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{{Short description|Japanese anime television series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Android Kikaider: The Animation
| image           = 
| caption         = 
| ja_kanji        = 人造人間キカイダー THE ANIMATION
| ja_romaji       = Jinzō Ningen Kikaidā The Animation
| genre           = [[Science fiction|Sci-fi]], [[mecha]], [[drama]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = [[Tensai Okamura]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = Akemi Omode
| music           = [[Akira Mitake]]
| studio          = [[Radix Ace Entertainment|Radix]] & Studio OX
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee
| NA = [[Bandai Visual#Bandai Entertainment|Bandai Entertainment]]
}}
| network         = [[Kids Station]]
| network_en      = {{English anime network
| US = [[Adult Swim]]
}}
| first           = October 16, 2000
| last            = January 8, 2001
| episodes        = 13
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = ova
| title           = Kikaider 01: The Animation
| director        = Keitaro Motonaga
| producer        = 
| writer          = Toshizo Nemoto<br>Shinsuke Onishi
| music           = [[Kaoru Wada]]
| studio          = [[Radix Ace Entertainment|Radix Ace]] & Studio OX
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee
| NA = [[Bandai Visual#Bandai Entertainment|Bandai Entertainment]]
}}
| first           = November 21, 2001
| last            = March 20, 2002
| runtime         = 24 minutes
| episodes        = 4
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = ova
| title           = The Boy with the Guitar: Kikaider vs. Inazuman
| director        = Naoyuki Konno
| producer        = 
| writer          = Shinsuke Onishi
| music           = Kaoru Wada
| studio          = [[Radix Ace Entertainment|Radix Ace]] & Studio OX
| released        = September 19, 2003
| runtime         = 25 minutes
}}
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{{Nihongo|'''''Android Kikaider: The Animation'''''|人造人間キカイダー THE ANIMATION|Jinzō Ningen Kikaidā Ji Animēshon}}, the [[anime]] adaptation of the Japanese [[superhero]] ''[[Kikaider]]'', was produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment Visual Works (now [[Aniplex]]) and [[Ishimori Productions|Ishimori Entertainment]], and animated by [[Radix Ace Entertainment|Radix]] (later Radix Ace) and Studio OX. The series was broadcast on Kids Station from October 16, 2000, to January 8, 2001, with a total of 13 episodes. The anime followed more of the manga, with a darker nature of Jiro's reason to exist.

It was followed by the [[Original Video Animation|OVA]] 4-episode sequel called. {{nihongo|'''''Kikaider 01: The Animation'''''|キカイダー01 THE ANIMATION|Kikaidā Zero Wan Ji Animēshon}}.

An OVA special came with the ''Kikaider 01 DVD'' called {{Nihongo|'''''The Boy with the Guitar: Kikaider vs. Inazuman'''''|ギターを持った少年 -キカイダーVSイナズマン-|Gitā o motta shōnen - kikaidā VS inazuman -}} which teamed Kikaider with [[Inazuman]], another superhero created by [[Shotaro Ishinomori]]. It was based on the manga chapter of ''Inazuman'' called {{Nihongo|''The Boy with the Guitar''|ギターを持った少年|Gitā o motta shōnen}}.

An English dubbed version of the anime and OVA aired on [[Cartoon Network]]'s [[Adult Swim]] programming block in the United States, with the exception of episode 8, which was a recap episode. The final OVA special (''Kikaider vs. Inazuman'') was never dubbed or released outside of Japan.

