The show was produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions, and was broadcast in Japan on NET (now TV Asahi) from July 8, 1972, to May 5, 1973, with a total of 43 episodes.

This series was also one of the first tokusatsus to air in the United States (notably Hawaii), as Kikaida: Android of Justice, on KIKU-TV.

Dr. Kohmyoji creates Kikaider in order to protect his children from Professor Gill, the head of DARK.

Jiro is able to destroy Gray Rhino King but is unable to locate Dr. Kohmyoji, who is wandering away with amnesia.

Hakaider refuses to fight a helpless enemy and allows Mitsuko to finish reassembling him.

Kikaider, along with Kikaider 01, Inazuman, and Zubat made an appearance in OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders (オーズ・電王・オールライダー レッツゴー仮面ライダー, Ōzu Den'ō Ōru Raidā: Rettsu Gō Kamen Raidā) in commemoration of the Toei Company's 60th Anniversary in 2011.

This brief appearance saw the four heroes destroy the Kamen Rider Stronger villain, General Shadow.

A direct sequel to the first tokusatsu series called Kikaider 01 was released on May 12, 1973, and ended March 30, 1974.

It introduced the new titular character Kikaider 01 along with the return of Hakaider under the control of Professor Gill.

• The show was released on Region 1 DVDs by JN Productions/Generation Kikaida in 2003 and 2004 in 9 Volume Sets.

• In 2024, Discotek Media announced that they had licensed Android Kikaider with plans to re-release the full 43 episode series on Blu-Ray later that same year remastered in HD, along with a brand new English-subtitle translation and loads of extras included on the set.