Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka

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Movie Edition Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka (劇場版　仮面ライダー電王＆キバ　クライマックス刑事（デカ）, Gekijōban Kamen Raidā Den'ō ando Kiba Kuraimakkusu Deka^?) is a Japanese tokusatsu film in the Kamen Rider franchise. Climax Deka is the second film to feature the characters of the television drama Kamen Rider Den-O and the first to feature the characters of Kamen Rider Kiva. It opened in theaters on April 12, 2008 as part of the Kamen Rider Spring Festival (春の仮面ライダー祭, Haru no Kamen Raidā Matsuri^?). In its first weekend, it took the top spot at the Japanese box offices,^[1] unseating the Japanese release of Cloverfield.^[2]

[edit] Plot

Set after the events of Kamen Rider Den-O, the Den-Liner gang have set up a detective agency called the Den-Liner Police (デンライナー署, Denrainā Sho^?) who seek to keep the Imagin that survived the Junction Point in check. However, these Imagin, including the Pink Rabbit Imagin (ピンクラビットイマジン, Pinku Rabitto Imajin^?) and the Clown Imagin (クラウンイマジン, Kuraun Imajin^?), have been united under the evil Negataros (ネガタロス, Negatarosu^?). Negataros has stolen an extra Den-O Belt allowing him to transform into Kamen Rider Nega Den-O (仮面ライダーネガ電王, Kamen Raidā Nega Den'ō^?) in order to frame Momotaros for an incomprehensible crime. In addition, he has teamed up with members of the Fangire Clan to recreate the perfect world of the Imagin. While working with detective Kazuya Suzuki to uncover the the wherabouts of the Negataros Corps, Ryotaro Nogami, the Tarōs, and Kohana encounter Wataru Kurenai and Shizuka, who are looking for the members of the Fangire Clan that Negataros allied himself with. But they all fall for Negataros' trap, saved in time by Yuto Sakurai and Deneb, who are also working incognito themselves. Soon after the three Kamen Riders team up to stop Negataros and the Fangire Clan members aiding him. Negataros' armor is obliterated by the Double Rider Kick of Kiva & Den-O Climax Form before Negataros ceases to exist all together when Castle Doran, Den-Liner and Zero-Liner destroy him and the Nega Den-Liner for good.^[3][4][5]

[edit] Characters

Main article: List of Kamen Rider Den-O characters

• Ryotaro Nogami/Kamen Rider Den-O (野上 良太郎／仮面ライダー電王, Nogami Ryōtarō/Kamen Raidā Den'ō^?): A very unlucky young man who discovers the Rider Pass, discovers that he is an individual known as a Singularity Point, and the man destined to become Den-O to fight the Imagin and protect time and space.
• Hana (ハナ, Hana^?): Another Singularity Point like Ryotaro, Kohana (コハナ, Kohana^?), as she came to be called as she regressed in age, helps in protecting time and space while keeping the Tarōs in line.
• Naomi (ナオミ, Naomi^?): The waitress of the dining car of the Den-Liner who is extremely hyper and does not get surprised easily, sticking to her belief of making only coffee despite her batch being poorly made to non-Imagin.
• Owner (オーナー, Ōnā^?): The strange man who owns the Den-Liner and has a habit of speaking in riddles when it comes to the nature of time. He becomes Chief Inspector of the Den-Liner police, forming to get the Rider Pass back from Negataros.
• Airi Nogami (野上 愛理, Nogami Airi^?): Ryotaro's elder sister, Hana's future mother and owner of the Milk Dipper.
• Yuto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronos (桜井 侑斗／仮面ライダーゼロノス,, Sakurai Yūto/Kamen Raidā Zeronosu^?): A past incarnation of Airi's fiance who disappeared from time and Hana's future father. He has fought alongside Ryotaro as his ally.
• Seigi Ozaki (尾崎 正義, Ozaki Seigi^?): Cassanova journalist who is always looking for a new good story to restore his magazine,sometimes revealing Imagin attacks to Ryotaro this way. A regular customer at Milk Dipper, he always tries to court Airi.
• Issē Miura (三浦 イッセー, Miura Issē^?): A self-styled super counselor, Miura is also a Milk Dipper regular who tries to court Airi. Miura is the only minor character to be somewhat aware of the Tarōs' possessions of Ryotaro, believing them to be "evil spirits".

