Read First Before Buy Johnny Sokko His Flying Robot
I've waited for this day for about 40 years, so this review may be just a little biased...
Just received this today. I was a little worried about the picture quality when the AIP opening began playing. Although the quality of the US opening didn't look too good, the actual episodes look better than I've ever seen them (much better than when I watched them on our black and white TV back in the 70s). It's not state of the art high-definition, but it looks great, maybe even better than Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete First Season that was released before it was remastered.
Any fan of kaiju such as The Godzilla Collection and Ultraman: The Complete Series should love this series. It is my favorite of all the ones I've seen--partly because of how much I wanted my own Giant Robot as a kid, but also because of how the series develops the relationships of the characters and resolves the battle between Unicorn and the Gargoyle Gang.
This is THE OFFICIAL RELEASE produced from the original prints and is the best quality ever to hit the US--not to mention it's legitimate. Unfortunately there are no special features, but the set does come with a terrific 24-page booklet with some information even long-time fans like me never knew.
Note: for some reason fans of Giant Robo - Economy Pack do not seem to enjoy this series. If you fall into this category, you may not appreciate this the way those of us who consider this a cult classic do.
HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION TO ALL LIVE-ACTION, FOAM-RUBBER-SUIT-WEARING KAIJU FANS.
All I remembered is that it had a catchy theme song, was about a boy and his giant fat long nosed robot which he controlled with a remote? Does it sound familiar?
BalasHapusThere was old guy in suit and liddle kid in suit that was alweres fighting neno nazi youth beatnik looking buggers and there was this gigantic machine man with an egyption head that barked like dog and shooted miscles from fingers.
BalasHapusif there is one when is it likely to be released?
BalasHapusThey went through time and they fixed things that went wrong. Any ideas?
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