Android Kikaider is a tokusatsu superhero TV series and the first to feature the superhero Kikaider. Created by Japanese manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori, the show was produced by Toei Company, and was broadcast in Japan on NET (now TV Asahi) from July 8, 1972, to May 5, 1973, with a total of 43 episodes. It was followed by a Sequel Series, Kikaider 01.
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- Crossover
- Post-series; Kikaider is mentioned, and appears in a photograph, as one of the heroes continuing the fight against evil in J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai vs. Goranger, co-existing with contemporary Kamen Riders and Super Sentai.
- Again post-series; both Kikaider and Kikaider 01 make a cameo in OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders, which has them teaming-up with Inazuman and Kaiketsu Zubat to take down General Shadow of Shocker.
- Monster of the Week: DARK has the Destructoids.
- The Movie: Entitled Flying At 'Ya, Android Kikaider.
- Protagonist Title
