Android Kikaider - The Animation (TV)
Alternative title:
Artificial Humanoid Kikaider
Humanoïd Kikaider the animation (French)
Jinzo Ningen Kikaider (Japanese)
Kikaider
人造人間キカイダー The Animation (Japanese)
Themes:
android
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
The genius robotics professor, Dr. Komyoji has created Jiro (who has the ability to transform into Kikaider) – a humanoid robot tasked with the protection of Dr. Komyoji’s son, Masaru, and daughter, Mitsuko. Gifted with a conscience circuit, which has the power to simulate real emotions that helps to distinguish between “right and wrong”, Jiro must protect Mitsuko and Masaru from the evil Dr. Gil who wants Jiro to join his army and aid in his goal of world domination.
User Ratings:
610 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
half hour per episode
Number of episodes:
13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2000-10-16
2003-06-09 to 2003-06-26 (USA)
2007-06-21 (france)
Opening Theme:
"Theme of Gemini" by Akira Mitake
Ending Theme:
"Destiny" by Yui Horie
Official website:
Review:
Kikaider DVD 1 (Jul 2, 2003)
News: Show:
Cyborg 009 and Big O 2 Toonami dates (May 24, 2003)
Kikaider on Cartoon Network (May 7, 2003)
Kikaider Delay Explained (Feb 4, 2003)
Bandai Licences Kikaider (Feb 11, 2002)
Convention report:
Anime Boston 2003 - Saturday, April 19 (Apr 23, 2003)
Other articles: Show:
Shelf Life - On the Catwalk (Aug 4, 2003)
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DVD (Region 1) |
Android Kikaider - The Animation - Complete Collection (DVD) 2004-11-09 (from $1217.00) |
Android Kikaider - Lonely Soul (DVD 1) 2003-08-05 (from $149.00) |
Android Kikaider - Lonely Soul (DVD 1) 2004-03-02 (from $299.00) |
Android Kikaider - Conflicting Hearts (DVD 2) 2003-10-07 |
Android Kikaider - Conflicting Hearts (DVD 2) 2004-03-02 (from $37.91) |
Android Kikaider - Unveiled Past (DVD 3) 2003-12-02 |
Android Kikaider - Unveiled Past (DVD 3) 2004-03-02 (from $99.94) |
Android Kikaider - Silent Journey (DVD 4) 2004-02-03 |
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Series Director: Tensai Okamura
Series Composition: Akemi Omode
Script:
Akemi Omode (6 episodes eps 1, 5, 8-9, 12-13 )Keisuke Ōnishi (eps 7-8) Masashi Sogo (eps 3, 6, 8, 10) Shinsuke Ōnishi (eps 2, 4, 11)
Storyboard:
Junichi Sakata (eps 3, 8-9) Keitaro Motonaga (ep 8) Kenji Yasuda (eps 7-8) Mamoru Kanbe (eps 5, 8, 11) Masahiro Andō (eps 2, 8, 10) Masayuki Yoshihara (eps 4, 8, 12) Tensai Okamura (eps 1, 6, 8, 13)
Episode Director:
Junichi Sakata (ep 8) Keitaro Motonaga (eps 1, 6, 8) Kenji Yasuda (eps 7-8) Mamoru Kanbe (ep 8) Masahiro Andō (eps 2, 8, 10) Masayuki Yoshihara (eps 4, 8, 12) Nobuyoshi Habara (eps 3, 8-9) Ryuichi Kimura (eps 5, 8, 11) Tensai Okamura (eps 8, 13)
Music: Akira Mitake
Original creator: Shōtarō Ishinomori
Character Design: Naoyuki Konno
Art Director: Tomoaki Okada
Chief Animation Director: Naoyuki Konno
Animation Director:
Hideo Shimosaka (ep 9) Hidetoshi Ōmori (ep 13) Hisashi Saito (eps 1, 8) Kenji Hattori (eps 4, 8) Koichi Hatsumi (eps 5, 8, 11) Masahiko Yoda (eps 6, 8) Minoru Tanaka (eps 2, 7-8, 12) Moriyasu Taniguchi (eps 3, 8) Yūji Shiroyama (eps 6, 8, 10)
