Tokusatsu fans can rejoice today, as the official website and accounts for the FUUTO PI anime announced today that Shotaro and Phillip are back on the case for a new anime film subtitled Kamen Rider Skull no Shozo (“Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull”), which will transform Japanese theaters for a limited time starting November 8, 2024 with an adaptation of the original Kamen Rider W series’ “Begins Night” scenario.Main cast members Yoshimasa Hosoya and Koki Uchiyama are confirmed to return. Kenjiro Tsuda (Nanami in JUJUTSU KAISEN) will join as Sokichi Narumi. A teaser trailer and visual for the film were also released.
FUUTO PI Kamen Rider Skull no Shozo Teaser Visual
The confirmed cast and staff for FUUTO PI: Kamen Rider Skull no Shozo are as follows:
Director: Yosuke Kabashima
Assistant Director: Ayataka Tanemura
Script Supervisor: Riku Sanjo
Screenwriter: Tatsuto Higuchi
Character Designer: Hidekazu Ebina
Chief Animation Directors: Kiyoshi Komatsubara, Hidekazu Ebina
Main Animators: Kazuki Kimura, Masaru Obata, Kenta Yokoya, Shun Shibata
Music Composers: Kotaro Nakagawa, Shuhei Naruse
Executive Producer: Hideaki Tsukada
Supervisor: Akira Onodera
Animation Studio: Studio KAI
Shotaro Hidari voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya
Phillip voiced by Koki Uchiyama
Tokime voiced by Akira Sekine
Akiko Narumi voiced by Mikako Komatsu
Ryu Terui voiced by Makoto Furukawa
Yukiji Bando voiced by Daisuke Ono
Sokichi Narumi voiced by Kenjiro Tsuda
Based on Riku Sanjo and Masaki Sato’s Kamen Rider W sequel manga, Yosuke Kabashima directed the FUUTO PI anime series at Studio KAI, airing for twelve episodes from August to October 2022. The original Kamen Rider W tokusatsu series aired from September 2009 to August 2010.Crunchyroll streams the TV anime series and describes the story:
In Fuuto, better known as the Windy City, mysterious beings called Dopants wreak havoc by using the dangerous Gaia Memories. However, there are also heroes who utilize the Gaia Memories to fight these criminals: a half-boiled and indecisive PI named Shotaro Hidari, and his partner Philip, an intellectual-type PI. The two transform into Kamen Rider W—the legendary hero of Fuuto city!
Source: Comic Natalie
