Eightman

A vintage, pulpy crime-fighting cartoon with a somber cyborg hero, brisk episodic chases and a melancholy undertow beneath the Saturday-morning action.

Created by

Kawashima Haruyuki

Genres

Crime, Drama, Kids

Starring

Takayama Sakae, Shirō Amakusa, Miyuki Ueda

Overview

A police officer working a routine case is hit by a car and mortally wounded. He is saved by a professor that transfers his consciousness into a powerful cyborg crime-fighter. Resurrected as the ultimate high-tech vigilante, it is up to 8Man to bring the lawless to justice and put an end to the escalating cycle of violence.

How it feels

Dark, tense, earnest and cynical. Brisk and easy to follow.

About

Crime, justice, violence, identity

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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