We’re a month away from getting our first animated adaptation of a Kamen Rider Series, FŪTO TANTEI: Kamen Rider Skull no Shōzō (FUUTO PI: Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull). The film’s Official Twitter account released a special visual and the film’s first clip, when Young Shotaro first meets his future sensei.
The film’s newest visual features Sokichi Narumi (Kamen Rider Skull) and young Shotaro. This special illustration was drawn by the manga’s illustrator, Masaki Sato. The Official Kamen Rider website interviewed Sato regarding the illustration and the theme behind it.
Also announced recently was a new joint screening and stage greeting event for the film will be held at Shinjuku Wald 9 in Tokyo on October 21 with director Yosuke Kabashima and cast members Yoshimasa Hosoya (Shotaro) and Koki Uchiyama (Phillip) in attendance. Tickets are currently on sale now for the event, you can purchase them here. Please Note: The Speakers are subject to change, and the tickets are on sale for a limited time. Toei will be adapting the story from Riku Sanjō and Masaki Satō’s Fūto Tantei‘s Sixth Volume, which also is an extension of Kamen Rider W’s episode, Begins Night. The film will debut in theaters for a limited viewing in Japan, the date has been set for November 8, 2024.
Futō Tanteī is a continuation of Toei’s Kamen Rider W television series that was written by Riku Sanjō and illustrated by Masaki Satō. It made its debut in Shogakukan’s Big Comic Spirits Magazine in August 2017 and is entering its final arc. The series has been collected into 16 volumes so far. The manga inspired an anime adaptation and stage play.
How were the Gaia Memories created? How did Double’s battle begin? To answer Tokime’s questions, Shotaro quietly begins to talk about how he met and parted with his master, Sokichi Narumi, a man whom he looked up to as his “boss”.
When the Dopants, monsters who utilize Gaia Memories began to operate in the windy city of Futo, a young Shotaro became Sokichi’s assistant and followed in his footsteps despite being called ‘half-boiled.”
Shotaro becomes increasingly impatient with Sokichi, who secretly operates on the side as Kamen Rider Skull. Meanwhile, the Narumi Detective Office receives a phone call… It is a request from hell that will lead Sokichi and his team to a fateful night!
What will Shotaro see as he follows Sokichi’s whereabouts to deliver the “trump card” brought to him by the mysterious client?
Shotaro and Philip, the duo detectives who met on the first night they became Kamen Rider Double.
The full story will finally be revealed…
Source: Official Kamen Rider Website (1,2)
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