So, did anybody else's mother used to go all "BATTLE AX" when you (and maybe your little brother, like mine) would imitate Giant Robot's "Jazz Hands"?
So, if I understand this correctly, it's possible to set off an atomic bomb that won't leave a trace of deadly radiation and will only destroy a small base underground.
You know what is funny. I haven't looked at this show in 30 years. Notice, Johnny gave the robot an order without talking in the watch. Also, this is the very first time they saw the robot, U3 said lets hitch a ride. How did they know it could fly?
I remember watching whole marathons of this show as a kid! Johnny and the secret agent gunning down those Nazi looking Gargoyal gang dudes with the creepy Jazz tracks playing in the background. Giant Robot kicking ass!! Classic!!!
I was born in San Jose, CA in 1971, and before I moved out of state, my mind always retained the memory when I was a kid and I used to watch the Flying Robot on tv back in the day. Thanks for everybody that posted the episodes on youtube. When I first started watching, I almost cried with joy seeing it again after all these years
Back in '89 or '90, my brother got this on VHS at a comic book convention. I've loved this show ever since. However, the title was "Voyage Into Space". Turns out that was the name of a movie which was really just 2 & a half hours of selected episodes strung together with no break (open & end credits) between them.
MGM is releasing the complete series on dvd in a 7 disc set. Day one purchase for me to go on the shelf with "Ultraman", "Iron King", "Super Robot Red Baron" and "The Super Inframan". Now if someone would just release "Zone Fighter" on dvd.
All of you can laugh if you want; this was something in its time. It may be hard to watch now but its still something for those who really liked it then. Its still better than that sci fi rubbish or thoses women-in-prison flicks that is being played today. I'm still trying to figure out how the japanesse airforce got a hold of all thoses SR 71s? I thought it was a top secret spy aircraft!
I used to watch this with my younger brother in NJ starting in '75. I was 11 & he was 7. By today's standards it was cheesy, but we loved it. I used to wish I had that watch and that rocket pack to fly home from school with.
@justyn2006 Well, they're both heroes but let's face it, Ultraman would win hands-down. Ultra has the speed, the hand laser, and acrobatic ability. Of course his weakness is that he has about 5 minutes of energy. Robot is governed by voice commands, and has limited sluggish movements, though on the + side he has brute strength and a long term power supply. Ultra still edges him out.
This is GREAT! I've never heard of this before. Saw most of the GodZilla Movies, but never heard of Johnny Sokko.(Sock-oh). I grew up in Minnesota, maybe it was an east or westcoast thing. I can see where the Power Rangers got their BAD GUYS from.
Man, I usta love this shit .... I also hated Johnny Sokko's guts because that bastard had a big ass robot and I didn't. Damn, I envied his little ass. I had a flip up watch but no robot to go with it ....... Power Ranger don't have shit on this .....
This is so cool! I used to watch this show when I was a kid, back in the early 1970s and this brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for posting these episodes!
Wow, thank you for the videos. I remembered this show growing up. Wished you allowed it to be viewed on Mobiles. Otherwise, I have to watch it on my computer. but thank you for the video.
Man, Manno has got to be the worst secret agent ever. Great hair though. Even after nearly being drowned in the ocean it's still perfect!
Anyway, I love this show! Yeah, it's cheesy and simplistic but it's still a lot of fun. Super Heroes take themselves to seriously today. Not that that's always a bad thing, but it's nice to just have something that's unselfconsciously crazy and awesome like this.
BTW, "Johnny" was originally Daisaku Kusama. Yeah, The Giant Robo anime was based on this!
Didn't the robot basically sacrifice itself in the last episode? I remember him having to fly into outer space with some enemy thing that was going to explode in order to save Earth. Anybody remember this?
Oh Father in Heavan, I am about to show my age for sure!!! I remember seeing this as a little kid with my brother and cousins everyday after school many moons ago!!! I would do anything to relive those days, thanks for the memories!!!
nothing like clasic japanese sci fy. but its kind of cheezy by todays standards even godzilla though I love to watch it since I rarely get to see it anymore even if the effects are not cutting edge puppetry as they were when it first started to be made back then.
This is totally Awesome, i watched this when i was like 7 years old and now im 40, this seems to be the Movie which i loved so much as a child ! Now we just need the TV Series ;) This is truely a CLASSIC of all CLASSICS !
