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Sandy Frank attended MIPCOM in April of 1977, where Tatsunoko Production's offering of Gatchamanintrigued him and he requested personal copies of the prints to evaluate the series. He would only make a move on licensing when he saw the Star Wars movie premiere a month later, and realized that a show like Gatchaman could capitalize on the new Star W...
Gatchaman underwent a heavy reversioning in order to become "Battle of the Planets". What follows are some of the changes made.
When adapting Gatchaman, Sandy Frank reportedly originally planned to keep the episode order intact. However, as Tatsunoko had sent them the film reels out of order and some would arrive late, this lead to the dubbing team translating the episodes in the order that they were received in. Thus, some episodes that originally kept continuity from the ...
As Sandy Frank held the worldwide license outside of Japan in their 30 year deal from 1977 to 2007, most foreign adaptations were sourced from this version. Countries that were excluded tended to be in the Far East, and had already aired their own dubs of Gatchaman or fell under direct contract with Tatsunoko for further licensing (eg: Hong Kong's ...
Produced by: Sandy Frank Film Syndication, Gallerie International Films Ltd.Executive Producers: Jameson Brewer, Sandy FrankAssociate Producer: Warner E. LeightonProducer-Directors: David E. Hanson, Alan DinehartMark: Casey KasemJason: Ronnie Schell, David Jolliffe ("Attack of the Space Terrapin" pilot only)Princess, Susan: Janet WaldoKeyop, 7-Zark-7: Alan Young"Battle of the Planets II" and early USA spin-off concepts?
The November 27, 1978 issue of Broadcasting magazine would feature an article on Sandy Frank's further hopeful plans with the Battle of the Planets IP after the success of its sales, although nothing came of such announcements. It would back up that they had been in early discussions of licensing Gatchaman II from Tatsunoko, as well as planning other animated media: Spurred on by the success of its animated strip, said to have already been sold in more than 100 markets in the U.S. and abroad,...
A 70-minute compilation film was created by Sandy Frank in 2002, to test the water for their eventual redub plan. It utilized footage from several different episodes and had a new voice actor named David Bret Egen dubbing over Alan Young's dialogue for the 7-Zark-7 sequences. Scenes of civilian violence and death were included. However, while the Zark segments were redubbed and the credits were modified to include Egen's name, the rest of the footage contains the original voice actors' audio...
In 2003, Sandy Frank made plans for a new 21st-century redub and second look at the series. It was to use the 20 episodes of Gatchamanthat they originally didn't get to utilize, as well as re-editing at least 32 other episodes. While there was some adaptation writing done and plans to redo the Space Terrapin episode with the title "The Iron Terrapin", the Sea Dragon episode was ultimately selected to be the pilot and two versions were tested; one with a script focusing more on action, and one...
Gold Key
Gold Key Comics produced a comic book adaptation of the series, although it took more significant liberties with the material and made more alterations on top of the ones that already existed. In particular, Keyop was explained away as an android to explain his speech impediment, rather than him being genetically-engineered or an alien. The team also gained the power to "transmute" into different objects or forces to disguise themselves or attack in a different manner. The artwork in this ver...
See main article for more details on releases This comic adaptation was another revival project approved by Sandy Frank. It was planned to be a regular series, and debuted in 2002, written by Munier Sharrieff and with art by Wilson Tortosa. Alex Ross was responsible for the genesis of the project, although his active credited involvement extended to drawing the covers for the series and designing new characters. Two one-shots were also produced through 2003 as a way to tie into events in the...
As a further note, the US DVD releases of the series use the original Gatchaman order for the episodes
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Rescue of the Astronauts: Directed by Hisayuki Toriumi. With Alan Young, Keye Luke, Ronnie Schell, Janet Waldo. When 2 astronauts returning from a mission disappear on reentry, G-Force is called in to investigate.
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Battle of the Planets: With Alan Young, Keye Luke, Ronnie Schell, Janet Waldo. A five-member superhero team called G-Force fights to defend Earth and its space colonies from the threat of the planet Spectra.
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A five-member superhero team called G-Force fights to defend Earth and its space colonies from the threat of the planet Spectra.
This would've been impossible to get, otherwise! Battle of the Planets cast five young people as G-Force, consisting of Mark, Jason, Princess, Keyop, and Tiny. G-Force protects Earth from the planet Spectra...
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When 2 astronauts returning from a mission disappear on reentry, G-Force is called in to investigate. Chief Anderson warns that the astronauts have probably been captured by Spectra as they had uncovered the location of giant, undetected alien bases on Earth.
