GIANT ROBO
(Giant Robot)

(1967)

An alien space craft crashes into the Pacific Ocean, carrying the evil Emperor Guillotine from the planet Gargoyle; who plans to conquer Earth. A young boy and a writer who meet on a cruise liner; witness from the ocean depths, one of Guillotine's monsters. The boy and writer jump over board before the ship is destroyed. They wash up on a remote island, where they are captured and taken prisoners. While escaping they find a 100 foot tall robot. The robot just finished now only needs atomic power to activate his brain and a voice pattern to command it. Whoever talks first into the miniature transmitter in the form of a watch will control the Giant Robot. Also known as "Jaianto Robo". In 1969, the series was sold to the USA, nad later - Australia; and was renamed "Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot" for these overseas audiences, with scripts re-written, names changed, and voices duped.

GIANT ROBO
Toei Co. Ltd
26 x 25 minute episode series

TRANSMISSION DATES
11 October 1967 - 1 April 1968

DIRECTORS
Michio Konishi
Itaru Orita
Katsuhiko Taguchi
Hirokazu Takemoto
Koichi Takemoto
Minoru Yamada

PRODUCERS
Tôru Hirayama
Shinichi Miyhazaki
Yasuharu Ueda

CREATOR
Mitsuteru Yokoyama

WRITERS
Masaru Igami
Tomio Matsuda
Hisashi Abe
Kana Hichijo

MUSIC
Takeo Yamashita

EPISODES
Dakolah - The Giant Sea Beast
Globar - The Giant Devil-Ball
Satan Rose - The Space Plant
Lygon - The Magic Beast
Gangar - The Colossal Hand
Dorogon - The Ninja Monster
The Enemy is Monster Ikageras
Challenge of Doubilion - The Turning-Face Monster
Spaaki - The Electric-Current Monster
The Reconstructed Man
Terror of the Man-Eating Sand
Unbalan - The Combined Monster
Ganmons - Eye of the Devil
The Monstrous Fangs of Iron
Icelar - The Freezing Monster
Mysterious Robot - GR-2
Destroy the Aka-Fuji Dam
The Riddle of Double-Agent X7
Metro-3 - The Man From Andromeda
S.O.S. Giant Robot
The Mummy Mutants
Calamity - The Murderous Weapon
Dr. Gelma - The Space Goblin
Hydrazone - The Germ Spore
The Space Vampire
The Last Day of Emperor Guillotine

CAST

Daisaku Kusama	. . . . . . . . .	Mitsunobu Kaneko
Jûrô Minami	. . . . . . . . .	Akio Itô
Unicorn Chief Azuma	. . . . . . . . .	Matasaburô Date
Mitsuko Nishino	. . . . . . . . .	Yumiko Katayama
Marie Hanamura	. . . . . . . . .	Tomomi Kuwabara
Emperor Guillotine	. . . . . . . . .	Hirohiko Satô
Spider	. . . . . . . . .	Matasaburo Tamba
Black Dia	. . . . . . . . .	Hideo Murota
Red Cobra	. . . . . . . . .	Koji Miemachi
Doctor Over	. . . . . . . . .	Mitsuo Andô
Giant Robo	. . . . . . . . .	Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama
Narrator	. . . . . . . . .	Koichi Chiba

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