Credits vs Credits: 8-Man vs 8th Man

Comparing the opening credits of the original "8-Man" anime with its Ralph Bakshi directed American conterpart. The Japanese theme is entitled "8-Man's Song" ("Eitoman no Uta").

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Anime
• Classic
• Sixties

[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)

[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!

[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

[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.