1972 • 43 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1 • Jul 08, 1972
Kikaider battles Gray Rhino King, and when he returns to the lab where Dr. Komyoji and Mitsuko work, Professor Gill sets it ablaze.
Episode 2 • Jul 15, 1972
Kikaider faces Green Mantis, who is planning a killing rampage to discredit Dr. Komyoji.
Episode 3 • Jul 29, 1972
Although hindered by the sound of a Gill's flute, Jiro changes into Kikaider in order to battle Orange Ant.
Episode 4 • Aug 05, 1972
Yukiko attempts to sneak away from the Destructoids to visit her daughter, but she is thwarted by Blue Buffalo.
Episode 5 • Aug 12, 1972
Prof. Gill uses Yellow Jaguar to assassinate the head of the Green Project, in order to get enough carbon dioxide for his bomb.
Episode 6 • Aug 19, 1972
The Destructoids begin to gather up humans to be used by Black Horse, and Mitsuko and Masaru fall into their hands.
Episode 7 • Aug 26, 1972
Bull Kong kills a man who has been campaigning against the Destructoids, and Dr. Komyoji is framed.
Episode 8 • Sep 02, 1972
In order to develop his evil apparatus, XR4, Prof. Gill orders Carmine Spider to find a child with Rh negative blood.
Episode 9 • Sep 09, 1972
Red Condor kills everyone in a rural village in order to set up a base on which to conduct experiments on a biological weapon.
Episode 10 • Sep 16, 1972
Scorpion Brown has stolen a newly developed weapon from the Nakabori Laboratory and DARK plans to mass produce it.
Episode 11 • Sep 16, 1972
Mitsuko and Masaru are captured by Gold Wolf and Jiro is seriously injured by him when he tries to save them.
Episode 12 • Sep 23, 1972
Professor Gill sends Silver Cat in search of some ancient treasures that hold the secret to increasing the capabilities of the androids.
Episode 13 • Sep 30, 1972
Prof. Gill orders Pink Tiger to find the secret robot part that Dr. Komyoji has hidden away.
Episode 14 • Oct 07, 1972
Prof. Gill recreates the 13 Destructoids defeated by Kikaida, and gives them three times their original power in order to test them against Silver Tortoise.
Episode 15 • Oct 14, 1972
Golden Bat approaches Mitsuko and Masaru in the form of Taro, their older brother, who was supposedly killed by DARK.
Episode 16 • Oct 21, 1972
Destructoid Rouge Jellyfish is conducting experiments with poisonous mini-jellyfish in a polluted river.
Episode 17 • Oct 28, 1972
Under orders from DARK, Red Hornet begins spraying toxic gasses aimed at destroying the environment.
Episode 18 • Nov 04, 1972
Black Chameleon manages to hijack a load of atomic uratonium. Pursued by Jiro, he takes Mitsuko and Masaru hostage.
Episode 19 • Nov 11, 1972
King Crab Maroon steals a 50-carat emerald ring which he needs to complete his new weapon.
Episode 20 • Nov 18, 1972
Blue Water Scorpion adds a toxic substance to the drinking water, in order to turn the people into puppets of DARK.
Episode 21 • Nov 25, 1972
Purple Rat steals into a laboratory dedicated to communicable diseases in order to create a new DARK plague.
Episode 22 • Dec 02, 1972
White Saw Shark takes over an apartment complex and sets up a laser gun. Prof. Gill's plan is to shoot down a plane filled with special fuel into a densely populated area.
Episode 23 • Dec 09, 1972
The Yellow Antlion Brothers create the "Alphabet Attack" strategy in order to stop the wedding of a robotics scientist.
Episode 24 • Dec 16, 1972
Pink Armadillo transforms itself into a voluptuous woman to entice men and implant control devices in their brains.
Episode 25 • Dec 23, 1972
Convinced by Prof. Gill that Kikaider has killed his children, Dr. Komyoji creates Orange Snail to avenge their deaths.
Episode 26 • Dec 30, 1972
Kikaider saves Dr. Komyoji from Green Mammoth, but Mariko is kidnapped, and Kikaider gets sprayed with an oxidizing agent.
Episode 27 • Jan 06, 1973
Dr. Araki, who has perfected the conscience circuit, is attacked by Violet Turbo. Jiro tries to save him, but is thwarted by Prof. Gill.
Episode 28 • Jan 13, 1973
Kikaider saves Masaru from Red Devil Stinger, but gets infected by a corrosive bacteria.
Episode 29 • Jan 20, 1973
Masaru is saved by a girl named Kaori as he is being pursued by Green Sponge. Kaori believes Masaru is a runaway, and declares she'll run away too.
Episode 30 • Jan 27, 1973
Crimson Squid pursues brilliant young robotics expert named Shimamura Chidori. He intends to implant her brain in his own body.
Episode 31 • Feb 03, 1973
Prof. Gill orders Golden Octopus to hasten the construction of their secret base. Kikaider tries to save a father and daughter from DARK henchmen.
Episode 32 • Feb 10, 1973
Kikaider, who has lost an arm, battles with Blue Electric Eel, and finally manages to tear an arm off the destructoid.
Episode 33 • Feb 17, 1973
Mask Crab Red tries to kill Mitsuko, but he is thwarted by King Crab Maroon, who had been saved by her earlier.
Episode 34 • Feb 24, 1973
Prof. Gill sends Black Spiny Anteater and his daughter, Tiny Spiny, to retrieve some sensitive microfilm from a widow of a victim of DARK.
Episode 35 • Mar 03, 1973
Dr. Komyoji is attacked by a flock of robot crows as he works in a field. Jiro tries to help him, but is thwarted by Black Crow.
Episode 36 • Mar 10, 1973
Blue Stag Beetle robs bank after bank in an effort to raise funds for the development of DARK's greatest Destructoid.
Episode 37 • Mar 17, 1973
Jiro manages to save a little girl from Starfish Purple. Meanwhile, DARK forces Dr. Komyoji to create the evil warrior, Hakaider.
Episode 38 • Mar 24, 1973
Jiro escapes from prison but is attacked by Hakaider. Jiro is overpowered, but Hakaider is unable to destroy him.
Episode 39 • Mar 31, 1973
Angler Brown has plans to brainwash children and turn them into warriors. Kikaider saves the kids but slips away quickly to avoid the police.
Episode 40 • Apr 07, 1973
Grasshopper Gray builds an antenna that amplifies sound 3000 times. Masaru saves a young boy who is being attacked by Grasshopper Gray.
Episode 41 • Apr 21, 1973
Mitsuko and Masaru are lured to the DARK base. Jiro stops them and proceeds alone, but he's bushwacked by Red Mine Toad. He changes into Kikaider, but gets blown to pieces.
Episode 42 • Apr 28, 1973
Hanpei brings Kikaider to Mitsuko in pieces. Hakaider destroys Red Mine Toad who had downed his arch rival Kikaider. Then, Hakaida is defeated by Skeleton Flying Squirrel.
Episode 43 • May 05, 1973
Mitsuko succeeds in surgically returning the brain in Hakaida's head to her father, but Dr. Komyoji doesn't regain conciousness until...