| Kamen Rider Build | |
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| Created by | Shotaro Ishinomori |
| Developed by | Ishimori Productions Toei Company |
| Written by | Shogo Muto |
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| Narrated by | Bucky Koba |
| Opening theme | "Be The One" by PANDORA feat. Beverly |
| Composer | Kenji Kawai |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 49(list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 24–25 min. (per episode) |
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| Network | TV Asahi |
| Release | September 3, 2017 (2017-09-03) – August 26, 2018 (2018-08-26) |
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Kamen Rider Build (仮面ライダービルド, Kamen Raidā Birudo)[1] is a Japanese tokusatsu drama and the 28th entry of Toei Company's Kamen Rider metaseries. It is the nineteenth series to debut during the Heisei era. The show premiered on September 3, 2017, following the finale of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, joining Uchu Sentai Kyuranger and later, Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger in the Super Hero Time line-up.
A cataclysmic event involving an artifact of an ancient Martian civilization has created a supernatural barrier called the Skywall which separates Japan into three territories, Touto, Hokuto, and Seito. Along with creating a complex power dynamic between the three regions, the event brings waves of monsters called Smash down on the country, who terrorize and attack the citizens.
The protagonist, Sento Kiryu, is an amnesiac taken in by a mysterious cafe owner named Soichi Isurugi who provides him with a belt called the Build Driver that allows him to turn into Kamen Rider Build, which he uses to fight the Smash on his own. Build has different powers determined by the combination of a pair of Fullbottles inserted into the belt, each containing the essences of organic and inorganic matters. Full bottles are obtained by defeating the Smash and absorbing their essence into a Fullbottle and then purifying it.
Throughout the story, Sento learns that his forgotten past is connected to the events of the Skywall Catastrophe, that the Smash is the work of a larger organization attempting to rule the world, and that his allies are not what they seem. In his search for the truth about his past and a solution to the crisis, Sento makes several allies who also gain the ability to transform and fight with him, encounters several nemeses who brutally push back at his attempts to save humanity, and is forced to question who is on what side, and what the sides even are.
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The Kamen Rider Build trademark was registered by Toei on May 18, 2017.[2] A press conference was later held on August 1, 2017 to reveal the cast and crew, plot details, the suit and bike of Kamen Rider Build. A trailer was also shown and later released on Youtube later that same day.[3]
The motif of Kamen Rider Build's main form was "rabbit" and "tank". The motif of the form was suggested by Takahito Omori, who found the combination interesting.[4]
One of the villains, Night Rogue, has their suit recolored for Kamen Rider MadRogue, which appeared from episode 38 onwards.[5][6][7]
The monsters of the series is called "Smash". They were designed in a way so that their motif are not immediately obvious in order to surprise the audiences when their essence was captured by the main characters after their defeat.[8][9]
Similar to the previous series, half of each episode's title is an English word, though spelled in katakana instead of English letters, and the other is written in kanji. Also, each episode briefly shows mathematics and/or physics formulas, which forms the episode number.
Every episode of the series were written by Shogo Muto.
| No. | English title Original Japanese title |
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| 1 | "The Ones Who Were The Best Match" Transliteration: "Besuto Matchi na Yatsu-ra" (Japanese: ベストマッチな奴ら) | September 3, 2017 (2017-09-03) |
| 2 | "Innocent Runaway" Transliteration: "Mujitsu no Rannawei" (Japanese: 無実のランナウェイ) | September 10, 2017 (2017-09-10) |
