humagears. With the aid of the secretary Humagear Is by his side, Zero-One fights alongside other Kamen Riders against threats like MetsubouJinrai.net, Kamen Rider Thouser, and the Ark.
Suddenly, the library starts shaking as the city is engulfed into the realm of Wonder World. Elsewhere, Legeiel, Zooous, Storious, and Kamen Rider Calibur stay in the sidelines it was time to begin their story. Touma and Mei head outside where they meet Rintaro Shindo, who introduces the both of them about Wonder World and shares an awkward greeting to the both of them. Suddenly, the Golem Megid arrives to declare its intent to alter the world with the power of the book.
Touma becomes determined to put a stop to the Golem Megid's neferious deeds, using the Brave Dragon Wonder Ride Book to draw upon Kaenken Rekka and the Seiken Swordriver, allowing him to become the Flame Swordsman: Kamen Rider Saber. Intent on saving the world, Saber engages the Golem Megid using the blazing flames of Kaenken Rekka to slash the monster. Rintaro, having transformed into Kamen Rider Blades, joins in riding the Ride Gatriker while Saber rode the Diagospeedy. In the background, Kento Fukamiya watches Touma from afar and complements how he has found Touma after fifteen years. Saber defeats the Golem Megid, declaring that he will decide this story's ending.
Cast[]
- Touma Kamiyama (神山 飛羽真, Kamiyama Tōma): Syuichiro Naito (内藤 秀一郎, Naitō Shūichirō)
- Touma Kamiyama (Child): Iori Maekawa (前川伊織, Maekawa Iori)
- Mei Sudo (須藤 芽依, Sudō Mei): Asuka Kawazu (川津 明日香, Kawazu Asuka)
- Rintaro Shindo (新堂 倫太郎, Shindō Rintarō): Takaya Yamaguchi (山口 貴也, Yamaguchi Takaya)
- Kento Fukamiya (富加宮 賢人, Fukamiya Kento): Ryo Aoki (青木 瞭, Aoki Ryō)
- Sophia (ソフィア, Sofia): Rina Chinen (知念 里奈, Chinen Rina)
- Storious (ストリウス, Sutoriusu): Robin Furuya (古屋 呂敏, Furuya Robin)
- Legeiel (レジエル, Rejieru): Kyle Takano (高野 海琉, Takano Kairu)
- Luna (ルナ, Runa)[1]: Miku Okamoto (岡本 望来, Okamoto Miku)
- Zooous (ズオス, Zuosu): Koji Saikawa (才川 コージ, Saikawa Kōji)
- Narrator, Seiken Swordriver, Wonder Ride Books: Akio Otsuka (大塚 明夫, Ōtsuka Akio)
Forms and Collectibles Used[]
Wonder Ride Books[]
- Book Used:
- Saber
- Brave Dragon
- Blades
- Lion Senki
- Saber
- Form Used:
- Saber
- Brave Dragon
- Blades
- Lion Senki
- Saber
Notes[]
- Count at episode end
- Wonder Ride Books in Saber's possession: Brave Dragon
- Wonder Ride Books in Blades' possession: Lion Senki
- Certain elements and details in this episode would feature extensive visual changes for the Kamen Rider Saber TV Series.
- Touma's debut outfit is different, and the interior of Fantastic Bookstore Kamiyama resembles more like a library here rather than an actual store.
- Rintaro meets and interacts with Touma and Mei much earlier here instead of at the end of the first episode.
- Touma's debut transformation and fight occurs in an entirely different location, though most of the exchanging dialogue he has with the Golem Megid remains faithfully the same.
- The special is largely a recap episode of the events of Kamen Rider Zero-One up until episode 40, as this episode premiered during the run of Zero-One, while coupling it with footage from the trailer.
- The prologue episode of Kamen Rider Saber is the first "Episode 0" in the Reiwa Kamen Rider series and the second after Kamen Rider Drive's Episode 0.
- This method has been used previously by Tsuburaya (with their pilot episode
of Ultraman) and Saban (with their pilot episode
of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers).
- This method has been used previously by Tsuburaya (with their pilot episode
External links[]
To be added
References[]
- ↑ Her name was shouted by Touma in a flashback sequence