National Kid

Another show in television that I would not miss was National Kid. The show was in japonese, and there was this guy who turned into National Kid, who was a giant that wore a silver costume made of rubber (in fact it could be yellow but our TV was black and white, so let's stick with silver for now). The mask added a special detail for the eyes like giant sun glasses. People would make that mask with their hands by placing the thumb and the indicator fingers together forming a circle, and placing that circle above the eyes while turning the palm of the hands toward the forhead... it looked just like it! Look here, I will show you an example so you can do the same and show it to your friends during a business meeting just before you close a contract, or in a very fancy restaurant, wedding, wherever you want:

Well, National Kid was always fighting rubber monsters who were always destroying Tokio. I think Tokio was rebuilt a thousand times because every other episode there was another mad lizzard for National Kid to fight with. He would cross his hands and from there these rays would come out and get rid of the monster, but before using that lethal weapon, he would kick and punch them a lot... a little slower than the normal speed of the movie of course that when he was his normal size as a person. Sometimes he would turn around very fast, but when he was in slow motion he was being very serious. Ah... TV was always so violent!

Then there were the Venuzian Incas! What was the name of that sexy alien woman that was their leader? Humm, I can't remember, but she was amazing. I remember when he wanted to steal the cobalt bomb that the Japonese invented that healed everything, or gave power to the whole city, not sure, but it was a big mistake. I know that it was important and she did what she could to get that cobalt bomb. I remember when the Venuzian Incas left in their flyaing saucers when she lost to National Kid. It was a happy day... I was already tired of them anyway. And who invented that concept of Venuzian Incas anyway? Such a mixture of things!!! I have not seen imagination like that on TV for a long time!

Take a look at the show's opening. I used to sing that to Dona Maria, a Japanese lady that lived in the villa next to my house. She was Japanese alright and used to call my mom "Orega" although her name was "Olga." We loved Dona Maria! But I will talk about her later. This is the theme song that I sang to her and never left my mind: