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.
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Episode 1 - Will the Real Gigantor Stand Up?
Release Date:Dr. Brilliant and his son Buttons are kidnapped by Professor Envee and forced to work on a duplicate version of Gigantor. Then Envee ties Buttons to its leg and sends it into battle…against Gigantor!
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Episode 2 - Ten Thousand Gigantors!
Release Date:The Keenymeanies have built hundreds of Gigantors to launch them against the planet Snork. Snork's only defense - a badly outnumbered Gigantor, Jimmy and Dick Strong.
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Episode 3 - The Plot to Seize Gigantor!
Release Date:When Gigantor takes off by himself without Jimmy at the control, then refuses to obey and crashes into the Boopadoop Embassy, he winds up in chains! What's gone wrong with the big guy?
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Episode 4 - The Space Submarine
Release Date:A master-thief, The Gypsy, sends a fire-breathing mouse robot into the Von Money Estate to steal half an ancient treasure map. Dick Strong joins The Gypsy's gang in a desperate attempt to bring him in.
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Episode 5 - Gigantor Who?
Release Date:Ambassador Scamp threatens to blow up a passenger plane unless he's given $1 million. Then he threatens to blow up Big Beaver Dam unless he gets a billion, and Gigantor must be the one who delivers it!
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Episode 6 - The Robot Olympics!
Release Date:It's the First World Robot Olympics, held in New York. First price, $1 million and a gold trophy. Taurus and Bulba, the favorite, and Gigantor, go head to head until Maxwell Schmoe kidnaps Gigantor!
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Episode 7 - The Crossbones Caper!
Release Date:When the notorious pirate Rapscallion and his crew steal a whaling fleet's money, Gigantor is sent to bring them in. But Jimmy and his giant friend are helpless against Rapscallion's latest weapons.
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Episode 8 - Ransom at Point X!
Release Date:The International Pirate gang is back in operation. This time, their leader is Rascal Rogue and he's built the largest atomic submarine in the world. Has Gigantor met his match?
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Episode 9 - The Gypsy Spaceship!
Release Date:The Gypsy is back and this time he manages to unite two pieces of a secret Eskimo map. Now the untold wealth buried deep within Mount Blubber will be his.
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Episode 10 - The Space Cats!
Release Date:Invaders from the planet Magnapus plan to conquer Earth. Able to take human shape at will, one of them has been working as Dr. Brilliant's assistant.
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Episode 11 - The Return of Magnaman!
Release Date:Magnaman is back and he's under the control of Muggs Muggler and his gang, who know his secret code. Only Gigantor can stop them now, but it'll be robot against robot in a duel to the finish.
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Episode 12 - Vanishing Mountain!
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Episode 13 - The Insect Monsters!
Release Date:Dr. Buzz Bugaboo is kidnapped by Brany Mantis and forced to turn over his formula for making huge insects. The big bugs are then unleashed on the city, in numbers too gigantic for even Gigantor to stop.
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Episode 14 - The City Smashers!
Release Date:General Shark has a new secret weapon - termites that eat steel and concrete. Now, no city is safe from a Shark attack. Can Gigantor exterminate the growing problem?
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Episode 15 - The Robot Firebird!
Release Date:As a reward for rescuing him from the fires of a volcano, a powerful Firebird makes Swami Rivers the most powerful man on Earth. Now only Gigantor can put out his fire.
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Episode 16 - Magnaman of Outer Space!
Release Date:A robot factory run by a man named Crank unleashes Magnaman, a super robot who's been programmed to destroy all of man's masterpieces, starting with the Eiffel Tower!
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Episode 17 - The Robot Albatross!
Release Date:Gigantor is sent deep into the ocean to search for a sunken island and buried treasure. Instead, he finds the evil Thermal Updraft, whose hideout is guarded by the unbeatable Albatross robot!
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Episode 18 - Battle of the Robot Giants!
Release Date:Escaped convict Goldy Brix is attacking luxury liners from his underwater base and using his own giant robot, Blastro. When Blastro disables Gigantor, it's anybody's game!
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Episode 19 - The Deadly Sting Rays!
Release Date:At Skull Duggery Prison, Goldy Brix is locked up with the monster Big Fang. Big Mistake. They break loose and with help from Professor Stinger's String Ray robots, they can't be stopped.
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Episode 20 - Gigantor and the Desert Fire!
Release Date:No country will buy oil from poor Morabia. Rebels from neighboring Togaland have frightened all the customers away by setting oil fires. Can Gigantor take the heat and make everything cool again?
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Episode 21 - The Atomic Whale!
Release Date:When scientists from the Atomic Factory are kidnapped by a giant whale, Gigantor dives into the sea to see what's going down. But the whale is actually a robot submarine from an undersea city!
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Episode 22 - The Secret Formula Robbery!
Release Date:Professor Stinger is back and this time he's got Big Fang's robot brother Irontron, who's been built for one purpose only - to defeat Gigantor and jimmy Sparks once and for all!
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Episode 23 - The Evil Robot Brain!
Release Date:Dr. Nutzen Boltz convinces Brainy, the robot with a dialectronic brain, to let him study his brain. In exchange, he will build a robot for Brainy that can destroy Gigantor!
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Episode 24 - The Devil Gantry
Release Date:The evil Scrag and his henchman Sleek have been building a top secret weapon that uses a Tesla coil to generate lightning - just what they need to get rid of Gigantor for good!
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Episode 25 - The Robot Arsenal!
Release Date:Mr. Skee Matic kidnaps Jimmy and takes him to his secret headquarters where he shows him his robot collection - the largest in the world. Among them, his newest acquisition, Gigantor!
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Episode 26 - Danger's Dinosaurs!
Release Date:Captain Danger has built two gigantic dinosaur robots in his undersea base and launches an attack on Dr. Brilliant's laboratory while Gigantor is being repaired. Could this be the end?