Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy

Episode Red

The first of these films is Episode Red: Zero no Star Twinkle (EPISODE RED ゼロのスタートウィンクル, Episōdo Reddo Zero no Sutā Towinkuru; "Zero's Star Twinkle"). The catchphrase for the movie is "Crossing time, fighting for love." (時空を超えて―愛のための戦い。, Jikū o koete - Ai no tame no tatakai.). It is described as a slasher and it focuses on Kamen Rider Zeronos, particularly his red Zero Form. The story is that of the younger Yuto Sakurai and Airi Nogami, his older self's wife, and the circumstances behind their relation. It premiered in theaters on May 22, 2010. A vinyl Deneb toy is to be released as a special gift for the film. Yuichi Nakamura reprises his role as Yuto Sakurai and Wakana Matsumoto reprises as her role as Airi Nogami in this film.

Plot

After a review of the love between Yuto Sakurai and Airi Nogami, with the man sacrificing his existence to help his past incarnation act as Kamen Rider Zeronos in order to protect both Airi and time itself, scene opens to Airi and Ryotaro are renovating the Milk Dipper. Seigi Ozaki and Issē Miura arrive while Ryotaro is suddenly possessed by Momotaros who spirits him off while telling him that the DenLiner has been hijacked by an Imagin. But on the way, M-Ryotaro senses two thugs attacking Airi during her walk and arrives in time to beat them out of thinking they are in league with the Imagin, only to hear that a young man put them up to it. Seeing Yuto leaving the scene makes it more confusing as M-Ryotaro loses him before Urataros calls that the DenLiner stopped thanks to the manual brakes.

When Ryotaro gets to the DenLiner, he learns the card the Imagin put in the DenBird had no clear date and causes the train to travel anywhere within the month January 2010. Furthermore, as the Owner of the DenLiner reassures the passengers, the time train would eventually crash if the brakes fail. When Momotaro accuses Yuto of being behind it, Deneb appears from the passenger car to explain he engineered a kidnapping so Yuto can be with Airi. But the plan never occurred as Yuto kicked him out the ZeroLiner upon hearing the plan. When the DenLiner's brakes start to fail, the Owner sends Ryotaro and the Tarōs to anchor the train to May 2010 by tying it to a concrete block outside of the sands of time.

Back at the Milk Dipper, two thugs appear at the Milk Dipper to intimidate Airi, but Yuto appears just in time to save her. He is about to leave when Airi offers him sweet coffee. From outside, the mastermind of the two attacks, Hiroshi Kikuchi, fumes that his plan to save Airi failed as Piggies Imagin mocks him while reminding him if their a contract where Kikuchi is promised the chance to impress Airi and gain her love. Sensing the Imagin, Momotaros is unable to act as he hurt his back from working. Urataros possesses Ryotaro and finds the Piggies Imagin, fighting him as Den-O Rod Form before Deneb arrives for support as Piggies Imagin spirits Kikuchi. After Urataros, Ryotaro and Deneb return to the Milky Dipper as they find Yuto and Airi talking before the latter laments how she may never be with Sakurai as the former knows he wants to see her again. Deneb takes it hard before he meets up with Yuto to apologize before he gets a plan to fix everything while the Piggies Imagin plans his own scheme. Leaving for his time as the Owner measures everything in response to a call from the Station Master, Ryotaro leaves to find the ropes anchoring the DenLiner to May 2010 snapping, leaving the boy on his own to find the Imagin and contract holder.

Episode Blue

The second film, Episode Blue: The Dispatched Imagin is Newtral (EPISODE BLUE 派遣イマジンはＮＥＷトラル, Episōdo Burū Haken Imajin wa Nyūtoraru) follows on June 5, featuring the blue-colored Kamen Rider New Den-O. The catchphrase for the movie is "Goodbye, friend!? At the end of the fight there will be..." (さよなら、相棒!? 戦いの先にあるものとは―。, Sayonara, aibō!? Tatakai no saki ni aru mono towa -.). The story is themed around "Friendship" and features Kotaro's and Teddy as their partnership is put to the test. The director Kenzō Maihara states that fans of the TV series will enjoy this part of the trilogy, and he also has intentions to turn New Den-O's story into a brand new Den-O television series. Dori Sakurada reprises his role as Kotaro Nogami in this film.

