Kikaida is back! I’ve only seen about the first two DVD’s of the original series and I have to say that I absolutely adored it. Jiro was the fucking man and a half. I always got chills when the bad guys thought they’d finally won the day, only to hear that sad tune play break through the silence and then to look up on high to see Jiro there in his jean jacket, strumming his guitar.

Anyway, thanks goes to ShadowRider for breaking the news.

Here’s the Press Release:

MEDIA ADVISORY

For Immediate Release
September 12, 2006
Media Contact: Joanne Ninomiya
(808) 845-8567
JN Productions, Inc.

KIKAIDA 01 DVD Box Set Coming in Spring 2007

Get ready for action – the complete 46-episode KIKAIDA 01 series is coming to DVD this Spring 2007! Honolulu-based JN Productions, the producers of the KIKAIDA and KAMEN RIDER V3 DVDs, has just started production on the DVD release for the 1973 sequel to the popular KIKAIDA from the Toei Company.

Full of vivid color and kinetic action, KIKAIDA 01 is about a mechanical man – Ichiro – battling the evil Hakaida Force and the vile SHADOW syndicate, who send robotic monsters to terrorize humanity in their efforts to conquer the world! In order to defeat them, Ichiro transforms into the red and blue super-android known as Kikaida 01! Through his many battles, 01 teams up with his brother, Kikaida, and faces other super-androids, such as the feminine Bijinda, and the mechanical samurai, Waruda.

The KIKAIDA 01 Complete Series DVD box set – fully subtitled in English – will be jam-packed with those quality extras and astounding special features that audiences have come to expect from JN Productions. Please stay tuned for more official details as they become available at the official Generation Kikaida website at www.generationkikaida.com