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Features: DVD
Episodes 1-26
Premiering in the mid-’60s, Gigantor blazed a trail for Japanese animation. The first of many shows featuring friendly giant robots, it achieved a distinctive look with cinematic touches and unusual camera angles. Gigantor is controlled by Jimmy Sparks, the son of his creator. Using a remote control joystick, Jimmy sends the huge fighting machine into battle, defending Earth against a never-ending assault by hostile aliens and enemy robots. Transferred digitally from original 16mm film sources, these four DVDs contain episodes 1-26, plus director’s commentary, interviews with writer-director-producer Fred Ladd and Anime World historian Fred Patton, and other bonus features.
Editor's Note
This ground-breaking animated television series made its first appearance in the mid-sixties, giving America one of its first looks at the captivating style of Japanse animation. The first of many friendly giant robots, "Gigantor" featured a new and distinctive look filled with a cinematic sensibility and unusual camera angles that captivated his audience. Controlled via remote control by Jimmy Sparks, the son of the man who created Gigantor, Jimmy sent the huge fighting machine into battle, defending the Earth against a never-ending assault by hostile aliens and enemy robots. This collection of the first 26 black and white episodes were remastered and supervised by creator Fred Ladd.
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Single Side - Single Layer | | Full Frame - 1.33 | | Additional Release Material:
| Audio Commentary: (episodes 3, 4, and 5) 1. Fred Ladd - Director | | Featurette: RENEGADE MASTER (a portrait of GIGANTOR creator, Mitsuteru Yokoyama | | Production Interviews:
| 1. Fred Ladd - Director | | 2. Fred Patten - Anime Historian |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Rhino |
| Release Date: 10/22/2002 |
| Running Time: 710 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1963 | | Catalog ID: 976083-2 | | UPC: 00603497608324 | | Number of Discs: 4 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: B&W |
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