![]() This slowed down briefly until the release of The New Kamen Rider and Kamen Rider Super-1 as well as the Kamen Rider ZX TV special. Another recurring element is the "henshin pose," which Riders strike before they transform. Unlike Super Sentai/ Power Rangers, however, these monsters are rarely grown to gigantic size. These are essentially human-sized, diminutive equivalents of the gigantic daikaiju that destroy cities in franchises such as Godzilla. These usually monstrous opponents are referred to as kaijin. ![]() Kamen Riders also use a variety of hi-tech weapons and finishing moves to defeat their enemies, notably the powerful Rider kick. Staple design elements include the Riders having an insectoid theme for their cyborg suits, though there are exceptions to this, such as the piranha-esque Kamen Rider, Amazon. RELATED: Kamen Rider: 10 Best Heisei Era Shows This setup would heavily inform the franchise going forward, particularly its 20th-century entries. Individually and together, they face the various monsters and mutants sent forth by Shocker to enact their plans of world domination. ![]() Hongo is later joined by another survivor, Hayato Ichimonji, and the two become the Kamen Riders, a grasshopper-themed duo of cyborgs. The original series focused around Takeshi Hongo, the seemingly sole survivor of experimentation at the hands of the terrorist organization Shocker, which is comprised of former Nazis. The Kamen Rider franchise was started in 1971 by Shotaro Ishinomori, who would become the godfather of the tokusatsu genre.
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