Fuuto Tantei Movie: Kamen Rider Skull no Shouzou
Fuuto PI: The Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull
劇場版 風都探偵 仮面ライダースカルの肖像
"How were Gaia Memories created?" "Why did W begin to fight?" To answer Tokime's questions, Shoutarou quietly begins to tell a story. He speaks of his meeting and parting with a man he admired and called his old man—his mentor, Soukichi Narumi. Mysterious people called Dopants, who utilized the powers of Gaia Memories, had begun appearing in the shadows of Fuuto, the windy city. A young Shoutarou had become an assistant of the detective Soukichi and, though called half-baked, began to follow in his footsteps. Unaware that, in addition to his detective work, Soukichi was secretly acting as Skull, Shoutarou began to grow frustrated with his mentor. That was when the Narumi Detective Agency received a phone call—a request from Hell inviting Shoutarou and company to a fateful night! When Shoutarou tracked down Soukichi to deliver the "trump card" bestowed by the mysterious caller, what did he see? Shoutarou and Philip. The one detective made of two and the night when Kamen Rider W began. That whole story will finally be revealed. (Source: Official site, translated)
Synopsis
"How were Gaia Memories created?" "Why did W begin to fight?" To answer Tokime's questions, Shoutarou quietly begins to tell a story. He speaks of his meeting and parting with a man he admired and called his old man—his mentor, Soukichi Narumi. Mysterious people called Dopants, who utilized the powers of Gaia Memories, had begun appearing in the shadows of Fuuto, the windy city. A young Shoutarou had become an assistant of the detective Soukichi and, though called half-baked, began to follow in his footsteps. Unaware that, in addition to his detective work, Soukichi was secretly acting as Skull, Shoutarou began to grow frustrated with his mentor. That was when the Narumi Detective Agency received a phone call—a request from Hell inviting Shoutarou and company to a fateful night! When Shoutarou tracked down Soukichi to deliver the "trump card" bestowed by the mysterious caller, what did he see? Shoutarou and Philip. The one detective made of two and the night when Kamen Rider W began. That whole story will finally be revealed. (Source: Official site, translated)
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Reviews(1)
Ultron-Sigma
August 1, 2025
For some context, I've watched 'Kamen Rider W' and 'Begins Night' before the anime but did not read the post-story manga (which is what the anime is based on). Continuing off of Fuuto Tantei/Fuuto Pi, Shotaro explains how it all started: the origins of him, his job, how he received the Double Driver, and how he first met Philip. This movie is essentially a retelling of the 'W' portion in the movie: "Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010" Due to my prior knowledge of the 'Begins Night' event, I felt a little impatient getting to the "new stuff". The majority of themovie is a flashback, but there are some minor differences from the live-action version most of which are just extra scenes and details but one scene somewhat conflicts with another of W's live-action movies but is ultimately not important for the viewer know or anyone to really gripe about. The ending of this movie is where the anime continues off hinting at further plot developments should Fuuto Pi get a second season and I really do hope we get more seasons. The art, animation, music, voice acting, and sound design are all great. Absolutely no complaints there. I wanna say that the pacing is a little slow but I think that's just me being impatient due to me already knowing the main gist of the flashback.
