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Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max
Japanese name
Kanji仮面かめんライダー×仮面かめんライダー フォーゼ&オーズ MOVIE大戦たいせんMEGA MAX
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnKamen Raidā × Kamen Raidā Fōze Ando Ōzu Mūbī Taisen Mega Makkusu
Directed byKoichi Sakamoto
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyKoji Kurata
Edited byHiroshi Sunaga
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byToei Co. Ltd
Release date
  • December 10, 2011 (2011-12-10)
Running time
  • 95 minutes
  • 117 minutes (Director's Cut)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$16,458,957[1]

Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max (仮面かめんライダー×仮面かめんライダー フォーゼ&オーズ MOVIE大戦たいせんMEGA MAX, Kamen Raidā × Kamen Raidā Fōze Ando Ōzu Mūbī Taisen Mega Makkusu) is a 2011 film in the Kamen Rider series that was directed by Koichi Sakamoto. It features the casts of Kamen Rider Fourze and Kamen Rider OOO, and opened in Japanese theaters on December 10, 2011.[2]

Movie War Mega Max is divided into five parts: Beginning: Fight! Legendary Seven Riders (幕開まくあけ 戦たたかえ! 伝説でんせつの七なな人にんライダー, Makuake Tatakae! Densetsu no Shichinin Raidā), which focuses on the first seven Kamen Riders (One, Two, V3, Riderman, X, Amazon, and Stronger); Kamen Rider OOO: Ankh's Resurrection, the Medals of the Future, and the Leading Hope (仮面かめんライダーオーズ アンク復活ふっかつと未来みらいのメダルとつながる希望きぼう, Kamen Raidā Ōzu Anku Fukkatsu to Mirai no Medaru to Tsunagaru Kibou); Fuuto, the Conspiracy Advances: Gallant! Kamen Rider Joker (風ふう都と 暗躍あんやくする陰謀いんぼう 颯爽さっそう! 仮面かめんライダージョーカー, Fūto Anyaku suru Inbō Sassō! Kamen Raidā Jōkā); Kamen Rider Fourze: Nadeshi-Ko De-Scend (仮面かめんライダーフォーゼ 撫なで・子し・降くだ・臨, Kamen Raidā Fōze Nadeshi Ko Kō Rin), in which the cast of Kamen Rider Fourze encounter and protect a strange girl that Gentaro Kisaragi falls in love with from the Horoscopes and Foundation X's Super Evolved Lifeform Mutamits (超ちょう進化しんか生命せいめいミュータミット, Chō Shinka Seimei Myūtamitto);[3] and Movie War Mega Max: Gather! Warriors of Glory (MOVIE大戦たいせんMEGA MAX 集結しゅうけつせよ! 栄光えいこうの戦士せんしたち, Mūbi Taisen Mega Makkusu Shūketsuseyo! Eikō no Senshi-tachi), where Foundation X's Lem Kannagi goes rogue to achieve world domination.[3]

Plot[edit]

Beginning: Fight! Legendary Seven Riders[edit]

Meteorites carrying a mysterious substance called SOLU fall to Earth. The original seven Kamen Riders – One, Two, V3, Riderman, X, Amazon, and Stronger – battle Foundation X's monsters around the world, but fail to stop the organization from retrieving the SOLU.

OOO: Ankh's Resurrection, the Medals of the Future, and the Leading Hope[edit]

As one of the meteorites causes a time portal to open over Japan, Kamen Rider Poseidon emerges from 40 years in the future to fight the present day Kamen Riders. Kougami Foundation employee Erika Satonaka informs her friend Hina Izumi of the event while they head to the airport to pick up Eiji Hino. Hino rescues them from attacking monsters, but Poseidon attacks him before Satonaka's partners Akira Date and Shintaro Goto arrive to fight the mysterious Rider. Poseidon overpowers them as Hino reveals himself to be a resurrected Ankh while pulling several Core Medals out of Poseidon's body just as the real Hino arrives and weakens the enemy, though Poseidon escapes.

With Date and Goto hospitalized, Hino, Ankh, Izumi, and Satonaka regroup at the restaurant Cous Coussier, where Ankh refuses to explain how he was revived while Hino theorizes Poseidon might not be acting of his own free will. More monsters attack, forcing Hino and Ankh to fight them while Izumi and Chiyoko Shiraishi evacuate the restaurant. Poseidon returns and nearly kills Hino, but the person inside the armor stops the former and reveals he is Michal Minato, a heroic Kamen Rider from the future whose aquaphobia led to him being corrupted by several dozen Core Medals that emerged from a black hole and created Poseidon. Ankh retrieves more Core Medals from him before Poseidon separates himself from Minato in an attempt to travel to another time period, though he is destroyed by Hino and Minato. After Minato leaves, Izumi notices that Ankh disappeared. Hino reveals that the Ankh that fought with them also came from the future. Before they can leave, Lem Kannagi attacks them and steals Poseidon's personal Core Medals.

