It’s silly to me." The decision was also made to distance themselves from Saban's Masked Rider, which was a commercial failure. That’s like calling Darth Vader 'Armored Sith Lord'. I’m just not a fan of using descriptions to name a character such as ‘Masked’. Wang had insisted on keeping the Kamen moniker instead, stating "growing up, I never watched ‘Masked Rider’… it was always KAMEN RIDER and seeing it called ‘Masked’ always felt strange. The Wang brothers hired their long-time friend Nathan Long to help them create their adaptation in a similar vein as Power Rangers, splicing together costumed Japanese footage along with their own original footage of suits and American actors.įor foreign markets, Toei had originally marketed the series as Masked Rider until the release of Kamen Rider W. Komine brought on long-time Rider fans Steve and Michael Wang to be show-runners, who chose to adapt Ryuki due to the large number of Riders ( Ryuki had 13 Riders in total) as well as a female Rider. In July 2006, producer Aki Komine received special permission from Toei to develop a pilot for an American adaptation of Kamen Rider, who was pleased with the results and granted them the right to adapt one installment from the franchise.
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