Книга: Anime of 1963: Astro Boy, Tetsujin 28-Go, Gauche the Cellist, 8 Man, Sennin Buraku

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Astro Boy, Tetsujin 28-Go, Gauche the Cellist, 8 Man, Sennin Buraku, Wanpaku Ouji No Orochi Taiji. Excerpt: 8 Man 8 Man (8 ? ) or Eightman ( , Eitoman ? ) is a fictional manga and anime superhero created in 1963 by writer Kazumasa Hirai and artist Jiro Kuwata . He is considered Japan 's earliest cyborg superhero, predating even Kamen Rider (the same year, Shotaro Ishinomori created Cyborg 009 ), and was supposedly the inspiration for RoboCop . The manga was published in Weekly Sh nen Magazine and ran from 1963 to 1966. The anime series, produced by Eiken with the TCJ Animation Center, was broadcast on Tokyo Broadcasting System , and ran from November 17, 1963 to December 31, 1964, with a total of 56 episodes (plus the 'farewell' special episode, 'Goodbye, Eightman'). The story Murdered by criminals, Detective Yokoda's body is retrieved by Professor Tani and taken to his laboratory. There, Tani performs an experiment that has failed seven times Yokoda is the latest subject to have his life force transferred into an android body. For the first time, the experiment succeeds. Yokoda is reborn as the armor -skinned android 8 Man, able to dash at impossible speeds, as well as shape-shift into other people. He shifts himself into Yokoda, this time christening himself as 'Hachiro Azuma'. He keeps this identity a secret, known only to Tani and his police boss Chief Tanaka. Even his girlfriend Sachiko and friend Ichiro don't know he's an android. As 8-Man, Hachiro fights crime (even bringing his murderers to justice). He smoked 'energy' cigarettes, to rejuvenate his powers, that he carried in a cigarette case on his belt. The US version In 1965, 8 Man was brought to the U.S. as Tobor the 8th Man , with ABC Films as its syndicated distributor. 52 of the original 56 episodes were 'convert...