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| Gigantor | |
 Gigantor Part 1 DVD | |
| 鉄人28号 (Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō) | |
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| Genre | Action, Adventure, Dieselpunk, Mecha |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yonehiko Watanabe |
| Produced by | Kazuo Iohara |
| Written by | Kinzo Okamoto |
| Music by | Toriro Miki Nobuyoshi Koshibe Hidehiko Arashino |
| Studio | TCJ |
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| Original network | Fuji TV |
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| Original run | October 20, 1963 – May 25, 1966 |
| Episodes | 97 (original version) 52 (English dub) |
Gigantor (Japanese: 鉄人28号, Hepburn: Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō, lit. "Iron Man No. 28") is a 1963 anime adaptation of Tetsujin 28-go, a manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama released in 1956. It debuted on US television in January 1966. As with Speed Racer, the characters' original names were altered and the original series' violence was toned down for American viewers.[1] The dub was created by Fred Ladd distributed in the US by Peter Rodgers Organization.
A new series was produced in Japan in 1980 and was later shown as The New Adventures of Gigantor, on the Sci Fi Channel from 1993 to 1997.[2]
- ^ CD liner notes: Saturday Mornings: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, 1995 MCA Records
- ^ "Gigantor TV Show: News, Videos, Full Episodes and More". TV Guide. Retrieved April 8, 2020.