Plot

At the Time Terminal, the PA system announces to the patrons of the Time-Crossing Flea Market that a ticket thief has been appearing over the past few days, and that they should keep an eye out. The thief appears, defeating several security guards while getting several time tickets, including one dated for June 10, 2010. Arriving to the present, the thief is cause off caught by Ryotaro as he becomes Den-O Sword Form. During the fight, the thief is revealed to be the Mantis Imagin as she strikes Den-O's ankle to cripple him as DenLiner saves Den-O before his opponent could finish him off. With Momotaros and Ryotaro unable to continue, the Owner reassures the DenLiner crew that they still have hope as Sieg arrives. The Owner clarifies that Sieg is not the one he summoned, but Kotaro and Teddy who are investigating the crime scene at the Time Terminal. Before they leave, after saving Kotaro from numerous cases of bad luck, Teddy spots something in one of the Time Terminal's stands: a good luck necklace that has a pendant of two interlocked stars. Arriving to the DenLiner as it docks, Kotaro learn from the Owner that his contract with Teddy is complete as the contract, and now the Owner needs his assistance due to his special nature. Teddy reluctantly agrees, taking on the name "Aleksandrovic" to go with the change of contract. Kotaro leaves the DenLiner to continue after the Mantis Imagin, with no one to protect him from his bad luck.

Arriving to the Milk Dipper, Kotaro overhears Airi, Seigi Ozaki, and Issē Miura discussing about a girl named Miku Uehara who saw a doppelganger of herself. Kotaro has an elephant-costumed Kintaros arrives to Miku's house as he finds the girl with her grandmother and the "doppelganger", the latter with sand pouring from her body. By then, the Mantis Imagin decides to intervene by distracting Kotaro to drive him away from the family. After Kintaros possesses him to reduce the bad luck inflictions, Kotaro becomes New Den-O to fight the Mantis Imagin with Kintaros as the Kintaono axe. But the Kintaono is too heavy for New Den-O to wield as Mantis Imagin beats them before taking her leave.

Back on the DenLiner, while Kohana tends to Kotaro's injuries, the Owner orders "Aleksandrovic" to polish the special spoons they found. When Ryotaro asks about a way for Teddy to help Kotaro again, the Owner explains that any derailment from his current contract could destroy the Imagin. Though, Kotaro accepts as he decides to investigate the two Mikus, with Ryutaros possessing Kotaro in the process. Arriving at the grandmother's house, R-Kotaro discovers that the grandmother is testing the two Mikus to see which of the two is the real Miku by having both make asazuke. Though R-Kotaro points out that the second cannot be real due to the sand pouring from her, the grandmother explains that she will decide. After a tie from the cooking, the two Mikus play tennis. As Ryutaros goes off to play on his own, leaving him to realize that Teddy protected him from his bad luck and he took him for granted, Kotaro ponders what is going on until the Mantis Imagin deems the contract completed. Luckily, the DenLiner arrives in time pick up Kotaro and the second Miku and drop off Ryotaro who joins with Ryutaros to become Den-O Gun Form. While glad that the other girl is gone, Miku leaves to her grandmother's dismay.

Episode Yellow

The final film is Episode Yellow: Treasure de End Pirates (EPISODE YELLOW お宝DEエンド・パイレーツ, Episōdo Ierō Otakara DE Endo Pairētsu; "Treasure of the End Pirates"). The catchphrase for the movie is "Traveling through worlds, a brilliant complete treasure!?" (世界を超えた―華麗にお宝コンプリート!?, Sekai o koeta - Karei ni otakara konpurīto!?). It was released on June 19; advertising for the film currently focuses on the cyan-colored Kamen Rider Diend who only has minor yellow accents on his suit and a yellow Diend Kamen Ride card. The story features Daiki Kaito traveling to the World of Den-O again, chased by Reiji Kurosaki as Kamen Rider G Den-O for his crimes against the timeline. Kimito Totani stated in his blog that he reprises his role as Daiki Kaito from Kamen Rider Decade for the film. Kamen Rider Diend's Complete Form appears in the film.

Plot

At night in Tokyo, a man jumps from building to building, leaving sparkly sand as he moves. Momotaros and the other Tarōs pursue him, with Momotaros thinking he met him before as the figure easily dispatches his pursuers. When Ryotaro arrives, the Spider Imagin possessing the man emerges, having completed the contract with the boy's appearance. Ryotaro uses a Rider Ticket on the man, chasing the Imagin to November 22, 2008, with Den-O Sword Form quickly taking the Spider Imagin out. As Momotaros and the others look around for the Rider Pass he tossed aside while performing the finishing attack, they see the possessed man from before holding it, revealing that he used the Spider Imagin to possess him so he could hijack the DenLiner as Momotaros remembers who this man is: "that robber rider" Daiki Kaito. Stranding Ryotaro and the Tarōs in 2008, Daiki holds the Owner and Naomi at gunpoint as the Owner reveals his plans to steal time failed as the DenLiner can only go to the date on the ticket as it was a strong memory that keeps it from fading. Realizing that there is a treasure nearby, Daiki runs off to find it.

