Kamen Rider World is a short
3-D Movie produced by
Toei Company based on the
Kamen Rider series that premiered on August 6, 1994 and was shown in amusement parks and special events nationwide in Japan. It was shown as a triple feature alongside
Super Sentai World and
Toei Hero Daishugo (a crossover between
Tokusou Robo Janperson and
Blue SWAT which also used footage from
Super Sentai World).
This movie contains examples of the following tropes:
- Back from the Dead: Shadow Moon returns to life and in turn revives five monsters.
- Badass Biker: ZO and J make their entrances on their respective motorcycles, ZO Bringer and J-Crosser.
- Behemoth Battle: Kamen Rider J vs. Giant Shadow Moon.
- Big Bad: Shadow Moon
- Big Damn Heroes: ZO is the first of the two Riders to appear on his bike, saving Masato and Ayumi from the monster quintet, soon followed by J on his motorcycle, bursting into the abandonded warehouse ZO is fighting to assist him.
- Canon Welding: While all of the Kamen Rider from the original to Black RX were already connected via various crossovers, this crossover between the last two of the three movie riders, ZO and J, adds the 90s movies to the mix. With Shadow Moon from Kamen Rider BLACK and Black RX as the Big Bad, and the appearance of the monster from Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue, the entire Showa era of the Kamen Rider Series is in the same universe, it just gets complicated when you get into the Heisei era, specifically Kamen Rider Decade.
- Combination Attack: ZO and J perform a double Rider Kick to finish off the five monsters.
- Crossover: Includes the two then recent Movie Riders Kamen Rider ZO and Kamen Rider J.
- Defeat Equals Explosion: As ever for tokusatsu, this befalls all the villains.
- Excuse Plot: Much like Super Sentai World, the basic plot is bad guys show up, menace the Victim of the Week, then heroes show up to save the day. In comparison to the later full-length crossovers, this is essentially a glorified stage show.
- Fake Shemp: A minor example. ZO and J (who appear only in suit), along with Berry and Shadow Moon, are all voiced by their original actors. However, the five revived monsters are voiced by stand-ins, with Garai from Kamen Rider J voiced by Jurota Kosugi.
- Finishing Move: In addition to the Combination Attack above, J Jumbo Formation finishes Shadow Moon with his Rider Kick.
- Make My Monster Grow: Shadow Moon is shown to enlarge himself, something which he never did in Kamen Rider BLACK or Kamen Rider BLACK RX. Of course this
- New Powers as the Plot Demands: A villainous example this time. The only reason Shadow Moon grows to giant size here is so he can fight Kamen Rider J in his trademark "Jumbo Formation". See Make My Monster Grow.
- Shared Universe: The presence of Masato and Ayumi both here and in Super Sentai World hint at one including Kamen Rider and Super Sentai, potentially adding Metal Heroes to the mix if the end of Toei Hero Daishugo is to be believed.
- TripleFeature: Released with Super Sentai World and Toei Hero Daishugo.
- Victim of the Week: A man named Masato and his sister Ayumi who stumble onto an injured Berry by chance and are chased by the revived mutant army as a result before being saved by ZO.
- Villains Act, Heroes React: The Riders mobilise in response to the threat of Shadow Moon.
- Villain Team-Up: Shadow Moon from Kamen Rider BLACK and Black RX returns leading a group of five monsters: Sai Mutant, a Monster of the Week from Kamen Rider Black; Cyborg Soldier Lv. 2, from Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue; and Agito, Garai, and Zu, from Kamen Rider J.
