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Netflix Streams Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider Anime in India

Netflix is listing the anime of Yokusaru Shibata's Tojima Tanzaburo Wants to be a Masked Rider (Tōjima Tanzaburō wa Kamen Rider ni Naritai) manga for release in India on May 1. It will stream the anime under the title Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider.

The anime premiered on Tokyo MX on October 4 at 24:30 JST (effectively, October 5 at 12:30 a.m.). Crunchyroll is streaming the anime in India under the title Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider. It began streaming the anime's English dub on October 18 and began streaming the anime's Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu dubs on October 26.

Takahiro Ikezoe (Ozma, Show By Rock!!) directed the anime at LIDEN FILMS. Tōko Machida (Allison & Lillia, Wake Up, Girls!) was in charge of series scripts, Cindy H. Yamauchi (Blade, Sōten Kōro) designed the characters, and TeddyLoid (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT) composed the music.

TeddyLoid feat. Shigeru Matsuzaki accelerated by TOPHAMHAT-KYO (FAKE TYPE.) performs the opening theme song "Wanna be." TeddyLoid, EMME, and TOPHAMHAT-KYO (FAKE TYPE.) scored and arranged the song, and Konnie Aoki wrote the lyrics. 

The manga follows the titular Tanzaburo Tojima, a man who has just turned 40 and who still seriously dreams of becoming a Kamen Rider. Just as he is about to give up on this dream, he gets caught up in a "false Shocker" robbery.

Shibata launched the manga with cooperation from Ishimori Production and Toei in the Monthly Hero's magazine in 2018, and the manga moved to the Comiplex website, where it is still ongoing. 

Shibata's earlier series include Air Master and 81diver. Shibata ended 81diver in July 2014. The manga inspired a live-action television series in 2008. Shibata's Air Master manga inspired a television anime in 2003.

Source: Netflix