Giant Robo - Flying robot on the live-action children's adventure program JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT/SYN/1967.

The 21st century organization known as UNICORN used a giant computerized flying robot ("Giant Robo") as its secret weapon in the battle against evil. A small boy named Johnny Sokko (code name U-7) controlled the operations of this massive flying mechanical man whose head was covered in an Egyptian style head dress.

Johnny communicates with robot

With the power of Giant Robo (with laser beam eyes, flame throwing mouth, fingertips loaded with rockets and an atomic powered brain) Johnny Sokko battled the evil minions of sinister terrorist organization BF Dan (Big Fire Organization - aka The Gargoyle Gang)) who serve Emperor Guillotine (Sato Tadayo), an outer space alien who seeks to conquer earth.

Emperor Guillotine forced scientist  Dr. Garulcher to build Giant Robo on a remote island, but the Emperor was denied the robot's power when Johnny Sokko (Kaneko Mitsunobu) imprinted  his voice patterns (through a special watch) into the robot's circuitry.

For his betrayal, Dr. Galrucher was killed by the BF Dan, but Johnny Sokko was now in control of the doctor's imposing and powerful robotic creation who would only respond to his voice commands.

Stills from Episode No. 1 "Draculon, the Great Sea Monster"
Draculon attacks ocean liner at the command of Emperor Guillotine	Unicorn Agent #03 and Johnny wash ashore an island	Unicorn agent and Johnny are interrogated by the Gargoyle Gang
Unicorn Agent and Johnny escape their captivity	Unicorn agent and Johnny discover the giant robot	Scientist reveals he was forced to build the indestructible robot
The scienctist reveals the watch that controls the giant robot	Johnny speaks into the watch and imprints his voice on the giant robot	Unicorn Agent catch a ride to safety in the giant's hand
The giant robot carries Unicorn agent and Johnny to Tokyo	Emperor Guillotine orders the Gargoyle Gang to send Draculon to attack Tokyo	The giant robot kills Draculon with deadly hand-mounted missiles

The Mushi Film company of Japan which produced this program later created SPACE GIANTS/SYN/1969 about heroic robots who fought to save the planet Earth from gigantic evil prehistoric monsters created by Rodak, an evil alien scientist. See also "Goldar"