The Space Giants?is the English-dub title of a live-action TV series from Japan that aired in my area in the late '60s.
Not unlike?
Ultraman, it featured a large hero that could battle Godzilla-sized monsters attacking Tokyo.
Unlike?
Ultraman, which one could watch any episode of and not miss anything of importance, it had an ongoing story?arc.
The dub was handled by Speed Racer, himself (Peter Fernandez).
The villain was an alien called Rodak, who had a cool-looking spaceship and his mind set on conquering the Earth.
What stood in his way was a family of robots that could transform into rockets, who lived with an old wizard inside a volcano.
While you could count on a fight breaking out between Goldar and the monster of the week in any given episode,
there were also other intriguing things going on that also involved a human boy named Mikko and his family, too.?
This show has been remastered, and you can watch it on YouTube:?
I learned only last week that the story was a creation of Osamu Tezuka, who brought us?
Astro Boy?and?
Kimba The White Lion.
Not only that, there is an animated version, which is also English-dubbed and available for viewing on YouTube.
The story as it unfolds here is quite different from the live-action version. It uses the Japanese names for all of the characters,
for one thing. I found it funny that the background theme used for Gam, the boy robot, whenever he changed into a rocket and
began flying around, is used as the closing theme in the anime (and, in fact, has actual Japanese lyrics!).
Here, the giant gold robot is the titular?
Ambassador Magma.Walt
