Talk:Gigantor

Tetsujin
This article blows. It's nothing but information on the "Gigantor" dub with small bits of Tetsujin sprinkled around. Several other people have voiced their opinions about this (in 2006, I might add), yet nothing has been done about this. Either Tetsujin and Gigantor should get seperate articles, or, this article should be renamed "Tetsujin 28" and have "Gigantor" as a sub-section. As one poster commented "IRONMAN28 AND GIGANTOR OR AS DIFFERENT AS MIGHTY MORPHIN' POWER RANGERS AND ZYURANGER". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cabbage-Sama (talk • contribs) 12:55, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed. The Giant Robo article is called "Giant Robo" and not "Johnny and his flying Robot", and the Mazinger Z article isn't called "Tranzor Z". This article should be renamed Tetsujin 28, I've got no idea how to do it though. Geshpenst (talk) 13:02, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Tetsujin 28-go info
I have two suggestions: 1. Separate pages for Tetsujin 28-go and Gigantor should be established, or 2. The main article should center around Tetsujin and feature Gigantor as a section. I'd like to know a lot more about the original Japanese show, and there is the fact that Geneon has started to release the 2004 Tetsujin 28-go series in North America with the original Japanese names intact. The Trashman 20:34, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I second this; either way is good. In addition to the 2004 series, the live-action version has also been released here as "Tetsujin 28".  Evan1975 21:55, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I´d like to point that there is a definite connection between Tetsujin and Giant Robo - something that is only hinted at on the article. Yokoyama was the author of both mangas. It is also worthy of note that the first featured a gladiator helmet on its head, whereas Giant Robot had its famous egiptian sphinx head.

I 4TH THIS. IRONMAN28 AND GIGANTOR OR AS DIFFERENT AS MIGHTY MORPHIN' POWER RANGERS AND ZYURANGER

This is a rather old request, but I would like to propose it again. While Gigantor's effect on American versions of anime is important, it's also important that the source material be documented with equal quality, not ignored in favor of its exported version. Rebochan 19:20, 24 May 2007 (UTC) I agree. Can someone split these?71.126.192.8 18:31, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Go ahead and do it; I don't know enough about the subject (especially the Gigantor dub) to really do it myself. Hill of Beans (talk) 22:40, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

gun to firearm
I changed the word gun to firearm in the sentence "Jimmy usually wears shorts and a jacket, and even carries a gun." I changed it voth for professional and link purposes. Gun is different from Firearm in professional use and I'm trying to make this as professional as possible, this as in wikipedia. It is even said that gun is often a word used for firearm but gun redirects to the heavy artillery and firearm redirects to the handheld, well firearm. I dont know if the word gun is used in the series, but if it is and this word seems more approprite then change it back but add a redirection to the link. user:Tyler Thibeaux

Mary Shelley
I'm catching up on Gigantor thanks to Adult Swim. In the end credits it includes "Based on characters created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama and Mary Shelley." Did they mean Mary "Frankenstein" Shelley? (Major props to Fred Ladd and company if they did!) --RevWaldo 02:05, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

It is possible. I think I seen the same episode and was wonderin something similar. I was watching the one with the Fang monster being free from jail and realized that the credits were filled with american names. So I checked here to see why.

Seems like they put Mary Shelley's name because of that Fang character and to make the anime more "american"?--69.236.85.188 13:04, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Gigantor episode list
I'm new to wikipedia so I hope I've done this right. I found a episode list on Anime News Network at http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1293&page=25. I don't know if it's right or wrong but Cartoon Network seems to be following this list so I'm guessing it's right.


