Android Kikaider - The Animation

Introduction

The genius robotics professor, Dr. Komyoji has created Kikaider—a humanoid robot tasked with the protection of Dr. Komyoji's son and daughter. Gifted with the conscience circuit, Kikaider is given the power to simulate real emotions that helps to distinguish between "right and wrong." Can Kikaider protect Dr. Komyoji's children and battle against the evil Dr. Gill and his army of androids? The fight against world domination lies in the hands of Kikaider. (Source: Bandai Entertainment)

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ktulu007

Jinzou Ningen Kikaider: The Animation is based off of a live action tokusatsu series from the 70s. The anime version came out nearly three decades after the live action. Which might seem weird, but if you think about it, Hollywood does the same thing all the time in terms of mining old properties to make a quick buck off of the fanbase. It usually goes very badly. Let's see if Radix, the studio behind Divergence Eve & Haibane Renmei, did better. Story: We open with Doctor Komyoji working in his lab in a scene reminiscent of Frankenstein (pronounced Fronkensteen.) Meanwhile, his children are reading the story of Pinocchio, which I'm sure will not tie into anything that happens whatsoever. And if you buy that, I can sell you some prime subaqueous real estate for low, low prices. An expl…

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AndroidJacket

Man, did i glad to see this anime. Im a big kamen rider & shotaro ishinomori fan, seeing kikaider is no brainer. The story of kikaider is about....well you can read the synopsis up there. Sound like your typical hero story but its so well told & a bit of twist at the end. Art in the anime is old school meaning old astroboy like artwork since ishinomori sensei is one of student osamu tezuka had. I really like the artwork, its stay true to the original manga art & for those who think its ugly can suck it. The music is very well done, the op is masterpiece and the ed is very nice, my favorite is the theme guitar for jiro~ Jiro is a great main character, for a superhero hes very innocent yet very charming. Hes development is very good and at the end of the series he is not the same guy(mat…