DARK

DARK is the criminal organisation appearing in the 1970's manga Android Kikaider and its tokusatsu and anime adaptations.

It is led by Professor Gill and specializes in the creation of advanced androids and animal-themed robots called Destructoids which usally acts as field agents and commit crimes for Professor Gill.

The organization had such a reputation of being evil that it was called " the death merchant" by some, due to selling robots of destructive capabilities to countries that were currently at war with other countries. Their reasoning is that if they sell one country a powerful robot, the opposing country will have no choice but to buy one as well, thus allowing DARK to make loads of money. By then using the money they saved up, DARK will be able to create a powerful android (later revealed to be Giant Devil, also called Armaggedon Lord) that will act as the ultimate weapon, allowing them to control the world. In Professor Gill's strive for world domination, he sought to create an army of robots and superweapons to oppose the world's governments and armies, capturing scientists to do so. DARK's operations range from taking control of lands and producing secret projects. Most who attempted to find out about DARK were either killed or captured.

The first 13 Destructoids were created with the help of Doctor Komyoji's the creator of the Kikaider brothers, who was unaware of Gill and DARK's true nature at the time.

In all versions of the story, DARK is eventually taken down by Jiro/Kikaider after many battles with the Destructoids and Hakaider.

Later Gill is revived as Gill-Hakaider and creates the Hakaider Squad which acts as a sort of a remnant of DARK.

Trivia

• DARK has a few similarities with Shocker from Kamen Rider and Black Ghost from Cyborg 009: Both appears in series created by Shotaro Ishinomori. They sell advanced weapons in order to perpetuate the conflicts arounds the world and get more money. They are terrorist organisations whit armies of monsters of the week. They had part in the creation of the heroes.

The destructoids as they appear in the 1970's tv show

DARK's android trooper

The destructoids in the anime