Hikarian
| Hikarian | |
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超特急ヒカリアン (Chō-Tokkyū Hikarian) |
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| Genre | Mecha |
| Original video animation | |
| Heroic Super-Express Hikarian | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Fukushima Chikae Kuwahara |
| Produced by | Iori Suzuki |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Fukushima |
| Music by | Takumi Kusanagi |
| Studio | Artmic |
| Released | 1996 |
| Episodes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Japan Hikarian Railroad | |
| Directed by | Shuichi Kazuyuki Hirokawa Yoshikata Nitta |
| Produced by |
Tomy Iori Suzuki |
| Written by |
Toshiki Inoue Hideki Shirane |
| Music by | Yuzo Hayashi |
| Studio | Tokyo Kids Co.,Ltd. |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 2, 1997 – March 29, 2000 |
| Episodes | 156 |
| Anime television series | |
| Lightning Attack Express |
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| Directed by | Hideaki Ōba |
| Produced by |
Tomy Iori Suzuki |
| Written by | Toshiki Inoue |
| Music by | Yuzo Hayashi |
| Studio |
Toho Tokyo Kids Co.,Ltd. |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 1, 2001 – March 31, 2002 |
| Episodes | 52 |
Hikarian (ヒカリアン?), also called Hikarian: Great Railroad Protector, is a Japanese anime and toy franchise by Tomy.
The first television series, Chō Tokkyū Hikarian (超特急ヒカリアン?, lit. "Super Express Hikarian"), is about a series of bullet trains that are turned into robots. The robots, along with two humans named Tetsuyuki Shinbashi (新橋 テツユキ Shinbashi Tetsuyuki) and Minayo Kanda (神田 ミナヨ Kanda Minayo), have to stop an alien invasion.
A second television series, Denkō Chō-Tokkyū Hikarian (電光超特急ヒカリアン?, lit. "Ultra Lightning Express Hikarian"), was later created. The new series stars a new Hikarian, Lightning West, and a new human lead, Kenta Hijiribashi (聖橋 ケンタ Hijiribashi Kenta).
Enoki Films has licensed the series for an English release. The company has suggested name changes (e.g. Tetsuyuki becomes Terry and Minayo becomes Mina) but the series is not yet available in English, and Enoki may sublicense the series to another company who may decide to keep the original Japanese names, use Enoki's suggested English names, or use original English names.
The main characters in Hikarian are the Hikarians who fight against the Blatcher gang and their plan operation Darkness. All of the characters, except the Black Express, are based on real life trains. Interestingly, the series depicts them operating as normal trains during times of peace.
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