Kikaider 01

Kikaider 01
Also known as Kikaidâ Zero Wan
Genre Science Fiction
Created by Shotaro Ishinomori
Starring Shunsuke Ikeda, Daisuke Ban, Etsuko Shihomi
Theme music composer Michiaki Watanabe
Composer(s) Michiaki Watanabe
Country of origin Japan
Original language(s) Japanese
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 46
Production company(s) Toei Company
Release
Original release 12 May 1973 – 30 March 1974

Kikaider 01 (キカイダー01 Kikaidā Zero Wan) (Pronounced as Kikaider Zero One), is a tokusatsu superhero TV series, and a sequel series to Android Kikaider. Produced by Toei Company Ltd., it was broadcast on NET (now TV Asahi) from May 12, 1973 to March 30, 1974, with a total of 46 episodes. Its title in Hawaii is Kikaida 01 (based on the Japanese title).

Plot synopsis

The noted robotics expert Dr. Kohmyoji created a powerful android to protect Japan from evil forces. When Hakaider starts his own evil organization, Dr. Kohmyoji's android, Kikaider 01, awakens to fight Hakaider.

Hakaider has three assistants, Red Hakaider, Blue Hakaider, and Silver Hakaider. Together, they devise various schemes to cause destruction, but Kikaider 01 stops them all. Kikaider appears to assist Kikaider 01. Their chief goal is to capture a young boy, named Akira.

After Hakaider's attempts fail, a new, mysterious character appears, Shadow Knight. Shadow Knight is member of a competing, evil organization, SHADOW. When SHADOW proved to be more powerful than Hakaider, Hakaider unwillingly becomes a member of SHADOW.

It was later revealed that Hakaider has the brain of Professor Gill (also from the Kikaider TV series) within him. Professor Gill had designed a powerful robot, and had tattooed the plans onto his two sons: Akira and his brother Hiroshi. Throughout the series, SHADOW helps Gill in building his robot, and Kikaider 01's fight to stop them.

Characters

Heroes

Note: Both Hanpei Hattori and Dr. Kohmyoji (from the Kikaider TV series) make guest appearances

Villains

Soldiers

Ghostbots

Ghostbots are true forms of the Hakaider Brothers.

Deathbots

Deathbots are the commanders of the Shadow.

