Kamen Rider Amazon
| Kamen Rider Amazon | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Science fiction Action/Adventure Fantasy, Horror |
| Created by | Shotaro Ishinomori |
| Developed by | Isao Daimon |
| Directed by | Masahiro Tsukada |
| Starring | Tōru Okazaki Akiji Kobayashi Mariko Matsuoka Yoji Matsuda Hirohisa Nakata |
| Narrated by | Gorō Naya |
| Opening theme | "Amazon Rider is Here" |
| Ending theme | "Amazon Da-Da-Da!!" |
| Composer | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production companies | Mainichi Broadcasting System Toei Company |
| Original release | |
| Network | ANN (MBS, NET) |
| Release | October 19, 1974 – March 29, 1975 |
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Kamen Rider Amazon (仮面ライダーアマゾン, Kamen Raidā Amazon) is a Japanese tokusatsu, horror, adventure television series. The fourth installment to be produced as part of the Kamen Rider Series, the series aired in Japan from late 1974 to early 1975 on the NET and Mainichi Broadcasting System. Unlike preceding Kamen Riders who were based on grasshoppers, the character of Kamen Rider Amazon was based on a komodo dragon or other large lizard.
It was the shortest Kamen Rider series ever, lasting only 24 episodes. While this was believed to be due to the show's heavy amounts of graphic violence, in reality, this was due to a pre-planned changeover between networks airing the program, from NET and its ANN network to Tokyo Broadcasting System and its JNN network. This was a result of ABC switching to the former and MBS switching to the latter, which requested a clean break in airing series, thus resulting in a pre-planned end at episode 24. Its timeslot on NET was taken over by Himitsu Sentai Gorenger a week after its finale aired.