Tetsujin 28-gou

Tetsujin 28-gou

Alternative Titles

Synonyms

Iron Man 28
Tetsujin 28-go

Japanese

鉄人28号

English

Gigantor

Information

Type

TV

Aired

Oct 20, 1963 to Nov 24, 1965

Episodes

96

Duration

25 min per ep

Season

fall 1963

Broadcast

Wednesdays at 18:15 (JST)

Studios

Eiken

Status

Finished Airing

Source

Manga

Rating

G - All Ages

Themes

Mecha

Demographics

Shounen

Statistics

Rank

7813

Score

6.37

Scored by

1465

Popularity

9389

Members

4174

Favorites

10

External Links

Synopsis

Dr.Haneda was developing experimental giant robot warriors to fight the allies during the Second World War, but before his creations could see action, Allied bombs destroyed the facility and killed him. A decade later criminals discovered two of the surviving prototypes, #26 and 27 in the series, and used the remote controlled robots to commit a number of crimes. Young Shotaro Haneda, the twelve year old son of Dr.Haneda, did some investigating and discovered that the mob were hunting for the twenty-eighth robot in the series, rumoured to be the most powerful of them all. Racing the villains, Shotaro discovers the robot first, along with Dr.Shikashima, a colleague of his father's who was also believed killed by the Allied bombing. Together the two prevent Tetusjin-28 (the robot's official designation) from falling into the hands of the bad guys, and decide to dedicate him to peace rather than war. Shotaro fought crime for a long time, supported by Dr.Shikashima, who would repair Tetsujin-28 when he was damaged, and by police officer Otsuka. Shotaro even battled the alien Magmans, invaders from the planet Magma, who came to Earth late in his career, bringing their own giant robots, Magma X and Gold Wolf, with them. (Source: AniDB)

Characters

Related

Adaptation

Tetsujin 28-gou

Alternative Version

Tetsujin 28-gou (2004)