The Confusing History of G-Force Guardians of Space: From Toonami to Disappeared
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On this episode we attempt to cover the confusing history G-Force: Guardians of Space.
Like Battle of the Planets, it was based on the original Gatchaman Japanese series, but unlike Battle of the Planets G-Force attempted to be a more faithful adaptation.
But it pleased neither fanbase and has now faded into confusing obscurity.
NOTE: This is not a history of Gatchaman video. There is no mention of Crowds or anything after 2004. This is not a history of Eagle Riders either. This is about G-Force and it's directly related properties.
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G-Force was the first cartoon I ever saw as a kid and I fell in love. I made sure to be at the TV every single day when it was on (for what I guess was a week). When it suddenly vanished without finishing the story, I was utterly heart broken. That year I had a G-Force costume for Halloween and no one knew who I was supposed to be.... :(
I was the same, loved that show, I even built the phoenix ship outside to play in, G Force was the best.
you are so not wrong
I watched the series when it was called Battle of the Planets, but being a kid I just called it G Force, maybe I was ahead of my time.
Same with me. I always called it G Force for years which is why I when I spoke about it no one knew what I was referring to until somebody figured it out and told me I was talking about Battle of the Planets. Then I was like why they called it that? I don't remember any planets. lol
IN the UK me and all my school chums called it G Force! Good times! :-)
Omg I saw this in Spanish lolol @toygalaxy
Same here. I was really confused watching the video. I remember around '80 watching the cartoons and referring to it as G-force as well. Hmmm. It was shown on WPIX11 in NYC. Maybe I referred to the actual team name and forgot the battle of the planets title. I even had G-force small di-cast metal toys I got from a Japanese toy store. Which is where I got Lionbot before it came over as Voltron.
Interesting video, but all us 70's kids called it G Force! Loved that show so much.
I might never have become an anime fan without G-Force, so it will never irrelevant to me.
G Force and Robotech got me started as a kid.
That's how it was for me-before Sailor Moon and Speed Racer came along.
Same here. My first anime was G Force. Next was Sailor moon.
This is making me think of how I compared DiC Sailor Moon to Battle of The Planets, and joked about it.
I was a "Battle of the Planets" kid in the 70s; the "G-Force" eps I saw were a nostalgic visual treat.
I saw the Battle of the Planets intro the names were all different it threw me off lol I watched G Force in the 90's lol
Discovered this a little to late..this is great
Ahhh to be an 11 year old kid in 1979! 👍😎👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I saw this show on various obscure channels in the early 80s. It always came on at the crack of dawn. Changed my life. Even though it was a stripped down sanitized version, it was still light years ahead of anything else I saw in America.
In the UK, it was after school viewing as back then the morning was mostly kept for adults and school educational programs, apart from things like Pipkin, ("But pigs like cream cakes Hartley."), Rainbow, Bagpuss ("but Emily loved him") and some others around mid-day. Ah the memories.
G-force is the version I became familiar with courtesy of Cartoon Network. I never realized there was an alternative version. I feel cheated now, I’m going to seek out the original.
Me too, as I mentioned on his other video before this on "Battle of the Planets." I was never aware of the other show from the 70s & 80s until I told a friend of mine about how I was watching this "G-Force" show and he said that it sounded like a remake of "Battle of the Planets" with different character names. He was right. Now, that I've seen this video, I was also reminded of the whole "Eagle Riders" thing too, that I forgot happened as well, and it also jogged my memory of thinking back then, "what's with all of the remakes of this one show all of a sudden?" LOL.
@@darthpaul99 I discovered the real Gatchaman way back in the 1990s. We rented some anime movie and it had a commercial for the 1994 Gatchaman OVA (a remake). I noticed it seemed familiar, then realized it looked sort of like Battle of the Planets which I had loved long before in the 70s and had since forgotten about. I rented the OVA and definitely saw the similarity. I went to the public library and used their internet to research what Gatchaman was. That was my introduction to the original and superior version. It took years to finally get to see them, first on some pretty nice DVD bootlegs, then later on the official DVDs from ADV.
G force as a title was also in Canada, but we did not have cartoon network back then.
Ya the original was way early 80's me n bro git up 5:00 you had to wait for TV to come on after national anthem
G Force was the first version I saw when I was 12 years old. It will remain one of my favorite shows of all time, corny names and all.
