Damn shame the production company went bankrupt. What we could have had. No need for an American remake. Just overdub English. I woulda been happy with it. That was amazing what we say.
I would have loved to see this film. I still have to see this series I have so much respect for it being one of the biggest groundbreaking anime series in history.
Alas, what might have been. I am convinced that most of us who got the "remixed for American television" series back in '78 would not at all have "WTF?"d at the finished film in this vein. It is the handful of us, though, who would actually know the Japanese for "Thank you for one hell of a ride."
I always like the scene where the God Phoenix rises up to make face the opposing ship. Its almost like she's alive and being protective over her brood, down to the sound of her engines, sounds like a Bird protectively cooing over it's chicks. Really wish they had produced this, sigh...
@troyskeete8372 That observation could have opened a way for Ryu to assert, "There is something alive in there," or show some uncanny awareness of the ship's systems.
TMNT was Great!, Astro Boy was ok, but this just looked Amazing! So sad it didn't happen instead Japan made another live action failure, andmore anime that have nothing to do with the original
+slashermaster28 Or maybe they should have led with this instead of Astro Boy and this company might still be around...and we wouldn't have been subjected to the horrible live action movie of Gatchaman that I saw a few months ago.
The Russo Brothers are planning to make a live action feature film. The guys behind the Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Civil War, as well as Avengers: Infinity War and End Game... REJOICE!!!
it's because a live action action movie of gatchaman is being made...it premiered in japan 24/8/2013 and still hasn't confirmed the international premier date....
Imagi studio death still hurts me, they where so different to all US animated studios, and their films where a breath of fresh air, compared with Pixar, Disney and Dreamworks, now days Sony is probably the only one dares to try other than the "pixar" style of animated films. I would love to see bad or good this film and the Legend of Zelda and T28 animated films they have in production. So sad now if we see any of these will be by the hands of Illumination....or a Hollywood hack that prefer to do it in live action, casting with the SJW diversity crap now days we see studios need to do, or just put the story in CHINA because they want Chinese money.....we live in the sad time line, instead of this badass amazing Gatchaman.....we got Gatchaman Crowds T.T
@@skinnyweenie8679 Actually, Imagi has way more potential nowadays. Disney and Pixar are making soulless cash grabs nowadays. Imagi Studios would rather push boundaries of animation than pull them.
@Kusanagikaiser999 I agree. Imagi Studios truly has potential. Sure, I am cool with Illumination Entertainment, but that studio is way too "play-it-safe". Astro Boy is also too "play-it-safe", but at least it has its moments. Gatchaman would have likely rectified the error, by taking more huge leaps.
me. I do. but no you're right this and Astor and Speed Racer where such important parts of anime in America and this film deserves to see the light of day. and a new series would be more than welcome for America's children serving as the same gateway our parents had as well as just a loving tribute to those people across the pacific. a think you from us to them.
I think the best thing is that this movie has been canceled, because apparently they will do the Condor the main protagonist and hero. The antihero should be the antihero, not he hero (is obvious).
Maybe it's because Astro Boy is the birth of anime and no other animes would probably exist if he didn't Just a thought. They still messed up though. Not imagi themselves, they had good designs for the movie but the American directors seemed to screw it up and disappoint fans, then, boom, bankrupt.
I interested to see this, personally they can't do any worst than that live action GI Joe movie; Gatchaman and Tekkaman were my favorites of the Tatsunoko's super heroes.
Does anyone know who were going to be the 5 voice actors for the film's titular characters? And which company was going to distribute it?, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Disney or Warner Bros?
Ken: Eric Christian Olsen* Joe: Ryan Michael Oman* Jun: Emmanuelle Chriqui Jinpei: Colin Ford Ryu: David Denman *It is possible that Olsen and Oman were replaced by other voice actors as Ken and Joe.
its supposed to be Gatchaman! Look...it will never be the series i grew up watching back in the late 70's, but I am glad they are making it for the new Generations! im also happy that they made Astro Boy. I am 36 my wife is 27 and we saw Astro Boy and she loved it! I told her that it was not new...i grew up watching it lol! but she loved it!
there will be a live action version, staring that guy who played Takeru Shiba (Shinken Red) as Ken. Still this might have been fun, but it could also have gone the way of the Astro Boy CGI film...
