Eyecatch

An or internal eyecatch is a scene or illustration used to begin and end a commercial break in a Japanese TV program, especially in anime and tokusatsu shows, such as Kamen Rider, similar to how "bumpers" into/out of commercial breaks are used in the United States. The term is used, in Japan, to refer to all kinds of bumpers.
==Eyecatches==
===Showa Era===
Eyecatches of Showa era Kamen Rider Series featured illustrations of the protagonist Kamen Riders.
*The TV special Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! (1984), which introduced Kamen Rider ZX, forgone the eyecatch. Instead, the title appears to the bottom right of the screen before the break and to the top left of the screen after the break, with a eyecatch sting from a previous series (Kamen Rider X for the first break, Kamen Rider (Skyrider) for the second, and Kamen Rider Super-1 for the last) accompanying the latter.
*Kamen Rider Black and Kamen Rider Black RX only shows the yellow and red (Black)/blue (Black RX) bar scrolling to the right side of the screen until a logo appears. However, the first two episodes of Kamen Rider Black RX only has the logo appearing.
File:Kamen Rider Eyecatch 1.png|Kamen Rider (1)
File:Kamen Rider Eyecatch 2.png|Kamen Rider (2-13)
File:Kamen Rider Eyecatch 3.png|Kamen Rider (14-52, PlayStation video game)
File:Kamen Rider Eyecatch 4.png|Kamen Rider (53-69)
File:Kamen Rider Eyecatch 5.png|Kamen Rider (70-98)
V3 Eyecatch.jpg|Kamen Rider V3
X Eyecatch.jpg|Kamen Rider X
Amazon Eyecatch.jpg|Kamen Rider Amazon
Stronger Eyecatch.jpg|Kamen Rider Stronger (1-12)
Stronger Eyecatch 2.jpg|Kamen Rider Stronger (13-39)
Skyrider Eyecatch.jpg|Kamen Rider (Skyrider) (1-28)
Skyrider Eyecatch2.jpg|Kamen Rider (Skyrider) (29-54)
Super-1 Eyecatch.jpg|Kamen Rider Super-1 (1-23)
Super-1 Eyecatch2.jpg|Kamen Rider Super-1 (24-48)
ZX Eyecatch.png|Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!
KamenBlackEyecatch.png|Kamen Rider Black
KamenBlackEyecatch01-02.png|Kamen Rider Black RX (1 & 2)
KamenBlackRXEyecatch03-47.png|Kamen Rider Black RX (3-47)
===Heisei Era===
Beginning with the Heisei Kamen Rider series, eyecatches are no longer a prominent feature in the show. Instead, the Heisei era started the trend of closing screens to mark the end of an episode.
However, the web series Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Brain is an exception to this since it is made to commemorate the end of the Heisei era while ironically parodying elements from the Showa era.
Brain_Eyecatch_1.png
Brain_Eyecatch_2.png
===Reiwa Era===
====Kamen Rider Saber====
Kamen Rider Saber reintroduced eyecatches for the first time since Black RX. Much like the Closing Screens, the eyecatch of each episode shows one or more Wonder/Alter Ride Book used by the Riders or Megid Mamonos in the episode. The spellings on it are also shown. Each book will spin depending on what type of book it is: If it is a Wonder Ride Book, then the book will spin clockwise, and will spin the opposite way if it is an Alter Ride Book.
===Others===
==See Also==
*Sponsor Spot
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