A dedicated Kamen Rider fan has the chance to live out his childhood dream in the anime adaptation of Yokusaru Shibata’s Tojima Wants to be a Kamen Rider manga. Final Weapon has everything you need to know about Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider, including the release dates and schedule for all episodes of the anime.
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider focuses on protagonist Tanzaburo Tojima, a forty-year-old man who is obsessed with Kamen Rider. When he’s about to give up on becoming a hero himself, an encounter with a robber changes his fate forever. This anime is his story of how an unlikely hero emerges to don the mantle of Kamen Rider.
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
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New Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider episodes will release on Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. PST / 1:00 p.m. ET on Crunchyroll. Episodes will be released with English subs and English dubs. Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider will air for 24 episodes this season, with 13 episodes in the first cour and 11 in the second cour.
Here are the release dates and schedule for Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider (subject to change):
- First Cour
- Episode 1 – October 4 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – October 11 – OUT NOW
- Episode 3 – October 18 – OUT NOW
- Episode 4 – October 25 – OUT NOW
- Episode 5 – November 1 – OUT NOW
- Episode 6 – November 8 – OUT NOW
- Episode 7 – November 15 – OUT NOW
- Episode 8 – November 22 – OUT NOW
- Episode 9 – November 29 – OUT NOW
- Episode 10 – December 6 – OUT NOW
- Episode 11 – December 13 – OUT NOW
- Episode 12 – December 20 – OUT NOW
- Episode 13 – December 27 – OUT NOW
- Second Cour
- Episode 14 – January 10 – OUT NOW
- Episode 15 – January 17 – OUT NOW
- Episode 16 – January 24 – OUT NOW
- Episode 17 – January 31 – OUT NOW
- Episode 18 – February 7 – OUT NOW
- Episode 19 – February 14 – OUT NOW
- Episode 20 – February 21 – OUT NOW
- Episode 21 – February 28 – OUT NOW
- Episode 22 – March 7 – OUT NOW
- Episode 23 – March 14 – OUT NOW
- Episode 24 – March 21 – OUT NOW
New episodes of Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
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- Pacific Daylight Time: 10:00 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 11:00 a.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 5:00 p.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
Teddyloid feat. Shigeru Matsuzaki and TOPHAMHAT-KYO perform the opening theme song “Wanna be.” In addition, TeddyLoid feat. Ryoji Tokito perform the ending theme song “One More Time.”
The Japanese cast includes:
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Tanzaburō Tōjima
- Ai Kayano as Yuriko Okada
- Kenichi Suzumura as Ichiyo Shimamura
- Sōma Saitō as Mitsuha Shimamura
- Fairouz Ai as Yukarisu
- Satoshi Tsuruoka as Satoshi Itō
- Fukushi Ochias as Fukushi Ishige
- Daisuke Sakaguchi as Daisuke Sato
- Kenjirō Tsuda as Hachirō Nakao
- Hiroshi Fujioka as Kamen Rider
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
The English dub cast and crew includes:
English Dub Cast
- Patrick Seitz as Tojima
- Colleen Clinkenbeard as Yuriko
- Jason Douglas as Nakao
- Michele Knotz as Young Tojima
- Nia Celeste as Emily
- Bradley Gareth as Male Delinquent
- Morgan Berry as Tojima’s Mom
- Sean Letourneau as Tojima’s Dad
- William Ofoegbu as Ishige
- Jack Reeder as Ito
- Kevin D. Thelwell as Sato
English Dub Crew
- Voice Director: Jason Lord
- Producer: Susie Nixon
- Adaptation: Jessica Sluys
- Mixer: James Baker
- Engineer: Jose Sandoval
Where Can I Watch Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider?
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Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider will air on Tokyo MX and other channels in Japan, as indicated on the official website. Crunchyroll will stream the anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and Indian subcontinent.
What is Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider About?
Lastly, Shibata first launched the manga with cooperation from Ishimori Productions and Toei in the Monthly Hero’s magazine in 2018. The manga later moved to the Comiplex website, where it is still ongoing.
Here’s an overview of the series, via Crunchyroll:
The story of Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider follows Tanzaburo Tojima, a forty-year-old man who is abnormally obsessed with the Kamen Rider franchise. Tojima is about to give up on his dream of becoming a hero until a chance encounter with a robber changes his fate forever.
