TV series
Daitetsujin 17
1977 · 1 season
Cheerfully earnest vintage tokusatsu spectacle: a boy and his giant robot trading blows with villainous machines, silly yet sincere and easy to watch.
- Genres
- Action & adventure, Drama, Sci-fi & fantasy
- Starring
- Masahiro Kamiya, Midori Takei, Tadao Nakamaru
- Overview
- Daitetsujin 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.
- How it feels
- Campy, earnest, tense and dark. Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Power, survival, friendship, technology
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
- Action & adventure, Drama, Sci-fi & fantasy
- Starring
- Masahiro Kamiya, Midori Takei, Tadao Nakamaru
