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Kamen Rider Kiva (2008)

Kamen Rider Kiva poster
Original title
仮面ライダーキバ
Directed by
Tasaki Ryuta, Ishida Hidenori, Maihara Kenzo, Tamura Naoki
Cast
Seto Koji, Kato Keisuke, Yanagisawa Nana, Kumai Kohei, Koike Rina, Yamamoto Shoma, Haga Yuria, Nakayama Masei
Genre
tokusatsu
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 48 episodes
Rated
L
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man transforms into a vampire-themed Kamen Rider to fight monsters called Fangires across two different time periods. The story follows his quest to protect humanity while dealing with family secrets and a complicated love life.

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What happens

Kamen Rider Kiva (仮面ライダーキバ, Kamen Raidā Kiba) is the 2008 Kamen Rider Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions. It is the series' ninth series in its Heisei era, and 18th series overall since the debut of Kamen Rider in 1971. It premiered on January 27, 2008, following Kamen Rider Den-O's finale, and aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block with Engine Sentai Go-onger. The series was advertised to have horror film themes, such as Kamen Rider Kiva being a vampire. The first episode began with a commemoration of the series in honor of the seventieth anniversary of Shotaro Ishinomori's birthday. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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