Original “Kamen Rider” Series Coming To Blu-Ray

August 10, 2015August 10, 2015 Christopher Dichosa3890

The original Kamen Rider TV series is coming to Japanese Blu-Ray just in time for the winter holiday season. All 98 episodes of the 1971 tokusatsu television series created by Shotaro Ishinomori will be spread across a 4-box Blu-Ray set.

The first set will be available December 9, 2015 and the fourth and final set will be released on June 8, 2015, which just so happens to be the 45^th anniversary of the television broadcast.

Boxed sets 1-3 will cost 34,560 yen ($278.24 USD) including tax and the 4^th boxed set will cost 27,000 yen ($217.37 USD) including tax.

What are your thoughts on being able to see Masked Rider 1 and Masked Rider 2 fight the evil Shocker in Blu-Ray quality? Is this a boxed set that you’d be purchasing? Leave your answers in the comment section below.

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Christopher Dichosa

Toy collector and tokusatsu enthusiast Christopher is a typical California dude that happens to have shelves of riders, rangers, and monsters. Be sure to follow him on Twitter for toy pictures and episode reactions.