The Space Giants

The Space Giants
Original Title	Ambassador Magma (マグマ大使, Maguma Taishi)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	Titra Studios
Voice Director	Peter Fernandez
Translation & Adaptation	Peter Fernandez
Recorded	1969
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	52
Year	1966-1967

The Space Giants, originally known in Japan as Ambassador Magma (マグマ大使, Maguma Taishi), is a Japanese tokusatsu series from 1966, based on the manga series by Osamu Tezuka.

Synopsis The alien invader Goa (Rodak) plots to conquer Earth. He first warns the Murakami family (father Atsushi, mother Tomoko, and son Mamoru) of their invasion, and demonstrates his powers by transporting them to a prehistoric jungle and destroying a Giant Dinosaur (in reality, Agon, the title monster of a Godzilla-like TV series) before their very eyes. But they will not agree to surrender to Goa, so hope comes in the form of Magma (Goldar), an armored, golden giant with long hair and antennae. He and his human-sized wife Mol, both of whom were created by the wizard Earth (who indeed lives deep beneath the Earth), are sent to defend our world against Rodak. They befriend Atsushi and Mamoru; the latter has touched Magma emotionally, as he wanted to have a child with his wife Mol, so Earth creates a duplicate of Mamoru, whom he names Gam, and who wears a white helmet, with built-in antennae, on his head. Earth gives Mamoru a whistle, with which he can call Gam, Mol and Magma in times of crisis. So when Goa unleashes his various daikaiju, chances are that Magma, Mol, and/or Gam will fly to the rescue.

Cast

Character	Original Name	Original Actor	Dub Actor
Goldar	Ambassador Magma	Tetsuya Uozumi	Paul Hecht (1st voice)
			Ray Owens (2nd voice)
Rodak	Goa	Tōru Ōhira	Paul Hecht (1st voice)
			Ray Owens (2nd voice)
Ito "Tom" Mura	Atsushi Murakami	Masumi Okada	Larry Robinson
Tomoko Mura	Tomoko Murakami	Machiko Yashiro	Paulette Rubinstein
Kita	Atsuya Sekita	Ryō Kuroma	Peter Fernandez
Narrator		Kei Taguchi	Paul Hecht (1st voice)
			Ray Owens (2nd voice)

Additional Voices

• Peter Fernandez
• Earl Hammond
• Paul Hecht
• Larry Robinson
• Paulette Rubinstein
• Ray Owens

Notes

• Peter Fernandez considered this one of his least-favorite projects to work on due to its dialogue-heavy scenes and repeated action scenes.

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
1969-1978	Syndication	United States
1978-1981	TBS

See Also

• Ambassador Magma (OVA)
• Ultraman: A Similarly themed series that often aired alongside some airings of The Space Giants in the United States.
• Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot: A Similarly themed series that often aired alongside some airings of The Space Giants in the United States. 
• Spectreman: A Similarly themed series that often aired alongside some airings of The Space Giants in the United States. 

External Links

• The Space Giants on the Internet Movie Database