Tobor the 8 Man - Episode 1: Introducing Eightman (1965) | Jerry Berke, Bob Gaynor, Jack Metger
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- Опубликовано: 20 янв 2025
- 8th Man Episode 01: Just as the title states this is the origin episode and details how Special Agent Brady was cruelly run-down by an automobile and killed by Saucer Lips (Mukade) and his gang, and then had his mind restored in the robot body created by Prof. Genius (Tani) but very little is revealed about Prof. Genius at this point.
Creators: Kazumasa Hirai, Jirô Kuwata
Stars: Jerry Berke, Bob Gaynor, Jack Metger
Cast
Jerry Berke as Peter Brady
Bob Gaynor as Chief Fumblethumbs
Jack Metger as Dr. Spectra
Sandy Warshaw as Dr. Spectra
This takes me back, I used to watch Tobor the Eighth Man after school.
Prince Planet too
Me too. Born1955.
I grew up with 8th Man, Astro Boy, Johnny Socko and his flying Robot and the real Gigantor. I miss seeing them on TV. I'm 60 and proud of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm about 20 years younger and sad I missed that great era. The late 60's still had good content before the censorship for kids shows started, the 70's was pretty lame for cartoons.
im waiting 4 the energy cigarattes XD
janell bennett me two
Me too!
Don't forget Speed Racer , Marine Boy, and Mazinger Z.
I just found this today and it is pure GOLD! This millennial loves 8th man.
Where have you been.?
Just a thought in your mum and dads minds.?
Boy, you have no idea what you missed.
@@jetquailsynd6724 is goodbye 8man the last episode in this set???
@@jetquailsynd6724 she might have been too young when this came out Goofy if I wasn't even born yet
@@jetquailsynd6724 Everyone isn't old enough to remember dinosaurs roaming about their backyard, Cave Boy. Eat your Jell-O and enjoy your fresh diaper.😂
The 8th Man was one of my favorites of the period. Fireball XL-5, Jonny Quest, and Clutch Cargo as well as Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, and Chiller Theater, were all great shows.
Jonny Quest is awesome too. I have been a fan of Roger (Race)Bannon
BINGO😁!!! Sounds like, my lineup. Ultraman, Gumby and Dr. Shock 🧛…………
Also there was Gigantor and although not animated, The Banana Splits!
Early 1960s!
And Astro Boy
At times, old jingles and theme songs pop into my head. Started singing "bigger than big... stronger than strong" and my son asked me what it was I was singing. I said "8 Man...you remember...". Then I thought...he was born in '73! He had absolutely no idea! We searched for it!Boy oh boy! 8Man was a loooong time ago lol!!! Thx!
I think you might be singing the theme song to Gigantor. I'm having trouble remembering the 8th Man theme.
It's Gigantor
I grew up with 8th Man, Astro Boy, Jonny Quest, and more seeing them on TV. I'm 60 and proud of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wowzers! So cool to see these. I grew up in the early 60's and I thought I would never see these again. Yup, Speed Racer, Astro Boy, Thunderbirds, Johnny Quest and the list goes on. In glorious black and white TV. Thank you :)
We had some great shows back then! After school, I usually watched Gigantor, Underdog, Kimba the White Lion, or The Adventures of Superman, depending on the broadcast schedule. Sometimes also Rocky and Bullwinkle. My favourite Saturday shows were Johnny Quest and Thunderbirds. Great times! ❤
I clearly remember 8th man and I am so happy to find him again after 50+ years. It is interesting to my 65 year old self to watch this now and consider how this played to my child self. the music sounds like the music for Car 54 Where Are you. Iron Man, 6 million dollar man who came first?
I am so loving this. I too was a kid during the sixties and it was 8 MAN, SPEED RACER, ASTRO BOY, MARINE BOY and KIMBA, THE WHITE LION.
So was I. Classic cartoons!
@@williamvasquez7889 I feel kimba is a Simba but Disney is a Billion dollar company and there isn't anyway to contradict anything they do. Oh, well.