Main article: List of Kamen Rider Kiva characters

• Wataru Kurenai/Kamen Rider Kiva (紅 渡／仮面ライダーキバ, Kurenai Wataru/Kamen Raidā Kiba^?): A shy young man who teams up with Kivat to fight the Fangire race and protect humanity from them.
• Kivat-bat the 3rd (キバットバットⅢ世, Kibattobatto Sansei^?): Called "Kivat" for short, he is a solid character with dry wit, tending to have a bitter attitude. He formed a partnership with Wataru to give him the power of Kiva.
• Shizuka Nomura (野村 静香, Nomura Shizuka^?): A preteen girl who is able to get around the shyness of Wataru, being a motherly figure to him as he teaches her how to play the violin.

[edit] Imagin

The Imagin (イマジン, Imajin^?) are the main antagonist group in Kamen Rider Den-O. Only the good Imagin have survived the Junction Point while most of the evil Imagin are erased from history. The four Tarōs (タロウズ, Tarōzu^?) become members of the newly made Den-Liner Police (デンライナーポリス, Denrainā Porisu^?), a law-enforcement group to prevent changes in the past by Imagin who also survived the Junction Point and form an army under Negataros.

• Momotaros (モモタロス, Momotarosu^?): The hot-headed Imagin that first possesses Ryotaro, aiding him physically or in Sword Form to fight other Imagin. Now that his contract is fulfilled, Momotaros is framed by the mysterious Negataros. Momotaros is seen using a revolver on the movie poster.
• Urataros (ウラタロス, Uratarosu^?): The smooth-talking Imagin that possesses Ryotaro, aiding him physically or in Rod Form to fight other Imagin. Urataros is seen using a pistol on the movie poster.
• Kintaros (キンタロス, Kintaros^?): The physically strongest of the Imagin that are linked to Ryotaro, aiding him physically or in Ax Form to fight other Imagin. Kintaros is seen using a shotgun on the movie poster.
• Ryutaros (リュウタロス, Ryūtarosu^?): The most childish of the Tarōs Ryotaro became contracted to, aiding him physically or in Gun Form to fight other Imagin. Ryutaros is seen using a sniper rifle on the movie poster.
• Deneb (デネブ, Denebu^?): The sole Imagin contracted to Yuto, aiding him physically or in Vega Form to fight other Imagin.

[edit] Fangire

The Fangire Clan (ファンガイア族, Fangaia Zoku^?) are the main antagonist group in Kamen Rider Kiva.

• Horse Fangire (ホースファンガイア, Hōsu Fangaia^?):

[edit] Movie-exclusive characters

• Kazuya Suzuki (鈴木 一哉, Suzuki Kazuya^?): A faint-hearted rookie detective investigating the crimes committed by the Negataros Corps.
• Kazuma Suzuki (鈴木 一馬, Suzuki Kazuma^?): A detective in 1986 who is Kazuya's father. He died on duty, just before Kazuya was born.
• Seiya Kuroki (黒木 誠也, Kuroki Seiya^?): A criminal on the wanted list who aid Negataros in return for world domination.
• Negataros/Kamen Rider Nega Den-O (ネガタロス／仮面ライダーネガ電王, Negatarosu/Kamen Raidā Nega Den'ō^?): The villain of the movie. He and a select few Imagin are stray Imagin who evaded the fate of the other evil Imagin when Kai ceased to exist.
• Pink Rabbit Imagin (ピンクラビットイマジン, Pinku Rabitto Imajin^?): One of Negataros's Imagin followers. His form is based on legend of the The Tortoise and the Hare (ウサギとカメ, Usagi to Kame^?). His contractor is a robber.
• Clown Imagin (クラウンイマジン, Kuraun Imajin^?): One of Negataros's Imagin followers. His form is based on the story The Sixteenth Evening (プルチネッラのお話, Puruchinerra no Ohanashi^?) from The Picture-Book without Pictures. His contractor is Sarah (セーラ, Sēra^?), Kuroki's righthand-man.

[edit] Short film

Alongside Climax Deka, the animated short Momotaros's Let's Go Kiva!" (モモタロスのキバっていくぜ！, Momotarosu no Kiba tte Ikuze!^?) will be shown as double feature.^[6] In it, Kivat-bat the 3rd describes the history of motion pictures with the Tarōs acting out the various historical scenes.

