Spider Riders: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Eleven-year-old Hunter Steel searches for the legendary inner world by following the instructions in his grandfather's journal. He enters a cave where he finds a mysterious manacle that attaches itself to him. A spider startles Hunter, who falls into a hole to the center of the Earth and into the subterranean world of Arachna. Here, he discovers a small group of elite warriors struggling to survive and to save Arachna from the attack of giant insect mutants. The warriors are children, each fighting with the help of their own 10 ft (3.0 m) battle spiders.

Series details

• Title: Spider Riders
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Action, Anime, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2006-03-25
• Final broadcast date listed: 2007-04-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 25740
• IMDb ID: tt0813896
• TVDB ID: 186311

Cast and credited roles

• Motoko Kumai — Hunter
• Takashi Kondo — Shadow
• Hiroshi Yanaka — Mantid
• Kaori Shimizu — Princess Sparkle
• Kenta Miyake — Stags
• Kinya Kotani — Magma
• Kumiko Higa — Prince Lumen
• Saeko Chiba — Corona
• Sanae Kobayashi — Aqune
• Sanae Kobayashi — Venus
• Shigeru Chiba — Grasshop
• Takehito Koyasu — Igneous

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-03-25; final listed air date 2007-04-29; episode order: 52.

Source and licence

Adapted from Spider Riders on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.