Tetsujin 28-go

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ja_name = 鉄人28号
ja_name_trans = Ironman 28
genre = Action, Adventure, Science fictionInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Mitsuteru Yokoyama
publisher = Kobunsha
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magazine = Shōnen
first = July 1956
last = May 1966
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studio = Tele-Cartoon Japan
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network = Fuji TV
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first = 20 October 1963
last = 27 May 1965
episodes = 83
episode_list = Infobox animanga/Anime
director = Tetsuo Imazawa
writer =
studio = Tokyo Movie Shinsha
licensor =
network = Nippon Television
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first = 3 October 1980
last = 25 September 1981
episodes = 51
episode_list = Infobox animanga/Anime
title = Tetsujin 28-go FX
director = Tetsuo Imazawa
writer = Hideki Sonoda
studio = Tokyo Movie Shinsha
licensor =
network = Nippon Television
network_en =
network_other =
first = 5 April 1992
last = 30 March 1993
episodes = 47
episode_list = Infobox animanga/Anime
title =
director = Yasuhiro Imagawa
writer = Yasuhiro Imagawa
studio = Palm Studio
licensor =
network = TV Tokyo
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first = 7 April 2004
last = 29 September 2004
episodes = 26
episode_list =

nihongo|"Tetsujin 28-go"|鉄人28号|Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō|literally "Iron Man #28" is a 1956 manga written and illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, who also created Giant Robo.

The manga was later adapted into several anime TV series, the first in 1963. It was the first manga to feature a giant robot. The 1963 series was later released in America as Gigantor. A live action motion picture with heavy use of computer generated graphics was produced in Japan in 2005.

Plot

Characters

*Shotaro Kaneda
*Professor Shikishima
*Inspector Ohtsuka
*Kenji Murasame
*Professor Black Dog

Publication

Adaptations

Live-action pilot

In the 1950s, a live action pilot was made for a Tetsujin 28 television series. The pilot featured a man in a Tetsujin costume. Tetsujin in this version was only slightly taller than an average person, due to the money it would cost to make the robot appear 3 stories tall. The series was never made, and Tetsujin 28 was later made into an anime instead.

1963 TV series

1980 TV series

The 1980-81 "Iron Man #28" series was created with 51 color episodes based on a modernized take upon the original concept art. In 1993, Ladd and the TMS animation studio converted the series into "The New Adventures of Gigantor" and broadcast it on America's Sci-Fi Channel from September 9 1993 to June 30 1997.

Tetsujin 28 FX

"Iron Man #28 FX" follows the son of the original controller (from the 1980 TV series) operating a new robot (with his father and the original Tetsujin making guest appearances), which ran in Japan in 1992.

2004 TV series

Written and directed by Yasuhiro Imagawa, the 2004 re-imagining takes place ten years after World War II, approximately the same time as the manga debuted. The new TV series has been released in the United States under its original name "Tetsujin-28" by Geneon and in the UK by Manga Entertainment, the first time a "Tetsujin-28" property has not been localized to "Gigantor" in America or other English speaking nations.

On March 31, 2007, a feature length film, entitled "Tetsujin 28-go: Hakuchu no Zangetsu" (which translates as "Tetsujin 28-go: The Remaining Month") and based on the same characters and visual designs as the 2004 Yasuhiro Imagawa TV series was released in Japanese theaters. There are currently no announced plans to release the film in other countries. [ [http://www.tetsujin28-movie.com/] Tetsujin 28-go: Hakuchuu no Zangetsu Official Japanese Movie Site ]

2005 Live-action film

The live action movie has been licensed for a UK release by Manga Entertainment, however no date has been set.

Americanization

In the Americanization of the 1963 Tetsujin 28 series by Fred Ladd, many changes were made; the most obvious of which was the robot's name (Tetsujin 28 was renamed Gigantor). Many other characters' names were changed, including: Shotaro Kaneda (Jimmy Sparks), Dr. Shikishima (Dr. Bob Brilliant), and Inspector Otsuka (Inspector Blooper). Tetsujin 28's World War II origins were discarded entirely, and the setting shifted to the year 2000.

The 1980 Tetsujin 28 series was also exported to America in 1993, retitled as The New Adventures of Gigantor. The 2004 series was released on DVD by Geneon, and it kept its original title.

Appearances in other media

A number of characters and robots from the "Tetsujin 28" series appeared (albeit with altered backgrounds) in "", an OAV series that drew on Mitsuteru Yokoyama's entire body of work. In one of the "Giant Robo" parodic spin-off OAVs "Mighty GinRei", a version of the original Tetsujin appears under the name "Jintetsu."

References

External links

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* [http://www.tms-e.com/english/film/aa/23.php "Tetsujin 28-go" (1980 TV series)] at TMS' English website
* [http://www.tms-e.com/english/film/aa/24.php "Tetsujin 28-go FX"] at TMS' English website
* [http://t28dvd.com/ "Tetsujin 28-go" (2004 TV series)] at Geneon's website