TheFUUTO PI: Kamen Rider Skull no Shōzōmovie is now in theaters all over Japan.FUUTO PIis originally aKamen Rider Wspinoff manga byMasaki Sato(illustrator) andDragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai’sRiku Sanjo(script).
The story takes place after the movieKamen Rider W Returns(but newcomers can read it without watching the movie or theKamen Rider Wseries). Private detective Shotaro Hidari is back, working at Narumi Detective Agency with Raito Sonozaki (“Philip”), the only Sonozaki family survivor able to access the Gaia Library. T
ogether, they turn into Kamen Rider W (the “W” is a wordplay with “double” in this sense). Their new adventure starts when they find Tokime, a girl who lost her memories and is targeted by Dopants, and take her as their assistant while trying to discover her past. The movie is screening in Japan from July 29, 2025, and is a sequel to the anime. The new visual showsKamen Rider Double CycloneSkull, which is also on sale as an S.H.Figuarts figure:
FUUTO PI’s Anime and Main Staff
FUUTO PIbroadcasted in 2022, more thanten years afterKamen Rider W(2009-2010), animated byStudio Kai.Yousuke Kabashimadirected andTatsuto Higuchiwrote the series. Crunchyroll streams all the 12 episodes with English subtitles (it is only dubbed in Spanish and Portuguese, which are audiences more familiar withKamen Riderseries). The movie is not confirmed for international release yet, but it might drop on Crunchyroll or other service at some point.
The FUUTO PI manga is still ongoing. It started serialization in 2017, with 17 compiled volumes so far. It has never been published in the US.
The Original Kamen Rider W Story
Kamen Rider Wdebuted in 2009, airing on the Toei’s Super Hero Time programming block in TV Asahi (like previousKamen Riderseries) and it was a commemorative series for the 10th Anniversary of Heisei’s EraKamen Rider. It was later confirmed W is in the same “timeline” of the original 1971Kamen Ridershow.
The plot takes place in Fuuto (“Wind City”), a wind-powered city (for ecological reasons). The peaceful life in Fuuto is endangered when the Sonozaki Family starts selling devices knwon as Gaia Memories to criminals, who use it to become Dopants and be unstoppable by the police when commiting crimes. But these devices also drive them to madness, putting them in a sort of “berserk mode”. Detective Shotaro Hidari and his assistant Philip investigate these crimes and turn into Kamen Rider W. The FUUTO PI anime is available to stream on Crunchyroll. The originalKamen Rider Wseries is not officially licensed int the US.