Sound Director: Kazuhiko Inoue
Director of Photography: Yutaka Nagaushi
2D Paint:
Ayako Igarashi (Tokyo Kids) Emiko Date (Tokyo Kids) Hiroko Kimura (Peacock) Izumi Takizawa (SHAFT) Jin Hibino (SHAFT) Kaori Yoshida (Tokyo Kids) Kazue Takatani (SHAFT) Kazuya Adachi (Peacock) Keiko Horio Keiko Watanabe (SHAFT) Kiyomi Sakairi (Peacock) Kyōko Baba Maki Kanemori (Peacock) Maki Kokubo (Peacock) Mari Ebina (Tokyo Kids) Mayu Fukuda (Peacock) Mayumi Nagasawa (Tokyo Kids) Mayumi Oikawa (Peacock) Miki Harada (SHAFT) Mito Harada (SHAFT) Miyuki Abe (Tokyo Kids) Natsuko Fukuhara (SHAFT) Noriko Omura (Peacock) Riyome Ōshima (Tokyo Kids) Ryō Itō (Tokyo Kids) Ryōko Fujimi (Tokyo Kids) Shū Sekiya (Tokyo Kids) Tomoko Imase (Tokyo Kids) Yasuko Itō (Tokyo Kids) Yasuko Watanabe (SHAFT) Yasumi Miyamoto (Peacock) Yoriko Matsumori (Peacock) Yoshimi Saito Yūko Suzuki (Peacock) Yūsuke Tōma (Tokyo Kids; ep 1)
ADR Recording Director: Kazuhiko Inoue
Background Art:
Ayari Wake (GREEN) Ayumi Arakawa (GREEN) Ayumi Iino (Design Office Mechaman) Chihito Akahori (GREEN) Eiji Takahashi (Design Office Mechaman) Hiromi Morikawa (GREEN) Hiroyuki Tsubaki (Design Office Mechaman) Junko Sasa (GREEN) Kaoru Chiba (Design Office Mechaman) Kazuo Imamura (Design Office Mechaman) Keiko Morita (Design Office Mechaman) Masami Ozeki (Design Office Mechaman) Miyoko Kobayashi (GREEN) Rie Sugiyama (GREEN) Takeshi Honda (Design Office Mechaman) Tatsuya Sakai (GREEN) Tsuneo Ozeki (Design Office Mechaman) Yasuko Morita (Design Office Mechaman) Yoko Sasa (GREEN) Yoshinori Hishinuma (GREEN) Yūji Morikawa (Design Office Mechaman) Yukari Yasuda (GREEN) Yumi Hishinuma (GREEN)
Casting Assistant: Eri Shirasaki (Rakuonsha)
Composite:
Atsushi Hashidaka (Trans Arts; ep 3) Daisuke Minamiguchi (Trans Arts; ep 3) Keiko Horio (9 episodes eps 1-2, 5-7, 10-13 )Kenji Kuwahara (Trans Arts; ep 3) Kensuke Ōmae (eps 1, 13) Ryōsuke Ōmae (9 episodes eps 2, 4-7, 9-12 )Yasunao Kondo (Trans Arts; ep 3) Yoshimi Saito (9 episodes eps 1-2, 5-7, 10-13 )Yukari Fujimoto (11 episodes eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-13 )
Digital Effects:
Atsushi Hashidaka (Trans Arts; ep 3) Daisuke Minamiguchi (Trans Arts; ep 3) Keiko Horio (9 episodes eps 1-2, 5-7, 10-13 )Kenji Kuwahara (Trans Arts; ep 3) Kensuke Ōmae (eps 1, 13) Ryōsuke Ōmae (9 episodes eps 2, 4-7, 9-12 )Tsuyoshi Nakano (Trans Arts; ep 3) Yasunao Kondo (Trans Arts; ep 3) Yoshimi Saito (9 episodes eps 1-2, 5-7, 10-13 )Yukari Fujimoto (11 episodes eps 1-2, 4-7, 9-13 )
Editing: Terumitsu Okada
In-Between Animation:
Akihiko Adachi (Tokyo Kids) Atsuko Uchida (Studio Mark) Ayako Okamoto (Zero G Room) Chiyoko Sakamoto (Zero G Room) Hiroki Morimura (Studio Mark) Hiroyoshi Noguchi Keiko Oyama (Zero G Room) Kimiko Hase (SHAFT) Koichi Hatsumi Mai Otsuka (SHAFT) Matetsu Hona Megumi Tokuda (Studio Mark) Misako Kurosawa (SHAFT) Miyuki Nakamura (Studio Mark) Mizue Kuwamoto (SHAFT) Naoko Kasuga (Studio Mark) Naoko Yoda (Zero G Room) Natsuko Goto (SHAFT; eps 2, 7, 12) Rie Hirakawa (SHAFT) Ryō Mori (SHAFT) Sachiko Ogiwara Satoshi Suzuki (Zero G Room) Shinichi Iimura (Studio Mark) Tarō Fukino Tatsuyoshi Kobayashi (SHAFT) Yoshiaki Ebina Yukari Watanabe (Zero G Room)