Wish people(snobbish nose brats) show some respect. Classic and cheesy films like this, it maybe, it help pay the pathway towards films that is out today.
It's nice to see this show again. I first seen this show back around 1973 and 1974. I had long forgotten about this show over the years and forgot about the show's name, and been trying to look for it. Thanks for sharing them!
Masks haha.. saves a lot of time when it comes to matching up voice overs. Oh.. I love the quote "strange space craft" (is there ever a 'normal' one? haha ) and the fire and smoke coming out the back... in space. I love this stuff.
AIT was the television arm of American International Pictures, a company that was famous for both westernizing Godzilla as well as many Roger Corman flicks. It churned out a lot of B-movies, either original or adapted from overseas films, and was very influential. It folded, and was bought by Orion pictures, who was also bought by MGM.
They produced or distributed a lot of films, ranging from Blacula, to the Abominable Dr Phibes, to the Amityville Horror and Mad Max.
But as little kids, we never could say that... I think I was about 8 then and our (3 boys - 3 girls) little brother was 6 and he and I used to ask how come it looked like a "statue" or "pyramid"...
American Children's shows during this period (1967) were so tame and lame compared to JOHNNY SOKKO -- with the notable exception of JOHNNY QUEST (1964). Sure, it's completely unrealistic, but it's reality television boring? I'd much rather loose my mind watching JOHNNY SOKKO than SURVIVOR -- because how can that possibly match machinegun-toting beatnik villains in Italian shades?
Great show. It really fed your imagination as a kid. I remember being super-pissed when they killed him off in the final episode. Damn you, Guillotine!!!
Wow, live-action Japanese shows are...unique. I'm not quite sure where to begin: the squadron of SR-71s, the 100-lb Thompson SMGs, the casual and cavalier use of nuclear bombs, or the Beatnik Nazis / North Koreans. Classic!
OMG! Johnny Sako! I remember when I was a kid trying to turn the antenna north to get channel 20 out of Detroit because none of the local stations carried cool shows like this or Ultraman!
Oh, thanks! Used to watch these on WPHL Channel 17 UHF from Philly in the mid-seventies. Wee WIllie Webber's kiddie show afternoons at 3 or 4 after school. Anyone else remember this?
I don't remember Wee Willie Webber, but I remember this show being on Channel 17 in Philly. I was about 5 or six then, though. I think this show is what geared me toward anime.
WTF do elitist shits get their panties in a bunch when a series gets sent to America? I say that the Japanese need a more universal approach to their anime and manga and that fucktards like you, masterofthewicked89, need to have their e-penoring selves sent to the hottest, most fiery furnaces of blackest hell with satan and his minions poking you in the ass day and night with their pitchforks and burning your ass with flamethrowers and napalm.
Well, two of them are American. The third, the special effects are forty-one years old. Not bad for a television show back then... but then again, this was produced for children, so one can hardly criticize it for not being "realistic."
anyone remember the name of the program similar to this one? It was about a boy who could turn into a jet as well as his sister or mother, can't remember whta she was, and his father who was a gold man and would turn into, of course, a gold jet. Was on about the same time as this program. Anyone remember?
When I saw this program listed, I thought that's what it was. I remember that show. And the real odd thing was that I watched in Mexico dubbed in Spanish.
That other show, for some reason, I recall the letter "U" being associated with it. If you figure it out, let me know.
When I was a teenager, I was a consultant for Bob Wilkins on the "Captain Comsic" show, and recommended a number of series, including JOHNNY SOKKO -- which was hugely popular. Later, Bob thanked me for listing JOHNNY SOKKO, because KTVU was able to lease a five-year run of the entire 26 episodes for only $2500!
THE SPACE GIANTS, known in Japan as MAGMA TAISHI. The robots were Goldar, Silvar and Gam, who were advised by an ancient man named Mathusm. A young boy, Miko Mura, was able to call them with a special whistle. They fought together against the evil Rodak, who desires possession of the Earth.
