Choujinki Metalder

Choujinki Metalder
GenreTokusatsu
Superhero fiction
Science fiction
Created byToei Company
Developed bySusumu Takaku
Directed byTakeshi Ogasawara
StarringAkira Senō
Hiroko Aota
Kazuoki Takahashi
Hiroshi Kawai
Toshi Fufuchu
Hana Arashi
Shinji Tōdō
Voices ofMichirō Iida
Genpei Hayashiya
Takeshi Watabe
Narrated byIssei Masamune
ComposerSeiji Yokoyama
Country of originJapan
No. of episodes39
Production
Running time30 minutes (per episode)
Production companiesTV Asahi
Toei Company
Asatsu
Original release
NetworkANN (TV Asahi)
ReleaseMarch 16, 1987 (1987-03-16) –
January 17, 1988 (1988-01-17)
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Choujinki Metalder (超人機メタルダー, Chōjinki Metarudā, Superhuman-Machine Metalder) is the sixth and shortest entry of the Metal Hero Series franchise, running from March 16, 1987, to January 17, 1988, for only 39 episodes. Starting with episode 25, the show began airing on Sundays, while the first 24 originally aired on Mondays. Metalder bears many similarities to Shotaro Ishinomori's Android Kikaider and Kikaider 01, particularly in its themes, characters, and the hero's costume design. The action footage of Superhuman-Machine Metalder was used for Saban Entertainment's live-action TV series VR Troopers.

For distribution purposes, Toei refers to this television series as simply Metalder.[1]

  1. ^ "Library – English Titles – TOEI TV Website". Archived from the original on January 19, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2007.