The Roboroach (1994 film)

The Roboroach is a 1994 El Kadsreian science-fiction tokusatsu film based on the manga of the same name. Directed by Frederick Llyod and written by Akira Hisashi from a screenplay written by Max Axis, the film stars Hideki Hamasaki as the title character, alongside Yasi Tanaka, Hank Jeroem, Dean Norman, and Kelly Sanchez. The film centers around an overachieving teen volunteer named Masuyo Kentaro, who uses a suit that gives him the abilities of a cockroach. After learning that a rival company plans to replicate the process for their own personal gain, Kentaro is later driven to use the suit's powers as the Roboroach to prevent the latter from using the process to harm his friends and his boss, Rei Madoka

The film marks the debut of writer Max Axis, who would later go on to write Blitzivan: Born to be Reloaded and Metal Frontier. In 1987, Hisashi had been attempting to bring her works to the big screen. When she proposed her concepts to El TV Kadsre Films, the executives rejected all of them but were interested to produce a film based on The Roboroach.