Kamen Rider Zero-One 01

Episode 01; I'm President Kamen Rider; オレが社長で仮面ライダー
	Kamen Rider Zero-One episode
Writer	Takahashi Yuya
Director	Sugihara Teruaki
Action Director	Watanabe Jun
Original air date	September 1, 2019
Viewership	3.7%
Forum Thread	Thread
Fan Rating	4.58 / 5
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Aired with Kishiryuu Sentai Ryusoulger 24

Important things that happened

Before his passing, Hiden Korenosuke, the CEO of Hiden Intelligence, introduces his latest invention to the world known as the Humagears, humanoid androids programmed with A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) to function similarly to humans. Humagears are designed to support humans in everyday life.
Hiden Aruto is Korenosuke's 22-year-old grandson. Although an aspiring comedian, Aruto loses a comedy gig to a Humagear called Gutbusting Tarou.
At Daybreak Town, two rogue Humagears (Horobi and Jin) initiate their plan to use Humagears to destroy humanity.
Aruto meets Is, the secretary Humagear of Hiden Intelligence's CEO. Is takes Aruto to Hiden Intelligence, where Aruto is appointed as the company's next CEO.
Jin transforms Gutbusting Tarou into the Berotha Magear, who then goes on a rampage at the amusement park and turns Humagears into Trilobite Magears.
A defense force known as A.I.M.S (Artificial Intelligence Military Squad) arrives to protect people from the Trilobite Magears.
Receiving the Zero-One Driver from Is, Aruto transforms into Kamen Rider Zero-One and defeats the Berotha Magear.

ベローサマギア

Target Humagear Name / Profession: Gutbusting Tarou/Comedian (腹筋崩壊太郎/お笑い芸人)

Height: 199.1cm

Weight: 104.6kg

Characteristics: Kujiberotha teruyukii (Extinct insect species)/Armblades (昆虫の絶滅種/鎌)

トリロバイトマギア

Target Humagear Name / Profession: N/A

Played by: N/A

Height: Depends on original Humagear (対象となるヒューマギアにより異なる)

Weight: Depends on original Humagear (対象となるヒューマギアにより異なる)

Characteristics: 強靭な腕力/破壊力

Berotha is probably named after Kujiberotha teruyukii. This is the scientific name for an instinct that went extinct.
There's no opening sequence in this episode. The episode title appears at the end of the episode instead of after the sponsor.
Giggling Land is kind of a play on the manager Netsu Mitsukuni's (根津光国) name. His name is a pun on "passion light land".
Aruto's closing phrase for his comedic act is a play on words that's hard to explain in other languages. It makes use of how his name is pronounced, since "Aruto" can be divided into "ある　と" (aru to), which contains the japanese word for "exist". This, combined with the latter part of his phrase "じゃないと！" (ja nai to!), which contains the negative version of the word, can be interpreted as "It's not good if it's not Aruto".
In Aruto's flashback of his kid age, it turns out his father is not a real human, but a Humagear who bears the same face.
By placing an open Progrise Key at the rightmost side of an open Zero-One Driver, the center of the belt and the Progrise Key spell "01".
Zero-One fights the mantis enemy with mantis style.
The elderly couple in the audience are recurring background characters throughout the series.