Cho-Den-O series

Kamen Rider Den-O was the seventeenth installment of the Kamen Rider series and the eighth during the Heisei period run of the series, a joint production between Toei Company, TV Asahi, and the late Shotaro Ishinomori's production company Ishimori Productions. Its first film, Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born! opened in Japanese theaters on August 4, 2007. In its opening weekend, the movie came in 4th place and was the highest selling Japanese production of the week.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/japan/?yr=2007&wk=31&p=.htm|title=Weekend returns for the weekend of August 4–5|accessdate=2007-08-11}}

Later in 2007, Toei had announced that they were in production for a V-Cinema release for Den-O coupled with Kamen Rider Kiva, but this was later changed to be a direct, albeit limited, theatrical release entitled Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka. In its opening weekend, April 12, 2008, Climax Deka took the top spot at the Japanese box offices,{{cite web|url=http://movie.goo.ne.jp/ranking/boxoffice/20080415.html|title=映画興行成績ランキング - goo 映画|accessdate=2008-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328190631/http://movie.goo.ne.jp/ranking/boxoffice/20080415.html|archive-date=2009-03-28|url-status=dead}} unseating the Japanese release of Cloverfield.{{cite web|url=http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/manga/archive/news/2008/04/20080415mog00m200006000c.html|title=映画興行成績：「仮面ライダー電王」女性人気で堂々1位 「クローバーフィールド」は2位に 4月12、13日|accessdate=2008-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421051532/http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/manga/archive/news/2008/04/20080415mog00m200006000c.html|archive-date=2008-04-21|url-status=dead}} In the end, it grossed 730 million yen, over double the normal revenue for a Kamen Rider film.{{cite web|url=http://www.varietyjapan.com/news/movie_dom/2k1u7d00000dcmlm.html|title=バラエティ・ジャパン {{!}} 佐藤健『電王』3度目映画化に「一番面白い」|accessdate=2008-09-26}}

Later in 2008, another press release from Toei announced that there was to be a third film for Den-O entitled, Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown. Having a third film was the first for any of the Heisei Kamen Rider television series, a fact that Takeru Satoh, who had played the lead role of Ryotaro Nogami in the television series, attributes to Den-O's comedic timing.{{cite web|url=http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/080926/gnj0809261105021-n1.htm |title=佐藤健、「仮面ライダー電王」人気の秘密は... - 芸能 - SANSPO.COM |accessdate=2008-09-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929040435/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/080926/gnj0809261105021-n1.htm |archivedate=September 29, 2008 }} Eventually this was originally considered to be the last appearance of Den O. However because of its rising popularity, Toei Company announced on January 29, 2009,that there would be a fourth film for Den-O, and that it was in production as of January 29, 2009. The film was scheduled to be released in April 2009.{{cite web|url=http://animeanime.jp/news/archives/2009/01/post_649.html|title=全国映画概況発表会見で、「仮面ライダー電王」新作発表?|accessdate=2009-01-30|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131230227/http://animeanime.jp/news/archives/2009/01/post_649.html|archivedate=2009-01-31}} On February 9, 2009, Toei revealed that this film was to be the first in the Cho-Den-O series. and that the film would feature the cast and characters of I'm Born!, Final Countdown, Kiva, and Kamen Rider Decade.

{{main|Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship}}

The first film in the Cho-Den-O series is titled {{nihongo4|Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations the Movie: The Onigashima Warship|劇場版 超・仮面ライダー電王&ディケイド NEOジェネレーションズ 鬼ヶ島の戦艦|Gekijōban Chō Kamen Raidā Den'ō Ando Dikeido Neo Jenerēshonzu Onigashima no Senkan}} released on May 1, 2009. The film features the return of the Tarōs, Deneb, and Sieg, along with New Den-O from Final Countdown, Jiro, Ramon, and Riki of Kiva, and Tsukasa and Natsumi of Decade. The film also introduces Akina Minami portraying a bushi woman named {{nihongo4|Toki|トキ}}.{{cite web|url=http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/graph/anime/20090209/|title=仮面ライダー電王：映画「超・電王」で復活 アッキーナ出演も佐藤健は... - 毎日jp(毎日新聞)|accessdate=2009-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210071737/http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/graph/anime/20090209/|archive-date=2009-02-10|url-status=dead}} The movie also marks the debut of {{nihongo4|Kamen Rider Cho-Den-O|仮面ライダー超電王|Kamen Raidā Chō Den'ō}}, also called {{nihongo4|Super Climax Form|超クライマックスフォーム|Chō Kuraimakkusu Fōmu}}, which appears as a variation of Den-O's Climax Form incorporating Wing Form's mask as wings.

{{main|Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy}}

{{nihongo4|Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy|仮面ライダー×仮面ライダー×仮面ライダー THE MOVIE 超・電王トリロジー|Kamen Raidā × Kamen Raidā × Kamen Raidā Za Mūbī Chō Den'ō Torirojī}} is the name given to a series of three films released in a four-week period between May 22 and June 19, 2010. The films, Episode Red, Blue, and Yellow, each focus on a different Kamen Rider in the extended Cho-Den-O storyline: Zeronos, New Den-O, and Diend of Decade. The trilogy was originally posted as a rumor on Futaba Channel as a single film titled {{nihongo4|Shu Kamen Rider Den-O The Movie Last Stop: The Climax is Eternal|劇場版 終仮面ライダー電王 終着点 クライマックスよ永遠に|Gekijōban Shū Kamen Raidā Den'ō Shūchakuten Kuraimakkusu yo Eien ni}}, however the April issue of Televi-kun confirmed the Cho-Den-O Trilogy title.

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• {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102061321/http://www.cho-den-o-01.jp/|date=January 2, 2012|title=Official website for The Onigashima Warship}} {{in lang|ja}}
• {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220232447/http://www.den-o-3.com/|date=February 20, 2012|title=Official website for Cho-Den-O Trilogy}} {{in lang|ja}}

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