 This article is about a villain in Kamen Rider Amazon.
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Zero the Great (ゼロ大帝, Zero Taitei, 14-24): A body double who poses for the real Zero, using his lance to execute traitors and failures alike. When Amazon arrives to Garander's base, Zero negates the GiGi Armlet's powers with his lance as the Helium Bomb is installed. However, once the GaGa Armlet is fused to the GiGi Armlet, Amazon become immune to Zero's power as he loses his arm to the Kamen Rider before he gets impaled by his own pit trap.
Background[]
Zero the Great is the title of those who inherited three sacred treasures of the Garander Empire's ruling Zero House (ゼロ家, Zero-ka): the Helmet of Flaming Wings (火の翼のかぶと, Hi no Tsubasa no Kabuto), the Blood Cloak (血のマント, Chi no Manto), and the spear Blue Thunder (青い雷, Aoi Kaminari). The current Zero the Great was said to have been born in 1938, and aged 37 when he was slain in 1975.
The legendary ruler of the Garander Empire, Zero the Great asserts his claim of descent from the ruling dynasty of the ancient Parthian Empire. He wears a helmet with a flaming decoration while his body is guarded by steel armor. A very cruel man, Zero does not hesitate to execute unsuccessful Beastmen and Kurojusha with a sparkling high voltage beam from the Blue Lightning spear.[1]
Forms[]
Appearances in other media[]
Kamen Rider Spirits[]
Great Zero the Great and Other Villains from Manga
In the manga Kamen Rider Spirits, "Zero the Great" transplanted Daisuke Yamamoto's left arm with a GiGi Armlet and became the Evil Amazon (悪のアマゾン, Aku no Amazon).
Kamen Rider SD: Sortie!! Rider Machines[]
Zero the Great appears as the fourth boss at the end of the fourth stage. He appears in a rocket powered walker mecha and fires his machine gun at V3 while trying to side swipe the Hurricane. Using defensive powerups to hit him at a distance or dodge his gunfire and kick the mech and it will eventually whittle down his armor and destroy the walker mecha.
S.I.C. Hero Saga[]
In an alternated timeline which the ten veteran Showa Riders were erased by an unknown power, when Zero the Great was decapitate by Ruler in front of Kamen Rider Hibiki, it was revealed that the true identity of this fake Zero the Great is actually always Salamander Beastman, who imitated the Ruler's appearance as the political decoy. [Kamen Rider Den-O: Lost Train]
Behind the scenes[]
Portrayal[]
Zero the Great is portrayed by Hirohisa Nakata (中田 博久, Nakata Hirohisa) who previously played the titular character of Captain Ultra and Mason
in the 1984 Super Sentai series Chodenshi Bioman, and later will go on to portray Ginnojou Oshiiro in Kamen Rider Zero-One Episode 20.
Conception[]
Zero the Great's design is based on a knight of Medieval Europe, recalling the Spanish Conquistadores who conquered the Incan Empire in what would become the home of Amazon.[2]
Appearances[]
Kamen Rider Amazon
- Episode 14: The Jyumenki Dies! And a New Enemy?
- Episode 15: He Came Forth! The Terrible Zero the Great
- Episode 16: Garander's Tokyo Sea of Flames Operation!! (theatrically screened as Kamen Rider Amazon)
- Episode 17: Mt. Fuji Big Explosion? The Tokyo Fry Pan Operation
- Episode 18: Zero's Terror! The Massive Earthquake Operation!!
- Episode 19: Going into Action, The Garander Youth Squad
- Episode 20: Mole Beastman's Last Activity!!
- Episode 21: Cannibal Beastman to Eat the Frozen Rider
- Episode 22: Inca Doll's Day to Annihilate Greater Tokyo
- Episode 23: Fake Riders vs. Amazon Rider!
- Episode 24: You Did It, Amazon!! The End of Zero the Great!!
- Kamen Rider 1 Through RX: Big Gathering (archive footage only)
See also[]
- Garander Greeed, the Greeed embodiment of the Garander Empire made in the image of Zero the Great
References[]
- ↑ Kamen Rider 1971-1984 (2014), p. 283, [Zero the Great Setting Memo]
- ↑ Kamen Rider 1971-1984 (2014), p. 283, [Zero the Great Setting Memo]
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| Kamen Riders |
| Amazon |
| Debatable: Salamander Beastman |
| Gear |
| Transformation Gear: GiGi Armlet |
| Other Gear: Condorer - GaGa Armlet |
| Rider Machines: Jungler |
| Allies |
| Tobei Tachibana - Masahiko Okamura - Ritsuko Okamura - Mole Beastman - Elder Bago - Professor Taro Kosaka |
| Gedon |
| Leader: Jyumenki Golgos |
| Gedon Beastmen: Spider Beastman - Vampire Bat Beastman - Mantis Beastman - Large Centipede Beastman - Mole Beastman - Porcupine Beastman - Snake Beastman - Crocodile Beastman - Crab Beastman - Black Cat Beastman - Snail Beastman - Ant Beastman - Dobsonfly Beastman |
| Footsoldiers: Red Followers |
| Garander Empire |
| Leaders: Ruler - "Zero the Great" |
| Garander Empire Beastmen: Bee Beastman - Diving Beetle Beastman - Toad Beastman - Tiger Beetle Beastman - Owl Beastman - Mushroom Beastman - Sea Anemone Beastman - Japanese Dwarf Flying Squirrel Beastman - Salamander Beastman |
| Footsoldiers: Black Followers |
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