| 3 | "Borderline of Justice" Transliteration: "Seigi no Bōdārain" (Japanese: 正義のボーダーライン) | September 17, 2017 (2017-09-17) |
| 4 | "The Testimony Will Be Zero" Transliteration: "Shōgen wa Zero ni Naru" (Japanese: 証言はゼロになる) | September 24, 2017 (2017-09-24) |
| 5 | "Dangerous Identity" Transliteration: "Ayaui Aidentitī" (Japanese: 危ういアイデンティティー) | October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01) |
| 6 | "Moonsault of Anger" Transliteration: "Ikari no Mūnsaruto" (Japanese: 怒りのムーンサルト) | October 8, 2017 (2017-10-08) |
| 7 | "The Devil's Scientist" Transliteration: "Akuma no Saientisuto" (Japanese: 悪魔のサイエンティスト) | October 15, 2017 (2017-10-15) |
| 8 | "Memory Starts to Talk" Transliteration: "Memorī ga Katarihajimeru" (Japanese: メモリーが語りはじめる) | October 22, 2017 (2017-10-22) |
| 9 | "The Trap of Project Build" Transliteration: "Purojekuto Birudo no Wana" (Japanese: プロジェクトビルドの罠) | October 29, 2017 (2017-10-29) |
| 10 | "Technology of Destruction" Transliteration: "Metsubō no Tekunorojī" (Japanese: 滅亡のテクノロジー) | November 12, 2017 (2017-11-12) |
| 11 | "Burn, Dragon" Transliteration: "Moero Doragon" (Japanese: 燃えろドラゴン) | November 19, 2017 (2017-11-19) |
| 12 | "Conspiracy Theory" Transliteration: "Inbō no Seorī" (Japanese: 陰謀のセオリー) | November 26, 2017 (2017-11-26) |
| 13 | "Who Takes Off the Veil?" Transliteration: "Bēru o Nugu no wa Dare?" (Japanese: ベールを脱ぐのは誰？) | December 3, 2017 (2017-12-03) |
| 14 | "The False Kamen Rider" Transliteration: "Itsuwari no Kamen Raidā" (Japanese: 偽りの仮面ライダー) | December 10, 2017 (2017-12-10) |
| 15 | "Judge Sento Kiryū!" Transliteration: "Kiryū Sento o Jajji Shiro!" (Japanese: 桐生戦兎をジャッジしろ！) | December 17, 2017 (2017-12-17) |
| 16 | "The Weaponry Hero" Transliteration: "Heiki no Hīro" (Japanese: 兵器のヒーロー) | December 24, 2017 (2017-12-24) |
| 17 | "The Outbreak of the Rider Wars" Transliteration: "Raidā Wōzu Kaisen" (Japanese: ライダーウォーズ開戦) | January 7, 2018 (2018-01-07) |
| 18 | "The Golden Soldier" Transliteration: "Ōgon no Sorujā" (Japanese: 黄金のソルジャー) | January 14, 2018 (2018-01-14) |
| 19 | "The Forbidden Item" Transliteration: "Kindan no Aitemu" (Japanese: 禁断のアイテム) | January 21, 2018 (2018-01-21) |
| 20 | "Devil's Trigger" Transliteration: "Akuma no Torigā" (Japanese: 悪魔のトリガー) | January 28, 2018 (2018-01-28) |
| 21 | "The Unstoppable Hazard" Transliteration: "Hazādo wa Tomaranai" (Japanese: ハザードは止まらない) | February 4, 2018 (2018-02-04) |
| 22 | "Victory of Tears" Transliteration: "Namida no Bikutorī" (Japanese: 涙のビクトリー) | February 11, 2018 (2018-02-11) |
| 23 | "The Phantom of the West" Transliteration: "Nishi no Fantomu" (Japanese: 西のファントム) | February 18, 2018 (2018-02-18) |
| 24 | "The Man Called Rogue" Transliteration: "Rōgu to Yobareta Otoko" (Japanese: ローグと呼ばれた男) | February 25, 2018 (2018-02-25) |
| 25 | "The Idol's Awakening" Transliteration: "Aidoru Kakusei" (Japanese: アイドル覚醒) | March 4, 2018 (2018-03-04) |
| 26 | "The Treacherous Deathmatch" Transliteration: "Uragiri no Desumatchi" (Japanese: 裏切りのデスマッチ) | March 11, 2018 (2018-03-11) |
| 27 | "The Counterattack Hero" Transliteration: "Gyakushū no Hīrō" (Japanese: 逆襲のヒーロー) | March 18, 2018 (2018-03-18) |
| 28 | "The Genius Arrives With a Tank" Transliteration: "Tensai ga Tanku de Yattekuru" (Japanese: 天才がタンクでやってくる) | March 25, 2018 (2018-03-25) |
| 29 | "The Opening Bell Rings" Transliteration: "Kaimaku no Beru ga Naru" (Japanese: 開幕のベルが鳴る) | April 1, 2018 (2018-04-01) |
| 30 | "The Truth of the Pandora Box" Transliteration: "Pandora Bokkusu no Shinjitsu" (Japanese: パンドラボックスの真実) | April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08) |
| 31 | "Surge Out, Magma!" Transliteration: "Hotobashire Maguma!" (Japanese: ほとばしれマグマ！) | April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15) |
| 32 | "A Programmed Tragedy" Transliteration: "Puroguramu Sareta Higeki" (Japanese: プログラムされた悲劇) | April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22) |
| 33 | "The Final Weapon: Evol" Transliteration: "Saishū Heiki Eboru" (Japanese: 最終兵器エボル) | April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29) |
| 34 | "The Best Match is Dissolved" Transliteration: "Hanarebanare no Besuto Matchi" (Japanese: 離れ離れのベストマッチ) | May 6, 2018 (2018-05-06) |
