Kamen Rider Hyper Battle
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Kamen Rider Hyper Battle (仮面ライダーハイパーバトル Kamen Raidā Haipā Batoru?) Video/DVDs have been yearly direct to video/DVD shorts since the birth of the New Generation (Millennium Series/Post Ishinomori) Kamen Riders. The shorts are usually 10 to 15 minutes long and are meant to be comical in tone, ranging from out of character actions to musicals. This is the Kamen Rider rendition of an tokusatsu omake.
[edit] Super Secret Video: Kamen Rider Kuuga Versus the Strong Monster Go-Jiino-Da
Godai awakens from a nap at the Pore Pore Tea Cafe and finds a scrapbook with newspaper clippings about his battles as Kuuga. As he reminices about each fight, gaining each of his forms and the Goram attachment for the Trychaser, Godai gets a call (presumably from Ichijou, it's never made clear who it is) about a new Gronji monster. Godai heads over and transforms into Kuuga to face off against the beast who introduces himself Go-Jiino-Da (in the Grongi language of course).
After a fierce battle, Kuuga manages to defeat Go-Jiino-Da via Mighty Kick, however, when he stands up, he has suddenly transformed into Rising Mighty Form!
This marks the first on screen appearance of Rising Mighty prior to its appearance in the series. Because of this and the simplicity of this special compared to the others, it's debatable whether or not this could be declared canon.
[edit] Kamen Rider Agito: Three Riders - Super Battle Video
Telepi, the Terebi-kun mascot, is in a bit of a pinch as three Unknowns have invaded his world. In order to protect himself, he needs to find a strong bodyguard and fast. So, in order ti find on, he decides to bring the three Riders from Kamen Rider Agito to his world. All of a sudden Shoichi, Makoto and Ashihara appear and are puzzled. Telepi explains the situation and states that nobody is leaving until he decides who wins the title of the "Ultimate Rider". Ashihara flatout refuses and attempts to escape while Shoichi and Makoto are trapped.
The two of them explain a bit about their powers and Telepi decides after hearing it that Makoto wins the title. All of a sudden a silly looking party hat appears on Makoto's head that doesn't seem to want to come off. Shoichi laughs at this and Makoto then states that Shoichi whould win, leading into a recap of the abilities of each of their motocycles; Agito's Machine Tornader and G3's Guard Chaser. Upon finding out about Machine Tornader's Slider Mode, Telepi gets excited and Shoichi gets the title transferred to him.
Ashihara suddenly reappears out of a cupboard and immediately Makoto and Shoichi try to get him to win the title when talking about Gills' abilities. As a result, Ashihara gets the title but before they can laugh, an alarm goes off, the Unknown have finally arrived. The three Riders waste no time and rush out to stop them.
In the end, Telepi decides that there is no one Ultimate Rider and decides that they should all win. As he says this, the party hat appears over all three pictures of the Riders sitting on Telepi's table...
This is the first time that a Hyper Battle Video (now called a Super Battle Video) would have an advertised gimmick. In this case, the three Riders displayed exclusive attacks to that video. For example, Agito used a double Flame Saber attack called the "Double Saber Slash" with his Flame Form when fighting against his Unknown, G3 revealed a new Grappling Hook add-on known as the GG-02 (Salamander) and Gills would unleash a new Double Hell Stab.
Out of all three of these new weapons, only the GG-02 made it into the series.
Since then, each subsequent Hyper Battle Video has had an exclusive gimmick or event that would not otherwise happen in the show.
[edit] Kamen Rider Ryuki: Ryuki vs. Agito
The main character of Kamen Rider Ryuki falls asleep in his newspaper agency. He wakes up thanks to the smell of smoke, once fully alert, he notices that his office is on fire. He passes out and awakens in a warehouse fully transformed. He is then saved from an attack by Kamen Rider Ouja, who is acting oddly like a hero. Kamen Riders Zolda and Knight then appear and say they are all there to protect freedom and peace. They are then attacked by a group of the enemy villains from Kamen Rider Agito, led by Kamen Rider Agito Burning Form. All of a sudden, the original Kamen Rider Agito appears and helps the riders in their fight against the evil one. Kamen Rider Ryuki & Agito work together to perform the Double Rider Kick. Shinji then wakes up to realise that it is all a dream.
[edit] Kamen Rider 555: Hyper Battle Video (AKA Faiz The Musical)
What starts out with a regular day with Takumi, Mari and Keitaro suddenly turns into a musical number thanks to a mysterious new boombox created by Smart Brain. As it turns out, Yuji, Yuka and Naoya has the same boombox and are greeted by a rapping Smart Lady who reveals that it's part of a new plan by Smart Brain to invoke people into singing all over Japan. The reason: To get the three Rider Belts back.
After a recap opera covering the abilities of the Faiz, Kaixa and Delta Gears, Takumi and Mari and suddenly transported to another dimension of sorts with Yuji, Yuka and Noya now in flashy outfits and Smart Lady still rapping with three revived Orphenoch. A fight breaks out betwen Takumi and the Orphenoch in a West Side Story-like dance sequence before Takumi transforms into Faiz. Smart Lady tries to stop him but to no avail.
Mari then reveals the Faiz Sounder, the boombox that Smart Lady had been using as part of the plan and hands it to Faiz. After inserting the Mission Memory, the boombox converts into two cannons which Faiz uses to finish off the Orphenochs.
