Season 1
7.3/1013 votesGray Rhino King: Harbringer of Evil
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/8/1972
Kikaider battles Gray Rhino King, and when he returns to the lab where Dr. Komyoji and Mitsuko work, Professor Gill sets it ablaze.
Director: Hidetoshi Kitamura
Writer: Masaru Igami
- 7.0/107 votes
Green Mantis: Bizarre Killing Machine
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/15/1972
Kikaider faces Green Mantis, who is planning a killing rampage to discredit Dr. Komyoji.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Masaru Igami
- N/A/100 votes
Orange Ant: Challenge to the Death
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/29/1972
Although hindered by the sound of a Gill's flute, Jiro changes into Kikaider in order to battle Orange Ant.
Director: Hidetoshi Kitamura
Writer: Masaru Igami
- N/A/100 votes
Blue Buffalo: Fiendish Death Trap
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/5/1972
Yukiko attempts to sneak away from the Destructoids to visit her daughter, but she is thwarted by Blue Buffalo.
Director: Hidetoshi Kitamura
Writer: Masaru Igami
- N/A/100 votes
Yellow Jaguar: Claws of Evil
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/12/1972
Prof. Gill uses Yellow Jaguar to assassinate the head of the Green Project, in order to get enough carbon dioxide for his bomb.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Black Horse: Showdown at the DARK Execution Ground
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/19/1972
The Destructoids begin to gather up humans to be used by Black Horse, and Mitsuko and Masaru fall into their hands.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Masaru Igami
- N/A/100 votes
Bull Kong: Malevolent Monster Mayhem
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/26/1972
Bull Kong kills a man who has been campaigning against the Destructoids, and Dr. Komyoji is framed.
Director: Hidetoshi Kitamura
Writer: Masaru Igami
- N/A/100 votes
Carmine Spider: Menacing Blood-Sucking Laughter
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/2/1972
In order to develop his evil apparatus, XR4, Prof. Gill orders Carmine Spider to find a child with Rh negative blood.
Director: Hidetoshi Kitamura
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Red Condor: Screech of Death
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/9/1972
Red Condor kills everyone in a rural village in order to set up a base on which to conduct experiments on a biological weapon.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Scorpion Brown: The Ultimate Weapon
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/16/1972
Scorpion Brown has stolen a newly developed weapon from the Nakabori Laboratory and DARK plans to mass produce it.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Kuniaki Oshikawa
- N/A/100 votes
Gold Wolf: Tormented Howls from Hell
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/16/1972
Mitsuko and Masaru are captured by Gold Wolf and Jiro is seriously injured by him when he tries to save them.
Director: Hidetoshi Kitamura
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Silver Cat: Ruthless Sorceress
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/23/1972
Professor Gill sends Silver Cat in search of some ancient treasures that hold the secret to increasing the capabilities of the androids.
Director: Hidetoshi Kitamura
Writer: Noboru Shimazu
- N/A/100 votes
Pink Tiger: Terror at the Amusement Park
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/30/1972
Prof. Gill orders Pink Tiger to find the secret robot part that Dr. Komyoji has hidden away.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Noboru Shimazu
- N/A/100 votes
Silver Tortoise: Destructoids Reborn
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/7/1972
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.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Golden Bat: Cursed Shadow from the Past
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/14/1972
Golden Bat approaches Mitsuko and Masaru in the form of Taro, their older brother, who was supposedly killed by DARK.
Director: Hidetoshi Kitamura
Writer: Masaru Igami
- N/A/100 votes
Rouge Jellyfish: Invitation to the River Styx
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/21/1972
Destructoid Rouge Jellyfish is conducting experiments with poisonous mini-jellyfish in a polluted river.
Director: Hidetoshi Kitamura
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Red Hornet: Hostage Terror
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/28/1972
Under orders from DARK, Red Hornet begins spraying toxic gasses aimed at destroying the environment.
Director: Yasutada Nagano
Writer: Noboru Shimazu
- N/A/100 votes
Black Chameleon: The Grand Heist
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/4/1972
Black Chameleon manages to hijack a load of atomic uratonium. Pursued by Jiro, he takes Mitsuko and Masaru hostage.
Director: Yasutada Nagano
Writer: Akinori Watanabe, Masayuki Shimada
- N/A/100 votes
King Crab Maroon: Keeper of the Death Ray
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/11/1972
King Crab Maroon steals a 50-carat emerald ring which he needs to complete his new weapon.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Blue Water Scorpion: The Skull Weed Conspiracy
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/18/1972
Blue Water Scorpion adds a toxic substance to the drinking water, in order to turn the people into puppets of DARK.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Purple Rat: Brutal Fangs of Poison
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/25/1972
Purple Rat steals into a laboratory dedicated to communicable diseases in order to create a new DARK plague.
