to August, 1979. Short-story divided in five chapters. DVD release Jetter Mars was released by Avex on March 27, 2009, as a five-disc DVD Box set which contains the complete series. Merchandise Several records containing the musical score of Jetter Mars were released during the series run. These are listed as follows 1. Jetter Mars only LP record, it contained several songs along a mini-drama. The songs included in the record: 2. Single Releases Several records containing single songs were released. These are listed as follows: Mars Single Record 1, included the songs: Mars Single Record 2, included the songs: Mars Single Record 3, a re-release of the first single record, it also included a track containing the sound effects of the anime: Mars Single Record 4, with the same content of single records 1 and 3, except it didn't include the sound effects track. It also contained a Drama track, with the voices and sound effects of the first episode of the anime: Drama track: Mars Single Record 5, its contents were practically the same as Single Record 4, only with some editing variations. Drama track: Mars Single Record 6, included the opening and ending songs of the Jetter Mars anime, along the theme song for the anime adaptation of Yumiko Igarashi and Kyoko Mizuki's classic shōjo manga Candy Candy: Staff Involved in the production of the series:Original concept, creator: Osamu Tezuka (手塚治虫)Planning: Kōji Bessho (Fuji TV), Takeshi TamiyaIn charge of production: Kiyoshi Ono (first season), Kichirō Sugahara (final season)Music: Nobuyoshi KoshibeSeries composer: Masao MaruyamaScript: Masaki Tsuji, Shunichi Yukimuro, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Masaru Yamamoto, Hiroyuki HoshiyamaChief Director: Rintarō (りん・たろう)Producers: Sumiko Chiba, Noboru Ishiguro, Wataru Mizusawa, Masami Hatano, Katsutoshi Sasaki, Yugo Serizawa, Jihiro Taizumi, RintarōCharacter Design Supervisor: Akio SuginoAnimation Supervisors: Akio Sugino, Toshio Mori, Satoshi Jingu, Wataru Mibu, Tsuneo Kashima, Toyō AshidaGraphic Designer: Liang Wei HuangArt: Shohei Kawamoto, Liang Wei Huang, Tadao KubotaPhotography: Masaaki SugayaEditing: Masaaki HanaiAudio Director: Ryōsuke Koide (Arts Pro)Recording: Hideyuki TanakaProduction Co-operation: MadhouseProduction': Fuji TV, Toei Animation Read also List of Osamu Tezuka manga List of Osamu Tezuka anime Osamu Tezuka's Star System Tezuka Award Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize References 1977 anime television series debuts Animated television series about children Anime and manga characters with superhuman strength Astro Boy Child characters in anime and manga Child superheroes Fictional robots Osamu Tezuka anime Robot superheroes Television superheroes Television series set in 2015 Toei Animation television Madhouse (company)