Hurricane Polymar | |
Cover art from the DVD release of Hurricane Polymar
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破裏拳ポリマー (Hariken Porimā) |
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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, 1974 – March 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, 1996 – February 21, 1997 |
Runtime | 30 minutes (each) |
Episodes | 2 |
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.