- The film was announced in a press conference on April 3, 2021, the 50th anniversary of the franchise’s first episode.
- It is the fourth and final film in Anno’s Shin Japan Heroes Universe, following Shin Godzilla (2016), Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021), and Shin Ultraman (2022), as well as the first without his frequent collaborator Shinji Higuchi.
- Principal photography began on October 3, 2021, and wrapped at the end of January 2022.
- The film’s first trailers are based on the title sequence of Kamen Rider (1971).
- The first teaser was revealed at a press conference on September 30, along with the casting of leads Ikematsu and Hamabe.
- Like Shin Ultraman, several sequences in the film were shot on iPhones, using camera movements, lens sizes, angles, and zoom timing to mimic modern cinematic techniques.
- Shin Kamen Rider premiered in Japan at selected theaters on March 17, 2023, and was released nationwide on March 18, 2023. The film grossed $16.02 million and received mostly positive reviews from critics. On July 21, 2023, it began streaming on Amazon Prime Video in over 200 locations worldwide, under the title Shin Masked Rider.
- Yamashita also designed the film’s incarnation of the Cyclone, Kamen Rider’s motorcycle. The use of a fully computer-generated bike was proposed but ultimately rejected due to concerns over budget and screen time.
- Hideaki Anno, who grew up with the original 1971 Kamen Rider series, expressed his admiration for the franchise, calling it “epoch-making” and expressing a desire to “give back in some small way”.
- The film began streaming on Amazon Prime Video, under the title “Shin Masked Rider”, on July 21, 2023, in over 200 countries and territories worldwide.
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