Big X
Big X (ビッグX, Biggu Ekkusu) is a science fiction manga series and an anime series by Osamu Tezuka, about German Nazis trying to create secret weapons toward the end of World War II. The anime, which was Tokyo Movie's first work, is considered lost, with only episodes 1, 11–12, 14, and 40-59 known to survive.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Type — TV series • Director — Mitsutero Okamoto Osamu Dezaki • Producer — Saburō Gōda Yutaka Fujioka • Writer — Jirō Tsunoda Moribi Murano Tadashi Hirose • Music — Isao Tomita • Studio — Tokyo Movie • Network — TBS • First — 3 August 1964 • Last — 27 September 1965 • Episodes — 59
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• Type — Manga • Author — Osamu Tezuka • Publisher — Shueisha • Magazine — Shōnen Book • First — November 1963 • Last — February 1966 • Volumes — 4
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• Name — Big X • Ja Kanji — ビッグX • Ja Romaji — Biggu X • Genre — Action
Plot
Plot
Invited to Nazi Germany during World War II, Dr. Asagumo is asked by Hitler to collaborate in researching the new weapon "Big X". Concerned about the possible effects of this weapon, Dr. Asagumo intentionally delays the progress of the research, conspiring with his co-researcher, the devious Dr. Engel. Immediately before Germany is defeated by the Allies, Dr. Asagumo is shot to death by the German army but not before implanting a card inscribed with the secret of Big X into his son, Shigeru. An organization claiming alliance with the Nazis appears, steals the card from Shigeru, who now lives in Tokyo, and completes the Big X project, which is revealed to be a drug that can expand the human body without limitation. Dr. Engel's grandson has joined the Nazi Alliance. Recovering Big X from the enemy, Shigeru's son Akira fearlessly challenges the Nazi Alliance and Hans Engel, who are plotting to conquer the world.
Voice cast
Voice cast
• Akira Shimada as Big X • Fuyumi Shiraishi as Nina • Ichirô Nagai as Dr. Hanamaru • Keiko Yamamoto as Hans Engel • Yoshiko Ōta as Akira Asagumo
Other appearances
Other appearances
• Big X makes a cameo appearance in the Astro Boy: Omega Factor game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance released in 2004, along with many other characters also created by Osamu Tezuka. • In the Oh My Goddess! manga, Urd watches a thinly veiled parody of the show. • In the film Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero the characters Gamma 1 and Gamma 2 wear a suit similar to Big X.
Availability in English
Availability in English
While there is no physical format of either the Big X manga or anime in English, TMS uploaded a subbed episode 1 to its YouTube channel, in honor of the studio's 60th anniversary.
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Reception
Manga artist Katsuhiro Otomo considered it to be among his favorite Tezuka manga.
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Licensing
Text attribution
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The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Big X, revision 1369170205 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
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Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Big X. Tezuka Osamu @World.
- 2.Big X list. Tezuka Osamu @World.
- 3.Lost TV Anime. cartoonresearch.com. 2015-05-02.
- 4.TMS Entertainment Streams N. American Premiere of Big X, More Anime on YouTube for 60th Anniversary.
- 5.Maejima, Shinji. Yohei Kayama: Treasures of Deserts and Steppes. Bulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan. 7. 1. 100–104. 1964. 0030-5219.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
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