Thirty seven series and more than a thousand and seven hundred episodes, and almost none of it has to be watched in order.
Start anywhere. That is not a dodge, it is the actual answer: every Kamen Rider series is a self contained story with a new cast, a new villain and a new premise, and there is no ongoing plot to catch up on. What matters is picking a good one, and avoiding the two that were built for people who have already seen twenty.
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The one nearly every published guide names first. A two man detective agency in a city with its own rules, forty nine episodes, and the closest thing the franchise has to an ideal version of itself. Nothing before it is needed.
The series that revived the franchise, and the most serious of them: a police procedural where the monsters are a murder investigation. A better fit than W if you want drama rather than banter.
The strongest of the Showa run and the one that still gets recommended without an apology. Practical effects, a darker tone, and a complete story in fifty one episodes. Watch Black RX after it if you want the sequel.
A standalone film remake of the 1971 original. It requires nothing and commits you to nothing, so it is a fair way to find out whether the whole idea appeals before starting a fifty episode series.
Then what? Two series to save for later rather than start with. Decade from 2009 is a tour through the nine worlds before it, and Zi-O from 2018 does the same for the whole Heisei run: both are anniversary shows that are mostly recognition, and recognition needs something to recognise. Four films are not optional if you watch their series: Decade does not finish without Movie War 2010, Ex-Aid does not finish without True Ending, and Zero-One does not finish without Real x Time, because the pandemic cut the series short. Everything else in the film list is a crossover you can skip. The one real ordering rule in the whole franchise is that Kamen Rider Black RX is a direct sequel to Kamen Rider Black, so watch Black first. The Showa run from 1971 to 1981 is loosely connected too, with earlier riders turning up in later shows, but it is not serialised and you will not be lost.
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