Credits vs Credits: 8-Man vs 8th Man

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.

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.

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.

Try Amazon they have the B&W series

Amazon has the original B&W Series on DVD

The American Opening was done by Animator "Ralph Bashki"

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.

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.

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

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