As a wee lad, I remember watching on Creature Double Feature a movie about a kid fighting evil aliens with the help of a giant robot with a killer Egyptian Pharaoh head he controlled with a wristwatch. I still remember the sad ending where the robot acted on it's own to stop the big baddie from blowing up the world!
Turns out the movie was made up of episodes from an old Japanese live action show, Giant Robo! It was adapted for US TV as Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot.
Here's the Japanese opening:
And apparently someone decided to do a riffing of the show for RiffTrax.com! Here's a preview. Pretty funny!
Showing posts with label Giant Robots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Giant Robots. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Giant Robot Monday #6-G-FORCE!
Going for another compare/contrast this week.
You remember Battle of The Planets? The awesome adventures of G-Force, five young superheroes (Whose outfits seemed to be inspired by a certain Dark Knight of Gotham) who protected Earth against evil aliens led by Zoltar, an evil genius who dressed like a glam rocker voiced by Keye Luke aka Mr Han from Enter The Drsgon?
Well, it was a pretty kick-ass series from Japan called "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman!"
So, here's the intro to Battle Of The Planets...
And here's the into to Gatchman!
Well, which is more awesome?
You remember Battle of The Planets? The awesome adventures of G-Force, five young superheroes (Whose outfits seemed to be inspired by a certain Dark Knight of Gotham) who protected Earth against evil aliens led by Zoltar, an evil genius who dressed like a glam rocker voiced by Keye Luke aka Mr Han from Enter The Drsgon?
Well, it was a pretty kick-ass series from Japan called "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman!"
So, here's the intro to Battle Of The Planets...
And here's the into to Gatchman!
Well, which is more awesome?
Monday, February 14, 2011
Giant Robot Monday #4-GETTTTTAAAAAA BEEEAMMMMM!
Going for a compare and contrast this week, so we get two for price of one!
Anybody remember Force Five? That awesome block of Japanese cartoons that played way back on Channel 25 (Back when it was local and not an affiliate of Fox?) and featured 4 kick-ass Giant Robot anime and one sci-fi themed quest anime.
One was the Starvengers. Three vehicles that combine three ways into three awesome giant robots! Dragun! Arrow! Poseidon!
The actual name was Getter Robo, originally a manga co-created by Go Nagai and Kon Ishikawa. It had a ton of sequels and spin-offs, each more epic than the last. In fact, Starvengers was actually the first Getter Robo sequel, Getter Robo G!
Starvengers!
Getter Robo G!
Anybody remember Force Five? That awesome block of Japanese cartoons that played way back on Channel 25 (Back when it was local and not an affiliate of Fox?) and featured 4 kick-ass Giant Robot anime and one sci-fi themed quest anime.
One was the Starvengers. Three vehicles that combine three ways into three awesome giant robots! Dragun! Arrow! Poseidon!
The actual name was Getter Robo, originally a manga co-created by Go Nagai and Kon Ishikawa. It had a ton of sequels and spin-offs, each more epic than the last. In fact, Starvengers was actually the first Getter Robo sequel, Getter Robo G!
Starvengers!
Getter Robo G!
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Giant Robot Monday #3-ACES HIGH!
Yet another Giant Robot Monday! And I got a doozy! Stumbled across this cruising YouTube. Iron Maiden + Robotech: The Macross Saga=EPIC WIN!
Monday, January 24, 2011
Giant Robot Monday! #1
Welcome to the first of many Mondays where we start off the week with a killer theme from classic anime (Usually giant robot themed!)
So let’s start with a special one going out to all my paisans out there: The Italian version of the theme for Go Nagai’s follow up to his first giant robot hero: Great Mazinger!
MAZINGA!
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