I'm sad as well, but there's a good reason. Films like "Astro Boy", the 98 Godzilla movie and "Dragon Ball Evolution" all demonstrated how Western media companies just don't get it when it comes to adapting Japanese properties. But on a positive note, the incredi-freakin'-awesome "Space Battleship Yamato" live action film demonstrated how their big-budget film industry can blow Hollywood out of the water when they put their mind to it.
Actually, Astro Boy is pretty great. Although to be fair, Astro Boy is a bit too "play-it-safe". Whilst it does have its risk-taking moments, there could have been more. If Gatchaman were to come out, it is very likely that Gatchaman would *NOT* make the same mistake that Astro Boy made.
I grew up on the 70's original ... would have been good but didn't look quite right for my money. If they could keep that 70's vibe going with the retro futurism, I'd be VERY happy indeed. They will never do it though ...
Definately going to see this. I've got the whole of the old series on DVD. This DOES look FUN. Looks kinda like a big-screen Storm Hawks. Not that that's in any way a bad thing.
@mewcat201 Actually they finished the mvie before the company went out the door so It's now slated for sometime in 2011. Sucks that Imagi went ut. They made good stuff.
@zleepydude224 it's so...different. There was a different trailer that had great design for Jun...but that was really it. I'm completely unused to them looking so...metallic, for lack of a better word.
Could have made the movie still and someone like Cartoon Network, The Hub or Disney could have made a series, god knows it would be better then some of the crap we have now..Who the hell needed 20 years of Pokemon??
Sony should pick this up and give it the Spiderman into The Spider-Verse animation treatment.
I agree. Maybe one day they will.
Ditto
@@wonderlady5835 Okay.
No! Not SpiderVerse!! I like Imagi Animation Studios styled animation better. The John Williams score for Gatchaman would be epic…
With Kevin Munroe and Tom Tanaka directing!
On June 21, 2011 Imagi announced in their annual report that long in development feature adaptation of Gatchaman is now officially dead
Sad.☹
I dont know what the full thing would be like, but this trailer is JUST SO PERFECTLY DIRECTED !!!
A trailer masterpiece.
The music for this trailer slaps, NGL
Keep in mind, this was made by the same guys who made TMNT (another awesome movie). This would've been cool to see!!
We need a proper Gatchaman blockbuster movie..I couldnt care if they even wanna rename it 'G Force' or 'Battles of the Planets!'
Damn shame the production company went bankrupt. What we could have had. No need for an American remake. Just overdub English. I woulda been happy with it.
That was amazing what we say.
Tiny is HUGE in this!
I would have loved to see this film. I still have to see this series I have so much respect for it being one of the biggest groundbreaking anime series in history.
Yes it is
I really wanted to see this movie made. :(
I wanted to see this movie made too. Then the studio went bankrupt. 😞😞😞😞
I’m Sorry That Happened
I wish this saw the light of day
Who came here after they announced the Russo's brother might direct a movie about it ?
Battle of The Planets is my earliest childhood memory of Anime. I'm super excited by the news.
What? They're going to make a movie about this? When did this news come out? Any updates?
@@rowanirish mine also. Then Shogan Warriors
First hearing about that..it would be kool though...a more 'Battle of the Planet' vibe that i grew up with.
Still waiting on this
this could have been something beautiful, I'm so mad that cancelled it.
Well they went bankrupt so. It would've been cool I mean they would've started a toy line too. Such a shame.
princephillay the real Spectre bankrupted them lol
princephillay they didn't cancel it it just never came out in the US
I will never forget in the early 80's as a kid coming home from school watching this. Ole Gatchaman G-Force
The day someone does a kickstarter to continue it sign me up
Netflix should take it over.
