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Plot Summary:
A Japanese anthology series centered around a man who transforms into a bug-themed superhero.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, humorous, captivating, suspenseful, anthology, dark, cult classic, action thriller, manga
Best tv shows and movies like Kamen Rider (1971):
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Kamen Rider 555 (2003)
Plot Summary:
Smart Brain Corporation is trying to take over the world using Orphnoch, the next stage in humanity's evolution. The Rider Gears they develop are then stolen and used to stop them from achieving their goal and fight to save humanity.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 632
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai
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Seiju Sentai Gingaman (1998)
Plot Summary:
Three millennia after the first invasion of the Space Pirates Barban, a new set of Gingamen — Hyuuga, Gouki, Hayate, Hikaru, Saya — have been selected to protect the Earth. That is, unless the Barban are able to disrupt the ceremony!.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, mecha
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Kamen Rider Agito (2001)
Plot Summary:
A man named Shoichi Tsugami has lost his memories. He doesn't know who he is, where he came from, or how he came upon his peculiar circumstances. Tsugami, seemingly for no reason, transforms into a powerful superhuman, Agito, whenever in the presence of the beings referred by the police as the "Unknown", a race of powerful monsters that have been causing murders around Tokyo, targeting certain people as their prey. In response, the police department unleash their newest weapon: the G3 powersuit. G3 and Agito don't know whether they should join up and defeat the Unknowns, their common enemy, or to combat each other, keeping the mysteries that entwine them separate. Ultimately, even more mysteries unfold, with the appearance of Kamen Rider Gills, who is on a search to uncover why his father committed suicide. These mysteries and others collide, as the true nature of Agito would ultimately determine the fate of humanity.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, captivating, futuristic, mystical
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Avatarō Sentai Donbrothers (2022)
Plot Summary:
21 years ago, a baby arrived on earth inside of a peach. Today, five warriors based on the legend of Momotarō fight enemies that are inhabiting humans, invisible to the naked eye. Together they fight to take back "gear" based on previous Super Sentai.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, mecha
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Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger (2001)
Plot Summary:
Long ago, a great, destructive war between humans the Orgs was ended; the people of Earth were believed to be the victors. But now, 1,000 years later, the Orgs have returned. And five new warriors have been selected by the Power Animals to claim the responsibility of protecting humanity once again, by becoming Gaorangers!.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, mecha, exciting, captivating, entertaining, wild
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Ultraseven (1967)
Plot Summary:
Ultraseven.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: super sentai
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Kamen Rider: The First (2005)
Plot Summary:
Takeshi Hongo, a man of extraordinarily keen intellect, has his promising future snuffed out by an evil secret society known as Shocker. They create experimental cyborgs in an attempt to take over the world. Eventually, Hongo is turned into a cyborg — Masked Rider 1 — but soon regains his self-awareness. Realizing that he is now controlled by evil, Hongo escapes. Shocker views Hongo as a traitor and dispatches a new, nearly identical cyborg — Masked Rider 2 — to destroy him. But they're too evenly matched and their duel ends in a draw. Growing impatient, Shocker sends two new cyborgs — Snake and Cobra — to kill them both. KAMEN RIDER THE FIRST is a new adaptation of the popular original manga created by Shotaro Ishinomori.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, futuristic, manga
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Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate (2010)
Plot Summary:
Intercepting the transport carrying Foundation X’s new 2nd generation Gaia Memories, the special-ops unit NEVER, led by Daido Katsumi, intend to turn Fuuto into Hell on Earth. With Daido wielding the T2 Eternal Memory and a Lost Driver, granting him power in the form of Kamen Rider Eternal, Fuuto’s Kamen Riders are left powerless as Daido and his allies take control of Fuuto Tower, converting it into a massive laser weapon….