It was the same company that made them (the Gojira/Godzilla movies) , too (Toei), only257. Also, believe it or not, but they made some pretty good martial arts films in a morea real life setting starring, among others, Sonny Chiba (Street Fighter, Return of the Street Fighter, etc.). Now if only these two threw down for a fight...that would be epic, or, better yet, teamed up against the Gargoyle Gang and Emperor Whatshisface.
GODZILLA was made by Toho Studios, the same company that produced the epic Kurosawa films and a lot more; JOHNNY SOKKO was made in 1967 by Toei Tokyo Studios (famous for its Yakuza and Chanbara movies), and created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, who also created GIGANTOR. The same team on JOHNNY SOKKO went on to produce KAMEN RIDER (1971) and GORANGER (1975), which lead to the POWER RANGERS.
There is just nothing these days to compare to the great classics like this! Kids really have less these days! So darn sad! Y awake up on Saturdays and whats on..? News, ESPN and infomercials and a bunch of hapless movies! There is no fun anymore!
So true, all they have on is pokemon, digimon and a watered down verson of power ranger, and kamen/masked rider. the kids don't know a thing about spiderman, the hulk, batman, godzilla, ultraman , etc. glad to see you can still find these good old shows for free.
this is the worst/best show ever
pepxxx 3 weeks ago
somewhere in the world, a man with a bucket on his head is smiling
coolguyruben07 2 months ago
Imagine being on a Carnival Cruise & seeing some shit like this for real?
SpankRamen2 4 months ago
I am Emperor Gilletteen from the planet Gargle. I come to sell you toiletries and other personal care products!!
Zennofobic 4 months ago in playlist Season 1
So, did anybody else's mother used to go all "BATTLE AX" when you (and maybe your little brother, like mine) would imitate Giant Robot's "Jazz Hands"?
themirrorsofmymind 4 months ago
I remember watching this series growing up.
johnhighway 6 months ago
im 37yrs old and I grew up to this... was and still the best old time classic, every episode = uber!
mistermeinster 7 months ago
I'm going to let my grandson watch when he gets older.
elumntsa 7 months ago
"A weird flying saucer".... LMAO
cookson06 8 months ago
Is it me, or this show is pretty violent, well, for 60's standards? =d Anyway, awesome 1st episode. Can't wait for the next one.
TylerPreston20 8 months ago
So, if I understand this correctly, it's possible to set off an atomic bomb that won't leave a trace of deadly radiation and will only destroy a small base underground.
geordischmidt 10 months ago
I watched this show as a teen back in St. Louis on KDNL TV 16. I liked it then. I like it now. Thanks for the post.
SuperCartiel 10 months ago
Draculas Colon = Dracolon
Iluvbuckethead1 11 months ago
What happened to sound?
Mbonner05 1 year ago
this robot seems alot like jet jaguar
Gamerdude23691 1 year ago
@Gamerdude23691 Jet jaguar came after Giant Robot.
CVTom 1 year ago
I use to watch this on channel 56 in L.A. I wish they would sell these on dvd.
lasquid 1 year ago
Not a single bullet hole in that corridor...
Poodlepups 1 year ago
You know what is funny. I haven't looked at this show in 30 years. Notice, Johnny gave the robot an order without talking in the watch. Also, this is the very first time they saw the robot, U3 said lets hitch a ride. How did they know it could fly?
grosskopf2 1 year ago
I remember watching whole marathons of this show as a kid! Johnny and the secret agent gunning down those Nazi looking Gargoyal gang dudes with the creepy Jazz tracks playing in the background. Giant Robot kicking ass!! Classic!!!
realJG72 1 year ago
I was born in San Jose, CA in 1971, and before I moved out of state, my mind always retained the memory when I was a kid and I used to watch the Flying Robot on tv back in the day. Thanks for everybody that posted the episodes on youtube. When I first started watching, I almost cried with joy seeing it again after all these years
ringpower7 1 year ago
Gotta love the japanese sense of design. It's such warped and deranged kitsch, you can't help but be impressed.
electronfun 1 year ago
hey the video won't play!!!!! what's up with youtube? just see a white spinner but the video itself never plays. youtube needs to fix this problem
joeb1963 1 year ago
Back in '89 or '90, my brother got this on VHS at a comic book convention. I've loved this show ever since. However, the title was "Voyage Into Space". Turns out that was the name of a movie which was really just 2 & a half hours of selected episodes strung together with no break (open & end credits) between them.
