Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot

I was seven years old. My sister used to tease me unmercifully when I got up early in the morning before school to watch this show. She didn't understand why a girl would be watching a show like Johnny Sokko. Truth be told, I had a major crush on the actors who played Spider and Harlequin! I dreamed of the day I could take out an entire Unicorn battalion by somehow getting ahold of that watch, tinkering with it, and making Giant Robot do Gargoyle's bidding, as he was designed to do in the first place! Mwahahahaha! (Yeah, I know, "Boo-Hiss!" from the peanut gallery!)I was sorry to hear of Hideo Murota (Harlequin/Black Dia actor) dying in 2002. Doctor Botanus (Mitsuo Ando) is gone as well (1997). Not many left of the old gang.My granddaughter is coming to visit next summer, and I intend to have her watch every episode! Thankfully, she's still young enough to suspend disbelief, so I'm sure she'll be a new fan of the series. I always will be!

Me too Mr. Parker i was 7-8 then Just the greatest thing and Johnny being 9Other than white) never came to mind, Just save that Robot !! Hulu has had this for a long time I'm going to back to watch them again HAHAHAHAHAHAHA (I love the music)

I watched this show avidly as a young boy, right after Spider-man ('68) -- I specifically remember this and Ultraman. What little boy wouldn't want a giant robot he could control with his wrist watch? The effects are on par with Godzilla and Gamera movies from the 60's and 70's and of course the suits and makeup are pretty cheesy, but when you're 5 years old you tend to overlook the zippers and eye-holes. This series holds up remarkably well for it's age, and the dubbing is actually pretty good all things considered. The human violence is a little more wild than what we might see today -- guns and grenades and tanks and explosions, but never any blood or gore. Some other reviewers have tried to compare this to other shows -- I would say that THIS is the precursor to the Power Rangers (and all of it's subsequent incarnations). I have been waiting IMPATIENTLY for this series to be released on DVD here in the United States (it's even on Amazon as a "pending" DVD-R title on demand). Either way, this allowed me to relive my childhood while watching them with my 3 year old son who now LOVES Giant Robot (and Ultraman, Godzilla, Gamera, etc...) but Giant Robot is his favorite and mine!