is a Japanese
anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...
and
OVA series produced by
Tatsunoko Productions. The show was created by
Tatsuo Yoshida, who had produced many of Tatsunoko's series. Other romanizations of the name include ''Hurricane Polymer'' and ''Hariken Polymar'' (since the latter is spelled using Japanese
kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...
). ''Hurricane Polymar'' is the secret identity of . He wears a special suit which enables him to fight crime. The suit is made of memory plastic which enables him to assume any shape, including morphing its wearer into 5 different vehicles.
A OVA remake was released in Japan on September 21, 1996, followed by episode 2 on February 21, 1997. It was later dubbed by
New Generation Pictures, and was released in the United States by
Urban Vision on VHS on October 1, 1998. It was re-released by
Discotek Media on DVD on March 19, 2013.
Anime Sols attempted to crowd-fund the release of the show on North American DVD, but was not successful.
Overview
Plot
Onigawara, the director of the International Secret Police Agency, looked forward to making Takeshi a top-notch criminal investigator. Takeshi was given training, which turned him into an all-around sportsman as well as martial arts expert. However, Takeshi's attitude toward crime-fighting was so incompatible with Onigawara's, that he disowned him. For a while Takeshi investigated crime alone; then he became private detective Joe Kuruma's assistant and general handyman under the alias Takeshi Yoroi. Secretly, however, Takeshi obtained from a scientist a new artificial polymer, polymet, that was far stronger than steel. With this polymet Takeshi transformed himself into Hurricane Polymar, a costumed hero that fights for justice and to defeat various gangs.
Characters
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Kazuyuki Sogabe as Takeshi Yoroi/Onigawara (Polymar)
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Takeshi Aono
was a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Hokkaidō. He was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. He graduated from Hokkaidō Asahikawa Higashi High School.
Career
Aono was most known for the roles of Sh ...
as Joe Kuruma
* Miki Ochiai as Teru Nanba
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Masashi Amenomori as Toragoro Onigawara
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Kan Tokumaru as Inspector Deret
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Kazuya Tatekabe as Baron (Danshaku)
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Kei Tomiyama
, better known by his stage name , was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator born in Anshan, Manchukuo. He was affiliated with Aoni Production and Production Baobab.
Tomiyama is best known for his roles in '' Tiger Mask'' (Naoto Date/Tig ...
as Next Episode Preview Narrator
Abilities
Hurricane Polymar's main ability, aside from augmented strength and high-speed rotation, is transforming into one of five different vehicles. Polymar's suit can also last up to forty-six minutes and one second before having to transform back; if Takeshi does not reverse the transformation, he is in danger of dying from hyperthermia. Since the suit is powered by magnetism, it is vulnerable to high voltage and will also lose power in temperatures lower than −50 degrees Celsius. When inactive, the suit is disguised as Takeshi's motorcycle helmet.
Polymar's vehicles are:
* Polymar Hawk (supersonic jet)
* Polymar Grampus (submarine)
* Polymar Drill (tank with twin drills)
* Polymar Machine (formula-one race car)
* Polymar Roller (steam roller)
Media
Anime
Episode list
Other media
In the second episode of the ''
Time Bokan: Royal Revival'' OVA, Polymar appears alongside other the Tatsunoko heroes. A two-part anime OVA was created in the mid-1990s entitled ''Hurricane Polymar: Holy Blood'' featuring extremists that mutate into amphibious shark-like creatures. The OVA was intended to have three episodes, but was cancelled after the second, thus ending without a proper conclusion.
Urban Vision initially released it on VHS in the late 1990s, but since then the U.S. DVD rights have gone to
Discotek Media. Hurricane Polymar was featured in the PlayStation game ''
Tatsunoko Fight'' with him and Teru (in a costume she wore in episode 15) as playable characters along with an original character named Astral Chameleon who is composed of the souls of the criminals that died in the series. Hurricane Polymar later appeared as a playable character in the
Wii video game ''
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars''.
Japanese cast (OVA)
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Ai Orikasa
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer.
She has played a variety of characters, from young girls to women and boys. In her leading roles, she often voiced boys, and has also done the voice of a mother. She also played the voice of Hagu ...
as Nina Nielsen
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Michiko Neya
is a Japanese voice actress. She was affiliated with Arts VisionAffiliation with Arts Vision in the 1990s:* 1998 profile: * Roster as of January 1998: * Roster as of May 1998: and is currently freelancing. Some of her major roles in anime inc ...
as Ryoko Nishida
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Ryotaro Okiayu as Takeshi
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Takehito Koyasu
is a Japanese voice actor from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.Doi, Hitoshi"Koyasu Takehito" ''Seiyuu Database''. January 3, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2011. He is affiliated with and representative of T's Factory, a voice acting agency he founded ...
as Pulsar
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Takeshi Aono
was a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Hokkaidō. He was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. He graduated from Hokkaidō Asahikawa Higashi High School.
Career
Aono was most known for the roles of Sh ...
as Joe Kuruma
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Tesshō Genda as Novar
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Yasunori Matsumoto
is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Sigma Seven. Some of Matsumoto's most notable roles are Wataru Akiyama in '' Initial D'', Jean Havoc in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', Magnum Ace in '' Shippū! Iron Leaguer'', Gourry Gabriev in ''S ...
as Skamug
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Yuko Miyamura as Teru Namba
English OVA cast
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Alex Fernandez as Hurricane Polymar/Takeshi Yoroi
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Matt K. Miller Additional Voices
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John DeMita as Joe Kuruma
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Jack Fletcher as Skamug / Onigawara
Episode list (OVA)
Both episodes written by .
Live-action film
A live-action film adaptation of anime was released on May 13, 2017.
Koichi Sakamoto
is a Japanese film and television director, stunt performer and coordinator, fight choreographer and producer. He is best known for his work in the tokusatsu genre, particularly for the ''Power Rangers'', ''Super Sentai'' and ''Kamen Rider'' f ...
directed the film, while Shinsuke Onishi wrote the script.
Junpei Mizobata,
Yuki Yamada, Yurina Yanagi,
Mikie Hara, Hatsunori Hasegawa and Satoshi Jinbo starred in the film. The theme song for this film is ''"Kanashimi Naki Sekai e"'' by
Good Morning America
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.
Crossover series
''Infini-T Force'' is an anime series featuring a crossover between characters from ''
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman'', ''
Casshan'', ''Hurricane Polymar'' and ''
Tekkaman: The Space Knight''. The series is a co-production between Tatsunoko and
Digital Frontier and aired from October 3 to December 26, 2017.
Notes
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