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Shotaro Ishinomori Anime Essentials

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byTheCoolGuy82
Apr 09 2024, 9:45 PM | Updated Apr 2, 10:43 PM
Shoutarou Ishinomori was an influential figure in manga, anime, and tokusatsu who created several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009, what would go on to become the Super Sentai series and the Kamen Rider Series.

Worth Watching Anime Adaptations from Shotaro Ishinomori of Post-2000s
Jinzou Ningen Kikaider The Animation
TV, 2000, 13 eps Me:- Author:9
Based on the original manga by Shotaro Ishinomori, the anime followed more of the manga, with a darker nature of Jiro's reason to exist.
Kikaider 01 The Animation
OVA, 2001, 4 eps Me:- Author:8
It is an animated adaptation of the final volumes of the original manga by Shotaro Ishinomori.
Guitar wo Motta Shounen: Kikaider vs. Inazuman
Special, 2003, 1 ep Me:- Author:8
OVA special which serves as the conclusion to the Android Kikaider: The Animation TV series. The OVA is loosely based on the Inazuman manga story "The Boy who Carried a Guitar" by Shotaro Ishinomori.
Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier
TV, 2001, 50 eps Me:- Author:-
TV anime series retelling of the original manga, updating the 1964-1967 stories serialized in Weekly Shonen King and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as including select stories from later runs of the series. The four arcs "Birth", "Assassins", "The Mythos Cyborgs" and "Underground Empire of Yomi" make up the main composition of the series.

TV Episodes 1-48
Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier - Kami no Ubugoe
Special, 2003, 1 ep Me:- Author:7
3-Episode OVA anime series which is a loose adaptation of the late Shotaro Ishinomori's then unfinished final chapter of the manga. Although these episodes are counted as part of the series order (Episodes 49-51), they are not part of the overall continuity of the 2001-2002 series

OVA Episodes 49-51
Cyborg 009 VS Devilman
OVA, 2015, 3 eps Me:- Author:7
3-part anime OVA that serves as a crossover between the Cyborg 009 and Devilman series.
009-1
TV, 2006, 12 eps Me:- Author:6
Based on the manga of the same name, the settings and overall stories are same with some differences here and there.
009-1: R&B
Special, 2007, 1 ep Me:- Author:6
Extra episode that was never aired on television and chronologically takes place between episodes 9 and 10.

Episode 9.5
Skull Man
TV, 2007, 13 eps Me:- Author:8
Fragments of information reminiscent of the original manga are also told, but the story is unique and different from both the original manga and the Shimamoto version. Many of the characters are borrowed from Ishinomori's works other than Skullman.
Gilgamesh
TV, 2003, 26 eps Me:- Author:7
Although it is based on the manga and has some common themes such as sister-brother love, genetic technology, and themes, the content is very different.

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