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Mechanical Violator Hakaider

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1995 | 77 min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Right up the alley of anyone drawn to bleak, what-if futures and fans of thinking-person's sci-fi. It builds a whole broken world and makes you live in it. Sits nicely alongside Alita: Battle Angel or The Creator. Underneath the tech, it's asking what being human really means.
The mood
Mind-bending.
The pace
Moves at a clip, at 1 hr 17 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
What might put you off
  • It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
  • Skip it if you prefer quiet, talky stories.

In a desolate future ruled by a totalitarian city-state known as Jesus Town, a leather-clad motorcyclist cyborg awakens from imprisonment to wage war against a regime that preaches peace through control.

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 impactBelow par

    About 25K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Keita Amemiya

  • Yuji KishimotoRyo / Hakaider
  • Mai HoshoKaoru
  • Hiroshi MatsumotoHakaider (voice)
  • Yasuaki HondaGurjev
  • Toshiyuki KikuchiMichael
  • Kazuhiko InoueMichael (voice)
  • Satoshi KuriharaCap
  • Ami KawaiAmi
  • Kiyohiko InoueKiyo
  • Andy SmithAndy