In-Between Check:
Ayumi Tsukamoto (ep 3) Futoshi Uetani (eps 2, 12) Isamu Suzuki (ep 5) Koichi Hatsumi (eps 5, 11) Naoko Yoda (eps 4, 9) Yuka Yoshihara (ep 3)
Key Animation:
Akiko Mori (eps 5, 11) Akira Katemae (ep 1) Akira Takata (eps 4, 9, 13) Atsuko Terasaki (ep 6) Ayumi Hasebe (ep 3) Chihiro Takayama (ep 1) Chikashi Kubota (ep 9) Daisuke Takemoto (ep 3) Emiko Tomise (ep 1) Fujio Suzuki (A Team; eps 1, 4, 9) Fumiko Ueda (ep 3) Genichiro Kondo (Zero G Room; eps 1, 4) Gōichi Kimihata (ep 1) Gōichi Nawa (ep 13) Hatayasu Murakami (Magic Bus; ep 9) Hideaki Isa (ep 11) Hideki Ito (ep 11) Hidenori Fukuoka (eps 2, 7, 12) Hideo Maru (ep 9) Hidetoshi Namura (ep 10) Hidetoshi Ōmori (eps 1, 6, 10) Hideyuki Morioka (ep 12) Hiromi Funatsu (ep 1) Hiromi Itō (ep 3) Hiromi Matsumura (ep 6) Hiroshi Konno (eps 2, 7, 13) Hirotake Shibuya (eps 2, 12) Hisashi Ishii (A Team; eps 1, 4, 9) Hisashi Saito (eps 6, 10) Hisashi Sato (ep 6) Hitomi Tsuruta (ep 6) Ippei Masui (Magic Bus; ep 9) Junko Funatsuka (ep 5) Kaoru Yabana (eps 2, 7) Kataji Kawashima (eps 3, 6) Kazuhiko Utagawa (ep 11) Kazuhiro Sasaki (eps 3, 10) Kazumi Shimazaki (eps 5, 11) Kazuya Miura (ep 12) Kazuyoshi Tanaka (ep 3) Keiji Ishihara (ep 1) Ken Ōtsuka (eps 1, 10) Kenjiro Kato (ep 1) Kiyoshi Kikuchi (ep 3) Kiyoshiro Kato (eps 6, 10) Koichi Hatsumi (ep 11) Kōji Kataoka (ep 6) Kouji Aso (ep 7) Kuno Takada (eps 4, 13) Maki Matsuzaka (ep 6) Masahiko Yoda (ep 1) Masahiro Kase (ep 3) Masanori Nishii (eps 9, 13) Masanori Osawa (eps 10, 13) Masaru Kimura (ep 11) Masayuki Katou (ep 9) Masumi Fujibe (eps 6, 10) Masumi Hattori (ep 13) Miho Asatani (ep 12) Mineta Washikita (ep 10) Minetoshi Funaji (ep 5) Minoru Ogawa (ep 11) Mitsuru Ishihara (ep 1) Nagisa Nakajima (ep 11) Naoyuki Konno (OP) Naruya Takahashi (Zero G Room; ep 1) Natsuko Suzuki (Zero G Room; eps 1, 4, 13) Nobuhiko Genma (ep 4) Nobuyuki Hata (eps 5, 11) Nobuyuki Takeuchi (ep 2) Nobuyuki Terauchi (ep 7) Norihiro Nakano (Zero G Room; eps 1, 4) Reiko Okamura (ep 13) Rieko Nakai (ep 13) Ryou Kimura (ep 5) Ryūichi Fukae (ep 6) Ryūta Nakahara (ep 4) Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (ep 3) Seiki Tanaka (ep 13) Shin Matsuo (A Team; eps 1, 4, 9) Shinichi Shigematsu (ep 6) Shinjirō Kuramoto (ep 9) Shinya Tanaka (eps 5, 11) Shirō Nishikiori (ep 13) Shūji Shōki (ep 13) Sukehiro Kuroishi (ep 2) Tadataka Shimodaira (ep 3) Takako Shimizu (ep 10) Takashi Maruyama (eps 6, 10, 13) Takashi Ōyama (ep 1) Takehiro Hamamura (eps 2, 7, 12) Takenori Tsukuma (ep 3) Takeshi Ōkoshi (Zero G Room; eps 1, 4, 9, 13) Tatsuo Nakahara (Zero G Room; ep 1) Tatsuro Nagai (ep 5) Tatsuya Ichikawa (ep 3) Tatsuya Oishi (eps 2, 7, 11) Tatsuya Ona (eps 2, 7, 12) Theresia Winkler (eps 4, 12) Tomohiro Kawahara (eps 2, 7) Tomoko Tanaka (A Team; eps 4, 9) Tomoyuki Abe (Zero G Room; eps 1, 4) Tōru Nakajima (ep 5) Tōru Watanabe (ep 2) Tōru Yoshida (ep 3) Toshiaki Miki (ep 11) Toshihiko Shimada (ep 2) Toshinari Yamashita (Zero G Room; ep 13) Toshiyuki Kono (ep 10) Tsutomu Murakami (ep 13) Yasuhide Maruyama (ep 2) Yasuhiro Aoki (ep 12) Yasuhiro Kondo (ep 5) Yoshiaki Itō (ep 7) Yoshihiro Aoki (ep 4) Yoshihiro Ujiie (ep 6) Yoshihiro Watanabe (ep 13) Yoshikazu Samura (A Team; eps 1, 4, 9) Yoshikazu Sato (Zero G Room; eps 1, 4, 13) Yoshitaka Kohno (ep 9) Yoshiyuki Itō (ep 13) Yū Yoshida (ep 6) Yuji Mukoyama (ep 1) Yukari Watanabe (Zero G Room; ep 13) Yuki Ōmori (eps 5, 11) Yukiko Kan (eps 10, 13) Yukiko Shimamura (ep 3) Yumiko Kinoshita (ep 3) Yuto Terashima (eps 2, 7, 12)
