This series premiered in Japan on April 7, 2004, only eight days before the original creator of the series, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, died in a fire at his home at the age of 69.
The series has been released in the United States under its original name by Geneon and in the United Kingdom by Manga Entertainment, marking This was the first Tetsujin 28 related anime to not be titled as "Gigantor" or any other name in any of the English speaking countries.
It was then rescued by Discotek Media for a SD Blu-ray release on September 25, 2018, with the movie (being released as Morning Moon of Midday) released on sub-only Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack on January 29, 2019. While not fully based on the original manga, it followed an than in the.
From the same name as the manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama Tetsujin 28 (2004) is the 4th anime installment of the Tetsujin 28 series franchise. It was animated by Genco and Palm Studio and written and directed by Yasuhiro Imagawa, which follows an extremely different storyline than the 1960s series.