is a Japanese

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

television series consisting of 26 episodes. It was created by

Shotaro Ishinomori was a Japanese manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and , creating several immensely popular long-running series such as ''Cyborg 009,'' the ''Super Sentai'' series (later adapted into the ''Power Rangers'' series), an ...

and directed by

Rintaro is the pseudonym of , a well-known director of anime. He works frequently with the animation studio Madhouse (company), Madhouse (which he co-founded), though he is a freelance director not employed directly by any one studio. He began working i ...

. The anime series produced by Studio Zero was broadcast on TBS between 5 April and 27 September 1974. A manga version by Ishinomori was serialized in

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

's ''Weekly Shōjo Friend'' magazine from April 20, 1974 (Issue 14) to November 5, 1974 (Issue 27).

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* * 1974 anime television series debuts Comedy anime and manga Science fiction anime and manga TBS Television (Japan) original programming Extraterrestrials in anime and manga 1974 Japanese television series endings {{Japan-tv-prog-stub