𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗘𝗧 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟱𝟵 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗼 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗡𝗡𝗬 𝗦𝗢𝗞𝗞𝗢 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗟𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗢𝗧 is a manga and tokusatsu series created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. It is similar to Yokoyama's Tetsujin 28-go (known as Gigantor in the U.S.), but Giant Robo has more elements of fantasy. The original 26-episode tokusatsu TV series, produced by Toei Company, aired on NET (later renamed TV Asahi) from October 11, 1967, to April 1, 1968. Earth is invaded by an interstellar terrorist group, Big Fire (the Gargoyle Gang in the American version), led by Emperor Guillotine. Guillotine spends most of his time in a multicolored space ship hidden at the bottom of Earth's ocean, from which he issues his orders. The group has been capturing scientists to create an army of monsters to help them conquer Earth. A boy named Daisaku Kusama (Johnny Sokko in the American version) and a young Unicorn peacekeeping agent named Jūrō Minami (Jerry Mano in the American versio...