Oh man, that G-Force Toonami bumper you showed brought back some good memories!
"Hoot Owl, Hooty to his friends."
They really thought children were stupid back then, didn't they?
"Wisecracking navigator who pilots the amazing rocketship Phoenix and laughs at danger."
Yeah, it's easy to laugh at danger when you stay in the ship and danger stays far away, Hootie.
Isn’t his name Darius drucker, not hooty?
Yup.
@Akyho , so just watch Gatchaman so that the good stuff isn't undercut by such stupid names.
Hoot Owl was so unapologetically lame that Keyop got high fives after kicking Hooty's sorry ass. :D
This was 'must watch' anime back in the day. We used to play G-Force at lunch.
OMG me too! Our 5 fearless friends would play at recess. Goood times!
Did you live in Canada? Maybe we were part of the same squad. :D
Tatsunoko vs Capcom is still my shit...
In latin america G-Force (Fuerza G) was a huge success back in the late eighties early nineties.
Quite right, I watched it all the time when I lived in Chile
Back in Ecuador everybody would stop what we were doing at 4 pm to watch it .. good old 80s
I think Cyborg 009 was another one unless there was another anime with similar characters, and by similar I mean the big nose one. Nothing beat staying late at night watching Fuerza-G, Harlock, all the way till El Show del Fantasma de costa a costa, didn't understand its concept, other than it was a talk show, to be honest and found it kind of boring (well I was a kid and liked the main cartoon alot) but it was hilarious to see Zorak play its band and getting blasted, good times.
I watched G-Force (Fuerza G) while I was vacationing in Puerto Rico with my family. It was on Super Sieté WSTE-TV Ponce San Juan PR part of the Saturday morning anime block along with Captain Harlock and other cartoons. Then infomercials ruled the airwaves.
That's the version i used to watch in Mexico.
Never retire that Death Wish clip.
No danger of it happening anytime soon.
I grew up watching Cartoon Network in the '90s and I loved watching G-Force as a kid. I remember also seeing a few episodes of Battle of the Planets, but even as a kid I preferred G-Force because of how toned down BotP was and how different the storyline was. Plus you can't beat that awesome theme song for G-Force.
It was the first anime series to air on Cartoon Network in the United States, before the Toonami block existed.
I remember watching G Force in elementary school.
I loved that show. The Battle of the Planets title kind of confused me when I was a teenager and only after I became an adult did I learn of the complicated naming conventions of the Gatchaman series
This smells a lot like the stupid rights mess around current Star Trek with CBS, Paramount, Original Trek Canon, Bad Robot Canon, prequels and reboots. Trying to appeal to an audience that doesn’t exist to the detriment of one that does.
Alas, it just isn't the same without ol' 7-Zark-7. How we all missed his jolly R2D2 copyright infringing can :'(
I'm sure the success of star wars was motivation to get this on US tvs. Only a year after episode iv release
I can't hardly stand 7-Zark-7 now, but as a child back then I loved him, lol. He is definitely kiddie content and just hard to watch as an adult. I mean, I like stuff like these old anime, but some things just aren't watchable once you grow up. Jason of Star Command was awesome back then, but it is awful now!
Even as a child while watching "Battle of the Planets", the scenes with 7-Zark-7 always felt so "off" to me, and tonight I found out why. It was filler added to the US version. Ended up ordering the 2019 Gatchaman Collector's Blu-ray release.
@@Neonmirrorblack Haha - I can't stand to watch this stuff as an adult. As a kid it was fascinating as an adult, it's almost infuriating. I despised 7-Zark-7 - mostly because it was clearly filler and the animation was desperately inferior.
@@jamiebraswell5520 The truth is you can never go back and recapture the love you had for things before. In the 90's I loved Renegade starring Lorenzo Lamas. Now I watch it and realize it was very cheesy. I still enjoy seeing it but don't love it like I used to.
Thanks to Toonami I watched the "G Force" version during my middle school years. I tried to not miss a single episode. Great episode! I guess Ryu became too much of a regular at Hooters, hence his name.
That's so sad, I loved G-force as a kid
Would love to see a history of Tranzor Z video, from Mazinger Z, sadly I think it would be be very similar to this one
I'm sure my little brother would be very interested in a video covering TRANZOR Z.
