Sunday, October 12, 2008
Super Giant Robots of the 70's and 80's we should know.
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Super cool Giant Robots of the 70's and 80's we should know.
Tetsujin 28 or Giantor! One of the top 100 Manga we should know.
Here are some giant robots of the past that I really dig. They are the true innovative heros.
Gigantor is the American adaptation of the anime version of Tetsujin 28-go, a manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama released in 1956.
The series is set in the "future" year of 2000. A boy named Jimmy Sparks is the nephew of Dr. Bob Brilliant and lives with him on a remote island. Jimmy usually wears shorts and a jacket, carries a firearm and occasionally drives a car. Jimmy fights crime around the world with the help of a huge remote-controlled robot, Gigantor. The robot is made of steel, and has a rocket-powered backpack for flight, a pointy nose, eyes that never move, and incredible strength, but no intelligence (although in one episode when fighting a smoke bot he started to tap his head as if trying to think). Whoever has the remote control controls Gigantor.
The 2004 version of the anime takes place after WWII. According to this version, the robots where supposed to be made for the Axis. But the Axis never agreed to use them, and they shut down the project after that the robots went rogue and disappeared along with their creators.
There is a notable resemblance between the characters of Jimmy and Gigantor and the characters of the boy Hogarth and the giant robot in Ted Hughes' well-known children's book The Iron Man, which was published in 1968. It is not known whether Hughes ever saw the Gigantor series.
Who is YOUR FIRST Giant Robot?
What Giant Robot did you first expose to? I would like to know, feel free to post on the comment.
* Do tell because, perhaps, I will draw or paint for your very first Giant Robot one by one along the list! Well, with a little tweak if I see fit my style. :)
-Mazinger, Great Mazinger
-GoldRake or Grendizer
-Jet Jaguar from the Gozilla
-Shogun Warriors
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