Kamen Rider Build

Did You Know?

• The trademark for Kamen Rider Build was registered by Toei on May 18, 2017.
• The villain Night Rogue's suit was recolored for Kamen Rider MadRogue, appearing from episode 38 onward.
• Build New World is a set of two V-Cinema releases focusing on Ryuga Banjo and Kazumi Sawatari, taking place after the main series.

Summary

A cataclysmic event involving an artifact of an ancient Martian civilization created a supernatural barrier called the Skywall, separating Japan into three territories: Touto, Hokuto, and Seito. This event brought waves of monsters called Smash that terrorize citizens. The protagonist, Sento Kiryu, is an amnesiac taken in by cafe owner Soichi Isurugi, who provides him with the Build Driver belt. This belt allows Sento to become Kamen Rider Build, using powers determined by pairs of Fullbottles inserted into the belt, each containing essences of organic and inorganic matter. Fullbottles are obtained by defeating Smash and purifying their essence. Sento learns his forgotten past is connected to the Skywall Catastrophe, that the Smash are part of a larger organization, and that his allies are not what they seem. He gains allies who can also transform, faces nemeses, and questions who is on which side.

Films

Kamen Rider Build made a cameo in Kamen Rider Ex-Aid the Movie: True Ending before his first chronological debut in episode 44 of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid. A Movie War film, Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Final: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Rider, was released on December 9, 2017, featuring casts from Build, Ex-Aid, and several past Kamen Rider series; its events take place between episodes 14 and 15. Kamen Rider Build the Movie: Be the One was released on August 4, 2018, double billed with Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger en Film, and includes a cameo of Kamen Rider Zi-O; its events occur between episodes 45 and 46.

Special episodes

Kamen Rider Build: Birth! KumaTelevi!! Vs. Kamen Rider Grease: Televi-Kuns takes place between episodes 19 and 20. Kamen Rider Build: Raising the Hazard Level With 7 Best Matches is a web-exclusive series of three episodes, with the final episode exclusive to DVD; the first two take place during episode 21 and the last a month later. Rogue is a spin-off miniseries of three episodes focusing on Gentoku Himuro, included in the Blu-ray collection; the first episode occurs three years before the main series, the others after episode 20. Night Rogue Rises, Dark Night Fall, and Kamen Rider Rogue were released as part of Blu-ray volumes. I Heard the Idol Otaku Is Dating His Fav is a side story featuring Kazumi Sawatari, serving as a prequel to Build New World: Kamen Rider Grease.

International broadcast, home video and streaming

In Japan, Kamen Rider Build was released on DVD in 12 volumes in 2018 and on Blu-ray in 4 volumes in 2018; the Blu-ray collection includes the spin-off ROGUE. In Malaysia, the series aired on TV3 with a Malay dub starting in late 2018, covering all episodes. Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese dubs were produced. In Hong Kong, ViuTV broadcast a Cantonese dub from December 30, 2018, to December 15, 2019. In Taiwan, CHT MOD aired a Mandarin dub from August 2, 2019, to January 17, 2020, and later on PILI TV from September 28 to December 3, 2020. In South Korea, the series aired with a Korean dub on Anione from January 5 to April 27, 2019, and on ANIBOX, covering all 49 episodes. In Indonesia, RTV aired an Indonesian dub in 2020. On November 7, 2023, Sato Company commissioned CLONE for a Brazilian Portuguese dub, the first such dub for a Kamen Rider series in nearly 30 years; the first three episodes premiered in Sato Theaters on November 19, 2023.