Great Classic Cartoons
I was born in the 90s but I did watch Kimba the White Lion as a child alongside dragon ball and Sailor Moon cause while My brother got me into Dragon Ball with his tapes. I watched Sailor Moon on tv but Kimba was at my local video store and I use to rent and I loved the show and had no idea it came out in the 60s. The White Lion was so cute so is the girl lion. Its a different take from Lion King. They totally copied both the names by making them sound alike and the scenes. I just finally watched the original Astro Boy although its not complete in dubbed and just started Speed Racer. I'm watching the Origins of Both Anime and Cartoon series and movies. The Godfathers were Osama Tezuka and Walt Disney. I'm so glad they were Friends
not Cartoons Anime but as a child you don't know that. I had no idea Serendipity was an Anime. It was actually ova episodes they merged into a movie for America
I remember when this first came out in 1965 and my neighbor and I were talking about it as we were sitting in our bedroom windows while our parents were yelling at us to go to bed. That's when they would broadcast cartoons in the evening after the Flintstones broke into prime-time.
Cool!
I was nine. Loved this cartoon. Watched it every day after school when it was on - CKLW TV in Windsor, Ontario Canada - 1965
Same here. Also Bozo the Clown used show a.lot of the English dubbed versions 60's Japanese animation tv shows
Wow, this cartoon taught me how to draw. I would practice drawing Tobor every day at lunch and after the show went off. My friends were impressed by my artwork. Loved this show.
I LOVED THIS CARTOON!!! oh and Speed Racer and GIGANTOR. They never grow old.
EXACTLY
A true classic!
WOW! A part of my childhood TV history for sure! Thanks!
Thank you for sharing this - it's been a long time - my favourite cartoon of my childhood (along with Speed Racer, Marine Boy and Kimba...)
Sophisticated well beyond its majority audience members' maturity level.
That may be why we watched them as kids. Even if we didn't fully understand the nuances , we responded to well written sophistcated material on some level.
“Tobor the 8th Man” real early anime. When I grew up; it came on every day about 4pm, so me and my brother would run home after school to watch it. Yea it was the the 60’s.
Interesting. In this episode, the cigarettes were introduced as an energy booster. In the original Japanese series, they function as a cooling device that releases heat from the electronic circuit to prevent overheating. Totally opposite!
And the brand, Kent how ironic.
I remember! Funny, 8th was part the Merry Marching Marvel characters TV show in Washington, DC WTTG now FOX. For quite some time I 8th Man was part of the Marvel group like Thor, Hulk, etc. Iwas able to watch VHS live action 8th! Creeeeeeepy!
Yep, isn't that something 😮
Awesome memories. One of my favorites among the many great 60s cartoons...
Me too.
Same here!
We loved The 8th Man so much, we used to sing the theme song at camp....... repeatedly!
+Entertainlaw haha glad we could bring back those memories for you :)
59 and still have that song in my head occasionally.
It's the first time I have ever heard about this Japanese animation. It reminds me of Astroboy, which I did see as a kid, along with Marineboy, Speedracer and Kimba the White Lion. This was in the early 1970's
great show it used to come on channel 11 wpix in the 60>s
I love the existential angst of Tobor confronting Prof. Genius for turning him into a robot without his permission. Great moral paradoxes for kids to ponder.
Do you really think a 9 year old knew what a moral paradox was? I didn't, I just enjoyed the adventures.
Not all boys think the same as you.
@@GH3K3 and neither did you...SO GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE!!!
@@motherbrown9486 I'm on a 'high horse', and yet you feel you know everything about me from one comment and consider that "reasonable". It's called "projection", M.B.
Then again, if you watch most anime, especially magical girl anime and even anime like Digimon, you'd see kids are forced to become heroes without a say in the matter, or getting their parents' okay.
stunningly fantastic that you posted this. I watched it on UHF channels out of Boston area back in the 60s. Stuff like this induced me to become an engineer. Sci fi can be good
gk10002000 I'm glad you can still enjoy it. They make cartoons like 8th man today, classic stuff.
