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==Promotion==
==Promotion==
Advertisements throughout the months of May, June, and July 2009 built up to the debut of Kamen Rider Double,<ref name="tvkun809"/> who first appeared at the 10th Anniversary Project MASKED RIDER LIVE & SHOW event,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/decade/liveshow/index.html|title=10th Anniversary ProjectMASKED RIDER LIVE & SHOW～十年祭～｜テレビ朝日｜仮面ライダーディケイド|accessdate=2009-06-10}}</ref> and also featured in ''[[Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker]]''.
Advertisements throughout the months of May, June, and July 2009 built up to the debut of Kamen Rider Double, who first appeared at the 10th Anniversary Project MASKED RIDER LIVE & SHOW event, and also featured in ''[[Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker]]''.


==Production and casting==
==Production and casting==

Revision as of 07:36, 26 February 2010

Kamen Rider W
The Kamen Rider Double title card
Kamen Rider Double title card
Created byShotaro Ishinomori
Written byRiku Sanjo, Naruhisa Arakawa, Keiichi Hasegawa
Directed byRyuta Tasaki, Satoshi Morota, Naosuke Kurosawa, Takayuki Shibasaki, Hidenori Ishida, Koichi Sakamoto
StarringRenn Kiriyama
Masaki Suda
Hikaru Yamamoto
Minehiro Kinomoto
Takeshi Nadagi
Minori Terada
Ami Namai
Rin Asuka
Yuki Kimisawa
Narrated byFumihiko Tachiki
Opening theme"W-B-X ~W-Boiled Extreme~" by Aya Kamiki w TAKUYA
Ending theme"Cyclone Effect" by Labor Day
"Free your Heat" by Galveston 19
"Finger on the Trigger" by Florida Keys
ComposersShuhei Naruse
Kōtarō Nakagawa
Country of origin Japan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes20 (As of January 2010) (list of episodes)
Production
ProducersKengo Motoi
Hideaki Tsukada
Kazuhiro Takahashi
Running time24-25 minutes (per episode)
Original release
NetworkTV Asahi
ReleaseSeptember 6, 2009 (2009-09-06)

Kamen Rider Double (仮面ライダーＷ（ダブル）, Kamen Raidā Daburu, Kamen Rider W, Masked Rider Double) is the eleventh series in the Heisei period run of the Kamen Rider Series and the twentieth Rider series overall. It premiered following the finale of Kamen Rider Decade on September 6, 2009[1], and airs alongside Samurai Sentai Shinkenger in TV Asahi's Super Hero Time programming block. Following Shinkenger's finale, it airs alongside Tensou Sentai Goseiger. It is described as the "Heisei Kamen Rider 10th Anniversary Project: Fall Campaign" (平成仮面ライダー10周年プロジェクト 秋の陣, Heisei Kamen Raidā Jusshūnen Purojekuto: Aki no Jin). The catchphrase for the series is "This clinches it!" (これで決まりだ！, Kore de kimari da!).

Promotion

Advertisements throughout the months of May, June, and July 2009 built up to the debut of Kamen Rider Double, who first appeared at the 10th Anniversary Project MASKED RIDER LIVE & SHOW event, and also featured in Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker.

Production and casting

The Tokyo National Museum is used as the filming location for the Sonozaki Family's home and business: the Museum.

The series' main writer is Riku Sanjo and the main director is Ryuta Tasaki. The theme song titled "W-B-X ~W-Boiled Extreme~" is performed by Aya Kamiki with former JUDY AND MARY guitarist TAKUYA as the unit "Aya Kamiki w TAKUYA" (上木彩矢 w TAKUYA, Kamiki Aya w TAKUYA).[2][3][4] The creature designer is Katsuya Terada, previously the character designer for Blood: The Last Vampire, the designer of Monster X for Godzilla: Final Wars, the designer of Cutie Honey's costume for Cutie Honey, and the mechanic and character design refinement for Yatterman.

Newcomer Masaki Suda portrays the mysterious Philip. Drama actor Renn Kiriyama, who made his acting debut as Bunta Marui in Musical Prince of Tennis: Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ First Service, joins the cast as Shotaro Hidari. Hikaru Yamamoto, who made her acting debut in Watashitachi no Kyōkasho as Chiharu Nobue, portrays the female lead Akiko Narumi. Comedian and actor Takeshi Nadagi portrays Mikio Jinno and veteran actor Minori Terada, known for his leading role in The Human Bullet, portrays Ryubee Sonozaki.

