Editing Tetsujin 28-go (section)

{{Short description|Japanese manga series and its adaptations}}
{{For|the 2004 TV series|Tetsujin 28-go (2004 TV series)}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
|name = Tetsujin 28
|image = Tetsujin 28-go.jpg
|caption = 
|ja_kanji = 鉄人28号
|ja_romaji = Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō
|genre = [[Mecha]], [[dieselpunk]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
|type = manga
|author = [[Mitsuteru Yokoyama]]
|publisher = [[Kobunsha]]
|demographic = ''[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]''
|magazine = Shōnen
|first = July 1956
|last = May 1966
|volumes = 24
|volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type = drama
|director = Santaro Marune
|producer =
|writer =
|music =
|studio =Matsuzaki Production
|network = [[Nippon Television|NTV]]
|first = February 1, 1960
|last = April 25, 1960
|episodes = 13
|episode_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type = tv series
|title = Tetsujin 28 FX
|director = Tetsuo Imazawa
|producer = Jin Totani<br>Mikihiro Iwata<br>Toru Horikoshi<br>Yuko Sagawa
|writer = Hideki Sonoda
|music = Hiroaki Kondo
|studio = [[TMS Entertainment|Tokyo Movie Shinsha]]
|licensee = {{English anime licensee|NA=[[Discotek Media]]}}
|network = [[Nippon Television Network System|NNS]] (NTV)
|first = April 5, 1992
|last = March 30, 1993
|episodes = 47
|episode_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type = tv series
|title = Tetsujin 28 Gao!
|director = Tatsuji Yamazaki
|producer = Shotaro Muroji<br>Daisuke Hara
|writer = Mitsutaka Hirota<br>Tatsuji Yamazaki
|music = Futoshi Sato
|studio = [[Eiken (studio)|Eiken]]
|network = [[Fuji Network System|FNS]] ([[Fuji TV]])
|first = April 6, 2013
|last = March 26, 2016
|episodes = 151
|episode_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
|type = manga
|author = Atsushi Oba
|publisher = [[Shueisha]]
|demographic = ''[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]''
|magazine = Saikyō Jump
|first = June 2013
|last = August 2014
|volumes =
|volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
|title = Anime television series
|content =
* ''[[Gigantor]]'' (1963)
* ''[[The New Adventures of Gigantor]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Tetsujin 28-go (2004 TV series)|Tetsujin 28]]'' (2004)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
|title = Live-action film
|content =
* ''[[Tetsujin 28: The Movie]]'' (2005)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|'''''Tetsujin 28-gō'''''|鉄人28号|Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō|lit. "Iron Man No. 28"|lead=yes}}, known as simply '''''Tetsujin 28''''' in international releases, is a 1956 [[manga]] written and illustrated by [[Mitsuteru Yokoyama]], who would also create ''[[Giant Robo]]''. The series centers on the adventures of a young boy named Shotaro Kaneda, who controls a giant robot named Tetsujin 28, built by his late father.

The manga was later adapted into four [[anime]] television series, a [[Japanese television drama]] and two films, one [[live action]] and one animated. Released in 1963, the series was among the first Japanese anime series to feature a [[Super Robot|giant robot]]. It was later released in the United States as ''[[Gigantor]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title= Fire kills Japanese manga artist|work= [[BBC]]|date=16 April 2004|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3631529.stm|access-date=2011-10-23}}</ref> A live-action movie with heavy use of [[CGI animation|CGI]] was produced in Japan in 2005.

The series is credited with featuring the first humanoid giant robot controlled externally via remote control by an operator.