Eyecatch

This article is about a reoccurrence in the Kamen Rider Series.

KREyecatch1 — The first eyecatch for *Kamen Rider*, the original series, from episode 1, *The Eerie Man Spider*.

An eyecatch (アイキャッチ, aikyatchi) or internal eyecatch is a scene or illustration used to begin and end a commercial break in a Japanese TV program, especially in anime and tokusatsu shows, such as Kamen Rider, similar to how "bumpers" into/out of commercial breaks are used in the United States. The term is used, in Japan, to refer to all kinds of bumpers.

Eyecatches[]

Showa Era[]

Eyecatches of Showa era Kamen Rider Series featured illustrations of the protagonist Kamen Riders.

The TV special Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! (1984), which introduced Kamen Rider ZX, forgone the eyecatch. Instead, the title Kamen Rider Special (仮面ライダースペシャル, Kamen Raidā Supesharu) appears to the bottom right of the screen before the break and to the top left of the screen after the break, with a eyecatch sting from a previous series (Kamen Rider X for the first break, Kamen Rider (Skyrider) for the second, and Kamen Rider Super-1 for the last) accompanying the latter.
Kamen Rider Black and Kamen Rider Black RX only shows the yellow and red (Black)/blue (Black RX) bar scrolling to the right side of the screen until a logo appears. However, the first two episodes of Kamen Rider Black RX only has the logo appearing.

Heisei Era[]

Beginning with the Heisei Kamen Rider series, eyecatches are no longer a prominent feature in the show. Instead, the Heisei era started the trend of closing screens to mark the end of an episode.

However, the web series Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Brain is an exception to this since it is made to commemorate the end of the Heisei era while ironically parodying elements from the Showa era.

Reiwa Era[]

Kamen Rider Saber[]

Kamen Rider Saber reintroduced eyecatches for the first time since Black RX. Much like the Closing Screens, the eyecatch of each episode shows one or more Wonder/Alter Ride Book used by the Riders or Megid Mamonos in the episode. The spellings on it are also shown. Each book will spin depending on what type of book it is: If it is a Wonder Ride Book, then the book will spin clockwise, and will spin the opposite way if it is an Alter Ride Book.

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Others[]

Like many anime, Fuuto PI also featured eyecathes. The eyecatch of each episode shows one of the characters/Kamen Riders appeared in the episode. The show's logo placed in the bottom left or right corner.