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Kikaider (TV)

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©2000 Ishimori Pro / Aniplex•BT


[ remake of Jinzou Ningen Kikaida (live-action TV) ]

Related anime:
    Kikaider (OAV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Android Kikaider - The Animation
Artificial Humanoid Kikaider
Humanoïd Kikaider the animation (French)
Jinzo Ningen Kikaider (Japanese)
人造人間キカイダー The Animation (Japanese)
Themes: mecha
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
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: 508 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 14 votes (dub:8, sub:3, edit.dub:3)
 Excellent: 35 votes (dub:23, sub:9, edit.dub:2, ?:1)
 Very good: 72 votes (dub:58, edit.dub:7, sub:6, raw:1)
 Good: 113 votes (dub:80, sub:19, edit.dub:11, ?:3)
 Decent: 92 votes (dub:61, sub:16, edit.dub:11, ?:3, raw:1)
 So-so: 64 votes (dub:42, sub:10, edit.dub:8, ?:4)
 Not really good: 32 votes (dub:21, edit.dub:6, sub:4, ?:1)
 Weak: 44 votes (dub:32, sub:8, edit.dub:4)
 Bad: 17 votes (dub:14, sub:3)
 Awful: 20 votes (dub:14, sub:4, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (dub:5)
Seen in part or in whole by 1383 users, rank: #433
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.921 (Decent-.07), std. dev.: 2.2081, rank: #3230
Weighted mean: 5.874 (Decent-.12), rank: #3230 (seen all: 6.52 / seen some: 5.02 / won't finish: 3.62)
Bayesian estimate: 5.906 (Decent-.09), rank: #2779
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
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Related releases:
    Kikaider - Perfect Collection (DVD) 2004-11-09

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Series director: Tensai Okamura

Series Composition: Akemi Omode

Script:
Akemi Omode (6 episodes

eps 1, 5, 8-9, 12-13
)
Keisuke Onishi (eps 7-8)
Masashi Sogo (eps 3, 6, 8, 10)
Shinsuke Onishi (eps 2, 4, 11)

Storyboard:
Jun'ichi Sakata (eps 3, 8-9)
Keitaro Motonaga (ep 8)
Kenji Yasuda (eps 7-8)
Mamoru Kanbe (eps 5, 8, 11)
Masahiro Ando (eps 2, 8, 10)
Masayuki Yoshihara (eps 4, 8, 12)
Tensai Okamura (eps 1, 6, 8, 13)

Episode Director:
Jun'ichi Sakata (ep 8)
Keitaro Motonaga (eps 1, 6, 8)
Kenji Yasuda (eps 7-8)
Mamoru Kanbe (ep 8)
Masahiro Ando (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: Shotaro Ishinomori

Character Design: Naoyuki Konno

Art director: Tomoaki Okada

Chief Animation Director: Naoyuki Konno

Animation director:
Hideo Shimosaka (ep 9)
Hidetoshi Oomori (ep 13)
Hisashi Saito (eps 1, 8)
Koichi Hatsumi (eps 5, 8, 11)
Masahiko Yoda (eps 6, 8)
Minoru Tanaka (eps 2, 7-8, 12)
Moriyasu Taniguchi (eps 3, 8)
Norikazu Hattori (ep 4)
Noritomo Hattori (ep 8)
Yūji Shiroyama (eps 6, 8, 10)

Director of Photography: Yutaka Nagaushi

Executive producer:
Akira Onodera
Hideo Katsumata

Producer: Atsuhiro Iwakami

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)
Kyouko 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)
Ryōko Fujimi (Tokyo Kids)
Ryou Itou (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
Yuko Suzuki (Peacock)
Yūsuke Tomioka (Tokyo Kids)

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 Assistance: Eri Shirasaki (Rakuonsha)

Color Key:
Haruko Seto
Mitsuko Okamoto
Naomi Endou
Yōko Saegusa

Color setting:
Aiko Kawasaki
Akiko Tomono

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)
Ryousuke Oomae (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
)