@@cardo92w we need to start a petition to get it started
@@mrhay2u I agree. Aim it towards Netflix
This looked like it would've been AWESOME!!!!!
Alas, what might have been.
I am convinced that most of us who got the "remixed for American television" series back in '78 would not at all have "WTF?"d at the finished film in this vein. It is the handful of us, though, who would actually know the Japanese for "Thank you for one hell of a ride."
After what they did to Astroboy, I don't want to anymore...
im shocked they let the one psycho member of the team still have a gun XD
Whatever it takes. This needs to be released. Money, Manpower, CPU cycles, it does not matter. Imagi needs to get this into theaters.
Maybe one day, they’ll go back in business and who knows? Maybe they can team up with Reel FX Animation Studios.
@@spaceboyctstudios2934And then have John Williams compose the music before he, Edward Karam, and Conrad Pope die.
I always like the scene where the God Phoenix rises up to make face the opposing ship. Its almost like she's alive and being protective over her brood, down to the sound of her engines, sounds like a Bird protectively cooing over it's chicks. Really wish they had produced this, sigh...
@troyskeete8372 That observation could have opened a way for Ryu to assert, "There is something alive in there," or show some uncanny awareness of the ship's systems.
Those costume upgrades are great.
That was awesome! I can't wait to see it on DVD or UA-cam or something! 🚀🛸🤖👍
Yeah, Imagi was shutdown due to the poor box office performance of Astro Boy, besides this was 13 years old
@@regularslick6038 Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks a lot.
@@justinpayne4734
No problem, it's really a shame it got canceled
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TMNT was Great!, Astro Boy was ok, but this just looked Amazing! So sad it didn't happen instead Japan made another live action failure, andmore anime that have nothing to do with the original
Shame they never ran with this..........
I thought this was awesome. Kinda wish Imagi was still in business so we could have seen this.
looks befitting for a series
And just think, if more people hadn't been so paranoid about Astro Boy and actually gave it a chance, this movie would have happened.
+slashermaster28
Or maybe they should have led with this instead of Astro Boy and this company might still be around...and we wouldn't have been subjected to the horrible live action movie of Gatchaman that I saw a few months ago.
The Russo Brothers are planning to make a live action feature film. The guys behind the Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Civil War, as well as Avengers: Infinity War and End Game... REJOICE!!!
Lol. Don't give us "Hope".
>the Russo brothers made Cherry & 21 Bridges
>the writer for the Gatchaman/BoTF movie wrote F9
be worried
I waited and waited, and waited for this. Then they canceled
Sounds Great!
I hope battle of the planets gets a movie some day.
Had such been planned in the US, I imagine Matthew Lilliard would have gotten the first call.
@@floydjohnson7888 Oh, I get it. Cuz Casey Kasem was in Battle of the Planets! Good one.
Awesome...it was too awesome to live, I guess. :D
What could’ve been. It’s probably for the best. Gatchaman isn’t all that popular here.
Love that Prime 1 made a statue of Ken. Be cool if the creators of the Netflix Voltron do this as a series
a Gatchaman show in the style of Netflix Voltron would just be Gatchaman Crowds
This could have been sooooo epic.
se rebueeena..
y nunca supe de ésta peli!..
This was a LOT better than the live action flick...
Michael Hall which live action G force????
There was a live action film made in Japan last year. It did not do well.
Man, the animation for Imagin Studious' Gatchaman project looked totally awesome in my opinion 🤟😎👍
It's a shame that it won't be released though 😞
Imagi Studios*
This looks pretty sweet.... the teaser on the imagi site shows it'll be released 2011 :)
it's because a live action action movie of gatchaman is being made...it premiered in japan 24/8/2013 and still hasn't confirmed the international premier date....
