Kamen Sentai Gorider

This article is about a/an web series in Kamen Rider Ex-Aid.

WARNING: This web series contains scenes of blood. Viewer discretion is advised!

Kamen Sentai Gorider (仮面戦隊ゴライダー, Kamen Sentai Goraidā, lit. Masked Squadron Gorider) is a web-only spin-off series of the crossover film Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Chou Super Hero Taisen, consisting of 3 episodes.

It was released on the Japanese streaming service Video Pass beginning from March 25, 2017, with a new episode released every Saturday.

Synopsis

Five characters who "should not be in this world" have appeared before Emu. These characters are Kamen Riders who have either died or disappeared. The mystery behind their revival is linked both to someone manipulating strings behind the scenes and the "ultimate superhero team" Kamen Sentai Gorider.

Continuity and Placement

• Kamen Rider Ex-Aid:
  • Technically, this special happens after Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Chou Super Hero Taisen, as Emu is holding the Goriders power he obtained in the movie.
  • In-series, this special should happen after the introduction of Maximum Mighty X and Kuroto Dan's death and before Poppy Pipopapo's brainwashing, placing it somewhere after episode 23, but before the end of episode 24.
• Kamen Rider Agito, Kamen Rider Blade, Kamen Rider Gaim: After the series end.

Characters

Goriders

Kamen Riders

Allies

• Asuna Karino

Villains

• Totema
• Shocker
  • Shocker Greeed
  • Shocker Combatmen
  • Hiruchameleon
  • Experimental Wolf Man
  • Destron
    • Kani Laser
  • Underground Empire Badan
    • Tiger-Roid
    • Mogura-Roid
    • Yamaarashi-Roid
  • Foundation X
    • Suddendath Beta
  • Space Shocker
    • Space Ikadevil
    • Space Spider Man
  • Nova Shocker
    • Urga
    • Buffal
• Bugsters
  • Bugster Virus
  • Hatena Bugster

Episodes

1. Maze 1: Emu, is dead? (MAZE1 永夢、死す, Maze Ichi Emu Shisu)
2. Maze 2: Escape (MAZE2 脱出, Maze Ni Dasshutsu)
3. Maze 3: Gorider Forever (MAZE3 ゴライダーよ永遠に, Maze San Goraidā Yo Eien Ni)

Cast

• Emu Hojo (宝生 永夢, Hōjō Emu): Hiroki Iijima (飯島 寛騎, Iijima Hiroki)
• Hiiro Kagami (鏡 飛彩, Kagami Hiiro): Toshiki Seto (瀬戸 利樹, Seto Toshiki)
• Kamen Rider Snipe (仮面ライダースナイプ, Kamen Raidā Sunaipu, Voice): Ukyo Matsumoto (松本 享恭, Matsumoto Ukyō)
• Asuna Karino (仮野 明日那, Karino Asuna): Ruka Matsuda (松田 るか, Matsuda Ruka)
• Kuroto Dan (檀 黎斗, Dan Kuroto): Tetsuya Iwanaga (岩永 徹也, Iwanaga Tetsuya)
• Kiriya Kujo (九条 貴利矢, Kujō Kiriya): Hayato Onozuka (小野塚 勇人, Onozuka Hayato)
• Kaoru Kino (木野 薫, Kino Kaoru): Takanori Higuchi (樋口 隆則, Higuchi Takanori)
• Kazuma Kenzaki (剣崎 一真, Kenzaki Kazuma): Takayuki Tsubaki (椿 隆之, Tsubaki Takayuki)
• Kaito Kumon (駆紋 戒斗, Kumon Kaito): Yutaka Kobayashi (小林 豊, Kobayashi Yutaka)
• Yoko Minato (湊 耀子, Minato Yōko): Minami Tsukui (佃井 皆美, Tsukui Minami)
• Totema (トーテマ, Tōtema, Voice): Kazuki Yao (矢尾 一樹, Yao Kazuki)

Errors

to be added

Notes

• Oddly, even though this spinoff seems to be a fusion of Rider and Sentai elements, it presently only comprises a Rider-only cast with no other elements of Super Sentai referenced in it other than the Goriders being modeled after the original Gorengers and Totema being modeled after Black Cross King.
  • Furthermore, even though the name of the miniseries is Kamen Sentai Gorider, the Gorider powers don't play an important part in the storyline, but merely serve as an one-off power-up.
• While Takayuki Tsubaki had reprised Kamen Rider Blade in a voice only capacity in several recent Kamen Rider Series video games and the film Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3 (2015), this is the first in the flesh appearance of Kazuma Kenzaki since the endgame arc of Kamen Rider Decade (2009).
• Interestingly, four of five returning Riders have alliterative names that start with K (Kiriya Kujo, Kazuma Kenzaki, Kaito Kumon and Kaoru Kino).
• Each of the returning Riders have their Rider Forms' main colors associated with one of the Gorangers and Goriders: Red (Baron), Blue (Blade), Yellow (Lazer), Pink (Marika) and Green (Another Agito).
• The Gorider Bazooka is a reuse of the Super Sentai Bazooka from Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle.

• Just like Garren's helmet from an earlier spring movie, Blade's helmet in this web series appears to have some form of discoloration, possibly due to aging, though similar to the Garren Example it is equally as likely that Blade's Jack form helmet was made use of by mistake. It also appears this way in Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FOREVER.
• This is the first appearance of Another Agito since the end of Kamen Rider Agito.
  • The suit of Another Agito is newly made due to the original one being damaged by oxidation and paint corrosion.^[1][2]
• This miniseries is the first writing contribution of Kento Shimoyama to the Kamen Rider franchise. He would later serve as the head writer for Kamen Rider Zi-O.

Home video release

Kamen Sentai Gorider was released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 15, 2017.

External links

• Official trailer
• Official website

References