Story

Main article: List of Kamen Rider Double characters

In the ecologically-minded city of Futo (風都, Fūto, the "Windy City"), there are many windmills and the people live in harmony. However, the Sonozaki Family sell mysterious devices resembling USB flash drives called GaiaMemories to criminals who use them to become monsters called Dopants, committing crimes with the police force powerless to stop them. The hardboiled (or rather half-boiled) detective Shotaro Hidari works with the mysterious Philip who possesses the true GaiaMemory. Using their own GaiaMemories, Shotaro and Philip use the Double Driver belts to transform and combine into Kamen Rider Double to fight the Dopant menace.[5][6]

Episodes

Main article: List of Kamen Rider Double episodes

All episodes of Kamen Rider Double have two titles: the first indicates a story arc while the second indicates the episode's title. The letter of the Latin alphabet in the story arc title has a double meaning: it represents both a Kamen Rider or Dopant that is featured in the arc and another English word that indicates the theme of the arc. These double meanings can be found on the list of Kamen Rider Double episodes page.

  1. The W Search/Two Detectives in One (Ｗの検索／探偵は二人で一人, W no Kensaku/Tantei wa Futari de Hitori)
  2. The W Search/Those Who Make the City Grieve (Ｗの検索／街を泣かせるもの, W no Kensaku/Machi o Nakaseru Mono)
  3. Don't Dabble in M/How to Get to Heaven (Ｍに手を出すな／天国への行き方, M ni Te o Dasu na/Tengoku e no Ikikata)
  4. Don't Dabble in M/Play With a Joker (Ｍに手を出すな／ジョーカーで勝負, M ni Te o Dasu na/Jōkā de Shōbu)
  5. The Girl... A/Papa is a Kamen Rider (少女…Ａ／パパは仮面ライダー, Shōjo... A/Papa wa Kamen Raidā)
  6. The Girl... A/The Price of Lying (少女…Ａ／嘘の代償, Shōjo... A/Uso no Daishō)
  7. Find the C/Philip Can't Stand It (Ｃを探せ／フィリップはそれを我慢できない, C o Sagase/Firippu wa Sore o Gaman Dekinai)
  8. Find the C/Dancing Hero (Ｃを探せ／ダンシングヒーロー, C o Sagase/Danshingu Hīrō)
  9. The S Terror/Look at the Maid Detective! (Ｓな戦慄／メイド探偵は見た！, S na Senritsu/Meido Tantei wa Mita!)
  10. The S Terror/The Great Detective's Daughter (Ｓな戦慄／名探偵の娘, S na Senritsu/Meitantei no Musume)
  11. The Revenge V/Infected Car (復讐のＶ／感染車, Fukushū no V/Kansensha)
  12. The Revenge V/Grudge Beast (復讐のＶ／怨念獣, Fukushū no V/Onnenjū)
  13. The Radio Q/Targetted Princess (レディオでＱ／狙われたプリンセス, Redio de Q/Nerawareta Purinsesu)
  14. The Radio Q/Live Catastrophe (レディオでＱ／生放送大パニック, Redio de Q/Namahōsō Daipanikku)
  15. The F Afterglow/Burglary Rider (Ｆの残光／強盗ライダー, F no Zankō/Gōtō Raidā)
  16. The F Afterglow/Reclaim Your Partner (Ｆの残光／相棒をとりもどせ, F no Zankō/Aibō o Torimodose)
  17. Farewell N/Memory Kids (さらばＮよ／メモリキッズ, Saraba N yo/Memori Kizzu)
  18. Farewell N/Friends in the Wind (さらばＮよ／友は風と共に, Saraba N yo/Tomo wa Kaze to Tomo ni)
  19. The I Doesn't Stop/That Guy's Name is Accel (Ｉが止まらない／奴の名はアクセル, I ga Tomaranai/Yatsu no Na wa Akuseru)
  20. The I Doesn't Stop/Kamen Rider Style (Ｉが止まらない／仮面ライダーの流儀, I ga Tomaranai/Kamen Raidā no Ryūgi)
  21. The T Returns/A Melody Not Intended for Women (還ってきたＴ／女には向かないメロディ, Kaettekita T/Onna ni wa Mukanai Merodi)
  22. The T Returns/The Man Who Cannot Die (還ってきたＴ／死なない男, Kaettekita T/Shinanai Otoko)
  23. The L Lips/Singer-SongRider (唇にＬを／シンガーソングライダー, Kuchibiru ni L o/Shingā Songuraidā)
  24. The L Lips/You Are a Liar (唇にＬを／嘘つきはおまえだ, Kuchibiru ni L o/Usotsuki wa Omae da)