Unfortunately this movie has been canceled thumbs up so everyone can see
Really wish this got made
Imagi studio death still hurts me, they where so different to all US animated studios, and their films where a breath of fresh air, compared with Pixar, Disney and Dreamworks, now days Sony is probably the only one dares to try other than the "pixar" style of animated films. I would love to see bad or good this film and the Legend of Zelda and T28 animated films they have in production. So sad now if we see any of these will be by the hands of Illumination....or a Hollywood hack that prefer to do it in live action, casting with the SJW diversity crap now days we see studios need to do, or just put the story in CHINA because they want Chinese money.....we live in the sad time line, instead of this badass amazing Gatchaman.....we got Gatchaman Crowds T.T
What the fuck are You even talking about ESPECIALLY the whole Hollywood SJW nonsense.
Imagi was just a poor man's Pixar and DreamWorks.
@@skinnyweenie8679 Actually, Imagi has way more potential nowadays. Disney and Pixar are making soulless cash grabs nowadays. Imagi Studios would rather push boundaries of animation than pull them.
@Kusanagikaiser999 I agree. Imagi Studios truly has potential. Sure, I am cool with Illumination Entertainment, but that studio is way too "play-it-safe". Astro Boy is also too "play-it-safe", but at least it has its moments. Gatchaman would have likely rectified the error, by taking more huge leaps.
I wonder when is coming out, I am a fan of them!
me. I do. but no you're right this and Astor and Speed Racer where such important parts of anime in America and this film deserves to see the light of day. and a new series would be more than welcome for America's children serving as the same gateway our parents had as well as just a loving tribute to those people across the pacific. a think you from us to them.
We waited so long for this? Imagi you dropped the ball IMHO...ever see FFVII Advent Children?
thats how they would look in real life. i love it
I think the best thing is that this movie has been canceled, because apparently they will do the Condor the main protagonist and hero.
The antihero should be the antihero, not he hero (is obvious).
I can't believe that Imagi chose to do Astroboy over this.
Maybe it's because Astro Boy is the birth of anime and no other animes would probably exist if he didn't
Just a thought.
They still messed up though. Not imagi themselves, they had good designs for the movie but the American directors seemed to screw it up and disappoint fans, then, boom, bankrupt.
Can you really blame them? Astro Boy is more recognizable and they lost the rights to the Turtles.
OrangeToonist Astro Boy (2009) was directed by an English man, not an American
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I interested to see this, personally they can't do any worst than that live action GI Joe movie; Gatchaman and Tekkaman were my favorites of the Tatsunoko's super heroes.
You do realize Imagi is based in Hong Kong, don't you? It's a Chinese studio. The character designs and animation are done in China, not Hollywood.
Does anyone know who were going to be the 5 voice actors for the film's titular characters? And which company was going to distribute it?, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Disney or Warner Bros?
I think david owelyo and colin ford was attached back then but I think it was scrapped. Distributed most likely Warner Bros or Universal.
Ken: Eric Christian Olsen*
Joe: Ryan Michael Oman*
Jun: Emmanuelle Chriqui
Jinpei: Colin Ford
Ryu: David Denman
*It is possible that Olsen and Oman were replaced by other voice actors as Ken and Joe.
COOL!
i like how it says 2007 wen the movie was uploaded in 2010
BIrd GO! Forever...
Love that. Looks like a live action version was being made in 2013, did it ever get released?
its supposed to be Gatchaman! Look...it will never be the series i grew up watching back in the late 70's, but I am glad they are making it for the new Generations! im also happy that they made Astro Boy. I am 36 my wife is 27 and we saw Astro Boy and she loved it! I told her that it was not new...i grew up watching it lol! but she loved it!
im still waiting for this movie
Bro seriously imagi studio it’s close in 2010 and death.
Damn I would of loved to had seen this movie
Damn!!!... Never made it to dvd.....
there will be a live action version, staring that guy who played Takeru Shiba (Shinken Red) as Ken. Still this might have been fun, but it could also have gone the way of the Astro Boy CGI film...
