The story is split between the actions of Wataru in the present (2008–09) and his father Otoya in the past (1986–87), slowly revealing the link between the Fangire race and Kiva. Wataru must also deal with Kamen Rider Ixa who is part of an organization seeking to destroy the Fangire menace, as well as the Fangires’ own Rider, Kamen Rider Saga. Twenty-two years after the disappearance of his father, Wataru Kurenai lives in an infamous “haunted house” where he is destined as Kamen Rider Kiva to fight life-draining monsters called Fangires, the very race his father fought years ago before his disappearance.
The first episode began with a commemoration of the series in honor of the seventieth anniversary of Shotaro Ishinomori’s birthday. It aired as a part of TV Asahi’s 2008 Super Hero Time block with Engine Sentai Go-onger.Īdvertisements showed a horror film theme to the series, with the motif for Kamen Rider Kiva as a vampire. It premiered on January 27, 2008, following the finale of Kamen Rider Den-O. Kamen Rider Kiva is the title of the 2008 Kamen Rider Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions.
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