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Tetsujin 28 | |
鉄人28号 (Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō) | |
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Genre | Mecha, dieselpunk |
Manga | |
Written by | Mitsuteru Yokoyama |
Published by | Kobunsha |
Magazine | Shōnen |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | July 1956 – May 1966 |
Volumes | 24 |
Television drama | |
Directed by | Santaro Marune |
Studio | Matsuzaki Production |
Original network | NTV |
Original run | February 1, 1960 – April 25, 1960 |
Episodes | 13 |
Anime television series | |
Tetsujin 28 FX | |
Directed by | Tetsuo Imazawa |
Produced by | Jin Totani Mikihiro Iwata Toru Horikoshi Yuko Sagawa |
Written by | Fumihiko Shimo Hideki Sonoda Hiroshi Minamino Isao Shizuya Nobuaki Kishima Ryoe Tsukimura Satoru Nishizono Toshimichi Okawa |
Music by | Hiroaki Kondo |
Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Licensed by | |
Original network | NNS (NTV) |
Original run | April 5, 1992 – March 30, 1993 |
Episodes | 47 |
Anime television series | |
Tetsujin 28 Gao! | |
Directed by | Tatsuji Yamazaki |
Produced by | Shotaro Muroji Daisuke Hara |
Written by | Mitsutaka Hirota Tatsuji Yamazaki |
Music by | Futoshi Sato |
Studio | Eiken |
Original network | FNS (Fuji TV) |
Original run | April 6, 2013 – March 26, 2016 |
Episodes | 139 |
Manga | |
Written by | Atsushi Oba |
Published by | Shueisha |
Magazine | Saikyō Jump |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | June 2013 – August 2014 |
Anime television series | |
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Live-action film | |
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Tetsujin 28-gō (Japanese: 鉄人28号, Hepburn: Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō, lit. "Iron Man No. 28"), known as simply Tetsujin 28 in international releases, is a 1956 manga written and illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, who also created Giant Robo. The series centers on the adventures of a young boy named Shotaro Kaneda, who controls a giant robot named Tetsujin 28, built by his late father.
The manga was later adapted into four anime television series, a Japanese television drama and two films, one live action and one animated. Released in 1963, the series was among the first Japanese anime series to feature a giant robot. It was later released in the United States as Gigantor.[1] A live-action movie with heavy use of CGI was produced in Japan in 2005.
The series is credited with featuring the first humanoid giant robot controlled externally via remote control by an operator.