Seeing the DenLiner over the distance, Ryotaro and the Tarōs chase after it until Ryotaro sees Daiki running off in another direction. He finds Daiki confronting his past self, shooting him dead to Ryotaro's shock. However, past Daiki's wound heals as he runs off with Daiki shooting him more. Soon as the Tarōs arrive, a man suddenly appears from another point in time with a golden revolver trained on Daiki, Officer Reiji Kurosaki. He has come to arrest Daiki for threatening to cause a time paradox before transforming into Kamen Rider G Den-O as Daiki responds by becoming Kamen Rider Diend. Ryotaro and the Taros watch G Den-O as he overwhelms Diend with his advanced arsenal and the intelligence of the artificial Imagin Eve before arresting him. However, with the Time Police taking over, G Den-O arrests the Tarōs on the charge of altering time and deporting Ryotaro to his time. Only Urataros escapes long enough to witness past Daiki stealing a briefcase from the Kurosaki estate, pushing aside a young boy who got in his way, before G Den-O finds him. Back in the present time, as Issē and Ozaki look at the drawing Ryotaro made of their family, Ryotaro talks to Kohana of what Urataros told him prior to his arrest. Overhearing their talk, Ozaki remembers that a theft occurred at the Kurosaki estate on that date: someone broke in and stole the family's golden gun. But it leaves the question: why did Daiki go to that moment of his past?

At the Time Police's jail, the Imagin try to talk their way out as Daiki complains about their nosy racket as Urataros reveals he knows about his robbery. By then, Kurosaki arrives with two guards, ignoring the Taros while telling him they will be judged while phrasing what Urataros heard Daiki tell a young boy in the past. By then, the Owner appears to bail the Taros before being arrested as an accomplice with the DenLiner now Time Police property as Daiki manages to grab one of the guards, faking a wish to give up his life of crime to sneak the keys off of the man and using them to free himself, throwing the keys to the Imagin a bit out of reach. After failed attempts to get the keys, they find that Ryotaro and Kohana have been arrested as well and put into the cell next to the Tarōs who are still trying to reach the keys. Ryotaro beckons for Momotaros to come closer, which Momotaros realizes what is being said as he possesses the boy, beating the guards with Kohana as she lets everyone free. Ryotaro says they still have to get to the DenLiner, and the Owner gives him an Infinity Ticket to solve the mystery while he has a meeting with the Station Master.

Kamen Rider G Den-O

The only new Kamen Rider that appears in the Cho-Den-O Trilogy films is Kamen Rider G Den-O (仮面ライダーＧ電王, Kamen Raidā Jī Den'ō). Reiji Kurosaki (黒崎 レイジ, Kurosaki Reiji; portrayed by Yūta Furukawa) is a member of a space-time police force called the G Men (Ｇメン, Jī Men). By using the artificial Doberman Pinscher Imagin Eve (イブ, Ibu; voiced by Hiroki Takahashi) trapped in a Rider Pass (ライダーパス, Raidā Pasu) and the G Den-O Belt (Gデンオウベルト, Jī Den'ō Beruto), Kurosaki is able to transform into G Den-O. G Den-O is thematically based on an American police car. G Den-O is able to create a barrier and do time-travel without using a time train. Like Den-O and New Den-O, G Den-O is armed with a DenGasher (デンガッシャー, Dengasshā), which he primarily uses in either Gun Mode (ガンモード, Gan Mōdo) or the new Jitte Mode (十手モード, Jitte Mōdo). G Den-O's Full Charge attack is the World Punish (ワールドパニッシュ, Wārudo Panisshu), and when it is activated, Eve proclaims "Perfect Weapon!", shortly before a barrier encompasses G Den-O so he can attack with a series of shots from Gun Mode while the red and blue lights on his Den-Kamen light up. G Den-O's Full Charge attack using Jutte Mode called the World End (ワールドエンド, Wārudo Endo) was not used in the movie. He is ultimately destroyed by the combined efforts of Kamen Rider Diend Complete Form (with Kamen Riders G4, Ryuga, Orga, Glaive, Kabuki, Caucasus, Arc and Skull) and Kamen Rider Den-O Climax Form.

