Sunday, September 13, 2009, 3:32:38 AM
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You web site is great!!

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It's a pleasant surprise to find a sanctury from all that modern inane garbage they call music.

This is so cool! Kaitei Shonen Marien was my favorite show next to the Mighty Atom! Well, as an American I got these a little late in 1967 but I loved them all the same. Great site!

If anyone wants a clip of the Tobar theme email me

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Remember Prince Planet?
How many cigs did Tobar smoke for his power?
Goldar Silvar and Gam..need I say more!
Live on people!

This brings back a lot of memmories from my childhood back in the 60's.
thanks

Thank you fot the picture gallery of marine boy. It was a very good cartoon series from my youth growing in Panama.

where is tobar the eight man now?

I heard you on the radio yesterday and was intrigued by yourself and your novel. Good show, milady! I will make a trip to the bookstore tomorrow.

I love your books. They are awsome and I can't wait to read the third one. I also love your site.

Your site is was a nice finding, as it has great pictures of that TV show from my childhood (which, BTW, I tried to never miss).
Here in my country, it was aired regularly from 1972 till late 1978, and then again briefly in 1980-81.

Greetings from Chile!

Daniel

My number one favorite cartoon as child in the 60's,(along with "Gigantor" and "Tobor the 8th Man)and no one i know even ever heard of "Marine Boy". thanx for the site!!!!!!

Do you know where I can download the cartoon Tobar the 8th man

Great site! The art is exceptional -- much better resolution than elsewhere. Too bad it all comes from screens; I've never seen any production art or cels ...or merch art, not nothin'. So I declare thee Best in Field !

Thanks again.

I recall watching this cartoon when I am still 5 or six years old. Its nice to see that this old cartoon is still being preserved. I think it will be much better if we could have some clips or even the soundtrack like that of gigantor. Its amazing that as early as those years, Japan's technology was already that far. How I wish we could do the same thing here in the Philippines.

I just thought I would drop in and see what was new.

Ah at last some other marineboy fans. I too wish they would rerun these on TV. Great memories of running around the backyard with clicking shoes, a belt, boomerang up my sleeve and oxygum! Those were the days.My hero.

this site brought back many, many stoned yet fond memories for my friend who is too shy to give his real name. Yes! It's a man!!! he loves marine boy, and I have to say that as I watched the pictures I began to remember it too.... great pictures, and a lovely dolphin! P.S. My friend was in love with mermaid features .... and still is... maybe that's why he's never married!

Marine Boy lives! For those of you wishing to go down memory lane, the 1st season of jonny quest is now on DVD and available thru WB video.

It would be great to have some visuals added to the site! Any chance that could happen? I'll be back with more input later.

Hi, rishio! That's a very good question. :) :) The Eiden Myr message board would be the perfect place to post it!

Just click on Message Board, to the left, or go to the URL http://www.eidenmyr.com/cgi-bin/cutecast/cutecast.pl.

I love seeing new entries in the guestbook, and when the guest provides an email address I usually drop a line, but conversation is tough in a guestbook format. The message board is a great place for questions and answers and discussion. Please do drop by! No registration required.

ya where is liath in binders road

I remember Prince Planet. I watched it every day. He had a pendant with a "P" on it that he twisted or something like that and it gave him powers...

Tobar the 8 man was preceeded by Samantha 7.

Hello All,

Damn good site, does anyone remember PRINCE PLANET?

I am also trying to get a hold of the whole collection of JOHNNY SOKO & HIS FLYING ROBOT.

It's a shame they don't replay these kind of shows on tv instead of the repeatable bullshit played by the tv stations.

Thank god for DVD's & VHS.

If everone emails the Cartoon Network they may put some of the old anime on - like:
Marineboy
The 8th man
Astroboy

I used to watch this when it was run on Saturday morning TV in Ireland, in the late 70's. We had a slide in our back garden that we used to pretend was the launch tube out of the submarine that MB used. Also, we would spend our summers swimming off a local pier and chewing Juicy Fruit, pretending it was Oxy-Gum. Nice to see I'm not the only person to remember it.

I'm a woman who wanted to be Marine Boy as a kid. Looking back I can see how he inspired me in more ways than one! It was great to find this site and show it to my girlfriend, who's a bit younger and never heard of him. He makes a great desktop background! Thanks for the site. Nx

You're great and so are your books! Where is Liath in Binder's Road?

Terry,
Iloved your first book, Illumination, because your characters were so real, it was like they were different sides of you that simply put their biographies down on paper while living in your imagination. I haven't the opportunity to go and get your other books (or the money, being a high school student). I am writing my own book. Any pointers?

