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Brain 17 (1982)
Directed by Minoru Yamada, Michael Part
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Brain is the world’s greatest computer, and also the most intelligent being on planet Earth. One day, Brain decides to abandon its terrestrial moorings, and it’s up to The Defenders to track it down. Unfortunately, Brain has developed an amazing army of deadly giant robots, including one with a huge “17” emblazoned on its chest-plate, with which it plans to subjugate its creators. A young boy whose family was killed by Brain’s followers manages to activate Daitetsujin 17, which thereafter comes to his rescue whenever he is in danger from Brain’s minions.
Length 72 minutes
Actors
Akihiko Hirata | Tadao Nakamaru | Osman Yusuf | Akira Yamaguchi | Ulf Otsuki | Masahiro Kamiya | Masahiro Takashina | Midori Takei | Kaho Shimada | Kenji Tamiya | Gō Haraguchi | Lucia Santo | Mio Ota
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/02/2023 | TV | Broadcast | TV | 6 stars |
| 05/02/2020 | TV | Broadcast | Other | 5 stars |
| (Average) 5.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Makes sense that Josef (DKUTV) would pair this movie up with the Johnny Socko movie since this movie also involves a boy and his robot. I had seen this before via DKU but forgot most of it so I let it play after at the Johnny Socko movie. This is such a weird story that I give it props and a point bump for it. The dub is hilarious bc every keeps repeating “BRAIN AREA” over and over for everything! “You are now entering the Brain Area!” “warning: Brain Area!” etc. So goofy. One Seven the robot ain’t great but the giant mechanized dragon is p darn cool. The flying tank is also neat.
Really nothing v good about this other than the period and practical FX. But it’s fun and Jo presented the US VHS rip of this so it not only looked like shit most of the time, at the end there were a bunch of trailers for other releases by this company (Transformers, GI Joe and whatnot). Total nostalgia bomb even tho I wasn’t into that during the time.
Would be cool for some company Discotek probably to clean up this for a good physical release.
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