I remember, as a child, walking home from school and watching Tobor, supercar and Gigantor. Goodness… The world was so different then.
Dr. Genius (really…) gave him energy "cigarettes. Ah the 60s.
Loved this as a kid. it was one of those show (like Marine Boy) that no one seemed to remember, unlike Gigantor
I sat in front of the ancient cathode ray box as a kid watching all these early Japanese cartoons. "Professor Genius". That's still funny.
Watched this as a kid on KPLR-TV channel 11 in St Louis
Thanks for posting this
It was WPIX channel 11 in NYC, in the ‘60’s for me. 😎
one of the most through origin stories ever
Robot The 8th Man!
I loved this as a little kid
The car design of those in the car chase scene is top notch. That 59 Impala vibe is strong.
Also, I never realized how much the Robocop movie was influenced by this even though I was exposed to this as a kid.
Robocop & The Six Million Dollar Man / Woman
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This is one of the episodes I never saw.
It is the most important because it is "The Origin of 8th Man"! Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!
BingCherry11 Yep you have to know how it begins :) Glad you enjoy these!
I watched this at 5 years old and loved it, My brother and I would Play 8th man and super man in our tiny St. Louis apartment. Memories .
I was twelve years old when I first saw this cartoon in 1965 and just entered the seventh grade at Jordan L. Mott JHS 22 in the Bronx, New York. This classic cartoon was on WPIX-TV CHANNEL 11.
WPIX tv. Chuck McCann. Capt. Jack McCarthy, Officer Joe Bolton.
I was amazed how long it took me to realize what Tobor is spelled backwards.
+Richard Ranke ha yea it's a clever one :)
Really Prof.. Genius said what it meant in this episode !
Really? Really?
Found this searching for Gigantor. I grew up in the 90s but watched both as my mum would buy us these long vhs tapes that had lots of vintage cartoons. These were among them LOL
I was a 90s child too watching Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball and Serendipity and Sdamper the Penguin but I still remember watching Kimba the White Lion fron the 1960s. I rented it at my local video store
I never knew Kimba or Skamper the Penguin or Serendipity were a Japanese origin or that Serendipity was a bunch of OVAs that was brought out in America as a movie so we never got the complete version
This cartoon is so ahead of it's time.
Its a japanese cartoon
OG RoboCop!
@@marocomarocodoidos I know
OMG!! This was my favorite show when I was five. Used to run around with a big '8' plastered to my chest playing 8th man. Too young to remember any of the episodes, but I do remember there were seven creations before him, hence 8th man, and an episode where his secretary caught him changing from Tobor to the 8th man. Is that right or just the muddled memories of a child? Plan to watch all of these when time permits.
Loved Marine Boy (aqua gum) and Astroboy, too.
TheLilblackdog I am glad you remember 8th Man :) That sounds about right, though I don't recall any episode of Jenny catching Tobor changing into 8th Man, but we don't have all of the episodes so maybe a lost one.
Wow! I remember this show. I was 3 years old in North Philly PA.
1962 I was 11 yrs. Old.
I think Tobor the 8th man
Was the first Japanese cartoon I ever seen .
Before Anime.
it really was the 1st asin animi
aunt & roach killer Born in or around 1951, right?
I remember watching 8th man when I was a little kid. It was on WPHL tv at 5:00!!! I love, 💕💕💕💕💕💕😘😘😘😘😘 LOOOVE this anime 😍😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩😉🤩🤩🤩🤩
Wee Willie Webber
I liked this as a kid. Watching it now, I was waiting for him to say "Dead or alive, you're coming with me." Or "Come quietly or there will be...trouble."
Wow this takes me back.
Grew up with this guy. Just decided to see what he looked like now.... Amazing how times have changed..
The original 6 Million Dollar Man and Robocop.
RIGHT ON ANDREW CHASE, TAKE CARE MY FRIEND
Also Alien Resurrection, which stars the clone Ripley 8.
