The Best Episodes of Kamen Rider Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.6/10(130 votes)

   #1 - The Mysterious Spider Man

   S1:E14/3/1971

   Takeshi Hongo, a young scientist boasting of an IQ of 600 and a racing prodigy, is abducted and his body surgically remodeled by Shocker, an evil secret society plotting for global domination.

   Director:Koichi Takemoto

   Writer:Masaru Igami

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   Director:Koichi Takemoto

   Writer:Masaru Igami
2. 

   7.2/10(70 votes)

   #2 - The Terrifying Bat Man

   S1:E24/10/1971

   Hongo wins the championship, but the model who brings him his bouquet suddenly bares her fangs and attacks! With growing suspicion, Hongo investigates the woman's home, and finds it has been transformed into a lab.

   Director:Itaru Orita

   Writer:Masaru Igami

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   Director:Itaru Orita

   Writer:Masaru Igami
3. 

   7.2/10(58 votes)

   #3 - Monster, Scorpion Man

   S1:E34/17/1971

   Shocker tests their mysterious Scorpion Man by releasing their slave workers and telling them that they can have their freedom if they can escape within 10 minutes, but one by one they die at the Scorpian Man's hands.

   Director:Koichi Takemoto

   Writer:Masaru Igami

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   Director:Koichi Takemoto

   Writer:Masaru Igami
4. 

   7.0/10(54 votes)

   #4 - Cannibalism, Sarracenian

   S1:E44/24/1971

   At an amusement park's botanical gardens, people begin to go missing. The young boy Kenji's older sister Yukie gets snatched away, and he tries to tell someone that his sister was attacked by a giant King Sarracenian!!

   Director:Itaru Orita

   Writers:Masayuki Shimada, Shin'ichi Ichikawa

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   Director:Itaru Orita

   Writers:Masayuki Shimada, Shin'ichi Ichikawa
5. 

   6.1/10(50 votes)

   #5 - Monster, Mantis Man

   S1:E55/1/1971

   While a series of strange earthquakes are going on, Hongo is contacted by his childhood friend and seismologist, Amemiya Chikako, who tells him, “Something is planning to cause a major earthquake.”

   Director:Hidetoshi Kitamura

   Writer:Mari Takizawa

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   Director:Hidetoshi Kitamura

   Writer:Mari Takizawa
6. 

   6.9/10(43 votes)

   #6 - Grim Reaper, Chameleon

   S1:E65/8/1971

   Former navy lieutenant-commander Sunada is attacked by the Chameleon Man. His aim is a submarine model in Sunada's possession that has secrets relating to a Nazi treasure concealed inside.

   Director:Itaru Orita

   Writer:Masaru Igami

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   Director:Itaru Orita

   Writer:Masaru Igami
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7. 

   7.3/10(45 votes)

   #7 - Duel With Grim Reaper Chameleon! World Fair Impression

   S1:E75/15/1971

   Kamen Rider, having fallen into a pit trap, loses his power in the secret room where no wind can reach and reverts back to his form as Hongo.

   Director:Itaru Orita

   Writer:Masaru Igami

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   Director:Itaru Orita

   Writer:Masaru Igami
8. 

   6.5/10(36 votes)

   #8 - Strangeness! Bee Woman

   S1:E85/22/1971

   Hongo begins an investigation into the series of incidents where people who had glasses made at Kagemura's Optometry store have gone missing. But even Ruriko gets some lure glasses, and she disappears as well.

   Director:Hidetoshi Kitamura

   Writer:Mari Takizawa

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   Director:Hidetoshi Kitamura

   Writer:Mari Takizawa
9. 

   6.7/10(31 votes)

   #9 - The Terrifying Cobra Man

   S1:E95/29/1971

   Cobra Man makes an attack on the gold vault, but when the pet dog of security guard Kondo barks at him, he drops his fangs! Seeking his fangs, he attacks Kondo.

   Director:Minoru Yamada

   Writer:Katsuhiko Taguchi

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   Director:Minoru Yamada

   Writer:Katsuhiko Taguchi
10. 

    7.0/10(30 votes)

    #10 - The Revived Cobra Man

    S1:E106/5/1971

    Ritsuko Ayakoji of the Ayakoji Biology Research Institute, Shocker's collaborator, puts up advertisements for “Purchasing Animals” to gather animal blood and capture the people who bring in their pets.

    Director:Minoru Yamada

    Writer:Katsuhiko Taguchi

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    Director:Minoru Yamada

    Writer:Katsuhiko Taguchi
11. 

    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #11 - Bloodsucking Monster, Gebacondor

    S1:E116/12/1971

    Shocker has produced a new monster, Gebacondor, by assembling into one all the strong points of their previous monsters. But Gebacondor needs the lifeblood of young women.

    Director:Itaru Orita

    Writer:Takao Nagaishi

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    Director:Itaru Orita

    Writer:Takao Nagaishi
12. 

    6.6/10(27 votes)

    #12 - Murder, Yamogelas

    S1:E126/19/1971

    Doctor Shirakawa has invented a death ray but tries to seal his invention away, while his aid Shibata conspires with Shocker and is remodeled into the monster Geckogeras, making secret plans to take the death ray.

    Director:Itaru Orita

    Writer:Mari Takizawa

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    Writer:Mari Takizawa
13. 

