8 Man

8 Man (８マン) or Eightman (エイトマン) is a fictional manga and anime superhero created in 1963 by writer Kazumasa Hirai and artist Jiro Kuwata. He is considered Japan's earliest cyborg superhero, before even Kamen Rider (the same year, Shotaro Ishinomori created Cyborg 009), and is a basis for RoboCop. The manga was published in Shonen weekly magazine and ran from 1963 to 1966. The anime series, produced by Eiken/TCJ Animation, was broadcast on Tokyo Broadcasting System, and ran from November 17 1963 to New Year's Eve 1964, with a total of 56 episodes (plus the "farewell" special episode, "Goodbye, Eightman").