==Plot==

===''Android Kikaider''===
Dr. Kohmyoji creates Jiro (Kikaider) but an explosion occurs. When Dr Kohmyoji's kids, Mitsuko and Masaru, their father was nowhere to be found, Jiro wandering aimlessly in a remote area eventually meets Mitsuko. Mitsuko teaches Jiro to go into his robot form and about the GEMINI system inside him. The two grow closer together but the relationship development halts when a mysterious flute playing causes Jiro to attack Mitsuko, which causes her to believe he is a mad machine. Jiro inevitably leaves Mitsuko and Masaru in fear of being destroyed. Mitsuko then hires Hanpei Hattori and his apprentice Etsuko Sarutobi to find Jiro and bring him home. Throughout the story, Jiro encounters robots and learns more about Professor Gill and the evil organization DARK. A reoccurring android named Hakaider causes Jiro out of control by whistling (similar to Gill's flute). The more Mitsuko encounters Jiro the more she falls in love with him. When Mitsuko and Jiro reunite, they search for Mistuko's mother who is revealed to be in love with Professor Gill but could not bare the pain of being away from her children and gives them the location to Professor Gill's headquarters right before she killed herself. After they discover the location, Jiro attempts to fight Hakaider alone and also discovers the brain inside Hakaider's head is that of Dr. Kohmyoji's. Dr. Kohmyoji overtakes Hakaider's body before Hakaider could destroy it and infiltrates the headquarters. Once Professor Gill discovers Dr. Kohmyoji is in control he sends his robots to attack them. Jiro was able to give the brain to Hanpei in order to put it back into Dr. Kohmyoji's body. Professor Gill attempts to control Jiro with his flute, but Jiro to is able to overcome it. Hakaider then attempts to kill Professor Gill for betraying him and destroys the place along with Gill. Hanpei, Mitsuko and Etsuko able to escape, but didn't see Jiro escape with them. In the end, Mitsuko has hope that Jiro will return to them.

===''Kikaider 01''===
These four OVAs directly follow the conclusion of the 13 episode TV series. Jiro is now battling to save Akira, the son of Professor Gill who survived and transplanted his brain into Hakaider. Gill-Hakaider, supported by the Hakaider Squad and later SHADOW, targets Akira to power his giant-robot Armageddon Lord. Jiro meets his two "older" brothers Ichiro (Kikaider 01) and Rei (Kikaider 00), who lack Jiro's GEMINI system, and are joined by a SHADOW gynoid Bjinder.
In the end, Gill successfully captures Akira, and uses the Armageddon Lord to devastate the city from the previous series. Gill plants a submission chip inside Jiro and his android allies. But it unexpectedly subdues Jiro's GEMINI circuit rather than enslave him, making Jiro more human as he ends up destroying his brothers and kills Gill as the Armageddon Lord's generator explodes. Jiro leaves Akira in the hands of a monk scientist that raised Ichiro and reactivated Rei. Afterwards, Jiro then proclaims that having now committed such horrible acts that he is now human and that his heart will forever be in "eternal conflict" as he walks alone into the sunset.

===''The Boy Who Carried a Guitar: Kikaider vs. Inazuman''===
Set sometime after ''Kikaider 01'', the cast of the ''[[Inazuman]]'' manga have a run-in with Jiro after one of their psychic adversaries possesses him in an attempt to murder Saburo, the protagonist of the ''Inazuman'' story. As the fight spirals out of control, Jiro's fight for inner peace comes to a head via Saburo's telepathy. The climax of the battle results in Jiro's definitive answers to the questions posed by his autonomy.

==Voice Cast==
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===Japanese Cast===
* Jiro/Kikaider: [[Tomokazu Seki]]
* Ichiro/Kikaider-01: [[Shotaro Morikubo]]
* Rei/Kikaider-00: [[Kazuhiko Inoue]]
* Mieko/Bijinder: [[Mitsuko Horie]]
* Mitsuko Kohmyoji: [[Yui Horie]]
* Masaru Kohmyoji: [[Yumiko Kobayashi]]
* Dr. Den Kohmyoji: [[Shōzō Iizuka]]
* [[Sarutobi Ecchan|Etsuko Sarutobi]]: [[Etsuko Kozakura]]
* Rieko: [[Sayaka Ohara]]
* Futen: [[Ichirō Nagai]]
* Akira: [[Madoka Akita]]
* Saburo/Hakaider: [[Juurouta Kosugi]]
* Chigusa Sakamoto: [[Minami Takayama]]
* Prof. Gill/Gill Hakaider: [[Shinji Ogawa]]
* Green Mantis: [[Masahiro Ogata]]
* Carmine Spider: [[Masashi Hirose]]
