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Kamen Rider: V3

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52 episodes · premiered Feb 17, 1973

This series followed Shiro Kazami on his quest to gain revenge against Destron, the group that murdered his family. Later on, Riderman, the fourth Kamen Rider is introduced as the first long term anti-hero Kamen Rider. The original two Kamen Riders also make various appearances over the course of the series to help Kazami.

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  1. Episode 1: Rider No. 3: His Name is V3! Feb 17, 1973 · 25m The hard-won peace obtained with the defeat of Gel-Shocker by Kamen Riders #1 and #2, is now shattered by a more powerful secret society known as Destron. Disposing of all those who…
  2. Episode 2: Last Testament of the Double Riders Feb 24, 1973 · 25m Destron's Scissors-Jaguar separates V3 from the Double Riders to allow Turtle Bazooka to vaporize Tokyo with the H-Bomb contained inside his body. Scissors Jaguar decoys Shiro and keeps…
  3. Episode 3: The Execution of V3 Mar 3, 1973 · 25m TV-Fly takes over a suburban hospital in order to create a new mutant specifically designed to defeat Kamen Rider V3. The new creature, Squid-Fire, manages to disrupt V3's power source and…
  4. Episode 4: V3's 26 Secrets!? Mar 10, 1973 · 25m Hypnotizing Tachibana Tobei, TV-Fly orders him to kill Kazami Shiro, while Tama Junko also falls into his trap. Can Shiro stop Destron's evil plan? Will V3 unlock the secret of his 26…
  5. Episode 5: Snake-Man with a Machine Gun! Mar 17, 1973 · 25m An eminent biologist, Dr. Murayama, discovers a new clean energy source, and Destron's Machinegun-Snake is sent to seize the data. Failing to grab the doctor, he kidnaps assistant…
  6. Episode 6: Enter, Hammer-Jellyfish! V3 Unleash Your Killing Technique!! Mar 24, 1973 · 25m Mamoru clings to life in a hospital, while his sister blames Kazami Shiro and betrays him to Destron. Hammer-Jellyfish continues the interrogation of Nishizaki and resorts to forcing the…
  7. Episode 7: The Fury of Rider V3's Special Training Mar 31, 1973 · 25m Destron blows up the research facility of Professor Kawai, in order to secure his artificial heart technology in order to strengthen their mutants. Kawai's subject comes back to life, and…
  8. Episode 8: Watch Out, V3! Beware the Terrifying Buzzsaw Apr 7, 1973 · 25m While Kazami Shiro recovers in a hospital, the Rider Scouts search for Destron's outpost, while Buzzsaw-Lizard tries to persuade Kawai to resuscitate Knife-Armadillo, under pain of death…
  9. Episode 9: What is the Destron Hell Squad!? Apr 14, 1973 · 25m Kazami Shiro's rival, Yoshioka Masaru, and other top racers in the All Japan Motorcross Championship, are captured by Destron's Lens-Ant. He transforms them into the Destron Hell Squad in…
  10. Episode 10: Secret of the Double Typhoon Apr 21, 1973 · 25m Destron's Razor-Starfish teams up with Lens-Ant to attack V3, and they send the Hell Squad to steal a shipment of nuclear satellite fuel. Meanwhile, Tachibana Tobei and the Rider Scouts…
  11. Episode 11: The Claws of Evil Reach Out for V3!! Apr 28, 1973 · 25m Destron forces Marine biologist Dr. Nakatani to create a powerful aquatic mutant, Pickaxe-Shark. The doctor escapes, but his creation is sent to kill him. Meanwhile, a chinpira exposes…
  12. Episode 12: Junko Becomes a Monster's Bride?! May 5, 1973 · 25m Destron's Pickaxe-Shark proves a formidable foe to V3, who suffers defeat at the claws of the mutant. Meanwhile, Junko is prepared for an unholy union with Drill-Mole... Can Kazami Shiro…
  13. Episode 13: Terrifying Commandant: Doktor G! May 12, 1973 · 25m A couple hikes into the mountains to research the secret of the legendary Boar-Man, but only the woman returns. Suspecting Destron, Kazami Shiro goes to the hospital, only to have the…
  14. Episode 14: Secret Memento of the Double Riders May 19, 1973 · 25m Toad-Boiler attacks Interpol agent George Kamamoto, who is trying to pass on a coded document from Riders One and Two to Kazami Shiro. V3 saves Kamamoto, and then heads for Chichibu, as…
  15. Episode 15: Rider V3's Deadly Weakness!! May 26, 1973 · 25m The daughter of Dr. Okajima, an atomic physicist who escaped the clutches of Destron with the help of the Double Riders, saves the badly injured Kazami Shiro from the basin of a waterfall…
  16. Episode 16: Gecko Monster With a Missile On His Back! Jun 2, 1973 · 25m Rider Scout Saburo and his father save a hapless fisherman, whom witnessed mutant Missile-Gecko in action. V3 fights off Missile-Gecko, but meanwhile, Destron snatches Saburo and his…
