Season Analysis

Kamen Rider

Season 4 Analysis

Season Woke Score

out of 10

Season Overview

Inheriting the ancient Incan super-energy, wild child Amazon flew over the Pacific to his far and distant homeland of Japan to stop the evil ambitions of the Geddon and the Garanda Empire!

Season Review

Season 4 of Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider Amazon (1974), exhibits virtually none of the elements of the modern woke mind virus. The narrative is a straightforward good vs. evil action-adventure story centered on a Japanese boy raised in the Amazon jungle who fights two ancient, evil organizations. The themes focus on the protagonist's struggle for acceptance in modern Japanese society due to his feral nature, learning to speak, and ultimately embracing his heroic duty to protect his new friends. Character merit, survival, and a clear moral code are the driving forces of the plot. Gender roles are traditional, with the main female character serving a supportive, civilian role. Sexual and religious ideologies are absent from the core conflict. The primary themes are based on the dichotomy between the wild, natural state and modern society, which is resolved through the hero's assimilation and virtue.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

Character is judged based on his feral and animalistic behavior rather than immutable characteristics or race. The protagonist is an ethnic Japanese man who struggles with social adaptation, but this conflict is driven by his wild upbringing and inability to communicate, not systemic oppression. The villains are generic world-conquering organizations.

Oikophobia2/10

The hero, a wild man from the Amazon, is initially feared and mistrusted by members of Japanese society due to his strange appearance and violent, animal-like behavior. This creates a friction between his 'noble savage' background (Incan magic/power) and the 'civilized' world. However, the narrative arc involves his acceptance into Japanese society through the help of new friends, suggesting institutional assimilation is a positive and protective development, not a fundamentally corrupting force. The primary evil is external (Geddon/Garanda Empire), not internal to the home culture.

Feminism1/10

The main female character, Ritsuko Okamura, functions in a supportive, civilian role, helping to teach the hero about modern life. She is not a 'Girl Boss' figure and does not eclipse the male lead. The protagonist's masculinity is protective and animalistically powerful. The narrative contains no themes of anti-natalism or emasculation.

LGBTQ+1/10

The series is a 1970s children's television program with a normative structure. There is no presence of alternative sexual ideology, commentary on gender identity, or deconstruction of the male-female pair or nuclear family structure.

Anti-Theism1/10

The core conflict revolves around a clear battle between good and evil. The hero's power is derived from a mystical ancient source (Incan 'science and magic' and the GiGi Armlet), which is a transcendent, moral force of good. The villains are led by a 'Ten-Faced Demon' and an evil empire, framing the conflict in terms of battling literal demonic entities, not a critique or vilification of traditional religion.