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, futuristic
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Shin Kamen Rider (2023)
Plot Summary:
Shin Kamen Rider is an upcoming Japanese tokusatsu superhero film written and directed by Hideaki Anno, produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series and is a reboot of the original 1971 Kamen Rider series.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags:
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Kamen Rider Black Sun (2022)
Plot Summary:
A remake of the highly popular Kamen Rider Black series has been announced. A new interpretation of a story steeped in the pathos of the hero’s harsh fate, Kamen Rider Black returns to the screen after a hiatus of more than 30 years, reincarnated as Kamen Rider Black Sun.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 765
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: dark, dark fantasy
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Kamen Rider W (2009)
Plot Summary:
A detective, Hidari Shotaro, and an unknown library-boy, Phillip, combine to become a half-green half-black hero to protect Fuuto City by using Gaia Memories.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 701
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, futuristic, super sentai, buddy comedy, detective
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Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land (2013)
Plot Summary:
A rainbow-colored tornado takes Haruto and Koyomi to an alternate reality called "Magic Land". There, its residents never developed science. Instead they put extensive research on magic. As a result, anyone has an ability to use magic, and some of them can even transform into a Kamen Rider Mage. When Haruto arrives, he meets a young orphan called Shiina. As Haruto explores Magic Land, he finds the Emerald Palace and meets Emperor Maya. He also meets Prime Minister Orma, who is known as Kamen Rider Sorcerer, who does not appear what he may seem to be.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Ultraman Ginga (2013)
Plot Summary:
All of the Ultramen and monsters have been turned into figures known as Spark Dolls and became scattered throughout the universe. A young man named Hikaru Raido finds an item called the Ginga Spark which not only allows him to become Ultraman Ginga, but also allows him to Ultraive with the figures to change them to their rightful size and become one with them.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful
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Mashin Sentai Kiramager (2020)
Plot Summary:
A princess from the Land of Jewels comes to Earth with the Kirama Stones to find individuals with strong "shining spirits" known as Kiramental to become the Kiramagers and fight the threat of the Yodon, an imperial army of darkness.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, mecha, humorous, fun
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Ultraman X (2015)
Plot Summary:
A solar flare has awakened Spark Dolls from the depths of the earth and the ocean! Fifteen years later, Daichi Ozora transforms into Ultraman X to battle threats from both aliens and monsters. He is also a member of Xio, a team created to battle the monstrous threats.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, super sentai, anime
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Kamen Rider Den-O (2007)
Plot Summary:
Using the power of the Imagin and the Rider Pass, Ryotaro Nogami is able to travel to different times through the DenLiner. By traveling through time, he transforms into Kamen Rider Den-O, and fights monsters of all sizes, preventing them from altering the past to affect the present and future.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 533
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, humorous, captivating, super sentai, sad, anime
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Kami no Kiba -JINGA- (2018)
Plot Summary:
Makai Knight Jinga Mikage , along with his partner Makai Priest Fusa and younger brother Toma, hunts the beasts known as Horrors that are born from the human malevolence known as “Inga.”.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, dark fantasy
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Ultraman Decker (2022)
Plot Summary:
Seven years have passed since Ultraman Trigger protected the world from various threats. In the present, Kanata Asumi, who is a positive young man, peacefully lives together with his grandpa. One day, while delivering ordered food, he witnessed a catastrophe: Spheres from the outer space attack Earth and Mars. Motivated by saving the precious lives of the people, he merges with Ultraman Decker and joins GUTS-Select, in order to protect what's important.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Amazon Riders (2016)
Plot Summary:
The series revolves around a race of genetically-engineered mutants known as Amazons, around four thousand of which are set loose into a city after a mysterious lab accident. Though normally able to mimic humans and live peaceful lives, the Amazons transform into ravenous flesh-eating monsters when the medicinal suppressant within their armlets runs out after two to three years.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, scary, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, contemplative, anime, psychological
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Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (2012)
Plot Summary:
New A.D. 2012. VAGLASS aims to threaten the city by stealing the Enetron which is a new power source supporting people’s life. GO-BUSTERS will protect the city with their partners, Buddy Roids.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, humorous, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha, detective
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Kamen Rider Movie War Mega Max: Kamen Rider vs. Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO (2011)
