Kamen Rider Spirits

is a Japanese manga series based on the Kamen Rider franchise, with focus on the original ten Kamen Riders. The series temporarily ended following the shutdown of its original publication Magazine Z, but was revived and continued in Monthly Shonen Magazine under the new title . As of 2024, it currently holds the record of being the longest Tokusatsu manga adaptation in history. 
==Synopsis==
Following the end of the Kamen Rider Super-1 television series, Kamen Rider Spirits begins by following the lives of the original Kamen Riders in various stand alone stories. The manga then introduces the tenth Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider ZX, ignoring the events of the Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! television special and making an alternate origin story. The manga also ties up loose story ends from the various TV series, such as how Riderman survived the Pluton Rocket Explosion and why Stronger's partner, Tackle, was never acknowledged as a Kamen Rider.
==Arc summary==
The series is composed of three different arcs, each focusing on different Kamen Riders:
*The first arc, titled The Legend of Masked Riders, focuses on each of the original nine Riders in their own standalone stories, who have gone their separate ways after disbanding. They get back together as a team after discovering a new evil is plaguing their world. 
*The second arc, titled Forgotten Memories, reboots the events of Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!, serving to tell an alternate origin story for Kamen Rider ZX, while introducing the Badan Empire.
*The third arc, titled Dragon Road, sees ZX joining the ranks of his predecessors to fight against the resurfaced Badan Empire. 
==Characters==
===Kamen Riders===
Kamen Rider ZX 	Ryo Murasame
Kamen Rider 1 	Takeshi Hongo
Kamen Rider 2 	Hayato Ichimonji
Kamen Rider V3 	Shiro Kazami
Riderman 	Joji Yuki
Kamen Rider X 	Keisuke Jin
Kamen Rider Amazon 	Daisuke Yamamoto
Kamen Rider Stronger	Shigeru Jo
Skyrider 	Hiroshi Tsukuba
Kamen Rider Super-1 	Kazuya Oki
===Debatable Riders===
====Allies====
Taki Rider 	Kazuya Taki
Commando Roid 	Ryo Murasame, Commando Roids
GanGan G 	Kanji Yada
Electronic WaveHumanoid Tackle	Yuriko Misaki
====Others====
Susanoo 	Great Leader JUDO
Tsukuyomi 	Tsukuyomi ► Eisuke Mikage
Amaterasu 	Amaterasu ► Amaterasu/Shizuka MurasameRevived Amaterasu
Kikaijin Tackle	Revived Tackle
Kikaijin Spark 	Goro Numata
Evil Amazon 	Zero the Great
Robot Super-1 	Robot Super-1
Fake Taki Rider	Chameleon-Phantom
Fake 1 	Fake 1
Fake 2 	Fake 2
Fake V3 	Fake V3
Fake X 	Fake X
Fake Amazon 	Fake Amazon
Fake Stronger 	Fake Stronger
Fake Skyrider 	Fake Skyrider
Fake Super-1 	Fake Super-1
Fake ZX 	Fake ZX
===Allies===
* Annrietta Birkin
* Tobei Tachibana
* Genjiro Tani
* Ruriko Midorikawa
* The Junior Rider Squad
* Dr. Mami
* Dr. Hajime Kaido
* Rumi Ichijo
* Freya Bohmann
* Yoshitsune
* Masahiko Okamura
===Badan Empire===
*Colonel Gamon/Kurayami Taishi
*Dr. Lars Bohmann
*The Last Battalion
*Badan Vortex
*The Cyborg Elite
**Needle/Yamaarashiroid
**General Nguyen/Kumooid
**Vega/Takaroid
**Rosa/Bararoid
**Salamander/Tokageroid
**Eisuke Mikage/Tiger-Roid
**Freyr "Poison" Bohmann/Dokugaroid
**Asuma/Amenbaroid
**LaMoore/Chameleonroid
**Jigokuroid
**Kamakiroid
**Kaniroid
*Combatmen
**Combat-Roids
**Commando Roids
===Other Notable Villains===
*Father Petrescu
*Shocker
**Colonel Zol
**Dr. Shinigami
**Jigoku Taishi
*Gel Shocker
**General Black
*Destron
**Doctor G
**Baron Kiba
**Archbishop Tsubasa
**General Yoroi
*G.O.D.
