Overview of 'Gigantor' Season 1 - Movie Intelligence

Gigantor (1963)

Gigantor is an American adaptation of the anime version of Tetsujin 28-go, a manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama released in 1956. Jimmy Sparks controls a gigantic, powerful robot and uses it to fight crime. It debuted on U.S. television in 1964. As with Speed Racer, the characters' original names were altered and the original series' violence was toned down for American viewers.

Writing:

Mitsuteru Yokoyama

Stars:

Release Date: 1963-10-20
Seasons: 1 2

7.4/10

Country: JP
Language: English
Runtime: 25

Season 1 Episode List

Episode 1 - Struggle at the South Pole!
Release Date: 1963-10-20
Inspector Blooper, Jimmy, and Gigantor head for the South Pole to stop Dr. Cat's Meow, an evil genius who plans to take over the world starting with Antartica.
Episode 2 - Battle At the Bottom of the World!
Release Date: 1964-01-02
Thinking Dr. Cat's Meow is out of the way, the team leaves Antarctica, only to be attacked by Meow's robotic whale submarine, and a new robot, Flip Q Man, who captures Gigantor.
Episode 3 - Sting of the Spider!
Release Date: 1964-01-03
The Evil Captain Spider kidnaps Dr. Emeritus and brainwashes Inspector Blooper in an attempt to defeat Gigantor and gain control over a powerful new energy ray.
Episode 4 - Return of the Spider!
Release Date: 1964-01-04
The team feels the sting of Captain Spider when he offers to exchange Dr. Emeritus for the powerful energy ray "Super Elex," which would allow him to take over the world.
Episode 5 - Spider's Revenge!
Release Date: 1964-01-05
Captain Spider now has the Super Elex but there is still one thing preventing him from taking over the world: Dr. Emeritus, the only one capable of building another one to use against him.
Episode 6 - The Secret Valley!
Release Date: 1965-01-06
Forced to land in Australia, the team encounters General Von Q Ball, an old enemy of the Inspector's who has a new weapon in his arsenal - a swarm of robotic bees.
Episode 7 - The Diamond Smugglers!
Release Date: 1964-01-07
Jimmy, Inspector Blooper and Gigantor go to a world conference on robots in India and, disguised as holy men, encounter Dr. Diamond and his gang of deadly diamond smugglers.
Episode 8 - Dangerous Doctor Diamond!
Release Date: 1964-01-08
Dr. Diamond's hideout is discovered in the highest mountain range of the world, but it's protected by a herd of robotic bulls and a powerful torpedo rocket that freezes Gigantor in his tracks!
Episode 9 - Force of Terror!
Release Date: 1964-01-09
When robot saucers hijack trucks off the streets, Jimmy and the Inspector trace them to a factory of the notorious Nefarious, who has an arsenal of deadly robotic weapons.
Episode 10 - World in Danger!
Release Date: 1964-01-10
Nefarious makes his attempts to take over the world using his mole drilling robot to steal a fortune from a bank. Now he can mount an all out attack that even Gigantor can't stop!
Episode 11 - Badge of Danger!
Release Date: 1964-01-11
Dr. Bob Brilliant is kidnapped by the diabolical Oogleblabb, whose plan is to control his mind, and force him to build an evil version of Gigantor for his own evil purposes.
Episode 12 - The Smoke Robots!
Release Date: 1964-01-12
Dr. Birdbrain's secret plans for a new spaceship are stolen by a mysterious smoke robot made of super-strength metal that even Gigantor can't stop.
Episode 13 - The Freezer Ray!
Release Date: 1964-01-13
At the great Robot Parade, Gigantor is a big attraction. But without Jimmy at the controls, Oogleblabb manages to take control himself. Now he plans to use Gigantor to conquer the world.
Episode 14 - The Magic Multiplier!
Release Date: 1964-01-15
Professor Dim Dome's daughter Dottie has been kidnapped by Oogleblabb, who will only release her in exchange for the professor's top secret MMM Multiplier weapon.
Episode 15 - The Submarine Base!
Release Date: 1964-01-15
Swami Tommy takes Professor Brainy, Jimmy and Gigantor prisoner and forces the professor to divulge his formula for a super-secret rocket fuel.
Episode 16 - Treasure Mountain!
Release Date: 1964-01-16
While exploring an ancient Inca temple, Professor Dig-A-Dug finds gold. But when he's captured by the mysterious Pisarro and his giant gorilla robot, Tiny, Gigantor is his only hope.
Episode 17 - The Mystery Missile!
Release Date: 1964-01-17
An unmanned Snooper Rocket is headed for Earth and Gigantor intercepts it just in time. But now he's become highly radioactive and highly dangerous!
