National Kid

UPDATE on Feb/5/2011: Found a Collectors Edition with 7 DVDs (Region 4) at livrariasaraiva.com.br website for R$99.00 plus R$84.00 ship and handling to USA.

Thanks for the other reviewer who mentioned the DVDs.

P.S.: I still think it is way better than Superman... ========== Original 2005 review below >>>>>

Saw this series when I was a child back there in Brazil, where it was a great hit.

Everybody, even the kids who were not Japanese, knew how to sing the songs from this series.

Later on, I heard there was a VHS collection of this TV series that was produced in Brazil but never found it.

Better than Superman, in my opinion.

Being a Japanese descent in a predominantly Caucasian country, this movie made me feel proud of my Japanese heritage.

I do recognize, though, that it is not much of American taste; although people who enjoyed Modzilla and other Japanese disaster movies may appreciate this series.

Or perhaps the Anime fans, particularly of the Star Blazers (Yamato) series, who knows?