Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight is the title of the American adaptation of the Japanese tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Ryuki, the twelfth installment in the Kamen Rider Series. It is being brought to television by Steve and Michael Wang. The series had a sneak premiere on December 13, 2008, but started official broadcasting on January 3, 2009 [1] and will play throughout the year, with a wide-release theatrical film expected to release the following year.[2] Adness Entertainment chose to adapt Ryuki over the other Heisei Rider shows as it has a large number of characters (Ryuki had 13 Riders in total) as well as a female Rider.[3] It is also the first tokusatsu adaptation of a Kamen Rider series since Saban's Masked Rider, which was adapted from Kamen Rider BLACK RX. The show currently airs in the United States on The CW Television Network during its The CW4Kids programming block, airing a sneak preview of the series on December 13, 2008, with the world premiere on January 3, 2009.[4] The show will air in Mexico on Televisa in 2009.[5]
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Plot
While searching for his missing father, Kit Taylor finds an Advent Deck - a special card deck that allows the carrier to transform into a Kamen Rider and utilize unique weapons and powers - and uses it to become Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. He butts heads with Len, who serves as Kamen Rider Wing Knight, but the pair join forces after Kit learns that the wicked General Xaviax has imprisoned his father and is using him and the other humans that his monsters abduct to gain power and rebuild his homeworld. In addition to training Kit to fight like a Kamen Rider, Len tells Kit all about the twelve Riders who banded together as the protectors of Ventara - a mirror world opposite to our own - to take Xaviax down. However, due to the traitorous actions of Kit's predecessor, the original Dragon Knight, General Xaviax destroyed most of the Riders via a process called Venting - which traps defeated Riders in the "Advent Void" between dimensions forever - and stole their Advent Decks. Furthermore, Xaviax has also begun using his shapeshifiting abilities to coerce humans into joining him, giving each one an Advent Deck and the corresponding Kamen Rider powers, with which they fight to eliminate Kit and Len.
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Official
Interviews
- Henshin Justice Unlimited - Nathan Long Interview
- Kamen Rider Generations - Matt Mullins Interview
- Cold Coffee - Steve Wang Interview
- SciFi Japan - Steve Wang Interview
- ↑ "'Kamen Rider Dragon Knight comes to CW4Kids at the beginning of the New Year". http://henshinjustice.com/2008/11/17/kamen-rider-dragon-knight-coming-much-sooner-than-you-thought/. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
- ↑ "The story, as presented at the 2007 Licensing Show". http://picsmcgee.com/albums/Licensing%202007/scan_03.jpg. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
- ↑ "仮面ライダーが米国で製作中 新たな“クール・ジャパン”？ - 日経トレンディネット". http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/pickup/20080421/1009658/?top. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ↑ "「Kamen Rider Dragon Knight」全米放映決定！ | 東映［テレビ］". http://www.toei.co.jp/release/tv/1174795_963.html. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
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