Genre:
Animation + Action + Adventure + Sci-Fi

Synopsis:
Murdered by criminals, Detective Yokoda's body is retrieved by Professor Tani and taken to his laboratory. There, Tani performs an experiment that has failed seven times; Yokoda is the latest subject to have his life force transferred into an android body. For the first time, the experiment succeeds. Yokoda is reborn as the armor-skinned android 8 Man, able to dash at impossible speeds, as well as shape-shift into other people. He shifts himself into Yokoda, this time christening himself as "Hachiro Azuma". He keeps this identity a secret, known only to Tani and his police boss Chief Tanaka. Even his girlfriend Sachiko and friend Ichiro don't know he's an android. As 8-Man, Hachiro fights crime (even bringing his murderers to justice). He smoked "energy" cigarettes, to rejuvenate his powers, that he carried in a cigarette case on his belt.
(from wikipedia.org)

In 1965, 8 Man was brought to the U.S. as 8th Man, with ABC Films as its syndicated distributor. 52 of the original 56 episodes were "converted" into English.

Casts:
Sakae Takayama ... 8 Man / Hachirô Azuma (voice)
Miyuki Ueda ... Sachiko Saki (voice)
Takayuki Hara ... Professor Tani (voice)
Shirô Amakusa ... Police Chief Zen'emon Tanaka (voice)
Kazue Tanaka ... Ichirô Higaki (voice)

Runtime:
30 min (56 episodes, 1 season)

Episode List:
Eighth Man Appearance
Hit Man Gaea Ream
Sibling of Satan
Capital Punishment Stand B3
Dark Capsule
Golden Gang
Sound Arresting Jet Aircraft
Super Small-Sized Missile
Light Ray Gun Laser
Robot 007
Assassin of Vision
Uranium of Seabed
Human Hollerith Card
Super Pilot
Black Ghost
Mysterious Thief Gold Beetle
Ultrasonic Doctor
Typhoon Baron
Counterattack of Gaea Ream
Spy Order 100
Robot Tiger
Zero Challenge
Napoleonic World 13
Salamander Maneuvers
Superhuman Rhinoceros Bar
Earth Zero Hour
Large Monster Eera
Bacterium Maneuvers
Human Missile
Cyborg Human Number C1
Ghost Highway
Solar Satellite Thunder
Artificial Life: Valkan
Duel
Freezing Light Ray
Virus 13
7 Days of Nightmare
Mysterious Human Ghost
Boy Which Makes Vision
Transparent Robot: Jupiter
8man Assassination Order
Queen Bee Monster
The ESP Witch
Worldwide Lightning Plan
Tarantula: Condemned Criminal
Sky Majin
Bubble Ball Maneuvers
Mars Human SAW
30 Hundred Million Hostages
Mysterious Image Giant
Aim for the Earth
Piranha Fish Food: Human
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Super Mankind Mutant, Part One
Super Mankind Mutant, Part Two
Good Bye Eight Man

Also Known As:
Eitoman (alternate)
Tobor the 8man (USA)
Eightman (international title)

Country:
Japan

Superheroes:
8 man

Based on the manga:
"8 man" created by Kazumasa Hirai and Jiro Kuwata

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