SpankRamen2 1 year ago
I think Johny sokko has to be the coolest kenny ever.
TOHOFIEND54 1 year ago
MGM is releasing the complete series on dvd in a 7 disc set. Day one purchase for me to go on the shelf with "Ultraman", "Iron King", "Super Robot Red Baron" and "The Super Inframan". Now if someone would just release "Zone Fighter" on dvd.
luvindogadis411 1 year ago
INCREDIBLE! In the early 70's I grew up watching this show in NJ. When we moved to NM, it wasn't played. I haven't seen it since! OMG! Thank you!!!
BurstElectronicsCEO 1 year ago
All of you can laugh if you want; this was something in its time. It may be hard to watch now but its still something for those who really liked it then. Its still better than that sci fi rubbish or thoses women-in-prison flicks that is being played today. I'm still trying to figure out how the japanesse airforce got a hold of all thoses SR 71s? I thought it was a top secret spy aircraft!
Dbusdriver71 1 year ago 2
That Robot does look egyptian. Cleopatra would be proud!
starguard 1 year ago
On of my childhood favorites!
kkuechler 1 year ago
I used to watch this with my younger brother in NJ starting in '75. I was 11 & he was 7. By today's standards it was cheesy, but we loved it. I used to wish I had that watch and that rocket pack to fly home from school with.
towringer 1 year ago
@towringer Yeah right ! Like television TODAY doesn't have it's share of cheesy garbage,.. like Dora The Explorer and Spongebob !
Skulldini 1 year ago
@Skulldini "Dora, Dora, Dora..."
OH, S.T.F.U!
themirrorsofmymind 4 months ago
I always wondered who would win in a fight between Giant Robot and Ultraman
justyn2006 1 year ago
@justyn2006 Well, they're both heroes but let's face it, Ultraman would win hands-down. Ultra has the speed, the hand laser, and acrobatic ability. Of course his weakness is that he has about 5 minutes of energy. Robot is governed by voice commands, and has limited sluggish movements, though on the + side he has brute strength and a long term power supply. Ultra still edges him out.
ACLTony 1 year ago
@justyn2006 gaint robot of course
independant66 1 year ago
loove the old man in this
SkabCrowley 1 year ago
This is GREAT! I've never heard of this before. Saw most of the GodZilla Movies, but never heard of Johnny Sokko.(Sock-oh). I grew up in Minnesota, maybe it was an east or westcoast thing. I can see where the Power Rangers got their BAD GUYS from.
waynedanberry 1 year ago
anyone here watch the anime for this, "Giant Robo"?
kexxrulz 2 years ago
My question is, what happend to Johny Sokko's parents ? Were they killed on that ship ? ...or was that kid on that boat without any adult guardian ?
Skulldini 2 years ago
Very good question.
nappybiscuit 2 years ago
Dracolon must have awakened on the wrong side of the bed. Shit, talk about destructive and attitudish...!
LetFreedomRing 2 years ago
Gotta luv Giant Robot! One of my all time favorites.
LetFreedomRing 2 years ago
When you were a kid in the 1970's, this show was the shit!
Holechaser 2 years ago
my dad told me of this show and it is pretty cool. it reminds me of ultraman and i love the flying dragon that looks like varan.
monstrmigit 2 years ago
not the monster from this episode but from another one that i sall on fancast.
monstrmigit 2 years ago
Man, I usta love this shit .... I also hated Johnny Sokko's guts because that bastard had a big ass robot and I didn't. Damn, I envied his little ass. I had a flip up watch but no robot to go with it ....... Power Ranger don't have shit on this .....
midnightlove19982000 2 years ago
This is so cool! I used to watch this show when I was a kid, back in the early 1970s and this brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for posting these episodes!
AdmiralCSN 2 years ago
do i need to subscribe to watch these episodes?
ld217 2 years ago
Is this a true story?
nostromo38 2 years ago
Damn, I remember watching this back in the early 70s when I was wee high to an ant and way before Anime was ever intro'd in the US.
EvilFingers 2 years ago
I don't want whole grain!!
TheKaijuSciFiGuy 2 years ago
wtf? and what is this kid doing handling a pistol?? lol!!
thekydd95 2 years ago
@thekydd95
Kids were more responsible back then... (smile).
