Underplayed Gems

Daitetsujin 17 (1977)

Daitetsujin 17 poster
Original title
大鉄人17
Genre
tokusatsu
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 35 episodes
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young boy commands a giant battle robot to fight against an evil organization and its giant robots. The series follows their battles as they try to stop the organization's plans for world conquest.

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What happens

Daitetsujin 17 (大鉄人17, Daitetsujin Wan-Sebun, "Giant Ironman 17") is a 1977 tokusatsu series created by Shotaro Ishinomori and produced by Toei. It revolves around a giant battle robot commanded by a young boy who fights the giant robots of an evil organization bent on world conquest. It is similar to Giant Robo in premise and how it ends. The opening theme was performed by Ichirou Mizuki, Koorogi '73 and The Chirps. Popy manufactured several toys based on the series - notably a transforming Chogokin version of the robot One-Seven (later released in America for the Godaikin line), vehicles based on One-Seven's Flying Fortress mode, the Sub Machine Flying Car, the Shigcon Tank and the Shigcon Jet, and a three-inch version of One-Seven, which was later released as "17" in Mattel's Shogun Warriors line. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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