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"BATTLE OF THE PLANETS" BROADCAST DETAILS

"BATTLE OF THE PLANETS" is now listed and released using the corresponding "GATCHAMAN" episode order currently as a standard, (minus the 20 episodes deleted from the original Japanese package); this same order was used by Sandy Frank Film Syndication when they translated the series into English in 1978; however, this was not the order that many broadcasters were provided with by Sandy Frank Film Syndication, (hereafter known as a "suggested viewing order"). The following chart is an attempt to document and reconcile the different regional variations, compared against the standard order and the "suggested viewing order".

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NO.1 *	NO.2 *	NO.3 *	NO.4 *	NO.5 *	EPISODE TITLE
1	1	1	1	1	ATTACK OF THE SPACE TERRAPIN
2	16	2	2	2	RESCUE OF THE ASTRONAUTS
3	48	3	41	4?	THE SPACE MUMMY
4	46	4	42	6?	THE SPACE SERPENT
5	40	5	43	7?	GHOST SHIP OF PLANET MIR
6	17	6	3	3	BIG ROBOT GOLD GRAB
7	54	51	44	8?	ACE FROM OUTER SPACE
8	74	52	45	9?	FEARFUL SEA ANEMONE
9	38	7	4	10?	THE JUPITER MOON MENACE
10	28	8	39	11?	A SWARM OF ROBOT ANTS
11	23	9	5	5	SPACE ROCKET ESCORT
12	32	10	40	12?	BEAST WITH A SWEET TOOTH
13	50	11	46	13?	PERILOUS PLEASURE CRUISE
14	7	12	47	14?	THE THING WITH 1000 EYES
15	26	13	6	15?	MICROFILM MYSTERY
16	75	53	48	16?	THE ALIEN BEETLES
17	15	14	82?	17?	A WHALE JOINS G-FORCE
18	4	15	53	18?	MAD NEW RULER OF SPECTRA
19	49	16	54	19?	THE SEA DRAGON
20	64	54	49	20?	MAGNETIC ATTRACTION
21	18	17	7	26	THE MUSICAL MUMMY
22	13	18	8	21	THE FIERY LAVA GIANT
23	77	55	55	22	THE BAT-RAY BOMBERS
24	14	19	9	23	RACE AGAINST DISASTER
25	22	20	83?	24	THE GHOSTLY GRASSHOPPER
26	71	56	50	25	THE GALAXY GIRLS
27	59	57	19	N/T	CURSE OF THE CUTTLEFISH Part I
28	60	58	20	N/T	CURSE OF THE CUTTLEFISH Part II
29	45	21	56	N/T	DEMONS OF THE DESERT
30	2	22	10	N/T	SIEGE OF THE SQUIDS
31	36	23	11	N/T	ORION WONDER DOG OF SPACE
32	81	59	23	N/T	THE FIERCE FLOWERS Part I
33	82	60	24	N/T	THE FIERCE FLOWERS Part II
34	11	24	12	N/T	THE SPACE ROCK CONCERT
35	34	25	14	N/T	PRISONERS IN SPACE
36	68	61	51	N/T	VICTIMS OF THE HAWK
37	33	26	52	N/T	RAID ON RIGA
38	39	27	15	N/T	SEALS OF SYTRON
39	57	62	62	N/T	GIANT GILA MONSTER
40	35	28	16	N/T	CAPTURE OF THE GALAXY CODE
41	21	29	17	N/T	RAID ON A NEARBY PLANET
42	44	30	18	N/T	KEYOP DOES IT ALL
43	65	63	13	N/T	PEAKS OF PLANET ODIN
44	79	64	63	N/T	THE SKY IS FALLING! Part I
45	80	65	64	N/T	THE SKY IS FALLING! Part II
46	30	31	65	N/T	RAID OF THE RED SCORPION
47	12	32	66	N/T	MAMMOTH SHARK MENACE
48	8	33	57	N/T	FASTEST GUN IN THE GALAXY
49	6	34	38	N/T	GIANT FROM PLANET ZYR
50	37	35	84?	N/T	SECRET ISLAND
51	55	66	58	N/T	GIANT SPACE BAT
52	19	36	67	N/T	ATTACK OF THE ALIEN WASP
53	3	37	31	N/T	DECOYS OF DOOM
54	63	67	59	N/T	ZOLTAR STRIKES OUT
55	56	68	68	N/T	THE GREAT BRAIN ROBBERY
56	10	38	69	N/T	RAID OF THE SPACE OCTOPUS
57	25	39	28	N/T	SILENT CITY
58	61	69	32	N/T	PERIL IN THE PYRAMIDS
59	78	70	60	N/T	RAGE OF THE ROBOTOIDS
60	41	40	29	N/T	THE ALIEN BIGFOOT
61	67	71	37	N/T	INVASION OF THE LOCUSTS
62	20	41	27	N/T	THE SPACE SAFARI
63	24	42	21	N/T	MUSEUM OF MYSTERY
64	5	43	70	N/T	PERIL OF THE PREYING MANTIS
65	73	72	61	N/T	THE AWESOME RAY FORCE
66	58	73	71	N/T	THE DUPLICATE KING
67	76	74	80	N/T	DEFECTOR TO SPECTRA
68	9	44	35	N/T	PANIC OF THE PEACOCK
69	27	45	22	N/T	MISSION TO INNER SPACE
70	31	46	81	N/T	SPECTRA SPACE SPIDER
71	42	47	25	N/T	SUPER SPACE SPIES
72	29	48	30	N/T	CUPID DOES IT TO KEYOP
73	53	75	72	N/T	TENTACLES FROM SPACE
74	69	76	34	N/T	ISLAND OF FEAR
75	52	77	73	N/T	THE AWESOME ARMADILLO
76	84	78	76	N/T	INVASION OF SPACE CENTER Part I
77	85	79	77	N/T	INVASION OF SPACE CENTER Part II
78	62	80	36	N/T	SAVE THE SPACE COLONY
79	83	81	85?	N/T	CHARIOTEERS OF CHANGU
80	43	49	26	N/T	VACATION ON VENUS
81	47	50	74	N/T	ROCKETS OUT OF CONTROL
82	66	82	75	N/T	G-FORCE DEFECTOR
83	70	83	78	N/T	STRIKE AT SPECTRA
84	51	84	33	N/T	G-FORCE IN THE FUTURE
85	72	85	79	N/T	THE CONWAY TAPE TAP

