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Tobor the 8th Man 1 [VHS]

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I use to watch 8th man after school eveyday and at the time I thought it was definetly better than the kiddie cartoons that were mostly on TV at the time. I found this video quite entertaining but just not as good as I remember. By the way the decsription in Amazon says the video is in color, it is not. It is in black and white. Althought I seem to remember the ones I watched as a child were color.

Recently I picked up a copy of 8th Man at a comic book convention. It was volume one. Unfortunately the episode explaining his origins was not good quality. Still, I hadn't seen 8th Man in probably more than 30 years, and I find that I still enjoy it. In fact, it was difficult for me to track it down since I remember the show as "008 Man". Maybe I got 007 and 8th Man mixed up (though that would be hard to do). I remember watching 8th Man after school. It would alternate with the much more popular Gigantor. 8th Man was always my favorite between the two, maybe because he was at one time a human being, and the stories tended to bring out his humanity (emotions, doubts, love, etc.) more, even though he was part robot ("Robocop" was no doubt inspired by 8th Man). The theme song is very hokey, but rest assured the stories inside each episode are quite good. 8th Man is a show far ahead of its time.