We leave the Western Hemisphere heroisms of Batman behind (see our previous post HERE), and now head off to the Eastern Hemi for BIG X, a very different flavor of super powered hero, as featured in this vintage Asahi Sonorama flexi record storybook from Japan. Legendary creator, Osamu Tezuka's boy with the iron body may not have had the same level of impact upon the world of manga and anime as his other masterful creations like Astroboy or Kimba the White Lion, but BIG X is still one heck of an action packed, WW2, sci-fi adventure about good vs. evil, and is freakin' overloaded with mad nazi science and rampaging robots. The manga ran in Shonen Book from November 1963 to Feb. 1966, while the TBS / Tokyo Movie anime TV series (now considered "lost" except for a handful of episodes) aired from August 1964 until Sept. 1965. As mentioned, this is a Sonorama flexi disc version, as well as a storybook, and below are my photos of every beautifully illustrated page, including pictures of both sides of the record. CLICK HERE to listen to the awesome BIG X theme song, and then click HERE, HERE, and HERE for more classic Japanese cartoon flexi fun found in the AEET Archive! For even more BIG X awesomeness, I've added a few pictures of my vintage villain bot "V-3" to the end of the post. I picked this up at the All Monsters Attack Convention in Indiana in 2022. He's missing the head fin, unfortunately, but it was still too cool pass up! Does anyone have a 3D printer?
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