Robot Detective
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 | –
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.
Episode List
- The Murderous Salesman of BAD (バドーの殺人セールスマン, Badō no Satsujin Sērusuman)
- The Eye-Witness is a Zero (目撃者はゼロ, Mokugekisha wa Zero)
- The Insanity Watch Scandal (時計発狂事件, Tokei Hakkyō Jiken)
- The Murderer Disappears in the Wall (壁に消えた殺人者, Kabe ni Kieta Satsujinsha)
- The Mystery of the Double Criminal (二重犯人の謎, Nijū Hannin no Nazo)
- The Terrifying Execution Machine!! (恐怖の死刑マシン!!, Kyōfu no Shikei Mashin!!)
- The Overheaded Terror!! (頭上の恐怖!!, Zujō no Kyōfu!!)
- The Thunder Kills?! (雷が殺した?!, Kaminari ga Koroshita?!)
- The Electric Chair Spy!! (電気椅子スパイ!!, Denkīsu Supai!!)
- BAD's Massacre Strategy!! (バドーのみな殺し作戦!!, Badō no Minagoroshi Sakusen!!)
- The Secret of BAD Base!! (バドー基地の秘密!!, Badō Kichi no Himitsu!!)
- Aiming for the Mother! (マザーが狙われる!, Mazā ga Nerawareru!)
- Watch out for the Devilish Smoke! (悪魔の煙に気をつけろ!, Akuma no En ni Ki o Tsukero!)
- Lighting Eyes of Terror!! (光る眼の恐怖!!, Hikaru Manako no Kyōfu!!)
- Target is Atom Number 79?! (標的は原子番号79?!, Hyōteki wa Genji Bangō Nanajū-Kyū?!)
- Snatch Away from BAD!! (バドーから奪え!!, Badō kara Ubae!!)
- The Demonic Suds in a Disappearance?! (魔の泡に消されるな?!, Ma no Awa ni Kesareru na?!)
- BAD's Frozen Strategy!! (バドーの冷凍作戦!!, Badō no Reitō Sakusen!!)
- Pursuiting the Mystery in the Seas of Okinawa!! (沖縄の海に謎を追え!!, Okinawa no Umi ni Nazo o Oe!!)
- The Hydrogen Bomb Blimp Heads to Tokyo! (水爆飛行船 東京へ!, Suibaku Hikōsen Tōkyō e!)
- The Terrifying Electrothermal Man: Mother Blows Up and Sinks!! (恐怖デンネツマン マザー爆沈!!, Kyōfu Dennetsuman Mazā Bakuchin!!)
- The Terrifying Missile Man: BAD's True Colors!! (恐悪ミサイルマン バドーの正体!!, Kyōfu Misairu Man Badō no Shōtai!!)
- Diving Man: Underwater of Terror (センスイマン 水中の恐怖!!, Sensuiman Suichū no Kyōfu)
- Depth Charge Man: Scorching Strategy!! (バクライマン 焦熱作戦!!, Bakurai Man Shōnetsu Sakusen!!)
- The Atrocious Gatling Man's BAD Virus Strategy!! (兇悪ガトリングマンのバドービールス作戦!!, Kyōaku Gatoringu Man no Badō Bīrusu Sakusen!!)
- BAD Dies in Mars!! (バドー火星に死す!!, Badō Kasei ni Shisu!!)
Cast
- Robot Detective (K) (ロボット刑事(K), Robotto Keiji (Kei), Voice): Shūsei Nakamura (仲村 秀生, Nakamura Shūsei)
- Suit Actor: Takashi Nakajima (中島 律, Nakajima Takashi), Osamu Kaneda (金田 治, Kaneda Osamu)
- Suit Actor (battle scenes): Osamu Kaneda (金田 治, Kaneda Osamu), Junji Yamaoka (山岡 淳二, Yamaoka Junji)
- Tsuyoshi Shinjō (新條 強, Shinjō Tsuyoshi): Jirō Yabuki (矢吹 二朗, Yabuki Jirō) (played as Jirō Chiba (千葉 治郎, Chiba Jirō))
- Daizō Shiba (芝 大造, Shiba Daizō): Kaku Takashina (高品 格, Takashina Kaku)
- Nami Shiba (芝 奈美, Shiba Nami): Keiko Kurenai (紅 景子, Kurenai Keiko)
- Yumi Shiba (芝 由美, Shiba Yumi): Yumiko Kaga (加賀 由美子, Kaga Yumiko)
- Jihei Jigoku (地獄 耳平, Jigoku Jihei): Sakyō Mikami (三上 左京, Mikami Sakyō)
- Saori Kirishima (霧島 サオリ, Kirishima Saori): Yūko Kimi (君 夕子, Kimi Yūko)
- BAD (バドー, Badō, Voice): Kiyoshi Kawakubo (川久保 潔, Kawakubo Kiyoshi)
- George Kirishima (霧島 ジョージ, Kirishima Jōji): Sumio Tomikawa (富川 澈夫, Tomikawa Sumio)
- Keitarō Shinjō (新條 敬太郎, Shinjō Keitarō): Sonny Chiba (played as Shin'ichi Chiba (千葉 真一, Chiba Shin'ichi))
- BAD Robot (バドーロボット, Badō Robotto, Suit Actor): Junji Yamaoka (山岡 淳二, Yamaoka Junji), Jyunichi Haruta (春田 純一, Haruta Jun'ichi)
- Narrator (ナレーター, Narētā): Keiichi Noda (野田 圭一, Noda Keiichi)
Songs
Opening Theme:
- "Robot Detective" (ロボット刑事, Robotto Keiji)
Ending Theme:
- "Proceed! Robot Detective" (進め! ロボット刑事, Susume! Robotto Keiji)
Insert Song:
- "K Was Born" (ケイは生まれた, Kei wa Umareta)
- "Robot Detective Has Arrived" (やって来たロボット刑事, Yattekita Robotto Keiji)
Composed by: | Shunsuke Kikuchi (all songs), Hosoku Yattemirō (opening and insert song) |
Lyrics by: | Saburo Yatsude (opening song), Shotaro Ishinomori (ending theme and insert song) |
Performed by: | Ichiro Mizuki |
Other Appearances
- A character resembling K appears in Shin Kamen Rider and its manga spin-off There is no true peace in this world -Shin Kamen Rider SHOCKER SIDE-, voiced by Tori Matsuzaka. This version of the character is depicted as an AI working for SHOCKER.
References
- ^ "ロボット刑事デジタル大辞泉プラス「ロボット刑事」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "追悼 タフで優しい"地上最強の男"アクション俳優・千葉真一が残したもの". Shūkan Bunshun online 文春オンライン. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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