Kamen Rider Black | |
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Genre | Tokusatsu Superhero fiction Science fiction Action/Adventure Dark Fantasy Drama Conspiracy |
Created by | Shotaro Ishinomori |
Based on | Have You Seen The Kamen Rider?! by Shotaro Ishinomori |
Written by | Shōzō Uehara (eps 1-12) Noboru Sugimura (eps 13-51) |
Directed by | Yoshiaki Kobayashi |
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Narrated by | Kiyoshi Kobayashi Issei Masamune |
Composer | Eiji Kawamura |
Country of origin | Japan |
No. of episodes | 51 |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Toei Company Mainichi Broadcasting System |
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Network | JNN (MBS, TBS) |
Release | October 4, 1987 October 9, 1988 | –
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Written by | Shotaro Ishinomori |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 1987 – 1989 |
Volumes | 6 |
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Kamen Rider Black (仮面ライダーBLACK, Kamen Raidā Burakku) is a Japanese tokusatsu superhero-drama television series. It is the eighth installment in the Kamen Rider series and a co-production between Mainichi Broadcasting System and Toei. The series aired on all Japan News Network affiliates from October 4, 1987, to October 9, 1988. For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as Black Kamen Rider.
The series has spawned a manga adaptation that ran in Shōnen Sunday during its broadcast; a direct sequel, Kamen Rider Black RX, in 1988; and a reboot, Kamen Rider Black Sun, in 2022.