Daitetsujin 17 (1977)

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

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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