Kamen Rider is a long time japenese Toku franchise that is similar to Super Sentai ( the source footage for Power Rangers). Kamen Rider has had many incarnations in Japanese. All of which featured a single main character  that had the powet to transform or henshin into a powerful superhero. Usually fighting some sort of warped cirminal orginization. In some cases  one responsible for their very orgin. Kamen Rider has developed quite a fanbase in Japan, the US and around the world. After a hatius,.  it returned to the air in Japan. Every year there is a new Kamen Rider Incarnation.

After the success with Power Rangers ( importing its action scenes from Super Sentai), a series of spin offs were produced to capitalize on the fad. Using action footage from other popular Japanese Shows. One of these spin offs was taking from one of the Kamen Rider Series. Taking the name Masked Rider. Masked Rider featured an alien Prince named Dex. Whose planet was conquered and enslaved by his corrupt Uncle, Count Dragon. Dragon needed more forces for his army, so targeted Earth to enslave. Dex was sent to Earth to prevent its conquestion, using the ancient Mask Rider Powers. Dex was adopted by a culturally blended foster family. Givening him the family he never had. Dex was a truly introduced in Season 3 of Mighty Morphing Power Rangers. Just before Masked Rider debuted on Fox Kids. Masked Rider lasted for one season before production was discontinued. No other Kamen Rider adaption was attempted.    Saban Entertianment eventually lost the US rights to any future Kamen Rider adaption. So Disney did not hold such rights when they bought Saban Entertianment. They do own the Masked Rider TV series.

In  2006, word leaked out on the internet that a piolet was being shot for a new adaption of Kamen Rider. The production calls itself Kamen Rider Dragon Knight and is an adaption of  Kamen Rider Ryuki.  The piolet was produced and Adness Entertianment agreed to produce the series. It is not yet known what station the actual show will air on. Mike and Steve Wang are heading the production up. Dragon Knight centers around Kit, a young man looking for his missing father. Who winds up geting invovled in the search for the Kamen Rider key cards, himself becoming Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. The series is set for a release sometime in 2008.