Star Fleet - Jupiter Attack (remastered)

this is a real show, a Japanese Thunderbirds-inspired puppet toku series, that was apparently a big hit in the UK which I'd never even heard of

OH, X-BOMBER

i feel like this is exactly the sort of thing i should have heard of, but I definitely hadn't until 10m ago

go nagai created this!

i know! that's partly why i'm freaking out! it's a legit go nagai does supermarionation thing!

how! did! i! never! hear!

this one of those Shazam things

Brian May is a huge champion of it and covered its opening theme

i know discotek had plans to rerelease it on dvd but i never heard if they actually managed to get the thing out the door

welp. it's on amazon so it's real