Fuuto, The Conspiracy Advances: Gallant! Kamen Rider Joker[edit]

In the city of Fuuto, Shotaro Hidari stops a Foundation X convoy and destroys the monsters guarding it, though he causes the SOLU they were carrying to leak into a sewer. Meanwhile, Kannagi and his aides arrive at a secret airport to board his mobile spaceship lab, Exodus. The original seven Riders arrive to stop him, but Kannagi captures them.

Fourze: Nadeshi-Ko De-Scend[edit]

During Amanogawa High School's cultural festival, the Kamen Rider Club puts on a presentation celebrating past Kamen Riders when a mysterious girl falls from the sky. Club member Gentaro Kisaragi saves her before joining the club in taking her to the hospital, where they learn her name is Nadeshiko Misaki before Dustards attempt to kidnap her. As Kisaragi transforms into Kamen Rider Fourze to stop them, Misaki transforms into Kamen Rider Nadeshiko. Soon after, the Virgo Zodiarts arrives demanding Misaki, but Kisaragi and Misaki drive her off. Kisaragi's friend Kengo Utahoshi asks where Misaki's Rider powers came from, but she runs off with Kisaragi, who takes her to the club's lunar headquarters, the Rabbit Hatch, where they grow closer. When Misaki takes off her space helmet to kiss him, Kisaragi realizes she is not human.

Utahoshi reveals that she is one of several Seeds Of Life from the Universe, or "SOLU", an alien lifeform that mimics what it sees and lacks a true consciousness, and college scientists have apparently come to study her. Kisaragi refuses to accept this and storms off. His childhood friend Yuki Jojima cheers him up, but he refuses to let Misaki go and takes her away from the scientists. Misaki is touched by his feelings, but the scientists reveal themselves as Foundation X agents and kidnap her. Kisaragi pursues them, but Kannagi's aide Katal impedes him. Misaki and Kisaragi's ally Shun Daimonji join the fight when Foundation X reinforcements arrive. The trio defeats them, but Kannagi captures Misaki and turns her into a SOLU Switch before defeating Kisaragi and leaving him at Katal's mercy. Kisaragi uses an Astroswitch that Misaki created to destroy Katal. Soon after, Hino arrives to ask for Kisaragi's help in defeating Foundation X.

Movie War Mega Max: Gather! Warriors of Glory[edit]

Meeting up with Hidari and his partner Philip, Kisaragi and Hino learn that Kannagi betrayed Foundation X to achieve world domination. As Kannagi's forces confront the Riders, Hidari and Philip stay behind to hold them off and repay Hino for helping them during NEVER's attack on Fuuto[a] while Hino and Kisaragi pursue Kannagi, finding and freeing the captive seven Riders on the way. As the seven Riders offer to stay behind and hold off Kannagi's forces, Minato returns to give Hino three Core Medals from his time to assist in the mission. Hino and Kisaragi reach the Exodus, where Kannagi uses Poseidon's Core Medals, the SOLU Switch, and the Gingaoh Driver to transform into Super Gingaoh and overpower the Riders. Hino and Kisaragi use the future Core Medals and Misaki's Astroswitch respectively, to fight Kannagi on equal footing before destroying him and the Exodus. Becoming an energy being, Misaki returns to space while the Riders return to Earth. As Hino resumes his journey to resurrect Ankh, Kisaragi encounters the real Misaki on his way back to school.

In a post-credits scene, Kamen Rider Meteor defeats Kannagi's forces' remnants before wondering whether he will find his target at Amanogawa High School.

Production[edit]

Movie War Mega Max features the first seven Kamen Riders (One, Two, V3, Riderman, X, Amazon, and Stronger) to commemorate the franchise's 40th anniversary,[4] as well as the return of Kamen Rider Double.[4][5][6] Unlike previous Movie War films, which were divided into 3 segments, Movie War Mega Max is divided into 5 parts.[3] Similarly to previous Movie War films, the secondary Kamen Rider of Kamen Rider Fourze, Kamen Rider Meteor, makes his debut in the film.