With Prof. Genius going on about Brady's "Fine Young Man Body", a just bit of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, too....
What about Ultraman?
This takes me back to my childhood.😊
I used to try to tune in to 8 Man as an eight year old kid in the late 60s. I say "try" because it was on a UHF station and the signal was spotty -- the weather had to be right.
I don’t recall ever seeing this as a kid. The only two cartoons I remember from Japan with similar early Anime styles at this time was Kimba first, then Speed Racer came along. And 8th man reminds me of Racer X (Speed’s secret brother) from Speed Racer. My guess is this was televised on the East Coast which did air unique cartoons compared to the West Coast. I grew up in LA.
This appears to be very early … like ‘64-‘65? Gotta love the power cigarettes :-) That’s sure is a sign of the times.
Loved this show as a kid!!
I was seven years old in 1965; I remember watching 8th Man, Marine Boy, Astro Boy, Gigantor, Prince Planet in Philadelphia’s UHF Channel 17
Kimba the White Lion came on UHF Channel 48, I think
Tobor, the original RoboCop!
Loved this cartoon as I was growing up!!
8th man the original ''flash'' right up there with stingray, cool tunes with the music.
kolt473 The Flash goes back to 1940.
My Brother Gregory favorite and all time, number one Best Television Show..He love Tobar the Eighth Man.!! RIP Gregory,🎱 Man has your back. Love Mike.
Was reading about Robocop today and learned that 8th Man was an influence. I knew about 8th Man but never tied the two together before now, cool to see the origin for the first time, awesome TV show! Wish he had been around when I was growing up but all I had Japanese wise was Gigantor and Speed Racer who were awesome as well, this one I guess was too violent for the late 1960's New York City TV? Thanks!
I was thinking of Robocop while watching this, especially the lack of consent
great thanks for bringing back great memories
Back in the 60's I guess it was, Speed Racer, Gigantor and 8th Man all came on around the same time on TV. If there was any conflict, I always chose 8th man. It had mature themes and just the fact that the guy had been killed and put in a robot was beyond anything they were showing in other cartoons. My friends seemed to prefer the other two shows, and I could never figure out why. The original from Japan was called 8 Man, without the 'th', and as far as I'm concerned this style was the predecessor to modern day Anime.
Digital.Gods yep agree
i used to run home after school to watch 8th man. I think it was on Ch 11 WPIX.
It was my favorite cartoon.I liked the episode where his brain overheated. I also liked the episode where he had to fight his "brother" but his brother had a human brain
Yep...Speed Racer, Gigantor and 8th Man (which I remember as simply "8-Man") were the Big 3. I don't know why 8th Man didn't catch on like the other two. I clearly remember being in elementary school in the early '70s trying to explain 8-Man to a classmate who had never seen the show.
@@8thManDVDcom THE MOVIE ROBO COP WAS COPIED FROM THIS CARTOON
Exactly my experiences with friends in mid sixties.
I love how he gets his power back! 8th Man Tobor robot spelled backwards.
Implication being that nicotine gives you great powers: Which is does. As an air traffic controller, it made my mine super fast on the job. Alas, it gave me lung cancer, too.
@@sillyone52062 WOW I HOPE YOUR DOING WELL IN 2020?
It's a pallindrome (sp).
@sillyone52062 It's a strong appetite suppressant too. Also, when people gathered together during smoke breaks, there was often a lot of brainstorming going on. ...Unfortunately, it was at the cost of health & longevity.
I'm always humming this theme song. I decided to see if the show was being posted on RUclips. Tobor, Robot spelled backward. This Gigantor, Speed Racer. Were my favorite after-school cartoons.
Great shows Thank you
Kenneth R Martinez
Kenneth Martinez yep these are classic :) Glad you enjoy them.
Love how 8---Man man handles Godzilla,providing that size don't matter!!💪👍😎😎😎😎
Thanks to my dad for showing me 8th man.