Wind Wave Internet radio

To tie into the show, TV Asahi, Toei, and Avex Trax have produced the Wind Wave FM Internet radio station. Only one of the shows, Wakana's Healing Princess (園咲若菜のヒーリングプリンセス, Sonozaki Wakana no Hīringu Purinsesu), also exists within the fiction of Kamen Rider Double. The other programs, DJ Hurry Kenn's FU-TO Hit on Groove music show and Tsuyoshi and Ayano's Head Wind: One-Game Match!! (向い風 一本勝負!!, Mukaikaze Ipponshōbu!!) show, treat the television series as fiction, explicitly referring to the songs they play as theme songs (as part of a mail in request, DJ Hurry Kenn played AAA DEN-O form's "Climax Jump", and referred to it as the theme song for Kamen Rider Den-O). All of Double's theme songs have been played as part of the various radio shows, several of which were first heard on the "radio" before being utilized as part of an episode's soundtrack.

Movie Wars 2010

Main article: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Double & Decade: Movie Wars 2010

As part of the Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Double & Decade: Movie Wars 2010 (仮面ライダー×仮面ライダー Ｗ（ダブル）＆ディケイド MOVIE大戦2010, Kamen Raidā × Kamen Raidā: Daburu ando Dikeido Mūbī Taisen 2010) triple feature, Double's film Kamen Rider Double: Begins Night (劇場版　仮面ライダーＷ（ダブル）～ビギンズナイト～, Kamen Raidā Daburu ~Biginzu Naito~) opens in Japanese theaters on December 12, 2009. The film will expand on the origins of Kamen Rider Double, featuring guest star Koji Kikkawa as Sokichi Narumi.

Video game

A port of Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes titled Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes W (仮面ライダー クライマックスヒーローズＷ（ダブル）, Kamen Raidā Kuraimakkusu Hīrōzu Daburu) for the Wii was released on December 3, 2009.[7] It features Kamen Rider Double as a playable character and also features Dopants and other kaijin as characters in the game.

Cast

  • Shotaro Hidari (左 翔太郎, Hidari Shōtarō): Renn Kiriyama (桐山 漣, Kiriyama Ren)
  • Philip (フィリップ, Firippu): Masaki Suda (菅田 将暉, Suda Masaki)
  • Akiko Narumi (鳴海 亜樹子, Narumi Akiko): Hikaru Yamamoto (山本 ひかる, Yamamoto Hikaru)
  • Ryu Terui (照井 竜, Terui Ryū): Minehiro Kinomoto (木ノ本 嶺浩, Kinomoto Minehiro)
  • Mikio Jinno (刃野 幹夫, Jinno Mikio): Takeshi Nadagi (なだぎ 武, Nadagi Takeshi)
  • Shun Makura (真倉 俊, Makura Shun): Shingo Nakagawa (中川 真吾, Nakagawa Shingo)
  • Watcherman (ウォッチャマン, Wotchaman): Nasubi (なすび)
  • Santa-chan (サンタちゃん, Santachan): Zennosuke Fukkin (腹筋 善之介, Fukkin Zennosuke)
  • Queen (クイーン, Kuīn): Tomomi Itano (板野 友美, Itano Tomomi, AKB48)
  • Elizabeth (エリザベス, Erizabesu): Tomomi Kasai (河西 智美, Kasai Tomomi, AKB48)
  • Ryubee Sonozaki (園咲 琉兵衛, Sonozaki Ryūbee): Minori Terada (寺田 農, Terada Minori)
  • Saeko Sonozaki (園咲 冴子, Sonozaki Saeko): Ami Namai (生井 亜実, Namai Ami)
  • Wakana Sonozaki (園咲 若菜, Sonozaki Wakana): Rin Asuka (飛鳥 凛, Asuka Rin)
  • Kirihiko Sonozaki (園咲 霧彦, Sonozaki Kirihiko): Yuki Kimisawa (君沢 ユウキ, Kimisawa Yūki)
  • Smilodon Dopant (スミロドン・ドーパント, Sumirodon Dōpanto, Voice): Yasuhiro Takato (高戸 靖広, Takato Yasuhiro)
  • Shinkuro Isaka (井坂 深紅郎, Isaka Shinkurō): Tomoyuki Dan (檀 臣幸, Dan Tomoyuki)
  • Shroud (シュラウド, Shuraudo, Voice): Naoko Kouda (幸田 直子, Kōda Naoko)
  • Narration, GaiaMemory (ナレーション、ガイアメモリ, Narēshon, Gaia Memori, Voice): Fumihiko Tachiki (立木 文彦, Tachiki Fumihiko)

