Kamen Rider Gotchard: Plot and Staff Revealed

Toei has officially unveiled the 5th Reiwa Kamen Rider Series, Kamen Rider Gotchard, alongside with the show's plot and staff. 

In the series, artificial lifeforms called Chemy were created by collecting the best alchemy techniques, and are made to imitate all things that exist in this world. There are a total of 101 Chemies, and they are stored in a card called "Ride Chemy Card". However, these cards, which have been carefully stored, popped out and were released all at once!

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➡️KAMEN RIDER GOTCHARD!!
➡️2023.09.03 AM9:00
➡️ON AIR!!#仮面ライダーガッチャード#仮面ライダー#gocthard

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— 仮面ライダーガッチャード【東映公式】 (@Gotcha_toei) July 20, 2023

High school student Hotaro Ichinose is entrusted with the Gotcha Driver and is given the mission to collect all the Chemy that were released in this world. That said, if a Chemy is a reassuring human companion when it resonates with someone with a good heart. This is the case with Hotaro who loads the Hopper1 and Steamliner Ride Chemy Cards in the Gotcha Driver to become Kamen Rider Gotchard SteamHopper! But if a Chemy will combine with a human filled with malice, there is a danger in creating a creature known as "Kaijin Malgam".

Hotaro's catchphrase is "Gotcha!", which is an English slang for "I did it!" or "I caught it!", but will Hotaro "gacha" all 101 Chemies? What kind of strange combinations will form along the way once Gotchard gets more Ride Chemy Cards? What is in store for the alchemist Rider who manipulates cards?

TV-Asahi's Takehiro Okawa will serve as the show's general producer with TV-Asahi's Takehiro Okawa (Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger) and Toei's Yosuke Minato (Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger) will produce the series. The series will be written by Keiichi Hasegawa (Ultraman Nexus, Kamen Rider Saber, Gridman franchise) and Hiroki Uchida (Kamen Rider Jeanne & Kamen Rider Aguilera with Girls Remix). Veteran Super Sentai action director and suit actor Hirofumi Fukuzawa will serve as the show's action director, with Ryuta Tasaki (Kamen Rider Build) serving as the show's main director. Lastly, Hiroshi Takaki (Samurai Sentai Shinkenger) will compose the show's music.

Kamen Rider Gotchard is set to premiere this September 3rd only on TV-Asahi's Super Hero Time block, replacing Kamen Rider Geats. Before he makes his TV debut, he will first make his movie debut in the upcoming Kamen Rider Geats the Movie: 4 Aces and the Black Fox film this July 28th!

[Additional details from Yahoo! News]