Kamen Rider V3


Kamen Rider V3 is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is the second installment in the popular Kamen Rider Series, and the direct sequel to the original Kamen Rider. It was a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and was shown on Mainichi Broadcasting System and NET from February 17, 1973, to February 9, 1974.
Every episode of Kamen Rider V3 begins with the following opening narration: "Kamen Rider V3, Shiro Kazami, is an altered human. Mortally wounded by Destron, he is rebuilt by Kamen Riders 1 and 2, reborn as Kamen Rider V3."

Plot

Shiro Kazami accidentally witnesses a murder by the evil organization Destron, making him their next target. In their first attempt, they planted a bomb pebble into his coffee, but the attempt was foiled when Shiro's sister, Yukiko, surprised him, causing him to spill his coffee. In their second attempt, they attacked him while practicing motorcycle racing with Tobei Tachibana. In their third attempt, a Destron soldier, disguised as a doctor, tried to put a poison shot in Shiro, while he was being transported to the hospital, but Shiro regains consciousness and kills the soldier. Meanwhile, a young woman named Junko Tama stumbled upon Destron's base. Suddenly, she was attacked by Destron. While trying to escape, she ran into Shiro, who was heading home on his motorcycle, but Shiro didn't see the Destron soldiers. Surprised, Junko fainted and Shiro took her home. While Junko was being taken care of by Shiro's family, Shiro reported her story to the police. When he returned home, he found his family being murdered by the Hasami Jaguar, a jaguarlike monster with blades for hands. Hasami Jaguar then prepares to kill Junko and Shiro, but is stopped by Shiro's high school teacher, Takeshi Hongo, who transformed into Kamen Rider 1. Shortly after he drove off the Destron forces, Kamen Rider 2 shows up, but too late. A vengeance-fueled Shiro asked the Riders to turn him into a cyborg, but the Riders refused, explaining to Shiro what would happen if he did get turned into a cyborg: he wouldn't be able to live up to his family. Then the Riders asked Junko for the location of the Destron base she stumbled upon earlier. The next day, the Riders infiltrate the base, only to find no one inside until they heard the voice of their old foe The Great Leader Of Gel-Shocker who revealed that the Gel-Shocker Leader was just one of his forms. To make matters worse he attempted to kill the Double Riders with the Cyborg Disruptor Ray, Until Shiro shows up and saves their lives, but gets injured in the process. The Riders had no choice but to turn Shiro into a cyborg. When the Riders were attacked and almost killed, by Kame Bazooka, Shiro shows up as Kamen Rider V3. Now, Shiro uses his new power to protect humankind against Destron. Later on, he is joined by Jōji Yuki, a former Destron scientist who fights as Riderman to get his revenge on Destron for being accused of treason.

