What is Kamen Rider (1979 TV series)?
{{Infobox television | alt_name = Skyrider | genre = [[Tokusatsu]]<br>Superhero fiction<br>[[Science fiction]]<br>Action/[[Adventure]]<br>[[Fantasy]] | runtime = 24 minutes | creator = Shotaro Ishinomori | developer = Masaru Igami (eps 1-24)<br>Takeshi Ezure (eps 25-54) | writer = Masaru Igami<br>Kimio Hirayama<br>Takeshi Ezure<br>Katsuhiko Taguchi<br>Tsutomu Tsukushi<br>Kyoko Sagiyama<br>Ikuro Suzuki | director = Minoru Yamada<br>Katsuhiko Taguchi<br>Atsuo Okunaka<br>Hideo Tanaka<br>Kimio Hirayama<br>Shigeho Hirota | starring = [[Hiroaki Murakami]]<br>[[Kimiko Tanaka]]<br>[[Naoko Fushimi]]<br>Nobuo Tsukamoto | composer = Shunsuke Kikuchi | producer = Toru Hirayama([[Toei Company|Toei]])<br>Masashi Abe ([[Toei Company|Toei]] eps 18-54) | country = Japan | network = MBS | first_aired = {{start date|1979|10|05}} | last_aired = {{end date|1980|10|10}} | num_episodes = 54 }} '''''Kamen Rider''''' also referred to as '''''Kamen Rider (New)''''' or '''''Skyrider''''' (after the main character), is a [[Japan]]ese [[television program|television series]] created by Shotaro Ishinomori and the sixth program in the Kamen Rider Series. The series was a co-production between [[Toei Company|Toei]] and Ishimori Productions. The series aired every Friday at 7:00 PM on MBS from October 5, 1979 to October 10, 1980. The 1979 series was intended as a revival of the original [[Kamen Rider]], going back to the basic, essential themes established in that show. ==Story== Doctor Keitarō Shido, a famous scientist, has been kidnapped by the terrorist organization Neo-Shocker. They want him to exploit his expertise in robotics technology. Desperate to escape, he tells Neo-Shocker commander to allow him to control an injured camper. Explaining that he can turn the camper, Hiroshi Tsukuba into a powerful Neo-Shocker warrior, they allow Doctor Shido to operate. However, he quickly turns the