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Kamen Rider Black (1987)

Kamen Rider Black poster
Original title
仮面ライダーBLACK
Genre
tokusatsu
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 53 episodes
Rated
10
Rating
8.9 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man is transformed into a powerful masked warrior to fight an evil secret organization. He uses his enhanced abilities and a motorcycle to battle monstrous enemies and protect the world.

action-packeddramaticdarkheroicintensemelodramatic80s-stylefuturistic

What happens

Kamen Rider Black (仮面ライダーBLACK, Kamen Raidā Burakku) is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero-drama television series. It is the eighth installment in the Kamen Rider series and a co-production between Mainichi Broadcasting System and Toei. The series aired on all Japan News Network affiliates from October 4, 1987, to October 9, 1988. For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as Masked Rider Black. The series has spawned a manga adaptation that ran in Shōnen Sunday during its broadcast; a direct sequel, Kamen Rider Black RX, in 1988; and a reboot, Kamen Rider Black Sun, in 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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