* Orange Ant: [[Jin Yamanoi]]:
* Yellow Jaguar [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]]
* Golden Bat: [[Norio Wakamoto]]
* Kuya & Kaito: [[Hisayoshi Suganuma]]
* Red Hakaider: [[Hidenari Ugaki]]
* Silver Hakaider: [[Kouichi Toochika]]
* Blue Hakaider: [[Takuma Suzuki]]
* Shadow Knight: [[Takeshi Watabe]]
* Saburo Kazeda/Inazuman: [[Kappei Yamaguchi]]
* Myoppe: [[Sayuri Yoshida]]
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===English Cast ===
* Jiro/Kikaider: [[Dave Wittenberg]]
* Ichiro/Kikaider-01: [[Derek Stephen Prince]]
* Rei/Kikaider 00: [[Crispin Freeman]]
* Mieko/Bijinder: [[Wendee Lee]]
* Mitsuko Kohmyoji: [[Lia Sargent]]
* Masaru Kohmyoji: [[Barbara Goodson]]
* Dr. Den Kohmyoji: [[Christopher Carrol]]
* Hattori Hanpei: [[Kirk Thornton]]
* Etsuko Sarutobi: [[Melissa Fahn]]
* Rieko: [[Peggy O'Neal (voice actress)|Peggy O'Neal]]
* Futen: [[Simon Prescott]]
* Akira: [[Brianne Siddall]]
* Saburo/Hakaider: [[Steven Blum]]
* Chigusa Sakamoto: [[Carolyn Hennesy]]
* Prof. Gill/Gill Hakaider: [[Michael Gregory (actor)|Michael Gregory]]
* Carmine Spider: [[Lex Lang]]
* Orange Ant: [[Peter Lurie]]
* Yellow Jaguar, Shadow Knight: Bob Papenbrook
* Golden Bat: [[Michael McConnohie]]
* Kuya & Kaito: [[Anthony Pulcini]]
* Red Hakaider: [[Skip Stellrecht]]
* Silver Hakaider: [[Eddie Frierson]]
* Blue Hakaider: Steve McGowan
* Zaddam: [[Peter Spellos]]
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==Episodes==

===''Android Kikaider: The Animation''===
English airdates are from its first English dub broadcast on Adult Swim in the United States.
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| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 1
| Title           = Lonely Puppet
| TranslitTitle   = Kodoku na Ningyō
| NativeTitle     = 孤独な人形
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|16}}
| AltDate         = June 9, 2003
| WrittenBy       = Akemi Omode
| ShortSummary    = Dr. Kohmyoji creates Jiro (Kikaider) but an explosion in the laboratory destroys everything in the laboratory. Mitsuko and Masaru check out the laboratory to see what happened but couldn't find anything. While Mitsuko is researching on what he was doing. Jiro is wandering around aimlessly to find out who he is. Mitsuko discovers Dr. Kohmyoji plans on creating an android that knows difference between right and wrong and goes back to the ruins of the laboratory. Jiro inevitably goes to the same place where he meets a rhino like robot trying to kill him. Mitsuko quickly realizes he is the android Dr. Kohmyoji was trying to build and helps him defeat the robot.
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{{Episode list/sublist
| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 2
| Title           = Mad Machine
| TranslitTitle   = Kurutta Kikai
| NativeTitle     = 狂った機械
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|23}}
| AltDate         = June 10, 2003
| WrittenBy       = Shinsuke Onishi
| ShortSummary    = Mitsuko takes Jiro back to her home where she explains who he is and who created him. Mitsuko reveals he can tell right from wrong due to his GEMINI system but it is incomplete and she has to fix it. A praying mantis-like robot attacks Jiro and Mitsuko but he is able to save her. Jiro then hears flute playing and causes him to choke Mitsuko. He was able to snap out of it and stop, but causes Mitsuko to believe he is a mad machine and rejects him. The same android attacks again, but Jiro defeats it. Mitsuko now wishes to destroy Jiro, but Jiro runs away before she could do so.
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| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 3
| Title           = Stray Sheep
| TranslitTitle   = Sutorei Shīpu
| NativeTitle     = ストレイ・シープ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|30}}
| AltDate         = June 11, 2003
| WrittenBy       = Masashi Sogo
| ShortSummary    = A mysterious spider-like android is killing people by crushing them. Mitsuko hires Hattori and Etsuko to find Jiro. They eventually finds Jiro and try to convince him to return home, but instead cause him to run away. Hattori chases him and gets caught up between a fight with Jiro and the spider-like android. Jiro defeats the robot and discovers someone is sending them. Hattori also discovers Jiro is an android and asks Mitsuko to tell him the complete truth.
