Cool Trailer For The Japanese Superhero Film SHIN KAMEN RIDER

Part of the Shin Japan Heroes Universe

May 17 (geektyrant.com) - A few months ago it was announced that Shin Godzilla director, Hideaki Anno, was building a shared movie universe for several Japanese characters, which is called the Shin Japan Heroes Universe.

Shin Godzilla launched this universe and the next film coming is Shin Ultraman. Now we’ve got a trailer for another film in the series, Shin Kamen Rider, and it looks pretty freakin’ cool!

Anno is the director behind Shin Kamen Rider, which is a complete reboot of the original series. The story follows Takeshi Hongo (Sosuke Ikematsu), as he is transformed into an enhanced cyborg agent of the evil organization Shocker—only to turn against them and use his power for justice as the masked hero Kamen Rider.

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