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Comic Actor Kendo Kobayashi Guest Stars in Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive Crossover Film
posted on by Karen Ressler
The official website for the Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider: Ghost & Drive Chō Movie Taisen film announced on Monday that comedian and actor Kendo Kobayashi (live-action Yatterman's Tonzura) will guest star in the film as the voice of the Da Vinci Ganma, a powerful enemy who carries the power of Leonardo da Vinci.
The film will open on December 12.
As with other movies in the Kamen Rider film series, Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive Chō Movie Taisen's plot crosses over the current Kamen Rider series with the previous one. In the film, Takeru Tenkūji (Kamen Rider Ghost) and Shinnosuke tomari (Kamen Rider Drive) encounter each other as they are chasing a Ganma, and are sent 10 years back in time to 2005. Takeru finds his father still alive in this year, and Shinnosuke finds Mr. Belt before they have actually met. While Takeru wishes to change his father's fate, he doesn't realize that it is a trap set by Leonardo da Vinci, revived as a Ganma. Meanwhile, in the present, Kamen Rider Spectre and Kamen Rider Mach work to stop the revived Roidmude.
Kamen Rider Ghost, the latest installment in the long-running Kamen Rider special effects series, premiered on TV Asahi on October 4.
In the story, Takeru momentarily loses his life at the hands of a Ganma, who are mysterious beings from another world. However, thanks to the strange power of a hermit (played by Naoto Takenaka), Takeru is brought back to life and given the power of a Kamen Rider and becomes Kamen Rider Ghost. In order to completely come back to life, Takeru must seek out the "Eyecons" of the "15 Great Men."
The new series features eyes as the transformation key item, called "Eyecons." Takeru uses the Eyecons to borrow powers from great heroes of the past, such as Miyamoto Musashi, Isaac Newton, and Thomas Edison. For example, in his "Newton Soul" form, Kamen Rider Ghost can manipulate gravity. When Takeru uses these powers, his form changes.
Source: Anime! Anime!