Fuck me. What a great website to look at when you're stoned. Took me and my wife back well over 20 years and just proves how cool anime was and is. Anyone got any more weed?

oh its 31 epsodes.
tv stuff looks like its outta philly.
now you friends wont thin you made this stuff up. hehe

i have 3 dvd's full of marine boy cartoons.
like 24 eps. ava collector to collector.
quailty is ok..
e mail for price or trades

I actually read "The Binders Road" first. I was looking in the new book section at the library and picked it up. I saw that there was an earlier book called "Illumination" but it wasn't on the shelves in the library. Anyway, I went ahead and read the book. I enjoyed the story so much that when I saw a paperback copy of it in a bookstore, I had to buy it.
Shortly after my purchase, the Science Fiction book club that I belong to had a sale on “Illumination” for around 5 dollars. Of course I bought it and then read both books in the correct order. It certainly filled in the gaps on my knowledge and history of Eiden Myr, plus introduced me to the character, “Liath”. I’m hoping she will be in the next book “Triad” which I can’t wait to read. The first time I read “Binders Road”, I didn’t know who Verlein was speaking to at the end of the book. After reading “Illumination”, I knew who it was.

Wow this site totally knocked me out! It's been so long since i've seen anything about Marine Boy. Any ideas where I can get videos or DVD's?

Marine boy was one of my favorite tv shows growing up in the 70s along with speed racer,ultraman,johnny sokko and his flying robot,star blazers,just to name a few.I would like my kids to exprience the same memories I have of these all time classics!Where do we find them at?

Is Marine boy available to buy at all on dvd, it has been over 30 years since I last this then I would have been about 5 or 6.

I think what Bob Hope said was, "thanks for the mammaries"...

HAHAHAHA thought i'd sign the guest book again ..ya know? I was bored ...yep ..in class once more ..once again ...hey lil ppl ...are you reading this ?good :D:D:D

Terry,

Your books are amazing!!! I did not want to put either one down and when I got to the end....I didn't want it to end...it seems way to long to have to wait for Triads.....

I took the quiz to see what character I was and was surprized to have it be Torrin......

I am fairly new to this genre.....The Lord of the Rings started my adventure.....I am an avid reader....

I hope that your next book tells me more of Liath....your characters come to life.....you have an incredible gift and I thank-you for sharing it.....

Vince,
I remember an episode from when I was 6 years old where 8th man was bound somehow and his belt buckle opened revealing cigarettes which he lit by putting it into the fire of what was trying to consume him. After a couple of drags, he was able to break free. The cigarettes gave him super superpowers.

like to no where i cant find video from marineboy canada fan im 45 and still remember when marineboy have to take is gum before i go under water this cartoon was simple and low violence and this carrtoon touch my imagination à lots of kid today shut see this unbelieveble french or englis yves thank now i see à lot of people see marineboy is not a goost but reak memory ....

i can remember no long ago around 1970, i was eight. and my friend and i,after seeing an episode
of ultraman and tobar. would actually go outside and recreate the show. i guess by me loving to run
that was the influence of tobar the eighth man.
as bob hope always said"thanks for the memories

Wow! What a trip down memory lane! The cartoon brings back so many memories for me, Marine Boy always was fab and it still is! Lets have a UK DVD release of all the episodes!

unreal iam 40yrs old no one believed me about marainboy;his elctric boomrang;and jet boots;raced home after school to watch;along with johnny soko and his flying robot.

tobar was super cool, i can remember that he had some kind of cigarette power pills in his belt buckle...does anyone remember that? marine boy had to chew super gum for power too...how cool is that....

Ive had a great night on the Net tonight. Not only did I find my favorite childhood toy ("Major Mat Mason")but now I find "Marine Boy" who none of my friends remember. The little boy was my idol when I was a kid and seeing those images just makes me fill up. Being a kid in the early Seventies just ROCKED. I AM COMPLETE>

I'am gald to see that i'am not the only one that remmebers the great," 8TH MAN"

I would like to gather all the info about Tobar the 8th Man I could if you have any information I could use please E-mail me at superbadass@earthlink.net
Thank You

Does any one know where I can obtain footage of any of these fantastic shows Tobar the eighth man,Ultra man,aqua man,Marine boy,Kimba the white lion,and gigantor

Just realized I hadn't signed this yet. Here it is then... (insert signature here) :) oops, forgot I can't scribble on the 'puter LOL

Because I thought a Binder would be the least fun of a triad when in fact it is the most important, Heff's refusal to be healed while being a binder, binders being the forerunners of healers made me cry. As well as Liath never having made love with him. It took a while to see this.

Does anyone remember Fireball XL5 ??? I loved those puppets, you could see their strings!

Tobar the 8th man song
There's a prehistoric monster who came from outer space,created by the Martians to destroy the human race.The FBI is helpless,he's 20 storeis tall...what can we do who can we call???? Call tobar the 8th man, yes Tobar the 8th man Quick! call Tobar the mightiest robot in the land!!!!!!!!

I loved illumination, and found Binders Road today at the library and went completely nuts. I'm going to read it as soon as I find the time. I was hoping for a sequel about a binder actually. I like the binders the best out of the three in a triad. Anyway thanks for the wonderful read.

