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Kamen Rider Kiva

Kamen Rider Kiva is the title of the 2008 Kamen Rider tokusatsu Japanese television drama produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions. It premiered on January 27, 2008, following the finale of Kamen Rider Den-O. It will be a part of TV Asahi's 2008 Super Hero Time block with Engine Sentai Go-onger. Advertisements show a horror film theme to the series, with the motif for Kamen Rider Kiva as a vampire. The advertising slogan for the series is "Wake up! Release the chains of destiny. The first episode began with a commemoration of the series in honor of the seventieth anniversary of Shotaro Ishinomori's birthday.

Synopsis
Twenty-two years after the disappearance of his father, Wataru Kurenai (portrayed by Koji Seto) lives in an infamous "haunted house" where he is destined as Kamen Rider Kiva to fight life-draining monsters belonging to the Fangire Clan, the very race his father fought years ago before his disappearence. Wataru must also deal with a second rider in the series named Kamen Rider IXA who is part of an organization seeking to destroy the Fangire menace, as well as kill Kiva for being a greater threat than the Fangire themselves. The story is split between the actions of Wataru in the present (2008) and his father Otoya in the past (1986), slowly revealing the story behind the Fangire Clan and Kiva.

Characters
The characters of Kamen Rider Kiva are spread throughout two time periods, each related to one another. There are the actions of Otoya Kurenai and the Fangire Hunter Yuri Aso in the year 1986 that result in the various Fangire that persist to the current day, in 2008, with Otoya's son Wataru (as Kamen Rider Kiva) and Yuri's daughter Megumi (also a Fangire Hunter), dealing with the Fangire to prevent deaths.

More Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kamen_Rider_Kiva_characters

Fangire
The Fangire are stained glass-based vampires who feed off of the Life Energy of humans to survive, with which they can disguise themselves as humans. Because of this, aware humans have formed a group to hunt the Fangire. However, thus far only Kiva and IXA have been able to defeat and shatter a Fangire. Though Kiva captures its soul, IXA wipes out the Fangire's existence.

More Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fangire

Climax Deka
Movie Edition: Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka opened in theaters on April 12, 2008. It features a meeting between the characters of Kiva and the characters of Kamen Rider Den-O. They team up to fight a new evil Imagin who has teamed up with the Fangire Clan. Alongside Climax Deka, a short film titled Momotaros's Let's Go Kiva! will be shown as double feature.

More Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamen_Rider_Den-O_%26_Kiva:_Climax_Deka

The King of Hell Castle
Movie Edition: Kamen Rider Kiva: The King of Hell Castle will be in theaters on August 9, 2008. It will feature two new Riders who have been shown in silhouettes in Japanese children's magazines, Kamen Rider Rey, who is a monster hunter named Takato Shiramine played by Syouma Yamamoto, partnered to Rey Kivat (Yukivat), Reikibatto (voiced by Norio Wakamoto) and the villian of the movie Takashi Sugimura, a death-row inmate who transforms into Kamen Rider Arc, portrayed by Ken Horiuchi of the comedy troupe Neptune.

More Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamen_Rider_Kiva:_The_King_of_Hell_Castle

Taken from Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamen_Rider_Kiva
&& edited by zafz
Last Update : 11/6/2008 15:48(GMT+8)
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Latest Kamen Rider Kiva Episode: 25 (NEW!)
Veoh Link: www.veoh.com/videos/v15193117zBPmzDcS
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Previous Episodes can be found in the forum thread, Kamen Rider Kiva Episode Links.

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