Robot Detective | |
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Genre | Tokusatsu Detective fiction Superhero fiction Action/Adventure |
Created by | Shotaro Ishinomori |
Developed by | Masaru Igami |
Directed by | Atsuo Okunaka |
Starring | Takashi Nakajima (stunt actor) Kaku Takashina Jiro Yabuki Keiko Kurenai Yumiko Kaga |
Voices of | Shūsei Nakamura |
Narrated by | Keiichi Noda |
Theme music composer | Shunsuke Kikuchi (all songs) Hosoku Yattemirō (opening and insert song) |
Opening theme | "Robot Detective" by Ichiro Mizuki |
Ending theme | "Proceed! Robot Detective" by Ichiro Mizuki |
Composer | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Production location | Tokyo |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Toei Company Ltd. |
Original release | |
Network | Fuji Television |
Release | April 5 September 27, 1973 | –
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Robot Detective (ロボット刑事, Robotto Keiji) is a tokusatsu superhero TV series. Created by Shotaro Ishinomori, the series was produced by Toei Company Ltd., and broadcast on Fuji TV from April 5 to September 27, 1973, with a total of 26 episodes.[1] It stars Jirō Chiba.[2]
The hero of this series is a robot named "Robot Detective K" (or just "K"), who has no human form, but when not in battle, dresses up in human clothes and has a human-like personality
Along with Android Kikaider Robot Detective was one of the early predecessors to what would become the Metal Hero Series of programs featuring human-sized cyborg heroes.