Reminds me of Big Hero 6.
This looks fucking awesome!!! This a new series?
Gotcha!!!
Comando G, siempre alerta esta! :-)
So sad this was cancelled, It looked great. But next year we will have the live action movie, made by japanese people.
I'm sad as well, but there's a good reason. Films like "Astro Boy", the 98 Godzilla movie and "Dragon Ball Evolution" all demonstrated how Western media companies just don't get it when it comes to adapting Japanese properties. But on a positive note, the incredi-freakin'-awesome "Space Battleship Yamato" live action film demonstrated how their big-budget film industry can blow Hollywood out of the water when they put their mind to it.
Actually, Astro Boy is pretty great. Although to be fair, Astro Boy is a bit too "play-it-safe". Whilst it does have its risk-taking moments, there could have been more. If Gatchaman were to come out, it is very likely that Gatchaman would *NOT* make the same mistake that Astro Boy made.
This gatchaman must be sponsoerd by disney.
I think if the bad guys ever hit anything with a bullet even once, they'd flunk Bad Guy School.
I grew up on the 70's original ... would have been good but didn't look quite right for my money. If they could keep that 70's vibe going with the retro futurism, I'd be VERY happy indeed. They will never do it though ...
Is not cancelled, they decided to make a real life version instead and is being filmed right now.
theres this and the t28 trailer floating around online, were all these trailer just pitches?
Definately going to see this. I've got the whole of the old series on DVD. This DOES look FUN.
Looks kinda like a big-screen Storm Hawks. Not that that's in any way a bad thing.
They chose Astro Boy over this? SHAAAAAAAAAAAAME
@Kraven Spider I agree 100%. This is the ine that would of put them on the map, yet this is the one they gave up on.
@@cardo92w A live action was made over seas that was also good,it did it justice.
It's shame to put Osamu Tezuka honor of his 20 years of his death, but hey Tatsunoko productions made a decent remake in 2012
They had lost the rights to the Turtles and Astro Boy was more recognizable.
@@SirBlackReeds did you came from Rebeltaxi
Damn
Someone suggested if a live action version were ever made, how about Marylin Manson as Galactor?
The idea has possibilities.
Still waiting for the release date😆
joe the condor still as bad ass as ever
Ken and Jun look cool. The others could use some more work. Even so, I can't wait for the movie itself.
This would be so awesome if it had a green go.....
The music is great! Any idea where I can get it?
Realmente fue Gatchatastico
Too bad would have loved to see this finished.
Is this footage the actual movie or just a test footage?
I weep knowing we will never see this movie. Damn astroboy movie killed any chance of this being made.
Ainda bem que essa bomba nunca foi lançada...
juat christopher nolan or zach sneider can do a good job adapting anime, despite sneiders failure in sucker punch
@mewcat201 Actually they finished the mvie before the company went out the door so It's now slated for sometime in 2011. Sucks that Imagi went ut. They made good stuff.
@zleepydude224 it's so...different. There was a different trailer that had great design for Jun...but that was really it. I'm completely unused to them looking so...metallic, for lack of a better word.
It is going to be a live action move this year, in Japan. look up: gatchaman-movie
Someone needs to buy the rights to this, and destroy the originals
John Doe well,tatsunoko is going to reboot this! (but different but same but different)
SOMEONE PLEASE DO A KICKSTARTER TO START UP THE PROJECT AGAIN!!!!!!
Could have made the movie still and someone like Cartoon Network, The Hub or Disney could have made a series, god knows it would be better then some of the crap we have now..Who the hell needed 20 years of Pokemon??
oh look, it's "G" o'clock...
G Force, GO !
Can anyone tell me where I can find this movie 🎥🤔. Hit me back anytime please. Kendall.
SebasSebasSebas Sorry, but as far as I can see in the trailer, the leader is who had always been. Joe is on the back, actually.
so i have to put music to this in my gcse music tech