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Tetsujin 28
鉄人28号 (Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō)
Genre	Mecha, dieselpunk
Manga
Written by	Mitsuteru Yokoyama
Published by	Kobunsha
Magazine	Shōnen
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	July 1956 – May 1966
Volumes	24
Television drama
Directed by	Santaro Marune
Original network	Nippon TV
Original run	February 1, 1960 – April 25, 1960
Episodes	13
Anime television series
Tetsujin 28 FX
Directed by	Tetsuo Imazawa
Produced by	Jin Totani Mikihiro Iwata Toru Horikoshi Yuko Sagawa
Written by	Fumihiko Shimo Hideki Sonoda Hiroshi Minamino Isao Shizuya Nobuaki Kishima Ryoe Tsukimura Satoru Nishizono Toshimichi Okawa
Music by	Hiroaki Kondo
Studio	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Licensed by	NA: Discotek Media
Original network	NNS (Nippon TV)
Original run	April 5, 1992 – March 30, 1993
Episodes	47
Anime television series
Tetsujin 28 Gao!
Directed by	Tatsuji Yamazaki
Produced by	Shotaro Muroji Daisuke Hara
Written by	Mitsutaka Hirota Tatsuji Yamazaki
Music by	Futoshi Sato
Studio	Eiken
Original network	FNS (Fuji TV)
Original run	April 6, 2013 – March 26, 2016
Episodes	139
Manga
Written by	Atsushi Oba
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Saikyō Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 2013 – present
Anime television series
Gigantor (1963) The New Adventures of Gigantor (1980) Tetsujin 28 (2004)
Live-action film
Tetsujin 28: The Movie (2005)

Tetsujin 28-gō (Japanese: 鉄人28号, Hepburn: Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō, lit. "Iron Man No. 28"), known as simply Tetsujin 28 in international releases, is a 1956 manga written and illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, who also created Giant Robo. The series centers on the adventures of a young boy named Shotaro Kaneda, who controls a giant robot named Tetsujin 28, built by his late father.

The manga was later adapted into four anime television series, a Japanese television drama and two films, one live action and one animated. Released in 1963, the series was among the first Japanese anime series to feature a giant robot. It was later released in the United States as Gigantor.^[1] A live-action movie with heavy use of CGI was produced in Japan in 2005.

The series is credited with featuring the first humanoid giant robot controlled externally via remote control by an operator.