  17. Episode 17: The Devil Spray is the Reaper's Weapon Jun 9, 1973 · 25m The fearsome Spray-Rat takes on the likeness of a priest and finds a young couple to use as guinea pigs for his Devilspray virus. He offers to marry them, but only allows one witness �…
  18. Episode 18: V3, Beware the Fiendish Traitor! Jun 16, 1973 · 25m Kusarigama-Beetle captures Kazami Shiro and takes him to Destron's outpost. While Doktor G is torturing Shiro he breaks free and seizes the files for the Devilspray antidote � only to…
  19. Episode 19: Blowfish Apache's Operation: Torpedo!! Jun 23, 1973 · 25m Kazami Shiro rushes to Tatsunoko Point where Destron has been sinking passing ships, in a bid to seize control of the seas. After encountering Blowfish-Apache's torpedoes, Shiro discovers…
  20. Episode 20: Operation: Destron Shikoku Conquest Jun 30, 1973 · 25m Destron uses the SS Device flown in from their South American base, in an attempt to conquer the island of Shikoku. Fukazawa, a scientist forced to work for Destron, manages to escape with…
  21. Episode 21: The Double Riders Live Jul 7, 1973 · 25m V3 is saved by the voices of the Double Riders coming from a special medallion. In Shikoku, Kazami Shiro disguises himself as a Destron sympathizer to repair the SS Device. Meanwhile…
  22. Episode 22: Camp of Terror! Mystery of the Underground Canal Jul 14, 1973 · 25m The Rider Scouts are at training camp on Hatsushima Island, where mutant Speargun-Sea Lion has established an undersea outpost to manufacture poison gas. Destron plans to transport the…
  23. Episode 23: Terror! The Vampire From the Graveyard Jul 21, 1973 · 25m Propeller-Beetle begins kidnapping young people � the males are reconstructed into Destron Soldiers, while the blood of the females satisfies his energy source. When the monster hears the…
  24. Episode 24: Mysterious! Cockroach Manor!! Jul 28, 1973 · 25m In order to wage germ warfare on Japan, Destron takes over the Osato Biological Institute and tortures the head scientist, to pillage his research. Meanwhile Rider Scout Yoshio notices…
  25. Episode 25: Mysterious!! The Destron Ranger Corps Aug 4, 1973 · 25m Rumors circulate of savage ape-men in the Omi Mountains, but this is a cover for training Destron's Ranger Squad units. In order to keep this secret Mantis-Merang kills anyone who…
  26. Episode 26: Monster Heater-Cicada's Operation: Mummy Aug 11, 1973 · 25m With the Mummification Virus in Tokyo's water supply, Destron plans to turn 10 million people into mummies, using Heater-Cicada's chirp to drive victims to drink the tainted water. Kazami…
  27. Episode 27: Zol, Death, Hell and Black Rise From the Grave Aug 18, 1973 · 25m Rider Scout Shotaro has discovered Shocker mutants entombed in a lakeside cave. When he arrives, the mutants are gone, but Kazami Shiro is ambushed by Destron's powerful Quoit-Beetle…
  28. Episode 28: The Five Commandant's All-Out Attack! Aug 25, 1973 · 25m Trapped by the five commandants Kazami Shiro falls into an unbreakable cell. Tachibana Tobei, in a bid to rescue Shiro, poses as a scientist who has developed an antidote to the nerve gas…
  29. Episode 29: Doktor G's Final Challenge! Sep 1, 1973 · 25m Held responsible for the death of the Shocker Commandants, Doktor G creates Camera-Mosquito, who steals people's faces in a last-ditch effort to take control of Japan. Meanwhile, Destron…
  30. Episode 30: Doktor G! The True Form of Evil is...? Sep 8, 1973 · 25m The Destron Hunters discover that the microfilm gives the location of a manufacturing plant where Destron creates their mutants. While they succeed in sabotaging the plant, Doktor G…
  31. Episode 31: Enter, Baron Fang: Commandant of Curses!! Sep 15, 1973 · 25m The Great Leader summons Baron Fang, the great Doovoo shaman of the Tusk Tribe from the upper reaches of the Congo River, to become commandant of Destron Japan. His mutant Skull-Warthog…
  32. Episode 32: Spectre of Onibi Swamp: Rider Scouts Annihilated!? Sep 22, 1973 · 25m Given the task of destroying the Rider Scouts, Fireball-Walrus possesses Tachibana Tobei's old friend Ito, the manager of the mountain villa where the scouts go on retreat. When Junko…
  33. Episode 33: V3 in Danger! Riders One and Two Return!! Sep 29, 1973 · 25m Dr. Samukawa and his daughter Yumiko are put under pain of death by Snow-Wolf to assist Destron to pervert his scientific discovery. Baron Fang places a lycanthropic curse on Yumiko, which…
  34. Episode 34: Critical Moment! Baron Fang vs. Three Riders!! Oct 6, 1973 · 25m Baron Fang resurrects Smilodon the sorceress and ancient mother of the Tusk Tribe in order to destroy the Kamen Riders. Taking on the name Ayanokoji she delivers a voodoo doll that poisons…
