Mechanical Violator Hakaider

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. 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. While the film has slowly gained a small, but strong United States fanbase, those of the Japanes... more

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. 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. While the film has slowly gained a small, but strong United States fanbase, those of the Japanese fanbase for Kikaider 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. less