Whyette H.

thanks for the trip,forgot what he looked like.

I think marine boy must have had subliminal powers reading some of the previous comments I am simply staggered that there are so many people who have such similar recollections as me

didn"y astroboy have guns that fired from his butt?

I am amazed to see how many people feel the same way as I do. I would cry before going to kindergarten when marine boy ended. There has to be some way that we could see episodes of marine boy again. If anyone Knows where I can go to see it again please email me. It sure brings back some old childhood memories. Thanks Mike

This is Terry, posting with my admin hat on.

On November 30th, the user Lia posted a lovely guestbook entry about <i>Illumination</i>. Alas, it contained some spoilers, and I couldn't suppress only those parts of the message.

I emailed you, Lia, to thank you for your post. I hope you got my message. Thanks again!

And thanks to everyone else for your wonderful guestbook posts. Since it's a guestbook, I don't usually reply, but I read and appreciate every post. I hope you'll consider dropping by the message board, where we chat about all kinds of stuff. You can get there by clicking on Message Board to the left (if you're in the framed site), or go directly to:

http://members.boardhost.com/eidenmyr/

Hope to talk to you soon!

I remember going into this Japanese video store looking for "Marine boy" and they told me that the cartoon would not be shown anymore because of some legal issues. I guess thats why Cartoon Network hasn't aired it. Looking at the pics does bring back some good memories

It is great to finally find some information and fans of these obscure 60's afternoon cartoons. I have been looking for info on P Planet, M Boy, and TOBOR(robot reversed) for about 10 years. It would be nice if cartoon network or other began airing these in addition to Gigantor.

Oh and another thing, it's been almost thirty years since I saw this anime classic.

I think Marine Boy is one of those cartoons that people vaguely remember. When I was in jr. high in the mid eighties, I remember asking my classmates if they remember it, they said no.

I've been asking people my whole life if they have ever heard of Marine Boy. I too was starting
to think that I was going nuts. I'ts been 36years
since I've seen him. Thanks for solving the life
long mystery. Steve in Lima, oh.

I'm just getting ready for my 40th birthday and have been trying to put together a few childhood memories for the party. Marine boy was my favorite TV programme but no one else seems to remember it. I can remember crying buckets one day when I forgot to turn the TV on and missed the show! It would be great to watch an episode again and see what my daughter thinks of it.

A proper cartoon hero, still can't get that theme tune out of my head' and i am 40 years old my kids think i'm mad !!!!!!!. great to see so many fans.

I can now die happy, marine boy was not in my head he really existed!! Now I will sue the psychiatrists!

marine boy cool i remember him so well great to see him again would love to hear about any vids keep chewing the gum

I remember tobar. Got that secret power from those smokes. need a picture.

I hadn't thought of this cartoon in such a long time. It was the 60's when I started to search the TV dial and found channel 19 WXIX in Cincinnati that I found Marine Boy, Larry Smith and his Puppets (Hattie the Witch) 8th Man, Speed Racer and the likes. I get real mad when I turn
on network TV on Sat morning. The cartoons that are on are pathetic! I realize I'm 43 now, but still would like a better selection than the crap they offer. They just don't make em like they used to.

Wow it's amazing to find people who enjoyed those things that I so enjoyed as a child, I wish to find anything on tobar the eighth man or astroboy if anyone out there can help bring the old to my kids who think I'm making these great cartoon stories up I would be grateful. thankyou

Marine boy was one of the best cartoons I have ever seen.
Could not wait to get home from school to see it.

27 years later I still think it is the best and wish the bbc would show it again.

Mark

brilliant to find something on this show how about a convention

I love both Illumination, and that of The Binder's road wich I have read so far, but theres no mention of Liath so far in the binders road! Ahhhh... I'm gonna die now! (kinda sorta) She was my fav, and so was Torrin! :: sniffle, sniffle :: Anyways now that I'm done sharing all my problems. I still love your books and I cant wait for triad to come out!

I am 43 years old and finally after all of these years I am able to secure some Marine Boy episodes (go to e-bay). Without a doubt Marine Boy was my favorite. I would stay glued to the TV set every day from 4:00pm to 4:30pm. How great that us Baby Boomers can get some of our childhood back.

I will be 40 years old in Oct. and I still think of that great show I watched as a boy. It was magical, fun, better then any Speed Racer or Johnny Qest, Jetsons. The Jet Boots were the best?

Hi Terry. We met at Readercon. Just thought I'd sign your guest book. Nice web site. Good pictures of you. remnd me to take some of you at another con so you can add to the pictures.

"illumination" an amazing book- one that sticks to you ribs, "although the binder's" road was one of the most brilliant books i couldn't read, having been cursed with a linear mind. terry must be a great chess player.

