I mentioned earlier that when ABC bought the U.S. and international distribution rights of "Eighth Man" from TBS in Japan, TBS carelessly handed over the "patents" of the Eighth Man show outside Japan to ABC. In fact, the same thing happened with "Gigantor". Dentsu, a major Japanese advertising agency, spurred on by the news of "Astro Boy" being exported to the U.S. and by the fact that the show was coordinated by one of its rival advertising agencies, quickly planned the TV cartoon show "Gigantor". However, the dealer who negotiated the contract with a U.S. distributor on behalf of Dentsu was the same person who had negotiated the contract for "Eighth Man" with ABC. He ended up making the same mistake with "Gigantor." sembra naturale?