[TokuKnight89]

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Originally Posted by GoseiWonder

Toei will never let Saban touch Rider again. Ishinomori HATED Masked Rider and forbid Saban from touching his bugmen ever again, and the Japanese respect the dead too much to violate his wishes.

It is true that Masked Rider bit-off way more than it was able to chew, much less swallow down. Saban tried to cash in on the success with PR, but most of his efforts failed flat save for Beetleborgs (VR Troopers was livable to a degree). The effort would focus on the PR three-parter that debuted Masked Rider and NOT the series that followed. Toei would have to approve, but consider how "anime-based-on-an-iconic-film" theory follows: Samurai Seven got the approval of Kurosawa's family to adapt Seven Samurai even though it might not have fit everyone's fancy. If the effort got approval from both sides, then it could be used. If not, then Kamen Rider Dragon Knight might be if Saban got the rights to use that one. Adapted from Ryuki, it is not based on an Ishinomori Showa Rider and most of the Modern Riders are hotly contested for such reasons (save for the whole "Not-a-Cyborg" argument). It is unlikely to succeed, and if the matter does fail, then a Crossover with actual Kamen Rider might work if that side of the story was fleshed-out by Toei and weaved into a PR story. Ex.: The American Masked Rider from outer space lost his powers and the "dimension-hopping" RX has to help him. Not trying to step on Ishinomori's memory and legacy, but it would be nice if PR could do what Toei has tried with all the Taisen Movies.