    7.3/10(29 votes)

    #13 - Tokageron and the Big Monster Army

    S1:E136/26/1971

    To break through the Toyo Atomic Energy Research Laboratory's barrier, Shocker remodels pro soccer athlete Nomoto and produces the monster Tokageron with powerful kicking might.

    Director:Hidetoshi Kitamura

    Writer:Masaru Igami

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    Director:Hidetoshi Kitamura

    Writer:Masaru Igami
14. 

    7.2/10(31 votes)

    #14 - Raid of the Demon Sabotegron

    S1:E147/3/1971

    Hongo saved Tokyo from a horrible fate at the hands of Shocker.But Hongo can not rest while Shocker's plans to conquer the world grows stronger every day. For justice, and for everlasting peace, Kamen Rider will continue his fight until the very end. Debuting this episode, a new Kamen Rider appears! With three new leading ladies, and more excitement, Thrills, and Action!

    Director:Itaru Orita

    Writer:Masaru Igami

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15. 

    6.6/10(27 votes)

    #15 - Counterattack, Sabotegron

    S1:E157/10/1971

    At the end of fierce fighting, Kamen Rider drives Sabotegron away. Sabotegron then uses Flowers of Mexico to attack Hayato and the Tachibana Racing Club.

    Director:Itaru Orita

    Writer:Masaru Igami

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16. 

    7.3/10(24 votes)

    #16 - Wrestler of the Devil, Pirasaurus

    S1:E167/17/1971

    Shocker gets their hands on the Pirazaurus whose poison can kill a giant dinosaur in mere seconds and begin to create a cyborg by combining it with a human.

    Director:Itaru Orita

    Writer:Masaru Igami

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17. 

    7.1/10(25 votes)

    #17 - Death Match in the Ring: Defeat! Pirasaurus

    S1:E177/24/1971

    Pirazaurus experiments with the powerful deadly gas, “Mist of Death,” at a gogo house. He launches his scheme to obliterate Japanese leaders with the Mist of Death as they spectate a pro wrestling match.

    Director:Itaru Orita

    Writer:Masaru Igami

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    Writer:Masaru Igami
18. 

    6.5/10(23 votes)

    #18 - Fossil Man: Hitodanger

    S1:E187/31/1971

    Shocker creates a missile base in the mountains and appoints the monster Hitodanger to defend it. After saving a boy from a Shocker attack, he fights Hitodanger to save Taki who went searching for the base.

    Director:Minoru Yamada

    Writer:Mari Takizawa

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    Director:Minoru Yamada

    Writer:Mari Takizawa
19. 

    6.1/10(22 votes)

    #19 - Monster Kanibubbler Appears in Hokkaido

    S1:E198/7/1971

    For Shocker's plan to cause a tsunami in Hokkaido through submarine earthquakes, they send in the monster Kanibubbler to destroy all seismomitors.

    Director:Itaru Orita

    Writer:Masayuki Shimada

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    Director:Itaru Orita

    Writer:Masayuki Shimada
20. 

    6.5/10(22 votes)

    #20 - Fire-Breathing Caterpillar Monster: Dokugander

    S1:E208/14/1971

    Ichimonji, who has started an inquiry into a village thrown into panic by a gigantic catapillar creature, meets with Yoshioka who is looking for a missing professor, and together they begin a search for the professor.

    Director:Minoru Yamada

    Writer:Katsuhiko Taguchi

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    Writer:Katsuhiko Taguchi
21. 

    6.4/10(23 votes)

    #21 - Dokugander, Confrontation at Osaka Castle

    S1:E218/21/1971

    In order for Shocker to make use of a growth drug developed by Yoshioka, Dokugander's adult form transforms into the deceased professor to trick the assistant professor Yoshioka.

    Director:Minoru Yamada

    Writer:Katsuhiko Taguchi

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    Director:Minoru Yamada

    Writer:Katsuhiko Taguchi
22. 

    5.8/10(23 votes)

    #22 - Suspicious Merman Amazonia

    S1:E228/28/1971

    An olympic swimmer disappears suddenly right before the eyes of his teammates, and a young man swimming in the ocean gets kidnapped by a monster who appears.

    Director:Minoru Yamada

    Writer:Masaki Tsukada

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    Director:Minoru Yamada

    Writer:Masaki Tsukada
23. 

    6.3/10(23 votes)

    #23 - Sky-Flying Monster Musasabedol

    S1:E239/4/1971

    Shocker creates the monster Musasabidol to go after a new liquid fuel developed by Doctor Ookuma. Taki, who is visiting Hokkaido, discovers this plan, and after following Taki, Ichimonji confronts Musasabidol.

    Director:Itaru Orita

    Writer:Masayuki Shimada

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    Director:Itaru Orita

    Writer:Masayuki Shimada
24. 

    6.4/10(22 votes)

    #24 - Deadly Poison Monster Kinokomolg's Sortie!

    S1:E249/11/1971

    After a prisoner is immersed in the extract of poisonous mushrooms for one week, the monster Kinokomorgue is born.

    Director:Minoru Yamada

    Writer:Mari Takizawa

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    Director:Minoru Yamada

    Writer:Mari Takizawa
25. 

    7.2/10(20 votes)

    #25 - Defeat Kinokomolg!

    S1:E259/18/1971

    Kinokomorgue declares, “Make him taste the fear of death!” and injects the captured Ichimonji with the antidote, returning him to his senses.

    Director:Minoru Yamada

    Writer:Mari Takizawa

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    Director:Minoru Yamada

    Writer:Mari Takizawa