Looking for "Tobar the 8 Man" on video.If anyone knows where to aquire it please let me know.

I'm 41yrs i've always told my children about marineboy i have recently got this pc and i feel i've turned the clock back to 1972 the last i saw him it was brilliant!!!!!!!!! nothing beats it!!!
i don't know if it will ever been seen again here
in the uk i know it's shown in australia lucky them.

In a flash he'll spoil the foe. With a quick boomerang throw! That show was the greatest! Marine Boy, Cli Cli, Neptina and the whole gang! I wish I had one of those electric boomerangs!

Hi terry,
To think i have been on this site for a while and never signed the Guest Book. Oh well. I love your website and your books, you are awesome! I hope that you continue to write books even after Triad is done.
~*Carlee*~

im reading the book "THE BIDERS ROAD"its phenominalic. a fantastic book. i love it and look for any other books that u may write or have writen bye geri

Am half-way through Binder's Road and loving it too. I am a big Mercedes Lackey fan but find you are just as intruiging(?) and original. I hope you become as prolific. Keep going! I'm telling all my friends about your books.

Course I remember Gigantor, but Marine Boy was my favourite!

do you remember gigantor?

yeah tobar used to smoke cigarettes to power up

Iloved this cartoon so much...ive just discoverd it at last and its 3-35 am, i so happy,Marine Boy is the best cartoon EvEr...wurzull Gumage next...life has so many joyz.....peace.x

I've been wanting to get on the internet to find out about old cartoons; and finally, here I am.
I just rescently purchased all Speed Racer episodes, and my kids love it. (3 and 6 years old). I want to get some Marine Boy Episodes because I know my kids will love it as much as I do. Is there a catalogue or some company some where that you can call and purchase old episodes? Thanks from Dean of Newark, Delaware U.S.A.

...And I thought I was going MAD !
Nobody else had seemed to have heard of Marine Boy and even with my note purfect repeat of the theme tune ,...It just produced blank stares !
...So I am overjoyed to find some pictures of my favourite Saturday morning show from when I was a kid !....Ahh !...Memories !
....Now how did that theme go again ?....Do Do DoDo,...DoDoDoDoDoDoo,..DoDoDoDo..Ect,Ect,Ect....

hey, i'm so glad i found this site. I've been looking something on marineboy for ages,nobody seems to remember him. I was wondering if anyone knows where i can get some videos or dvd of this cartoon please let me know.m I will surely be back to visit soon!!!!!!!!!

Great Site. I've been looking for Marine Boy forever, no one else seems to remember it. Has anyone found where I can get some videos or Pics? I looked thru all the emails and did nto see any references. I just searched the web and ebay and nothing. Thanks for all the memories!
Ron

Great Site. I've been looking for Marine Boy forever, no one else seems to remember it. Has anyone found where I can get some videos or Pics? I looked thru all the emails and did nto see any references. I just searched the web and ebay and nothing. Thanks for all the memories!
Ron

Marine Boy! Takes me right back! Brilliant brilliant brilliant!!

I can't believe this... somebody else remembers this show. I saw it in 1976 (?) and they repeated in 1997 (fuzzy memory) I think the BBC only bought a few episodes. It was just so imaginative and so well-done, nothing else I have ever seen compares to it.

I can remember all the blank looks I got when I mentioned it, and hummed the theme tune. It was a great shock to hear it again after 25 years!
I think I'm going to have to buy a tape or two just to remind myself of it all.

I used to love Marine Boy as a kid. My mom even sowed me a bean bag boomerang and a holder that I would wear around my arm all around the house. Luckily for me I never broke anything. :-)

Tobar, the eighth man! I can't believe it, but I was talking about all the old cartoons I used to watch, and immediately this one came to mind!What a great cartoon that was. I seem to remember The Mighty Thor, and Hercules, Ultraman, and Astroboy! Those were the days!!!!!

My friend Zane and I would play marine boy when we were kids. Anyone remember the episode where splasher swallowed a small device that enabled him to talk ?

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER A CARTOON FROM THE 1960 I THINK ABOUT A BOY FROM A PLANET OF SUPER HEROES COMING TO EARTH ? HE WORE A PENDENT TO SHOW HOW MUCH POWER HE HAD LEFT AND WHEN IT GOT LOW HIS HOME PLANET WOULD RECHARGE IT. HE HAD A CAST OF FRIENDS THAT HELPED- A CIRCUS STRONG MAN , AN EAST INDIAN SWOMIE WITH THE USUAL EASTERN MAGIC POWER AND A CUTE GIRL WITH CUTE GIRL POWERS . IT WAS KIND OF LIKE ASTRO BOY. IF ANY ONE KNOWS THE MANE OF IT PLEASE EMAIL ME : MCCARTYFRED@HOTMAIL.COM

Hi Terry, it's me, George. Yeah, that George, from the Prince etc. Hope all is well. Merry Christmas. Drop me a line and tell me what's new with you.