Brandon and Charlene have you seen the 2018 tranzor Z movie it’s good I have watched more than once
Me. Too.
We have Tranzor Z on the list to cover someday.
Yes! They were one after another, in an hour-long block. I would throw a huge shonen fit if I didn't get to watch them both!
I grew up with Battle of the Planets; and was amazed at just how different it was from the OG Gatchaman.
case in point - this one scene that sticks with me to this day involved a young woman who wanted revenge on Galacta for killing her family; but when Gatchaman presents her the opportunity to exact her revenge using their bird missiles, she hesitates and can't bring herself to do it. In BoTP, both Mark and Jason support her decision to show humanity/compassion for not giving in to her hate. In the original version, Ken straight up smacks the girl across the face for wasting their time; which almost allowed the enemy to escape (think Joe took them out before they got away, though).
That scene just floored me, and I fell in love with the OG Gatchaman as a result. No other version will do for me.
I definitely was a Battle Of The Planets kid! Mark, Jason, Princess, Tiny, and Keeyop... Loved them!
Superior voice acting Battle of the Planets doomed G Force. However it is Gatchaman I in it's entirety for the most part.
I also grew up on Battle of the Planets. Just 30 minutes ago I watched the live-action movie of Gatchaman (2013). Obviously, I didn't expect it to be exactly like Battle of the Planets, but I have to admit I was still slightly disappointed. Way too much drama and not enough action for me. Also, there was no English language dubbing, only English subtitles which were very poorly done!
But at least I got to see the Fiery Phoenix at the end! 👍😄
Same here. Came on when I was 7 and I loved every second of it.
YES!! "Transform to the firey Phoenix!"
"The Five acting as One!"
Hey, this had nothing to do with guinea pigs
I was thinking of that movie also!
So much history behind this 🤔 I knew of the other series but I don’t think I’ve seen them or at least completely 🤔
Great video Mr Larson, Producer Greg 👍🏽✌🏽
The old ‘Firey Phoenix’ if I remember correctly
When i was really young on this life i watched it everyday. Ahhhh memories~~~🌹🌹🌹 i remeber it so well as "Battle of the Planets" in this life xD 🥀.
Jinpei was my favorite, so I feel mildly offended that they gave him such a stupid name in G-Force.
For me this was Battle of the Planets.
Excellent. Im a g force fan. Heartbroken ... but this video helped me move on.
I loved Battle of the Planets growing up in the early 80's.
I liked G-Force. A reimagined version of a childhood cartoon. Then came the names. Not a fan of the names, especially Hoot Owl, or Hootie to his friends.
I was a kid in GA who was glued to TBS for that one week. It was a life-changing experience.
This crap is more confusing than a Hawkman reboot.
Loved watching battle of the planets as a little kid in the 70's. I never got to watch the whole series but the characters made a great impression on me. I wish I could get my hands on the gatchaman series but I'm sure it would be expensive. 😕🙂
Look up "free streaming anime". The whole Gatchaman series is available, dubbed into English.
It is expensive; I bought the complete series for my birthday, and it put me back $85, but I could care less.
When I was 5 or 6 I remember seeing G-Force on tv at my cousin’s house. I do remember it was on TBS because Braves baseball came in right after...I always wondered why I NEVER saw the show again as a kid...thx guys!
I always wondered what happened to Jun when she was trapped in the flower, CN never aired the episodes in order, it was really frustrating getting into it. For some reason they also cut her relationship with "Dirk" I guess they think only the leader deserves the girl, but it seemed obvious that they were a couple or something was going on between them.
Yeah what did happen to Jun in that flower 🌸???
Well. After watching the Battle of the Planets episode last week and now this one, I am not even sure which version I watched as a kid. I was born in 1976, and the memories of the show are fairly hazy, but I remember thinking it was super cool. So, probably young. I guess I was seeing reruns of Battle of the Planets? But, I just remember the show as being "G-Force" so... I dunno.
I remember seeing this,Vampire Hunter D,Twilight of the Cockroaches,and Speed Racer on Cartoon Network. I remember it being called the "Japanimation" special or something like that. Couldn't remember the roach one and whenever I'd ask someone about it they'd look at me like I was nuts.
R.I.P to anime dubbing pioneer and G-Force producer Fred Ladd (1927-2021).
