“Tetsujin 28-gĹ? (鉄人28ĺ?· Tetsujin NijĹ«hachi-gĹ??, literally “Iron Man #28″) is a 1956 manga written and illustrated by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, who also created Giant Robot. The series centred on the adventures of a young boy named Shotaro Kaneda, who controlled a giant robot named Tetsujin 28, built by his late father.”
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Thank you to Maria Popova and Pink Tentacle.
At the top of the front cover (the first one), it advertises the manga as “A newly started Science detective manga series”. There still are references to Tetsujin #28 in many anime and manga now. I’m in the wrong generation to know much about it, but I’ve often heard my Dad trying to make cultural references from it.
[...] previous To many younger readers Tetsujin 28-Go won’t mean a great deal. In fact,in the UK and US you may -may- remember an old animated series I’ve referred to before on CBO -Gigantor! Anyway,Brother Mike has found a great site with Tetsujin 28-Go covers and a bit of info. Well worth checking out. [...]