I tryed your "Thingie" (oh these authors with their technical terms!!<G>) Came out as Nerenyi.
Concidering my proclivities, it prety well fit; better than your other Test.

Great site and great memories.
Anyone know of Marineboy merchandise in the UK?
AND, who owns the rights to any merchandise ?

A marvellous mage quiz - I was not surprised to find myself a wordsmith, and have added the link to my website. Thank you for such illuminating insight.

Thanks, sliverlea!

I love the book!!!!! Its amazing!!

I just came across that and I was amazed. I was as a kid a big fan of Marine Boy,Ultraman,Sally Star, Now, has anybody hear of a kids show called "Tobar the Eighth Man". It was about a robot being who could change to look like a normal human man and when he had to fight villians he would change to the robot, Tobar.I do think that is how to spell it. I loved it as a kid as well as Marine boy and the others.I hope you can find "Tobar the Eighth Man

thanks for helping me relive my childhood and prove to people I'm not going mad. I think we should get a campaign going to BRING BACK MARINE BOY - after all if Pokemon can be so successful ....

Great site!!!! I need to know where I can find any videos of Marineboy. I would love to get my hands on at least one episode. If anyone has any and would like to hook up, please let me know. Thanks for bringing back some good memories.

Wonderful book..thank you for the hours of pleasure!! you are an author to be collecting!! Blessed Be....Lisa

WOW BEEN LOOKIN FOR THIS INFO FOR YEARS MANY THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES MARINE BOY RULES!!!

Loved Illumination.......could have read at least 300 more pages...keep this new world alive.

I can't believe i found this website. This cartoon was an ongoing joke at work. No one believed that this cartoon even existed. I suffered through many jokes and humiliation until now. I finally am vindicated and have proof on paper that this actually existed. I will now print this site out on paper and show it to my ignorant and unwilling co-workers. Thank you for being there for me. Yours truely, Jack Freeland

I though I was the only person on the planet to remember this show, my absolute favourite in the days when the choice of viewing for children was rather more limited!

WOW!!! I loved this book!! You totally made my year! Thank you so much for something new and fantastic! You opened my eyes about a few things too! I can't wait for the next book! Jana

This is a blast from my childhood. I keep looking for this to be repeated on Cartoon Network/boomerang but to no avail. I'm 36 now and still a kid at heart. Bring this great 'toon back to the silver screen so that I can show my kids what a great cartoon is.

haaaahaaaaaaaaa.....how much did I LOVE this programme as a kid !......that would be A LOT....totally addicted..when I didn't understand what addicted meant !...r they ever gonna release the episodes on DVD....I really hope so......thanx for the top site & neat little memories.......

FANTASTIC. He's still my hero. What a top programme it was. Please bring it back. I argued for years that the dolphins name was splasher and everyone else said it was flipper. I was always Marine boy when we went to the baths as kids.

I am soooo glad to have found the marine boy website. Does anyone out there have any videos of marine boy episodes? I last watched it in the seventies when it was all in black and white!! Mind you I still have a black and white telly!!!

At last I've found a website for Marine Boy, my first "addicted to" programme, I think it was on Saturday mornings 9am in the U.K. I've never seen a single showing since mid-seventies. To echo what someone else has said "My first action-hero" Many thanks.

~~waving back to Misty~~

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed! :)

Helloo =) *waves* I just finished Illuminator. Good book. =)

wow, suddenly i feel old... but happy now that all my marine boy memories have come flooding back! thanks for the site.

Thanks, Steve and Juan, and thanks Eva and Nabal...I don't know what happened to your posts, but I did see them, and appreciated! (esp. the lingonberry hobbit {g})

Im not a hard case little bugger, Im a figment of Peter Fenandez imagenation, Which is nice!
More Tea Vicar?

Marine Boy (England)

Marineboy was a hard-case little bugger but
I loved him.

I'M 43 YEARS OLLD AND WHEN I SEE YOU'RE PICTURES LOTS A THINGS CAME ON MY MINE.WHEN I WAS YOUNG I WAS A FAN OF MARINE BOY IT'S SUPER

Just stopped by to congratulate you on the book; it was great! Terrific web site too. Go girl!

Iam marine boy....Thanks a lot for the memory jump start.

Marine boy (England)

Hey! Was here, great writings!

-Ashley
www.angelfire.com/grrl/kate_nick

Great site, great show, great memories...

Stuart
http://www.wfhbizz.com

Thanks for the good work. I'll be looking for sequels
Steve

I watched Marineboy in N.Z. in 1970.I still
remember him.I recently got some episodes on
tape.I still think he`s great!!!!!

Watched Marineboy in N.Z.in 1970.I still remember
him.I now have some episodes of him on tape.I still think he`s great!!!!

What a flashback in time , my first action hero !!! At the time I always wanted a boomrang ...Bring him back ...move over Pokemon !