Guest stars

  • Marina Tsumura (津村 真里奈, Tsumura Marina, 1-2): Meibi Yamanouchi (山内 明日, Yamanouchi Meibi)
  • Taizo Kaga (加賀 泰造, Kaga Taizō, 3-4): Tatsuya Gashuin (我修院 達也, Gashūin Tatsuya)
  • Chizuru Hoshino (星野 千鶴, Hoshino Chizuru, 7-8): Reina Fujii (藤井 玲奈, Fujii Reina)
  • Ikari (伊刈, 7-8): Jin Katagiri (片桐 仁, Katagiri Jin)
  • Teacher (教師, Kyōshi, 7-8): Hiroshi Watari (渡 洋史, Watari Hiroshi)
  • Mai Asakawa (浅川 麻衣, Asakawa Mai, 9-10, 14): Eri Otoguro (乙黒 えり, Otoguro Eri)
  • Kurosu (黒須, 11-12): KOJI
  • Young Girl (若い女性, Wakai Josei, 12): Hikari Kajiwara (梶原 ひかり, Kajiwara Hikari)
  • Motoko Saeki (佐伯 素子, Saeki Motoko, 13-14): Shion Nakamaru (中丸 シオン, Nakamaru Shion)
  • Kenji Kurata (倉田 剣児, Kurata Kenji, 15-16): Kōichirō Nishi (西 興一朗, Nishi Kōichirō)
  • Makiko Katahira (片平 真紀子, Katahira Makiko, 19-20): Itsumi Osawa (大沢 逸美, Ōsawa Itsumi)
  • Kiyoshi Katahira (片平 清, Katahira Kiyoshi, 19-20): Kento Shibuya (渋谷 謙人, Shibuya Kento)
  • Aya Kujo (九条 綾, Kujō Aya, 21-22): Ayumi Kinoshita (木下 あゆ美, Kinoshita Ayumi)
  • Ken Akutsu (阿久津 憲, Akutsu Ken, 21): Hiroo Otaka (大高 洋夫, Ōtaka Hiroo)
  • Himuro (氷室, 21): Hiroyuki Muraoka (村岡 弘之, Muraoka Hiroyuki)
  • Angry Instructor (鬼教官, Oni Kyōkan, 21): Kenji Tominaga (富永 研司, Tominaga Kenji)
  • GaiaMemory Distributors (ガイアメモリ流通組織の男, Gaia Memori Ryūtsū Soshiki no Otoko, 21): Shinichi Kaneda (金田 進一, Kaneda Shin'ichi), Eitoku (永徳)
  • Aya Kamiki (上木 彩矢, Kamiki Aya, 23-24)
  • TAKUYA (23-24)
  • Ichirouta Oonuki (大貫 一朗太, Ōnuki Ichirōta, 23-24): Ichirou Mizuki (水木 一郎, Mizuki Ichirō)

Suit actors

  • Kamen Rider Double: Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二, Takaiwa Seiji)
  • Kamen Rider Accel: Eitoku (永徳)
  • Taboo Dopant: Yūki Ono (小野 友紀, Ono Yūki)
  • Clay Doll Dopant: Satoshi Fujita (藤田 慧, Fujita Satoshi)
  • Nasca Dopant, Other Dopants: Jun Watanabe (渡辺 淳, Watanabe Jun)
  • Smilodon Dopant, Other Dopants: Yugo Fujii (藤井 祐伍, Fujii Yūgo)
  • Masquerade Dopant: Jiro Okamoto (岡元 次郎, Okamoto Jirō)

