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Eitoman

  • TV Series
  • 1963–1964
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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Eitoman (1963)
AnimeSuperheroActionAdventureAnimationSci-Fi

A killed detective's mind is transferred by a scientific genius into the body of a shape-shifting robot superhero who fights crime.A killed detective's mind is transferred by a scientific genius into the body of a shape-shifting robot superhero who fights crime.A killed detective's mind is transferred by a scientific genius into the body of a shape-shifting robot superhero who fights crime.

  • Creators
    • Kazumasa Hirai
    • Jirô Kuwata
  • Stars
    • Sakae Takayama
    • Miyuki Ueda
    • Takayuki Hara
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    62
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    • Creators
      • Kazumasa Hirai
      • Jirô Kuwata
    • Stars
      • Sakae Takayama
      • Miyuki Ueda
      • Takayuki Hara
    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Episodes56

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    Sakae Takayama
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    Miyuki Ueda
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    • Sachiko Saki
    Takayuki Hara
    • Professor Tani
    Shirô Amakusa
    • Police Chief Zen'emon Tanaka
    Kazue Tanaka
    • Ichirô Higaki
    • Creators
      • Kazumasa Hirai
      • Jirô Kuwata
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    Athanatos

    Not Quite as Original as Claimed

    It is sometimes claimed that Eitoman is the fountainhead from which RoboCop and similar cyborg fiction comes. In point of fact, the crime fighting cyborg was introduced with or before DC's original Robotman (created by Siegel and Schuster, who had earlier created Superman) in the Apr 1942 Star-Spangled Comics. The original Robotman, who had a human brain and an otherwise robotic body, appeared routinely until 1953. He was occasionally reprinted, and revived later. There were probably antecedents for Robotman in the American pulp magazines of the '30s or '40s. Certainly science fiction magazines, books, and comic books continued to feature such characters subsequently.

    Eitoman might or might not have played some role in informing the creators of RoboCop; but it didn't present the innovation often claimed.

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      Alternate-language version of 8th Man (1965)
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      Eitoman
      (8 Man)

      Opening theme

      Performed by Shigeru Katsumi

      Music by Hiroaki Hagiwara

      Lyrics by Takehiko Maeda

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    • Release date
      • November 7, 1963 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • 8マン
    • Production company
      • TCJ Animation Center
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      • 30m

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