The Best TV Shows on Tokyo Channel 12

Every Tokyo Channel 12 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

As of May 2025, our compilation of Tokyo Channel 12’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows. Showcasing over 20 shows from 1970 up until 1981, Tokyo Channel 12 stands as a beacon of television excellence. Icons of Tokyo Channel 12, Ōedo Sōsamō and Dame Oyaji made their debut in 1970 and 1974, setting industry standards.

  • Ōedo Sōsamō
    Ōedo Sōsamō (1970)10.0

    Set against the backdrop of the reign of the 11th Tokugawa Shogun, Ienari Tokugawa, this drama is a masterpiece of action period drama that broke the mold of traditional detective stories and attracted a great deal of attention.

  • Future Robot Daltanious
    Future Robot Daltanious (1979)8.4

    Future Robot Daltanious was an anime series that aired from 1979 to 1980. The show is one of the mecha shows which was and still remains very popular among Asian countries and Italy.

  • 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother
    3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976)7.7

    Italy is in a deep depression, so to support her family, Marco's mother goes to Argentina to work as a domestic. But after she writes to her family that she is sick, her letters stop coming. So Marco decides to go to Argentina to look for her. He travels across Argentina to find her, meeting many wonderful people, and having many adventures during his journey.

  • Dinosaur War Izenborg
    Dinosaur War Izenborg (1977)7.6

    Dinosaur War Izenborg was a Japanese television program produced by Tsuburaya Productions that aired from 1977 to 1978 on Tokyo 12 Channel. It combined Tsuburaya's trademark suitmation tokusatsu techniques with Japanese Animation, so this program can be categorized anime or Daikaiju tokusatsu. The show runs for about 39 episodes.

  • Beast King GoLion
    Beast King GoLion (1981)7.4

    Long ago, a powerful sentient robot known as GoLion, abused his great powers by attacking and killing creatures known as Deathblack Beastmen, boasting that no one could defeat him. For his arrogance, The Goddess of the Universe punished GoLion by separating him into 5 different lion robots. In the year 1999, a group of 5 young men returned to Earth after a space voyage, only to find it ravaged by nuclear war. After encountering the alien race known as the Galra, the 5 youths end up on the planet Altea and learn that the 5 lion robots that GoLion was split into are in hibernation in various parts of Altea. Somehow, they must reunite the lions and form GoLion, the only hope for the human race.

  • Japanese Spiderman
    Japanese Spiderman (1978)7.3

    Follow the exploits of motorcycle racer turned super hero Takuya Yamashiro, as he slings and swings, battling the evil Iron Cross Army along the way.

  • Super Supercar Gattiger
    Super Supercar Gattiger (1977)7.0

  • Dinosaur Corps Koseidon
    Dinosaur Corps Koseidon (1978)7.0

    The series follows the adventures of Go, a superhero leading a patrol who travel in time to defeat the Godmess Empire, an alien armada who, after landing on Earth 70 million years ago, has altered the course of time. Go's enemies include dinosaurs which are telepathically controlled by the aliens. He has the ability to stop time for 30 seconds.

  • Gordian Warrior
    Gordian Warrior (1979)7.0

    The Earth had become a wasteland of deserts as the survivors work to rebuild communities. Daigo Otaki is a young orphan raised by his uncle. Becoming an adult, Daigo discovers that Victor City was in fact planned by his father who was a genius scientist. Daigo's sister Saori had been managing it. She pleaded with Daigo to take on the inheritance that Daigo's father left him, a super robot system known as Gordian. Daigo would join the Mechacon mechanic combat 18th regiment unit, an organization of law enforcers that defend Victor City against attacks from the Madokuta organization.

  • Josephina the Whale
    Josephina the Whale (1979)7.0

  • Hello! Spank
    Hello! Spank (1981)7.0

    Morimura Aiko is a junior high school student who is short for her age. Her father went on a yacht ten years ago and his whereabouts remained in obscurity. Her mother, a designer for hats, left for Paris, leaving Aiko in the care of her uncle, Mr Fujinami. Aiko had a pet dog, Papi, but it died in a car accident. Around the same time, another dog, Spank, appears before her. Having gone through so many unfortunate events in her life, Spank's presence begins to brighten up Aiko's life and put a smile on her face.

  • Bark! Bun Bun
    Bark! Bun Bun (1980)6.2

    Bunbun, an abandoned puppy meets the old Big, also a stray dog. Bunbun will learn to survive in an hostile and strange world.

  • Blonde Jeanie
    Blonde Jeanie (1979)6.0

    Based on a novel by Fumio Ishimori and a song by American songwriter Stephen Foster (1826-1864). The song was written with his wife, Jane McDowell, in mind.

  • Gold Lightan - Golden Warrior
    Gold Lightan - Golden Warrior (1981)6.0

    Hiro finds what appears to be a broken lighter. However, it is actually Gold Lightan, who has fallen to Earth from the Robot Dimension. He stays in compact size until called upon to act as a valiant warrior to save Earth from alien invasion.

  • Manga Mito Kômon
    Manga Mito Kômon (1981)5.0

  • Dame Oyaji
    Dame Oyaji (1974)N/A

  • Tobidase! Machine Hiryuu
    Tobidase! Machine Hiryuu (1977)N/A

  • Scientific Adventure Team Tansar 5
    Scientific Adventure Team Tansar 5 (1979)N/A

    Strange phenomena is causing creatures to awaken in ancient ruins all over the world. It's up the 5 members of Team Tansar to fight against these enemies of humanity. The show combines drawn animation with real models.

  • Monchhichi Twins
    Monchhichi Twins (1980)N/A

  • Space Emperor God Sigma
    Space Emperor God Sigma (1981)N/A

    Space Emperor God Sigma is an anime series aired from 1980 to 1981. There were 50 episodes. It is also referred to as "God Sigma Empire of Space" and "Space Combination God Sigma".