Songs

Opening theme
  • "W-B-X ~W-Boiled Extreme~"
    Read as "Dub-B-X ~Double Boiled Extreme~", the song written by Fujibayashi and Naruse, who have contributed to the production of the highest peaking Heisei Kamen Rider Series theme songs "Climax Jump" (#2), "Break the Chain" (#3), and "Journey through the Decade" (#2) on the Oricon charts, and performed by Kamiki and TAKUYA was released on November 11, 2009. In its first week of release, it peaked at #8 on the Oricon Weekly Charts.
Ending themes
  • "Cyclone Effect"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition: AYANO (of FULL AHEAD)
    • Arrangement: Labor Day
    • Artist: Labor Day
    • Episodes: 3-6, 9, 21, 23
    The first of the Kamen Rider Double ending themes "Cyclone Effect" was released on November 25, 2009, on a maxi single. While the song is intended to be the theme for Kamen Rider Double CycloneJoker, the song is also played during other forms' fight scenes. The vocalist is Sunaho Takeuchi (竹内 沙帆, Takeuchi Sunaho) of Utayacco. The acoustic variation is heard in the background of episode 21.
  • "Free your Heat"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: Ryo (of Ketsumeishi)
    • Artist: Galveston 19
    • Episodes: 10, 11, 13, 19, 20, 21
    This theme for Kamen Rider Double HeatMetal was first played on the Wind Wave radio show. It later entered circulation as one of the three ending themes, released on CD on December 16, 2009. The vocalist is Tsuyoshi Himura (緋村 剛, Himura Tsuyoshi) of everset.
  • "Finger on the Trigger"
    This theme for Kamen Rider Double LunaTrigger was featured briefly on the Wind Wave internet radio shows shortly before premiering in the series. This song was released on CD on December 16, 2009. The vocalists are U-Sagi and Yosh of the band Shamo (軍鶏).
  • "Naturally"
    Wakana Sonozaki (Rin Asuka) also has her own single titled "Naturally" that debuted during her talk show.[8] It was later featured in the television series during a story arc that focused on her (Shotaro and Philip, as fans of her show, know all the lyrics and the accompanying dance). "Naturally" was released on CD on January 27, 2010.[9]
  • "Leave all Behind"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition: Ryo (of Ketsumeishi)
    • Arrangement: Wilma-Sidr
    • Artist: Wilma-Sidr
    • Episodes: 22
    This new song premiered on the FU-TO HIT on GROOVE show the day of Kamen Rider Accel's appearance in the series.[10] In episode 22, it is first used as Kamen Rider Accel's ending theme.
  • "Love♡Wars"
    • Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi
    • Composition & Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
    • Artist: Queen & Elizabeth (Tomomi Itano & Tomomi Kasai)
    • Episodes: 23
    As part of their involvement in the Kamen Rider Double production, Tomomi Itano and Tomomi Kasai of AKB48 are releasing the song "Love♡Wars" on March 31, 2010, as four different CDs, three of which contain DVDs with a music video, trading cards, and a special bonus track. The fourth will be a CD-only release without the bonus track(s) available on the other three discs.[11][12]

The bands that perform the series ending themes are also featured in the programs as being local bands in the fictional city of Futo: crossover rock band Labor Day's "Cyclone Effect", heavy metal/hard rock band Galveston 19's "Free Your Heat", and hip-hop group Florida Keys' "Finger on the Trigger". Each of these bands is named after a major early 20th century hurricane: the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, the 1900 Galveston hurricane, and the 1919 Florida Keys hurricane. The newest group, the visual kei band Wilma-Sidr, is named after Hurricane Wilma and Cyclone Sidr.

Parodies

Episode 295-A of Sgt. Frog titled "Keroro, The Two of Us are One Kerororm" (ケロロ 二人が一人ケロロ〜ム! であります, Keroro Futari ga Hitori Kerorōmu! de Arimasu) features the members of the Keroro Platoon finding an artifact that allows two of them to combine into a single Keroro, each with new powers. The episode title is based on Kamen Rider Double's catchphrase and the resultant transformation resembles that of Kamen Rider Double (the characters appear to be split down the middle, with one side being, for example, Keroro and the other Tamama).

References

  1. ^ Uchuusen No. 125
  2. ^ "桐山漣と菅田将暉が合体で仮面ライダーＷ - 芸能ニュース : nikkansports.com". Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  3. ^ "新イケメンライダーはジャニーズ系美男子でW主演！ - 東京ウォーカー". Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  4. ^ "新・仮面ライダーは"2人で1人"の「仮面ライダーW」 ニュース-ORICON STYLE-". 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  5. ^ Telebikun August 2009
  6. ^ "仮面ライダーダブル introduction｜東映［テレビ］". Retrieved 2009-06-30.
  7. ^ Weekly Famitsu, October 8, 2009
  8. ^ "仮面ライダーＷ（ダブル） 第8話　「Ｃを探せ／ダンシングヒーロー」｜東映［テレビ］". 2009-10-18. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  9. ^ "久しぶりの良い天気：若菜のヒーリングプリンセス｜Windwave". 2009-11-15. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  10. ^ "風都のイカしたバンドを‥...：FU-TO HIT on GROOVE｜Windwave". Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  11. ^ "仮面ライダーダブル". Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  12. ^ "最強アイドルと最強ヒーローがコラボ - livedoor ニュース". 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2010-01-21.

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