Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider

At 40 years old, Tanzaburou Toujima works construction but has never stopped wanting to be Kamen Rider. Not metaphorically — he literally trains his body, studies the moves, and holds onto the dream like he's still ten years old. It's kind of sad, kind of endearing, and entirely the point. Then a criminal gang calling themselves 'Fake Shocker' starts terrorizing the city, cosplaying as classic Kamen Rider villains, and Toujima does what any reasonable middle-aged superfan would do: he puts on a cheap mask and fights them for real. Turns out all those years of self-training actually made him dangerous. This 24-episode TV series from LIDENFILMS walks a tightrope between genuine action and absurd comedy. The fights hit hard, but the premise never lets you forget how ridiculous the situation is — a grown man living out a tokusatsu fantasy against criminals who are also living out a tokusatsu fantasy. The animation blends traditional 2D with tokusatsu-inspired visual effects, and TeddyLoid's soundtrack gives it way more energy than you'd expect. If you liked Gintama's mix of parody and sincerity, or One Punch Man's take on what heroism actually feels like when the fantasy meets reality, this scratches a similar itch. It also shares DNA with Tiger & Bunny in how it handles an older protagonist navigating a world that wasn't built for him. The seinen demographic means it's not afraid to sit with the melancholy underneath the comedy.