Get ready, Kamen Rider fans! 2026 marks the iconic franchise's 55th anniversary. To celebrate this milestone, the official Kamen Rider website just dropped a bombshell today (Jan 7th): a mysterious "Kamen Rider Movie Project" (仮面ライダームービープロジェクト) with a 20-day countdown timer, set to hit zero on January 27th at 12 PM JST. Fans are already buzzing with excitement over the impending big reveal!
The official Kamen Rider website is now fully dedicated to the "Kamen Rider Movie Project" teaser, with the countdown ticking away. With the 55th anniversary looming, it's a sure bet that some epic news is on the horizon.
Looking back, Kamen Rider anniversaries always bring out the big guns with some seriously impactful projects. For the 45th anniversary, we got the 2016 film "Kamen Rider 1," which saw Hiroshi Fujioka reprise his legendary role as Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider 1, directed by Osamu Kaneda.
The 50th anniversary, however, went all out, unveiling three massive projects, including:
Hideaki Anno's directorial and screenwriting masterpiece, "Shin Kamen Rider" (2023)
The Prime Video series "Kamen Rider BLACK SUN" (2022), starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Tomoya Nakamura
And the animated sequel to "Kamen Rider W," "Fuuto PI" (2022), which premiered on U-NEXT and MX.
▼ Commemorative artwork for the 50th anniversary in 2021
With the 55th anniversary just around the corner, the "Kamen Rider Movie Project" is shrouded in mystery. What new works and surprises will it unleash? We'll just have to wait for that countdown to hit zero to find out!