Studio BONES adapted Skull Man into an anime television series which premiered on Fuji TV in April 2007. The series is directed by Takeshi Mori and written by Yutaka Izubuchi (best known as a mechanical designer as well for "RahXephon" and designing Kerberos saga Protect Gears). A live-action "Episode Zero" was shown on April 21, titled "Skullman: Prologue of Darkness," starring Ami Suzuki, "Kamen Rider Hibiki" and "Death Note" 's Shigeki Hosokawa and well-known stuntsman/actor from "Kagaku Sentai Dynaman" and "Tensou Sentai Goseiger" 's Makoto Ito. It was also set up to be a pseudo prequel to Cyborg 009.