Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight is a science fiction superhero television series that originally aired on The CW, from December 13, 2008 to December 26, 2009 in the United States. It is an adaptation of the Japanese tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Ryuki and is the second American adaptation of the Kamen Rider franchise after Saban's Masked Rider (1995). The series was developed for television by Power Rangers alumni Steve and Michael Wang and produced by Jimmy Sprague via Adness Entertainment.
| Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight | |
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| Genre | Action/Adventure Science fiction Superhero Mystery Tokusatsu Drama |
| Created by | Steve Wang |
| Based on | Kamen Rider Ryuki by Shotaro Ishinomori and Toei Company |
| Developed by | Steve Wang Mike Wang |
| Starring | Stephen Lunsford Matt Mullins Aria Alistar |
| Opening theme | "Kamen Rider Dragon Knight" by Cage9 |
| Composer | Tony Phillips |
| Country of origin | United States Japan |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 40 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Yasuo Matsuo Fumio Sebata Aki Komine |
| Producers | Steve Wang Mike Wang Roy McAree |
| Production locations | Los Angeles, California Castaic, California Saitama, Japan Tokyo, Japan Kyoto, Japan Yokohama, Japan |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | Adness Entertainment Toei Company |
| Original release | |
| Network | The CW |
| Release | December 13, 2008 – December 18, 2009 |
The series had a sneak premiere on December 13, before its official premiere the following year on January 3, 2009. The series was dropped at the end of the year before its final two episodes aired. The final episodes were made available to watch on The CW website from December 18, 2009 until the series was removed in 2012.
In 2010, Dragon Knight was nominated for and won the Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Stunt Coordination", a category introduced to the Daytime Emmys that year.