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Giant Robot Friday: Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot, Episode 1

Giant RobotFor the next few weeks, I’ll be posting episodes Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot; quite possibly the greatest television show ever made in the history of the entire world.

A timeless story of a boy and his robot, it watches like a Godzilla movie crossed with the 60’s television version of Batman. Great campy fun. A man in a giant robot costume slugs it out with rubbery monsters while stomping all over a scale model of Tokyo. A 12 year old boy joins a secret organization of world defending spies, foiling alien overlord plots and villainous beatnik henchmen. What is not to love?

Growing up, this brilliantly/poorly dubbed 60s Japanese TV masterpiece was the absolute high point of my after-school formative years. Did I mention the giant robot? There’s a giant robot.

2 Comments so far

  1. Jeremy July 12th, 2008 9:04 pm

    These episodes are great! Is there a site I can download from?

  2. KWOLF443 August 22nd, 2008 11:40 pm

    AS A 3 YEAR OLD KID MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE GAINT ROBOT WENT UNBROKEN,THAT WAS UNTIL HE WAS RIP FROM ME IN THE LAST SHOW, DESTORING HIMSELF AND THAT ULGY MONSTER. I AM 44 YEARS OLD NOW AND THE GAINT ROBOT STILL LIVE ON ,WHO COULD EVER FORGET THOSE MISSLES COMING OUT OF HIS FINGERS (PRICELESS).THET DON’T MAKE LIKE THAT ANYMORE.

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