LetFreedomRing 2 years ago
@LetFreedomRing LOL!!! I see...lol!
thekydd95 2 years ago
Wonder who would win in battle, Giant Robot or Godzilla??
thekydd95 2 years ago
Wow, thank you for the videos. I remembered this show growing up. Wished you allowed it to be viewed on Mobiles. Otherwise, I have to watch it on my computer. but thank you for the video.
jcsj6776 2 years ago
Man, Manno has got to be the worst secret agent ever. Great hair though. Even after nearly being drowned in the ocean it's still perfect!
Anyway, I love this show! Yeah, it's cheesy and simplistic but it's still a lot of fun. Super Heroes take themselves to seriously today. Not that that's always a bad thing, but it's nice to just have something that's unselfconsciously crazy and awesome like this.
BTW, "Johnny" was originally Daisaku Kusama. Yeah, The Giant Robo anime was based on this!
Mechazaurus 2 years ago
Didn't the robot basically sacrifice itself in the last episode? I remember him having to fly into outer space with some enemy thing that was going to explode in order to save Earth. Anybody remember this?
artwillvideos 2 years ago
Yes, that's what happened. I cried on that part.
LetFreedomRing 2 years ago
OMG! I remember this show. My friend got bootleg copies in Chinatown, NYC back in the early 80's. Good times!
Sickcyber66 2 years ago
Oh Father in Heavan, I am about to show my age for sure!!! I remember seeing this as a little kid with my brother and cousins everyday after school many moons ago!!! I would do anything to relive those days, thanks for the memories!!!
Darkwolf92 2 years ago
this is too cool! what a flash from the past!
zestyguy87 2 years ago
am i the only young person loving this show.
goldensolder44 2 years ago
nothing like clasic japanese sci fy. but its kind of cheezy by todays standards even godzilla though I love to watch it since I rarely get to see it anymore even if the effects are not cutting edge puppetry as they were when it first started to be made back then.
I love anime also
manga12 2 years ago
I am with you all the way. I have not seen this in exactly 30 years. Do I miss it. This is real great stuff.
SpyroTDragon 2 years ago
This was my favorite show as a child. It was fun watching it again after all this time! Thanks!
LeMonde63 2 years ago
If I'm right Spider is Takeshi Kaga from Iron Chef, his real name is Shigekatsu Katsuda. I read that somewhere:/
Faust2320 2 years ago
Is that NigaHiga at 5:05?!
ThaSonOfHeaven 2 years ago
I remember watching this when I was a child. I watched all of the japaese monster shows back then.
larosenoire1 2 years ago
TOTALLY cool...
majomor 2 years ago
Is it me, or is this an awful lot of carnage for a children's show?
4Xderrick 2 years ago
no it's not you-no way they would let kids watch this today...
majomor 2 years ago
I agree. They would never show this or even Looney Tunes now.
Sickcyber66 2 years ago
This is totally Awesome, i watched this when i was like 7 years old and now im 40, this seems to be the Movie which i loved so much as a child ! Now we just need the TV Series ;) This is truely a CLASSIC of all CLASSICS !
Kroq1 2 years ago
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jtmurter 2 years ago
Wish people(snobbish nose brats) show some respect. Classic and cheesy films like this, it maybe, it help pay the pathway towards films that is out today.
NpjbEnterprise 2 years ago 2
It's nice to see this show again. I first seen this show back around 1973 and 1974. I had long forgotten about this show over the years and forgot about the show's name, and been trying to look for it. Thanks for sharing them!
garywayne1966 2 years ago
this is that old school
RootsRadic23 2 years ago
BUCKETHEAD FTW!!!!!!!!!!!
jonnathanrocks 2 years ago
Godzilla would rape this hoe robot!!
link000000 2 years ago
I dunno, I'd think it'd be pretty even.
MiniraShine 2 years ago
what is this?????
ericgarcia1809webs 2 years ago
some weird ass show...
link000000 2 years ago
Masks haha.. saves a lot of time when it comes to matching up voice overs. Oh.. I love the quote "strange space craft" (is there ever a 'normal' one? haha ) and the fire and smoke coming out the back... in space. I love this stuff.
