Android Kikaider: The Animation (2000– )
"Jinzô ningen Kikaidâ: The Animation" (original title)

Stars:

Tomokazu Seki, Yui Horie, Yumiko Kobayashi

Cast

Credited cast:
Tomokazu Seki	...	Jirô (voice)
Yui Horie	...	Mitsuko Kômyôji (voice)
Yumiko Kobayashi	...	Masaru Kômyôji (voice)
Keaton Yamada	...	Hanpei Hattori (voice)
Etsuko Kozakura	...	Etsuko Sarutobi (voice)
Shinji Ogawa	...	Professor Gill Helbert (voice)
Jûrôta Kosugi	...	Saburô (voice)
Shôzô Iizuka	...	Dr. Den Kômyôji (voice)
Minami Takayama	...	Chigusa Sakamoto (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stephen Apostolina	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Steve Blum	...	Saburo (voice) (as David Lucas)
Richard Cansino	...	Carmine Spider (voice)
Christopher Carroll	...	Dr. Komyoji (voice)
Peter Doyle	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Dorothy Fahn)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

robot | anime | monster | superhero | martial arts | 

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Genres:

Animation | Sci-Fi | Adventure | Action | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Bandai [us] sonymusic.co[jp] (Japanese)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

9 June 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Kikaider

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the English release of this show, the credits stroll through the Japanese credits as well as the American credits

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Connections

Remake of Kikaida: Android of Justice (1972)

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Soundtracks

"Destiny"
Ending Theme
Composed and Arranged by Akira Mitake
Lyrics by Hiroko Tanitsugi
Sung by Yui Horie

User Reviews

One Promising Aspect...

As a whole, this series would not make a list of top ten animes. It might make a list of top fifty....might. The animation is unique, but looks like Mickey Mouse stuff, the storyline is unoriginal, the battle scenes typical. The only interesting thing about this anime is Jiro's inner struggle. He is a robot, but since he is endowed with the Gemini System (artificial conscience), he is able to tell right from wrong. However, this system is badly damaged early on in the series and Jiro is constantly asking "Is this right? Is this what I'm supposed to do?" etc. etc...Also, Jiro has to deal with being a robot when he is surrounded by humans. Where he is hard and cold, the people around him, like Mitsko, are soft and warm. It's no mistake that the little boy told Jiro the story of Pinocchio, for they are much alike. Jiro has to deal with peoples fear of him, since he's different from them.

Aside from Jiro's inner conflicts, this series is unremarkable.