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Gigantor (TV 1963)

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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)
رعد العملاق (Arabic)
鉄人２８号 (Japanese)
Themes: mecha, super robot
Objectionable content: None
User Ratings: 145 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 5 votes (dub:4, sub:1)
 Excellent: 8 votes (sub:4, dub:2, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Very good: 15 votes (dub:10, edit.dub:3, sub:2)
 Good: 32 votes (dub:20, sub:8, edit.dub:3, others:1
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Decent: 32 votes (dub:24, edit.dub:4, sub:3, ?:1)
 So-so: 15 votes (dub:13, edit.dub:1, sub:1)
 Not really good: 10 votes (dub:8, sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:4, dub:3, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 Bad: 14 votes (dub:12, edit.dub:2)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (dub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 600 users, rank: #1889 (of 10087)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.724 (Decent−), std. dev.: 2.2758, rank: #8396 (of 10248)
Weighted mean: 5.680 (Decent−), rank: #8477 (of 10248) (seen all: 7.36 / seen some: 5.60 / won't finish: 4.08)
Bayesian estimate: 5.827 (Decent−), rank: #7076 (of 7718)
Number of episodes: 83
Episode titles: We have 96
Production cost: ¥1,200,000 (per episode)
Vintage:
1963-10-20 to 1966-05-27
2005-11-01 to 2006-01-11 (AdultSwim Broadcast [Eps. 1-52 only])
Opening Theme:
#1: "Tetsujin Nijūhachi Gō" (鉄人28号) by Duke Aces
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 2
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DVD (Region 4)
    Gigantor - Collection 1 (DVD) 2010-02-17
DVD (Region 1)
    Gigantor - Part 1 (Dub.DVD 1) 2002-10-22 (from $80.72)
    Gigantor - Collection 1 (Dub.DVD 1) 2009-05-05 (from $199.99)
    Gigantor - Part 2 (Dub.DVD 2) 2003-02-11 (from $64.75)
    Gigantor - Collection 2 (Dub.DVD 2) 2009-09-15 (from $241.89)
LaserDisc
    Gigantor - 30th Anniversary [Dub] (LD 1) 1994-10-26
    Gigantor - 30th Anniversary [Dub] (LD 2) 1995-05-17
VHS
    Gigantor (Dub.VHS 1) 1989-07-00 (from $19.99)
    Gigantor (Dub.VHS 2) 1989-07-00
    Gigantor (Dub.VHS 3) 1990-00-00
    Gigantor: The Motion Picture - The Spider's Master Plan (Dub.VHS) 2000-12-00

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Script: Kinzo Okamoto
Music:
Hideo Arashino
Nobuyoshi Koshibe
Toriro Miki (Theme Song Composition)
Original creator: Mitsuteru Yokoyama

Animation: Takuo Noda
Kazue Takahashi as Shōtarō Kaneda

Kōsei Tomita as Chief Ōtsuka
Minoru Yada as Doctor Shikishima
Shirō Kuno as Kenji Murasame (1st voice)
Toshio Andō as Kenji Murasame
Yoshihisa Kamo as Dr. Blackdog

Fuyumi Shiraishi as Narrator (1st)
Shōzō Iizuka as Umino
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Narrator

Akihiko Tabata
Kazuo Nagayama
Kei Tomiyama
Sanji Hase
Takeshi Kusaka
Japanese companies
Adaptation: Ashie Group
Animation Production: TCJ Animation
Broadcaster: Fuji Television Network
Music:
Sangei TV Studio
TV Kobo
Production:
Dentsu Inc.
TCJ Animation
Sound Effects: Tokyo Effects Studio
Sponsor: Ezaki Glico Co.
English staff
English companies
Cover Art: Ben Dunn (2000 VHS)
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
Broadcaster:
Adult Swim
Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)
NBC
Ten Network Australia
Distributor:
Antarctic Press (As AP Video; Motion Picture VHS)
Lumivision (LaserDisc)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Rhino (2002/2003 DVD)
Siren Visual (Australia & New Zealand)
The Right Stuf International (for Scott Wheeler Productions)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video
Hulu
Tubi TV
Licensed by:
Delphi Associates
Entercolor Technologies
Koch Vision
Scott Wheeler Productions (Expired)
The Right Stuf International
English cast
Billie Lou Watt as Jimmy Sparks

Gilbert Mack as
Dr. Bob Brilliant
The Narrator
Peter Fernandez as Dick Strong
Ray Owens as Inspector Blooper

Gilbert Mack as Big Fang
Peter Fernandez as
Buttons
Johnny
Ray Owens as Proffessor Stinger

Billie Lou Watt
Gilbert Mack
Peter Fernandez
Ray Owens
Sonia Owens
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Leda Figueiró as Carlos Centelha/Shoutarou Kaneda (Tv Cine-Som)
Luís Manuel as Carlos Centelha/Shoutarou Kaneda (Dublasom Guanabara)

Orlando Drummond as Inspetor Sigman (Dublasom Guanabara)

Ari de Toledo as Locução e Narração (Tv Cine-Som)
Milton Rangel as Locução e Narração (Dublasom Guanabara)
Portuguese companies

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