Kikaider

人造人間キカイダー
Kikaider
Genre	Action, adventure, science fiction
Television drama
Written by	Shotaro Ishinomori
Music by	Michiaki Watanabe
Studio	Toei Company Ishimori Productions
Original network	TV Asahi
Original run	July 8, 1972 – May 5, 1973
Episodes	43
Anime television series
Directed by	Tensai Okamura
Studio	Studio OX
Original network	Kids Station
English network	^US Adult Swim
Original run	October 16, 2000 – December 28, 2000
Episodes	13
Original video animation
Kikaider 01: The Animation
Directed by	Keitaro Motonaga
Studio	Studio OX
Released	June 30, 2003 – July 3, 2003
Episodes	4
Original video animation
The Boy with the Guitar: Kikaider vs Inazuman
Directed by	Konno Naoyuki
Studio	Studio OX
Released	September 19, 2003

Kikaider (キカイダー, Kikaidā^?) is a Japanese television franchise, created by Shotaro Ishinomori, featuring the main character Kikaider. The tokusatsu aired for the first time in July 1972. The series was originally a live-action tokusatsu series, as was its sequel, Kikaider 01. A manga drawn by Ishinomori was eventually published, introducing Kikaider 00. A 13-episode anime and 4-episode OVA based on the manga were created in 2001. The tokusatsu series from 1972 is especially popular in Hawaii. The complete DVD series is available with English subtitles through JN Productions.

The manga series was serialized in Bessatsu Shōnen Sunday and more children's magazines at the same time as the live action television series. Kikaider Code 02 was a manga series by MEIMU published by Kadokawa Comics A.

In the past, the Super Giant movie series and shows like Moonlight Mask (the first TV superhero in Japan) became controversial when younger viewers began imitating the stunts performed. The original Android Kikaider series was one of the first tokusatsu superhero TV shows to add safety bumpers at the end of each episode, warning viewers not to imitate the stunts performed by its superhero.

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