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Kamen Rider Build is a Japanese tokusatsu television series broadcast from 2017 to 2018 as part of Toei's Kamen Rider franchise. Its story follows physicist Sento Kiryu, who transforms using Fullbottles and combinations known as Best Matches while investigating his missing identity and the origin of...

Android Kikaider is a Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei and first broadcast in 1972, based on Shotaro Ishinomori's manga. Its protagonist, Jiro, is an android created with an incomplete conscience circuit who transforms into Kikaider and battles robots controlled by the criminal...

Tomu Uchida’s *A Fugitive from the Past* is a significant 1965 Japanese film noir exploring themes of guilt and societal corruption following World War II. The lengthy narrative delves into a complex murder investigation within a starkly realistic setting reflecting post-war Japan's struggles. This...

Kaiketsu Zubat is a Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei and broadcast in 1977. It follows private detective Ken Hayakawa, a guitar-carrying wanderer who adopts the armored identity Zubat while pursuing the killer of his friend. Drawing heavily on Western and wandering-hero imagery,...

Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger is a 2012 Japanese tokusatsu comedy produced by Toei as an unofficial parody of the Super Sentai franchise. It follows three enthusiasts from Akihabara who transform into color-coded heroes and initially experience their battles as elaborate delusions. Made for adult franc...

Toei Spider-Man is a Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei under a licensing agreement with Marvel Comics and broadcast in 1978 and 1979. Its protagonist, motorcycle racer Takuya Yamashiro, gains spiderlike powers and operates the transforming spacecraft Marveller, which becomes the...

Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger was a Japanese Tokusatsu television series produced by Toei, debuting in 2003 as the twenty-seventh installment of the Super Sentai metaseries. It aired on TV Asahi’s “Super Hero Time” block and featured dinosaur-themed action alongside Kamen Rider 555. The show was later ad...

Kamen Rider Zero-One is a Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei and broadcast from 2019 to 2020 as the first Kamen Rider series of Japan's Reiwa era. It follows Aruto Hiden, an aspiring comedian who inherits an artificial-intelligence company and transforms into Kamen Rider Zero-One...

"Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island" is a 2005 Japanese animated film and the sixth feature installment in the "One Piece" franchise. It was directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda, marking his first major theatrical directorial role. The narrative follows the Straw Hat Pirates as they visit...

Shin Kamen Rider is a 2023 Japanese superhero film written and directed by Hideaki Anno. It reinterprets the characters and premise of the original 1971 Kamen Rider television series, following Takeshi Hongo after he is transformed into a cybernetic operative by the organization SHOCKER. Produced wi...

Tokusou Winspector is a Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei and broadcast in 1990 as part of the Metal Hero franchise. It follows the Special Rescue Police Winspector, led by police officer Ryoma Kagawa, who transforms into the armored hero Fire and works with the support robots Bi...

Kyukyu Sentai GoGoFive is a Japanese live-action television series produced by Toei and broadcast from 1999 to 2000 as the twenty-third entry in the Super Sentai franchise. Its five heroes are the Tatsumi siblings, members of a family trained for rescue work who use emergency-service vehicles and eq...

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie Part 1 is a 2023 Japanese anime film produced by Toei Animation. Directed by Tomoya Takahashi, it serves as the direct continuation of the Sailor Moon Crystal reboot series, specifically adapting the final arc of Naoko Takeuchi's original manga known as t...

Giant Robo is a 1967 Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series produced by Toei Company, based on the manga of the same name by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. The show centers on a young boy who gains control of a massive, remote-controlled robot, utilizing it to combat a global criminal syndicate. It was...

Denjin Zaborger is a 1974 tokusatsu television series produced by Toei Company in Japan. The series features a protagonist equipped with a motorcycle that can transform into a humanoid robot, which he uses to combat the criminal organization known as Deathtopia. The concept of a hero with a transfor...

Tokusou Robo Janperson is a tokusatsu television series produced by Toei Company, airing in Japan from 1993 to 1994 as part of the Metal Hero franchise. The title character is a robotic police detective who operates independently without a human host, a structural departure from the armored-human pr...

Kamen Rider ZO is a 1993 tokusatsu film produced by Toei Company as part of the Kamen Rider franchise. The film features a grasshopper-themed cyborg hero with suit designs created by Keita Amemiya, known for his distinctive visual style. Unlike the television series in the franchise, ZO presented a...

Inazuman is a 1973 tokusatsu television series created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by Toei. The show follows Goro Kai, a mutant with psychic powers who transforms into the armored cocoon-like Sanagiman before evolving into the butterfly-themed superhero Inazuman. He battles the n...

Tokusou Robo Solbrain is a Japanese tokusatsu television series that aired in 1991 as part of Toei's Metal Hero franchise. It serves as the second installment in the rescue police trilogy, functioning as a direct sequel to Tokkei Winspector. The narrative follows an elite paramilitary police force e...

Kikaider 01 is a Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei and first broadcast in 1973 as a sequel to Android Kikaider. Based on characters created by manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, it centers on Ichiro, an android hero designated Kikaider 01, who predates Jiro, the original Kikaider,...

Kamen Rider Gavv is a Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei as part of the long-running Kamen Rider franchise. Its central hero, Shoma, transforms into Kamen Rider Gavv through powers associated with snacks, while collectible Gochizo creatures support different forms and abilities. T...

Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger is a Japanese tokusatsu television series broadcast from 1992 to 1993 as the sixteenth entry in Toei's Super Sentai franchise. Its heroes are ancient warriors associated with prehistoric guardian beasts, combining dinosaur imagery with fantasy elements, transforming robots, a...

Mechanical Violator Hakaider is a 1995 Japanese tokusatsu film produced by Toei and directed by Keita Amemiya. It reimagines Hakaider, originally an antagonist from the Android Kikaider franchise, as an antihero who enters the controlled city of Jesus and confronts its authoritarian ruler, Gurjev. T...

Kidou Keiji Jiban, also romanized as Mobile Cop Jiban, is a Toei tokusatsu television series broadcast from 1989 to 1990 as part of the Metal Hero franchise. It follows police officer Naoto Tamura, who is revived as the cyborg Jiban and fights the criminal organization Biolon. Its police procedures,...

Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger is a Japanese tokusatsu television series broadcast from 2003 to 2004 and produced by Toei as the twenty-seventh entry in the Super Sentai franchise. Its heroes partner with sentient dinosaur-like beings called Bakuryuu while fighting invaders from another dimension. Footag...

Dead End Adventure is a 2003 Japanese animated film based on the One Piece manga and anime series by Eiichiro Oda. Directed by Konosuke Uda, it is the fourth feature film in the franchise and the first to have a full-length theatrical running time. The narrative centers on Monkey D. Luffy and his pi...

Tokusou Exceedraft (1992) is a Toei Metal Hero TV series and the third entry in the rescue-police trilogy, featuring a team of augmented human officers rather than robots.

A 1975 Toei tokusatsu series created by Shotaro Ishinomori, featuring three defectors from a demon underground kingdom who become heroes fighting their former rulers.

Tomica Hero: Rescue Force is a 2008 Japanese tokusatsu series co-produced by Takara Tomy, tying the Tomica die-cast vehicle toy line to a specialized civilian rescue team.