Interesting Remastering. The original vocals are original but the sound effects are actually what has been remastered. Better remember to turn sound volume way down after watching or the speakers will explode!
Tim Harper I think we enhanced the sound effects on the first 5 episodes, was for 5.1 on DVD. Yea you can "feel" the power lol We got to many bad reviews and complaints so stopped doing that with future episodes but the first few still remain as I never updated them. Personally it grew on me I like it but that's me.
8thManDVD.com RUclips Channel Looks Terrific, I just need to be sure to turn my volume back down when Im done watching. Thanks for posting these!
Tim Harper Yea this was a 16mm transfer, no idea of the source but think Dave from 8thman.com did it. I have 8 new episodes that someone transferred exclusively for us that I have been meaning to get done. Those are top quality 16mm direct-digital transfers, unedited w/ bumpers intact. The only better quality you can get is 35mm but those are hard to get a hold of. Been so busy with other aspects but hopefully I will get to them soon.
I loved 8th Man as a kid. Heck...ALL our TVs were black & white! I had no idea what anime was.
I told someone much younger than I about the 8th Man and that he replenished himself with cigarettes. They didn't believe me. Man, do I miss this stuff.
This was made in a time when people didn't give a damn about the dangers of smoking.
I saw this back when i was 3 or so - I remember thinking that the line "the FBI is helpless, it's 20 stories tall" referred to the building. If only the FBI building were a few stories taller ...
Loved Chief Fumblethumbs. He was so
funny.
I loved this cartoon.
Take note, the opening animation sequence and music were done here in the US by Trans-Lux animation and music by Winston Sharples. Think "The Mighty Hercules", "Felix the Cat", etc.
In LA we got "*8 Man" in '66, along with other anime. The animation and dubbing were crude, but the writing and direction were unique and sophisticated. I used to compare the "new" anime to banal crap like "Johnny Quest" UGH!
Having grown up in LA, I'd hang out with Japanese and would later meet many of the anime/manga movers and shakers. I purchased my first manga examples as a teen in 1970 and still have them!
I'll end it here...
Trans - Lux also did Gigantor!
Robert, "Johnny Quest" ruled! As did the '60's era "Astroboy," and other dramatic 'toons of the era. We also grew up watching cartoons from Russia and Europe (I had a short chat with one of the original syndicators about 10 years ago) on local So Cal TV. These shows got on the air because they were usually inexpensive and I think some of the TV station people enjoyed them as well.
@@colebrown8293 Didn't Johnny Nash sing the Hercules's theme song?
So help me, if you blaspheme Johnny Quest again, I will beat you upside the head with Hadgi!
@@deweydaugherty7889 Yes! "Jonny Quest" was a very cool cartoon adventure on the ABC Network, Wednesdays on Primetime. Even my mom enjoyed watching "Jonny Quest".
I like how he casually rolls the tail on the monster himself lol
Ha! I haven't seen this since the late '60's! Gotta love the Japanese take of a '61 Chrysler @16:29! :D
I remember watching this in Brisbane around 1967 when I was 9.
Bro I’m 16 and I grew up with cartoons like this, crazy how I think very differently from others, I had like a whole season of this show loved it
Originally seen in Japan in 1963- and in American syndication in September 1965.
I loved 😍 this cartoon character 😍
This was my favorite anime back when I was a kid in the 60s. Second favorite was Gigantor.
My introduction to 8man was with the OAV’s. I’m glad I found this one.
I thought I was the only one who remembered this show 😆
Im 65 yrs old and i used to watch Tobor when i was 7 to 8 yrs old
11:18 Priceless smile.
1965 the year my mother died incredible my last memory of her the telephone booth it's raining 🌧
Amazing!!!! took me way back
This is way better than modern japanese cartoons.
never seen this before.Pretty good.
Ultra man was my fav.☮️
wow I used to watch this after school everyday when I was about 6 I loved it and astroboy and speed racer(the original versions NOT those remakes)
This had to be the inspiration for RoboCop.