Plot Summary:
Movie War Mega Max featured the first seven Kamen Riders (Kamen Rider 1, 2, V3, Riderman, X, Amazon, and Stronger) to commemorate the franchise's 40th anniversary. Trailers for the film shown during airings of Fourze also showed the return of Kamen Rider Double as well as a new form for Kamen Rider OOO. Unlike previous Movie War films, where they were divided into 3 segments, Movie War Mega Max is divided into 5 parts. Like previous Movie War films the secondary Kamen Rider of Kamen Rider Fourze, Kamen Rider Meteor, made his debut in the film.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, tense, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Kamen Rider Wizard (2012)
Plot Summary:
Phantoms appear and attack the human because they create New-Phantoms from hopeless human minds. Haruto Souma uses magic rings to turn into a Kamen Rider Wizard, and fights against Phantoms. Why did he undertake his fate?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fantasy, urban fantasy
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Kamen Rider Zi-O (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the fall of 2018, a time machine appears before a hero born in the year 2000. The hero has always dreamed of becoming a king. A mysterious girl appears from the time machine, telling the hero “I come from the year 2068, a world without hope where the king of demons reigns supreme.” The girl has come from the future in a desperate effort to change her own time. The girl then gives the hero an ominous warning “You will become Kamen Rider Zi-O, King of Time, the demon destined to rule the world.” Can this really be the hero’s fate? This is the story of a Kamen Rider who would be king, who will fight to save the past, present, and future, encountering the various Heisei Kamen Riders throughout space-time.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, super sentai
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Ultraman Z (2020)
Plot Summary:
The newest Ultra Hero is Ultraman Zett, the disciple of Ultraman Zero, who is now celebrating his tenth anniversary! An admirer of Zero, Zett worked hard to become a member of the “Inter Galactic Defense Force.” With a passion inherited from his teacher Zero, Zett is an Ultraman who always looks forward and forges ahead.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 316
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, super sentai, mecha
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Kamen Rider Gaim (2013)
Plot Summary:
Zawame-city is a company town where the Yggdrasil Corporation. In the city, young street-dancers divide up into a few groups. They enjoy dance battle and a sport that fighting between small animals summoned from a different world, but monsters also come after a while. A former street-dancer, Kouta Kazuraba gets a gadget that can him to make a Kamen Rider, wants to protect people against monsters.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 637
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, super sentai, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger vs Keisatsu Sentai Patranger (2018)
Plot Summary:
The Lupin Collection, a vast ensemble of dangerous items acquired by the legendary gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, was stolen by an interdimensional crime syndicate known as Gangler. The Gangler receive opposition from two Super Sentai teams: one being the Lupinrangers who aim to steal back the collection to not only live up their namesake's reputation but also wish back those they have lost. The other team are Patrangers, tasked to uphold justice by retrieving the collection and taking down the members of Gangler. Both teams fight not only the Gangler, but each other, in order to collect the pieces of the Lupin Collection.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha
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Kamen Rider Build (2017)
Plot Summary:
Kamen Rider Build: Transformation Lessons ~The Laws Of Transformation Are Set!~ is a web-exclusive series of Kamen Rider Build, which is released on Bandai JP's official YouTube channel, accompanying the airing of the main series' episode.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, contemplative, super sentai
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Garo: Makai Senki (2011)
Plot Summary:
As long as humans have evil spirits, the demon beast horror will appear from the demon world. To eat the body and soul through the shadow. However, there is light where there is darkness. The Makai Knight and Makai Houshi are fighting somewhere tonight as guardians. Immediately after the seal of Horror Cigarain, Saezima Kouga, who holds the title of Garo, the highest rank of the Makai Knight, is attacked by a man with a red mask, and his chest is stamped with ruin. Koga endures the pain and continues to subdue the horror while hiding the existence of the engraving. What is the identity and purpose.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, anime, dark fantasy
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Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger (2016)
Plot Summary:
The human world is attacked by the space outlaw group “Dethgalien” who have chosen the Earth to be the site of their 100th Blood Game. One human and 4 anthropomorphic animal race “Zyuman” awaken their instincts to become ZYUOHGER and fight to protect all living things.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha, wild
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Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Deboth Army who invaded the Earth in the time of the dinosaurs has revived. Wise God Torin selects 5 brave individuals who can defeat their respective Zyudenryu and give the powers to become the “People of the Strong Dragons”, KYORYUGER.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, mecha