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| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 4
| Title           = Mirror
| TranslitTitle   = Kagami
| NativeTitle     = 鏡
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|6}}
| AltDate         = June 12, 2003
| WrittenBy       = Shinsuke Onishi
| ShortSummary    = Jiro is playing his guitar to kids and grows close to a little girl with a cat while Mitsuko helps Hattori and Etsuko search for him. Mitsuko finds Jiro and tries to explain that it wasn't his fault for choking her. An ant-like android disguised as a human finds Jiro and attacks him. Both Jiro and the android show their robot form and fight each other. The ant-like android destroys himself in attempt to destroy Jiro along with him but fails. The little girl sees Jiro in his robot form and fears for her life causing Jiro to run away in shame of his appearance.
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{{Episode list/sublist
| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 5
| Title           = City of Rain
| TranslitTitle   = Ame no Machi
| NativeTitle     = 雨の街
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|13}}
| AltDate         = June 16, 2003
| WrittenBy       = Akemi Omode
| ShortSummary    = Jiro meets a woman named Miyuki who he learns she fell in love with a man she knows nothing about and waits for him. Professor Gill sends out a group of men to set plant bombs around the town. The man Miyuki loved goes to her house to find Jiro. A jaguar-like robot attacks them but they manage to get away. Jiro learns about DARK and Professor Gill and convinces the man to help him save the city. Jiro fights the jaguar-like android as the man deactivates the bombs. Jiro defeats the robot and the man manages to deactivate all the bombs, but he dies when another robot shoots him to death. Jiro sees the man's body and asks why did he die.
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{{Episode list/sublist
| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 6
| Title           = Negative Fragments
| TranslitTitle   = Fu no Danpen
| NativeTitle     = 負の断片
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|20}}
| AltDate         = June 17, 2003
| WrittenBy       = Masashi Sogo
| ShortSummary    = Hattori learns about DARK, Professor Gill, and about Dr. Kohmyoji and tells it to Mitsuko. A bat-like android disguised as vampire called "Gold Bat" kidnaps Mitsuko and forces Jiro to look for them. Mitsuko discovers the house she is taken to is her childhood home where she, her mother and Dr. Kohmyoji lived. She discovers that Dr. Kohmyoji and her mother were involved with Professor Gill and realizes she's in love with Jiro. Gold Bat reveals to Mitsuko that he has a conscious circuit inside him like Jiro but far less advanced like his. Jiro arrives to the house where Mitsuko was taken to as Mitsuko searches for more information on Dr. Kohmyoji's and her mother's past.
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{{Episode list/sublist
| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 7
| Title           = Afterglow of Regret
| TranslitTitle   = Hi no Zanshō
| NativeTitle     = 非の残照
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|27}}
| AltDate         = June 18, 2003
| WrittenBy       = Shinsuke Onishi
| ShortSummary    = As Jiro arrives to Mitsuko's childhood home, a set of traps set by Gold Bat are set off. As Jiro fends off his traps, Mitsuko learns that Dr. Kohmyoji joined Professor Gill as his son's last request, but learns he caused his death and his wife was a spy sent by Professor Gill. Jiro manages to get inside the house and finds Mitsuko only to be another trap. Mitsuko insist he turns into his robot form but refuses due to him being in shame of his appearance. Jiro escapes by using his guitar to fight Gold Bat but takes a blow to protect Mitsuko. Mitsuko suggest repairing him, but a mysterious man kills him and runs off before Jiro could learn his identity. Mitsuko convinces Jiro to stay with her before he could leave.
