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| Armored Police Metal Jack | |
 Cover artwork for the Japanese DVD release | |
| 機甲警察メタルジャック (Kikō Keisatsu Metaru Jakku) | |
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| Genre | Action, mecha, police |
| Created by | Hajime Yatate |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Matsuzono (first half) Kiyoshi Egami (second half) |
| Produced by | Yōichi Ikeda (Sunrise) Masashi Kanō (I&S) Shinsuke Kurabayashi (TV Tokyo) |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Kawasaki |
| Music by | Yasunori Iwasaki |
| Studio | Sunrise Studio Deen (cooperation) |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| Original run | April 8, 1991 – December 23, 1991 |
| Episodes | 37 |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Kawasaki |
| Illustrated by | Yorihisa Uchida |
| Published by | Tairiku Shobo |
| Imprint | Neo Fantasy Bunko |
| Original run | February 20, 1992 – April 17, 1992 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Video game | |
| Developer | KID |
| Publisher | Takara Co., Ltd. |
| Genre | War simulation |
| Platform | Game Boy |
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| Video game | |
| Publisher | Atlus |
| Genre | Beat 'em up |
| Platform | Super Famicom |
| Released | |
Armored Police Metal Jack (Japanese: 機甲警察メタルジャック, Hepburn: Kikō Keisatsu Metaru Jakku) is a Japanese animated TV series produced by Sunrise, TV Tokyo and I&S BBDO. It was directed by Hiroshi Matsuzono and Kiyoshi Egami, with Hiroyuki Kawasaki handling series scripts, Yorihisa Uchida designing the characters, Yukihiro Makino designing the mechanical elements and Yasunori Iwasaki composing the music. The series was broadcast by TV Tokyo affiliates on the Monday 5:30PM time slot and aired weekly from April 7 to December 23, 1991, lasting 37 episodes.[2]
Metal Jack was originally planned as a sequel to the live-action tokusatsu show Dennou Keisatsu Cybercop, but due to complications with the show's production, it was made into an animated series instead without any official ties to Cybercop. However, due to low viewership, the length of the show's run was shortened by thirteen episodes. Head writer Hiroyuki Kawasaki would later recycle some of the same situations from Metal Jack in Brave Police J-Decker. The show was also the debut of Nobutoshi Canna (who acted under the birth name of Nobutoshi Hayashi).