Gigantor - Huge jet-propelled robot on the Japanese sci-fi cartoon GIGANTOR/SYN/1966. Set in the year A.D. 2000, Gigantor was the world's mightiest robot originally designed for warfare but whose powers were later harnessed for peace. It was remotely controlled by a twelve-year-old boy named Jimmy Sparks. Gigantor's theme song describes its mission: "Gigantor the space-age robot, he's at your command...Bigger than big. Taller than tall, quicker that quick. Stronger that strong. Ready to fight for right...against wrong." A full color update THE NEW ADVENTURES OF GIGANTOR debuted on the Sci-Fi Channel in 1993. The TCJ Production/TransLux series was based on the comic strip Tetsujin 28gO (translated: Iron Man No. 28) created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. See also - "Johnny Sokko's Flying Robot"