During Anime Expo 2025, Aniplex announced the anime adaptation of Yokusaru Shibata’s Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider manga will premiere in October 2025. A new official trailer and an interview video with the main cast were released, and Crunchyroll confirmed that it will stream Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider outside Japan.
The cast of Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider includes:
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Tanzaburō Tōjima
- Ai Kayano as Yuriko Okada (new)
- Kenichi Suzumura as Ichiyo Shimamura (new)
- Sōma Saitō as Mitsuha Shimamura (new)
- Fairouz Ai as Yukarisu (new)
Takahiro Ikezoe is the director of the Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider anime. Touko Machida is the series composition writer, and Cindy H. Yamauchi is the character designer. TeddyLoid is the composer, and LIDENFILMS is producing the anime.
Additional staff members include:
- Key Animator: Shintarō Shimizu
- Prop Design: Yoshihiro Ujiie
- Art Director: Yukihiro Shibutani (Ishigaki Pro), Ayano Aizu (Ishigaki Pro)
- Art Supervision: Masaru Satō (Ishigaki Pro)
- Art Director Assistant: Kanae Kawasaki (Ishigaki Pro)
- Art Setting: Yūho Taniuchi
- Color Key Artist: Ryoko Oka
- Compositing Director of Photography: Junpei Takatsu
- Compositing Director Assistant of Photography : Tomoaki Suzuki
- Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto
- Sound Director: Takayuki Yamaguchi (movwav)
- Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
- Animation Producer: Kōsuke Yokota
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider will air on Tokyo MX and other channels, as indicated on the official website.
Shibata first launched the manga with cooperation from Ishimori Production and Toei in the Monthly Hero’s magazine in 2018. The manga later moved to the Comiplex website, where it is still ongoing. Lastly, Hero’s published the 16th compiled volume on April 4.
