So, I'm stealing this from a brilliant panel we attended (by the same name.) Until I can properly credit that host and link his wonderful videos, I'll just give you a preview...

Its called Eightman. Watching this makes my soul smile.

Plot (from wiki):

Murdered by criminals, Detective Yokota's body is retrieved by Professor Tani and taken to his laboratory. There, Tani performs an experiment that has failed seven times in the past; Yokoda is the latest subject to have his life force transferred into an android body. For the first time, the experiment is successful. Yokoda is reborn as the armor-skinned android 8 Man, able to dash at impossible speeds, as well as shape-shift into other people. He shifts himself into Yokoda, this time christening himself as "Hachiro Azuma". He keeps this identity a secret, known only to Tani, and his police boss Chief Otsuka. Even his girlfriend Sachiko and friend Ichiro don't know he's an android. As 8-Man, Hachiro fights assorted crime (even bringing his murderers to justice) to uphold justice and save the innocent.

Oh, yeah, and apparently TOBOR is actually just ROBOT backwards. Watch an additional clip after the jump. Internet willing, I'll hopefully find some of the episode we watched today.