Giant Robot Monday #7-Giant Robo! Attack!

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!

I have just found the ultimate in awesome in all of the Universe....There is no equal!

Behold! The greatest rock band ever LIVE accompanied by trailers and footage from the greatest giant monster films ever!

Can your heart stand the awesome fury of...

THE RAMONES MEET GODZILLA!

"TAKE IT DEE DEE!"

"ONETWHOTHREEFOUR!"

THE RAMONES from Zoltan on Vimeo.

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?

Giant Robot Monday #5-Woke Up This Morning...

Little something different this Monday. Killer AMV (Anime Music Video) I picked up on Youtube. The killer 90's anime Cowboy Beebop meets the killer theme from one of the best TV dramas ever....

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!

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!

Giant Robot Monday! #2-KNNNIKUUUUUU BUSTAAAA!

Here we are with another "Giant Robot Monday!" Time for another awesome anime theme to start off the week.

This one's dedicated to my young cousins, all of which are currently part pf their school wrestling teams! If this one doesn't get you blood pumping, nothing will!

BEHOLD! The opening to the adventures of anime's greatest wrestling super-hero! No, Not Tiger Mask, it's Kinnikuman!

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!

Welcome!

Let's get this party started!

DANGADO GAMBATTE!!!!