Obsecure japanese tv shows of the 60's and the basis of my love for sci-fi   

When you said in your title about Japanese tv shows, I always remember the Japanese game shows of torture, where contestants had to do some weird, whacky and very painful tasks to get through to the next round. Some of the things they had to do was vile, like laying in a tank full of snakes or eating various bits of animal anatomy. The things they did were dire to say the least. I also remember this programme I think it was Japanese called Monkey, it was fantastic as a child I marvelled at the magic and the fights. One of the characters was Pigsy, then there was Sandy, now I am remembering it, that was about 20 to 25 years ago now, they used to show it on BBC in the UK at about 6pm.

Good gracious .. I certainly don't remember this programme ever coming to the UK ... it loooks as if it was fun though ... and I bet someone will prove me wrong and that it has been on our TV at some time or other ..

It's great isn't it when you finally get an answer to a puzzle that you can't quite find the answer for .. a few years back I would have been pouring over reference books for hours .. now I just stick the words into google and usually get an answer within seconds ..

I vaguely remember a tv show that i watched named giant robot (i don't remember the exact full name). It used to be my favorite program at that time. It is also about a boy who has this watch sort of thing in his wrist and whenever he is in trouble or the world is in trouble, he immediately calls the giant robot and then comes the big and giant robot which fights with the evil and saves the world. I don't whether this is the same that you are mentioning.

I loved "Johnny Sakko and the Giant Robot." My favorite episode and I can only remember bits and pieces, but this red blob like thing was disintegrating everyone who touched it. That one really creeped me out. That must be why it stuck with me. One that I recall is "THe land of the Lost." Where the professor and his two kids are rafting and end up in the land of dinosaurs. OMG, the acting was horrible, but I loved that show. And I thought the special effects were excellent. LOLOL

You are not alone at all. I vaguely remember the one you mentioned on Johnny Sokko and His Giant Robot but I do remember Ultraman, which was another Japanese TV Show. I also remember Isis, I enjoyed that show along with Shazaam. I also remember Lidsville and HR Puffenstuff. Ok now I'm starting to feel old. Thanks for the trip down memory lane

Never remembered it until today. Used to watch it , or something very alike, because here it had another name but with the exactly, exactly description you made.

Wow, well, as said : 'you are not alone'.

Very nice discussion, I remembered a very good time of my life.

my husband and i also remember the show. you can get the dvds on amazon. we got a few of them a couple of years ago. we loved it as a kid

they once aired a beautiful love story of a young japanese girl called Oshin. It was an amazing story. I also remember an Itlaian soap that they aired, though it was subtitiled for our understanding, it was a lovely show too. i would love to get hold of these shows again sometimes.