The series is listed above using 5 distinctly different orders:

1) the first column (NO.1) refers to the episode order currently used by Sandy Frank Film Syndication based on the original Japanese episode order, (minus the 20 Japanese episodes deleted from the original package); viewed in this manner, the series retains minor "GATCHAMAN" continuity but lapses within the English script. This was also the original production order of the episodes that were translated.

2) the second column (NO.2) refers to an artificial "suggested viewing order" created at the time of the series' production in 1978. The 85 episodes were reconfigured with their own imposed episodic continuity via different credit sequences, varying standards of the additional animation sequences and continuing script references within the "7-Zark-7" interludes. As a result of altering the original "GATCHAMAN" continuity, many internal inconsistencies within the "BATTLE OF THE PLANETS" storylines prevail.
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3) the third column (NO.3) refers to the episode order supplied to Australian television broadcasters by Sandy Frank Film Syndication, (syndicated on the 0/10 Network 10 1979 - 1981, and later networked on ABC Television Channel 2 1982 - 1985); it has yet to be confirmed whether or not it is the same order supplied to British or US broadcasters at the time of the series original distribution); when viewed using this order, the episodes display major continuity flaws and make less sense than the "suggested viewing order".
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4) the fourth column (NO.4) refers to the telecast order of UK television broadcaster BBC Television, (networked on BBC 1 1979 - 1985). At first glance, the UK order appears to be a severe corruption of the same order supplied to Australian broadcasters, the fragmented nature of the series a study in perserverance unto itself. Rather than air all 85 episodes as a complete block, BBC 1 opted to telecast it in batches of episodes, each "series" containing a different number of episodes screened and also altering the day on which it was screened. The order listed above is a reflection of the episodes listed concurrently, (despite each being part of an individual batch of episodes). To date, 81 of the 85 episodes have been found with confirmed transmission dates, the remaining 4 episodes unconfirmed; these 4 have been assigned the remaining numbers 82 - 85, although it is unlikely they actually screened so late in the run, (it is more than likely that they were screened unpromoted as part of the Saturday morning children's series "Noel Edmond's MULTI COLOURED SWAP SHOP"). Note: this order is not a reflection of the order used more recently by Bravo UK, when the current Sandy Frank Film Syndication-supplied "GATCHAMAN" order was used apart from the substitution of # 2 with the "G-FORCE" equivalent episode # 2.
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5) the fifth column (NO.5) refers to the episode order supplied for "STRIJD DER PLANETEN" to Dutch broadcaster AVRO; although the order has yet to be confirmed completely, it seems that the order partially follows the original "GATCHAMAN" order, rather than the "usual" order supplied by Sandy Frank Film Syndication to overseas broadcasters between 1978 and 1981. Only 26 of the 85 episodes were dubbed into Dutch for transmission; the remainder of the series was unaired.
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