About “8 Man”
8 Man, also known as Eightman or 8th Man, is a manga and superhero anime created in 1963 by science-fiction writer Kazumasa Hirai and manga artist Jiro Kuwata. The character is recognized as Japan's first cyborg superhero, coming before the creation of Kamen Rider. The story follows a hero who is a cyborg, combining human and machine elements. The series was originally published as a manga and later adapted into an anime. It is considered an important early example of the superhero genre in Japanese media. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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