![]() The members of the gang all have explosive devices implanted in their bodies that are to be detonated instantly if they are captured. They wear a combination of Soviet and Wehrmacht military uniforms, Central American guerrilla clothing and Italian designer sunglasses. In the American version of the series, the Gargoyle Gang is an ambitious, but incompetent, terrorist group with a high mortality rate. Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama as Giant Robo/Giant RobotĬharacters The Gargoyle Gang.Mitsunobu Kaneko as Daisaku Kusama/Johnny Sokko.The boy is invited by Jūrō and his chief, Azuma, to join Unicorn and fight Big Fire with Giant Robo. The radiation activates the robot, which now obeys only Daisaku. Guardian helps them escape before he is shot to death before he dies, he triggers an atomic bomb which destroys the base. They flee onto an elevator leading to a complex where a Pharaoh-like giant robot is being built by captive scientist Lucius Guardian, who gives Daisaku and Jūrō its control device. ![]() A boy named Daisaku Kusama (Johnny Sokko in the American version) and a young Unicorn peacekeeping agent named Jūrō Minami (Jerry Mano in the American version) are shipwrecked on an island after their ship is attacked by the sea monster Dakolar and subsequently captured by Big Fire. The group has been capturing scientists to create an army of monsters to help them conquer Earth. Guillotine spends most of his time in a multicolored space ship hidden at the bottom of Earth's ocean, from which he issues his orders. 6 Alternate versions and home media releasesĮarth is invaded by an interstellar terrorist group, Big Fire (the Gargoyle Gang in the American version), led by Emperor Guillotine.The original 26-episode tokusatsu TV series, produced by Toei Company, aired on NET (later renamed TV Asahi) from Octoto April 1, 1968. It is similar to Yokoyama's Tetsujin 28-go (known as Gigantor in the U.S.), but Giant Robo has more elements of fantasy. Giant Robo ( ジャイアントロボ, Jaianto Robo), also known as Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot in the United States, is a manga and tokusatsu series created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. Tokusatsu, Fantasy, Kaiju, Superhero, Super Robot, Kyodai Hero
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