Tetsujin nijûhachi-gô
Animation Series (2004)
Japanese title: 鉄人28号
Starring:
Motoko Kumai/Nathan Tipple (Shotaro Kaneda)
Shigeru Ushiyama/Michael Kopsa (Professor Shikishima)
Minoru Inaba/Don Brown (Chief Ootsuka)
Yuji Mikimoto/Brian Drummond (Kenji Murasame)
The story takes place ten years after World War II, approximately the same time as the manga debuted, focused mainly on Shotaro's pursuit to control and fully understand Tetsujin's capabilities, all the while encountering previous creations and scientists from the Tetsujin Project.
Note: This is an animated film. The aircraft shown in it are therefore not actual aircraft, however, where a reasonable depiction of an actual aircraft has been created, it has been identified as best as possible.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Ep.1 "The Resurrection of Shotaro"
North American F-86 Sabre
Ep.1 "The Resurrection of Shotaro"
Mitsubishi A6M blueprint
Ep.2 "No. 27 Vs. No. 28"
Mitsubishi A5M blueprint
Ep.2 "No. 27 Vs. No. 28"
Bell 47G
Ep.2 "No. 27 Vs. No. 28"
Ep.22 "The End of the Rampage"
Ep.26 "Crime and Punishment"
Kawasaki C-1
Ep.3 "The Arrival of Monster Robot"
Appears in a series that is supposed to be set in the mid to late 1950s...
Unidentified Aircraft
Ep.17 "The Kokuryumaru Incident"
Cessna 175
Ep.22 "The End of the Rampage"
Wallis WA-116
Appears only in the opening, used by the bad guys. They seem to be inspired by the Wallis autogyro that most famously appears in You Only Live Twice.
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