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8 Man
Official 2011 reprint cover of the manga's first volume from Japan.
エイトマン (Eitoman)
Manga
Written by
Kazumasa Hirai
Illustrated by
Jiro Kuwata
Published by
Kodansha
Magazine
Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic
Shōnen
Original run
1963 – 1966
Volumes
5
Anime television series
Directed by
Haruyuki Kawajima
Music by
Tetsuaki Hagiwara
Studio
TCJ
Original network
TBS
English network
AU:Nine Network
Original run
7 November 1963 – 31 December 1964
Episodes
56
Live-action television film
8 Man Has Returned
Directed by
Akinori Kikuchi
Written by
Masakazu Shirai
Original network
Fuji TV
Released
31 August 1987
Live-action film
8 Man Before: Subete no Sabishii Yoru no Tame ni
Directed by
Yasuhiro Horiuchi
Produced by
Isao Urushidani
Written by
Mitsuyuki Miyazaki Junko Suzuki
Music by
Carole King
Released
1992
Original video animation
8 Man After
Directed by
Yoriyasu Kogawa
Produced by
Koji Honda Norihisa Abe Shinji Komori
Studio
J.C.Staff
Licensed by
NA:Discotek Media
Released
August 21, 1993 – November 22, 1993
Runtime
25–30 minutes (each)[1]
Episodes
4
Manga
8 Man After
Written by
Masahiro Suematsu
Published by
Kodansha
Magazine
Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic
Shōnen
Original run
1994 – 1995
Volumes
1
Manga
8 Man Infinity
Written by
Kyoichi Nanatsuki
Illustrated by
Takayuki Takashi
Published by
Kodansha
Magazine
Magazine Z
Demographic
Seinen
Original run
2005 – 2007
Volumes
6
8 Man (8マン) or Eightman (エイトマン, Eitoman) or 8th Man (8人目, 8 Hitome, in the US) is a manga and superhero anime created in 1963 by science fiction writer Kazumasa Hirai and manga artist Jiro Kuwata.[2] 8 Man is considered Japan's earliest cyborg superhero, pre-dating Kamen Rider.[3]
The manga was published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine and ran from 1963 to 1966. The anime series was produced by TCJ Animation Center (nowadays Eiken). It was broadcast on Tokyo Broadcasting System and ran from November 17, 1963, to December 31, 1964, with a total of 56 episodes, as well as a "farewell" special episode, "Goodbye, 8 Man".
^"8 Man After - DVD - 1993 - Region 1 - US Import - NTSC". Amazon.co.uk. 27 November 2001. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
^Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981. Scarecrow Press. pp. 89–90. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
^Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade. A-Net Digital LLC. 5 November 2010. ISBN 9780984593750. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2017 – via Google Books.
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