BIMA Satria Garuda

BIMA Satria Garuda ('Garuda Knight BIMA') is an Indonesian tokusatsu and comic series, the result of cooperation between MNC Media with Ishimori Productions, creator of the Japanese Kamen Rider Series. Starring Christian Loho, Rayhan Febrian, Stella Cornelia (then of JKT48), Adhitya Alkatiri, and Sutan Simatupang, BIMA Satria Garuda premiered on RCTI on 30 June 2013.
Following the success of the series, 50 episodes of a second season titled Satria Garuda BIMA-X were developed. This season premiered as Satria Garuda BIMA-X: New Beginning on RCTI on Sunday 7 September 2014, at 08.30 pm. The series' first theatrical film, Satria Heroes Bima X: Revenge of Darkness, premiered in May 2017.
BIMA Satria Garuda is a superhero series inspired by Kamen Rider Black and Kamen Rider Black RX, collectively known in Indonesia as "Ksatria Baja Hitam" ("Black Steel Knight"). BIMA Satria Garuda features Indonesian culture and films in Greater Jakarta. According to Reino Barack, Senior Vice President of Global Mediacom as well as Executive Producer of the series, BIMA Satria Garuda represents a new business model in the world of Indonesian entertainment, which offers services in licensing, sponsorship, built in advertising, and merchandising. MNC Media (which is majority-owned by Global Mediacom) in cooperation with Itochu is the main licensee for BIMA Satria Garuda in building licensing business in Indonesia. MNC Media has also worked with Bandai to produce "BIMA Satria Garuda" merchandise toys, which were released in Indonesia after the series premiered on June 30, 2013.
The story of BIMA Satria Garuda begins in the Dunia Paralel ("Parallel World"), a world that is ruled by the VUDO Empire and is on the verge of collapse. The Parallel World lives in perpetual darkness and Rasputin, the evil and cruel lord of VUDO wants to find another world, seize its natural resources to revive the Parallel World, and expand VUDO's powers. This new world is discovered when two scientists on Earth manage to create a portal that connects the Earth to other galaxies.
A mysterious young man name Mikhail gives Ray Bramasakti the Power Stone Merah ("Red") to stop Rasputin and VUDO's evil attempts to take over Earth. By possessing the Power Stone Merah, Ray has the power to transform into BIMA, the Garuda Knight. Ray's foster family, Randy Iskandar and his sister Rena, also become involved in Ray's fight against the malicious activities of Rasputin and VUDO.
Reino Barack, executive producer and co-creator of BIMA Satria Garuda announced via his Twitter account that a series of comics which is based on the story of BIMA Satria Garuda will be published on 24 November 2013. The comic is illustrated by a duo of comic artists Ockto Baringbing and Hendry Zero. The comic is published with the cooperation of RCTI and Ishimori Productions and distributed through Alfamart outlets in the Greater Jakarta area.
VUDO's monsters are VUDO combatant officers that gain power from absorbing the soul of humans.
The Shadow Crisis Ultimate Four quartet is a group of elite VUDO officers with the sole mission to kill BIMA and retrieve the stolen Power Stones to activate the Grand Gator machine. Shadow Crisis first appears in Episode 18.
In June 2014, MNC announced a second season of the series, Satria Garuda BIMA-X . The second season featured 50 episodes, twice as many as the first season. The series premiered on RCTI on Sunday, September 7, 2014, at 08.30 am, with the title of Satria Garuda BIMA-X: New Beginning.