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{{Episode list/sublist
| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 8
| Title           = Blue Moon, Red Dreams
| TranslitTitle   = Aoi Tsuki, Akai Yume
| NativeTitle     = 青い月、赤い夢
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|12|4}}
| AltDate         = N/A
| WrittenBy       = N/A
| ShortSummary    = A recap of the first 7 episodes
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{{Episode list/sublist
| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 9
| Title           = Friends
| TranslitTitle   = Tomodachi
| NativeTitle     = ともだち
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|12|11}}
| AltDate         = June 19, 2003
| WrittenBy       = Akemi Omode
| ShortSummary    = As Jiro and Mitsuko return home, they inform Hattori that they wish to go to the location of the only vacation spot Mitsuko's family went to, in order to look for answers about Mitsuko's mother. Masaru finds a way to follow them and gets lost in the woods. Masaru meets twin boys named Kuya and Kaito and a pet bear named Riku. They become friends and helps each other through the wood. Mitsuko remembers a hint where Mitsuki's mom's hometown is. Masaru manages to make it to the cabin where Mitsuko and Jiro are staying, but discovers Kuya, Kaito and Riku are androids. Jiro finds Masaru but the 3 androids find him too and attack Jiro. Jiro manages to destroy the 3, but Masaru becomes upset at Jiro for destroying them.
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{{Episode list/sublist
| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 10
| Title           = Frozen Bonds
| TranslitTitle   = Kōru Kizuna
| NativeTitle     = 凍る絆
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|12|18}}
| AltDate         = June 23, 2003
| WrittenBy       = Masashi Sogo
| ShortSummary    = Jiro, Mitsuko and Masaru go to their mother's hometown in order to find more information. Once they meet her, Mitsuko discovers her mother's true nature. Mitsuko asks her for Professor Gill's location but she refuses. Mitsuko's mother reveals she is still working for Professor Gill and is ordered to kill her, but hesitates. A scorpion-like robot attacks them, but Jiro manages to save them. The mysterious man returns and attempts to kill Jiro breaking his guitar in the process. He reveals he is Saburo (Hakaider), an android designed to destroy Jiro. Mitsuko's mother gives Mitsuko the location of Professor Gill's headquarters and reveals she missed Mitsuko when she left her and regrets ever meeting Professor Gill and kills herself. Jiro attempts to stop her but Saburo whistles and controls Jiro.
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{{Episode list/sublist
| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 11
| Title           = The Destroyer
| TranslitTitle   = Hakaima
| NativeTitle     = 破壊魔
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|12|25}}
| AltDate         = June 24, 2003
| WrittenBy       = Shinsuke Onishi
| ShortSummary    = Mitsuko finds a chip near the remains of Jiro's Guitar and discovers it is the data of the GEMINI system. Jiro is still under the control of Saburo's whistling and causes destruction in the town. As Mitsuko and Hattori look for him, they suspect he will be going to the ruins of the lab where he was born. When Jiro and Mitsuko reunites, Saburo attempts to control him again by whistling, but Jiro is able to resist it and fights Saburo. Saburo destroys Jiro's arm and flees.
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{{Episode list/sublist
| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 12
| Title           = The Machine That Dreams
| TranslitTitle   = Yumemiru Kikai
| NativeTitle     = 夢みる機械
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|1|1}}
| AltDate         = June 25, 2003
| WrittenBy       = Akemi Omode
| ShortSummary    = Having figured out where Professor Gill's hideout is, and Jiro having been repaired, they get ready for the final battle. However Saburo intervenes claiming he will kill Jiro's friends and attacks him. Just as the battle between them comes to an end, Jiro hesitates to kill Saburo. Saburo then tries to pull the trigger on himself, only to have been taken over by Dr. Kohmyoji's own brain that had evidently been implanted into Saburo's head.
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{{Episode list/sublist
| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 13
| Title           = The End of the Dream
| TranslitTitle   = Yume no Matsuro
| NativeTitle     = 夢の末路
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|1|8}}
| AltDate         = June 26, 2003
| WrittenBy       = Akemi Omode
| ShortSummary    = Dr. Kohmyoji apologizes to Mitsuko for everything he's done, and thanks Jiro for taking care of the others. Claiming that Saburo could take back control of his body at any time, Kohmyoji goes to settle things with Professor Gill with Jiro accompanying him. During the fight with the Professor, Saburo took back control of his body, but is terminated by Gill for not being of any more use to him. Saburo's head along with Dr. Kohmyoji's brain is still intact(along with his body), meaning they can still save him. While Mitsuko and the others take their leave, Jiro went to go defeat Gill. Jiro tried to kill Professor Gill but couldn't. At the last moment, what was left Saburo's body strangled Professor Gill, and he fell to his doom. After a while, everyone else settled but they still haven't heard from Jiro. Mitsuko believes that one day, Jiro will come back.
