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“A 40-year-old Kamen Rider fan's fantasy becomes reality when he confronts the "Fake Shocker" gang.”
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider
東島丹三郎は仮面ライダーになりたい
7.83
1,069 rank · 57,955 viewers · 251 favorites
Action
Comedy
Adult Cast
Super Power
Seinen
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Synopsis
A 40-year-old Kamen Rider fan's fantasy becomes reality when he confronts the "Fake Shocker" gang.
Tanzaburou Toujima has spent his entire life chasing a dream: to become Kamen Rider. Now, at 40, reality has nearly caught up with him, and he's on the verge of letting go of his childhood fantasy. That is, until he gets caught up in a crime wave led by the "Fake Shocker" gang—turning his long-time dream into something far more dangerous. What starts as a pretend hero's journey quickly becomes something real. The ultimate Kamen Rider fantasy is about to begin! (Source: MAL News)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 46 sampled reviews
8.1
/10
What 46 viewers settled on.
88%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 1.92
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.92 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.6 pts
Recommenders 8.8 · others 4.2
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No
Score over time
↑ 1.13
Running avg · Oct 2025 → May 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Just cool, if you like baki you will probably like this. It also has some added context humour but it is mostly about being cool. I 100% stand behind their fights, they look cool, they feel cool...”
- 10 “10/10 just coz this anime deserves 8/10 minimum, has a non-geberic character design, is a really fresh action anime full of comedy, if u wanna watch something more than a generic shonen isekai you...”
- 7 “So in episode 10, Tackle wins the fight between Tackle and Toujima which I find unfair because Toujima is shown as a very cool character throughout the episode, he is not saying anything, he is...”
Verbosity
Short · 41%
Medium · 39%
Long · 20%
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- Format 24 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 12m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2025 – Mar 2026 Fall 2025
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-28202 catalog
Produced by
- Aniplex Producer
- Studio Mausu Producer
- Tokyo MX Producer
- Crunchyroll Producer
- Kinoshita Group Holdings Producer