『Kamen Rider W』
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Heisei Rider is the second season of Kamen Rider W. Since V-Cinema will be produced from Heisei Rider 2nd season, it is necessary to pay attention to the timeline.
First, the TV series episodes 1 to 12. After that, the movie version of “Kamen Rider W & Kamen Rider W & Decade MOVIE WAR 2010” was inserted, and the series continued from episodes 13 to 32.
It is important to note that the novel version was inserted before the 33rd episode. After the novel version, the flow will be from episode 33 to 44.
After the movie version of Kamen Rider W Forever AtoZ, the TV series ends with episodes 45 to 49.
The world after the end of the TV series was depicted in the movie version of “Masked Rider OOO & Double feat.
V-Cinema’s Kamen Rider Axel is the later story; it will continue into Kazuto Detective, which has been serialized since 2017.
『Kamen Rider OOO』
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Compared to its predecessor, Kamen Rider W, Kamen Rider OOO does not have to worry about the timeline.
You can watch the entire TV series from episode 1 to episode 48 without any problems. The world afterwards is depicted in the movie version of Kamen Rider OOO MOVIE BATTLE MEGA MAX.
Finally, the novel version. The novel version consists of the following three parts: Chapter 3 is the story after the TV series and the movie version.
Chapter 1: Ankh’s Chapter
Chapter 2: Chapter of Bath
Chapter 3: Eishi Chapter
『Kamen Rider Fourze』
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You can watch “Kamen Rider Fourze” from episode 1 to 48 of the TV series in its entirety.
In the movie version of “Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Wizard & Foze: MOVIE BATTLE OF THE MOVIE Ultimatum”, the world is depicted 5 years after the end of the TV series.
The prequel is “Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL Build & Exeid with Legendary Rider”. Watching “Kamen Rider Heisei Generationz Final: Build & Exeid with Legendary Rider” is a good way to supplement the timeline.
『Kamen Rider Wizard』
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The timeline of “Masked Rider Wizard” consists of the TV series, the movie version, and the novel version. After episodes 1-53 of the TV series, it led to the movie version of “Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Armor & Wizard: Sengoku Movie Battle of the Sengoku Division”.
The novel version depicts the lives of the characters after the movie version.
『Kamen Rider Gaim』
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The main story of Kamen Rider in Armor ends in episodes 1 to 47 of the TV series. The TV series will be followed by the following two movie versions
The movie version “Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim, MOVIE BATTLE Full Throttle”.
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL Build & Exeid with Legendary Rider
Although the timeline itself is not confusing, it is characterized by many spin-offs that focus on other riders, as shown below.
Armor Gaiden: Kamen Rider Zangetsu
Armor Gaiden Kamen Rider Baron
Armor Gaiden: Masked Rider Duke
Armor Gaiden Masked Rider Knuckle
『Kamen Rider Drive』
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The timeline of Kamen Rider Drive is a little more complicated than the previous ones.
After episodes 1 to 40 of the TV series, it led to the movie version of “Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future”.
After the V-Cinema “Drive Saga: Masked Rider Chaser”, the TV series ran from episodes 41 to 48 and the main story ended.
The world after the TV series is depicted in V-Cinema Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Mach.
『Kamen Rider Ghost』
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The main story of “Masked Rider Ghost” ends after 1 to 50 episodes, and the world after the TV series is depicted in V-Cinema’s “Ghost RE: BIRTH Masked Rider Spectre”.
The novel version depicts the world after the V-Cinema. The novel version was followed by the movie version of “Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL: Build & Exide with Legendary Rider”.
『Kamen Rider Exeid』
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The main story of “Masked Rider Exeid” itself ended in episodes 1 to 45 of the TV series. The movie version of “Kamen Rider Exeid: True Ending”, which was titled the true final episode, was the story after the end of the TV series.
Furthermore, the movie version of “Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Final: Build & Exeid with Legend Rider” depicted the world after the end of the TV series.
Two years later was the V-Cinema version of “Kamen Rider Exeid Trilogy: Another Ending”, and three years after the V-Cinema version of “Kamen Rider Exeid” was the novel version.
The future is depicted many times in Heisei Rider.
『Kamen Rider Build』
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After episodes 1-14 of “Kamen Rider Build”, the movie version of “Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL: Build & Exeid with Legendary Rider” was inserted.
Episodes 15 to 45 will be followed by “Kamen Rider Build Be The One” and the film will end with 49 episodes.
V-Cinema’s Build New World depicts the activities of Close and Gris after the end of the TV series.
『Kamen Rider Zio』
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Kamen Rider Zio, which just concluded in 2019, has few derivative works and the timeline can be easily summarized.
The main story ends in episodes 1 through 49 of the TV series; one thing to note is that past Heisei riders are involved.
The timeline is a simple “Kamen Rider Zio”, but you will understand it better if you watch the previous 19 films before watching.
The following two films are clearly stated to be after the TV series, but it is not clear which one is chronologically earlier because of the pre-release date.
Kamen Rider: Reiwa the First Generation”.
V-Cinema “Kamen Rider Zio NEXT TIME Gates, Majesty
The following two theatrical versions are from the parallel world
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FOREVER
Kamen Rider Zio Over Quartzer” movie
Summary
In this article, I have summarized the order in which to watch all 20 Heisei Rider films in chronological order.
As the number of theatrical and V-Cinema productions increases, if you watch them in the wrong order, you will be at odds with your understanding of the worldview, settings, and other aspects of the story.
Please take a look back at the contents of this article when looking back at the Heisei Rider films in order to get a proper understanding of the films.
