Expert: 7devonapes - 1/30/2010

Question
there was a show on in the 70,s that featured a young asian kid who fought crime with his friend who also turned into a jet plane and his friends family the father turned into a large plane and the grand father was a spaceship i know this isn't a cult movie or even a movie but i have searched everywhere and i can't find this series anywhere and i would be grateful for any help.



                      Thank you!!

Answer
Hi Charles,

Am guessing this was a live action Japanese show from 1966 / '67 called "The Space Giants".

From wikipedia:

"The Space Giants is the English title of this series. The show is most notable for its humanoid robot heroes who responded to crises by transforming into rockets to combat a wide variety of dinosaur-like space monsters, and faceless, ninja-like villains called Lugo men (ningen-modoki literally mock-human) who melted into oozing blob-like slime when killed."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassador_Magma


Various scenes from the series can be found on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9i4BXrh2s4


I don't think this title has been officially released on DVD just yet, though DVD-R copies are available on ebay, ioffer, etc. VHS copies are readily available through Amazon.com and ebay.

- If this aint the show you're looking for let me know and I will keep looking for you as it's no doubt another show you're thinking of.

Best of luck!
Ryan