Your vampire dad from 1986 just crash-landed in 2008 and nobody's okay.
On June 2, 2008, Toei announced on its various official websites that there would be a series of short five-minute internet movies that are spin-offs of Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Demonic Castle. The featurettes are called Kamen Rider Backwards-Kiva: Queen of the Demonic Castle. In these shorts, Otoya and Yuri are brought into the present by Castle Doran when the mysterious Queen of the Legendorga is about to be revived. The shorts themselves are all zany misadventures of everyone in the Kiva cast.
Practical Effects
Castle Doran puppet work is gloriously unhinged.
Acting
Kouhei Takeda's Otoya steals every scene he breathes in.
Writing
Self-aware gags that roast the main series.
Koji Seto
Wataru Kurenai / Kamen Rider Kiva
Kouhei Takeda
Otoya Kurenai / Kamen Rider Ixa (1986)
Keisuke Kato
Keisuke Nago / Kamen Rider Kiva (2008)
Nana Yanagisawa
Megumi Aso
Yu Takahashi
Yuri Aso
Shouma Yamamoto
Takato Shirimine / Kamen Rider Rey
Rina Koike
Shizuka Nomura
Eiji Takigawa
Riki
Yuuki Ogoe
Ramon
Kenji Matsuda
Jiro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
These shorts aired exclusively on Toei's streaming platforms in 2008, making them early experiments in tokusatsu web content. The 'Backwards' title refers to both the time-travel premise and the show's habit of reversing expectations.
The Legendorga were the movie-exclusive villains from 'King of the Demonic Castle,' so their Queen's 'revival' here is pure fanservice—she never actually appears in the main show. This short essentially exists so Otoya can react to 2008 technology.
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