(Mostly)

This is stuff I recorded when I was a little kid. No, not on a VCR. This was before VCRs existed. I recorded it off TV by holding the microphone of the audio cassette recorder up in front of the TV and hoping my family would keep quiet. Really! I captured these clips off the tape and converted them to MP3 format. Needless to say, the quality isn't great. But it sure brings back memories!

Don't Try This At Home: When Kikaida aired in Hawai`i, there was a rash of incidents at local elementary schools, where kids hurt themselves or their friends imitating the stunts they saw on the show. Apparently, this was quite a shock. Japanese kids are better-behaved than American ones, it seems. So the stars of these Japanese superhero shows filmed short PSAs, in costume, asking kids not to imitate them.   Kikaida   [427 kb]   Kikaida 0-1   [448 kb]   Kamen Rider V3   [321 kb] Miscellaneous: Shirokiya commercial!   [321 kb] Back when those Kikaida dolls that go for $200 now cost only $2.99...

Kikaida 0-1 Album:

This album, released in 1974, was one of my childhood favorites. So far as I know, it's out of print, and no longer available.

I included the first line as well as the title, since most of us didn't even know the titles. I don't speak Japanese, so I rendered the titles and such phonetically. If you do speak Japanese, try not to laugh too hard. ;-)

  Side A, Track 1: "Kikaida 0-1 no Uta"  (The opening theme for Kikaida 0-1.)   [1.1 Mb]

  Side A, Track 2: "0-1 Rock"  (The ending theme for Kikaida 0-1.)   [885 kb]

  Side A, Track 3: "Kikaida wa Yuku"  (Midori no, chikyuu wo neratteru...)  [1.1 Mb]

  Side A, Track 4: "Gill Hakase no Uta"   (Aku no, tei ou, sono na wa Giiru...)   [1.2 Mb]

  Side A, Track 5: "Doko he yuku no ka?"   (Doko he yuku no ka, tada hitori...)  [1.2 Mb]

  Side A, Track 6: Kikaida Kazoe Uta   (Hitotsu to se...)   [1.4 Mb]

  Side A, Track 7: "Akuma ga Kyoo Mo Fue wo Fuku"   (Kaze ga, kyooya wo, fuki nukeru...)  [1.1 Mb]

  Side B, Track 1: "Go Go Kikaida"  (The opening theme for Kikaida.)  [1.2 Mb]

  Side B, Track 2: "Tatakae! Jinzo Ningen Kikaida"   (The ending theme for Kikaida.)  [785 kb]

  Side B, Track 3: "Hakaida no Uta"   (Ore no na wa, ore no na wa, Hakaida...)  [1.1 Mb]

  Side B, Track 4: "Dare ka ga Ushirode"   (Hito wa Jiro to, yobukere do...)   [1.2 Mb]

  Side B, Track 5: "Dark Rock"   (Girru Girru Girru, ushishi...)  [1.5 Mb]

  Side B, Track 6: "Saburo no Theme"  (Ore wa robotto saiboogu...)  [1.7 Mb]

  Side B, Track 7: "Haru Kureba"   (Sumire no hana tsunda...)  [1.2 Mb] This is the one sung by Ban Daisuke.

  BONUS!  "Bokura no Kikaida"   (Kono yoni..)  [2.4 Mb] This one wasn't actually on this album, but they used it on the show a lot, so a lot of fans remember it fondly.