Quote:[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.78)]Shin Kamen Rider Is Finally Coming to the U.S., for One Day Only[/color]
[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.65)]Neon Genesis Evangelion, Godzilla, and Ultraman director Hideaki Anno's take on the Tokusatsu icon is coming stateside... but just barely.[/color][color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7)]
By  James Whitbrook
Published April 21, 2023




Screenshot: Toei

Good news! [i]Shin Kamen Rider[/i], [i]Evangelion[/i] creator Hideaki Anno’s radical re-imagining of the legendary Japanese superhero series, is finally making its way to American shores. Bad news: you better be available for [i]one day[/i], because that’s all it’s getting.

Fathom Events has announced that it will theatrically distribute [i]Shin Kamen Rider[/i], which debuted in Japan last month, as a limited screening event across the U.S. on May 31.

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The movie follows Takeshi Hongo, played by [i]The Last Samurai[/i]’s Sosuke Ikematsu, a young man who awakens to find himself transformed into a cyborg agent of the mysterious organization SHOCKER. Rebelling against his new masters and pledging to destroy them, Hongo becomes Kamen Rider, a superhero capable of taking on SHOCKER’s machinations (mostly by riding cool motorbikes and kicking the crap out of them). It’s Anno’s first solo movie in the “Shin” re-imagining franchise he kicked off with director Shinji Higuchi with [i]Shin Godzilla[/i] in 2016, followed by [i]Shin Ultraman[/i] last year.

Tickets for the screenings will go on sale May 5.

Quote:Shin Kamen Rider Comes to Amazon on Barbie Day
The age of the Oppenheimer/Barbie double feature is over. The time of Shin Barben Rider has come.
By
James Whitbrook
Published June 22, 2023



Screenshot: Toei
It’s been a long road for Kamen Rider fans waiting for Shin Kamen Rider to become easier to watch outside of Japan—especially if you missed out on the handful of days it screened theatrically in the U.S.. But good news: for the specific venn diagram of people who love Tokusatsu superheros and shocking amounts of camp and pink, you’re about to have a very fun day.

That’s because Amazon has confirmed that Prime Video will become the streaming home of Shin Kamen Rider in over 200 countries next month on July 21—already the hotly contested movie release date of Summer 2023 thanks to the dual delights of nuclear terror (Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer) and existential dread (Greta Gerwig’s Barbie). The news was released via Shin Kamen Rider’s official site.

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There’s currently no full list of the countries Hideaki Anno’s love letter to the original Kamen Rider series will stream in, other than Japan itself, but it at least means that many more Tokusatsu fans the world over will get official access to the film in ways they simply haven’t had the chance to so far. And it’s honestly, compared to prior films in the Shin series—especially Shin Ultraman—not a bad turnaround, given that Shin Kamen Rider hit Japanese theaters back in March.

But still, nice to now that we can now start creating increasingly unhinged July 21 movie marathon combos. To the people out there planning the Oppenheimer/Barbie/Shin Kamen Rider triple feature, go with god.