The New Adventures of Gigantor
| New Tetsujin-28 | |
Cover for the second DVD box set in Japan | |
| 太陽の使者 鉄人28号 (Taiyō no Shisha Tetsujin Nijū-hachi-gō) | |
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| Genre | Mecha |
| Created by | Mitsuteru Yokoyama |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tetsuo Imazawa |
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| Music by | Yasuaki Shimizu |
| Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
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| Original network | NNS (NTV) |
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| Original run | October 3, 1980 – September 25, 1981 |
| Episodes | 51 |
New Tetsujin-28 (太陽の使者 鉄人28号, Taiyō no Shisha Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō; lit. Solar Messenger Iron Man #28) is a 1980 Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, and a modern style remake of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga Tetsujin 28-go. 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. Fred Ladd and TMS converted the series into The New Adventures of Gigantor, which was broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel in the United States from September 9, 1993, to June 30, 1997.