In the end, it turns out that the whole ordeal was nothing more than a dream that Takumi was having while Mari and Keitaro are cleaning and humming.
The whole video itself was sparked by a contest running in TV Magazine where readers could submit designs for new weapons for Faiz. The winner would have their weapon illustrated by professional artists for the magazine and it would appear in the Faiz Hyper Battle Video. In this case, the winning design ended up being the Faiz Sounder and thus, the plot of the video was created around it.
Additionally, this would the last Hyper Battle Video released on VHS. From Blade onward, the installments would be released on DVD.
[edit] Kamen Rider Blade: Blade vs. Blade
Kotarou continues writing his book chronicling the tales of the Kamen Rider. Kenzaki walks in and then leaves and just as soon, another Kenzaki enters, which is revealed to be Trial E in disguise of Kenzaki. Something is different about this Kenzaki though, he clones the Blade belt and card just as Kotarou notices that this isn't the real Kenzaki. This leads to a battle where the three fellow riders must decide which rider is the clone and which is the real Blade. This is followed in by humorous moments in which Tachibana mistakes one of Kenzaki's traits to be that of the clone, then shooting him in the rear with the Garren Rouze, as well as Mitsuki hitting Kenzaki over the head with the Leangle Rouze. In the end, Hajime uses some smart thinking to find out who the real Kenzaki. The fake Kenzaki wears a scarf, even in Rider form, something that has not been used since the Kamen Rider ZX special.
[edit] Kamen Rider Hibiki: Asumu Henshin: You can be an Oni too
Asumu wonders to himself if he could ever become a Rider like Hibiki. He wants to fight the monsters and protect humanity in the name of justice. The Disc Animals come to him and say that it is possible for normal humans like him to become Oni. Each Disc Animal then gives Asumu a mini-lesson talking about the factors required to become an Oni. Each of these lessons envelops a short summary of what happened in the series. In the end, when Sabaki needs help fighting off the Bakaneko being assisted by Super Douji and Super Hime, Asumu goes to the rescue. At first the henshin fails but after summoning his courage and not giving up, he is able to tap into the power of the Oni and fully become a Rider, just like Hibiki. This is the only time you see the Disc Animals actually talking and none of the TV characters appear except for Asamu, Douji, and Hime.
[edit] Kamen Rider Kabuto: Birth! Gatack Hyper Form!!
The video starts with Kagami watching a video of the appearance of Hyper Kabuto at the Bistro La Salle, and he too wants to use the Hyper Zecter. However, the Gatack Zecter tells him that the Hyper Zecter is owned by Kabuto and only Tendou can wield it. When Tendou arrives at the Bistro, Kagami says to Tendou that he wants to be him. Tendou says this is impossible, but the Kabuto Zecter says that he can teach Kagami to be more like Tendou, of which there are five secrets. The first is cooking, at which Tendou tries to teach Kagami how to make an omelette, but Kagami smashes the egg against the bowl. The second secret is being nice to your little sister or brother, where Kagami acts like an older brother for Juka. This is sabotaged at the appearance of a cockroach in the Tendou household and Kagami's attempts to exterminate it.
The Zecters then go on to describe the different personalities of the Riders and their hissatsu attacks: Kabuto's confidence and Avalanche Slash; TheBee's leadership, selflessness and Rider Sting; Drake's love of freedom and Rider Shooting; Sasword's constant reach for the top and Rider Slash; Kick Hopper's destructiveness and Rider Jump & Kick; and Gatack's "doing one's best to be straightforward" (or so the Gatack Zecter thinks) and Rider Cutting.
When Kagami is done tearing apart the Tendou's living room, the third secret is revealed: always listening to ones grandmother's or grandfather's words. Tendou says one of his grandmother's sayings, and then Kagami tries to remember what his grandfather says, but he is met with his grandfather screaming at him and asking why he never calls. The fourth secret, fashion sense, is then described, showing off Tendou's natural ability to look good in whatever he wears. Kagami tries to emulate this with various animal costumes and a sumo costume, until realizing how hard it is to look good in everything. The fifth secret is fighting smart and stylishly, at which Kagami tries to fight several Worms. He takes the Pupaworms down, but when it comes to the two Camponotusworms, he gets distracted by trying to perform a perfect Rider Kick.
He then realizes that it is better to just be himself, after which Tendou recalls that his grandmother said that it was all right to imitate others if only to find out more about yourself. Then, two Hyper Zecters appear, and Hyper Kabuto and Hyper Gatack take down the two remaining Worms with double Hyper Kicks. In the end, Kagami only wants to have a meaning for his name, for which Tendou gives him one that says "The man who washes (Arata) his face in front of a mirror (Kagami) everyday." Kagami does not like it, to which Tendou jokes that Kagami must not wash his face in the morning.
| Created by Shotaro Ishinomori and Toru Hirayama | ||
| TV series: | Shōwa: | Kamen Rider • V3 • X • Amazon • Stronger • Skyrider • Super-1 • Black • RX |
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| Heisei: | Kuuga • Agito • Ryuki • 555 • Blade • Hibiki • Kabuto • Den-O | |
| Specials: | Birth of the 10th! (ZX) • Prologue (Shin) • SD • Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider • Hyper Battle series | |
| Original films: | ZO • J • World • The First | |
| Manga: | Spirits • Card Warrior | |
| American series: | Saban's Masked Rider • Kamen Rider Dragon Knight | |
