The New Adventures of Gigantor
| New Tetsujin-28 | |
Cover for the 2nd DVD Boxset in Japan
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太陽の使者 鉄人28号 (Taiyo no Shisha Tetsujin 28-go) |
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| Genre | Mecha |
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| Directed by | Tetsuo Imazawa |
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| Music by | Yasuaki Shimizu |
| Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
| Original network | Nippon Television |
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| Original run | October 3, 1980 – September 25, 1981 |
| Episodes | 51 |
New Tetsujin-28 (太陽の使者 鉄人28号 Taiyō no Shisha Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō?, lit. Solar Messenger Iron Man #28) is a 1980 Japanese Mecha Animated series produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, and a modern style remake of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga Tetsujin 28-go. It was directed by Tetsuo Imazawa (Transformers: Super God Masterforce) and produced by both Shigeru Akagawa and Toru Horikoshi. It aired on Nippon Television from October 3, 1980 to September 25, 1981 with a total count of 51 episodes. Fred Ladd and TMS converted the series into The New Adventures of Gigantor, which was broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel in the United States from September 9, 1993 to June 30, 1997.
At the beginning of the 21st century, scientists found that with new computers and super alloys, they could build an even bigger, faster Gigantor. They built the new Gigantor!
The series was created by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and broadcast as New Iron Man 28 in Japan between October 3, 1980 and September 25, 1981. The opening theme was Taiyo no Shisha Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō (太陽の使者・鉄人28号 Solar Messenger, Iron Man #28?) by Junichi Kawauchi. The two ending themes were Kibō ni mukatte 〜 Shōtarō no tēma 〜 (希望にむかって〜正太郎のテーマ〜 Theme of Shotaro: Toward the Hope?) and Muteki no Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō (無敵の鉄人28号 The Invincible: Iron Man #28?), also by Junichi Kawauchi.
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