Cartoon Resource entry #054 - Gatchaman (1972)

GATCHAMAN

ORIGINAL JAPAN AIRDATES: Oct 1, 1972-Sep 29, 1974 as Science Ninja Team Gatchaman on Fuji TV
ENGLISH DUB HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Jun 14, 2005-Oct 17, 2006 by ADV Films in 17 DVD volumes
EPISODES: 105
ANIMATION BY: Tatsunoko Productions, Ltd.
DISTRIBUTED and OWNED BY: Tatsunoko Productions, Ltd. and Sentai Filmworks

SUMMARY:
Ken, Joe, Jun, Jinpei and Ryu are members of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, a group of teenagers that fight off alien invaders led by Berg Katse and Sosai of the Galactor organization.  The Gatchaman team are advised by Dr. Nambu. Gatchaman was dubbed two times in English, with 1978's Battle of the Planets and 1986's G-Force.  These two series were edited and names were changed.  In 2005, the series was dubbed in English once again, but more closely to the original show and released on DVD by ADV Films.  These DVDs also featured the original Japanese dialogue with English subtitles. The series has since been re-released on Blu-Ray after ADV Films’ closure in 2007.

EPISODE GUIDE
#001 Gatchaman Versus Turtle King (10.01.1972)
#002 The Monstrous Aircraft Carrier Appears (10.08.1972)
#003 The Giant Mummy That Summons Storms (10.15.1972)
#004 Revenge On the Iron Beast Mechadegon (10.22.1972)
#005 The Ghost Fleet From Hell (10.29.1972)
#006 The Great Mini-Robot Operation (11.05.1972)
#007 Galactor's Giant Airshow (11.12.1972)
#008 The Secret of the Crescent Coral Reef (11.19.1972)
#009 The Devil From the Moon (11.26.1972)
#010 The Great Underground Monster War (12.03.1972)
#011 The Mysterious Red Impulse (12.10.1972)
#012 The Gluttonous Monster Ibukron (12.17.1972)
#013 The Mysterious Red Sand (12.24.1972)
#014 The Fearful Ice-Kander (12.31.1972)
#015 The Fearful Jellyfish Lens (01.07.1973)
#016 The Indestructible Machine Mechanika (01.14.1973)
#017 The Grand Insect Operation (01.21.1973)
#018 Revenge! The Whale Operation (01.28.1973)
#019 Speed Race From Hell (02.04.1973)
#020 A Critical Moment For the Science Ninja Team (02.11.1973)
#021 Who is Leader X? (02.18.1973)
#022 The Firebird Versus The Fire-Breathing Dragon  (02.25.1973)
#023 The Mecha-Ball Runs Wild  (03.04.1973)
#024 The Neon Giant That Smiles In the Dark (03.11.1973)
#025 The Magma Giant, Emperor of Hell (03.18.1973)
#026 The God Phoenix Reborn (03.25.1973)
#027 Galactor's Witch Racer (04.01.1973)
#028 The Invisible Devil (04.08.1973)
#029 Gallack X, the Demon Man (04.15.1973)
#030 Kamisoral, The Guillotine Iron Beast (04.22.1973)
#031 The Plan To Assassinate Dr. Nambu (04.29.1973)
#032 The Grand Gezora Operation Part 1 (05.06.1973)
#033 The Grand Gezora Operation Part 2 (05.13.1973)
#034 The Evil Aurora Operation (05.20.1973)
#035 Burn, Desert Fires (05.27.1973)
#036 Little Gatchamans (06.03.1973)
#037 Renzilla, the Electric Monster (06.10.1973)
#038 The Mysterious Mechanized Jungle (06.17.1973)
#039 Jigokillers, the People-Eating Flowers Part 1 (06.24.1973)
#040 Jigokillers, the People-Eating Flowers Part 2 (07.01.1973)
#041 Murder Music (07.08.1973)
#042 The Great Breakout Trick Operation (07.15.1973)
#043 A Romance Destroyed By Evil (07.25.1973)
#044 Galactor's Challenge (07.29.1973)
#045 The Sea Lion Ninja Team In the Night Fog (08.12.1973)
#046 Gatchaman In the Valley of Death (08.12.1973)
#047 The Devil's Airline (08.19.1973)
#048 The Camera Iron Beast, Shutterkiller (08.26.1973)
#049 The Fearful Mechadokuga (09.02.1973)
#050 Trachadon, the Dinosaur Skeleton (09.09.1973)
#051 Cata-Roller, the Revolving Beast (09.16.1973)
#052 Red Impulse's Secret (09.23.1973)
#053 Farewell Red Impulse (09.30.1973)
#054 Gatchaman Burns With Rage (10.07.1973)
#055 The Daring Mini-Submarine (10.14.1973)
#056 The Bird Missile of Bitterness (10.21.1973)
#057 The Evil White Sea (10.28.1973)
#058 Hell’s Mecha-Buttha (11.04.1973)
#059 The Secret of the Monster Mecha Factory (11.04.1973)
#060 Science Ninja Team, Number G-6 (11.11.1973)
#061 The Phantom Red Impulse (11.18.1973)
#062 The Snow Demon King Blizzarder (12.02.1973)
#063 Massacre of the Mecha Curve Ball (12.09.1973)
#064 A Christmas Present of Death (12.16.1973)
#065 Super Bern, the Composite Iron Beast (12.23.1973)
#066 The Devil's Fashion Show (12.30.1973)
#067 Mortal Blow! Gatchaman Fire (01.06.1974)
#068 The Particle Iron Beast Micro-Saturn (01.13.1974)
#069 The Cemetery In the Moonlight (01.20.1974)
#070 Death Girls Unite! (01.27.1974)
#071 The Invincible Leader X (02.03.1974)
#072 Swarm! A Plague of Mini Iron Beasts (02.10.1974)
#073 Pursue Katse! (02.17.1974)
#074 Secret of the Birdstyles (02.24.1974)
#075 Jumbo Shakora, the Ocean Devil King (03.03.1974)
#076 The Bracelets Exposed (03.10.1974)
#077 The Successful Berg Katse (03.17.1974)
#078 Mortal Combat! 5,000 Fathoms Under the Sea (03.24.1974)
#079 The Stolen Gatchaman Information (03.31.1974)
#080 Come Back! Boomerang (04.07.1974)
#081 Duel On Galactor Island (04.14.1974)
#082 Aim At the Crescent Coral Reef! (04.21.1974)
#083 A Deadly Ring of Fire! (04.28.1974)
#084 Smog Fiber, the Spiderweb Iron Beast! (05.05.1974)
#085 That's G-4 (05.12.1974)
#086 Galactor's Monopoly Operation (05.19.1974)
#087 Patogiller, the Triple Combined Iron Beast (05.26.1974)
#088 Iron Beast Snake 828 (06.02.1974)
#089 Lay a Trap In the Crescent Base! (06.09.1974)
#090 Matangar, the Armored Iron Beast (06.16.1974)
#091 Completion of the Plan To Destroy the Crescent Base (06.23.1974)
#092 The End of the Crescent Base (06.30.1974)
#093 Counterattack! The Underground Torpedo Operation (07.07.1974)
#094 Angler, the Electric Devil Beast (07.14.1974)
#095 The Combined Ninjas, Giant Demon Man (07.21.1974)
#096 Storm Galactor's Headquarters! (07.28.1974)
#097 Leona 3, the Spaceship With No Tomorrow (08.04.1974)
#098 Grape Bomber, the Spherical Iron Beast (08.11.1974)
#099 The Wounded G-2 (08.18.1974)
#100 Gatchaman, 20 Years Later (08.25.1974)
#101 The Sniper Group Heavy Cobra (09.01.1974)
#102 A Reversal! Checkmate X! (09.08.1974)
#103 G-2's Risks Death (09.05.1974)
#104 The Evil Grand Black Hole Operation (09.22.1974)
#105 Earth's Destruction! 0002 (10.23.1974)