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===''Kikaider 01: The Animation''===
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{{Episode list/sublist
| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 1
| Title           = Jiro Meets Ichiro
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|11|21}}
| AltDate         = June 30, 2003
| ShortSummary    = A new organization called SHADOW appears searching for the boy named Akira. Kikaider (Jiro) helps Rieko and Akira to escape and eventually find themselves in a monastery where a priest introduces Kikaider to Kikaider 01 (Ichiro). After another encounter with SHADOW, Kikaider and Kikaider 01 join forces to stop SHADOW.
| LineColor       = AE1905
}}
{{Episode list/sublist
| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 2
| Title           = Beautiful Enemy
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|12|19}}
| AltDate         = July 1, 2003
| ShortSummary    = Kikaider and 01 meet an android working for SHADOW named Bijinder and fight her, but eventually escapes. They later meet Hakaider and his squad and discover they are actually Professor Gil and his most loyal companions. They ultimately defeat the squad but Professor Gil manages to escape.
| LineColor       = AE1905
}}
{{Episode list/sublist
| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 3
| Title           = Gil Rises Again
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|1|23}}
| AltDate         = July 2, 2003
| ShortSummary    = Kikaider and 01 fighting more of SHADOW's minions. The priest introduces Kikaider 00 (Rei) who was previously a failed version of Kikaider. Reiko leads them to a dam to use a safe house but SHADOW eventually catch up to them where Professor Gil reveals to Reiko that she is actually a cyborg with memories of another girl. Hakaider kills Reiko and captures Akira. Bijinder joins Kikaider due to feeling sadness for Reiko's death.
| LineColor       = AE1905
}}
{{Episode list/sublist
| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = 4
| Title           = The Fate Of Pinocchio
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|3|20}}
| AltDate         = July 3, 2003
| ShortSummary    = After capturing Akira, Professor Gill uses Akira to launch the Armageddonlord and destroys the town. Kikaider, 01, 00, and Bijinder try to destroy the Armageddonlord. 01, 00 and Bijinder get captured and have been given a Submission Circuit to control them. Kikaider is eventually defeated by his companions and is given the Submission Circuit. When Akira is under stress, Gill puts him under the care of Bijinder where she escapes with him. Kikaider now under the Submission Circuit defeats brothers 01 and 00 and destroys Gill for good. The episode ends with Akira meeting the real Reiko and Jiro having become human walking into the sunset.
| LineColor       = AE1905
}}
{{Episode list/sublist
| 1               = Android Kikaider (anime)
| EpisodeNumber   = Bonus
| Title           = The Boy Who Carried a Guitar: Kikaider vs. Inazuman
| TranslitTitle   = Gitā o motta shōnen - Kikaidā VS Inazuman -
| NativeTitle     = ギターを持った少年 -キカイダーVSイナズマン-
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|9|19}}
| AltDate         = N/A
| ShortSummary    = Jiro is still fighting the Submission Circuit within him inserted by Professor Gill. Jiro, filled with guilt for destroying his siblings, fears that if he encounters both Mitsuko and Masaru, he will go inflict harm to both of them. Hanpei Hattori is sent to search for Jiro, in order to convince him to return to Mitsuko and Masaru. He mistakes high school student Saburo Kazeda (Sabu) for Jiro while Jiro is talking with Sabu's girlfriend Miyoppe. When Hanpei is finally reunited with Jiro, he goes berserk at the presence of Sabu, who then transforms into Inazuman, and the two fight. During the fight, Jiro manages to break free from the Submission Circuit. However, a mysterious creature suddenly attacks Inazuman. Jiro transforms into his android form and saves Inazuman from the creature. Jiro shakes hands with Sabu, and tells him to Hanpei that he will be all right soon while Sabu and Miyoppe continue their bickering, and it ends with Jiro sitting in a location unknown looking at the stars believing that he may one day return to Mitsuko and Masaru.
| LineColor       = AE1905
}}
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==Media==

===Soundtrack===

A soundtrack for the first animated series of Kikaider called {{Nihongo|''Android Kikaider: The Animation Original Soundtrack''|人造人間キカイダー ― THE ANIMATION オリジナル・サウンドトラック|Jinzō ningen kikaidā― THE ANIMATION orijinaru saundotorakku}} was released on December 6, 2000. It was composed by [[Akira Mitake]] and distributed by [[SME Visual Works]].
