Gatchaman Collection 6 (Vols. 11 & 12)
by Fumio Kurokawa, Hiroshi Sasagawa, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Hisayuki Toriumi, Katsuhisa Yamada
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Actor: Isao Sasaki, Katsuji Mori, Kazuko Sugiyama, Shingo Kanemoto, Yoku ShioyaDirector: Fumio Kurokawa, Hiroshi Sasagawa, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Hisayuki Toriumi, Katsuhisa Yamada
Brand: ADV Films
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Japanese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 300 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-18
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Adv Films
DVD Reviews of Gatchaman Collection 6 (Vols. 11 & 12)
DVD Review: Gatchaman Box Set 6
Summary: 5 Stars
As like all the other box sets the art work on the cardboard case drawn by Alex Ross is outstanding and the individual covers of the DVD cases is just the same taken from the covers of the maxi series comics, the first 2 DVD's are the actual episodes which are completely uncut but have put new voices over the top which is now much closer to the original Japanese translation, the 3rd disk like in all the other box sets I personally find is nothing special, I find the only interesting thing about them are the visual interviews that you have with the voice actors.
Putting Gatchman next to G Force I find this DVD a little bit better, (I did miss the G Force Music though as I always did like it) but putting it next to BOTP, I find Gatchaman to be far far superior as BOTP really did not make any sense as the original cartoon had been cut to pieces and added new parts with the 2 stupid robots known as 7 Zark 7 and 1 Rover 1, Keyop which his real Japanese name is Jinpei speaks normal and does not have that stuttering/stammering/voice impediment which was quite frankly unbelievable even as a child I remember it being quite annoying.
Overall I am glad I picked this box set up and will continue to get all 9 of them, if you are a Battle of the Planets or G Force fan and get the chance to get this box set get it right away as box set 6 is now the most difficult one to find as ADV for some strange reason are no longer making them.
DVD Review: Excellent DVD!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I am very impressed with the updated graphics when compared with the "Battle of the Planets" cartoon that took placed in the 70's to 80's. It did bring back memories but to an upgraded view. This DVD was well worth the wait.DVD Review: Worthy Successor To Gatchaman Series
Summary: 4 Stars
A new Gatchaman film is in production from Imagi Animation Studio's for a 2009 release so I thought I would revisit the last major Gatchaman project. It's hard to believe but it's been 15 years since the Gatchaman OVA was released with nothing significant since. This review is a little hard to write because there are so many different versions of Gatchaman (Battle of the Planets) each with different character names for characters but I will try my best.
The Gatchaman OVA is a very good effort but far from flawless. It makes the same mistake as Battle of the Planets in making the Galactor (Spectra) aliens. In the original cartoon the Galactor troops including Berg Katse (Zoltar) were all human's making the events doubly tragic. Leader X (Lord Zortek) was the only true alien among them. The other unfortunate change was having Solaris loyal to Lord Zortek to the end. The death of Zoltar was never shown in Battle of the Planets but in the original Japanese version he discovers that Leader X has no intention of installing him as Earths leader. Having given up on ruling Earth, Leader X decides to simply destroy the planet. After discovering Leader X's betrayal, along with a dawning of how Leader X has manipulated him his entire life causes Katse to despair and eventually commit suicide. This was possibly the most powerful scene in the entire Gatchaman series and would have improved the OVA if it had remained. Speaking of Lord Zortek he looks absolutely horrible in the OVA. For whatever reason they chose to use a near static CGI image to represent Lord Zortek and it looks completely out of place and lousy.
The animation cuts a lot of corners. On the other hand the character and background designs are excellent. I love the new bird costumes. Dr. Nambu (Chief Anderson) looks bizarre with his colorful clothes, strange exploding turtleneck and odd facial hair. Still, I dug it, after all who knows what fashions the future might bring. I really enjoyed the bright cheeriness of the animation with a greatly improved God Phoenix flying through sunny, cloud speckled skies. It contrasts nicely with the darkness of Galactor.
In the end the Gatchaman OVA is far from perfect but it's a very acceptable extension of the original Gatchaman cartoon. It's the general upbeat tone of the OVA that I enjoyed the most. Even as Galactor was leveling entire cities there was always a feeling of hope and not just because you know that Gatchaman always wins in the end. Part of it may be the super catchy theme song, `Let's Fly'. The OVA also has a very vibrant style with sunny skies and colorful villains. I love the fact that one of the mecha commanders dresses like a fat rooster. The animators must have had a lot of confidence to pull that one off. I also appreciate the fact that the animators drew the Galactor troops with all sorts of different types of bodies including some who were rather out of shape. The OVA is a worthy successor to the original series. Now hopefully Imagi Animation won't mess up the movie.
