鉄人２８号 (2004)

Tetsujin 28

In post-WWII Japan, Prof. Shikishima has built up Shikishima Industries to be a technological powerhouse, working on developing robots. However, at the heart of their success lurks a dark secret from the war, something that cost the life of Prof. Kaneda, the mentor of Prof. Shikishima. Now Kaneda's son, Shoutarou, is about to learn the truth, and it will change him forever. (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Original	鉄人２８号 (2004) (han)
Romaji	Tetsujin 28-gou (2004)
English	Tetsujin 28
Chinese	鐵人28 (traditional · via wikidata)
Also known as	Gigantor (2004)

Facts

Format	TV series · 26 ep · 25 min · 11h total
Aired	2004-04-08 → 2004-09-30 (Spring 2004)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	Palm Studio
Source	Manga
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Demographic	Shounen
Genres	Adventure Mecha Sci-Fi
Themes	Philosophy Shounen Real Robot War Historical Guns Male Protagonist Detective
Streaming	Crunchyroll · RetroCrush

Reception

Community score	7.64 / 10
Bayesian score	7.61 / 10
Composite	55.7
On lists	3,691
Favourited	98 (2.7%)
Completion	69.8%
Drop rate	7.2%
In backlog	64.6%
Score spread σ	1.85

Score distribution

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Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Broadcast season	Spring 2004	B	10 of 49
Year	2004	B	27 of 178
Genre	Mecha	B	64 of 484
Era	Early 2000s	B	107 of 687
Length	Two-cour	C	256 of 699
Genre	Sci-Fi	B	282 of 1,409
Genre	Adventure	C	421 of 1,534
Season (all years)	Spring	B	438 of 1,868
Demographic	Shounen	C	492 of 1,219
Source material	Manga	C	910 of 3,025
Format	TV series	C	952 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	B	1,631 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Yasuhiro Imagawa, Junichi Higashi, Eiji Tsuchida
Series composition	Yasuhiro Imagawa
Character design	Takashi Nakamura
Original creator	Mitsuteru Yokoyama