sinicalypse wrote:
Don Tiny wrote:
Tad Queasy wrote:
denisdman wrote:
Is that spectreman?

I used to love that show. I watched a few on youtube, and it is god awful.
That's actually Ultraman. I also loved it as a kid and yes, it is awful.
I watched Spectreman (and Space Giants), too, and they're also pretty bad...but seemed cool as a kid.
How about 'Gatchaman' (aka Battle of the Planets)?
Voltron too I guess ... never was my bag ... I think there were a couple US versions.
any love for
kamen rider? it's the motorcycle one and it's been around forever.
Never heard of it, though I can't in any way claim to be a bigfan of much Japanese fare ... sure perhaps maybe more than the average fella, but the average fella is likely a fraction above zero.
All I can pretend to have the slightest bit of knowledge about is 'Gatchaman' and a bit of 'Lupin III', albeit initially through their 'American' versions (BotP and the laserdisc game 'Cliffhanger', respectively). Bits and pieces of who knows what on rare occasion I find that the Sat nite Anime block on Adult Swim is the best option to leave on the TV in the background.
But no, I'm not terribly conversant on any of it.
Hell, I don't really know anything about Voltron ... I only keep it in mind because many, many, many moons ago my brother was dog-assing it getting ready for school, and I suppose he invoked Voltron as the reason for his lolly-gagging, to which my mother's (rather out of character) response to him was an emphatic, "Shit on Voltron!"
