Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot

February 14, 2003 3:20 PM

"Giant Robot attack!" as spoken by the kid every kid wanted to be, Johnny Sokko. If you haven't already seen "'Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot" aka "Giant Robot", go now and buy it on VHS or DVD.
posted by riffola (7 comments total)

Lo-fi recording of theme (embedded in page, opens automatically) and extended RealVideo clip are here. Memories of summer vacation for me. "Giant Robot, use rockets!"
posted by planetkyoto at 3:59 PM on February 14, 2003

Funny, the Ultaman post of yesterday got me thinking and googling for Johhhy Socko! Guess that's why I have 0 fpps.

Giant Robot!
posted by Windopaene at 4:12 PM on February 14, 2003

Ah! You revived memories of my childhood, playing around pretending to be Giant Robot!
posted by over at 6:07 PM on February 14, 2003

A Something Awful review of the movie
posted by Satapher at 9:05 PM on February 14, 2003

Bah! When I was a kid we had Gigantor.
posted by mikhail at 12:25 AM on February 15, 2003

Comparisons to The Iron Giant? I'd say same principle, but well executed... all the wonder and magic of the giant robot, with a plot, decent script, characters, and the like. If you're in the mood to play Crow/Tom Servo/Mike|Joel, I'm sure it's hard to beat Johnny Sokko, but for an actual story, Iron Giant wins.
posted by namespan at 11:50 AM on February 15, 2003

There is only one robot fit to rule, and that of course is the mighty Robot Frank.

Go Robot Ron!
posted by ciderwoman at 3:19 PM on February 15, 2003