{{Track listing
| headline        = Android Kikaider: The Animation Original Soundtrack
| total_length    = 
| title1          = Theme of Gemini 
| note1           = by Akita Mitake
| length1         = 1:35
| title2          = Friends of Enemies
| length2         = 2:30
| title3          = Past Tears
| length3         = 2:19
| title4          = Devil's Flute
| length4         = 1:35
| title5          = Dark
| length5         = 2:33
| title6          = For the Destruction
| length6         = 0:52
| title7          = Rejoice
| length7         = 1:47
| title8          = Material World
| length8         = 1:32
| title9          = Jiro's Guitar (part 1)
| length9         = 1:20
| title10          = Coming Armegeddon
| length10         = 3:13
| title11          = Wild Detectives
| length11         = 1:13
| title12          = Song of a Street Musician
| length12         = 0:43
| title13          = Waiting for the Dawn
| length13         = 2:53
| title14          = Equinox
| length14         = 2:47
| title15          = Beastly Puppets
| length15         = 2:20
| title16          = Tempest
| length16         = 2:11
| title17          = Between Brothers and Sisters
| length17         = 2:00
| title18          = Jiro's Guitar (part 2)
| length18         = 1:26
| title19          = Tearful Smile
| length19         = 2:09
| title20          = Equinox (violin version)
| length20         = 2:28
| title21          = Floating
| length21         = 3:45
| title22          = Destiny
| note22           = by Yui Horie
| length22         = 4:17
}}


Another Soundtrack called {{Nihongo|''Kikaider 01: The Animation Original Soundtrack''|キカイダー01 THE ANIMATION ― オリジナル・サウンドトラック|Jinzō ningen kikaidā― THE ANIMATION orijinaru saundotorakku}} was released on March 6, 2003. Music was composed by [[Kaworu Wada]] and distributed by [[SME Visual Works]].
{{Track listing
| headline        = Kikaider 01: The Animation Original Soundtrack
| total_length    =
| title1          = Day of wrath - Main Theme
| note1           = {{nihongo| メインテーマ~怒りの日~|Meintēma ~ Ikari no Hi ~}}
| length1         = 
| title2          = Title
| note2           = {{nihongo|タイトル|Taitoru}}
| length2         = 
| title3          = Looming Threat
| note3           = {{nihongo|迫り来る脅威|Semari Kuru Kyōi}}
| length3         = 
| title4          = Organization of the Shadow
| note4           = {{nihongo|影の組織|Kage no Soshiki}}
| length4         = 
| title5          = Kikaider, Change
| note5           = {{nihongo|キカイダー、チェンジ |Kikaidā, Chenji}}
| length5         = 
| title6          =  Revived Memories
| note6           = {{nihongo|甦る記憶|Yomigaeru Kioku}}
| length6         = 
| title7          = Seal - Main Theme 
| note7           = {{nihongo|メインテーマ~封印~|Meintēma ~ Fūin ~}}
| length7         = 
| title8          = Kohmyoji and Vayu - Main Theme
| note8           = {{nihongo|メインテーマ~風天と光明寺~|Meintēma ~-Fū Ten to Kōmyōji ~}}
| length8         = 
| title9          = Shadow Knight
| note9           = {{nihongo|シャドウナイト|Shado Naito}}
| length9         = 
| title10          = Battle of Ichiro
| note10           = {{nihongo|イチローの戦い|Ichirō no Tatakai}}
| length10         = 
| title11          = Robot Without a Heart - Main Theme
| note11           = {{nihongo|メインテーマ~心を持たぬロボット~|Meintēma ~-Shin o Motanu Robotto ~}}
| length11         = 
| title12          = Escape
| note12           = {{nihongo|脱出|Dasshutsu}}
| length12         = 
| title13          = Hakaider Again
| note13           = {{nihongo|ハカイダー再び|Hakaidā Futatabi}}
| length13         = 
| title14          = Hakaider Four Group
| note14           = {{nihongo|ハカイダー四人衆|Hakaidā Yonnin Shū}}
| length14         = 
| title15          = The Main Theme ~Vol.1 Ending~
