Kamen Rider Kabuto 02

Episode 02; The First 2-Stage Transformation; 初2段変身
	Kamen Rider Kabuto episode
Writer	Yonemura Shouji
Director	Ishida Hidenori
Action Director	Miyazaki Takeshi
Original air date	February 5, 2006
Viewership	9.7%
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Kamen Rider Kabuto
< Ep 01	The First 2-Stage Transformation 初2段変身	Ep 03 >
Aired with MagiRanger Stage 48

Important things that happened

Misaki is ordered to meet the qualified candidate, but he is found dead. A Worm mimics the candidate to go after Tendou.
Tendou already knows how to use Kabuto's full potential because he has owned the belt long enough to discover its secrets.
- In battle, Tendou doesn't use the Rider Form because he wants to test his limits in the Masked Form.
ZECT learns Kabuto is active. The organization gives the orders to hunt him down because they do not allow a non-ZECT member to be a Rider.

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アラクネアワーム・ニグリティア

アラクネアワーム・フラバス

When Tendou catches the Kabuto Zecter, he phrases it as "Catching the future." In the Hyper Battle DVD, he tells Kagami to do the same.
Hiyori likes the phrase: It'll be okay. I'm by your side.
- When her drawings come to life, it resembles the scene from the end of the Kabuto movie.
Tendou keeps the Kabuto Extender permanently, replacing the motorbike he personally owned in the previous episode.
- Misaki rides the Kabuto Extender at the beginning when she's taking the belt to the new Rider candidate from HQ.
This is the first time the theme FULL FORCE plays.

Original Creator:	Ishinomori Shoutarou (石ノ森章太郎)
Supervisor:	Onodera Akira (小野寺章)
Writer:	Yonemura Shouji (米村正二)
Director:	Ishida Hidenori (石田秀範)
Producer:	Kaji Atsushi (梶淳) (TV Asahi) Shirakura Shinichiro (白倉伸一郎) Takebe Naomi (武部直美) (Toei)
Music:	Haishima Kuniaki (蓜島邦明)
Cinematographer:	Inokuma Masao (いのくままさお)
Editor:	Osada Naoki (長田直樹)
Action Director:	Miyazaki Takeshi (宮崎剛) (Japan Action Enterprise)
Tokusatsu Director:	Butsuda Hiroshi (佛田洋)
Production:	TV Asahi (テレビ朝日) Toei (東映) ADK (エーディーケー)