I remember being obsessed with G-Force in the 90's when i was in the single digits, I'd draw the characters, and run around my school playground with my jacket clipped only at the neck so it could be my cape 😅 after hearing all these other names I thought 'G-Force' was just a fever dream until I looked it up lol
Wow, I never knew there was all this back story to a favorite cartoon of mine back in the early 80s. Which would you recommend I watch the Gatchaman DVDs?
Finally, someone who chronicles the complete timeline! Raised a BotP kid, I found the “G-Force” version aggravating, but suffered through it as it was better than having nothing. Of course all that changed once I was able to get my hands on pure Gatchaman and now nothing else will do.
Remind me, what’s the countdown until Harmony Gold finally loses all Macross rights and we can be done with Robotech forever? Also I always find those two translations, “Battle of the Planets” and “G Force, Guardians of Space” hilarious. Gatchaman wasn’t a “Space” show. It was basically the same as GI Joe. The bad guys were like Cobra, an international terrorist group.
I'm actually kinda sad it's been (mostly) lost. I love Gatchaman and I do think it's superior, but being a kid in the US and seeing it first as G-Force was what got me interested in it and, later, all other anime in the 80s and 90s. Nostalgia hits me right in the feels. Thanks for this video!
Oh no... I've watched this a couple times and just realized I was a teenager in the Biff Tannen timeline.
Tatsunoko vs Capcom was AWESOME!!!
Lol, the only Tatsunoko characters I know are the Gatchaman, speed racer, and MOSPEDA. I'm sad none of the latter two were included in thr game.
12:00 they did make a live action, albeit was Gatchman.. and it sucked... can’t wait for part 3, EAGLE RIDERS
Hell yes Eagle Riders
80's G force aired in Portugal in early 90's: it felt so much mature compared to the rest of the cartoons at the time...
Thanks for this. I had wondered what the heck brought about G-Force. It's a shame Tatsunoko doesn't seem to recognize that Battle of The Planets was really their foothold into the US market, and is worthy of a Blue Ray Remastered release.
Don't get me wrong, I dig Gatchaman, but they're leaving money on the table by not pandering to the formative years nostalgia of me and people in my age group. We have jobs, a good many of us are at that point where if we can get the stuff we always wanted, we'll do it.
Tatsunoko simply might not want to happen to that series what happened with Robotech here in the west. What Harmony Gold did to that brand would send would make any Japanese producer scared witless.
Some years ago (2010 I think), the powers that be finally did a live-action film in Japan. I've been trying to get it, no luck thus far.
Wow! Very well done. I just recently purchased the Sentai release of the complete Gatchaman collection on Blu ray with the amazing Alex Ross art and LOVE IT! I was also able to get the recent release of the die cast God Phoenix so I am set. I am so happy to be able to have both. Keep up the great work!
Will do! Thanks!
I first saw G-Force when I was 11. My dad said it reminded him about how he liked Godzilla films when he was 11.
Many years later, there was a re-release of "Battle Of The Planets" on DVD and I bought it. I hated it. If you thought DiC's translation of Sailor Moon was awful, it doesn't even compare to how bad Battle of The Planets butchered the original script.
Blasphemy! Center Neptune ForEVER!!! 😋
@@machupikachu1085 Did you ever see the original Gatchaman? I wonder how you would react if you did.
@@skylinefever I did see and years later. It didn't have the same impact on me as Battle of the Planets did when I was six.
I was so glad I had the chance to add more G-Force visual elements to the Battle of the Planets comics run. It was BotP in name, but more on G-Force in tone. There were more plans after its 12 issue run, and the Jason one shot, including the Princess one shot I drew that never got published.
NGL i call them eagle riders
Great video, and much respect for the extensive research!
BotP was my first exposure to Gatchaman, and it still holds a special place in my heart despite having the full, unedited original Japanese series in my collection. Sure, BotP was severely edited and it still talked down to its audience, but the voice acting and additional music were both pretty darn good.
G-Force and Eagle Riders are unwatchable if you leave the sound on, and the Gatchaman II "Chickenship" is one of the worst designs ever. The GatchaSpartan was dull, but at least it wasn't an eye-sore.
Looking forward to an Eagle Riders video though, just to see the whole story all the way through!
While I am not a fan of the GatchaSpartan, it did make a slight bit more sense than the original GodPhoenix, in that it was made up of only of each individual character's vehicles, so it couldn't be fully assembled until they were all together. The original God Phoenix for some reason wasn't able to go into Fiery Phoenix mode unless all 5 of the character's vehicles were inside the ship.
