Android Kikaider
Android Kikaider (人造人間キカイダー, Jinzō Ningen Kikaidā) is a tokusatsu television series based on the superhero manga Kikaider by Shotaro Ishinomori. The show was produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions, and was broadcast in Japan on NET (now TV Asahi) from July 8, 1972, to May 5, 1973, with a total of 43 episodes.
| Android Kikaider | |||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 人造人間キカイダー | ||||
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| Genre | Action Adventure Superhero fiction | ||||
| Based on | Kikaider manga by Shotaro Ishinomori | ||||
| Developed by | Masaru Igami | ||||
| Screenplay by | Masaru Igami Shūkei Nagasaka Shoji Shimazu Masayuki Shimada | ||||
| Directed by | Hidetoshi Kitamura | ||||
| Starring | Daisuke Ban Hajime Izu Jun Mizunoe Masahiro Kamiya Shun Ueda | ||||
| Narrated by | Masaaki Okabe | ||||
| Opening theme | "Go, Go, Kikaider!" by Yuki Hide | ||||
| Ending theme | "Tatakae, Jinzō Ningen" by Yuki Hide | ||||
| Composer | Michiaki Watanabe | ||||
| Country of origin | Japan | ||||
| Original language | Japanese | ||||
| No. of episodes | 43 (+1 special) | ||||
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| Producer | Tōru Hirayama | ||||
| Production companies | Toei Company Ishimori Productions | ||||
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| Network | TV Asahi | ||||
| Release | 8 July 1972 – 5 May 1973 | ||||
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| Kikaider 01 (1973) | |||||
This series was also one of the first tokusatsus to air in the United States (notably Hawaii), as Kikaida: Android of Justice, on KIKU-TV.
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