| note15           = {{nihongo|メインテーマ~Vol.1エンディング~|Meintēma ~ Vol. 1 Endingu ~}}
| length15         = 
| title16          = Quicken the Dark
| note16           = {{nihongo|胎動する暗闇|Taidō Suru Kurayami}}
| length16         = 
| title17          = My Name is Bijinder
| note17           = {{nihongo|私の名前はビジンダー|Watashi no Namae wa Bijindā}}
| length17         = 
| title18          = Thug Dancing Flowers
| note18           = {{nihongo|花に舞う刺客|Hana ni Mau Shikaku}}
| length18         = 
| title19          = Fate Met
| note19           = {{nihongo|出会った運命|Deatta Unmei}}
| length19         = 
| title20          = Dark Eyes
| note20           = {{nihongo|闇の視線|Yami no Shisen}}
| length20         = 
| title21          = Sweet Memories
| note21           = {{nihongo|優しい想い出|Yasashii Omoide}}
| length21         = 
| title22          = Battle of Bungalow
| note22           = {{nihongo|バンガローの攻防|Bangarō no Kōbō}}
| length22         = 
| title23          = Hakaider Plus Power 
| note23           = {{nihongo|ハカイダー・プラスパワー|Hakaidā Purasu Pawā}}
| length23         = 
| title24          = Determination
| note24           = {{nihongo|決意|Ketsui}}
| length24         = 
| title25          = Lurking in the Shadows
| note25           = {{nihongo|影に潜む|Kage ni Hisomu}}
| length25         = 
| title26          = And Pinocchio...
| note26           = {{nihongo|そしてピノキオは…|Soshite Pinokio wa…}}
| length26         = 
| title27          = Memories of Rieko
| note27           = {{nihongo|リエ子の想い出|Rieko no Omoide}}
| length27         = 
| title28          = Trap
| note28           = {{nihongo|罠|Wana}}
| length28         = 
| title29          = Professor Gill
| note29           = {{nihongo|プロフェッサー・ギル|Purofessā Giru}}
| length29         = 
| title30          = Fleetingly Sunset
| note30           = {{nihongo|夕焼けに儚く|Yūyake ni Hakanaku}}
| length30         = 
| title31          = Surrounding Sorrow
| note31           = {{nihongo|哀しみを囲んで|哀しみを囲んで|}}
| length31         = 
| title32          = Feelings in my Heart
| note32           = {{nihongo|この胸の思い|Kono Mune no Omoi}}
| length32         = 
| title33          = Street Fighting
| note33           = {{nihongo|市街戦|Shigai-sen}}
| length33         = 
| title34          = Armageddongod Exercise - Main Theme
| note34           = {{nihongo|メインテーマ~発動するアーマゲドンゴッド~|Meintēma ~ Hatsudō Suru Amagedongoddo ~}}
| length34         = 
| title35          = Ambition Awakening
| note35           = {{nihongo|覚醒する野望|Kakusei Suru Yabō}}
| length35         = 
| title36          = Dreaming Dolls
| note36           = {{nihongo|人形が見る夢|Ningyō ga Miru Yume}}
| length36         = 
| title37          = Conclusion of Dreams
| note37           = {{nihongo|夢のおわり|Yume no Owari}}
| length37         = 
| title38          = Day of Tears Lacrimosa
| note38           = {{nihongo|涙の日 Lacrimosa|Namida no hi Lacrimosa}}
| length38         = 
}}

==Reception==
On [[Anime News Network]], Zac Bertschy gave the first DVD an overall grade of B.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kikaider/dvd-1|title= Kikaider DVD 1|author= Zac Bertschy|date= 2 July 2003|access-date= 2 August 2014|work= [[Anime News Network]]|archive-date= 20 July 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140720012058/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kikaider/dvd-1|url-status= live}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{ann|anime|964|Kikaider}}
*{{IMDb title|tt0305046|Jinzô ningen Kikaidâ: The Animation}}
*[https://archive.today/20130105021312/http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-19385/ TVTome show details]
*http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Animation/Kikaider/

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