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1968 · 0マンZero Man (pilot film)

Zero Man · Pilot film · Shōnen

4 minrunning time
1characters
2events
Zero Man (pilot film)

Titles

Japanese
0マン (ぜろまん)
Romaji
Zero Man
French
Zero Man (pilote) (translation)
English
Zero Man (pilot film)

Period · Genre

Broadcast / release in Japan
June 1968
Format
Pilot film
Episodes
1
Running time
4 min
Picture
Colour
Studio
Mushi Production
Tezuka’s role
Original creator
Audience
Shōnen
Themes
Science fiction
Period
Made in Tezuka’s lifetime

Summary

Ricky belongs to the Zero Men, a race of squirrel-tailed humanoids living underground. Adopted as a baby by humans, he becomes the go-between when the two peoples make contact [3].

In this pilot, at the TV station’s request, the manga’s little boy becomes a young man with thick eyebrows, modelled on the hero of the then very popular Kyojin no Hoshi [1].

Information

  • Made by Mushi Production in June 1968; 4 minutes, colour [1].

On Tezukapedia

Source work (Series)

Chronology 2 event(s)

First broadcast : 1968

MT-400 (Manga Zenshū, Kōdansha) of the source work

MT-021MT-022MT-023MT-024

BT-200 (Bunko Zenshū, Kōdansha) of the source work

BT-173BT-174

Star System

Ricky