Thanks, Chuck! There will indeed be a sequel. Working title is THE BINDER'S ROAD, and it should be out later this year, if all goes well.

Absolutely fabulous book! Totally absorbing. No room for a sequel to this one is there?

As I was reading everyones comments, I just nodded my head and smiled. There isn't much more that can be said, but I'll try. I'm 35, father of two, I have one of the biggest Ultraman collections on the east coast. One thing that has eluded me over the years is Marine Boy stuff! I'm happy to learn that there was a bigger following for the original aqua-lad. I ask people here and there if they remember this cartoon and they look at me as if they didn't have a childhood without cable! I had 7 channels and managed to watch Ultraman, Space Giants, Johnny Sokko, Marine Boy, Kimba, Hercules, Rocket Robinhood, Johnny Cypher,and Tobar the Eighth Man. Thanx fo' the memories.

Belated solstice and Chanukah wishes and a Merry Christmas to all! May the new year be peaceful, bright, and joyous.

Terry

Hey, I've been looking for old school anime, and marine boy is one of my favorites. I wander if you ever heard about Triton, is also japanese cartoon, is about a boy, last survivor of Atlantis, is guarded by 3 dolphins, one with glasses, one with a snail shell tied in his back, he has a mermaid as a friend, he can breathe under water, he also has a knife powered by fire or something like that. The worst enemy is the evil God Poseidon, lord of the oceans, he has many informers, the jellyfish, they knock on rocks and send signals like sonar, saying, "Triton is in the west..." for example.
Any info 'bout that one? Please contact me if so.
Thanx.

Oh my God I had turned my back on the Almighty Marine Boy in favour of the false Gods of rock 'n' roll. But I have returned to his flock.
BRING HIM BACK

mmmm neptina is a fox

Greetings from Virginia, was hooked on Marine Boy as a kid, this site brings back many memories!!!!!

Thanks

where can I buy a packet of oxy gum?

I love your PIC....
Keep up the good work......

Hi all.it appears that all us Marine Boy watchers are the victim of some sort of conspiracy!???IT WAS GREAT WASN'T IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

loved marine boy. And like many of u i thought i was alone in remembering him.Bring back marine boy!!!!!!!!

i just lurved marine boy.......i grew up in liverpool in the late sixties and this show was my first addiction....anyone who wants to talk about this wonderful show just drop me a line

way cool site ,bringing back fond memories ,so i`m not the only one who remembers oxygum !!!cheers guys

I heard you on the radio yesterday and was intrigued by yourself and your novel. Good show, milady! I will make a trip to the bookstore tomorrow.

Just me, Terry! Poking about where I hadn't ought. I should be writing... but hey... Hope all is well!

I thought I was going mad, Marine Boy exists. Seriously, I seem to be the only one who has heard of him. Is there anyone else in Scotland who watched him in the 60's.

I knew i wasn't dreaming, Marine Boy was my hero i want that gum..!

Yours Gratefully
Linnie

Thsnk you! I can now prove to my family that I have not gone nuts! I have been telling them one of my favorite cartoons as a youngster was Marine Boy and they swore no such cartoon ever existed!

Excellent site. Can't wait for more maps, and to read the book!

Hey Piers, hinomura, and Richard, thanks for the notes!

(The Caribbean...wow...and I thought it was cool that there were UK viewers...)

Jeff, hugs and thanks for the congrats. Got your email!

And hi, Ron! The book Website is my creation, yup. Good to see you here.

Greetings, Ms. McGarry. The "Book Website"; your Creation, or ...?

Like the rest of you I watched Marine Boy as I was growing up.For many years not one person had ever heard of him(Not One!!!)then in '97 when I moved to the Caribbean I met a person who was a big fan.This is a good sight,keep up the good work!!

Point of clarification...the (well, not really) means I'm
not really going to bust...not that I'm not proud of you,
because I am. Knew you'd do this some day, ever since I read
that story you wrote for the late, lamented "Galaxy" magazine. Hope
this is the first of long, popular series!

Jeff W.

thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Beautiful website And, how nice to have it so complete just after the book was published.

Okay okay, I just had to sign this nice guestbook and gush, because I am so waaaaaaayyy jealous of how gorgeous the website is! Very lovely stuff, Ti, fantastic job.

:-)

Vi

WOW!FINALLY CONVINCED SOME PEOPLE THAT MARINE BOY EXISTED.PASS ME THAT OXYGUM.

Oh, this is gorgeous! I'm glad I wandered by.

I did, too, xmasmoose. I can even remember the feeling of excitement that surrounded the time four o'clock, because that was when the show was on.

The kids on the street made fun of me for liking it. Story of my life, I guess. {g}

And now here are all these other people who liked it too!

I watched Marine Boy every day after school when I was growing up. I wanted to be his girlfriend. No one knows who I am talking about when I speak about Marine Boy. I am so glad he is on your website.

