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is a 1992 V-Cinema film in the Kamen Rider Series. ''Shin'' is the 11th production in the franchise. As a work celebrating the 20th anniversary of the franchise, the film targeted the now-adult fans of the original, taking the bare essence of the Rider character and his origin, placing it in a violent, realistic and modern setting; conveying the driving sorrow of the Kamen Rider character. ''Shin'' was released on DVD on April 25, 2008, by Bandai Visual. Toei's subscription channel featured ''Shin'' during its special Kamen Rider 40th anniversary line up in July 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】2011年7月のラインナップ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】真 仮面ライダー 序章（ﾌﾟﾛﾛｰｸﾞ）／東映チャンネル )〕 The film's protagonist Kamen Rider Shin makes appearances in the films of the later ''Kamen Rider Decade'' television series and is the primary focus of one of the ''All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker'' comedic webisodes in which he seeks out a sequel to his film.〔(【引用サイトリンク】陳情！ 真・仮面ライダー第1章!! ) 〕 Kamen Rider Shin also appears as a playable character the 2011 Nintendo DS video game ''All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation''. For English markets, Toei has marketed the film as ''True Masked Rider: Prologue''. ==Plot== Doctors Kazamatsuri and Onizuka are geneticists researching cures on diseases such as AIDS and cancer by performing experiments to strengthen the human body. The test subject, Shin Kazamatsuri, is the son of Doctor Kazamatsuri and races motorcycles. Unknown to them, their operation is funded by a syndicate group who plan to use their research to have the bodies of men strengthened for their own gain. They have already been unsuccessfully experimenting in the field of cyborg soldiers. However, they did not count on Onizuka's own secret ambitions. The mad Onizuka wanted to create a new species by fusing a grasshopper's DNA with the test subjects in order to start a new civilization and be their God. He has tested it on himself but seems to be having greater success with Shin. Meanwhile, a dangerous creature is stalking the city as Shin dreams of the creature. While Shin believes he is the one causing the murders, he eventually finds Onizuka's plan and discovers that it is Onizuka who has been behind the killings. Onizuka has experimented on himself and altered his genes, making him a humanoid grasshopper. The telepathy of grasshoppers allowed him to communicate with Shin, resulting in Shin witnessing the murders. The syndicate learns of Onizuka's plans and they have him institutionalized. As if the syndicate were not enough, a CIA agent tracks Shin and wants him eliminated, for he doesn't know the true threat Shin could pose. Repulsed, Shin investigates all he can about the experiment he foolishly volunteered to be a part of. Characters *: Shin is a motorcycle racer who gave everything up to volunteer for his father's experiment, not knowing the true ambitions of his father's partner or the organization they worked for. He struggles to uncover the conspiracies, not completely knowing just how much his loved ones are truly involved. :Before the name "Kamen Rider Shin" was decided, Shotaro Ishinomori originally planned for the character to be called . The design of this Kamen Rider Gaia was originally of more a traditional Kamen Rider appearance, before later designs switched to a "Kamen Rider Style Reform" version (resembling a man in a motorcycle helmet and modified riding jacket), and then the mutated insect-like human that would become Kamen Rider Shin.〔''Kamen Rider Art Collection: Hero Edition'' ( ). Page 75, June 2003. ISBN 978-4-8402-2373-7〕 *: Shin's girlfriend and nurse at the ISS (Institute of Super Science) where the experiments are held. She tells Shin of the conspiracy, only later to be killed while pregnant with Shin's child. With her dying breath, she tells him to protect the child at all costs, for it is now a target of the syndicate due to its mutation (it shares a telepathic bond with its father). *: Shin's father. Geneticist, not completely aware of the grave situation he put his son in. *: The head of ISS and a major player in the syndicate. He appears to be a kind gentleman but is truly a heartless man. He is slaughtered by Shin after he guns down Ai. *: Himuro is confident and henchman. He is actually a Level 2 cyborg, an outdated cyborg model. He is decapitated by Shin before his head opens up to reveal a bomb and self-destructs. *: Kazamatsuri's partner, with the plan to create a fusion of grasshopper and man and be their ruler. He is killed by CIA agents, while sending a telepathic plea for help to Shin as he dies, burning. *: A CIA agent who tracks Shin and others that may be connected to ISS/the syndicate. *: Shin's friend, who urges him to escape from the experiment while he still can. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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