Episode 18 - The Giant Cobra!
Release Date: 1964-01-18
The oil fields of Morabia are threatened by rebel Prince Abdul Von Hothead, who uses a giant robot cobra built by Professor Flugle to take down Gigantor.
Episode 19 - The Great Hunt!
Release Date: 1964-01-19
Jimmy and the team go on Safari in Africa to collect animals for a zoo, but a battle breaks out when Ping Pangians attack the Bongo Bongoans in a war over water.
Episode 20 - The Deadly Web!
Release Date: 1964-01-20
With the water war still raging, Jimmy and the Inspector discover an underground dam on Bongo Bongo secretly built by neighboring Ping Pang as a power source. And a giant robot spider defends it!
Episode 21 - The Atomic Flame!
Release Date: 1964-01-21
With almost all their water stolen by the Ping Pangians, Bongo Bongo is vulnerable to an attack, especially when the Ping Pangians have a horrific new weapon - an atomic flame thrower - to use against Gigantor!
Episode 22 - The Incredible Speed Machine!
Release Date: 1964-01-22
With his new energy machine attached to a car, Wizard Dee Doo can make it go 100 miles per hour. But to do that, he needs Spedium ore which he's been mining from Goody Island... causing it to sink!
Episode 23 - The Monster Magnet!
Release Date: 1964-01-23
The only way to stop Evil Wizard Dee Doo's plan to take over the world is to find his secret base, but it's protected by a huge magnetic shield that even Gigantor can't penetrate.
Episode 24 - Target: Jupiter!
Release Date: 1964-01-24
When Double Trouble destroys a flight to Jupiter and threatens to destroy the next launch unless he gets the secret blueprints to the rocket, Gigantor is sent along for protection.
Episode 25 - Trap At 20 Fathoms!
Release Date: 1964-01-25
Dr. Brilliant is abducted by a flying saucer and taken to King Soress' secret base. There he's forced to work with another kidnap victim, Professor Pluto, to make new atomic weapons.
Episode 26 - Monster of the Deep!
Release Date: 1964-01-26
There's a mystery on Mystery Island: where'd everybody go? Someone has created a huge seaweed monster and Jimmy and Gigantor have to find the man before he makes more.
Episode 27 - Will the REAL Gigantor Stand Up?
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Episode 28 - Ten Thousand Gigantors!
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Episode 29 - The Plot to Seize Gigantor!
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Episode 30 - The Space Submarine!
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Episode 31 - Gigantor Who?
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Episode 32 - The Robot Olympics!
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Episode 33 - The Crossbones Caper!
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Episode 34 - Ransom At Point X!
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Episode 35 - The Gypsy Spaceship!
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Episode 36 - The Space Cats!
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Episode 37 - Return of Magnaman!
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Episode 38 - Vanishing Mountain!
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Episode 39 - The Insect Monsters!
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Episode 40 - The City Smashers!
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Episode 41 - The Robot Firebird!
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Episode 42 - Magnaman of Outer Space!
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Episode 43 - The Robot Albatross!
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Episode 44 - Battle of the Robot Giants!
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Episode 45 - The Deadly Sting Rays!
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Episode 46 - Gigantor and the Desert Fire!
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Episode 47 - The Atomic Whale!
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Episode 48 - The Secret Formula Robbery!
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Episode 49 - The Evil Robot Brain!
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Episode 50 - The Devil Gantry!
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Episode 51 - The Robot Arsenal!
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Episode 52 - Danger's Dinosaurs!
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