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Tetsujin 28 Statue in Kobe

Finally got around to piecing together and uploading my videos of our visit to the Testujin 28 (Gigantor) statue in Shin-Nigata, Kobe last December. For those that don't know, Testujin 28 (or Gigantor as he's known in the west) is a ... Continue reading

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With all the latest hype of the Tokyo life size Gundam now Shin-Nagata Kobe gets their very own Japanese life size robot of Tetsujin 28!!!! Tetsujin 28. Continue reading

Tetsujin 28 – Monster Resurrected | Apparel & Accessories

Product DescriptionThe journey begins when Professor Kaneda creates the ultimate soldier robot, Tetsujin, as a substitute for his son, Shotaro, whom. Continue reading

Giant Robo – Spot the cameos! « The Mecha Mash

Black Ox from Tetsujin 28. Far as I know, Black Ox has always been a robot that's acted as the series' antagonist role. From what I've heard it's armed with a basic AI (Though in Giant Robo every robot does to a degree, in Tetsujin 28 ... Continue reading

Photobook:Tetsujin-28 Manga Character

Last Oct., a ward in Kobe City, Japan unveiled a 18m statue of the famous manga character, Tetsujin-28. During the massive earthquake in 1995, the ward was hit very hard. The ward is Nagata a group of people formed an NGO to erect the ... Continue reading

042/100 Tetsujin 28 (2005) « My God, It's Full of Nerds!

I was a little surprised to find out that the original manga version of Tetsujin 28 dates all the way back to the 1950s. Between that and Astroboy, the Japanese started early on their fetish for robot surrogate family members. ... Continue reading

ToyboxDX Brog: Japanese Toy Blog » GO BIG!! Popy Kamen Rider Super ...

KR Super 1, Tetsujin 28 and Tigermask, Golion being the odd man out due to it's supremely bad ass ability to combine.. Either way, neither of other two I own step to Kamen Rider SUPAHHH 1. Nothing spectacular aside from the removable ... Continue reading

Three Steps Over Japan: Manga review: Tetsujin 28-go, vol. 1

And "Tetsujin 28-go" (Iron Man #28) began running in Shonen in 1956. Right after graduating from school, he started working for Sumitomo Mitsui Bank, but quit after 5 months to concentrate on drawing. He founded Hikari Productions in ... Continue reading

six23 - Not exactly my ideal scenario.

Getter Robo, Tetsujin-28, Giant Robo, Mazinger Z, of course Evangelion, and ... FLCL again! But the point is, you get these two seemingly disparate concepts that come together as a result of social factors, right? So people are like, ... Continue reading