Hikarian

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Hikarian
ヒカリアン (Hikarian)
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TV anime : Chō Tokkyū Hikarian
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TV anime : Denkōchō Tokkyū Hikarian
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Hikarian (ヒカリアン) is a Japanese anime series.

The first series, Chō Tokkyū Hikarian (超特急ヒカリアン) is about a series of bullet trains that are turned into robots. The robots, along with two humans named Tetsuyuki Shinbashi (新橋テツユキ Shinbashi Tetsuyuki) and Minayo Kanda (神田ミナヨ Kanda Minayo), have to stop an alien invasion.

A new series, Denkōchō Tokkyū Hikarian (電光超特急ヒカリアン), was later created. The new serries stars a new Hikarian, Lightning West, and a new human lead, Kenta Hijiribashi (聖橋ケンタ Hijiribashi Kenta).

Enoki Films has licensed the series. They have suggested name changes (e.g. Tetsuyuki becomes Terry and Minayo becomes Mina) but the series is not yet available in English, and Enoki may sublicense the series to another company who may decided to keep the original Japanese names, use Enoki's suggested English names, or use original English names.