Credits vs Credits: 8-Man vs 8th Man

[blackphoenix77]

The original Japanese opening was better.

[antifatbastard]

You did an EXCELLENT job..... thank you.....

[FoxPlant2006]

You can tell just from the second opening how much the show's been dumbed down.

[PhemoneMedea]

I remember this was my favorite cartton show in the Sixties. It was on WPIX Channel 11 NY,NY

[starguard]

They should have called Godzilla instead

[MangetsuSAMURAI]

Wow, the American into made me want to punch babies.

[mrnaji]

who cares what version, 8man is better than any of the shit that's out today

[Strie72]

If anyones a fan of Jiro Kuwata and Batman, you guys should check out the latest Batman The Brave and The Bold ep titled Batmite presents: Batman The Strangest Cases. It shows a version of Batman Manga that Jiro Kuwata did and the opening is almost exactly like this one, very cool episode.

[hilarioph]

I think they're using the Japanese

footage of 8 man and they use the

cartoon drawings from the states

back in the 60's. Just like they did in

Power rangers they using sentai footage

when during battle

[BandakaKush]

The Japanese version is better.

[d18zephyr]

@TrueIori I've been looking for it too, but unfortunately, the OVA theme was created for the US release. And since the company that produced it, Streamline Pictures is now defunct, there's virtually no way of getting a copy of that track. I even went as far as to contact Streamline's co-founder Jerry Beck, but he was just annoyed and wouldn't help... : /

[gaishared]

The U.S. 8-man was more astroboy the japan 8-Man was more Kamen Rider .

[sh4rkbyt3]

Wasn't 8-man the character who got his powers by smoking cigarettes that were located in his belt buckle? I remember this being on for one or two seasons when iwas a kid and then it disappeared as quickly as it had arrived.

[Earthlinked]

@sh4rkbyt3 YES!! And this was the mid1960's when cigarettes were getting a bad name - and advertising cigarettes was completely banned on TV by 1970. Tovor the 8th man was the only cartoon that got his powers from smoking!!!!!!!! Ther was one episode that he got into trouble - for smoking in a NO SMOKING area!!! It was also a very violent cartoon - even by todays standards!!!!!!!!

[masaruoka2003]

It is a starting point of the animation songs of Japan.

An American version is excrement.

An American version is excrement past and now.

[MDthornton83]

Yeah. The Sci-Fi Channel had that OVA edited heavily due to the amount of violence and gore in certain scenes. But luckily I have the full unedited version on DVD. It's a classic.

[TimelordR]

That's some classic Anime there. I do think that the American theme song was a bit corny, though.

[Lehnerd57]

I wonder if a 8th-Man are 8-Man Movie ever make the theaters anytime soon!

[MDthornton83]

As far as I know, there has been at least 2 8-man movies in a row. The first one was a live action film that came out in 1992 or so. And then there was 8-Man After which an anime feature film that came out in 1993.

[fromthesidelines]

As in the case of "ASTRO BOY", ABC Films and producer Joe Oriolo (who adapted "8th MAN" for stateside audiences) wanted a different title and theme that would appeal to "American kids"- he got Winston Sharples, who also wrote the immortal theme for Oriolo's "FELIX THE CAT" years before, to create a new theme song, and had moonlighting animator Ralph Bakshi (from CBS Terrytoons in New Rochelle; Joe knew all of the New York animators, especially those who could help him out) work on the title.

[RoyFive]

I was fortunate enough to find a dollar DVD of this at a Dollar Tree outlet. I used to love watching it on Saturdays on one of our independent channels.

[HorrormovieQueen]

im looking everywhere for this ! I cannot find this anime anywhere i can find the movie but not the B&w series :( it saddens me.

[fixfred99]

Try Amazon they have the B&W series

[fixfred99]

Amazon has the original B&W Series on DVD

[Jazzy9964]

The American Opening was done by Animator "Ralph Bashki"

[Starcomet]

The U.S. version looked so Boot-legged, typical for America at the time to do that and even now. The Japanese version was better.

