Crunchyroll has begun streaming the Fuuto Pi: The Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull anime film with English subtitles. Based on the Fuuto Tantei manga, Fuuto Pi: The Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull tells the story of the beginning of Kamen Rider W.
The anime film initially premiered in November 2024 during a limited-run in theaters in Japan.
The film’s theme song is “Niau Otoko ni Nare (Become a Worthy Man)” by Kouji Kikkawa, who starred as Sōkichi Narumi in the original Kamen Rider W show.
The anime film’s cast includes:
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Shōtarō Hidari
- Kōki Uchiyama as Phillip
- Akira Sekine as Tokime
- Mikako Komatsu as Akiko Narumi
- Makoto Furukawa as Ryū Terui
- Daisuke Ono as Yukiji Bandō
- Kenjirō Tsuda vs Sōkichi Narumi
- Ayumu Murase as young Shōtarō Hidari
- Satomi Satou as Saeko Sonozaki/Taboo Dopant
- Jun Fukuyama as original character Nagi Ōshima
Yousuke Kabashima directed the film at Studio KAI, and Ayataka Tanemura served as assistant director. Toei Vidoe distributed the film.
Additional staff members include:
- Scriptwriter: Tatsuto Higuchi
- Character Designer and Chief Animation Director: Hidekazu Ebina
- Chief Animation Drector: Kiyoshi Komatsubara
- Composers Kōtarō Nakagawa and Shuhei Naruse
- Executive Producer: Hideaki Tsukada
- Supervisor: Akira Onodera
- Main Animators: Kazuki Kimura, Ken Obata, Kenta Yokoya and Shun Shibata
Lastly, here’s an overview of the film, via Crunchyroll:
Shotaro tells Tokime all about his mentor, Shokichi Narumi, and the night he and Philip became Kamen Rider W.
