(Japanese: 鉄人28号, Hepburn: Tetsujin Nijūhachi-gō; lit. "Iron Man No. 28") In the final phase of the Pacific War during World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army were working on a top-secret project involving the development of the "Tetsujin" (鉄人, Tetsujin; lit. "Iron Man") line of gigantic war-machines as the secret weapon to fight against the invading Allied forces. However, the fall of the Third Reich and Japan's unconditional surrender following the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki causes the Tetsujin project to be mothballed and hidden away in specialized bunkers, fearing that such power could destroy the world at the wrong hands. Fortunately, Dr. Kaneda, one of the developers behind the Tetsujin project, created "Tetsujin 28", the 28th and last of the Tetsujin war-machines, its remote controller was passed on years later to his 10-year-old son, Shotaro Kaneda. With his analytical prowess as a young boy detective, and with the assistance from his many allies, Shotaro takes control of Tetsujin 28 as he and his trusted robot combat against various crimes, even taking on other robots as powerful as Tetsujin 28.
