Kikaider Reboot
Seen it?2014 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- One for superhero fans and anime fans. Comic-book roots, so expect big stakes and bigger set pieces. Same wavelength as Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero or Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It's anime, with all the big emotions and big action that comes with it.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Moves at a clip, at 2 hr.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Skip it if you prefer quiet, talky stories.
In the near future, the brilliant Dr. Komyoji is enlisted to lead the ARK Project—a scientific endeavor dedicated to forging a brighter tomorrow through robotics. However, the doctor’s mysterious death puts those plans to an abrupt hold... Not long after, the grieving Komyoji children wander into the crosshairs of a black ops squad on the hunt for their father’s research. But from within the cross fire emerges Jiro—a bleeding-edge android programmed to protect the siblings! Now on the run, the Komyojis soon discover their father’s once hopeful ambitions have taken a DARK turn...
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 5K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Ten Shimoyama
- Jingi IrieJiro / Kikaider
- Aimi SatsukawaMitsuko Komyoji
- Yuta IkedaMasaru Komyoji
- Maryjun TakahashiAndroid Mari
- Shingo TsurumiGilbert Kamisaki / Hakaider
- Daisuke BanKyujiro Maeno
- Minami Kajihara
- Renji IshibashiShinnosuke Tanabe
- Kazushige NakashimaDr. Nobuhiko Komyoji
- Hirotaro HondaSogoro Honda