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Gigantor (TV)

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[ adapted from Tetsujin 28 Gou (manga) ]

Related anime:
    New Gigantor (TV) (1980-10-03 to 1981-09-25, sequel)
    Tetsujin 28-go FX (TV) (1992-04-05 to 1993-03-30, sequel)
    Tetsujin 28th (TV) (2004-04-07 to 2004-09-29, remake)
      Tetsujin 28-go: Hakuchū no Zangetsu (movie)
    Tetsujin 28-go (live-action movie) (2005, remake)

Alternative title:
De Man van Staal (Dutch)
El Hombre de Acero (Spanish)
Iron Man #28
Iron Man 28
Tetsujin 28 (Japanese)
Tetsujin 28-go (Japanese)
鉄人28号 (Japanese)
Themes: mecha, super robot
Age rating: All Ages (Nothing objectionable)
Plot Summary: A boy detective named Jimmy Sparks has complete access to a giant robot named Gigantor which was created by his late father. With the usage of a remote control that allows Jimmy to control the robot, he is able to make Gigantor do incredible things that can help restore justice and fight off criminals and terrorists around the world.
User Ratings: 116 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (dub:4)
 Excellent: 2 votes (dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 11 votes (dub:9, edit.dub:2)
 Good: 21 votes (dub:14, edit.dub:3, sub:3, Tag.dub:1)
 Decent: 30 votes (dub:22, sub:3, edit.dub:3, Spa.dub:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 14 votes (dub:13, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 8 votes (dub:6, edit.dub:1, sub:1)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:2, ?:1)
 Bad: 14 votes (dub:12, edit.dub:2)
 Awful: 3 votes (dub:2, edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (dub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 468 users, rank: #1174
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.379 (So-so+.37), std. dev.: 2.2919, rank: #3760
Weighted mean: 5.338 (So-so+.33), rank: #3753 (seen all: 7.02 / seen some: 5.51 / won't finish: 3.35)
Bayesian estimate: 5.510 (Decent-.48), rank: #3087
Number of episodes: 83
Episode titles: We have 52
Production cost: ¥1,200,000 (per episode)
Vintage:
1963-10-20 to 1965-05-27
2005-11-01 to 2006-01-11 (AdultSwim Broadcast [Eps. 1-52 only])
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 1
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DVD
    Gigantor [Box Set 1] (DVD) 2002-10-22
    Gigantor [Box Set 2] (DVD) 2003-02-11 (from $62.96)
    Gigantor - Collection 1 (Dub.DVD) 2009-05-05 (from $22.49)
    Gigantor - Collection 2 (Dub.DVD) 2009-09-15 (from $23.59)
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Original creator: Mitsuteru Yokoyama
 
Kazue Takahashi as Shoutarou Kaneda

Kousei Tomita as Chief Ootsuka
Minoru Yada as Doctor Shikishima
Toshio Andou as Kenji Murasame
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Narrator

Japanese companies 
Broadcaster: Fuji TV
Production: Tele-Cartoon Japan
English staff 
English cast 
Music Coordination:
Dan Hart
George Craig
Production Supervision:
Al Singer
Fred Ladd
Supervising Editor: P.A. Zavala
Theme Song Composition:
Gene Raskin
Lou Singer
Title Design: Robert E. Lee
Voice Direction: Peter Fernandez
 
Billie Lou Watt as Jimmy Sparks

Peter Fernandez as
Buttons
Johnny

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Adult Swim
Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
NBC
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
Siren Visual Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Internet Streaming: Hulu
Portuguese staff 
(none)
Portuguese companies 
Broadcaster: Rede Record
Dubbing Studio: Dublasom Guanabara
Portuguese cast 
(none)
 
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