Dedicated to our mentor, Shotaro Ishinomori
Please watch in a well lit room
and sit away from the screen
An era begins from zero on this empty planet.
Karappo no hoshi jidai wo zero kara hajimeyou
Legends will need to be repainted.
Densetsu wa nurikaeru mono
Now is the time to release your accelerator!
Ima, akuseru wo tokihanate.
KUUGA!
A blazing revival!
Atsuku yomigaere!
KUUGA!
A proud energy!
Hokori no enajii!
KUUGA!
Be strong for all our sakes!
Tsuyoku aru tame ni!
NO FEAR!
NO PAIN!
As long as he stands for love!
Ai no mae ni tatsu kagiri!
NO FEAR!
NO PAIN!
There is nothing that we need to fear!
Osoreru mono wa nani mo nai!
Even if I stand alone, I will overcome it all!
Kanzen dokusou, ore ga koete yaru!
Super Transformation!
CHOU HENSHIN!
MASKED RIDER KUUGA!
KAMEN RAIDAA KUUGA!
Haruto, everything okay on your end?
It's fine, but what about Akiyama?
Kurogatake Ruins Excavation Site, Central Alps
This is amazing!
Professor, we've finished the preparations.
Everything's ok here.
All right, let's open it!
Okay!
Revival
Who would imagine there was anything like this in Japan?
Professor...
I don't think this is like the interment from any other culture on the Earth!
This is...
Professor!
You don't suppose this says "Touch this and be cursed" or anything, do you?
Well, we already touched it.
Now enough messing around, give me a hand.
New Tokyo International Airport
I don't know about you...
But I always thought it was cool if someone could still smile, even if things were at their worst.
When I was eight, I got lost on this mountain called Annapurna, in Nepal.
I thought I was going to die and I was so scared that I ended up crying.
But our guide was this local kid...
And even though we were the same age, he smiled and said everything was gonna be okay.
And I though "Man, is he cool!"
But... I guess getting separated from your mom and dad must feel terrible.
Over here!
Takayuki!
I told you not to run off on your own!
Thank goodness, right?
- Thank you so much! - Oh no, it was nothing!
Go on, thank the nice man.
Thank you!
You're very welcome.
You're ok?
We were so worried!
Really, thank you!
Oh, it was no trouble.
Thank you so much!
Bye bye!
Bye bye, take care!
Well then... time for me to get going, too!
Hello?
Oh, it's just you Makoto?
I'm kind of busy, can this wait?
No, nothing special.
They want me to decipher some ancient text from the Kurogatake ruins...
Jounan University Archeology Department, Tokyo
So I'm looking to see if they match any other scripts from the rest of the world.
Take care.
Oh come on, why would there be anything about a curse?
Ruins like this usually just have stuff saying "Here lies so-and-so" about the person who's in the tomb.
If you want a scoop for your paper, then you should look for one yourself.
Later!
It's a shame that this is the first thing I'm saying to you after all this time, but... don't come in through the window, Godai.
But this place is just begging to be climbed!
It does not. And we're the ones who get complaints for stuff like this.
Sorry, sorry.
Here, a souvenir from Indonesia. It'll scares off bad spirits!
Another crazy gift from some new adventure.
Want some coffee?
Oh, no thanks. I'm leaving for the Kurogatake ruins soon.
Restless as ever, huh?
What is this?
What does this mean?
What's the matter?
Take a look.
"Death."
"Warning."
I guess I should let the team know... they'll probably think it's funny.
Hello?
Is this the police?
This is the Kurogatake excavation site!
Help us! Help!
Hello? Hello?
What should we... ?
I'll call you once I'm there!
Central Expressway, near the Komagane Inter
Awaken!
Kurogatake Ruins Excavation Site
This is a bit much for a lightning strike...
Could it have been an explosion?
No.
And I checked with Kyushu University, there was no indication of an earthquake.
The more I look, the harder this is to explain...
I've been doing mountain rescue for a long time..
But this is the first time I've seen anything like this.
Sorry I'm late! I'll get back to work!
And who are you?
I guess that didn't work...
What do you want here?
"A warning of death."
A translator from Jounan University deciphered a message from the ruins.
How are you related to the excavation team?
I'm not.
I'm just passing through...
This is me.
"The man who chases his dreams, Yusuke Godai"?
Yep!
Haneyama.
Sir!
Put him in the car.
Yes, sir!
Come on.
Whoa, wait a second! What is that?!
Stop!
You're pretty good, officer!
You want to get arrested for interfering with an investigation?
I'm sorry. I'll leave now.
Chief!
What is this thing?
What... what was that just now?
Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters
I wasn't sure we could figure it out with what you asked for, so I brought a few other things.
Oh, you didn't have to!
Did you get my fax from the convenience store?
I brought it with me.
To Miss Sakurako!
Urgent Translation Request!
Looks like some kind of ancient language!
I'm curious about this symbol I found at the excavation site!
I'm waiting outside the Nagano Prefectural Police station!
What does it mean?
So, we meet again.
Let me introduce you. This is the translator I told you about, Miss Sakurako Sawatari.
Oh, her.
I was actually planning on contacting you.
This is the video in question.
This is the only thing that survived that mess...
They're all... dead?
Everyone on the excavation team...
It seems they died instantly.
I just saw them in the lab the other day...
So, what's on the tape?
Please watch this copy we made.
I'll turn it off if it's too much for you.
Kuuga...
Hello? Hello?!
Hello?!
Is this the police?! This is the Kurogatake excavation site!
Help us! Somebody please help!
We don't know who that shadow was...
However...
Near the end, he threw that belt looking ornament down like he was upset.
Something about that bothers me.
Normally this thing would be under lock and key as evidence,
but I pulled a few strings...
That's it!
This is the symbol that was on the fax!
Mr. Ichijou!
There's trouble...
I'll let you hold onto that for now, so take good care of it.
I'm sorry, but I need to go.
Miss Sakurako, what does this symbol mean?
"Power."
Power?
Southern Nagano
This is the Southern Nagano precinct, near the the 1532 MK building.
An unknown creature has built what appears to be a giant spider web!
You worms.
Let's start by deciphering the inscriptions on the belt.
Is that the Kuuga belt?!
Again?!
What is going on?!
Miss Sakurako, hide!
What?!
I'm gonna put it on!
No way...
The belt...
It was absorbed into Godai's body...
He's gonna get me...
I'm gonna die!
It changed!
Your horns look smaller.
Is that it, Kuuga?!
You're finished, Kuuga!
Two of them?
You... saved me?
- Who are- - Bye--
It can't be...
I make a pillow out of my heavy luggage.
Omoi nimotsu wo makura ni shitara.
With a deep breath, I become one with the blue sky.
Shinkokyuu... aozora ni naru.
With eyes open or closed
Me wo akete 'te mo tsubutte mo.
I pass over the same scenes but
Onaji keshiki wa sugite yuku kedo
I just noticed something I couldn't miss.
Ima, mite 'nakucha... kizukenai.
Come on, follow me to a future with no more sadness.
Kimi wo tsurete yukou kanashimi no nai mirai made.
The only thing in my pocket is the smile on your face.
Kimi ga kureta egao dake poketto ni shimatte.
Boku wa... aozora ni naru.
I will become the blue sky.
We haven't been able to find the bodies of Unidentified Life Forms #1 and #2.
Could it be... A third one?
Idiot! What are you--?!
In the vision I saw, the warrior had a red body.
But when I transformed, my body was white.
I get the feeling it's supposed to be red.
I'm not going to let them make anyone else cry!
So please watch...
My... transformation!
Kuuga...!
This is Kuuga?!
Transformation