Kamen Rider Black


Kamen Rider Black, translated as Masked Rider Black, is a tokusatsu superhero-drama television series. It is the eighth installment in the famous Kamen Rider Series of tokusatsu shows. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and aired on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and the Tokyo Broadcasting System from October 4, 1987 to October 9, 1988. With its very dramatic storyline and its twist of the Kamen Rider having a tragic relationship with his nemesis, the installment not only became very popular in Japan, but also in many countries where it was aired. The series is often regarded as a TV classic and is considered by many as the most popular Kamen Rider show of the late 1980s, as well as one of the most famous of all Kamen Riders in the Showa Period. The series also received a manga adaptation. Kamen Rider Black RX was a direct sequel to this series.

Synopsis

After being kidnapped by the cult Gorgom on the night of their 19th birthday, stepbrothers Kotaro Minami and Nobuhiko Akizuki were submitted to a cyborg surgery with the purpose of becoming the candidates for the next Gorgom Creation King. Both of them are called Century Kings and are destined to best each other in a final battle - whoever wins will become the next Creation King. Kotaro escaped before getting brainwashed, with help from his foster father and turned against Gorgom. He soon finds out the horrific truth from his stepfather: Gorgom originally killed his true parents and, since both Kotaro and Nobuhiko were born on the day of a solar eclipse, are referred to as "Black Sun" and "Shadow Moon". Kotaro, taking on the name of Kamen Rider Black, was determined to rescue his stepbrother from Gorgom while protecting Japan. However, later in the series, Nobuhiko emerged as Shadow Moon to fight Kotaro with the survivor becoming the next Creation King.

List of episodes

  1. Black!! Transformation
  2. Mutant Party
  3. Strange? Strange Reconstructed Humans
  4. The Devil's Laboratory
  5. Run Through the Maze, Kotaro
  6. Riddle Of The Secret Espers
  7. The Regenerated Bio-Machine
  8. The Devil's Trill
  9. Bishum's Red Lips
  10. Where's Nobuhiko?
  11. The Starving Mutants
  12. Birth Of The Super Machine Legend
  13. My Mom Is A Mutant Nanny
  14. The Day The Tuna Disappeared
  15. The Targeted Ghoul School
  16. My Friend! Go Beyond The Sea
  17. Kyoko's Strange Dream
  18. Sword Saint Bilgenia!!
  19. The Suffocating Trap Of Hell
  20. Rider's Grave
  21. Clash! The Two Super Machines
  22. The Shadow That Stalks Dad
  23. Marumo's Magical Powers
  24. The Female College Student's Nightmare
  25. The Roaring Armed Machine
  26. Rescue The Psychic Girl
  27. Fire Breathing Danger Road
  28. Scarab Beetle's Invitation To Hell
  29. The Targeted Death Mask
  30. Aloha to an Assassin!
  31. Burn! Boy Warriors
  32. Dream Girl Yuki
  33. Father, Son And The River Of Love
  34. Revival?! The Prince Of Hell
  35. Showdown! The Two Princes
  36. The War Declaration of Love and Death
  37. Memories of Yubari's Sky
  38. Mystery!? The EP-Party Boy Squad
  39. The Idol's Poison Fangs
  40. Secret Of The Karate Master
  41. The Dangerous Time Thief
  42. Tokyo Mutant Gathering
  43. Battle at the Mutant Farm!
  44. An Ocean Inside The Closet
  45. Death Of Flower Mutant Bishum
  46. Baraom's Fierce Death
  47. Death of the Rider
  48. Bouquet of Reminiscence, Into The Ocean
  49. Fierce Battle! Death Of Darom
  50. The Creation King's True Form?
  51. Gorgom's Last Day

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Manga

A manga adaptation of Black titled Kamen Rider Black ran in Shōnen Sunday from 1987-1988.

TV specials

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