Tojima Tanzaburo Wants to Be a Masked Rider Gets Anime Adaptation

Tojima Tanzaburo Wants to Be a Masked Rider (Tojima Tanzaburo wa Kamen Raida ni Naritai) is officially getting an anime adaptation. A teaser visual was released, while more details are expected at AnimeJapan 2025.

The author, Yokusaru Shibata, commented on the news:

“I can’t believe the day has come when Tanzaburo Tojima will get to shout his heart out in an anime! This story is about a kid who wanted to be Kamen Rider and simply grew up without letting go of that dream — it’s a hot-blooded, passionate tale! It’s so intense, viewers might find themselves shouting along with him:
‘Rider Punch!!!’ ‘Rider Kick!!!’”

Tojima Tanzaburo Wants to Be a Masked Rider (Tojima Tanzaburo wa Kamen Raida ni Naritai) is a Japanese manga created by Yokusaru Shibata in collaboration with Toei and Ishimori Productions. It debuted in Hero’s Inc.’s Monthly Hero’s, a seinen manga magazine, in May 2018. Following the magazine’s closure in October 2020, serialization continued on the Comiplex website from November 2020 onward. The official website describes the story:
“Because I wanted to be Kamen Rider.”
Tanzaburo Tojima, now 40 years old, is still dead serious about becoming Kamen Rider. But just as he begins to lose hope in his dream, he gets caught up in a high-profile crime spree involving a group calling themselves the “Fake Shocker” gang…

From Yokusaru Shibata, known for Air Master and 81diver, comes a passionate series about grown-ups who love Kamen Rider a little too much—what unfolds is an all-out, no-holds-barred game of “real Kamen Rider” played from the soul.

Source: Tojima Tanzaburo Wants to Be a Masked Rider Official Website
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