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Originally Posted by Aoi Kurenai

It would end around September/October of 2020. The 65 episode follow up is assuming Zi-O runs around 31 episodes. The person who dropped these leaks says it's because they want both shows to be a celebration - Zi-O as the celebration of the end of Rider's most successful era and the next show as a celebration of the new era.

It wouldn't even be the first Kamen Rider show to run more than a year - the original Rider series was 98 episodes. The most recent show that went a lot longer than a year was Ultraman Cosmos, which ran for 65 episodes in celebration of Eiji Tsuburaya's 100th birthday.

Firstly, thanks for correcting my numbers.

Secondly, I still believe that the episode count and series air dates would mess with TOEI's merchandise schedule. I'm not so sure they'd want that.

And thirdly, yes, while the original KR and Ultraman Cosmos ran for 65+ episodes, Cosmos aired from 2001-2002 and KR for 98 episodes from 1971-1973. Times are different now and I think 45 episodes works well enough for a KR show.