Super Jetter

Super Jetter
未来からきた少年 スーパージェッター
(Mirai Kara Kita Shōnen Sūpā Jettā)
Manga
Written byFumio Hisamatsu
Published byShogakukan
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday[1]
DemographicShōnen
Original run19651966
Anime television series
Directed byHaruyuki Kawajima[2]
Produced byToshimichi Miwa
Written byYasutaka Tsutsui
Masao Yamamura
Taku Mayumura
Masaki Tsuji (Masaki Katsura)
Ryo Hanmura
Aritsune Toyota
Ichirō Kanō
Music byTakeo Yamashita
StudioTCJ
Original networkTBS
Original run January 7, 1965 January 20, 1966
Episodes52

Super Jetter (未来からきた少年スーパージェッター, Mirai Kara Kita Shōnen Sūpā Jettā, lit. The Boy from the Future Super Jetter) is a Japanese monochrome anime television series created by Fumio Hisamatsu,[3] who also served as the series character designer. When the series was broadcast in other countries, some episodes were redone in color, and the Japanese rebroadcasts use these color episodes.

Plot

Super Jetter comes from the 30th century, but after fighting the villain known as "Jaguar" he ends up in a time machine that sends them back to the 20th century. He meets a young girl named Kaoru whose father is the Secretary of International Science Bureau of Investigation, Saigou Mizushima. With his super abilities, Jetter is asked by Mr. Mizushima to help keep peace in the 20th century. Jetter has superior intelligence and strength compared to those of the 20th century. He has futuristic abilities such as being able to stop time for 30 seconds, an anti-gravity belt, infrared goggles, is bulletproof, and has a paralyzing gun.

Characters

Release

The fourth volume of "Aiken TV Anime Graffiti" contained the 41st episode. There was a short-lived VHS release that was only two VHS and contained three of the color episodes. A 13 disc Laser-disc release was released in 1993. A complete DVD version was released in 2002.

References

  1. ^ "週刊少年サンデー 1965/01/01 表示号数1" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "未来からきた少年 スーパージェッター".
  3. ^ "未来からきた少年 スーパージェッター - アニメ・キッズ - TBSオンデマンド".