FUERZA G...forever
As some one who has never seen either I would most likely go for original Gatchaman instead. I ended up doing same with Robotech when I watched all 3 anime that it was made up from and I don't regret it. Macross is classic, while not as good Mospeada is still worth the watch and while Southern Cross is weakest of 3 it's still very enjoyable series. I don't care if people that are nostalgic for American takes calls me anime purist because when it comes to anime I always prefer original to any adaption.
I watched "Battle of the Planets" as a kid...the team consisted of: 1. Mark 2. Jason 3. Princess 4. Keyop 5. Tiny. The main nemesis was Zoltar.
You had everything right up until you said Toonami was basically anime based which in turn is sort of true but sorta not. Toonami was found on the idea of more modern and more adult cartoons for more older audience plus the original Toonami lineup didn't contain any anime it actually contain reruns of classic 1980s cartoons such as ThunderCats He-Man and the Masters of the Universe the original Hanna-Barbera Speed Racer AKA Fred Ladd also Astro Boy Gigantor The Herculoids Space ghost and other such cartoons it wouldn't be until 1998 a year after had launched that are more anime shows from Japan and those shows would include Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z Sailor Moon Lupin the Third Inuyasha Gundam Metal Panic fighting spirit slam dunk and other great anime shows. It really wouldn't be until 2000 when it became more anime Focus based then you have more of an anime block also fun fact Adult Swim actually came from Toonami it was actually an adult block on Toonami after midnight which are more adult anime and cartoons.
ULYSSES 31 please!
Heroes with special powers dressed in bird themed costumes... that sounds familiar alright. It brings to mind another Japanese show that has a similar theme. It's called Chojin Sentai Jetman. It's the 15th entry in the Super Sentai Series which aired in 1991.
I loved G-Force!! Thanks to Cartoon Network and it's Saturday Super Chunk I was totally hooked!!
Thanks for this. I've been a fan of Battle of the Planets since I was a kid in the early 80s. The history of the show is complicated with the various reboots and versions. Kudos on this breakdown of this version.
That's NOT how you pronounce Ryu. Though, Ryu is a difficult name for English speakers to pronounce properly. Despite that nitpick, a very good and enjoyable video, Dan.
The version I recognize is the 2005 ADV English dub cause it's faithful, more accurate & includes all 105 episodes. Forget "Battle of the Planets" cause it's poorly edited & dumbed down due to all the watchdog groups.
Battle of the Planets was known as Comando G/Fuerza G in Spanish Speaking countries. I have no recollection of a rerun in the late 80s, but seems unlikely as Thundercats/Heman/Robotech were the franchises dominating 85-90, and Japanese cartoons were dimmed "old/outdated" and only broadcast around late afternoon (with Heidi, Mazzinger, Candy, Remi). Here the intro for Comando G sung by Parchis in 1980 ruclips.net/video/Iab4rowcEbM/видео.html
Battle of the Planets was my jam when I was a kid! Saw the G-Force series when it came out on Cartoon Network, and I was like "WTF is this?!?". Recently got the full complete collection of the Gatchaman series, so much better than BoTP and G-Force.
G-Force is basically the butchered version of America of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman period!
I saw G-Force when it ran on Cartoon Network. I can't believe it was part of such a huge boondoggle... which is what I'd say if I hadn't learned about Robotech's equally convoluted history.
Battle of the Planets is or was available for streaming on HiDive, Sentai/Section 23's streaming service so it's not as if that's being suppressed.
The first two dubs of Gatchaman both have their issues.
I absolutely HATE the alliterative names and synthesizer music in G-Force. The music alone almost makes the series unwatchable besides the awful renaming of the characters. The character names were better in Battle of the Planets!
BoTP (1978) itself has a bunch of nonsensical changes and additions to make the series more like Star Wars (1977). BoTP was BY FAR more popular than G-Force which as said had VERY limited reruns in the US, most of us didn't see it until the 1990s after Cartoon Network debuted its service.
The third, far more faithful dub of Gatchaman is by far the best of the three English versions. The casting is better, the voices sound more appropriate for the characters across the board, and the fact the original music is intact is a huge bonus. Gatchaman has one of the best anime themes I've heard, PERIOD, and the music fits. It doesn't have that 1970s US pop feel that BoTP had (where they replaced the music; in many places they KEPT the original Japanese BGM) and thank goodness none of the rescoring with synthesizers that G-Force did!