1968. High School. My new girlfriend introduced me to this show. It became a part of our dating life from then on.
I've never watched this before but it looks interesting and it's cool how they don't have comments turned off :)
As a baby boomer, I remember this well. It was my favorite of the anime of the time.
Classic 60S TV ! I also loved SPEED RACER Growing up Great memories!
There is a live action 8th Man. Before VHS tapes became no more I rented a tape from Blockbuster Video and was amazed. The story was basic but the Professor's son was still alive and Tobor had to smoke a special cigarette to cool down his insides. I am going to do some sleuthing to see if I can find the movie. I maybe 66 but still sci fi, live action and aminmated!
This, Gigantor, The Thunderbirds, Speed Racer, Johnny Quest, Space Ghost.
8th Man had a second brain in his shoulder (thought that highly cool). In one episode he brings down a missile which is threatening to blow up a city with his eye (removed from its socket). As a kid, there was no finer entertainment than Tobor: The 8th Man.
TralfazConstruction He had a second brain in his shoulder? Where does it show that?
8thManDVD.com RUclips Channel I can't recall which episode but it is alluded to more than once. I haven't seen most of these episodes in over 45 years but the 2nd brain in his shoulder stuck with me.
TralfazConstruction There's no mention in the first episode as that's where he is created and professor genious says everything 8th Man has. I have seen all of these and the second brain is never mentioned that I recall, but I could be wrong.
8thManDVD.com RUclips Channel So far in my research I Googled: "8th Man second brain in his shoulder" and found two references to this assertion of mine from individuals who'd either seen the show or were discussing the show with someone who had seen it. That's as far as I've gotten.
TralfazConstruction I don't recall any mention of that, I would remember since it's unique but as I said I could be wrong and not remember. If you found that and other people say it then you are probably right. Memory tend to stick better from childhood. I was well into my late 30s when I watched the series several years ago.
Reuben Guberman adapted the Japanese scripts, and gave the characters "cheeky" Americanized names {"Jenny Hartsweet", "Chief Fumblethumbs", et. al.}.
Barry I. Grauman Yep which in my opinion made it better :)
Without the 8th Man and other anime robot heroes, there would be no Robocop.
Spike Riley Robocopy directly copied 8th Man for sure. It's a cheap Hollywood rip-off.
8thManDVD.com RUclips Channel Dude, it is said Robocop was inspired by anime like this.
Also, Robocop is not a rip-off of 8th man. While they have the same origin of being killed as human and being reborn as robots, there are many differences:
Robocop does not have the ability to conceal his robot body like 8th Man does. However, it was not necessary since he was hailed a hero as Robocop.
Robocop needs to sit down in a chair and refuel on something similar to baby food while 8th Man smokes a cigarette-like energy source (something that would never be allowed in cartoons these days.)
Also, Robocop uses a gun, and does not have super speed and anti-gravity. Also, in the third movie, he could fly using a jet pack.
And while they are similar in origin, how they died is different. While brady was run over, Alex Murphy was fatally gunned down (in the reboot, he was severely wounded by a car bomb, but I'm not counting that since he lived and agreed to be converted there.)
Spike Riley I think it's quite obvious they stole the idea from 8th man despite the little differences. I think robocop is a cheap rip off, nothing more.
8thManDVD.com RUclips Channel Not to say I didn't like Robocop I did, well the first movie, second was OK and never saw the third or the remake.
8thManDVD.com RUclips Channel The third movie you would not like because it's PG-13. The reboot is worth a watch since people like it.
I truly believe if it wasn't for The 8th Man there would never have been a 6 Million Dollar Man.
...or "RoboCop"!
Wow. I have the power to read every thought from each character.
A honest man can't get trapped
No consent forms, no knowledge of the detective's wishes -- medical ethics ignored.
Formerly known elsewhere as Dr Frankenstein
Just like almost every magical girl and henshin hero known to otaku.
It's an adventure show, not medical school.
OVERRULED! - Patient is dead.
His name is professor genius. What could go wrong?