Director: Hidetoshi Kitamura
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
White Saw Shark: Twelve-Hour Nightmare
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/2/1972
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.
Director: Hidetoshi Kitamura
Writer: Masayuki Shimada
- N/A/100 votes
Yellow Antlion Brothers: Alphabet Attack
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/9/1972
The Yellow Antlion Brothers create the "Alphabet Attack" strategy in order to stop the wedding of a robotics scientist.
Director: Yasutada Nagano
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Pink Armadillo: Sinister Temptress
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 12/16/1972
Pink Armadillo transforms itself into a voluptuous woman to entice men and implant control devices in their brains.
Director: Yasutada Nagano
Writer: Noboru Shimazu
- N/A/100 votes
Orange Snail: Whistle of Death
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 12/23/1972
Convinced by Prof. Gill that Kikaider has killed his children, Dr. Komyoji creates Orange Snail to avenge their deaths.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Masaru Igami
- N/A/100 votes
Green Mammoth: The Next Ice Age Project
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 12/30/1972
Kikaider saves Dr. Komyoji from Green Mammoth, but Mariko is kidnapped, and Kikaider gets sprayed with an oxidizing agent.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Norimasa Kasuga
- N/A/100 votes
Violet Turbo: Sinister Love
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 1/6/1973
Dr. Araki, who has perfected the conscience circuit, is attacked by Violet Turbo. Jiro tries to save him, but is thwarted by Prof. Gill.
Director: Hidetoshi Kitamura
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Red Devil Stinger: Making Little Boys Cry
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 1/13/1973
Kikaider saves Masaru from Red Devil Stinger, but gets infected by a corrosive bacteria.
Director: Hidetoshi Kitamura
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Green Sponge: Third Self-Resurrection
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 1/20/1973
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.
Director: Yasutada Nagano
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Crimson Squid: Stalker of Pretty Coeds
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 1/27/1973
Crimson Squid pursues brilliant young robotics expert named Shimamura Chidori. He intends to implant her brain in his own body.
Director: Yasutada Nagano
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Gold Octopus: Prelude to Jiro's Demise
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 2/3/1973
Prof. Gill orders Golden Octopus to hasten the construction of their secret base. Kikaider tries to save a father and daughter from DARK henchmen.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Blue Electric Eel: Accordion Arm Agony
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 2/10/1973
Kikaider, who has lost an arm, battles with Blue Electric Eel, and finally manages to tear an arm off the destructoid.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Mask Crab Red: Enforcer of the DARK Code
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 2/17/1973
Mask Crab Red tries to kill Mitsuko, but he is thwarted by King Crab Maroon, who had been saved by her earlier.
Director: Yasutada Nagano
Writer: Emi Tamura
- N/A/100 votes
Black Spiny Anteater: Destructoid with Child
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 2/24/1973
Prof. Gill sends Black Spiny Anteater and his daughter, Tiny Spiny, to retrieve some sensitive microfilm from a widow of a victim of DARK.
Director: Yasutada Nagano
Writer: Masayuki Shimada
- N/A/100 votes
Black Crow: The End of "The End"
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 3/3/1973
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.
Director: Hidetoshi Kitamura
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Jiro Attacks Dr. Komyoji
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 3/10/1973
Blue Stag Beetle robs bank after bank in an effort to raise funds for the development of DARK's greatest Destructoid.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Hakaider: Jiro's Formidable Younger Brother
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 3/17/1973
Jiro manages to save a little girl from Starfish Purple. Meanwhile, DARK forces Dr. Komyoji to create the evil warrior, Hakaider.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Hakaider: Kikaider Killer
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 3/24/1973
Jiro escapes from prison but is attacked by Hakaider. Jiro is overpowered, but Hakaider is unable to destroy him.
Director: Yasutada Nagano
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Kikaida: Wanted Dead or Alive
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 3/31/1973
Angler Brown has plans to brainwash children and turn them into warriors. Kikaider saves the kids but slips away quickly to avoid the police.
Director: Yasutada Nagano
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Crisis! Jiro Stops Functioning
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 4/7/1973
Grasshopper Gray builds an antenna that amplifies sound 3000 times. Masaru saves a young boy who is being attacked by Grasshopper Gray.
Director: Hidetoshi Kitamura
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Jiro Blows Apart!
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 4/21/1973
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.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Hakaida Rebels
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 4/28/1973
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.
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
- N/A/100 votes
Jiro's End or Dark's Demise?! - Final Episode
Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 5/5/1973
Mitsuko succeeds in surgically returning the brain in Hakaida's head to her father, but Dr. Komyoji doesn't regain conciousness until...
Director: Toyohiko Hatakeyama
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka