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Template:Nihongo is a manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka, published in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion from March to September 1973. It was later adapted into an anime series by Toei.
The anime adaption of Tezuka's manga Template:Nihongo, replaced the letter "Z" with an "S" as to match the initial letter of the show’s sponsor, Seiko.[1] It consisted of 26 episodes and was originally broadcast on TV Asahi.[1][2]
Cast
- Makio Inoue as Yanma the Dragonfly Man,[3] leader of the miniature Microids who are humans shrunk to insect size by the evil Gidoron but escaped wearing winged super-suits they use to protect humanity.[4]
- Hiroko Suzuki as Ageha the Butterfly Girl.[3]
- Machiko Soga as Mamezo the Beetle Boy.[3]
- Yasuaki Suzuki as Dr. Midoro, Nobel Prize-winning scientist who befriends the tiny heroes.[4]
- Ichirô Nagai as Gidoron, ruthless ruler of a highly advanced insect empire beneath the Arizona desert who sends his army of ant-like Gidrons and other mutant bug monsters to conquer the world and purge it of pollution-causing humans.[4]
- Jouji Yanami as Teacher Noracura
- Kaneta Kimotsuki as Kankuro
- Masako Nozawa as Manabu, Dr. Midoro's son
- Kei Tomiyama as Ruriboshi
References
External links
- Microid S (manga) at Tezuka official website
- Microid S (anime) at Tezuka official website
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- 1973年4月7日～「ミクロイドS 」OP、MICROID S (English subtitles)
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Template:Cite book
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Template:Cite book
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jeff Rovin (1985). The Encyclopedia Of Superheroes. Facts On File Publications, 1985. ISBN 0-8160-1679-8
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Microid S (manga) at Tezuka official website