Cast[edit]

Beginning cast
  • Kamen Rider 1 (仮面かめんライダー1号ごう, Kamen Raidā Ichigō, Voice): Tetsu Inada (稲田いなだ 徹とおる, Inada Tetsu)[7]
  • Kamen Rider 2 (仮面かめんライダー2号ごう, Kamen Raidā Nigō, Voice): Takahiro Fujimoto (藤本ふじもと たかひろ, Fujimoto Takahiro)
  • Kamen Rider V3 (仮面かめんライダーV3, Kamen Raidā Bui Surī, Voice): Hirofumi Tanaka (田中たなか 大だい文ぶん, Tanaka Hirofumi)
  • Riderman (ライダーマン, Raidāman, Voice): Takayuki Masuda (増田ますだ 隆之たかゆき, Masuda Takayuki)
  • Kamen Rider X (仮面かめんライダーX, Kamen Raidā Ekkusu, Voice): Isshin Chiba (千葉ちば 一伸かずのぶ, Chiba Isshin)
  • Kamen Rider Amazon (仮面かめんライダーアマゾン, Kamen Raidā Amazon, Voice): Kōji Tobe (戸部とべ 公こう爾なんじ, Tobe Kōji)
  • Kamen Rider Stronger (仮面かめんライダーストロンガー, Kamen Raidā Sutorongā, Voice): Hideo Ishikawa (石川いしかわ 英郎ひでお, Ishikawa Hideo)
  • Katal (カタル, Kataru): Dante Carver (ダンテ・カーヴァー, Dante Kāvā)
  • Solaris (ソラリス, Sorarisu): Sanae Hitomi (人見ひとみ 早苗さなえ, Hitomi Sanae)
  • Chancellor Kiima (キイマ総統そうとう官かん, Kiima-sōtōkan): Azusa Watanabe (渡辺わたなべ 梓あずさ, Watanabe Azusa)
  • Lem Kannagi (レム・カンナギ, Remu Kannagi): Toru Masuoka (益岡ますおか 徹とおる, Masuoka Tōru)
OOO cast
  • Eiji Hino (火野ひの 映司えいじ, Hino Eiji): Shu Watanabe (渡部わたなべ 秀しげる, Watanabe Shū)
  • Ankh (アンク, Anku): Ryosuke Miura (三浦みうら 涼介りょうすけ, Miura Ryōsuke)
  • Hina Izumi (泉いずみ 比奈ひな, Izumi Hina): Riho Takada (高田たかだ 里穂りほ, Takada Riho)
  • Shintaro Goto (後藤ごとう 慎太郎しんたろう, Gotō Shintarō): Asaya Kimijima (君嶋きみしま 麻耶まや, Kimijima Asaya)
  • Akira Date (伊達だて 明あきら, Date Akira): Hiroaki Iwanaga (岩永いわなが 洋昭ひろあき, Iwanaga Hiroaki)
  • Erika Satonaka (里中さとなか エリカ, Satonaka Erika): Mayuko Arisue (有末ありすえ 麻あさ祐子ゆうこ, Arisue Mayuko)
  • Chiyoko Shiraishi (白石しらいし 千世子ちよこ, Shiraishi Chiyoko): Marie Kai (甲斐かい まり恵めぐみ, Kai Marie)
  • Michal Minato (湊みなと ミハル, Minato Miharu): Atsushi Arai (荒井あらい 敦史あつし, Arai Atsushi)
  • Kousei Kougami (鴻おおとり上うえ 光生みつお, Kōgami Kōsei): Takashi Ukaji (宇梶 剛士たけし, Ukaji Takashi)
  • Kamen Rider Poseidon (仮面かめんライダーポセイドン, Kamen Raidā Poseidon, Voice): Kenji Hamada (浜田はまだ 賢二けんじ, Hamada Kenji)
  • O-Scanner Voice, Poseidon Driver Voice, Gingaoh Driver Voice: Akira Kushida (串田くしだ アキラ, Kushida Akira)
  • Birth Driver Voice: Jōji Nakata (中田なかた 譲治じょうじ, Nakata Jōji)
Futo, The Conspiracy Advances cast
  • Shotaro Hidari (左ひだり 翔太しょうた郎ろう, Hidari Shōtarō): Renn Kiriyama (桐山きりやま 漣さざなみ, Kiriyama Ren)
  • Philip (フィリップ, Firippu): Masaki Suda (菅田すげた 将すすむ暉あきら, Suda Masaki)
  • Gaia Memory Voice: Fumihiko Tachiki (立木たちき 文彦ふみひこ, Tachiki Fumihiko)
Fourze cast
  • Gentaro Kisaragi (如月きさらぎ 弦つる太朗たろう, Kisaragi Gentarō): Sota Fukushi (福士ふくし 蒼あお汰, Fukushi Sōta)
  • Kengo Utahoshi (歌うた星ほし 賢吾けんご, Utahoshi Kengo): Ryuki Takahashi (高橋たかはし 龍りゅう輝てる, Takahashi Ryūki)
  • Yuki Jojima (城島じょうしま ユウキ, Jōjima Yūki): Fumika Shimizu (清水しみず 富美ふみ加か, Shimizu Fumika)
  • Miu Kazashiro (風ふう城じょう 美羽みわ, Kazashiro Miu): Rikako Sakata (坂田さかた 梨香子りかこ, Sakata Rikako)
  • Shun Daimonji (大文字おおもじ 隼はやぶさ, Daimonji Shun): Justin Tomimori (冨とみ森もり ジャスティン, Tomimori Jasutin)
  • Tomoko Nozama (野の座間ざま 友子ゆうこ, Nozama Tomoko): Shiho (志保しほ)
  • JK (JK（ジェイク）, Jeiku): Shion Tsuchiya (土屋つちや シオン, Tsuchiya Shion)
  • Chuta Ohsugi (大杉おおすぎ 忠太ちゅうた, Ōsugi Chūta): Takushi Tanaka (田中たなか 卓志たかし, Tanaka Takushi, of Ungirls)
  • Mysterious high school student: Ryo Yoshizawa (吉沢よしざわ 亮あきら, Yoshizawa Ryō)
  • Nadeshiko Misaki (美咲みさき 撫子なでしこ, Misaki Nadeshiko): Erina Mano (真野まの 恵里えり菜さい, Mano Erina)
  • Mituaki Gamou (我わが望もち 光明こうみょう, Gamō Mitsuaki): Shingo Tsurumi (鶴見つるみ 辰吾しんご, Tsurumi Shingo)
  • Virgo Zodiarts (ヴァルゴ・ゾディアーツ, Varugo Zodiātsu, Voice): Rie Tanaka (田中たなか 理恵りえ, Tanaka Rie)

