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Alternate title(s): Kikaider Reboot
Original release / air date: 24 May 2014
Runtime: 110 minutes
Country / region: Japan
Original language: Japanese
Production company / studio: KADOKAWA; TOEI; TV Asahi; ADK; BANDAI; Kinoshita Group; NIPPON COLUMBIA
Distributor / platform: TOEI
Artificial character(s): Jiro / Kikaider, Mari, Hakaider
ASFR type: Both

Overview

Two human-presenting android prototypes become caught in a battle over Japan's ARK robotics project.

ASFR Content

Jiro is an android controlled by an experimental Conscience Circuit while Mari is a combat-focused female android. Jiro is nearly destroyed by Mari, later faces Hakaider, an android body containing a human brain, and ultimately sacrifices his artificial body defeating him.

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ASFR Scenes

Scene 1
Key ASFR scene

Jiro and Mari are established as competing android prototypes

The ARK project produces two human-presenting artificial people with different internal control systems.

Character(s): Jiro / Kikaider, Mari
Scene 2
Key ASFR scene

Mari nearly destroys Jiro

The combat gynoid severely damages Jiro during their confrontation before sparing him.

Character(s): Jiro / Kikaider, Mari
Scene 3
Key ASFR scene

Hakaider is revealed as a human brain in an android body

Professor Gil has transferred his brain into a powerful machine body, creating a cyborg opponent.

Character(s): Hakaider
Scene 4
Key ASFR scene

Jiro defeats Hakaider at the cost of his own body

The final battle destroys Hakaider and leaves Jiro dead, with Mitsuko promising to rebuild him.

Character(s): Hakaider, Jiro / Kikaider

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