I LOVE Gigantor
Click HERE to download Gigantor Theme (304K - 3 Mins) Click HERE to hear REAL AUDIO theme. It was described by the tv week as "Animated science fiction series about the world's mightiest robot, and 12 year old Jimmy Sparks who controls the jet propelled giant." After the success of Astroboy on the international market, Gigantor became the most popular Japanese export during this time. The idea was simple - a boy named Jimmy Sparks fights crime around the world with the help of a huge remote controlled robot. Whoever has the remote control, controls Gigantor. The series is set in the year 2000. Gigantor was made of steel, complete with a rocket powered backpack for flight, a pointy nose and eyes that never moved, incredible strength but no intelligence. Jimmy is the nephew of Dr Bob Brilliant and lives with him on a remote island. Jimmy usually wears shorts and a jacket, and even carries a gun. Jimmy's voice was that of Billy Lou Watt who was a female; not a male as many people are led to believe. She was also the voice of Astroboy and Kimba. The voice of Inspector blooper was Cliff Owen, who also played Dr Elefun from Astroboy and Dan�l Baboon from Kimba. Gilbert Mack was the voice of Dick Strong, who also played Mr Pompos from Astroboy and Pauley Cracker from Kimba. The names were all whimsical with characters such as Dick Strong who was a secret agent, and a funny policeman named Inspector Blooper who joined with Jimmy, Bob and Gigantor on their adventures against enemies such as the Spider, Ungablob, General Von Que Ball, Dubble Trubble, Dr Katzmeow and Prince Abdul Ben Hothead and there were plenty of other robots that Gigantor had to defeat. In the last episode titled �The Secret Valley; The Gigantor team decide to holiday in Australia to see the kangaroos. They end up in the bush on a sheep station. They call the natives �savages� and instead of being Aborigines are Indians with feathers on their heads riding horses. It goes to show what little the Japanese knew of Australia at that time. The dubbing team tried to imitate our accents, but didn�t come close. |
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