Design Work:
Gōichi Nawa
Hidemasa Shimizu
Hiroshi Ogawa
Yukiko Namura

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)
Ryousuke Oomae (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)
Natsuko Sato (SHAFT)
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 Takada (eps 4, 9, 13)
Atsuko Terasaki (ep 6)
Ayumi Hasebe (ep 3)
Chihiro Takayama (ep 1)
Daisuke Takemoto (ep 3)
Emiko Tomise (ep 1)
Etsutaka Kawano (ep 9)
Fujio Suzuki (A Team - Eps. 1, 4, 9)
Fumiko Ueda (ep 3)
Genichiro Kondo (Zero G Room - Eps. 1, 4)
Go Kimura (ep 11)
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 Oomori (eps 1, 6, 10)
Hideyuki Morioka (ep 12)
Hiromi Funatsu (ep 1)
Hiromi Itou (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 (ep 10)
Hisashi Sato (ep 6)
Hitomi Tsuruta (ep 6)
Ippei Masui (Magic Bus - Ep. 9)
Junko Funatsuka (ep 5)
Kaoru Kubota (ep 9)
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 Ootsuka (eps 1, 10)
Kenjiro Kato (ep 1)
Kiyoshi Kikuchi (ep 3)
Kiyoshiro Kato (eps 6, 10)
Koichi Hatsumi (ep 11)
Koji 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)
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)
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)
Ryuta 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 Ohkoshi (Zero G Room - Eps. 1, 4, 9, 13)
Tatsuo Nakahara (Zero G Room - Ep. 1)
Tatsuro Nagai (ep 5)
Tatsuya Ichikawa (ep 3)
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)
Toru Watanabe (ep 2)
Toru 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 Ito (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)
Yoshiyuki Ito (ep 13)
Yū Yoshida (ep 6)
Yuji Mukoyama (ep 1)
Yukari Watanabe (Zero G Room - Ep. 13)
Yuki Oomori (eps 5, 11)
Yukiko Kan (eps 10, 13)
Yukiko Shimamura (ep 3)
Yumiko Kinoshita (ep 3)
Yuto Terashima (eps 2, 7, 12)

Line Producer:
Fumikazu Matsumoto
Mitsutoshi Kubota
Motoki Ueda

Mecha Animation Director: Yasutoshi Funaji

Media Manager:
Shinobu Sasaki
Takao Ueki

Music Director: Takafumi Nakatake

Planning: Ryuzo Shirakawa

Planning Assistance:
Jinichiro Koyama (Plasma)
Kyōji Kodama (Ishimori Pro)
Tamotsu Maeda

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)
Yutaka Yoshihara (eps 6, 13)
Yuu Nobuta (Studio OX - Ep. 1)

Production Desk: Shinji Ishihira

Program Manager: Hiroyuki Soeda (Kids Station)

Program Publicity: Chikako Ishida (Kids Station)

Publicity:
Keiko Asami
Narue Minami

Recording: Shoji Hata

Recording engineer:
Mika Kamemoto (Rakuonsha)
Nobuhiro Ōura (Omnibus Japan)

Setting Production: Tatsuo Yoshira (Studio OX)

Sound Effects: Toru Noguchi

Special Effects:
Shigenobu Kaihou
Tsuyoshi Nakano (Trans Arts - Ep. 3)

Supervision: Masato Hayase

Theme Song Performance: Yui Horie

 

Tomokazu Seki as Kikaider/Jiro

Etsuko Kozakura as Etsuko

Juurouta Kosugi as Saburo / Hakaider

Keaton Yamada as Hattori

Shinji Ogawa as Professor Gill

Shozo Iizuka as Dr. Komyoji

Yui Horie as Mitsuko

Yumiko Kobayashi as Masaru

Hinama Noboyuki as Yellow Jaguar

Hisayoshi Suganuma as Kuya / Kaito

Jin Yamanoi as Orange Ant

Masahiro Ogata as Green Mantis

Masashi Hirose as Carmine Spider

Minami Takayama as Chigusa Sakamoto

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Yellow Jaguar

Norio Wakamoto as Golden Bat

Yusuke Ito as Ichiro

Japanese companies 

Animation Production:
Radix
Studio OX

Backgrounds:
Design office MECHAMAN (7 episodes

eps 1, 3, 5, 7-8, 10, 12
)
Green (7 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 8-9, 11, 13
)

Broadcaster: KIDS STATION (satellite)

Composite:
Radix Digital
Studio Cosmos
Tokyo Kids
Trans Arts Co.
Viola Co.

