The Divide Between Man and Machine: Android Kikaider

Jolly good 👏 I wish more people would learn to see & love what lies within.

If an A.I. truly becomes aware and genuinely has the ability to choose and think on its own, then it is a person and therefore should be treated as such. Whether or not we would or could recognize this is the sticking point.

All we can do is make the body, we have no say in matters of the soul and whether or not something is alive. That shall forever remain in the hands of God. I doubt that Abrahamic religions would be that bothered in the long run.

This video was great man! We have yet so much to figure out about treating all kind of people equally. I'm just kind of afraid that we brought another "type of life" to suffer the same as other people are already suffering. The future is kind of dark...

The 3 laws of robotics from Asimov weren't intended to be actual rules, but a framework that the series of short stories in the book of I, Robot plays around with.
The point of the book was that Asimov was so sick of "robots take over the Earth" stories so he created a world where the only way that can happen is through something clever and unique.
It's just that so many people can't think of any guidelines both simpler and more effective.

Not the people in the comments malding over your political discussion as if cyborgs/cyberpunk as a genre in general haven't been vehicles for political commentary since their inception lol. Great work dude, love seeing more spotlight on Ishinomori's works other than Goranger/Rider.

I wish there was a reboot

This anime is crazy. The anime movie just takes it the rest of the way

I think Robots should get rights

I'd definitely want to see the Tokusatsu Kikaider review. Let's see how it measures up against Kamen Rider and Ultraman.

All three of the show's mentioned at the start are shows I haven't seen

A video on the Kikaider 01 anime and the Hakaider film would be great!

Android Kikiader was a pivotal anmie for me in the early 2000s.
Walked me through some dark days.

Android Kikaider: the Animation is Naoyuki Konno’s first character designing work.

I never expected this video to be so woke all of sudden golly wow get your facts right

When are you finally going to finish Kamen Rider?

Loved this. The ending song hit hard. Always little to it.

Kikaider is so underrated

Think this is your best video to date!

I wouldn't have described the Kikaida tokusatsu as "light-hearted." It had some VERY dark elements (no pun intended). =0[.]o=

Don't forget the OVAs

Why is Elon Musk brought up as an example of one of the brightest minds?

I feel like anime lost it's soul in telling stories about complex concepts of this existence. I mean sure today we still have sci-fi authors still introducing us ideas but anime could do better.

A wonderful video! I would greatly enjoy hearing you talk about the live action series (and the sequel) as well as going into the manga. I found the manga to be what the anime was most heavily based on, as it and the sequel OVA tell a slightly truncated version of the manga's story. (I also recommend checking out the crossover story where Jiro meets Inazuman - which was also animated into a short ova!)

This is an interesting video. I liked the live action show as a kid and saw parts of this anime growing up. This video makes me want to rewatch it to better understand it and appreciate it. Thank you for making this video.

I'm sorry but I found the human/robot relationship ridicoulus,😅

Fantastic video!

The Kikaider 01 ovas concludes Jirou's story with him finally achieving true free will, being in his mind at least, a human. But the price he paid was so HIGH its a question if its even worth it, the last lines of the OVA even said 'But in becoming a real boy, I wonder, was Pinocchio truly happy?'

There is a Inazuman vs Kikaider epilogue, that gave Jiro some measure of peace, but I don't think that was ever release in the west.

I think it is just as moral to create a machine that can feel and suffer as it is to have a child

this was a second hand store bootleg dvd find for me. prob paid like 20 buck for the whole series. slow burn but good

Dope. One thing: the Kikaider anime was NOT influenced by Nier, 😂

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I love this show so much it's sound trake is burned into my soul

I don't think even the smartest of people fair to understand AI

Honestly we need to work on getting along with ourselves before we try to create Sentience ourselves
Look at how it worked out for the megaman series not good
It's not likely to Fair better for Us if we can't either Teach it to be good & such

show had a big impact on me back in the day.

This was really boring and sounded like you just reading off some wiki

This show struck me and stayed with me just like Cowboy Bebop.

Happy Martin L. King Day.

I love how Kikaider The Animation is more than just a remake of the original Kikaider. It feels more adult and mature with thought provoking topics like discrimination. It's definitely not a kids anime despite it's cute art style.

Kikaider is one of my favorite anime, an underrated gem in my opinion, I watched it on adult swim, watched the sequel mini series, the end tore my heart out. I loved the movie he was in later, it gives Jiro some closure.

It would be a dream for someone to rise up, earn the rights, and recreate this gem to the modern audience with the heart and story still there

that circle transformation is funny.🤣🤣🤣🤣

thank you, this anime was living in my head and i couldnt remember the name of it.