AniWorthGatchaman
Introduction
Due to dangers of decreasing resources and growing pollution, the International Scientific Organization (ISO) is established to improve environmental conditions throughout the world. But an international criminal group, Gallactor, tries to achieve world domination by taking control of the ISO. Gallactor was created by a mysterious being from outer space known as Generalissimo X, who gives orders through its chief commander on Earth, the masked Berg Katse. To fight Gallactor and its robot monsters, the ISO's Dr. Nambu enlists five brave youths into a combat squad called Gatchaman,the Science Commandos. Special scientific powers and dramatic birdlike costumes make the Gatchaman Squad a match for Gallactor, wherever on Earth it may strike. Ken (the Eagle) is the wise leader, assisted by sometimes-foolhardy Joe (the Condor), pretty Jun (the Swan), eager little Jinpei (the Swallow), and strong Ryu (the Horned Owl). Each has individual scientific weapons, but their main power lies in their aircraft, the Phoenix, which can transform itself into a fiery arrow capable of piercing the most massive threats. GATCHAMAN is a series of dynamic action and tension as Ken, Joe, Jun, Jinpei, and Ryu hold themselves in constant readiness to meet each new threat by Gallactor to conquer the world.
(Source: Official Site)
About Battle of the Planets (U.S.)
Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 6.96/10 · 3966
| 1/10 | 48 |
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| 2/10 | 26 |
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| 3/10 | 63 |
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| 4/10 | 158 |
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| 5/10 | 402 |
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| 6/10 | 754 |
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| 7/10 | 1151 |
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| 8/10 | 739 |
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| 9/10 | 352 |
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| 10/10 | 272 |
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Audience reviews
4 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
halimede
Sorry to say, but this show is... boringggg. Maybe it's fun for kids, but I'd still like to see some effort put in to the story. Also, can someone explain why their names are the Science Ninja Gatchamans? I don't feel like that was ever explained in the show. And then why are they shaped like birds? Maybe I missed it because I fell asleep from how boring this show is. Also, thumbs down for the art, since Joe and Ken look literally the same. The only saving grace for this show was the young kid (Jinpei) was kind of cute to watch, and the female (Jun) wasn't horribly incompetent as most female anime characters tend to be due to male writers being unable to write women well.
Read at the sourceFred2020
One of the first anime I ever saw... all the way back in the 1970's. It is important to compare this to anime of the era in terms of art and storytelling. A fun romp with a lot of action. Still the entire run has an overarching story and an environmental message. The "Battle of the Planets" version is much more child directed than the original with huge cuts to avoid issues here in the United States. I own DVD versions of many anime titles but this is one of the few long run series purchased; along with Space Battleship Yamato.
Read at the sourcepunkertz
Guys..this is one of my favourite anime(way..way back then...lol)
... So for the heck of it.. i'm going to write a review base on my childhood memories.
tome this is a masterpiece... they managed to creator such a wonderful anime way back then. With their animation tech back then..this was a great great series.
It was creative... it was fun....it was and to me still is a wonderful series.
cool heroes(although they look like hippies with bell bottoms...lol)
cool mecha... awesome action....
made me borrowed my brothers motorcycle helmet and tie the table cloth around my neck (...my hero cape) and jump around pretending to be one of the g force....
The current anime fan may not understand why to me..it is a great series...because the anime has "grown up" in the past 30 years . the tec…
Read at the sourceBishounen_Hunter
When I heard that ADV had released G-Force/Battle of the Planets in it's entirety of all original 105 episodes completely unedited and under the original name, Gatchaman, I was overjoyed! Battle of the Planets [BOTP] was certainly all that and a bag of chips back in the day. Funny thing is, a couple of years back I attempted to revisit my childhood memories by watching Battle of the Planets again for old times sake and to my abject horror and dismay, I saw now with my adult eyes how absolutely putrid BOTP was....feel free to read my review of BOTP. Now that it's fully restored I am going to give it another shot and see if this show is really good or not and just how much of it was butchered by Sandy Frank and the other American production companies.
~ The Art
Pretty darn old looking! Ther…
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