仮面ライダーネオ 平成コレクション

TWO MEMORIES. THREE MEDALS. FOUR SWITCHES.

Begin the era of cool change forms, cooler supers forms, more super forms, so many super forms… and some really kick ass final forms. The NeoHeisei Era, aka the Era of Gimmicks and accessories that actually makes noise instead of the belt, gives the Kamen Rider franchise a brand new concept of what a Kamen Rider is and what a hero can be.

仮面ライダー平成ジェネレーションズ ＦＯＲＥＶＥＲ

A NEW CONCEPT OF HERO

It’s no longer the lone wolves who had to sacrifice himself to protect justice. A hero can now be a broken wanderer who just wants to reach his hand out for others. A hero now can be a half-time dancer without a proper job that got dragged into the wretched scheme of a big corporate. A hero can now be a genius scientist with some pretty serious personality disorder. A hero now has friends who has their back, friends who help them become hero, and friends whose faith keep them a hero.

And after Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forver, a hero can now be you too.

祝福の刻とき！最高！最善！最大！最強王！オーマジオウ！- 常磐ソウゴ

Shukufuku no toki! Saikō! Saizen! Saidai! Saikyō ō! Ohma Zi-O! - Tokiwa Sougo

INSPIRATIONS BEHIND THIS COLLECTION

The hardest part when creating apparels for this collection was to decide which Kamen Rider to include and how to maybe include multiple different aspects of a character into the design. Unlike the Heisei Era where each series only has a few Kamen Rider, the NeoHeisei has so many Riders, and each Rider has so many forms.

While wanting to keep the designs toward the more subtle side, I also decided to create more robust designs for this Era. With the style of half lowkey, half highkey, I aim to keep the minimal shirts for those who want more symbolic designs while also allows my creativity to go wild and run all over the place with nerd shirt style apparels.

さぁ、実験を始めようか。- 桐生 戦兎

(Now, shall we begin the experiment? - Kiryu Sento)

ノーコンティニューで、クリアしてやるぜ！- 宝生 永夢

(I'll clear this with No Continues! - Hojo Emu)

FIVE RINGS. SIX LOCKSEEDS. SEVEN SHIFTCARS.

The original ideas for the Neo-Heisei designs came from such a variety of sources. 

Sometime it captures a specific scene form the series, like the battle scene between Ankh and Eiji in Kyouryu, the Eternal’s Zone Maximum Drive in Zone, and the moment Wizadragon rampaigns out through Haruto’s Despair cracks. Some takes on the character and his forms, like Fang, BirthX, Meteor, and Gaim.  

Others are inspired by the little components like Plain SugarDonut, Plasmonsters, and even the Fuuto skyline; the little elements that add flavors into the series and the small details that when perceived will immediately reminds the person of the series it’s referencing.

繋がった。脳細胞トップギアだぜ！- 泊 進ノ介

(I've got it together. My brain cells are in Top Gear! - Tomari Shinnosuke)

ここからが俺たちのステージだ！- 葛葉 紘汰

(This is out stage now! - Kazurab Kouta)

THE END OF AN ERA

The year of 2024 officials mark five years after the end of the Heisei Era, with Kamen Rider Zi-O being the 20th series of the timeline. Even though I was unknowingly introduced to Kamen Rider through Ryuki, I truly became aware of what Kamen Rider is around the time that OOO was airing. Growing up and having the chance to witness the constantly evolving journey of the Neo-Heisei Era and the Kamen Rider franchise as a whole is truly an amazing and keystone experience that shaped who I am today.

Kamen Rider not only inspired us, the viewers, to become our best selves, but also fortified our characters as a tokusatsu lovers during the 2000s years. I remember being made fun of a lot my all my relatives and friends for watching "power ranger" as a teenager. I remember getting scolded a lot by my parents for wasting money on knock off toys. I remember riding by half-broken bike an hour each way under the scorching sun to a mall that has a little toy shop that carries authentic Kamen Rider toys every single weekends, just to window shop.

Now, graduated-and-grown (I guess), I still hold my passion Kamen Rider close to my heart. Holding on to that little part of myself was the first step of me putting my passion first before the negativities of my surrounding. It was the first step to believing in the impossible things. It was the first step to living a LIFE BURNING BRIGHT. Adulting is hard, and Kamen Rider brings me (and I'm sure also brings you) joy on days that we feel that life wasn't really on our side. It teaches us to keep going, to be EXCITED, to BUILD our future, and to unapologetically JOURNEY THROUGH THE DECADES.

KAMEN RIDER IS AMAZING.

宇宙キター！仮面ライダーフォーゼ！タイマン張らせてもらうぜ! - 如月 弦太朗

(It's space time! Kamen Rider Fourze! Let's settle this one-on-one! - Kisaragi Gentaro)

さあ,お前の罪を数えろ! - 左 翔太郎/フィリップ

(Now, count up your sins! - Hidari Shotaro/Philip)