Hurricane Polymar
| Hurricane Polymar | |
Cover art from the DVD release of Hurricane Polymar. | |
| 破裏拳ポリマー (Hariken Porimā) | |
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| Genre | Superhero |
| Created by | |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hisayuki Toriumi |
| Written by | Jinzō Toriumi |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production |
| Original network | ANN (NET) |
| Original run | October 4, 1974 – March 28, 1975 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Original video animation | |
| New Hurricane Polymar | |
| Directed by | Akiyuki Shinbo |
| Produced by | Ippei Kuri Hirotoshi Ogura Kazuo Kogura |
| Written by | Hideki Kakinuma |
| Music by | Tatsumi Yano |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production |
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| Released | September 21, 1996 – February 21, 1997 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes (each) |
| Episodes | 2 |
Hurricane Polymar (破裏拳ポリマー, Hariken Porimā) is a Japanese anime 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). Hurricane Polymar is the secret identity of Takeshi Yoroi (鎧武士, Yoroi Takeshi). 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.