is a 1980 Japanese

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Animated series produced by

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, and a modern style remake of

Mitsuteru Yokoyama was a Japanese manga artist born in Suma Ward of Kobe City in Hyōgo Prefecture. His personal name was originally spelled , with the same pronunciation. His works include ''Tetsujin 28-go'', ''Giant Robo'', '' Akakage'', ''Babel II'', '' Sal ...

's manga ''

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''. It was directed by Tetsuo Imazawa 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.

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and TMS converted the series into ''The New Adventures of Gigantor'', which was broadcast on the

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in the United States from September 9, 1993 to June 30, 1997.

English opening narration

Japanese cast

* Eiko Hisamura as Shotaro Kaneda *

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as Utako Shikishima *Yoshio Kaneuchi as Dr. Shikishima * Kousei Tomita as Inspector Ohtsuka *

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as Makiko Shikishima *

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as Robby *

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as Prince Gula *

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as Space Demon King * Osamu Kobayashi as Branch *

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as Narrator

English cast

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as Jimmy Sparks, Marana/Lady Shroud, Bonnie Brilliant *

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as Bob Brilliant *Tom Wyner as Inspector Blooper, Dr. Kendamu, Moldark, Narrator *

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as Coldark *

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as Opening Narration

Broadcast

The series was created by

and broadcast on

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in Japan between October 3, 1980 and September 25, 1981, every Friday from 18:00 to 18:30 (JST). The opening theme was by Junichi Kawauchi. The two ending themes were and , also by Junichi Kawauchi. The series was adapted for North America by

Fred Ladd Fred Laderman (February 19, 1927 – August 3, 2021),''Tol ...

and broadcast as ''The New Adventures of Gigantor'' on the

from September 9, 1993. This broadcast ended on June 30, 1997 after reruns. The series was also broadcast in the 1980s in Arab countries (as ''Thunder Giant''), Spanish-speaking countries (as ''Ironman 28''), Italy (as ''Super Robot 28''), Hong Kong and South Korea.

Episodes

Release

All 51 episodes span on two DVD box set collections, and were released in Japan by

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in December 2001 and March 2002, respectively. The

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version was released in Japan by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, the first box was released in October 2016 and the second in December 2016. The Japanese version was released by Discotek Media on a 4-disc Blu-ray on January 29, 2019.

Video games

In January 2012 ''New Tetsujin-28'' was announced to appear in ''Super Robot Wars Z2: Regeneration Chapter''.

References

External links

* *
''The New Adventures of Gigantor'' at Skooldays

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