Episode list

  1. "Invincibility!! Birth of Android 01!!" (無敵!! 人造人間ゼロワン誕生!! Muteki!! Jinzō Ningen Zero Wan Tanjō!!)
  2. "Hakaider: What is his 4th Rank Attack!?" (ハカイダー四段攻撃とは何か!? Hakaidā Yon Dan Kōgeki to wa Nani ka!?)
  3. "The Return of Jiro, aka Kikaider" (帰ってきたジロー キカイダー Kaettekita Jirō Kikaidā)
  4. "Outrageous! The Spectre Robot Termination!?" (怪奇! 幽霊ロボット消滅!? Kaiki! Yōrei Robotto Shōmetsu!?)
  5. "Terror! The Egg will Laugh at the Blue Crocodile Island!" (恐怖! 青ワニ島で卵が笑う!! Kyōfu! Ao Wani Shima de Tamago ga Warau!)
  6. "The Magician vs. 01's Secret Ability!!" (魔術師対ゼロワンの秘密能力!! Majutsushi Tai Zero Wan no Himitsu Nōryoku)
  7. "Thunderbolt! Function Decline 01's Direct Hit" (落雷! 機能低下のゼロワン直撃 Rakurai! Kinō Teiga no Zero Wan Chokugeki)
  8. "Ichiro's Crisis! 4 Massive Fusion!!" (イチロー危機! 四人衆合体!! Ichirō Kiki! Yonin Shū Gattai!!)
  9. "Great Crime Organization: The Mysterious of the Appearing Shadow!!" (大犯罪組織シャドウ出現の怪!! Dai Hanzai Soshiki Shadō Shutsugen no Kai!!)
  10. "Great Leader: A Mysterious Big Shadow!? (大首領ビッグシャドウの怪奇!?" Dai Shuryō Biggu Shadō no Kaiki!?)
  11. "Ghost Story: Basement Secret Base's Spectre Woman" (怪談 地下秘密基地の幽霊女 Kaidan Chika Himitsu Kichi no Yōrei Onna)
  12. "Ghost Story: The Graveyard of the Freshly Severed Head of the Confused Cat Curse" (怪談 墓場の化猫呪いの生首 Kaidan Hakaba no Bakasu Neko Noroi no Namakubi)
  13. "Ghost Story: The Challenge of Ghost Pulley Neck" (怪談 妖怪ロクロ首の挑戦 Kaidan Yōkai Rokuro Kubi no Chōsen)
  14. "Ghost Story: Gill's Apparition Will Curse With Hell" (怪談 ギルの亡霊が地獄で呪う Kaidan Giru no Bōrei ga Jigoku de Norou)
  15. "Explosion: Giant Devil's Secret" (爆発 ジャイアントデビルの秘密 Bakuhatsu Jaianto Debiru no Himitsu)
  16. "Terror! Mummy Man's Nitro Bomb" (恐怖! ミイラ男のニトロ爆弾 Kyōfu! Mīra Otoko no Nitoro Bakudan)
  17. "Great Work!! The Terrifying Giant Devil Starts" (大巨篇!! 恐怖の巨人(ジャイアント)デビル始動 Dai Kyohen!! Kyōfu no Jaianto Debiru Shidō)
  18. "First Historical and Probably The Last!! The Android Great Explosion" (史上空前絶後!! 人造人間大爆発 Shijō Kūzenzetsugo!! Jinzō Ningen Dai Bakuhatsu)
  19. "King Indian: The Incarnation of Mortal!!" (キングインデアン必殺の呪文!! Kingu Indean Hissatsu no Shumon!!)
  20. "Great Fury: Shadow Leader's Conscious Confirm" (大狂乱シャドウ首領の正体判明 Dai Kyōran Shadō Shuryō no Shōtai Hanmei)
  21. "Bloodsucking Mansion: Terror of the Beautiful Girls' Hostel!!" (吸血の館 美人女子寮の恐怖!! Kyūketsu no Yakata Bijin Joshi Ryō no Kyōfu!!)
  22. "Special Lesson of Japan is the Murder Practice!?" (本日の特別授業は殺人訓練?! Nippon no Tokubetsu Jugyō wa Satsujin Kunren?!)
  23. "The Devilish Starfish Woman: Just in Front of the Mankind Extinction!!" (悪魔のヒトデ女 人類絶滅寸前!! Akuma no Hitode Onna Jinrui Zetsumetsu Sunzen!!)
  24. "Devilish Performance!? The Earth Pig's Planet Project" (悪魔の業!? 地球ブタの惑星計画 Akuma no Waza!? Chikyū Buta no Wakusei Keikaku)
  25. "The Devilish Child Zadam: Lunar World Base Departure" (悪魔の子ザダム 月世界基地発進 Akuma no Ko Zadamu Gessekai Kichi Hasshin)
  26. "Deathmatch of the South Era!! Zadam: ESP Demonstration" (南紀の死斗!! ザダム超能力発揮 Minamiki no Shitō!! Zadamu Chōnōryoku Hakki)