Hi, Terry. This is a cool website, and ILLUMINATION looks like a cool book. August should be fun.

I'm going to have to get some web-design tips from you.

This affectation of hobbit pseudonyms is very silly. People should write under their own names.

Glad you found the page, too, Barb!

We'll keep repeating: The show was real, the show was real, the show was real...

Wave!

Nicely atmospheric...

-Ponto

i thought i was the only one who had heard of Marine Boy....

Welcome to the guestbook. Give us a wave on your way through!

Marine Boy should win a prize for being The Show People Most Often Believe They Hallucinated. Glad you found the page, darlene!

(Wouldn't it be neat if you had a really vivid dream one night and then found a Webpage for it while you were surfing the next day? The Web is almost a collective dream itself--patterns of bits and phosphors aren't that different from patterns of neural firing. Imagine if dreams spawned Websites...)

Helen, thanks for taking Tim on the tour! We'll definitely hang out Worldcon--looking forward.

Terry

well i am gald that the programme was not something i was dreaming about i remeber it on at teatimes late 60's ,early 70's thanks for the memories

Hey Terry! I was just taking Tim on a grand tour of your website cos you reminded me that your book is ALMOST FINISHED GESTATING! Wow. Let's celebrate soon. We will see you in August for Worldcon, no? :)

Thanks, marky and j!

j, there's definitely not much info out there. I haven't seen anything like modelsheets, and that's weird--I mean, you can get an entire set of blueprints for the spaceship from Land of the Giants, but nothing for Marine Boy. There was a model kit for the P1 sub, and John Patterson sent pictures of the box art and instruction sheet (and a Marine Boy model he made using some non-Marine Boy model pieces). They're probably not exactly what you're looking for, but here are the URLs:
http://www.sff.net/people/terry_mcgarry/marineboy/p1.jpg
http://www.sff.net/people/terry_mcgarry/marineboy/p2.jpg
http://www.sff.net/people/terry_mcgarry/jpx.htp

If I run across anything else, I'll post it right away, and let me know if you do! And don't forget to look on eBay. It's amazing what turns up there.

Terry

thanks your site just brought back a lot of happy memories to a normally miserable old git!

Great site. I remember seeing Marine Boy when I
was just a tyke. Would there be anything in the
way of modelsheets of the characters or vehicles?
There doesn't seem to be much info regarding shows
like Gigantor and Marine Boy.

Thanks.

I'm with you, David!

Thank you for the trip back in time.What a joy to relive those memories,I agree get a video on the shelves-Who or what is pokemon! Marine Boy LIVES

Thanks so much, Wil! I'm so gratified to find how many people remember the show. I wish they'd release a nice, fresh, cleaned-up version on DVD or even just video. There's clearly a market for it!

Really appreciate you swinging by and leaving a comment.

Thanks so much for the Marine Boy pics. I just read the comments from another brit and yes, it hasn't been aired in the UK since those initial early 70's runs. Funny, but even though I was only 5 or 6 then I can still sing the theme tune perfectly. Great site.

It's great to hear from you, Jeff! I'm gonna answer at length in email.

Hey, Terry! Sorry I haven't written for a while...busy
working on my new novel. Gonna try publishing it for real this time (no more
"on demand" for me!). Congrats on your first novel! Can I get an
autographed copy? I'm very proud of you. I always thought you were a truly fine
writer. I'm glad Tor thinks so too. What ever happened to that
project for White Wolf, the one about the haunted sailing schooner?
Drop me a line. I just won an autographed copy of "The Dreamthief's Daughter" from
Warner Aspect for writing a short essay on how the "Elric" saga influenced me.
Blood and souls, Arioch! Blood and souls! Until next time.

Lord Warshaw the Almost Unknown
1 June 2001
Irvine and Tanelorn

Just emailed a reply--I think the Alphalink site has videos in the PAL format. Glad you enjoyed the site, Neill! I think you're the first visitor I've had from the UK. Thanks for letting me know.

Love the images of Marine Boy.
It's my first living memory, being 3 or 4 years old watching it.
I see the question has already been asked & I have seen elsewhere mention of videos, but where on this earth can I get hold of one?
I'm sure the show hasn't been aired in the UK since the early 70's
Thanks for any help.
Neill

Hey, thanks, Upuaut! The show was a lot of fun. I enjoyed your site! Way cool rotating hieroglyphic wheel.

Thanks for stopping by!

Heard you on 99.5 FM this morning. A fabulous interview. I'll be sure to look around. Keep up the lovely work you do.
www.crimsonmatrix.com (shameless plug) :)

Hey, Denise! Thanks for stopping by! I hope to see you in person again sometime soon...maybe this year's Worldcon?

I feel guilty that my name came up on a "copyediting" search, since I still haven't gotten those essays HTMLized. But that's all the more motivation to Get It Done...

