History Anime / Gigantor

** Dave Mustaine of Music/{{Megadeth}} cited ''Gigantor'' as one of his favorite cartoons and named his tour, "Gigan''tour''", in its honor.

** Dave Mustaine of Music/{{Megadeth}} cited Gigantor as one of his favorite cartoons and named his tour "GIGANTOUR" in its honor.

** Dave Mustaine of Music/{{Megadeth}} cited Gigantor as one of his favorite cartoons and named his tour "GIGANTOUR"in its honor.

Gigantor -- Tetsujin Nijuhachi-go, or "Iron Man #28" in the original Japanese -- was a HumongousMecha controlled by a young boy, Jimmy Sparks (Shotaro Kaneda). They lived on a remote island with Jimmy's uncle, a scientist, and [[TheyFightCrime fought crime]]. Originally set just after WorldWarII, the English dub portrayed the show as being set in the then-future year of 2000. Based on the original manga by Misuteru Yokoyama, it is one of the first popular anime to air in America, in both its original form and in the revamped ''New Adventures of Gigantor'' originally produced in 1980, and aired internationally in the late 80s/early 90s. It was also remade in 2004 and given a live-action adaptation in 2005.

->''[[HumongousMecha Bigger than big, taller than tall,]]''
->''[[ImpossiblyGracefulGiant Quicker than quick]], stronger than strong;''
->''Ready to fight for right -- against wrong!''
->''Gigantooooooooor!''
-->The American version's BraggingThemeTune

* TropeMaker -- Gigantor created the SuperRobot, which GoNagai's series would expand upon.

* HumongousMecha -- the first.

* ''SuperRobotWars'' -- It will show up -at last!- in SuperRobotWarsZ2.2. Though it's the 80s version which has had a mixed reception.

* TheKidWithTheRemoteControl: Possibly the UrExample, at least in the mecha genre.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: In the 2004 series, the Mafia steal the remote control box and are able to control Tetsujin. During this time, Tetsujin's eyes turn red, with no {{In-Universe}} explanation as to why.
* ''SuperRobotWars'': It will show up -at last!- in SuperRobotWarsZ2.2. Though it's the 80s version which has had a mixed reception.

** {{Macekre}} -- Eventually inverted by the aforementioned 2004 series, which not only is truer to the original Japanese version (including retaining the characters' original Japanese names), it was even released under the original name of Tetsujin 28 in North America.
* ProductPlacement -- In the original Japanese version, there's a sponsor spot (just before the opening proper) for the Japanese candy company Glico (makers of Pocky). It goes "GURIKO! GURIKO! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis GU! RI! KO!]]" ("guriko" being the Japanese pronounciation.)

* ProductPlacement -- In the original Japanese version, there's a sponsor spot (just before the opening proper) for the Japanese candy company Glico (makers of Pocky). It goes "GURIKO! GURIKO! [[ThisIsSPARTA GU! RI! KO!]]" ("guriko" being the Japanese pronounciation.)

Gigantor -- Tetsujin Nijuhachi-go, or "Iron Man #28" in the original Japanese -- was a HumongousMecha controlled by a young boy, Jimmy Sparks (Shotaro Kaneda). They lived on a remote island with Jimmy's uncle, a scientist, and [[TheyFightCrime fought crime]]. Originally set just after WorldWarII, the English dub portrayed the show as being set in the then-future year of 2000. Based on the original manga by Misuteru Yokoyama, it is one of the first popular anime to air in America, in both its original form and in the revamped ''New Adventures of Gigantor'' originally produced in 1980, and aired internationally in the late 80s/early 90s. It was also given a live-action adaptation in 2005.

* ShoutOut -- Anime classic ''{{Akira}}'' makes a ShoutOut to ''Gigantor'' with some character names: Shotaro Kaneda and Akira Shikishima.

* TheKidWithTheRemoteControl -- literally

!! Trope Namer:
{{Shotacon}}: Shotacon gets its name from Shotaro, who is considered the prototype for the boys found in the genre. It has since evolved, however.

{{Cute Shota Boy}}: Shotacon gets its name from Shotaro, who is considered the prototype for the boys found in the genre. It has since evolved, however.

Gigantor -- Tetsujin Nijuhachi-go, or "Iron Man #28" in the original Japanese -- was a HumongousMecha controlled by a young boy, Jimmy Sparks (Shotaro Kaneda). They lived on a remote island with Jimmy's uncle, a scientist, and fought crime. Originally set just after WorldWarII, the English dub portrayed the show as being set in the then-future year of 2000. Based on the original manga by Misuteru Yokoyama, it is one of the first popular anime to air in America, in both its original form and in the revamped ''New Adventures of Gigantor'' originally produced in 1980, and aired internationally in the late 80s/early 90s. It was also given a live-action adaptation in 2005.

* CuteShotaroBoy -- Shotaro is the TropeNamer and an excellent example.

* ''SuperRobotWars'': It will show up -at last!- in Super Robot War Z2.2. Though it's the 80s version which has had a mixed reception.

* TropeMaker -- Gigantor created the SuperRobot genre, which GoNagai's series would expand upon.

* ''SuperRobotWars'': It will show up -at last!- in Super Robot War Z2.2.

* SuperRobotWars: It will show up -at last!- in Super Robot War Z2.2.

->''Bigger than big, taller than tall,''
->''Quicker than quick, stronger than strong;''

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