The Blu ray edition is the way to buy this series now. I don't even know if they have the DVD edition back in print of Gatchaman -- I sort of doubt it because the US anime industry is slowly phasing out DVDs for most releases. The only shows they say will get DVDs are standard-definition but even that is iffy since more standard-def releases are being done on Blu ray. Blu ray has higher video capacity so while it WON'T make SD video HD (it would be scaled up like a DVD to HD resolution) you can fit more episodes of a series on Blu ray... They've done SD re-releases on Blu ray and cut the disc count to 1/3 or even 1/4 of the discs they used for the DVD releases!
If you're still not sold on Gatchaman, there is a feature film compilation of 4-5 episodes that has both the dub track AND Japanese audio. It is an excellent film to watch BUT beware that it covers the major story arcs of Gatchaman: the original series just like the 1990s OVA was basically a remake of the most popular Gatchaman story arcs. The Sentai Film's DVD and Blu ray of Gatchaman: The Animated Movie (1978) have the English audio in 5.1 using the same dub cast they used for the Gatchaman TV series AND the 1994 OVA series.
Gatchaman 2 and Gatchaman Fighter are also out on DVD, subtitled only. There are no plans to release Blu ray editions for these series that I'm aware of (they didn't remaster them in HD in Japan yet!) and the sales I would imagine aren't there to justify dubbing those shows, either. To be frank, unless you're a completist, I'd personally SKIP Gatchaman 2 and Gatchaman Fighter unless you can get during a VERY good sale! The original Gatchaman TV series is far and away vastly superior to Gatchaman 2 and Gatchaman Fighter.
That's sad. I watched G-Force on Cartoon Network in the mid 90's growing up. Ace Good heart was my favorite as a kid. Oh well. Good childhood memories none the less.
:)
I always loved the Battle of the Planets series but absolutely hated the 7-Zark-7 additional elements. To me the show was far better when treated seriously - and much of the content was truly serious, but also amazing and like nothing else on television. Later on I discovered Gatchaman and felt that was really what the series had always been meant to be, so it was a very special find. I still do love any and all G-Force/Gatchaman stories though and I purchased as many as I could get my hands on. Mostly I'm also just a huge fan of Ken Washio aka Mark aka Ace Goodheart. It will forever represent for me, one of my favorites series of all time growing up. (Incidentally I also loved Ultraman and Johnno Sokko and His Flying Robot as well.)
My The FAVORITE cartoon. A lover of birds since a toddler and wanted to be one as a child of 70's.
But I have to say, for bird super heros, they seem to not enjoy flying that much. There was a lot of episodes where G-Force team was hanging by a rope for dear life and the only thing they had to do is...fly!? I'm in my late forties now and that still drives me crazy!
I like the ADV release of Gatchaman better. BOTP was okay for its time, but of course back then, I didn't know the history of what went into making that version of the series possible, and I had never heard of this version of the series until the first time I watched the video. Oh, to answer the question of who should play Hoot-Owl (Hootie to his friends), in a live action version - Seth Rogen.
Omg.... I remember G-Force. I think I was 10? It was one of those things i vaguely remembered watching but I only remember the name and the costumes. I couldn't tell you anything about it. I should probably pick up gatchaman....
Surprised there was no mention of what they did to the soundtrack. For the uninitiated: They kept the original Japanese BGM, but since said BGM was pretty sporadic and there was a lot of dead air, they elected to fill _every last second of that dead air_ with... one piece of music. The show's title beat. Over, and over, and over, forever. This was by far the most conspicuously absurd aspect of the entire dub. If you think it's an exaggeration, that surely they wouldn't fill _every_ second of the show with the same piece of music... it's actually quite easy to find some episodes of G-Force Guardians of Space on RUclips. See for yourself.
Would you guys want to know more for a possible explanation of Sentai Filmworks and Section 23 films in future episodes? Cause that story alone would make an episode in just about any other web series. The short story is that Sentai and Section 23 are comprised of remnants of ADV Films, after ADV had to declare bankruptcy in 2008-2009. When ADV closed its doors, Sentai and Section 23 were able to quickly recover many of the assets ADV had. This would include Gatchaman, several other titles, and staffing. Much of what actually happened is a bit of an open secret to most long time anime/manga enthusiasts, so finding the rest of the story shouldn't be a great chore.