  27. "Hot Contest of the Secluded Region!! Zadam's Infernal Trap" (秘境の激戦!! ザダムの地獄の罠 Hikyō no Gekisen!! Zadamu no Jigoku no Wana)
  28. "Lunatic Town: The Terrifying Mermaid's Great Counterattack" (狂った町 恐怖の人魚姫大逆襲 Kurutta Machi Kyōfu Ningyo Hime Dai Gyakushū)
  29. "Red Ogre, Blue Ogre: The Terrifying 10 Billion Volts!!" (赤鬼 青鬼 恐怖の100億V(ボルト)!! Aka Oni Ao Oni Kyōfu no Hyaku Oku Boruto!!)
  30. "A Devil? An Angel? Bijinder Makes Her Appearance!!" (悪魔? 天使? ビジンダー出現!! Akuma? Tenshi? Bijindā Shutsugen!!)
  31. "The Helpless Android Bijinder: Bomb Victim" (哀れ人造人間ビジンダー爆死 Aware Jinzōningen Bijindā Bakushi)
  32. "Calling into the Underworld: Bijinder" (地獄に呼ばれるビジンダー Jigoku ni Yobareru Bijindā)
  33. "Heartless Child Taking Gorilla's Tears: It's Tearful" (非情 子連れゴリラの涙・涙 Hijō Kotsure Gorira no Namida Namida)
  34. "The Accursed Grandfather Clock: Bijinder is in Peril" (呪いの大時計 ビジンダー危機 Noroi no Ōdokei Bijindā Kiki)
  35. "Kimono Maiden Bijinder: The Scrolling Picture of the Underworld" (振袖娘ビジンダー地獄絵巻 Furisode Bijindā Jigoku Emaki)
  36. "The Suspiciousness of the Fourth-Dimension: The Terrifying Time Travel" (四次元の怪 恐怖のタイム旅行 Shijigen no Kai Kyōfu no Taimu Ryokō)
  37. "Veteran Fencer: Waruder Comes Right Out of the Mist" (剣豪 霧の中から来たワルダー Kengō Kiri no Naka kara Kita Warudā)
  38. "The Mortal Device: The Three-Way Bloody Battle!!" (必殺の仕掛 血闘三つ巴! Hissatsu no Shikake Chitō Mittsu Tomoe!)
  39. "The Formidable Alien Enemy Arrives in a Flying Saucer" (強敵宇宙人は空飛ぶ円盤で来る Kyōteki Uchūjin Soratobuenban de Kuru)
  40. "Escape!! Freeze Bijinder in a Nick of Time" (脱出!!冷凍ビジンダー危機一髪 Dasshutsu!! Reitō Bijindā Kikīppatsu)
  41. "Unequalled: The Dog Fighting Warship Blows Up!!" (天下無敵 空中戦艦爆破!! Tenkamuteki Kūchūsen Kan Bakuha!!)
  42. "The Comrade Attacks: Fire Off the Silhouette Gun" (同志討ち 火を噴く影法師銃 Dōshi Uchi Hi o Fuku Kagebōshi Jū)
  43. "Bijinder is in Love with a Young Man" (ビジンダーに恋した若者 Bijindā ni Koi shita Wakamono)
  44. "Bijinder's Beauty and Sorrow Separation" (ビジンダーの美しく悲しき別れ Bijindā no Utsushiku Kanashiki Wakare)
  45. "Samurai Waruder Dies in Dawn" (サムライワルダー暁に死す Samurai Warudā Akatsuki ni Shishu)
  46. "These Good Friends: Long Live the Androids!" (よいこの友達 人造人間万才! Yoi Kono Tomodachi Jinzō Ningen Banzai!)

Cast

Media

Manga

A manga series by Mitsuru Hiruta was serialized in Bessatsu Shōnen Sunday from June through December 1973.

OVA

An OVA version was released on June 30, 2003 called Kikaider 01: The Animation (キカイダー01:THE ANIMATION Kikaidā Zero Wan Ji Animēshon). It served as a sequel to the animated version of Android Kikaider.

Kamen Rider 40th Anniversary film

Kikaider 01, along with Kikaider, Inazuman, and Zubat made an appearance in OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders (オーズ・電王・オールライダー:レッツゴー仮面ライダー Ōzu Den'ō Ōru Raidā: Rettsu Gō Kamen Raidā) in commemoration of the Toei Company's 60th Anniversary in 2011. This brief appearance saw the four heroes destroy the Kamen Rider Stronger villain, General Shadow.

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