When I was a kid we used to spent almost an entire Summer at my Grandma’s house…

which was in Hawaii.

And yeah, it was rough. Really rough to have to go there.

There was a kids show that was me and my brother and sister to used to love to watch- one of the best parts was that the birthday kids got to fill this paper birthday hat up with coins and they got other prizes and I thought that was just the coolest thing ever.

Anyway, during the breaks they’d show  Japanese cartoons which were always fun to watch because you didn’t need to speak Japanese to know that the kids were heroes and when they got backed into a corner by the bad guys they always got out with a grit and determination.

I liked that.

But one of my favorite shows started right after the kids show.

It was called Ultra Seven.

The Power Rangers came along years later and they were a poor, weak imitation of the Ultra Seven.  It was a great idea and I guess that’s why it got copied. My kids and my nephew loved the Power Rangers and when they saw the Ultra Seven they insisted it wasn’t good because to them it wasn’t a kid’s show.

Darn straight.

Anyway.

Here’s the theme song, which I can sing but I’ll be honest.

I can’t understand a word of it, one of these days I guess I could google it and find out what the lyrics are in English, but you know what?

My niece is learning Japanese and one of these days I’ll make her listen to me sing it and she can tell me what it is in English.

That should be fun.

Until then

here’s a live performance of the song-complete with the chorus doing some Ultra Seven Moves.

::Enjoy:::