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Originally Posted by gllgt

The official explanation is that Agito has the highest viewership numbers of the Heisei era. Of course, behind the scenes there are several other factors: namely actor availability, actor popularity, and production crew availability. Headwriter of the original Agito series is still regularly working and as such can provide a new story. The vast majority of actors are available and particularly Hikawa's actor, Jun Kaname, has become a very prominent actor.

Obviously something like a Kuuga or Den-O movie would be much more popular. But their stars are much more difficult to get a hold off. Depending on how well this does, it could pave the way for those movies to happen at some point.

I reckon we'll get something Den-O related next year, since the 20th anniversary is in 2027. And even if Sato can't make it, there's always Takuya Mizoguchi aka Shibuya from Kamen Rider Ghost to reprise the role of Ryotaro. That said, I am a bit optimistic of a possible Takeru Sato return, since he's got enough autonomy now being in his own agency co-founded with Ryunosuke Kamiki aka Kid God from Agito (the same Kamiki who was Kid Tricera from Abaranger, the voice of Taki in Your Name, Sojiro Seta in the Rurouni Kenshin live-action movies, and recently Shikishima in Godzilla Minus Zero).