WakeUpPunks 2 years ago
wth did i just watch O_O
diddykongfu 2 years ago
Isn't Gigantor the American version?
xdopemanx 2 years ago
It's by the same Japanese creator (Mitsuteru Yokoyama).
ryuuseipro 2 years ago
Oh, so in terms, they're the same. Just animated/live action?
xdopemanx 2 years ago
like Id like to know how that kid knew all his abilities lol
dj2bklyn 2 years ago
why the hell is a woman voicing Johnny?
LordoftheBagel 2 years ago
I use to watch this when I was young, I always thought it was called giant robot
GeorgeStone5 2 years ago
Just what the H*LL is American Int'l Television? And it's rated mildly violent & disturbing - my favorite kind!
serenanocturna 2 years ago
AIT was the television arm of American International Pictures, a company that was famous for both westernizing Godzilla as well as many Roger Corman flicks. It churned out a lot of B-movies, either original or adapted from overseas films, and was very influential. It folded, and was bought by Orion pictures, who was also bought by MGM.
They produced or distributed a lot of films, ranging from Blacula, to the Abominable Dr Phibes, to the Amityville Horror and Mad Max.
weirdwatch 2 years ago
Blacula?
Djames516 2 years ago
Imagine Dracula redone as an blaxpoitation movie, like Shaft. Hokey as hell.
weirdwatch 2 years ago
Why does the robot look egyptian?
Good enough though for our entertaining.
danny2mil 2 years ago 6
@danny2mil YEAH!
Head like a Sphinx!
But as little kids, we never could say that... I think I was about 8 then and our (3 boys - 3 girls) little brother was 6 and he and I used to ask how come it looked like a "statue" or "pyramid"...
themirrorsofmymind 4 months ago
@danny2mil lol i always thought that
fastfingers0 3 months ago
who else is now a fan of this because of Buckethead?
fastfingers0 3 months ago
Its like the Japanese are so use to giant monster now theirs no shock and terror it just MONSTER /sigh
CinemaEpic 2 years ago
"I love that giant robot," said my three-year-old daughter. "It has guns."
sillydaddycomics 2 years ago 8
American Children's shows during this period (1967) were so tame and lame compared to JOHNNY SOKKO -- with the notable exception of JOHNNY QUEST (1964). Sure, it's completely unrealistic, but it's reality television boring? I'd much rather loose my mind watching JOHNNY SOKKO than SURVIVOR -- because how can that possibly match machinegun-toting beatnik villains in Italian shades?
August138 2 years ago 3
Great show. It really fed your imagination as a kid. I remember being super-pissed when they killed him off in the final episode. Damn you, Guillotine!!!
mike4787000 2 years ago
I had to write an essay on this show. I never really watched it before, but why did I write an essay on this now?
WianaotBrriarNod 2 years ago
Do you guys realize that all the episodes are coming from a company (MGM Digital Media) and not a person on Youtube I hope...
Cool show...Thx MGM!
MentorGuardian 2 years ago
CLASSIC STUFF!!
sur2hit 2 years ago
this is corny ass shit...i love it...cant belive i wached this as i grew up...lol...
squidskunk 2 years ago
you wacked to it? sick!
piper77 2 years ago
Imagine the Power Rangers series. I can't believe that series STILL in the air on ABC and Disney Channel........
misfit2k5 2 years ago
5/5
MEGAS1LORD1DEVIN 2 years ago
I feel like I just watched a cross between The Creature from the Black Lagoon and an old Power Rangers episode.
yashagrl 2 years ago
WTF!!!
lostrigales 2 years ago
Johnny's hair is like Zac Effrons and how young boys where it now, how cool!!!
regamom3 2 years ago
OMG!!! I can't believe you have this!!! I remember watching this after school, and couldn't believe how cool!!!
regamom3 2 years ago 3
Lol, whatever these giant dudes touch they blow it up.
Xao14 2 years ago
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!
RobyFlyForFunx4 2 years ago
lol, s bad
roflwaffle12321 2 years ago
Wow, live-action Japanese shows are...unique. I'm not quite sure where to begin: the squadron of SR-71s, the 100-lb Thompson SMGs, the casual and cavalier use of nuclear bombs, or the Beatnik Nazis / North Koreans. Classic!
bravo0105 2 years ago
11:01 Classic 60s: Arm the kid with his own gun--huzzah!