[bradwtv]

Looks like 3 different products here, 8 Man, 8th Man and the American 8th Man. I remember the middle one. I think he used to "smoke" special power packs, that looked like cigarettes, for extra power. What a flashback.

[GadGades]

the japanese intro made me think of superman. Like japan's superman, he did all the classic things like outrace a train, and smash a car at people. That american intro was really stupid

[ackofgod]

i have a i idea for movie robo cap and 8-man meet and kick evils  ass how will not pay to see this

[Jazzy9964]

The U.S. Opening Animation was done by Ralph Bakshi, who did Fritz the Cat

[REDZ28won]

This was my Favorite Cartoon when I was a Kid!

[themightycelestial]

Fight! Fight!

Fight! Fight! Fight!

Eight! Eight!

Eight! Eight! Eight!

Peekalou whonee peekalou OH-hola

Pee kaal daii etee......!

[ebwarg]

Actually:

Hikaru umi hikaru oozora hikaru dai ichi

Yukoo mugen no chiheisen

Hashire EITOMAN

Tama yori mo hayaku

Sakebe mune o hare

Kotetsu no mune o

(you can figure the rest out yourself)

[diddymuck]

the us intro was as though they never heard of the character outside of his status as a robot. He's flying, lifting oversized weights and throwing a dinosaur (oh, come on!) into orbit. Nothing like what the character is like.

[Staszu13]

This was a good one, saw it on WGN in Chicago circa 1967...but why did all anime heroes back then look like Charlie Sheen? :-)

[stardingo747]

I've always liked this mecha, high tech type anime but one thing always bugged me; what happens when the technology becomes obsolete? I mean I figure, Major Motoko Kusanagi of Ghost in the Shell fame, won't be state of the art forever, the moment she stops being a cop, no more free upgrades. Another thing that bugged me even as a kid was "how much does all that suff cost!?"

[stardingo747]

so he's basically the flash, but somewhat slower and with superhuman strength and cybernetic.

man, how far did this anime come.... the 1993 version is a vast improvement.

[Lehnerd57]

u know tobor spelled  backwards is robot

[squooge]

Wow, what a nostalgia trip - I definitely remember that dinosaur!

[HorrormovieQueen]

i want this series but i cant find it all i found was the 8man after movie :<

[psychogaze]

Wow...the American re-design reminds me too much of the bad U.S. Mega Man re-designs for the NES.

[MDthornton83]

They're two completely different intros.

[imnazhole]

WOW!!! These are some of my first memories at 1 and 2 years old during 1962 and 1963. Thanks for the incredible flashback. I havent seen my old friend in over forty years! WOW!!!

[ronito6]

I loved 8th man as a kid.

He always ended up doing a cool pose with his power cigarettes after he would smoke one to regain his energy.

God he was cool.

[fromthesidelines]

Incidentally, the "closing" credits for the Amercian version {dubbed by Joe Oriolo, and animated by Bakshi with help from several of Joe's friends, including Sharples, at Paramount's New York animation studio} consisted of a reprise of the opening title-- NO credits, Japanese or American-- except for an insertion at 2:29; "This Has Been An *** Films Presentation" (which was omitted when I first saw it on WPIX-TV in New York in the mid-'60s...seems they didn't want to credit a "rival network").

[kokujin1014]

Just for the record,"This Has Been An ABC Films Presentation". I've seen it on WPHL-TV in Philadelphia.

[djSpinege]

very true.

[BadNews88]

MY money HAS to be on the ORIGINAL Japanese version...it's ruffer, tuffer, grittier and is a BETTER representative of the 8th Man character, storylines & overall mythos..

Let's face it, the WINSTON SHARPLES-composed theme for US release is OK...but sounds more like a jingle for a household cleaning product..

[ebwarg]

I couldn't put my finger on it before, but yes! That's exactly what it sounds like!

[tubebarred]

Yeah the Jap version is much better...if you're a dirty jap LOL

[Elementa2006]

What the hell are you talking about?

[tubebarred]

You're a jap huh? WW2!

[Elementa2006]

No, I'm Egyptian.