Tekkaman Blade

Tekkaman Blade
DVD cover of Teknoman collection one
宇宙の騎士テッカマンブレード
(Uchū no Kishi Tekkaman Burēdo)
GenreAdventure, Mecha, science fiction, superhero, science fantasy
Anime television series
Directed byHiroshi Negishi
Written byMayori Sekijima
Satoru Akahori
Music byKaoru Wada
StudioTatsunoko Production
Licensed by
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
Original run February 18, 1992 February 2, 1993
Episodes50 (Uncut version)
43 (Saban version)
Original video animation
Directed byHideki Tonokatsu
Written byAkihiko Ureshino (Twin Blood)
Hideki Tonokatsu (Burning Clock, Missing Link)
Music byKaoru Wada
StudioTatsunoko Productions
Released1998
Episodes3
Video game
Uchū no Kishi: Tekkaman Blade
DeveloperBEC
PublisherBandai
Yutaka (Game Boy)
GenreScrolling shooter/fighting (SNES)
Platform (Game Boy)
PlatformGame Boy, Super Famicom, NEC PC-9801
ReleasedJuly 30, 1993
Original video animation
Tekkaman Blade II
Directed byHideki Tonokatsu
Produced byKyouko Okazaki
Shuuji Uchiyama
Written byHiroyuki Kawasaki
Music byTakashi Kudoh
StudioTatsunoko Production
Licensed by
Released July 21, 1994 April 21, 1995
Runtime30 minutes
Episodes6
Manga
Written byNoritaka Suzuki
Published byMediaWorks
ImprintMedia Comics
MagazineComic Comp
DemographicShōnen
Published1994
Manga
Tekkaman Blade II
Written byRei Nakahara
Published byMediaWorks
ImprintMedia Comics
DemographicShōnen
Published1995

Tekkaman Blade (Japanese: 宇宙の騎士テッカマンブレード, Hepburn: Uchū no Kishi Tekkaman Burēdo) is a 1992 Japanese anime television series produced by Tatsunoko Production and Sotsu Agency. The series was directed by Hiroshi Negishi and written by Mayori Sekijima and Satoru Akahori. The story follows an organization called the Space Knights and their war against aliens known as the Radam. The Space Knights are assisted by Takaya Aiba, who has the ability to transform into an armored warrior known as Tekkaman Blade.

The first series, of 50 episodes (including episode 0), aired in Japan from February 18, 1992, to February 2, 1993, on TV Tokyo. This was followed by two specials. A sequel series called Tekkaman Blade II, which is set ten years after the first series and follows the events of the second Radam invasion, was a series of six Japanese original video animation (OVA) releases from July 21, 1994, to April 21, 1995. A video game based on the series, titled Uchū no Kishi: Tekkaman Blade, was released in Japan on July 30, 1993. The original series was released internationally, including North America, and was dubbed in English as Teknoman.[1] In the English-dubbed versions, the series was heavily cut compared to the original Japanese version and shortened from 50 to 43 episodes.

  1. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 425. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.