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Hurricane Polymar

Hurricane Polymar
Hurricane Polymar.jpg
Cover art from the DVD release of Hurricane Polymar
破裏拳ポリマー
(Hariken Porimā)
Genre Adventure, Science fiction, Superhero
Anime television series
Directed by Hisayuki Toriumi
Written by Jinzō Toriumi
Music by Shunsuke Kikuchi
Studio Tatsunoko Production
Original network NET (now TV Asahi)
Original run October 4, 1974March 28, 1975
Episodes 26
Original video animation
Hurricane Polymar: Holy Blood
Directed by Akiyuki Shinbo
Written by Hideki Kakinuma
Music by Shunsuke Kikuchi
Studio Tatsunoko Production
Licensed by
Released September 21, 1996February 21, 1997
Runtime 30 minutes (each)
Episodes 2
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Hurricane Polymar (破裏拳ポリマー Hariken Porimā?) is a Japanese anime and OVA series produced by Tatsunoko Productions. The show was created by Tatsuo Yoshida, who had produced many of Tatsunoko's series. Other romanizations of the name include Hurricane Polymer, and Hariken Polymar (since the latter is spelled using Japanese kanji). Hurricane Polymar is the secret identity of Takeshi Yoroi (鎧武士 Yoroi Takeshi?). He wears a special suit which enables him to fight crime. The suit is made of memory plastic which enables him to assume any shape, including morphing its wearer in 5 different vehicles.

A remake was released in Japan on September 21, 1996, followed by episode 2 on February 21, 1997. It was later dubbed by New Generation Pictures, and was released in the United States by Urban Vision on VHS on October 1, 1998.) It was re-released by Discotek Media on DVD on March 19, 2013.

Anime Sols attempted to crowd-fund the release of the show on North American DVD, but was not successful.

Onigawara, the director of the International Secret Police Agency, looked forward to making Takeshi a top-notch criminal investigator. Takeshi was given training, which turned him into an all-around sportsman as well as martial arts expert. However, Takeshi's attitude toward crime-fighting was so incompatible with Onigawara's, that he disowned him. For a while Takeshi investigated crime alone; then he became a private detective Joe Kuruma's assistant and general handyman. Secretly, however, Takeshi obtained from a scientist a new artificial polymer, polymet, that was far stronger than steel. With this polymet Takeshi transformed himself into Hurricane Polymar, an invincible costumed hero for fight for the justice and defeat to the different gangs.


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