GATCHMAN 1994 OVA
ORIGINAL JAPAN RELEASE: Oct 1, 1994-Apr 1, 1995 on home video
ORIGINAL US RELEASE: 1997 by Harmony Gold and Urban Vision; 2013 by Sentai Filmworks
EPISODES: 3 (45 Minutes)
ANIMATION BY: Tatsunoko Productions and Artmic

SUMMARY:
A three-part OVA (Original Video Animation) was produced in Japan and retold many elements of the original Gatchaman series in a condensed version with updated designs and animation.  This production was dubbed many times in English, once in 1997 by Harmony Gold/Urban Vision and again in 2013 by Sentai Filmworks using the same cast that did the 2005-06 English dub for ADV Films. This new dub was released as a bonus feature on the Complete Series Blu-Ray Set of Gatchaman.

EPISODE GUIDE
#01 The Dragon King (10.01.1994)
#02 The Red Specter (01.01.1995)
#03 The Final Countdown (04.01.1995)

2005 ENGLISH DUB VOICE ACTORS
Leraldo Anzaldua (1974) as Ken
Charles C. Campbell (1968) as Leader X
Luci Christian (1973) as Jinpei
Victor Carsrud as Ryu
Marty Fleck as Director Anderson
Brian Jepson (1970) as Joe
George Manley (1965) as the Narrator
Andy McAvin (1952) as Dr. Nambu
Edwin Neal (1945) as Berg Katse
Kim Prause as Jun
John Tyson as Red Impulse