Kamen Rider Ex-Aid

Kamen Rider Ex-Aid

Kamen Rider Ex-Aid series logo
Genre Tokusatsu
Created by Shotaro Ishinomori
Written by Yuya Takahashi
Directed by
Starring
Narrated by Junichi Suwabe
Opening theme "EXCITE" by Daichi Miura
Composer(s)
  • ats-
  • Takehito Shimizu
  • Toru Watanabe
Country of origin Japan
Original language(s) Japanese
Production
Producer(s)
  • Motoi Sasaki (TV Asahi)
  • Ayumi Kanno (TV Asahi)
  • Takahito Ōmori (Toei)
Running time 24–25 min. (per episode)
Production company(s) Toei Company
Distributor Toei Company
Release
Original network TV Asahi
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Original release October 2, 2016 (2016-10-02)
Chronology
Preceded by Kamen Rider Ghost
External links
Website
Production website

Kamen Rider Ex-Aid (仮面ライダーエグゼイド Kamen Raidā Eguzeido) is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series. It is the eighteenth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-seventh series overall. Toei registered the Kamen Rider Ex-Aid trademark on June 13th, 2016.[1] The show premiered on October 2, 2016, one week after the finale of Kamen Rider Ghost, joining Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger in the Super Hero Time line-up.[2]

Story

Emu Hōjō is an intern in the Pediatrics Department at Seito University Hospital and a genius video gamer who goes by the alias "M". Emu was inspired to practice medicine after a doctor, the future minister of health Kyotaro Hinata saved his life from illness when he was a child. Kyotaro also gave him a WonderSwan handheld video game console as a reward that ignited Emu's interest in video games. Recently, a video game company known as the Genm Corporation, or Genm Corp for short, has become aware of the existence of the Bugsters, a form of computer virus that spawns from their company's software bugs. Led by the mysterious Pallad and his partner Graphite, the Bugster manifest themselves in the physical world by infecting humans that play Genm Corp's video games at a cellular level. Once a Bugster fully manifests, the human host gradually fades away as consequence due to stress experienced by the host. Genm Corp counters the Bugster threat by developing the Gamer Driver belts and a series of transformation and summon type trinkets, the Rider Gashats, for expert video gamers. Some of these gamers are doctors, including Emu himself, who transforms into Kamen Rider Ex-Aid to save his patients from the Bugster viruses. But Ex-Aid learns of other Doctors who are also Riders besides himself: elite surgeon Hiiro Kagami/Kamen Rider Brave, the unlicensed "dark doctor" Taiga Hanaya/Kamen Rider Snipe, a medical examiner who can transform into a Kamen Rider in a default motorcycle vehicle form Kiriya Kujō/Kamen Rider Lazer. The four also face the opposition of Kamen Rider Genm, the prototype of Ex-Aid, who is actually Kuroto Dan, the CEO of Genm Corp, who is working with the Bugsters for unknown reasons.

Casting and production

The show will feature Lupin the Third Part 4 chief script writer Yuya Takahashi serving as chief script writer on a Kamen Rider series for the first time. TV Asahi producer Motoi Sasaki, who has produced various Kamen Rider shows as co-producer with a Toei producer in the past will serve as chief producer for the first time. Takahito Ōmori, chief producer on Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger and Kamen Rider Drive will also produce.[2]

Episodes

No. Title Writer Original air date
1 "I'm a Kamen Rider!"
"Aimu A Kamen Raidā!" (I'm a 仮面ライダー！) 		Yuya TakahashiOctober 2, 2016
2 "Another Prodigy with a "No Thank You"?"
"Tensai Futari wa Nō Sankyū?" (天才二人は no thank you？) 		Yuya TakahashiOctober 9, 2016
3 "The Man Comes With a BANG!"
"Ban Shita Aitsu ga Yattekuru!" (BANしたあいつがやって来る！) 		Yuya TakahashiOctober 16, 2016
4 "The Name of the Operation is Dash!"
"Operēshon no Na wa Dasshu!" (オペレーションの名はDash！) 		Yuya TakahashiOctober 23, 2016
5 "All Gathered, Clash Crash!"
"Zen'in Shūketsu, Gekitotsu Kurasshu!" (全員集結、激突Crash！) 		Yuya TakahashiOctober 30, 2016
6 "Feel the Beat in the Heart!"
"Kodō o Kizame In Za Hāto!" (鼓動を刻め in the heart!) 		Yuya TakahashiNovember 13, 2016
7 "The Essence of Some Lie!"
"Samu Rai no Gokui!" (Some lieの極意！) 		Yuya TakahashiNovember 20, 2016
8 "Men, Fly High!"
"Otoko-tachi yo, Furai Hai!" (男たちよ、Fly high！) 		Yuya TakahashiNovember 27, 2016
9 "Beat Up the Dragon!"
"Doragon o Buttobase!" (Dragonをぶっとばせ！) 		Yuya TakahashiDecember 4, 2016
10 "Uneven Doctors!"
"Fuzoroi no Dokutāzu!" (ふぞろいのDoctors！) 		Yuya TakahashiDecember 11, 2016
11 "Who's the Black Kamen Rider?"
"Fūzu Kuroi Kamen Raidā?" (Who's 黒い仮面ライダー？) 		Yuya TakahashiDecember 18, 2016

Films

Kamen Rider Ex-Aid makes his debut appearance as a cameo in Kamen Rider Ghost: The 100 Eyecons and Ghost's Fated Moment.

Kamen Rider Heisei Generations

A Movie War film, titled Kamen Rider Heisei Generations: Dr. Pac-Man vs. Ex-Aid & Ghost with Legend Rider (仮面ライダー平成ジェネレーションズ Dr.パックマン対エグゼイド&ゴーストwithレジェンドライダー Kamen Raidā Heisei Jenerēshonzu Dokutā Pakkuman Tai Eguzeido Ando Gōsuto Wizu Rejendo Raidā), will be released in Japan on December 10, 2016. The film features Kamen Rider Ex-Aid teaming up with Kamen Rider Ghost, Kamen Rider Drive, Kamen Rider Gaim, and Kamen Rider Wizard as they battle against a virus based on Bandai Namco Entertainment's video game character, Pac-Man.[3][4][5] The professional wrestler Hiroshi Tanahashi was announced to be one of the main antagonists of the movie.[6] In addition, Shunya Shiraishi (Kamen Rider Wizard) and Ryoma Takeuchi (Kamen Rider Drive) will reprise their roles in the film respectively.

"Tricks": Virtual Operations

The "Tricks": Virtual Operations ([裏技]ヴァーチャルオペレーションズ Urawaza Vācharu Operēshonzu) is a web-exclusive series of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, which is released on Toei's official YouTube channel, accompanying the airing of the main series' episode the day after it.

Cast

Guest cast

Theme songs

Opening theme

References

  1. ↑ "New Kamen Rider Series, Ex-Aid, Registered". The Tokusatsu Network. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "NEW KAMEN RIDER COMING!!". Toei. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ ""仮面ライダー"生誕４５周年、 "スーパー戦隊"通算４０作。 ＜スーパーヒーローイヤー＞ついに最大のクライマックス！！ この冬、新たな『ＭＯＶＩＥ大戦』が始動する。". Toei. 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  4. ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-09/kamen-rider-ex-aid-kamen-rider-ghost-crossover-film-opens-on-december-10/.107433
  5. ↑ https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/japes/public/search/detail/3803/
  6. ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2080468/full/?ref_cd=tw_pic
  7. ↑ "町井 祥真 on Twitter".
  8. ↑ "諏訪部順一 Junichi Suwabe on Twitter".
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