This isn’t exactly Gundam, but it has a boy and a giant freaking robot so it’s good enough for Gundam Wednesday! Besides, it’s GIANT ROBO!

The 70’s were awesome. Earth, Wind, and Fire was topping the charts. I was born. And the live action tokusatsu version of Giant Robo was dubbed into American and released as Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot! And now, through the magic of the internets, you can watch the first ten episodes of the American dub of Giant Robo thanks to Hulu. Here’s the first episode.

If Audrey and I have a boy child, I’m going to sneak in and tell the doctors we want to name him Johnny Sokko Noguchi while she’s still conked out and medded up. The just screams hot blooded Japanese Toku justice! Seriously, I love Hulu for delivering such awesome. The 26 episode series is out on DVD in Japan, but this is probably as close as we’re going to get to a domestic release of the show. I’m usually a subtitle snob, but in this case, I’m really enjoying the classic dubbing.

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