Robot Detective

Robot Detective (ロボット刑事) 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" (or just "K"), who has no human form, but when not in battle, dresses up in human clothes and has a human-like personality

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 (バドーの殺人セールスマン)
 * 2) The Eye-Witness is a Zero (目撃者はゼロ)
 * 3) The Insanity Watch Scandal (時計発狂事件)
 * 4) The Murderer Disappears in the Wall (壁に消えた殺人者)
 * 5) The Mystery of the Double Criminal (二重犯人の謎)
 * 6) The Terrifying Execution Machine!! (恐怖の死刑マシン!!)
 * 7) The Overheaded Terror!! (頭上の恐怖!!)
 * 8) The Thunder Kills?! (雷が殺した?!)
 * 9) The Electric Chair Spy!! (電気椅子スパイ!!)
 * 10) BAD's Massacre Strategy!! (バドーのみな殺し作戦!!)
 * 11) The Secret of BAD Base!! (バドー基地の秘密!!)
 * 12) Aiming for the Mother! (マザーが狙われる!)
 * 13) Watch out for the Devilish Smoke! (悪魔の煙に気をつけろ!)
 * 14) Lighting Eyes of Terror!! (光る眼の恐怖!!)
 * 15) Target is Atom Number 79?! (標的は原子番号79?!)
 * 16) Snatch Away from BAD!! (バドーから奪え!!)
 * 17) The Demonic Suds in a Disappearance?! (魔の泡に消されるな?!)
 * 18) BAD's Frozen Strategy!! (バドーの冷凍作戦!!)
 * 19) Pursuiting the Mystery in the Seas of Okinawa!! (沖縄の海に謎を追え!!)
 * 20) The Hydrogen Bomb Blimp Heads to Tokyo! (水爆飛行船 東京へ!)
 * 21) The Terrifying Electrothermal Man: Mother Blows Up and Sinks!! (恐怖デンネツマン マザー爆沈!!)
 * 22) The Terrifying Missile Man: BAD's True Colors!! (恐悪ミサイルマン バドーの正体!!)
 * 23) Diving Man: Underwater of Terror (センスイマン 水中の恐怖!!)
 * 24) Depth Charge Man: Scorching Strategy!! (バクライマン 焦熱作戦!!)
 * 25) The Atrocious Gatling Man's BAD Virus Strategy!! (兇悪ガトリングマンのバドービールス作戦!!)
 * 26) BAD Dies in Mars!! (バドー火星に死す!!)

Cast

 * Robot Detective (K) (ロボット刑事(K)): Shūsei Nakamura (仲村 秀生)
 * Suit Actor: Takashi Nakajima (中島 律), Osamu Kaneda (金田 治)
 * Suit Actor (battle scenes): Osamu Kaneda (金田 治), Junji Yamaoka (山岡 淳二)
 * Tsuyoshi Shinjō (新條 強): Jirō Yabuki (矢吹 二朗) (played as Jirō Chiba (千葉 治郎))
 * Daizō Shiba (芝 大造): Kaku Takashina (高品 格)
 * Nami Shiba (芝 奈美): Keiko Kurenai (紅 景子)
 * Yumi Shiba (芝 由美): Yumiko Kaga (加賀 由美子)
 * Jihei Jigoku (地獄 耳平): Sakyō Mikami (三上 左京)
 * Saori Kirishima (霧島 サオリ): Yūko Kimi (君 夕子)
 * BAD (バドー): Kiyoshi Kawakubo (川久保 潔)
 * George Kirishima (霧島 ジョージ): Sumio Tomikawa (富川 澈夫)
 * Keitarō Shinjō (新條 敬太郎): Sonny Chiba (played as Shin'ichi Chiba (千葉 真一))
 * BAD Robot (バドーロボット): Junji Yamaoka (山岡 淳二), Jyunichi Haruta (春田 純一)
 * Narrator (ナレーター): Keiichi Noda (野田 圭一)

Songs
Opening Theme:
 * 1) "Robot Detective" (ロボット刑事)

Ending Theme:
 * 1) "Proceed! Robot Detective" (進め! ロボット刑事)

Insert Song:
 * 1) "K Was Born" (ケイは生まれた)
 * 2) "Robot Detective Has Arrived" (やって来たロボット刑事)

Other Appearances

 * A character resembling K appears in Shin Kamen Rider and its manga spin-off There is no true peace in this world -Shin Kamen Rider SHOCKER SIDE-, voiced by Tori Matsuzaka. This version of the character is depicted as an AI working for SHOCKER.