The FUUTO PI: Kamen Rider Skull no Shōzō movie is now in theaters all over Japan. FUUTO PI is originally a Kamen Rider W spinoff manga by Masaki Sato (illustrator) and Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai‘s Riku Sanjo (script).
The story takes place after the movie Kamen Rider W Returns (but newcomers can read it without watching the movie or the Kamen Rider W series). Private detective Shotaro Hidari is back, working at Narumi Detective Agency with Raito Sonozaki (“Philip”), the only Sonozaki family survivor able to access the Gaia Library. T
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ogether, they turn into Kamen Rider W (the “W” is a wordplay with “double” in this sense). Their new adventure starts when they find Tokime, a girl who lost her memories and is targeted by Dopants, and take her as their assistant while trying to discover her past. The movie is screening in Japan from November 8, 2024, and is a sequel to the anime. The new visual shows Kamen Rider Double CycloneSkull, which is also on sale as an S.H.Figuarts figure:
FUUTO PI’s Anime and Main Staff
FUUTO PI broadcasted in 2022, more than ten years after Kamen Rider W (2009-2010), animated by Studio Kai. Yousuke Kabashima directed and Tatsuto Higuchi wrote the series. Crunchyroll streams all the 12 episodes with English subtitles (it is only dubbed in Spanish and Portuguese, which are audiences more familiar with Kamen Rider series). The movie is not confirmed for international release yet, but it might drop on Crunchyroll or other service at some point.
The FUUTO PI manga is still ongoing. It started serialization in 2017, with 17 compiled volumes so far. It has never been published in the US.
The Original Kamen Rider W Story
Kamen Rider W debuted in 2009, airing on the Toei’s Super Hero Time programming block in TV Asahi (like previous Kamen Rider series) and it was a commemorative series for the 10th Anniversary of Heisei’s Era Kamen Rider. It was later confirmed W is in the same “timeline” of the original 1971 Kamen Rider show.
The plot takes place in Fuuto (“Wind City”), a wind-powered city (for ecological reasons). The peaceful life in Fuuto is endangered when the Sonozaki Family starts selling devices knwon as Gaia Memories to criminals, who use it to become Dopants and be unstoppable by the police when commiting crimes. But these devices also drive them to madness, putting them in a sort of “berserk mode”. Detective Shotaro Hidari and his assistant Philip investigate these crimes and turn into Kamen Rider W. The FUUTO PI anime is available to stream on Crunchyroll. The original Kamen Rider W series is not officially licensed int the US.
Source: AnimeTV