Kamen Rider Wisp

Kamen Rider Wisp
Information
Number:	1 (Topaz) 2 (Reiwa) 31 (Overall)
Number of episodes:	70
First episode:	TBA
Last episode:	TBA
Intro:	Fist Bump
Airdate:	October 4th, 2020 - February 20th, 2022

Kamen Rider Wisp (仮面ライダーウィスプ , Kamen Raidā U~isupu^?) is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series. It is the third series in the Reiwa era. It's the first series where the main character is not original, rather, it's one of SEGA's characters, Sonic the Hedgehog. With this, it's the first time where Kamen Rider crosses over with another franchise, outside of Tokusatsu, in terms of a TV series.

Only July 6th, 2020, it was announced that everything Kamen Rider Wisp-related would be delayed by two months.

Plot

Sonic the Hedgehog, a video game character debuting in 1991, is celebrating his birthday in 3021. All of his friends, from Planet Wisp to Sonic's past, have come to celebrate. However, it's interrupted by the Time Eater, who captures his friends through time portals, while Sonic is sent back to an unknown place, along with the Rookie, and Yacker.

After being given an unpleasant welcome, Rookie gives Sonic a driver and some Wisp capsules. Sonic takes up the mantle of a new rider, named Kamen Rider Wisp, to rescue his friends and must learn to adapt to the new world.

Characters

Kamen Riders

TV Show

Kamen Rider Wisp

Sonic the Hedgehog

Allies

Resistance

• Rookie
• Yacker

Villains

• Eggman Empire
  • Dr. Eggman

Episodes

Main article: List of Kamen Rider Wisp episodes

1. A New Journey (新しい旅, Atarashī Tabi^?)
2. Sonic Boom! (ソニックブーム!, Sonikku Būmu!^?)
   • Tribute to Kamen Rider Zero-One.
3. ???

Movies

1. Tokusatsu vs. Gaming All-Stars (特撮VSゲームオールスター, Tokusattsu Bui Esu Gēmingu Ōrusutāzu^?)
   • Tribute to Kamen Rider W, Kamen Rider Fourze and Kamen Rider Gaim.
2. ???
   • Tribute to ???.

Specials

1. Kamen Rider: Civil War (仮面ライダー：南北戦争, Kamen Raidā: Nanboku Sensō^?)
   • Tribute to Kamen Rider Ryuki, Kamen Rider Amazons and Sonic the Hedgehog series.

Cast

Japanese Cast

• Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ, Sonikku za Hejjihoggu^?): Jun'ichi Kanemaru (金丸 淳一, Kanemaru Jun'ichi^?)
• Rookie (ルーキー, Rūkī^?): Yū Seki (関ゆう, Seki Yū^?)
• Yacker (ヤッカー, Yakkā^?): Aoi Yuki (悠木 碧, Yūki Aoi^?)

Guest Cast

• Rentaro Kagura (神蔵 蓮太郎, Kagura Rentaro^?): Hideya Tawada (多和田任益, Tawada Hideya^?)

English Cast

• Sonic the Hedgehog: Ryan Drummond / Jason Griffith / Roger Craig Smith (still being determined)
• Rookie: Tom Holland
• Yacker: Stephanie Sheh

Guest Cast

• Rentaro Kagura: ???

Suit Actors / Motion Capture

• Sonic the Hedgehog, Kamen Rider Wisp: Yuya Nawata (縄田 雄哉, Nawata Yūya^?)

Songs

Opening Theme:

• "Ready Set Go!"
  • Lyrics: SquigglyDigg, Chi-chi
  • Composition: Victor McKnight
  • Artist: SquigglyDigg, Chi-chi
  • Episodes: 1-70

Ending Themes:

• "Blink of an Eye"
  • Lyrics: SquigglyDigg, Chi-chi
  • Composition: Victor McKnight
  • Artist: SquigglyDigg, Chi-chi
  • Episodes: 1-70 (??)
• "Speed Me Up ~Redux~"
  • Lyrics: Wiz Kahlifa
  • Arrangement: CG5
  • Artist: CG5, NerdOut, FabvL
  • Episodes: Movie

Insert Themes:

• "It Doesn't Matter ~Boost Form~"
  • Lyrics: ???
  • Composition: ???
  • Arrangement: ???
  • Artist: ???
  • Episodes: ???

Trivia

• This is the second-longest season of Kamen Rider, with 70 episodes, just 18 episodes shy of the original Kamen Rider. It would've been 72 episodes, if the show didn't skip December 27th, 2020, and January 3rd, 2021.