Space Giants

one of the greatest children’s shows of all time.

a live action show with comic book characters produced in j-pan in the late 1960s. it was dubbed into english and put into widespread syndication in the late 1970s in the united states.

premise:
an evil alien, rodak, brings destruction to earth by unleashing a series of giants monsters and legions of “lugo men”, men clad in black leotards who are almost capable of kung-fu. an old wizard, who follows rodak around the cosmos, settles down inside a volcano where he creates a giant robot, goldar, from the energy of the volcano. he also creates a feminine robot of human size, silvar. a young j-panese boy–the son of a journalist–is recruited by the old man to help fight rodak and his legions of monsters and lugo men. he is given a whistle. three blows signals goldar, two signals silvar and one blow signals gam, a “mirror image” robot of himself (although he looks nothing like the protagonist). all three robots are capable of transforming themselves into rocket planes.

also known as: “captain magma” or
“monsters from outer sp-ce”
young boy: oh no! i am surrounded by lugo men and a giant monster is destroying tokyo!

(he blows his whistle once then three times)

gam: i’ve just been signaled. i think i am needed to fend off lugo men.

goldar: and i have been signaled. i think i am needed to fight a giant monster.

silvar: i’ll stay home with the wizard and make sushi.