We learned back in April 2021 with the 50th-anniversary of the debut of Kamen Rider in Japan back in 1971 that the first full anime series for the property is in the works. It’ll be called FUUTO PI and was already picked up by Funimation Crunchyroll as it’s adapting the manga of the same name which debuted in 2017.
With the show making an August 1st, 2022 debut, Crunchyroll has now rolled out a rare new clip for it, this one from the fifth episode, where Tokime wants to protect people just like Shotaro!
The series will be available to viewers in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.
Yousuke Kabashima is directing it based on the series composition done by Tatsuo Higuchi. Hidekazu Ebina is handling the character designs with Studio KAI handling the animation production.
The newly announced Japanese cast includes:
- Makoto Furukawa as Ryū Terui
- Mikako Komatsu as Akiko Narumi
- Kouki Uchiyama as Philip
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Shotaro Hidari
- Akira Sekine as Tokime
- Daisuke Ono as Yukiji Bandō
The opening theme being “Private Eye” by former live-action Kamen Rider, Mitsuru Matsuoka. The ending theme song is “Tsumi to Batsu to Underground” from Big Gadgets featuring Aya Kamiki with TAKUYA.
Plot Concept: The story is canonically set after the events of Kamen Rider W (the 11th of ther Heisei era), which aired in 2009. It follows private investigator Shotaro Hidari and the mysterious boy Philip, two strangers who become one Kamen Rider!
Theme songs:
Previous promos and visuals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHk6ZZUF_LQ&ab_channel=AniTV
