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Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot is an Americanized version of the Japanese Toei tokusatsu television series Giant Robo. It is a manga and tokusatsu series created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. The series is about a young boy who aids in the fight against a mechanized terrorist organization as the sole controller of a prototype giant robot. The series has 26 episodes.
Back in the early days of the internet I discovered wonderful things. Details of tokusatsu and anime from my past. The Japanese versions of the shows I grew up on were, in most cases, far richer and more adult than the “translations” that were aired on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. While I […]
In 1997 I wanted to create my own Shogun Warrior on my Windows 95 PC, I only had MS Paint at the time and my dream. Considering the limitations, I was satisfied with my results. I even made a follow-up image then walked away from my concept. All of the changed today. Don’t ask me […]