DVD Review: 22 Years after it's TV Debut.... Gatchaman OVA!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is all 3 episodes of the OVA (original video animation) series, too short to be a TV series and too long to be a movie (only with the comparable budget.) I got these 3 episodes (individually)on fansubs back in 1996 going completely on nostalgia and curiosity. It is an update of the original series known as Science Ninja Team: Gatchaman which ran 105 eps on Japanese TV from 1972-'74. I was pleasantly surprised in watching it that despite the ridiculous bird costumes there was an intelligent and compelling story. No "Battle of the Planets" here! No R2D2 clones, no robot dogs, and Jinpei-G4 is a normal speaking kid (unlike his Keeop counterpart from BOTP with the speech impediment). I learned through this OVA that there was more to the original Japanese version of the early 70's TV series. It was a story about intrigue, espionage, and hostile take overs while the BOTP version was dumbed down and turned into a space adventure to cash in on the Star Wars craze of the late 70's when Sandy frank bought the rights to the original series. There's still a place in my heart for BOTP as I used to watch it at 4:30 everyday after school (in 1978) when I was in 3rd grade.
Since I first saw this OVA on fansubs, it was in Japanese with the English subtitles. The subtitles were great as fans tend to get the names right and go with the better feel of how to spell out the katakana characters in English (ie. Berg Katse was the common way to spell out the villian's name as opposed to UV's translation; "Verk Katze.") But I'm just nitpicking... :) On this DVD release they fixed the timing problem they had with the subtitles corrosponding with the speaking character on the VHS release of Part 3. And, they added a Gatchaman '94 music video at the end of part 3 that used a techno version of the original Gatchaman theme. Pretty cool. For this American release the names of the episodes were changed. I don't know why because their original names would've worked just fine. The original episode titles are as follows:
1. Gatchaman vs. Turtle King
2. Secret Red Impulse
3. Final Count 0002
The English dub track is deplorable... Names were changed, the plot was dumbed down, and the acting was just lame. However, that's the good thing with the advent of DVD, I can watch it with the Japanese track.
In addition to this pet peeve, Condor Joe's character was downplayed considerably from the original TV series. Berg Katse's back story was very vague as there was much more behind his character in the original TV series.
The music was great as it was produced my Bill Meyers and "Earth Wind and Fire" legend Maurice White. At times some of the original BGM was used for the nostalgia effect. The updated animation (on an OVA budget) was incredible. However I did not like the CGI "eyeball" appearance of Galactar's ruler Sousai X. I prefer his eerie ghostly image from the original. And, the "roaring" Tie Fighter sound effect they used for the multiple Turtle Kings was kind of cheesy.
Over all this is an impressive remake. When I first saw it I couldn't get my hands on old copies of the original TV series (now available from ADV) fast enough to watch the NON-BOTP story unfold. It definitly recharged my enthusiasm for the Gatchaman franchise.
DVD Review: Gatch Collection 6--most of these reviews are for the OAV...
Summary: 4 Stars
Gatchaman started out in 1972 as a 105 episode serial that tried to address the topics of family, technology, and responsibility. It was very successful in Japan, and spawned two sequel series (Gatch II and Gatch F), each with about 50 more episodes. In the late 70's, hoping to capitalize on the Star Wars craze, Sandy Frank bought the rights to the first series. He cut some of the more violent scenes, added an R2-D2 kind of robot, and redubbed 85 of the episodes to make them appear as if they take place in Space. Frank's target audience was kids, so the show became a collection of individual episodes rather than an overall arc of episodes. Most Americans are probably familiar with Frank's production as Battle of the Planets; here we have the original Japanese source material, which is better in *almost* every respect than BOTP.
-This set contains 2-dvd's of episodes, and one of extras.
The first disc contains episodes 61-66: We get some more info on Ken and the Red Impulse, and get to see an episode that was never translated in Battle of the Planets.
67-72 are on the second disc. Highlights include the first glimse of Berg Katse (why the long hair????), Gatchaman's discovery of Sosai X (the man behind Katse), and a general ramp up in the excitement of the show as it builds to a conclusion.
-I commend ADV on the extras: Each episode disc has one show with a commentary by one (or two) of the voice actors. This would be fascinating if they could get somebody involved with the original show, but it's disappointing that the actors make silly jokes, and barely talk about the show they're supposed to be commenting on. The extras disc is certainly worthwhile though. It's got audition footage, character profiles, actor interviews (again, a little silly at times), production galleries (this one shows a lot of the French stuff produced) and some sketch galleries.
I'm saving 5 stars for eps 93-105, so this one gets four.
The second disc contains episodes 67-72
Description of Gatchaman Collection 6 (Vols. 11 & 12)
Casual fans will pick it up for Battle of the Planets or G-Force nostalgia. Otaku will pick it up because it's part of the canon. Comics fans will pick it up for the Alex Ross box-art. Gatchaman has something for everyone!General DVDs
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