Kikaider Reboot

May 24, 2014

2h 0m

★ 6.8

Overview

In the near future, the brilliant Dr. Komyoji is enlisted to lead the ARK Project—a scientific endeavor dedicated to forging a brighter tomorrow through robotics. However, the doctor’s mysterious death puts those plans to an abrupt hold... Not long after, the grieving Komyoji children wander into the crosshairs of a black ops squad on the hunt for their father’s research. But from within the cross fire emerges Jiro—a bleeding-edge android programmed to protect the siblings! Now on the run, the Komyojis soon discover their father’s once hopeful ambitions have taken a DARK turn...

Genres

Action

Adventure

Science Fiction

Production Companies

KADOKAWA

Toei Company

Nippon Columbia

Kinoshita Group

Bandai

ADK

TV Asahi

KADOKAWA Daiei Studio

Kikaider Reboot Trailers

Cast

Jiro / Kikaider

Jingi Irie

Mitsuko Komyoji

Aimi Satsukawa

Masaru Komyoji

Yuta Ikeda

Android Mari

Maryjun Takahashi

Gilbert Kamisaki / Hakaider

Shingo Tsurumi

Kyujiro Maeno

Daisuke Ban

Minami Kajihara

Shinnosuke Tanabe

Renji Ishibashi

Dr. Nobuhiko Komyoji

Kazushige Nakashima

Sogoro Honda

Hirotaro Honda

Hanpei Hattori

Ryuji Harada

Tsubakiya

Ikuji Nakamura

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