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Marine Kong (1960)

Marine Kong poster
Country
Japan

How it feels

A giant mechanical dinosaur is built by a criminal gang to take over Japan. The series follows battles against this monster.

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What happens

Marine Kong (Japanese: 怪獣マリンコング, Hepburn: Kaijū Marin Kongu; lit. 'Monster Marine Kong') is a 26-episode 1960 Japanese television series (told in two thirteen episode chapters) produced by Nisan Productions. It aired on the Fuji Television network every Sunday from April 3 to September 25. The series is about a giant mechanical dinosaur created by a criminal organization known as the Z-Gang to seize control of Japan. This show is the first Japanese television series about a kaiju. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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