Series / Kamen Rider SD

Kamen Rider SD was a mini-franchise based on the Kamen Rider series, released in the early 1990s. Originally a 1990 manga, it starred super deformed versions of the various Kamen Riders featured from the original to Black RX placed in a cartoonish world, where all past villains have banded together under the command of the "Great Leader" under the name "Gran Shocker."

The first manga was Kamen Rider SD: Mighty Riders, written by Kei Aoki and published in Comic BonBon's DX BonBon imprint. The next edition was Kamen Rider SD: Hurricane Legend^note Shippuu Densetsu written by Hiroshi Katou and published in CoroCoro Comic from January 1992 through April 1993. Takeshi Tamai's Kamen Rider SD: Wild Running Smile School^note Bakusou Shou Gakkou was published in Shogakukan's family comic magazines. Minoru Nonaka's Kamen Rider SD was published in TV Land from October 1993 to February 1997. Kamen Rider SD: Bottakun by Yuuji Hosoi has been published in Televi-Kun since December 1999.

A video game for the Famicom based on the manga was released on January 22, 1993, followed by an OVA titled Kamen Rider SD: Kaiki!? Kumo Otoko released on January 23, 1993.

The first video game released under the Kamen Rider SD name was Kamen Rider SD: The Ambition of Gran Shocker for the Famicom in January 22, 1993. Kamen Rider SD: Sortie!! Rider Machines was released for the Super Famicom on July 9, 1993. The final video game released with the Kamen Rider SD characters was Kamen Rider SD: Run! Mighty Riders for the Game Boy on August 20, 1993.

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• Alternate Continuity: SD is one to the live-action Kamen Rider TV franchise.
• Big Bad: Majin Great Leader^note Dai-shuryo of GranShocker, who appears to be a new incarnation of the original Great Leader of Shocker.
• Demoted to Extra: Kamen Rider Shin (Kamen Rider #13) makes a cameo in the OVA.
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: SD follows the Super-Deformed Kamen Riders.
• Hijacked by Ganon: Gran Shocker's Great Leader is revealed to be Doctor Shinigami, who was originally The Dragon.
• Home Base: The Rider Carrier serves as home to the Riders and Tachibana. It features in both the OVA and the Sortie!! Rider Machines.
• Humongous Mecha: On closer inspection, the Great Leader's body appears to be this, with a caped figure in the forehead. In the concluding chapter of the manga, it was revealed that the "Great Leader" was indeed a mecha piloted by none other than Doctor Shinigami, an Shocker executive.
• Legion of Doom: Gran Shocker, an alliance of Kamen Rider villains.
• The Mentor: Tobei Tachibana, whose live-action incarnation mentored the Seven Legendary Riders, acts as this for all 11 Riders.
• Mooks: Gran Shocker's Sentonin^note Combatmen wear blue and yellow uniforms with the Gran Shocker insignia on their forehead, appearing not too disimilar to the Gel-Shocker Sentonin from the original series. They appear in both Sortie!! Rider Machines and the OVA.
• Mythology Gag: The Rider Carrier appears to be derived from an unused spaceship design from Kamen Rider ZO.
• Power Trio: The Kamen Riders are divided into these.
  • Battle Riders: #1^note Ichi-gou, ZX and Black RX
  • Mechanic Riders: V3, X-Rider and Super-1
  • Wild Riders: #2^note Ni-gou, Amazon and Stronger
• Super-Deformed: Take a guess what "SD" stands for.
• Toyline-Exclusive Character: The SD incarnation of ZO (Kamen Rider #14) does not appear in the manga, OVA or video games, but was released as a soft vinyl figure in one of the SD toylines along with Kamen Rider Shin.
• What If?: ...the Showa Kamen Riders were Super-Deformed?

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