G-Force was an unmitigated disaster, from the voice acting, to the endless drum machine loop that constituted almost the entirety of the soundtrack to the naming of the characters...it was just god awful. It had nothing of the original Gatchaman awesomeness, none of the BotP awesome campiness...just fecking bad all over.
I remember watching Battle of the Planets on the old Channel 48 in Philly when I was 4 and 5. I remembered the theme and characters all these years. I then saw G-Force on Cartoon Network shortly before I graduated from college. For me, no comparison, Battle of the Planets for me.
I watched it when it was called G-Force. I saw DVDs of it, but I got confused when it was called Battle of the Planets.
Can you imagine what kind of horrific incel you'd have to be to downvote a Toy Galaxy video? Like how desperately can your personal identity be tied to some 80s cartoon that you could possibly get mad at Dan?
GForce irrelevant?....I have watched them all and i still rather' Battles of the Planet/G Force!!!'
Thank you for this informative video! Believe it or not, I crafted the vast majority of the G-Force Wikipedia page a little over a decade ago.
I was (and still am) a huge fan of the series and the Gatchaman franchise, and perused the dedicated fan clubs and message boards of the time for years, soaking up tons of tidbits and anecdotes.
The three most rewarding things to come out of this fandom was: 1) Piecing together the Wikipedia page, 2) Acquiring all 85 episodes of G-Force (recorded during its first two runs on Cartoon Network), which allowed me to own this rare gem, document its airing history and tons of circa-1995 TV commercials :) 3) chatting with Dean Andre (the series' composer), who provided some fascinating anecdotes on the tight scheduling (85 episodes over a 3-month period!) and dedication behind this production.
I remember watching g force when I was 10 to 15 yrs old from 95 to 97 I thought it was pretty cool
One of my favorite cartoons growing up on the Alberta prairies back in the 70's
I saw G force when cartoon Network gave it in the lates1990s . The cartoons back then where so much better then today.
G-force is a better name the gachaman
Growing up in Belfast in the ‘70s, I loved BOTP. G-Force! Transmute!
I grew up on the G-Force Edit of the show and regardless of the silly names that's the version I prefer and remember.
Guillermo Andrés Sáenz Affirmative!
Same. This was the version I grew up with and never knew the other versions existed (always thought gatchaman and g force were it).
I always thought Ace Goodheart was kinda catchy.
Too bad they never made any good action figures for Gatchaman aka G-Force for us statesmen!
G-Force on Cartoon Network was actually the version my brother and I were first exposed to, fell in love with and for ages never knew there was anything more to.
Well they do have a live action movie I’m just waiting for the English dub
Go to archive.org
@@jojoheartspaypay where on archive? I couldn't find it
Then stupid Disney released that dumb hamsters movie in theaters
around the time the CGI Gatchaman ova came out to confuse fans even more...
This was my Favorite show til TransFormers came along!
The original was the best and so was the costumes and the ship!!!GATCHAMAN
I remember G-Force as my cable company finally got around to carrying Cartoon Network in 1995, right when it was on. I had never heard of Battle of the Planets and assumed this was the only version. Kid Rhino put out a few episodes of each show on DVD in the early 2000s and I was very unimpressed with BotP vs. G-Force. Now that we have the entire original series with a more faithful dub - we finally have the whole series intact. This 2005 dub has some issues but is much better than the previous US versions. Although it's kinda sad that these versions are now legally lost in time. It's how some people were introduced to anime.
I was in Portugal and I saw G-Force, Defensores do Espaço! How did you knew?! 😁 Now if you could only do a video on Saber Rider/Sei Juushi Bismarck... (I might be able to help!)
Good video. G-Force was one of my first introductions to anime growing up, and as such is always going to hold a special place in my heart. I still have a VHS tape somewhere with episodes taped from Cartoon Network's Super Chunk. I kinda wish I had transferred those to DVD now.
I get it, it's Gatchaman. Message received.... it will always be Battle of the Planets to me.
all they had to do was get rid of all the lame 7 zark 7 parts. they were an insult to think young people couldn't follow a story line
No property has been bastardized more times than gatchaman.