Gigantor

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. The dub was created by Fred Ladd distributed in the US by Peter Rodgers Organization.

This article is about the 1963 anime adaptation of Tetsujin 28-go. For the original manga and the franchise, see Tetsujin 28-go.

Gigantor
Gigantor Part 1 DVD
鉄人28号
(Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō)
GenreAction, Adventure, Dieselpunk, Mecha
Anime television series
Directed byYonehiko Watanabe
Produced byKazuo Iohara
Written byKinzo Okamoto
Music byToriro Miki
Nobuyoshi Koshibe
Hidehiko Arashino
StudioTCJ
Licensed by
Original networkFuji TV
English network
Original run October 20, 1963 – May 25, 1966
Episodes97 (original version)
52 (English dub)

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.

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