Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal
2011 1h 11m movie Film Japan

Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal

仮面ライダーW(ダブル)RETURNS 仮面ライダーエターナル

Synopsis

仮面ライダーW(ダブル)RETURNS 仮面ライダーエターナル

Set primarily before the events of Kamen Rider W Forever, Kamen Rider Eternal tells the story of Daido Katsumi, the formation of NEVER, the mission that led them to target Fuuto, and reveals just how Daido obtained his Lost Driver and got his first taste of the power of Kamen Rider Eternal. As a mysterious woman retells this story to Phillip and Shotaro, they realize that Daido may not have been the simple monster he first appeared to be…

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Ishinomori Productions

Action + Adventure in Japan

1030 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal itself).

The 2010–2012 Japan Window

Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal holds position #238 of 441 Japan films in the 2010–2012 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Cobra the Animation
    #1

    Cobra the Animation

    ★ 9.4 · 2010
  2. Solitary Gourmet
    #2

    Solitary Gourmet

    ★ 9.0 · 2012
  3. Carnival Phantasm
    #3

    Carnival Phantasm

    ★ 8.9 · 2011
  4. Mother
    #4

    Mother

    ★ 8.7 · 2010
  5. High School D×D
    #5

    High School D×D

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  6. Hunter x Hunter
    #6

    Hunter x Hunter

    ★ 8.6 · 2011
  7. Kamisama Kiss
    #7

    Kamisama Kiss

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  8. Maid Sama!
    #8

    Maid Sama!

    ★ 8.6 · 2010

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal premiered alongside 138 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 138 other Japan films in 2011.

The 2498th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

42
Reviews
60th
Review-volume percentile
28th
Popularity percentile

42 audience reviews — more than 60% of Japan films in our index.

Review volume (60th percentile) outruns trending popularity (28th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • v-cinema · 4
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • tokusatsu · 21
  • kamen rider · 21
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • superhero · 80
  • super power · 61

Reception Benchmarks

6.8
TMDB Rating
42
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,558 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (44th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,018 of 1,714 (top 59%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesIshinomori Productions, Toei Company
Runtime1h 11m
Release DateJuly 21, 2011
IMDbtt2015409