Kikaider 01: The Animation

Deep in the mountains, Dr. Komyoji was about to complete his long time dream in his laboratory when mysterious robot attacks and destroys his lab. Behind the plot is Professor Gil, the evil leader of DARK, an underground organization. Suspicious of her father's sudden dissapearance, Dr. Komyoji's daughter Mitsuko begins her research for clues. While she's doing that, we meet the Kikaider that the Dr. was working on. He is in human form, and is learning about life with humans. He saves a man from falling off a cliff, he helps two little boys but scares them away.. and then he finds the destroyed laboratory from whence he came. There, he sees the evil robot that blew up the lab, and Mitsuko and her son show up. Mitsuko sees that the Kikaider is the one she was finding clues about, and she tells him how to use his powers. She also tells him that his name is Jiro. Jiro turns into Kikaider form, and eventually destroys the evil robot...

In her search of her father, Mitsuko invites Jiro, the humainoid robot created by Dr. Komyoji, to her but finds out that Jiro has no memory. As she continues her research through data left by her father, she learns that Jiro has a conscience circuit called ""Gemini"" that is equivalent to the soul of a human being. In the forest, Jiro and Mitsuko are talking, when all of a sudden a flute plays that only Jiro can hear. He can't stand the music, and it makes him go bad. He starts to choke Mitsuko, and she thinks he's a mad machine. The flute stops playing, and Mitsuko yells at Jiro, causing him to run away..

Jiro stops to look at a puppet clock and hears a boy talk about puppets and remembers Mitsko telling him he's a mad machine. Next, a figure climbs up at a train station and wrecks the train. Then, Jiro wanders around and wonders where he should go. It shows Mitsko and her brother, who just woke up, eating breakfast. Jiro then sees a guy playing a guitar and is asked to jam. He then asks if he could be taught how to play, and then after 2 lessons(scales and chords) makes the guitarist yell at him and calls him a freak. Then, two people stand at the puppet clock and see Jiro standing there. The woman calls the girl and tells her Jiro is with them. He then rambles on about how he can't go ""home"" and then runs out of the cafe. He shows up at the clock and then runs off again. He is next seen at a power station, where two police tell Jiro to go home. All ofa sudden, a huge spider drops a web on them and Jiro. The spider calls himself Jiro's brother and starts squeezing the heck outta him. H

Mitsuko has vivid dream of Jiro being killed and realizes she's starting to like him. After searching she finally finds Jiro through the sorrowful sound of his guitar. However, another robot sent by Dr. Gill suddenly appears. Jiro changes into a combat form, Kikaider, but also begins to feel ashamed of his ugly apperance. A bum seems him when he changes, and is very scared of the way he looks. Even the little girl who was with Jiro earlier when he was playing his guitar is frightened. In sadness, Jiro flees from Mitsuko once again. While driving home, Mitsuko thinks about the dream she had earlier again, and wondering..""Could Jiro be human?""..