Episode 33-43 - Story Arc: Invasion of Helheim! The Golden Fruit ( 「ヘルヘイム侵攻!黄金の果実」編, Heruheimu Shinkō! Kogane no Kajitsu Hen).Episode 24-32 - Story Arc: The Ruler of the Forest! Over Lord ( 「森の支配者!オーバーロード」編, Mori no Shihai-sha! Ōbārōdo Hen).Episode 12-23 - Story Arc: Duel! Genesis Riders ( 「対決!新世代ライダー」編, Taiketsu! Shin Sedai Raidā Hen).
The series is divided into five story arcs :
General Yoroi/ Kouta Kazuraba, Musa Paradisiacaĭebatable Riders TV Show Kurokage Troopers Ryoma Sengoku (Soccer World), Mecha Ryoma Sengoku Hideyasu Jonouchi (Soccer World), Takatora Kureshima Movie/special-Exclusive Kamen Rider Fifteen Takatora Kureshima ►◄ Mitsuzane Kureshima The four main Armored Riders in the series from left to right: Zangetsu, Ryugen, Gaim and Baron TV Show Kamen Rider Gaim But while adamant to obtain the Golden Fruit to save the world, Kouta's goal involves him having a predestined confrontation with Kaito who desires the fruit's power to shatter the status quo of the world. He must fight the sudden appearance of the Inves, but also against other the armored-Kamen Riders known as Armored Riders, effectively becoming a Sengoku period-like conflict for only one victor to prove themselves that they have the right to possess the power of the Helheim Forest, the proverbial forbidden fruit.
Kouta Kazuraba, a young man who recently quit his dance crew Team Gaim (to help his sister Akira Kazuraba), finds a special Lockseed and the Sengoku Driver to become an Armored Rider, named Armored Rider Gaim. Along with this is a popular game that uses the mysterious Lockseeds that contain mysterious monsters called Inves that are said to come from another dimension.Īs the game becomes more popular, tears in reality begin to open that bring the Inves from their home dimension to Earth. To escape the feeling of being under castle authority, dance crews were formed by young people to bring joy back to the public. Urobuchi was also fascinated with the idea of Cross of Fire and ensured that both Kouta and Kaito would be the final contenders but still suffer from the consequences of eating the fruit regardless of the winner, while drawing elements from the Kamen Rider Black manga series.īecause of the large company, Yggdrasill Corporation setting up shop in the once bustling city of Zawame ( 沢芽市, Zawame-shi) the community started to become more like a jōkamachi ( 城下町, castle town). Furthermore, the Forbidden Fruit drew inspiration from the fruit as written in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible. Series writer Gen Urobuchi was asked to revisit the darker elements of past series, and introduced the idea of Beat Riders as a scapegoat to distract viewers from the themes shown in the show's latter half. The orange was chosen to be Gaim's default form due to the fruit's popularity with children, and its color to differentiate from Wizard's red. To differentiate from the previous series Wizard, several different design motifs such as fruits and heavy armor inspired by both Western and Chinese cultures were added. Gaim is the first series since Kabuto to have multiple Riders from the start, as recent series as kept to at most, two active Riders on screen.