Yoshiyuki Tomino
is a 1969 Japanese manga series created by Osamu Tezuka for Kodansha. The manga was adapted by TV Asahi into a 27-episode anime television series from April 1 to September 30, 1972, directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino (in his directorial debut). Digital Manga successfully crowd-funded the U.S. release of the manga on Kickstarter in 2012.