| 35 | "The Tower of Destruction" Transliteration: "Hametsu no Tawā" (Japanese: 破滅のタワー) | May 13, 2018 (2018-05-13) |
| 36 | "Evolto Hunts Planets" Transliteration: "Eboruto wa Hoshi o Karu" (Japanese: エボルトは星を狩る) | May 20, 2018 (2018-05-20) |
| 37 | "The Ultimate Phase" Transliteration: "Kyūkyoku no Fēzu" (Japanese: 究極のフェーズ) | May 27, 2018 (2018-05-27) |
| 38 | "Mad World" Transliteration: "Maddo na Sekai" (Japanese: マッドな世界) | June 3, 2018 (2018-06-03) |
| 39 | "The Unstoppable Genius" Transliteration: "Jīniasu wa Tomaranai" (Japanese: ジーニアスは止まらない) | June 10, 2018 (2018-06-10) |
| 40 | "The Final Revolution" Transliteration: "Shūmatsu no Reboryūshon" (Japanese: 終末のレボリューション) | June 17, 2018 (2018-06-17) |
| 41 | "The Truth of the Best Match" Transliteration: "Besuto Matchi no Shinjitsu" (Japanese: ベストマッチの真実) | June 24, 2018 (2018-06-24) |
| 42 | "Legacy of Doubt" Transliteration: "Giwaku no Regashī" (Japanese: 疑惑のレガシー) | July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) |
| 43 | "Another Build" Transliteration: "Mō Hitori no Birudo" (Japanese: もう一人のビルド) | July 8, 2018 (2018-07-08) |
| 44 | "The End of Evolto" Transliteration: "Eboruto no Saigo" (Japanese: エボルトの最期) | July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15) |
| 45 | "The Scientist of Hope" Transliteration: "Kibō no Saientisuto" (Japanese: 希望のサイエンティスト) | July 22, 2018 (2018-07-22) |
| 46 | "An Oath to Be the One" Transliteration: "Chikai no Bī Za Wan" (Japanese: 誓いのビー・ザ・ワン) | July 29, 2018 (2018-07-29) |
| 47 | "Zero Degree Flames" Transliteration: "Zero-do no Honō" (Japanese: ゼロ度の炎) | August 12, 2018 (2018-08-12) |
| 48 | "To a World of Love & Peace" Transliteration: "Rabu Ando Pīsu no Sekai e" (Japanese: ラブ＆ピースの世界へ) | August 19, 2018 (2018-08-19) |
| 49 (Finale) | "The Tomorrow Build Will Create" Transliteration: "Birudo ga Tsukuru Ashita" (Japanese: ビルドが創る明日) | August 26, 2018 (2018-08-26) |
Kamen Rider Build made his debut as a cameo in Kamen Rider Ex-Aid the Movie: True Ending, prior to his first chronological debut in episode 44 of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid.
AMovie War film, titled Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Final: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Rider (仮面ライダー平成ジェネレーションズ FINAL ビルド&エグゼイドwithレジェンドライダー, Kamen Raidā Heisei Jenerēshonzu Fainaru Birudo Ando Eguzeido Wizu Rejendo Raidā) was released on December 9, 2017. Aside from the casts of Kamen Rider Build and Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, Shu Watanabe and Ryosuke Miura (Kamen Rider OOO), Sota Fukushi, Shion Tsuchiya and Takushi Tanaka (Kamen Rider Fourze), Gaku Sano (Kamen Rider Gaim), and Shun Nishime and Takayuki Yanagi (Kamen Rider Ghost) returned to reprise their respective roles. The musician and writer Kenji Ohtsuki portrayed the main antagonist of the movie, Mogami Kaisei/Kaiser.[10] The events of the movie took place between episodes 14 and 15.
Kamen Rider Build the Movie: Be the One (劇場版 仮面ライダービルド Be The One, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Birudo Bī Za Wan) was released in Japan on August 4, 2018, double billed with Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger en Film.[11] Actors Masanobu Katsumura, Takashi Fujii, and Rena Matsui portrayed the main antagonists of the movie. It also featured a cameo appearance of Build's titular successor, Kamen Rider Zi-O, before his proper debut in his own series. The events of the movie took place between episodes 45 and 46.[12][13][14]
AMovie War film, titled Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever (仮面ライダー平成ジェネレーションズ FOREVER, Kamen Raidā Heisei Jenerēshonzu Fōebā) was released on December 22, 2018, featuring the casts of Kamen Rider Build and Kamen Rider Zi-O along with Kamen Rider Den-O. The events of the film took place after the end of the main series.[15]
Build New World (ビルド NEW WORLD, Birudo Nyū Wārudo) is a set of two V-Cinema releases that are written by Shogo Muto and serve as spin-offs of characters from the Kamen Rider Build series. The events of the V-Cinemas take place after the end of the main series.
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