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Shows that feel like Kamen Rider (1971–)

If you loved Kamen Rider, the closest series we have are DC's Stargirl (2020), RESIDENT EVIL: Infinite Darkness (2021) and Alchemy of Souls (2022). All three share Kamen Rider's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.

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If Kamen Rider hit the spot, these will too

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DC's Stargirl
2020–2022 · 3 seasons · The CW
7.1sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · drama

Both are working the same pair: hero, superhero

The difference: Not nearly as paranoid as Kamen Rider

Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes.

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RESIDENT EVIL: Infinite Darkness
2021 · 1 season · Netflix
5.8animation · drama · action & adventure

The same preoccupation in both: conspiracy

The difference: Sits closer to animation than Kamen Rider does

Years after the horrors of Raccoon City, Leon and Claire find themselves consumed by a dark conspiracy when a viral attack ravages the White House.

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Alchemy of Souls
2022–2023 · 2 seasons · tvN
8.7drama · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure

Two things both keep coming back to: martial arts and secret organization

The difference: None of the paranoia Kamen Rider is built on

A powerful sorceress in a blind woman's body encounters a man from a prestigious family, who wants her help to change his destiny.

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Heroes
2006–2010 · 4 seasons · NBC
7.5sci-fi & fantasy · drama

One thread runs through both: villain

The difference: 35 years apart, and the 2000s show

Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.

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Fights Break Sphere
2017– · 5 seasons · Tencent Video
8.7animation · action & adventure · drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: martial arts

In a land where no magic is present. A land where the strong make the rules and weak have to obey. A land filled with alluring treasures and beauty, yet also filled with unforeseen danger. Three years ago, Xiao Yan, who had shown talents none had seen in decades, suddenly lost everything. His powers, his reputation, and his promise to his mother. What sorcery has caused him to lose all of his powers? And why has his fiancee suddenly shown up?

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DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016–2022 · 7 seasons · The CW
6.7action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy · drama

Common ground: villain

When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?

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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008–2009 · 2 seasons · FOX
7.6sci-fi & fantasy · drama · action & adventure

Both are built on the same subject: cyborg

The series picks up four years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor trying to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.

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Quantum Leap
1989–1993 · 5 seasons · NBC
8.2sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · drama

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.

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The God of High School
2020 · 1 season · AT-X
7.2animation · comedy · action & adventure

The same preoccupation in both: secret organization

Jin Mori has proclaimed himself the strongest high schooler. His life changes when he's invited to participate in "God of High School," a tournament to determine the strongest high schooler of all. He's told that if he wins, any wish he makes will be granted... All the participants are powerful contenders who fight their hardest for their own wishes. What awaits them at the end of the tournament? A chaotic battle between unbelievably strong high school students is about to begin!

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Power Rangers
1993–2023 · 30 seasons · ABC
6.6action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy · kids

One thread runs through both: superhero

A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and later, Lord Zedd, Emperor of all he sees, and their horde of monsters.

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Dragon Ball
1986–1989 · 1 season · Fuji TV
8.5animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

Both are built on the same subject: monster

Young Goku sets off on a quest with his teenage friend Bulma to find the seven Dragon Balls, which grant whoever possesses them a single wish.

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Dragon Ball Z Kai
2009–2015 · 6 seasons · Fuji TV
8.3sci-fi & fantasy · animation · action & adventure

Another one that scratches it

Rejoin Goku and his friends in a series of cosmic battles! Toei has redubbed, recut, and cleaned up the animation of the original 1989 animated series. The show's story arc has been refined to better follow the comic book series on which it is based. The show also features a new opening and ending. In the series, martial artist Goku, and his various friends, battle increasingly powerful enemies to defend the world against evil. Can Earth's defender defeat demons, aliens, and other villains?

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