Robot Detective


Robot Detective 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. It stars Jirō Chiba.
The hero of this series is a robot named "Robot Detective K", who has no human form, but when not in battle, dresses up in human clothes and has a human-like personality. The main antagonist is BAD.
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

  1. The Murderous Salesman of BAD
  2. The Eye-Witness is a Zero
  3. The Insanity Watch Scandal
  4. The Murderer Disappears in the Wall
  5. The Mystery of the Double Criminal
  6. The Terrifying Execution Machine!!
  7. A Terror Above!!
  8. The Thunder Kills?!
  9. The Electric Chair Spy!!
  10. BAD's Massacre Strategy!!
  11. The Secret of BAD Base!!
  12. Aiming for the Mother!
  13. Watch out for the Devilish Smoke!
  14. Lighting Eyes of Terror!!
  15. Target is Atom Number 79?!
  16. Snatch Away from BAD!!
  17. The Demonic Suds in a Disappearance?!
  18. BAD's Frozen Strategy!!
  19. Pursuiting the Mystery in the Seas of Okinawa!!
  20. The Hydrogen Bomb Blimp Heads to Tokyo!
  21. The Terrifying Electrothermal Man: Mother Blows Up and Sinks!!
  22. The Terrifying Missile Man: BAD's True Colors!!
  23. Diving Man: Underwater of Terror
  24. Depth Charge Man: Scorching Strategy!!
  25. The Atrocious Gatling Man's BAD Virus Strategy!!
  26. BAD Dies in Mars!!

    Cast

Opening Theme:
  1. "Robot Detective"
Ending Theme:
  1. "Proceed! Robot Detective"
Insert Song:
  1. "K Was Born"
  2. "Robot Detective Has Arrived"

    Other appearances