Theme songs[edit]

Main film theme
  • "SAMURAI STRONG STYLE"
    • Lyrics: Show Ayanocozey
    • Composition & Arrangement: Marty Friedman
    • Artist: Show Ayanocozey (綾小路あやのこうじ 翔しょう, Ayanokōji Shō) vs. Marty Friedman (マーティ・フリードマン, Māti Furīdoman)
    The movie's theme. Show Ayanocozey of Kishidan (a.k.a. DJ OZMA) and former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman recorded the Mega Max theme song "SAMURAI STRONG STYLE".[8] Ayanocozey said that he had been a fan of the Kamen Rider Series when he was younger, having watched Super-1 and Black, and became envious that Koji Kikkawa had become involved in the Kamen Rider Series as a musician. To him, the meaning behind the song was the unique heroism that the Japanese idolize,[9][10] and planned to style the song in the same way Ichirou Mizuki and Akira Kushida have done for their hero show theme songs. He has also stated his pleasure in collaborating with Friedman, as he was a fan of Megadeth in junior high. Friedman was pleased with his collaboration with Ayanocozey, having previously worked with him on a Fanta commercial campaign, and stated that the song has an ultimate manly feel to it.[11] "SAMURAI STRONG STYLE" was released on December 21, 2011, alongside the film's soundtrack and the television series' soundtrack.
Insert songs

Reception[edit]

Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max grossed $16,458,957 at the box office.[1]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ As depicted in the film Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate.

References[edit]

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  5. ^ Televi-Kun, November 2011
  6. ^ Televi Magazine, November 2011
  7. ^ "Twitter - @trombe_boss 11月がつ1日にちになったら発表はっぴょうして良よいと言いわれた出演しゅつえん情報じょうほうを ..." 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  8. ^ "劇場げきじょう版ばん「仮面かめんライダー」の主題歌しゅだいかに、綾小路あやのこうじ翔しょう VS マーティ・フリードマンが決定けってい！". TheTV.jp. 2011-11-26. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  9. ^ "翔かけやん＆M・フリードマン、最強さいきょうタッグで「仮面かめんライダー」最新さいしん作さく主題歌しゅだいか". Ameba. 2011-11-26. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  10. ^ "綾小路あやのこうじ翔しょう、映画えいが「仮面かめんライダー」最新さいしん作さくフォーゼ主題歌しゅだいか". Yomiuri. 2011-11-26. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  11. ^ "『仮面かめんライダーフォーゼ＆オーズ』主題歌しゅだいかは綾小路あやのこうじ 翔しょう VS マーティ・フリードマン". OCN. 2011-11-26. Archived from the original on 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2011-11-25.

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