GovtIssueJoseph 2 years ago
OMG! Johnny Sako! I remember when I was a kid trying to turn the antenna north to get channel 20 out of Detroit because none of the local stations carried cool shows like this or Ultraman!
PhenyxinNC 2 years ago 2
Did you have Captain Twenty out there?
EchoPlexHead 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
this is so stupid
caodoom 2 years ago
I remember this bring back good memories. Thanks
javnjor 2 years ago
I cried when he flew into space and died
Scottydont66 2 years ago
use to get stoned and watch this
BeantownJim 2 years ago
Oh, thanks! Used to watch these on WPHL Channel 17 UHF from Philly in the mid-seventies. Wee WIllie Webber's kiddie show afternoons at 3 or 4 after school. Anyone else remember this?
JohnKoroly 2 years ago
i used to watch johny socko -n-his flying robot on captain cosmict on chanice 2 back inthe 1970's.
russellhughes84 2 years ago
I don't remember Wee Willie Webber, but I remember this show being on Channel 17 in Philly. I was about 5 or six then, though. I think this show is what geared me toward anime.
Windsweptzariel 2 years ago
Did you cry when the giant robot sacrificed himself in the final episode? I did.
JohnKoroly 2 years ago
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Windsweptzariel 2 years ago
I don't remember, but I probably did. Maybe that's why I don't like sad endings.
Windsweptzariel 2 years ago
Hey! Thanks for the spoiler!
ejay1118 2 years ago
Do you remember Dr. Shock?
Windsweptzariel 2 years ago
Are your referring to "Mad Theatre" or "Horror Theatre?"
JohnKoroly 2 years ago
Saturday nights at 7 in the early 70's, right?
JohnKoroly 2 years ago
Dr Shock's "Creature Double Feature" Saturday afternoons.
vanparty 2 years ago
This is one of the BEST shows ever made !!!
Kaiju666 2 years ago
I LOVE THIS OLD SHOW
theboyboone313 2 years ago
wtf why do americans do this to other countries. Hey I know let's make a DragonBall movie and ruin the anime series. FUCK AMERICA!!!
masterofthewicked89 2 years ago
There is no Dragonball movie.
ApplesFromKira 2 years ago
yes there is.
zakattak80 2 years ago
You don't seem to understand, there is no Dragonball movie. Nobody ruined our fond memories.
ApplesFromKira 2 years ago
there is to a dragonball movie. it's called draganball evolution and if you don't believe me look it up.
zakattak80 2 years ago
-_-
ApplesFromKira 2 years ago
You still don't understand. There is no Dragonball movie. It does not exist.
CrestofLoki 2 years ago
really show me where it says it's a hoax, or where they canceled the production.
zakattak80 2 years ago
WTF do elitist shits get their panties in a bunch when a series gets sent to America? I say that the Japanese need a more universal approach to their anime and manga and that fucktards like you, masterofthewicked89, need to have their e-penoring selves sent to the hottest, most fiery furnaces of blackest hell with satan and his minions poking you in the ass day and night with their pitchforks and burning your ass with flamethrowers and napalm.
notjustanotherface 2 years ago
But the dragonball evolution movie was really bad. Even though it doesn't exist.
weirdwatch 2 years ago
This show is hilarious. ;D
poopdude 2 years ago
after world war 2
a 1960's Japanese show
WHY did they do the Nazi salute?
at 18:00
BreezyBrisbane 2 years ago 2
That salute is older than the Nazi Party. It emphasizes that the bad guys are bad guys.
August138 2 years ago
I don't know what's the best thing about this-- the cheesy dialogue, the bad dubbing, or the awful special effects haha XD
dehstehra 2 years ago
Well, two of them are American. The third, the special effects are forty-one years old. Not bad for a television show back then... but then again, this was produced for children, so one can hardly criticize it for not being "realistic."
August138 2 years ago
wat da fuck
santanabanana21 2 years ago
Fantastic. Real out of this world feeling.
priscillaofmanila 2 years ago
freakin sweet!! Thanks for postin!
strangedays777 2 years ago
his transmitter is dead, but his hair is immaculate ... too funny
Robert697 2 years ago 2
anyone remember the name of the program similar to this one? It was about a boy who could turn into a jet as well as his sister or mother, can't remember whta she was, and his father who was a gold man and would turn into, of course, a gold jet. Was on about the same time as this program. Anyone remember?