**Kingdark
**Apollogeist
*Geddon
**Jyumenki Golgos
*Garanda Empire
**Zero the Great
*Black Satan
**Great Leader of Black Satan
**Titan
**Dead Lion
*Delza Army
**Great Leader of Delza Army
**General Shadow
**Staff Officer Steel
**Division Commander Wild Eagle
**Dr. Kate
**Major Skull
**Baron Rock
**General Wolf
**Commanding Officer Brank
**Marshal Machine
**Commander Jijaku
**Armored Knight
*Neo Shocker
**Great Leader of Neo Shocker
**General Monster
**Admiral Majin
*Dogma Kingdom
**Emperor Terror Macro
**General Megarl
*Jin Dogma
**Marshal Demon
**Princess Yokai
**Commander Onibi
**Doctor Ghost
**Staff Officer Witch
==Chapters==
===Kamen Rider SPIRITS Chapters===
===Shin Kamen Rider SPIRITS Chapters===
===Official Books===
*Kamen Rider Spirits: Inherited Soul
*Kamen Rider Spirits: Transcendent Apocalypse
*Cyborg: Kamen Rider Spirits Art Collection
*Cyborg Again: Kamen Rider Spirits Art Collection
==Failed North American Release==
Western fans of Kamen Rider have long desired for a U.S. release of Kamen Rider Spirits from a licensed publisher. Several attempts had been made with Vertical Comics (now known as Kodansha USA), but it ultimately fell through. 
In 2013, Vertical held a fan poll on which manga titles fans wanted to be picked up under their label, with Kamen Rider Spirits being of the options. Despite a surge of interest from Kamen Rider and Tokusatsu fans trying to spread the word, the series was not picked up as the final results of the poll did not meet expectations.https://en-gb.facebook.com/Vertical.Inc/posts/10150985936694613http://news.tokunation.com/companies/vertical-publishing 
Later, a Kamen Rider fan from Wisconsin named Jordan Levells attempted a petition to get Vertical to reconsider, to which they responded saying it would require at least 30,000 signatures to even warrant such a request from their executive publishers. Despite his best efforts to spread chatter on social media platforms and forums, only 511 signatures were gathered before the petition's time limit had expired.https://www.change.org/p/bring-kamen-rider-spirits-to-the-us This resulted in heavily out-lash by fans, to which Vertical explained that ongoing series' would be too costly for sales in the long run, so they preferred shorter or finished titles instead to maintain their profits in the digital age.http://vertical-inc.tumblr.com/post/77037885510/is-there-any-sort-of-concentrated-effort-fans-canhttp://isthistakenalready.tumblr.com/image/50390293761 
On September 24, 2013, a fan made an inquiry to Kodansha Comics, the US branch of the publisher who prints the manga in Japan. The publisher responded that they did not wish to translate or publish the book due to its inconsistent release scheduling and the sheer length of it. http://kodanshacomics.tumblr.com/post/59206791409/i-know-you-get-a-lot-of-will-you-license-x
==Notes==
*The first tankobon was released on April 20th, 2001, two weeks after the 30th anniversary of Kamen Rider (April 3rd, 2001).
*Amongst the Showa-era Riders in the series, Kohtaro Minami is the only one to not appear. This is due to Muraeda being denied permission to use said character in the series. Despite this, he does do artwork of characters from Kamen Rider Black, such as Shadow Moon, on request for fans at conventions. 
==External links==
* Kamen Rider Spirits - Unofficial website of the manga which contains comic synopsis, information about its characters and kaijin and more.
* Kamen Rider Spirits Page at Japan Hero.
*Kodansha site
*Monthly Shonen Manga sub-page