Very glad to hear you're writing SF when you can.

Hey, Terry! Long time no see! I think the last time was at Worldcon in Baltimore....
I was looking up "copyediting" on the Web, and your name came up. I'm doing biotechnical
writing for a Fortune 500 biotech company. I write science fiction whenever I can...sigh.

So glad you enjoyed it, Bugbomb--and thanks so much for the eddress! I'll drop a line and see if there's a Web page I can link to.

Much appreciated!

Wow!! Cool pages!! Also, LOVED the Marine Boy gallery!! You've made a 40-something woman very happy. As regards videos of the series..just emailed a guy in Australia, Called Glen..his email is :
roglan@alphalink.com.au
Hope that helps!!
Cheers!!!

It was good to meet you at Albacon, Ori. Thanks for your good comments during the panels.

Thank for all your help. will be seeing you, one way or another. saw your works list, where to start.

Fantastic Marine Boy at last.
Is it available on video, someone out there must know.
If ya do please let me know.

Declan!

Ta me ar an t-urlar!!

Beidh email leat inniu...

Hi, Marc! Thanks for the note, and for coming to the panels at I-Con.

It can be tough to find things in bookstores, with the short shelf life these days. You'd probably have more luck ordering online. Most of the magazines I've been in should still be available as back issues through the publishers' Web pages, and the anthologies that are still in print (=Blood Muse= is not, but =Sword & Sorceress XVI= is, as are the two Sherlock Holmes pastiche anthologies) are available through Amazon.com. My bibliography page (http://www.sff.net/people/terry_mcgarry/inprint.htm) has links to the Amazon page for each book and to the magazine publishers.

I'm very flattered that you've gone looking for my work! It's tougher with short fiction and poetry, but if all goes well I'll have a novel out next spring, and then I will gleefully be able to point you to "M"s on the bookstore shelf!

Hi Terry
Just a note to say I enjoyed your web site and I have done my best to attend the various panels and discussions that you have been on at the ICON conventions at Stonybrook. I do have a question though, I have not had too much luck in locating your works, are they sold in the usual bookstores? Please advise. Thanks.

Kurt and Phobos, I'm so glad you enjoyed the site! You are absolutely not alone--there are a lot of people who remember Marine Boy fondly and wish there were current video releases. At least now you can prove that if you were hallucinating it was a collective hallucination! :)

Hel, I'd say that making it up for the B&N signing counts as making it to the Nebula Weekend. It was great to see you! (Moseying on over to return the guestbook visit...)

I just got my guestbook up, so I figured I'd toddle over and mark yours up. ;D Doesn't look I'll be making it to the nebs, but, murphy's law can't go on forever!!!

I just want to thank you for taking the time to build this website. Over the past decade I have been trying to convince my wife (who is younger) and friends Marine Boy actually existed.
Up until now it has been me against the world on this topic. My wife is the one who actually found the site and apologized after joking me in front of our friends. Not growing up in N.C.
I was beginning to think the show only aired in VA. This may still be the case, but at least I now have the evidence to share with these non-believers. It had gone as far as me visiting
the local video stores to see if they had something in the database or a way of getting a copy of one of the episodes.

Again, thanks for helping me reminisce about the past.

The Marine Boy Gallery? I love you! I have looked all over the Web for things relating to this series, and I was starting to think I had hallucinated the whole thing. Count Shark was killer! Thanks again and continued success with your site.

Maul away, maul away, Joe...

Oh, wait, I mean Vrea. :) Good to see ya! Can't wait till Worldcon.

Teryr!!!!!!!!!! Woohoo, a nice guestbook yah got here to maul... ahem decorate! ;-)

Hi, Hayford! Glad to see you stopped by. And thanks again for the piggies!

Hi, Dani. That was a very existentialist post. :)

Tom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

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Hi Terry, I voted fer ya! Remember that when you're rich and powerful! And I'll give you some news one of these days....

And try to say hello again on-line....

Oh Look! A guestbook! The things you miss when
you don't scroll to the bottom of the page!

Here's a few !'s so you know it's really me :)
TERRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May the Catbus of Happiness speed you on your Journey!

Tom :)

Hi, Eva. I do have a poetry collection out--it's called =Imprinting=, and you can order it through Amazon or the Anamnesis Press Web page--but no short-story collection at the moment. I'll certainly let you know when that changes.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hi, I'm a book reviewer for Fantastica Daily at www.mervius.com and I was HOPING you had a volume of YOUR collected works. But, alas, not so. If you ever get one together let us know.

Ah, what would the universe be without cosmic mysteries? :)

Hey, wait, I might have the wrong guestbook. Is this the he-Robocat
or the she-Robocat?

Awesome! Action in the guestbook!

No pub date, yet, Alan, but so far things look good, so fingers crossed that it'll be this year.

Ooooo! I get to post the first note!

Hmmmm. When do I get to read your book?