Characters

Kamen Riders

Destron is an international organization bent on conquering the world with terrorist acts, Destron was formed under the Lead of the mysterious Great Leader by surviving members of Gel-Shocker. Although Destron had branches in every country and sought to dominate the entire planet, its main headquarters was in Japan which Destron focused its attention on. Initially the kaijin of the Mechanical Army followed the orders of the unseen High Destron without any direct supervision, but after repeated failures of the kaijin High Destron summoned Doktor G from Destron's German Division to take charge of the day-to-day operations of Destron's Japanese Division. Destron used the scorpion as its symbol as it had no scorpion-like monsters. Destron is the only Showa villainous organization in the franchise to appear in the movie although several of its kaijin make appearances; this is most likely due to the organization being formed from Shocker remnants, therefore making its construction unnecessary. Their name is also reused as the Japanese name of the Decepticon faction from the Transformers franchise.
  1. Rider No. 3: His Name is V3!
  2. Last Testament of the Double Riders
  3. The Execution of V3
  4. V3's 26 Secrets!?
  5. Snake-Man with a Machine Gun!
  6. Enter, Hammer-Jellyfish! V3 Unleash Your Killing Technique!!
  7. The Fury of Rider V3's Special Training
  8. Watch Out, V3! Beware the Terrifying Buzzsaw
  9. What is the Destron Hell Squad!?
  10. Secret of the Double Typhoon
  11. The Claws of Evil Reach Out for V3!!
  12. Junko Becomes a Mutant's Bride?!
  13. Terrifying Commandant: Doktor G!!
  14. Secret Memento of the Double Riders
  15. Rider V3's Deadly Weakness!!
  16. The Missile-Carrying Gecko Inhumanoid!
  17. The Devil Spray is the Reaper's Weapon
  18. V3, Beware the Evil Traitor!
  19. Blowfish-Apache's Operation Torpedo!!
  20. Destron's Shikoku Conquest Operation
  21. The Double Riders Live
  22. Camp of Terror! Mystery of the Underground Canal
  23. Terror! Vampire From the Graveyard
  24. Mysterious! Cockroach Manor!!
  25. Mysterious!! The Destron Ranger Corps
  26. Inhumanoid Heater-Cicada's Mummy Operation!!
  27. Zol, Death, Hell & Black Rise from the Grave
  28. The Five Commandants' All-Out Attack!!
  29. Doktor G's Final Challenge!
  30. Doktor G! The True Form of Evil is...?
  31. Enter, Baron Tusk: Commandant of Curses!!
  32. Spectre of Onibi Swamp: Rider Scouts Annihilated!?
  33. V3 in Danger! Riders One and Two Return!!
  34. Critical Moment! Baron Tusk vs. The Three Riders!!
  35. Baron Tusk's Final Transformation
  36. The Winged Corps: Demons of the Sky
  37. Mysterious Temple: Curse of the Musasabi Clan!
  38. Lone V3 and Cub: Deadly Skydiving!
  39. Terror of the Carnivorous Fauna!!
  40. Sudden Death! V3 Mach Kick!!
  41. Oh! People Are Melting! Enter, Marshal Armor
  42. The Snail-Man's Human Experiments!
  43. Friend of Foe? The Mysterious Riderman
  44. V3 Versus Riderman
  45. Destron's Christmas Present
  46. Riderman, Where Will You Go?
  47. Ambush! The Destron Leader!!
  48. Look! The Face of the Destron Leader!!
  49. A Gunshot Rings Out! Shiro Kazami Falls!!
  50. A Little Friendship
  51. You are Kamen Rider 4!!
  52. The Last Day of Destron

    Movies

During a battle against Destron's forces, Shiro Kazami helps a priest who has been attacked by the evil organization's kaijin Hasami-Jaguar. Little does he know that the church where the priest resides is a front for a Destron hideout. After finding out the organization's latest motive, Kamen Rider V3, along with the Double Riders, must stop Destron from detonating a nuclear bomb in Tokyo.
A physicist named Tetsuo Okita discovers a new mineral called "Satanium", which is more powerful than uranium and emits destructive effects to anyone exposed to it. However, Destron abducts Okita in hopes of finding the source of Satanium and collecting more of it to expedite their run for global domination. Kamen Rider V3 must act fast in rescuing Professor Okita and preventing Destron from collecting more of the deadly mineral.

S.I.C. Hero Saga

Published in Monthly Hobby Japan magazine from May to August 2003, the S.I.C. Hero Saga story Masked Rider V3 & Riderman: Riderman Another After featured an alternate history of Riderman's creation. It featured the new character called the Destron Rider.
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  1. God Station
  2. Attachment
  3. Destron Rider
  4. Jōji Yūki

    Manga

A manga adaptation was made by Mitsuru Sugaya during the run of the series.

Kamen Rider The Next

As of 2007, a reimagined Kamen Rider V3 appears in Kamen Rider The Next, a movie loosely based on the TV series, following the reboot of the franchise started with the 2005 movie Kamen Rider The First.

Cast

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