In-Between Animation:
Anime R (ep 3)
Daizo Productions (ep 3)
EMUAI (eps 6, 10, 13)
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd. (6 episodes

eps 1, 4, 6, 9-10, 13
)
K Production (ep 3)
Kyesung Production, Inc. (ep 3)
Lee Production (eps 5, 11)
M.S.J Musashino Production (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 9-10, 13
)

Mouse (ep 3)
Oh! Production (ep 13)
Pak Pro (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 Room (eps 1, 4, 6, 9)

Key Animation:
A Team (eps 1, 4, 9)
Magic Bus (ep 9)
Studio Giants (ep 9)
Zero G Room (eps 1, 13)

Paint:
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd. (5 episodes

eps 1, 4, 6, 10, 13
)
K Production (ep 3)
Kyesung Production, Inc. (ep 3)
Lee Production (eps 5, 11)
M.S.J Musashino Production (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 10, 13
)

Pak Pro (eps 2, 4, 7, 12)
Peacock (ep 1)
SHAFT (eps 2, 7, 12)
Studio Gash (ep 6)
Studio L (eps 10, 13)
Tanto (eps 3, 6)
Tokyo Kids (eps 1, 3)
Uni Animation (ep 3)

Production: SME Visual Works

Production Assistance:
SHAFT (eps 2, 7-8, 12)
Synergy Japan (eps 5, 8, 11)
Xebec (eps 3, 8)

Recording Studio:
Sanpunzaka Studio
Studio Gong

Sound Production: SPE Visual Works

English staff 
English cast 

Director: Joe Romersa

Translation: Neil Nadelman

ADR Script:
Dave Wittenberg
Kirk Thornton

Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi

Producer:
Charles McCarter
Haruyo Kanesaku
Miho Kinoshita
Yutaka Maseba

Co-Producer: Kei Onishi

Digital ADR Tracking:
Collin McQueen
Joe Romersa
Michael McCarty

DVD Menu Design: Julia Jones

DVD Producer: Richard Noboru Kekahuna

Final Mix:
Les Claypool III
Michael McCarty

Production Coordination: Osamu Maseba

Recording Facility Engineer:
Les Claypool III
Steve La Borico

Subtitle Timing: Neil Nadelman

Type Deko: Johnny Aparicio

 

Dave Wittenberg as Kikaider / Jiro

Barbara Goodson as Masaru

Christopher Carrol as Dr. Komyoji

Kirk Thornton as Hattori

Lia Sargent as Mitsuko

Melissa Fahn as Etsuko

Michael Gregory as Professor Gill

Steven Jay Blum as Hakaider / Saburo

Anthony Pulcini as Kuya / Kaito (ep 9)

Brianne Siddall as Boy B (ep 1)

Carolyn Hennesy as Chigusa Sakamoto

Kirk Baily as Ichiro Komyoji

Lex Lang as Carmine Spider

Michael McConnohie as Golden Bat

Mona Marshall as Boy A (ep 1)

Neil Kaplan as Yellow Jaguar

Peter Lurie as Orange Ant

Rebecca Forstadt as Girl with Cat (ep 4)

Richard Cansino as Gill's Assistant

Skip Stellrecht as Toru (ep 5)

Tom Wyner as Executive

Wendee Lee as Miyuki

Bob Pappenbrook

Carol Stanzione

Dan Woren

Dorothy Fahn

Michael Lindsay

Peggy O'Neal

Peter Doyle

Peter Lurie

Peter Spellos

Richard Cansino

Sandy Fox

Stephen Apostolina

Susan Marque

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Adult Swim
Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)

Dubbing: Animaze

DVD Production: Stream Santa Monica

Licensed by: Bandai Entertainment

Online Editing Facility: HMA Digital

Recording Studio: Magnitude 8 Post

Subtitle Timing: ZRO Limit Productions

Subtitles: Captions, Inc.

Translation: ZRO Limit Productions


French cast 
French staff 

Executive producer: Carlo Levy

(none)
French companies 

Distributor: Dybex

 
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