| Title/Name |
Science
Ninja Team GATCHAMAN
[a.k.a.: Battle of the Planets, G-Force, La
Batalla de los Planetas] |
| Country of Origin |
Japan |
| Language |
Japanese,
Englsih, Spanish, others |
| Style |
Action/Sci-fi |
| Line-up |
Coming
soon! |
| Lable |
Coming
soon! |
| Releases |
Coming
soon! |
| Credits |
Coming
soon! |
| Description |
Earth is
under threat of invation by an alien organization
known as "The Galactor". Profesor Nambu
creates a team of young warriors to fight them:
th Science Ninja Team GATCHAMAN, who's uniforms
resembles birds of various kind. Galactor's
general is a beign known as Ketsen, whose
identity is unknown and have special (and
curious) abilities. |
| Comments |
The most
(in) famous anime of all times! One of the first
to introduce maturte themes to a medium intended
for kids, back on the 1970's. Despite the content
the series was famous enough to generate TWO
sequels: Science Ninja Team Gatchaman II and
Science Ninja Team gatchaman Fighter. But this
title became famous because of their dubbed
versions. The first series
"Transmutated" into Battle of the
Planets, a 1980's North American version made by
Sandy Frank Syndication.They edited most of the
mature situations (nobody died) in order to
market it to an audience that still believed
cartoons was intended for kids ONLY. Despite the
cuts it was still "to-hot-to-handle" by
some concerned parents.
On the late 1980's/early 1990's gatchaman was
re-edited and re-written,
"Transmutating" once more. This time
into G-Force, which was closer in
content (read: people actually died!) to the
original! The other tow series was edited and
combined into one by another US company (Saban
productions). The resulting
"Transmutation"was known as Eagle
Riders, which was aired for a short time in the
US. Sadly none of the original series have been
released in the US UNCUT for reasons unknown
(which is a shame because that leave the fans no
option of seeing the original versions). The
closer thing was the 1990's remake OVA of
Gatchaman, which is good, but still not enough.
The original series is available on DVD, but they
were coded so only Japanese DVD players could
play it :-( |
| Links |
METALFORMER'S
GATCHAMAN PAGE: A humble tribute to one of my
childhood's favorites. Will focuss on basic
information I believe EVERYBODY should know,
specially dealing with the modifications made to
the show. Coming soon!
Gatchaman: Home of the White Shadow: The most complete Gatchaman data
base!! The information displayed on this page and
my tribute page was "borrowed" from
this one! |
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