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TV series

The New Adventures of Gigantor

Original title: 鉄人28号

1980 · Ended

Overview

Shotaro Kaneda is a young boy whose dead scientist father created the giant robot Tetsujin 28 after realizing the chances of attacks from outer galaxies. Shotaro has possession of the only controller, kept in an attached case, which enables him to have direct command of the all mighty Tetsujin 28. If the controller goes into the hands of the enemy, this could lead Tetsujin 28 to fight for villains who want to destroy The Earth. Whenever peace in this world is threaten, Shotaro together with his friends, Dr. Shikishima, Detective Otsuka, must unleash the power of our metallic super hero.

Cast

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Eiko YamadaShotaro Kaneda (voice)

Ikuko TaniUtako Shikishima (voice)

Kosei TomitaInspector Ohtsuka (voice)

Kumiko TakizawaMakiko Shikishima (voice)

Yoshio KaneuchiDr. Shikishima (voice)

Aiko KonoshimaGina Hayakawa (voice)

Ikuo NishikawaRobi (voice)

Keiko TodaGura King Jr. (voice)

Kenji UtsumiSpace Demon King (voice)

Osamu KobayashiBranch (voice)

Tamio OhkiDr. Franken (voice)

TMDB ID: 44461 ↗
First aired: 1980-10-03
Last aired: 1981-09-25
Status: Ended
Episode runtime: 30 min
Genres: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Creators: Mitsuteru Yokoyama
Countries: JP
Languages: Japanese

Ratings

TMDB audience7.2/105 votes

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Age ratings

—Not rated in Switzerland (CH)

—Not rated in Spain (ES)

—Not rated in France (FR)

—Not rated in United States of America (US)

—Not rated in United Kingdom (GB)

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Seasons

Season 151 episodes

Crew

Directing9

Tetsuo ImazawaSeries Director, Director Akinori NagaokaDirector Yasuo YamayoshiDirector Nobuo TomizawaDirector Takenori KawadaDirector Kazuhide TomonagaAssistant Director Takao YotsujiDirector Shigeo KoshiDirector Minoru OkazakiDirector

Writing5

Mitsuteru YokoyamaComic Book Keisuke FujikawaWriter Yoshihisa ArakiWriter Masaaki SakuraiWriter Noboru ShiroyamaWriter

Art4

Tsutomu IshigakiArt Direction Shinya SadamitsuStoryboard Artist Kazuo YamazakiStoryboard Artist Takenori KawadaStoryboard Artist

Visual effects40

Minoru MaedaMechanical Designer, Key Animation Kinichirou SuzukiAnimation Director Masakatsu IijimaKey Animation Kazuhiro OchiKey Animation Nobumichi KawamuraKey Animation Masahito YamashitaKey Animation Hideyuki MotohashiKey Animation Osamu NabeshimaKey Animation Kiyomu FukudaKey Animation Eikichi TakahashiKey Animation Hajime KamegakiKey Animation Masanobu FujiokaKey Animation Yasuyuki TadaKey Animation Toshio NittaKey Animation Kazuhiro ToyamaKey Animation Shuichi KamemotoKey Animation Norio HirayamaKey Animation Kazuo InoueKey Animation Satoshi HirayamaKey Animation Mikio TsuchiyaKey Animation Shigeki AwaiKey Animation Shinnosuke KonKey Animation Keiko HaraKey Animation Kazuya HayashiKey Animation Atsuko TanakaKey Animation Yoshinori KanadaKey Animation Fukuo YamamotoKey Animation Joji FukudaKey Animation Yoshihiro OwadaKey Animation Rie NishiyamaKey Animation Shuichi NakatakeKey Animation Hidenori OshimaKey Animation Hayao MiyazakiKey Animation Asao TakahashiKey Animation Koichi MorishimaKey Animation Yutaka TanizawaKey Animation Tsukasa TannaiKey Animation Masatoshi FukuyamaKey Animation Yoshinobu MichihataKey Animation Kyoko NakajimaKey Animation

Camera1

Takafumi AraiDirector of Photography

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