  35. Episode 35: Baron Fang's Final Transformation Oct 13, 1973 · 25m A Destron fugitive calls Rider Scouts HQ to reveal a sinister plot, but the line goes dead. Discovering a locker key at the scene, Kazami Shiro is ambushed by Bloodthirsty-Mammoth, but…
  36. Episode 36: The Winged Corps: Demons of the Sky Oct 20, 1973 · 25m Destron summons Archbishop Wing and his clan from Tibet to take over where Baron Fang failed. Soon afterwards a strange Buddhist monk claims that evil spirits reside in the homes of the…
  37. Episode 37: Mysterious Temple: Curse of the Musasabi Clan Oct 27, 1973 · 25m Archbishop Wing's Dryad-Flying Squirrel is able to turn a red fluid that he secretes from his claws, into a deadly gas that transforms humans into flying squirrel carcasses. His plan is to…
  38. Episode 38: Lone V3 and Cub: Deadly Skydiving Nov 3, 1973 · 25m Mutant Poison-Mothla kills two power company workers who discover electricity being re-routed. Meanwhile, Destron captures the father of a young boy, Tsuyoshi, who stumbled upon their…
  39. Episode 39: Terror of the Carnivorous Fauna Plantaingan!! Nov 10, 1973 · 25m Archbishop Wing plans to use the poison of the inhuman Plantaingan, combined with 30,000 volts of electricity, to create miniaturized people preserved for use in creating cyborgs. The…
  40. Episode 40: Sudden Death! V3 Mach Kick!! Nov 17, 1973 · 25m Destron mutant Deadman-Bat, employing a virus called the Himalayan Devil, turns the residents of apartment complexes in all the major cities into vampire slaves. When Rider Scout Kiyoshi…
  41. Episode 41: Oh! People Are Melting! Enter, Marshal Armor Nov 24, 1973 · 25m Summoned from Mongolia, Marshal Armor becomes the new commandant of Destron Japan and employs Nazi transplant technology to create the invulnerable Pumadillon. Marshal Armor releases a…
  42. Episode 42: The Snail Man's Human Experiments! Dec 1, 1973 · 25m Marshal Armor's Snailbura implants its sinister eggs into the residents of an apartment complex. These incubate in the victims' bloodstream developing into larvae to enslave them…
  43. Episode 43: Friend or Foe? The Mysterious Riderman Dec 8, 1973 · 25m Ambitious Destron scientist Yuki Joji is condemned to death by Marshal Armor, who sees him as a threat to his position in the organization. Slowly Yuki is lowered into a pool of sulfuric…
  44. Episode 44: V3 vs. Riderman Dec 15, 1973 · 25m V3 saves Riderman from Sickleneck-Tortoise's nerve gas in the nick of time. Regardless Riderman doesn't want to listen to V3's words against Destron � he only seeks revenge against Marshal…
  45. Episode 45: Destron's Christmas Present Dec 22, 1973 · 25m Marshal Armor sends mutant Rhino-Tank, disguised as Santa Claus, to lure children into the House of Good Fortune, in order to train them as future Destron commandants. Yuki Joji finds this…
  46. Episode 46: Riderman, Where Will You Go? Dec 29, 1973 · 25m Pinned against a cliff by a bulldozer V3 uses his Reverse Double Typhoon to save himself and infiltrates the Destron outpost. He saves Yuki Joji who was trapped in an execution chamber…
  47. Episode 47: Ambush! The Destron Leader!! Jan 5, 1974 · 25m A New Year's card from Marshal Armor arrives for Yuki Joji, so he and Kazami Shiro investigate the return address. When they split up and enter the manor, Coelacanth-Kid attacks V3 and…
  48. Episode 48: Look! The Face of the Destron Leader!! Jan 12, 1974 · 25m The Great Leader, overlord of Destron, arrives in Japan. When V3 and Riderman go after him, they fall into a trap. Meanwhile, Destron mutant Thorned-Starfish puts into action his plan to…
  49. Episode 49: A Gunshot Rings Out! Kazami Shiro Falls!! Jan 19, 1974 · 25m Destron mutant Chameleon shoots Yuki Joji, but Kazami Shiro takes the bullet. Soon Shiro becomes unable to control his strength and becomes a menace. Meanwhile, Chameleon's human form uses…
  50. Episode 50: A Little Friendship Jan 26, 1974 · 25m Mutant Chameleon is resurrected as Vampire-Chameleon and Marshal Armor sends him on a mission to collect the blood of innocent children. Kazami Shiro befriends young Kenichi, who is…
  51. Episode 51: You Are Rider Number 4!! Feb 2, 1974 · 25m Marshal Armor has developed a powerful Pluton Rocket that is more powerful than the H-Bomb and the Great Leader orders that it be aimed at Tokyo. Shiro and Joji become suspicious when a…
  52. Episode 52: The Last Day of Destron Feb 9, 1974 · 25m The Great Leader initiates "Operation: D", a final, all-out offensive to seize control of Japan. Destron revives Deadman-Bat, Fireball-Walrus and Plantaingan who attack Rider Scouts HQ and…