 * 1) Struggle At the South Pole
 * 2) Battle At the Bottom of the World!
 * 3) Sting of the Spider!
 * 4) Return of the Spider!
 * 5) Spider's Revenge!
 * 6) The Secret Valley!
 * 7) The Diamond Smugglers!
 * 8) Dangerous Doctor Diamond!
 * 9) Force of Terror!
 * 10) World in Danger!
 * 11) Badge of Danger!
 * 12) The Smoke Robots!
 * 13) The Freezer Ray!
 * 14) The Magic Multiplier!
 * 15) The Submarine Base!
 * 16) Treasure Mountain!
 * 17) The Mystery Missile!
 * 18) The Giant Cobra!
 * 19) The Great Hunt!
 * 20) The Deadly Web!
 * 21) The Atomic Flame!
 * 22) The Incredible Speed Machine!
 * 23) The Monster Magnet!
 * 24) Target: Jupiter!
 * 25) Trap At 20 Fathoms!
 * 26) Monster From the Deep!
 * 27) Will the REAL Gigantor Stand Up?
 * 28) Ten Thousand Gigantors!
 * 29) The Plot to Seize Gigantor!
 * 30) The Space Submarine!
 * 31) Gigantor Who?
 * 32) The Robot Olympics!
 * 33) The Crossbones Caper!
 * 34) Ransom At Point X!
 * 35) The Gypsy Spaceship!
 * 36) The Space Cats!
 * 37) Return of Magnaman!
 * 38) Vanishing Mountain!
 * 39) The Insect Monsters!
 * 40) The City Smashers!
 * 41) The Robot Firebird!
 * 42) Magnaman of Outer Space!
 * 43) The Robot Albatross!
 * 44) Battle of the Robot Giants!
 * 45) The Deadly Sting Rays!
 * 46) Gigantor and the Desert Fire!
 * 47) The Atomic Whale!
 * 48) The Secret Formula Robbery!
 * 49) The Evil Robot Brain!
 * 50) The Devil Gantry!
 * 51) The Robot Arsenal!
 * 52) Danger's Dinosaurs!

___ The L.A. punk rock band the Dickies made a song about gigantor called 'Gigantor'. Maybe that should be mentioned in the trivia section or something.

sup G

Excessive subjective descriptions
Example: In the 'Secret Valley' section, the sentence, "The dubbing team tried to imitate the Australian English phonology but did not come close.", might be true, but was written without reference or proof, so it is a personal observation.

The entire Gigantor article is written in a similar fashion, and should be modified in its entirety, at least in my subjective opinion. I edited a couple of such problem areas, but found it to be a daunting task (I'm not as young as I used to be!). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skaizun (talk • contribs) 14:17, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Original research
The plot and symbolism section contains unsourced claims, possibly original research. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.18.172.76 (talk) 08:00, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

the Axis
where the robots suposed to be made for Hitler, Mososslini,and Hero Hito (Is that how you spell it?)before they whent rouge?-71.169.39.194 (talk) 16:10, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Shotaro=shotacon?
Is this really the shotaro that the term shotacon comes from? 19:11, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it is. I was thinking we could have a mention for that somewhere on this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.242.144.236 (talk) 04:00, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

New Article
Hey, guys! There's a Tetsujin article now! We'd better start adding stuff before it gets deleted. After all, the article has lots of potential, but doesn't really have anything new right now, so it might be deleted for copying the Gigantor article. We must save Tetsujin!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.63.15.145 (talk) 22:59, 8 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Tetsujin 28-go and this one will need some cleanup to reflect the split. This one can now focus on the americanized Gigantor while the new article will be on the original manga and Japanese adaptations. As a start, I fixed some links to point to the Tetsujin article. I don't know how much more I can help since I've never read the manga. However, I am familiar with the 1980s version, the 2004 re-imagining and, of course, Gigantor.--Nohansen (talk) 00:14, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Agreed on the changes to reflect the split. Thank you for your contributions to the tetsujin page. Cabbage-Sama (talk) 12:42, 9 October 2008

Colorized?
"Originally produced in black and white, the show was colorized and revived in the nineties. [1]"

Was it? I thought the 1990s revival was the "New Adventures" show, which was totally different and not just colorized. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.64.221.57 (talk) 05:05, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Contradictory information in the Plot section.
How can the robot be both "...no intelligence... Whoever has the remote control controls Gigantor" and "...reprogrammed to act as a guardian of peace."?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcsew2k (talk • contribs) 18:12, 2 December 2014 (UTC)