Shotaro tells Tokime all about his mentor, Shokichi Narumi, and the night he and Philip became Kamen Rider W.
Acting
Kenjiro Tsuda's gravelly Skull voice—pure fedora-wearing melancholy.
Direction
Kabashima blends tokusatsu energy with genuine noir tragedy.
Score
That Skull crystal shattering theme hits different now.
Director
Yosuke Kabashima
Kenjiro Tsuda
Sokichi Narumi / Kamen Rider Skull (voice)
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Shotaro Hidari / Kamen Rider W (voice)
Koki Uchiyama
Philip / Kamen Rider W (voice)
Akira Sekine
Tokime (voice)
Mikako Komatsu
Akiko Narumi (voice)
Makoto Furukawa
Ryu Terui (voice)
Daisuke Ono
Yukiji Bando (voice)
Ayumu Murase
Young Shotaro Hidari (voice)
Satomi Sato
Saeko Sonozaki / Taboo Dopant (voice)
Jun Fukuyama
Nagi Ooshima / Ocean Dopant (voice)
Naoko Kouda
Fumine Sonozaki (voice)
Katsuhisa Houki
Ryubei Sonozaki (voice)
Mao Ichimichi
Wakana Sonozaki (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kenjiro Tsuda also voiced Seto Kaiba—explaining why Skull's dramatic entrances feel so familiar.
This adapts the 'Portrait' arc that the original 2009 series couldn't afford to animate, finally giving Sokichi's tragedy full visual weight.
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