Cast

All films' cast

Ryotaro Nogami (野上 良太郎, Nogami Ryōtarō): Takuya Mizoguchi (溝口 琢矢, Mizoguchi Takuya)

Kohana (コハナ, Kohana): Tamaki Matsumoto (松元 環季, Matsumoto Tamaki)

Airi Nogami (野上 愛理, Nogami Airi): Wakana Matsumoto (松本 若菜, Matsumoto Wakana)

Naomi (ナオミ): Rina Akiyama (秋山 莉奈, Akiyama Rina)

Seigi Ozaki (尾崎 正義, Ozaki Seigi): Akira Nagata (永田 彬, Nagata Akira) of RUN&GUN

Issē Miura (三浦 イッセー, Miura Issē): Ryo Ueno (上野 亮, Ueno Ryō)

Owner/Station Master (オーナー／駅長, Ōnā/Ekichō): Kenjirō Ishimaru (石丸 謙二郎, Ishimaru Kenjirō)

Episode Red cast

Yuto Sakurai (桜井 侑斗, Sakurai Yūto): Yuichi Nakamura (中村 優一, Nakamura Yūichi)

Hiroshi Kikuchi (菊地 宏, Kikuchi Hiroshi): Hideo Nakaizumi (中泉 英雄, Nakaizumi Hideo)

Yuto Sakurai (Adult): Tomonobu Okano (岡野 友信, Okano Tomonobu)

Episode Blue cast

Kotaro Nogami (野上 幸太郎, Nogami Kōtarō): Dori Sakurada (桜田 通, Sakurada Dōri)

Miku Uehara (上原 美来, Uehara Miku): Yuko Takayama (高山 侑子, Takayama Yūko)

Sanae Uehara (上原 早苗, Uehara Sanae): Reiko Kusamura (草村 礼子, Kusamura Reiko)

Voice actors

All films' cast

Momotaros (モモタロス, Momotarosu): Toshihiko Seki (関 俊彦, Seki Toshihiko)

Urataros (ウラタロス, Uratarosu): Kōji Yusa (遊佐 浩二, Yusa Kōji)

Kintaros (キンタロス, Kintarosu): Masaki Terasoma (てらそま まさき, Terasoma Masaki)

Ryutaros (リュウタロス, Ryūtarosu): Kenichi Suzumura (鈴村 健一, Suzumura Ken'ichi)

Episode Red cast

Deneb (デネブ, Denebu): Hōchū Ōtsuka (大塚 芳忠, Ōtsuka Hōchū)

Piggies Imagin (ピギーズイマジン, Pigīzu Imajin): Kazuya Nakai (中井 和哉, Nakai Kazuya), Kōsuke Toriumi (鳥海 浩輔, Toriumi Kōsuke), Tetsuya Kakihara (柿原 徹也, Kakihara Tetsuya)

Episode Blue cast

Sieg (ジーク, Jīku): Shin-ichiro Miki (三木 眞一郎, Miki Shin'ichirō)

Teddy (テディ, Tedi): Daisuke Ono (小野 大輔, Ono Daisuke)

Mantis Imagin (マンティスマジン, Mantisu Imajin): Michie Tomizawa (富沢 美智恵, Tomizawa Michie)

Episode Yellow cast

Eve (イブ, Ibu): Hiroki Takahashi (高橋 広樹, Takahashi Hiroki)

Spider Imagin (スパイダーイマジン, Supaidā Imajin): Akira Sasanuma (笹沼 尭羅, Sasanuma Akira)

DienDriver Voice, K-Touch Voice: Mark Okita (マーク 大喜多, Māku Ōkita)

Music

Episode Red theme

"Action-Zero 2010"

Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi

Composition: LOVE+HATE & Shuhei Naruse

Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse

Artist: Yuto Sakurai & Deneb (Yuichi Nakamura & Hōchū Ōtsuka)

Episode Blue theme

"Double-Action Strike form"

Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi

Composition: LOVE+HATE & Ryo (of defspiral)

Arrangement: Ryo (of defspiral)

Artist: Kotaro Nogami & Teddy (Dori Sakurada & Daisuke Ono)

Episode Yellow theme

"Climax-Action ~The Den-O History~" (Climax-Action ～The 電王 History～)

Lyrics: Shoko Fujibayashi

Composition: Shuhei Narusei & LOVE+HATE

Arrangement: LOVE+HATE

"Climax-Action ~The Den-O History~" is a medley of all of the "Climax Jump" and "Double-Action" variations, as well as "Action-ZERO" and "Real-Action", composed for the TV series. It does not have a specified artist.

In addition to these three singles, the Cho-Den-O Trilogy: Original Soundtrack (超電王トリロジー ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK, Chō Den'ō Torirojī Orijinaru Saundotorakku) was released on May 26, 2010, and the Kamen Rider Den-O Super CD Box Set (仮面ライダー電王 超CD-BOX, Kamen Raidā Den'ō Chō Shī Dī Bokkusu) consisting of 20 CDs and 2 DVDs, amassing a total of 350 songs, is scheduled for release on July 28, 2010, including the new song "Climax Jump for U".