Gatchaman Collector's Box 1: Vols. 1-2
by Katsuhisa Yamada, Masami Anô, Wataru Mizusawa
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Actor: Isao Sasaki, Katsuji Mori, Kazuko Sugiyama, Shingo Kanemoto, Yoku ShioyaDirector: Katsuhisa Yamada, Masami Anô, Wataru Mizusawa
Brand: ADV Films
Writer: Akiyoshi Sakai
Writer: Hirohisa Soda
Writer: Jinzô Toriumi
Writer: Keiji Kubota
Writer: Mikio Matsushita
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 300 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-14
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Section 23
Product features:
- Volumes 1 & 2!
- Beautiful Art Box
- Extra Features DVD E1 (too many features to list!)
- Ken, the Eagle Profile
- Gatchaman ModelLock Commercial!
Movie Reviews of Gatchaman Collector's Box 1: Vols. 1-2
Movie Review: Gatchaman or G-Force Battles for the Planet
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow! Here it is. Gatchaman aired in Japan in 1972 and is one of the early greats of anime. Many of us remember rushing home at lunch hour to watch "Ken", "Jason", "Princess", "Keyop" and "Tiny" in the watered-down American variant called Battle of the Planets. Battle of the Planets cut down the adult themes and took great pains to cut out the violence, which it replaced with poorly drawn scenes featuring a retarded R2D2 clone called 7-Zark-7 and his pet dog, 1-Rover-1. The result was a much lesser, but still entertaining, hack job. ADV Films has taken great pains to translate and voice the original Gatchaman as it was meant to be seen (and was originally seen, in Japan). This set is comprised of two discs of episodes, #1 through #12, and a Special Features disc. This is a great set, and the Special Features discs of the Boxed Collection sets are fantastic, some of the best and most in-depth I have seen, with audition footage, interviews with the voice actors, and behind-the-scenes stories covering the formation of Tatsunoko Productions and the inspirations of the series creator.
The show was created and produced by Tatsunoko Productions, the same leading-edge company that had produced Speed Racer in 1967 and would bring us Super Dimension Fortress Macross (later to become the first one-third of the Robotech series in the U.S.).
Gatchaman was ahead of its time, boasting a faster frame rate and greater detail than any show that had gone before. Although it may seem today a bit dated, it is a nostalgia-inducing retro trip to the groovy side of the 1970's. The show seems to start off a bit slow, finally hitting its groove between Collection #2 and Collection #3. It has been an amazing trip down memory lane for me, and fun to watch the show in its original, pre-North American release form. Only the first 85 episodes of 105 total received the Americanization treatment, so starting with Collection #8, due to be released in August 2006, we'll be able to watch the shows that were never re-edited as either Battle of the Planets or its dopey younger brother, Turner Broadcasting's G-Force.
There were two subsequent TV series, numerous comic books and even a radio show in Japan, but this is the most beloved incarnation. I personally would love to see either a CGI or live-action revisit of this great show, as long as it's not done by the Hollywood phony farm.
I'm giving the episodes on this boxed set 3.5 stars, although the exceptional effort shown by ADV in maintaining the show's original flavour, the really cool Special Features and the fact that this is the lead-up into a really great series, including more, really great Special Features, brings the rating up to 4.5 stars (rounded up).
Enjoy!
Summary of Gatchaman Collector's Box 1: Vols. 1-2
In the 21st century, the evil organization Galactor has its sights set on global conquest. Their use of tyrannical terrorism and high-tech mayhem has the world in the clutches of fear! The only thing standing in the way of complete global dominance is the International Science Organization (ISO) and its chief scientist, Professor Kazaburou Nambu. Dr Nambu's primary weapon in the fight for freedom is his top secret experiment, the five kids who make up the Science Ninja Team. Bird, go!Similar DVD Movies
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