There's been a sudden resurgence of 80's properties over the last couple of years. He-Man, Thundercats, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe, and others have all returned to the forefront in the form of new cartoons, comics, and action figures. Being a child of the 80's I really wanted to stay with the game, and I found there was really only one property I wasn't terribly familiar with: Battle of the Planets, or G-Force. In need of a crash course, I went to an Anime store to find something G-Force related for rent.

This OAV series, Gatchaman, turned out to be just what the doctor ordered. The DVD collects all three 45-minute episodes.

Watch episodes of Gatchaman OVA right here on HIDIVE. Start a 7-Day FREE Trial, and enjoy all of the Premium Membership perks! English Gatchaman ( ガッチャマン ) is a 2013 Japanese tokusatsu superhero film directed by Toya Sato based on the classic 1970s anime television series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.

The whole Science Ninja Team is introduced to newcomers like me, and everyone gets plenty to do. There is lots of great action and suspense, and the gadgets aren't too shabby either.

However, make sure you watch the Japanese version; the English dub isn't too good. Note: If you are already familiar with G-Force and you want to know how good this show is, consult the external links.

Science Ninja Team Gatchaman was one of the earliest anime to which American audiences were exposed in the late '70's (but not the first anime that American audiences were ever exposed to — that honor most likely goes to in the early '60s). The original series appeared on Japanese television in 1972, produced by; 105 episodes were originally produced, but the English translations used only 85 of those episodes.

The show revolves around five heroic teenagers in bird suits who use ninja type weapons. Pomenyatj imei samsung galaxy s6 phone. Each hero drives a special vehicle which combines with the God Phoenix mothership, which is then able to fire missiles and convert to the Kagaku Ninpo Hinotori ('Science Ninja Art: Firebird', or 'Fiery Phoenix' in Battle of the Planets). V kejptaunskom portu noti video. Gatchaman was, in fact, of (,,,, ),. The heroes mostly waged battles against the built by the evil Galactor crime syndicate / terrorist army, which was ultimately led by Sosai ('Leader') X, an alien supervillain who wanted to rule the Earth, and Berg Katse, a mutant who could shift genders at will.

Note Although, in the second dub,, Berg Katse ('Galactor', after the organization) is portrayed as the leader, with Leader X ('Computor') portrayed as being merely a consultant. Gatchaman first appeared on American television in 1978, syndicated as, which has its own page. In the mid-80s, after the popularity of BOTP waned and Sandy Frank was trying to find a new way to market the series, Turner Broadcasting Services became interested and acquired the rights to produce a new adaptation. In 1986, Turner hired Fred Ladd to reissue Science Ninja Team Gatchaman as, and it briefly aired in the summer of the following year. Although the stories were much truer to the original, the budget was much lower than that of Battle of the Planets, while the voice acting, dub names, and horribly, horribly repetitive background music were considered by a lot of fans to be very inferior.