Johnny Sokko and his flying Robot

[starsky]

i really like ultraman and giant robot. anybody watch space giants too?

[ctc]

>anybody watch space giants too?

I saw a few episodes when I was at the U. Space Giants is a weird one; kinda like Ultraman if Sid and Marty Krofft had done it.

Don C.

[Duncan]

In Philly, we had Ultraman, J. Sokko and Space Giants. We'd get all fired up watching these shows, and then run outside and pretend to fight each other in character. I always liked shooting Ultraman's death ray from the side of my hand. My only issue with the shows was that they'd spend too much time talking, and I mostly wanted to see action.

[AAAAA]

gee all I got to see gaint robot was the 3 episodes put together on the 4:30 movie.
he fights a gaint eyeball in one segment

[bondtoddbond]

When we were kids, did it ever register that these shows were actually Japanese?
I watched Ultraman and all the rest, but never really thought about it. All you wanted to see were the big battles.

[kingdom warrior]

What always made me laugh was how they communicated with Walkie talkies that looked like radio or car antennas LOL!!!! I remember playing with radio antennas and pretending they were like the ones in the show....lol!

[Megospidey]

Every day after school I couldn't wait to get home to watch Johnny Sakko and his flying robot... "Robot..launch!"

[tay666]

When we were kids, did it ever register that these shows were actually Japanese?
I watched Ultraman and all the rest, but never really thought about it. All you wanted to see were the big battles.

Yeah. I think I always realised these were Japanese.
Just like my favorite movies, Godzilla, and Gamora.
And my favorite cartoons. Marine Boy and Speed Racer.
The mouths not matching the words were always a dead give-away.

[SeattleEd]

Growing up in L.A. we watched on weekdays after school, Kimba The White Lion, Little Rascals, Johnny Sokko and Ultraman. In the mornings we were treated to Speed Racer. All this on Channel 52.
On weekends it was Getter Robo, GoRangers, Raydeen.

We did the same thing with the car antennas as communicators. LOL.
Then switched gears and made masks like Ultraman or Giant Robot. Even Batman and Robin.

We always knew they were in Japanese and loved going to Little Tokyo in downtown L.A., have dinner and go to the toy store to get some cool Japanese toys. My favorite was the Gorangers. Had them all..had!

[tay666]

Growing up in L.A. we watched on weekdays after school, Kimba The White Lion, Little Rascals, Johnny Sokko and Ultraman. In the mornings we were treated to Speed Racer. All this on Channel 52.
On weekends it was Getter Robo, GoRangers, Raydeen.

Kimba was the morning show here.
I remember watching it before going to kindergarten.

[AAAAA]

Kimba was the morning show here.
I remember watching it before going to kindergarten.

yeah that and thunderbirds

[kingdom warrior]

yeah that and thunderbirds

Thunder Birds Ruled so did Captain Scarlet and the others they did in that style

[ctc]

>they communicated with Walkie talkies that looked like radio or car antennas

They're disguised as pens. So.... yeah, they're basicly pens with car antennas stuck in 'em.

Most of the "Global Giant Monster Defense Budget" went to the Science Patrol. Unicorn had to make due.

Don C.

[kingdom warrior]

>they communicated with Walkie talkies that looked like radio or car antennas

They're disguised as pens. So.... yeah, they're basicly pens with car antennas stuck in 'em.

Most of the "Global Giant Monster Defense Budget" went to the Science Patrol. Unicorn had to make due.

Don C.

LOL!!! yes and they saved money by not hiring more agents Just gave the Guns to the kiddies.....Here Johnny a pistol shoot to kill

[Hector]

I didn't see alot of this show when I was a kid but I loved what I saw. I also loved Ultraman, Spectreman, and Space Giants. I'd say Ultraman was my favorite, but I enjoyed all of these shows. I believe they were all on KTVU back then. It is an Oakland/San Francisco station that we used to get in Reno, Nevada back in the 70's. They had the best shows.

I didn't miss a single episode...

...and remember this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMQt9LUP5I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4vJDO5aa4s

Those TV days were amongst the best days of my life...lol...