The Boy with the Guitar
| Android Kikaider: The Animation | |
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人造人間キカイダー THE ANIMATION (Jinzō Ningen Kikaidā The Animation) |
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| Genre | Science Fiction, Mecha, Drama |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tensai Okamura |
| Music by | Akira Mitake |
| Studio |
Radix Ace Entertainment Studio OX |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Kids Station |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 16, 2000 – January 8, 2001 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Original video animation | |
| Kikaider 01: The Animation | |
| Directed by | Keitaro Motonaga |
| Music by | Kaoru Wada |
| Studio |
Radix Ace Entertainment Studio OX |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | 2001-11-21 – 2002-03-20 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes per episode |
| Episodes | 4 |
| Original video animation | |
| The Boy with the Guitar: Kikaider vs Inazuman | |
| Directed by | Naoyuki Konno |
| Studio | Radix Ace Entertainment |
| Released | September 19, 2003 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
Android Kikaider: The Animation (人造人間キカイダー THE ANIMATION Jinzō Ningen Kikaidā Ji Animēshon), the anime adaptation of the Japanese superhero Kikaider, was produced by Sony Animation and broadcast on Kids Station from October 16, 2000, to January 8, 2001, with a total of 13 episodes. The anime followed more of the manga, with a darker nature of Jiro's reason to exist.
It was followed by the OVA 4-episode sequel called. Kikaider 01: The Animation (キカイダー01 THE ANIMATION Kikaidā Zero Wan Ji Animēshon).
An OVA special came with the Kikaider 01 DVD called The boy with the Guitar: Kikaider vs Inazuman (ギターを持った少年 -キカイダーVSイナズマン- Gitā o motta shōnen - kikaidā VS inazuman -) which teamed Kikaider with Inazuman, another superhero created by Shotaro Ishinomori. It was based on the manga chapter of Inazuman called The boy with the Guitar (ギターを持った少年 Gitā o motta shōnen).
An English dubbed version of the anime and OVA aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block, although episode 8, a recap episode, did not air. The final OVA special was never dubbed or released outside of Japan.
Dr. Kohmyoji creates Jiro (Kikaider) but an explosion occurs. When Dr Kohmyoji's kids, Mitsuko and Masaru, their father was nowhere to be found, Jiro wandering aimlessly in a remote area eventually meets Mitsuko. Mitsuko teaches Jiro to go into his robot form and about the GEMINI system inside him. The two grow closer together but the relationship development halts when a mysterious flute playing causes Jiro to attack Mitsuko, which causes her to believing he is a mad machine. Jiro inevitably leaves Mitsuko and Masaru in fear of being destroyed. Mitsuko then hires Hanpei Hattori and his apprentice Etsuko Sarutobi to find Jiro and bring him home. Throughout the story, Jiro encounters robots and learns more about Professor Gill and the evil organization DARK. A reoccurring android named Hakaider causes Jiro out of control by whistling (similar to Gill's flute). The more Mitsuko encounters Jiro the more she falls in love with him. When Mitsuko and Jiro reunite, they search for Mistuko's mother who is revealed to be in love with Professor Gill but could not bare the pain of being away from her children and gives them the location to Professor Gill's headquarters right before she killed herself. After they discover the location, Jiro attempts to fight Hakaider alone and also discovers the brain inside Hakaider's head is that of Dr. Kohmyoji's. Dr. Kohmyoji overtakes Hakaider's body before Hakaider could destroy it and infiltrates the headquarters. Once Professor Gill discovers Dr. Kohmyoji is in control he sends his robots to attack them. Jiro was able to give the brain to Hanpei in order to put it back into Dr. Kohmyoji's body. Professor Gill attempts to control Jiro with his flute, but Jiro to is able to overcome it. Hakaider then attempts to kill Professor Gill for betraying him and destroys the place along with Gill. Hanpei, Mitsuko and Etsuko able to escape, but didn't see Jiro escape with them. In the end, Mitsuko has hope that Jiro will return to them.
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