Kamen Rider (1979 TV series)

Kamen Rider
Original logo
Also known asNew Kamen Rider
Kamen Rider '79
Skyrider
GenreTokusatsu
Superhero fiction
Science fiction
Action/Adventure
Fantasy
Created byShotaro Ishinomori
Developed byMasaru Igami
Written byMasaru Igami
Kimio Hirayama
Takashi Ezure
Katsuhiko Taguchi
Tsutomu Tsukushi
Kyoko Sagiyama
Ikuro Suzuki
Directed byMinoru Yamada
Katsuhiko Taguchi
Atsuo Okunaka
Hideo Tanaka
Kimio Hirayama
Shigeho Hirota
StarringHiroaki Murakami
Kimiko Tanaka
Naoko Fushimi
Kaori Tatsumi
Mie Suzuki
Sayako Eguchi
Jin Takase
Nobuo Tsukamoto
Shinzo Hotta
Yosuke Naka
ComposerShunsuke Kikuchi
Country of originJapan
No. of episodes54
Production
ProducersToru Hirayama (Toei)
Masashi Abe (Toei)
Running time20–25 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkJNN (MBS, TBS)
ReleaseOctober 5, 1979 (1979-10-05) –
October 10, 1980 (1980-10-10)
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Kamen Rider (仮面ライダー, Kamen Raidā), later retitled as New Kamen Rider (仮面ライダー(新), Kamen Raidā Shin) and also known as Skyrider (スカイライダー, Sukairaidā), is a Japanese tokusatsu television series created by Shotaro Ishinomori and the sixth program in the Kamen Rider Series. The series was produced by Toei Company. The series aired every Friday at 7:00 PM on MBS from October 5, 1979 to October 10, 1980.

The 1979 series was initially intended as a reboot of the original 1971 series of the same name, going back to the basic, essential themes established in that show, but eventually it was established that all the previous Kamen Rider shows were canonical to it, with previous Riders appearing.