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Jan 01

Ambassador Magma aka. Goldar (the gold robot with hair)

As a kid I always liked the giant Japanese robot on “Space Giants” who I knew as Goldar. Little did I know his real name is Ambassador Magma and he was created by Animation/Manga master Osamu Tezuka. Mr. Tezuka also created Astro Boy and KImba the White Lion. How can you not love a robot with long flowing hair. Here he is: (images used without permission)

Original Comic in Japan



image linked from http://www.arkivperu.com/

Live Action TV Show



image linked from http://www.arkivperu.com/

western comic book


from http://www.thecomicshop.com.au

and a more recent Anime series



cover for the VCD (video CD) at http://www.akadotretail.com


A site with some nice pictures is: http://www.arkivperu.com/cartones.goldar.htm (in español)

A nice page of information (in English this time): http://www.alphalink.com.au/~roglen/space_giants.htm, make sure you check out the theme song too.

Here are some pictures of the 1990’s Anime version: http://www.jamesanime.ch/magma.html