Classic Cartoons/Shows You Miss?

Wrong, on so many levels. Ultraman's already been mentioned, and it was never a giant robot. Was an alien that kept entering symbiotic relationships with humans due to saving them from death. However, for kids controlling giant robots, there was Tetsujin-28 and Giant Robo. Might be you were thinking of one of them.


While I'm on the subject of bastardized U.S localized Super Sentai, Tokusatsu, and dubbed mecha anime, anyone remember the horrid "Masked Rider" version of Kamen Rider Black RX?

Just gotta love how Haim Saban takes the liberty of claiming he "created" Japanese tv shows.

And there were numerous Ultraman series. Shin Hayata was not a child, however, and was in the original series which had a box set release not too long ago. Think it could probably still be picked up off Target's website for ten bucks. The plot of the first episode ran a bit like so:
Ultraman, having arrived too late to save Shin Hayata, a member of the science patrol, from the evil alien Bemular, merges his life with Hayata's. In times of dire need, Hayata presses a button on his Beta capsule to transform into Ultraman.
I had also previously mentioned Ultraman: Towards the Future, also known as Ultraman Great. There was Tiga, Ultra Seven... Fun fact: Eiji Tsuburaya, the creator of Ultraman, was also one of the creative minds behind Godzilla, and if you pay close attention in the "secret dinosaur base" episode of the original Ultraman series, he even goes so far as to recycle one of the old Godzilla suits to make that episode's monster.