Only 85 of the first 87 episodes (out of a total of 105) were dubbed for this version, with episodes 81 and 86 being skipped note Although it's usually assumed Gatchaman #81 was skipped for religious overtones and violence, the actual reason was due to Tatsunoko not being able to locate the rough English translation of the script, leaving it unable to be adapted by Fred Ladd. Its lower budget was criticized, along with the cheesy dub name changes and a single looping very repetitive backbeat that was used to fill all gaps of silence. note In Battle of the Planets, the team had also been called "G-Force". While G-Force was a lot closer to the Gatchaman plots, it sparked disappointment in fans who had grown up used to their own "G-Force" from the previous adaptation. It resurfaced on Cartoon Network in 1995, where it managed to air its entire run. in order to fulfill contractual obligations.
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note It is believed that Turner mainly made the series for foreign distributors in mind and only aired a few episodes in the U.S.
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G-Force: Guardians of Space debuted on TBS in July 1987, but only ran for a week before it was abruptly pulled and replaced with reruns of Gilligan's Island, although it did had a full run in some foreign markets, most notably in Latin America. note Ladd had been previously approached by Sandy Frank with the offer to write for Battle of the Planets, but conflicts in location (Ladd living in New York while production was being handled in California) led him to turn down the job. Fred Ladd (of Astro Boy and Gigantor dub fame) was put in charge of the adaptation. After Battle of the Planets had completed its run on Superstation WTBS in 1985, Turner Program Services sub-licensed Gatchaman from Sandy Frank, in the interest of doing a new adaptation more faithful to the source material. This Grip diecast is hard to get, unlike the US, the Japanese audience got three different versions of the Phoenix, so original Phoenix toys come at a premium.įinally, this is an original episode of the show, I wish I could remember which one but it's neat to own this piece of history.- Opening narrationThe second English adaptation of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. Popy released this amazing 8" mego like figure of Eagle Ken in 1978, you can read more about these at the Mego Museum. The Goldkey comic got cancelled before this issue got released but it looks pretty exciting, we got gypped out of the final showdown between Mark and Zoltar!. I think we got this cel of 1-Rover-1 from Ken a local collector of Gatchaman, a few of our favourite pieces come from knowing him. He eventually relented and I've never been able to figure him out since.ĭitto this cool little puzzle, which might have been a knockoff. I don't know anything about this little guy either, he used to sit on the cash of Suspect Video until i begged and pleaded with the manager to trade it to me. It's like he's cheering "hooray, I'm really well fed!". I don't know much about this vinyl figure of Eagle Ken but I've always found it charming. These rack toys by Gordy were pretty much all US kids saw of Battle of the Planets toys, where the hell was Mego with those action figures? This 7 Zark 7 figure was only sold in Spain and France, the Japanese never had Zark in their version of the cartoon (that's a little something Sandy Frank whipped up!) so Zark merchandise is tough. I mean, Kamen Rider's belt actually does that! It's obvious that this toy was originally produced for Kamen Rider and they just spun off to other characters. This is a japanese produced toy belt, it lights up and spins. I married that girl and she now collects Battle of the Planets stuff, here are some of my favorites. A girl from down the hall came bursting into my room and asked "Are you watching G-force? Can i watch?"
I took it back to my dorm room and started watching it the next day. Whether you refer to it as Battle of the Planets, G Force or Gatchaman, most children of the 70's remember this cartoon.įor me, the show has special meaning, 14 years ago I picked up a cassette of the show at a Chiller Theatre convention.
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