XxGr0verxX 2 years ago
When I saw this program listed, I thought that's what it was. I remember that show. And the real odd thing was that I watched in Mexico dubbed in Spanish.
That other show, for some reason, I recall the letter "U" being associated with it. If you figure it out, let me know.
Thanks!
Robert697 2 years ago
Hi.
You're looking for "The Space Giants".
I may not have the correct spelling of these names, but some of the characters were Goldar, Miko and Gam.
I'd been searching a long time for the show, too, so a while back, I used my search engine, put in the names and got my answer. :-)
There are some clips on Youtube.
Enjoy!
LMmccallL57 2 years ago
thanks for posting the answer i have been trying to figure out the name for that show, last time i saw it was in 78 on KTVU. thanks :)
CherokeeTwilight 2 years ago
I'm glad I could help. :-)
LMmccallL57 2 years ago
When I was a teenager, I was a consultant for Bob Wilkins on the "Captain Comsic" show, and recommended a number of series, including JOHNNY SOKKO -- which was hugely popular. Later, Bob thanked me for listing JOHNNY SOKKO, because KTVU was able to lease a five-year run of the entire 26 episodes for only $2500!
August138 2 years ago
That would be Space Giants (dubbed version) aka Magma Taishi (original japanese version)
Kaiju666 2 years ago
THE SPACE GIANTS, known in Japan as MAGMA TAISHI. The robots were Goldar, Silvar and Gam, who were advised by an ancient man named Mathusm. A young boy, Miko Mura, was able to call them with a special whistle. They fought together against the evil Rodak, who desires possession of the Earth.
August138 2 years ago
LOLZ! didn't buckethead do the music to this show?
3lt3ponz3r 2 years ago
He's greatly influenced by it. I see why. But, no, the show's from 1967, so he didn't do the music when he was -2.
MooseyFate100 2 years ago
lolz... I'm sorry for my stupidity, i didn't know when the show was made
3lt3ponz3r 2 years ago
A giant robot, a boy, and the boy's mentor: a bloodthirsty spynow THATS good television!
dalefejj 2 years ago
It's basically just Ultraman 2.0.
thegamer1712 2 years ago
johnny
egglooke 2 years ago
This was my favourite show when I was a kid!! I am so glad to see it again ^_^
ryokomos 2 years ago 2
this is fun to watch, reminds me of those godzilla movies!
only257 2 years ago
It was the same company that made them (the Gojira/Godzilla movies) , too (Toei), only257. Also, believe it or not, but they made some pretty good martial arts films in a morea real life setting starring, among others, Sonny Chiba (Street Fighter, Return of the Street Fighter, etc.). Now if only these two threw down for a fight...that would be epic, or, better yet, teamed up against the Gargoyle Gang and Emperor Whatshisface.
notjustanotherface 2 years ago
thanks notjustanotherface!
only257 2 years ago
GODZILLA was made by Toho Studios, the same company that produced the epic Kurosawa films and a lot more; JOHNNY SOKKO was made in 1967 by Toei Tokyo Studios (famous for its Yakuza and Chanbara movies), and created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, who also created GIGANTOR. The same team on JOHNNY SOKKO went on to produce KAMEN RIDER (1971) and GORANGER (1975), which lead to the POWER RANGERS.
August138 2 years ago
johnny my ass!! american producer? american writer? my ass!!!
is pure jap!!!
drecklia 2 years ago 4
I agree so much
theunknown10 2 years ago
this hurts my no no place,the boats were full of illegal fire works and smoke bombs
morfius93638 2 years ago
There is just nothing these days to compare to the great classics like this! Kids really have less these days! So darn sad! Y awake up on Saturdays and whats on..? News, ESPN and infomercials and a bunch of hapless movies! There is no fun anymore!
44skins 2 years ago 4
So true, all they have on is pokemon, digimon and a watered down verson of power ranger, and kamen/masked rider. the kids don't know a thing about spiderman, the hulk, batman, godzilla, ultraman , etc. glad to see you can still find these good old shows for free.
redbuick 2 years ago