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Giant Robo
ジャイアントロボ
1967 · TV series · 25 min episodes · 1 season
Created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama
ActionAdventureKidsScience FictionFantasy
Join Daisaku Kusama and Giant Robo as they battle the interstellar terrorist group Big Fire.
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It's funny, because MMPR is an Americanized "Tokusatsu" show. In fact, the original series was a re-cut Tokusatsu show, with American actors spliced in between Japanese action scenes and props.
Some notable examples are Giant Robo, Kamen Rider, and Kikaider.
They are children's television shows that are, lets face it, trash.
But, they find an audience. The shlockyness, the cheesy rubber suits, the bad acting, and the razor-thin plots all serve one purpose: To get two people into rubber suites so they can smash up a cardboard city and set off some squibs and pyrotechnics.
Do they exist to sell toys? of course. But, they were also made by teams of people all making music, designing suits, building props, planning pyrotechnics, acting, doing stunts ( driving and physical ), choreographing fights, and designing the "monster of the week."
There is a humanity to these shows. They are cheesy little guerilla operations doing the best they can with a small budget.