Mechanical animation Director: Yasutoshi Funaji
Music Director: Takafumi Nakatake
Planning: Ryūzō Shirakawa
Planning Supervisor: Tatsunori Kawano (Ishimori Pro)
Production Advancement:
Akihiko Maeda (SHAFT; eps 2, 7, 12) Hiromasa Nanba (eps 10, 13) Kōji Kageyama (ep 3) Masashi Shimazu (ep 13) Naoya Kawabe (eps 5, 11) Ryū Satō (ep 13) Tadashi Shiobara (Radix; eps 4, 9) Yū Nobuta (Studio OX; ep 1) Yutaka Yoshihara (eps 6, 13)
Production Desk: Shinji Ishihira
Program Manager: Hiroyuki Soeda (Kids Station)
Program Publicity: Chikako Ishida (Kids Station)
Recording: Shōji Hata
Setting Production: Tatsuo Yoshira (Studio OX)
Sound Effects: Tōru Noguchi
Supervision: Masato Hayase
Theme Song Performance: Yui Horie
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Backgrounds:
Design Office MECAMAN (7 episodes eps 1-7 odd, 8, 10, 12 )Green (7 episodes eps 2-8 even, 9, 11, 13 )
In-Between Animation:
Anime R (ep 3) Daizo Productions (ep 3) Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd. (6 episodes eps 1, 4, 6, 9-10, 13 )K-Production (ep 3) Kyoe Sung Production (ep 3) Lee Production (eps 5, 11) M.S.J Musashino Production (6 episodes eps 1, 4, 6, 9-10, 13 )MI (eps 6, 10, 13) Mouse (ep 3) Oh! Production (ep 13) Pak Production (5 episodes eps 2, 4, 7, 9, 12 )SHAFT (5 episodes eps 1-2, 6-7, 12 )Studio Gash (ep 6) Studio Mark (ep 1) Studio Victory (ep 10) Synergy Japan (ep 13) Tokyo Kids (ep 1) Uni Animation (ep 3) Zero-G (eps 1, 4, 6, 9)
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Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd. (5 episodes eps 1, 4, 6, 10, 13 )K-Production (ep 3) Kyoe Sung Production (ep 3) Lee Production (eps 5, 11) M.S.J Musashino Production (5 episodes eps 1, 4, 6, 10, 13 )Pak Production (eps 2, 4, 7, 12) Peacock (ep 1) SHAFT (eps 2, 7, 12) Studio Elle (eps 10, 13) Studio Gash (ep 6) Tanto (eps 3, 6) Tokyo Kids (eps 1, 3) Uni Animation (ep 3) |
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Director: Joe Romersa
Translation: Neil Nadelman
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi
Co-Producer: Kei Onishi
DVD Menu Design: Julia Jones
DVD Producer: Richard Noboru Kekahuna
Production Coordination: Osamu Maseba
Subtitle Timing: Neil Nadelman
Type Deko: Johnny Aparicio
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Distributor: Geneon Entertainment Inc. (North America; 2003)
Dubbing: Animaze
DVD Production: Stream Santa Monica
Online Editing Facility: HMA Digital
Recording Studio: Magnitude 8 Post
Subtitle Timing: ZRO Limit Productions
Subtitles: Captions, Inc.
Translation: ZRO Limit Productions
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Executive producer: Carlo Levy |
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Distributor: Dybex |
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