The New Adventures of Gigantor

New Tetsujin-28 (太陽の使者 鉄人28号) 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.

English opening narration
"At the beginning of the 21st century, scientists found that with new computers and super alloys, they could build an even bigger, faster Gigantor. They built the new Gigantor!"

Japanese cast

 * Eiko Hisamura as Shotaro Kaneda
 * Ikuko Tani as Utako Shikishima
 * Yoshio Kaneuchi as Dr. Shikishima
 * Kousei Tomita as Inspector Ohtsuka
 * Kumiko Takizawa as Makiko Shikishima
 * Ikuo Nishikawa as Robby
 * Keiko Toda as Prince Gula
 * Kenji Utsumi as Space Demon King
 * Osamu Kobayashi as Branch
 * Kazuyuki Sogabe as Narrator

English cast

 * Barbara Goodson as Jimmy Sparks, Marana/Lady Shroud, Bonnie Brilliant, Star
 * Doug Stone as Bob Brilliant
 * Tom Wyner as Inspector Blooper, Dr. Kendamu, Moldark, Narrator
 * Gregg Berger as Coldark
 * Jeff Winkless as Opening Narration

Broadcast
The series was created by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and broadcast on Nippon TV in Japan between October 3, 1980, and September 25, 1981, every Friday from 18:00 to 18:30 (JST). The opening theme was Taiyo no Shisha Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō (太陽の使者・鉄人28号) by Junichi Kawauchi. The two ending themes were Kibō ni mukatte 〜 Shōtarō no tēma 〜 (希望にむかって〜正太郎のテーマ〜) and Muteki no Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō (無敵の鉄人28号), also by Junichi Kawauchi.

The series was adapted for North America by Fred Ladd and broadcast as The New Adventures of Gigantor on the Sci-Fi Channel from September 9, 1993. This broadcast ended on June 30, 1997, after reruns.

The series was also broadcast in the 1980s in Arab countries (as Thunder Giant), Spanish-speaking countries (as Ironman 28), Italy (as Super Robot 28), Hong Kong and South Korea.

Release
All 51 episodes span on two DVD box set collections, and were released in Japan by Movic in December 2001 and March 2002, respectively. The Blu-ray version was released in Japan by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, the first box was released in October 2016 and the second in December 2016. The Japanese version was released by Discotek Media on a 4-disc Blu-ray on January 29, 2019.

Video games
In January 2012 New Tetsujin-28 was announced to appear in Super Robot Wars Z2: Regeneration Chapter.