[edit] Cast

• Ryotaro Nogami (野上 良太郎, Nogami Ryōtarō^?) - Takeru Satoh (佐藤 健, Satō Takeru^?)
• Yuto Sakurai (桜井 侑斗, Sakurai Yūto^?) - Yuichi Nakamura (中村 優一, Nakamura Yūichi^?)
• Wataru Kurenai (紅 渡, Kurenai Wataru^?) - Koji Seto (瀬戸 康史, Seto Kōji^?)
• Naomi (ナオミ, Naomi^?) - Rina Akiyama (秋山 莉奈, Akiyama Rina^?)
• Airi Nogami (野上 愛理, Nogami Airi^?) - Wakana Matsumoto (松本 若菜, Matsumoto Wakana^?)
• Kohana (コハナ, Kohana^?) - Tamaki Matsumoto (松元 環季, Matsumoto Tamaki^?)
• Kazuya Suzuki (鈴木 一哉, Suzuki Kazuya^?) - Ryouta Murai (村井 良大, Murai Ryōta^?)^[α]
• Otoya Kurenai (紅 音也, Kurenai Otoya^?) - Kouhei Takeda (武田 航平, Takeda Kōhei^?)
• Shizuka Nomura (野村 静香, Nomura Shizuka^?) - Rina Koike (小池 里奈, Koike Rina^?)
• Seiya Kuroki (黒木 誠也, Kuroki Seiya^?) - Kenji Takechi (武智 健二, Takechi Kenji^?)
• Kazuma Suzuki (鈴木 一馬, Suzuki Kazuma^?) - Ryoji Morimoto (森本 亮治, Morimoto Ryōji^?)^[β]
• Owner (オーナー, Ōnā^?) - Kenjirō Ishimaru (石丸 謙二郎, Ishimaru Kenjirō^?)
• Seigi Ozaki (尾崎 正義, Ozaki Seigi^?) - Akira Nagata (永田 彬, Nagata Akira^?)
• Issē Miura (三浦 イッセー, Miura Issē^?) - Ryo Ueno (上野 亮, Ueno Ryō^?)

[edit] Voice actors

• Momotaros (モモタロス, Momotarosu^?) - Toshihiko Seki (関 俊彦, Seki Toshihiko^?)
• Urataros (ウラタロス, Uratarosu^?) - Kōji Yusa (遊佐 浩二, Yusa Kōji^?)
• Kintaros (キンタロス, Kintarosu^?) - Masaki Terasoma (てらそま まさき, Terasoma Masaki^?)
• Ryutaros (リュウタロス, Ryūtarosu^?) - Kenichi Suzumura (鈴村 健一, Suzumura Ken'ichi^?)
• Deneb (デネブ, Denebu^?) - Hōchū Ōtsuka (大塚 芳忠, Ōtsuka Hōchū^?)
• Kivat-bat the 3rd (キバットバットⅢ世, Kibattobatto Sansei^?) - Tomokazu Sugita (杉田 智和, Sugita Tomokazu^?)
• Negataros (ネガタロス, Negatarosu^?) - Hikaru Midorikawa (緑川 光, Midorikawa Hikaru^?)^[γ]
• Clown Imagin (クラウンイマジン, Kuraun Imajin^?) - Chihiro Suzuki (鈴木 千尋, Suzuki Chihiro^?)
• Horse Fangire (ホースファンガイア, Hōsu Fangaia^?) - Katsumi Shiono (塩野 勝美, Shiono Katsumi^?)

[edit] Songs

Ending theme

• "Double-Action CLIMAX form"
  • Lyrics: Shōko Fujibayashi
  • Composition: LOVE+HATE, Shuhei Naruse
  • Arrangement: Shuhei Naruse
  • Artist: Momotaros, Urataros, Kintaros, Ryutaros, Deneb (Toshihiko Seki, Kōji Yusa, Masaki Terasoma, Kenichi Suzumura, Hōchū Ōtsuka)

  "Double-Action CLIMAX form" is an arrangement of "Double-Action" that is the only quintet vocalist arrangement. Its single will be released on April 16, 2008.^[7] Shuhei Naruse arranged and composed the song.^[8] Like Climax Jump DEN-LINER form, the single has variant covers which designate its bonus track, one for each of the Imagin vocalists. These singles also include a DVD of the music video. A sixth single has all five Imagin on the cover, but does not have a bonus track nor a DVD.^[9] On its first day of release, the singles reached #3 on the Oricon Daily charts.^[10] It ended its first week on the Oricon at #4 on the Weekly Single Charts.^[11]

[edit] Notes