Mechanical Violator Hakaider

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Mechanical Violator Hakaider/人造人間ハカイダー
Directed by	Keita Amemiya
Produced by	Tatsuya Kimura Ryoutoku Watanabe
Written by	Yoshinori Kitase
Starring	Mai Hosho Lough Armid Naoki Aso
Release date(s)	1995
Running time	77 mins
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
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Mechanical Violator Hakaider (人造人間ハカイダー, Jinzō Ningen Hakaidā^?), is a Japanese tokusatsu film starring Hakaider, Kikaider's deadly rival and anti hero.

1 Production
2 Criticism and reception
3 Cast
4 External links

[edit] Production

Mechanical Violator Hakaider was released in Japan on April 15, 1995. It was produced by Bandai/Toei and directed by Keita Amemiya. The title character was, of course, from the original Kikaider series.

[edit] Criticism and reception

While the film has slowly gained a small, but strong United States fanbase, those of the Japanese fanbase for Kikaider (and even Hawaii) have universally rejected this film, which bombed at the Japanese box-office. The main criticism from most of the fanbase was that most saw Hakaider as being truly evil and that casting him in a protagonistic light was out of place, particularly because the film isn't even canon with the main storyline and is a whole other story in of itself.

[edit] Cast

Ryo / Hakaider (リョウ / ハカイダー, Ryō / Hakaidā^?) - Yuji Kishimoto (岸本祐二, Kishimoto Yūji^?)
Kaoru (カオル, Kaoru^?) - Mai Hosho (宝生舞, Hōshō Mai^?)
Cap (キャップ, Kyappu^?) - Satoshi Kurihara (栗原敏, Kurihara Satoshi^?)
Ami (アミ, Ami^?) - Ami Kawai (河合亞美, Kawai Ami^?) (Played as "河合亜美")
Kiyo (キヨ, Kiyo^?) - Kiyohiko Inoue (井上清彦, Inoue Kiyohiko^?)
Andy (アンディ, Andy^?) - Andy Smith (アンディ・スミス, Andy Smith^?)
Eddie (エディ, Edi^?) - Eddie Lawrence (エディ・ローレンス, Edi Rōrensu^?)
Rauf (ラウフ, Raufu^?) - Rauf Ahmed (ラウフ・アーメッド, Raufu Āmeddo^?)
Criminal (犯罪者, Hanzaisha^?) - Toshimichi Takahashi (高橋利道, Takahashi Toshimichi^?)
Checkpoint Official (検問所係員, Kenmonjo Kakariin^?) - Ed Sardi (エド・サーディ, Edo Sādi^?)
Commander of Heavy Armoured Soldier (重武装兵隊長, Jūbusōhei Taichō^?) - Riichi Seike (清家利一, Seike Riichi^?)
Burglars (盗掘者, Tōkutsusha^?) - Makoto Yokoyama (横山誠, Yokoyama Makoto^?), Akira Ohashi (大橋明, Ōhashi Akira^?), Kazuhiro Yokoyama (横山和博, Yokoyama Kazuhiro^?), and Mitsuo Abe (阿部光男, Abe Mitsuo^?)
Boy (少年, Shōnen^?) - Shohei Shibata (柴田翔平, Shibata Shōhei^?)
Man in Brain Processing Room (頭脳処理室の男, Zunō Shorishitsu no Otoko^?) - Yukijiro Hotaru (螢雪次朗, Hotaru Yukijirō^?)
Gurjev (グルジェフ, Gurujefu^?) - Yasuaki Honda (本田恭章, Honda Yasuaki^?)
Hakaider (ハカイダー, Hakaidā^?, Voice) - Dai Matsumoto (松本大, Matsumoto Dai^?)
Michael (ミカエル, Mikaeru^?, Voice) - Kazuhiko Inoue (井上和彦, Inoue Kazuhiko^?)