Not Battle of the Planets, Not G-Force: The Story of Saban's Eagle Riders
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Eagle Riders (also known as Saban's Eagle Riders) is an American animated television adaptation of the Japanese anime series Gatchaman II (科学忍者隊ガッチャマンII, Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman Tsū, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman II) and Gatchaman Fighter (科学忍者隊ガッチャマンF(ファイター), Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman Faitā, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman Fighter), which have been combined (kinda) into 1 story.
Commonly mistaken as yet another adaptation of the original Gatchaman (科学忍者隊ガッチャマン, Kagaku Ninja Tai Gatchaman, lit. Science Ninja Squad Gatchaman) after it was imported in to the US first as Battle of the Planets and then as G-Force: Guardians of Space by Sandy Frank, Saban's Eagle Riders was handled by a different company entirely and based on Gatchaman's sequel shows.
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I remember seeing G-Force on Cartoon Network and my dad saying, "oh cool, its Battle of the Planets" and I'd be all, "No, Dad, this is G Force"
And this UA-cam episode explained it all
That must've been confusing to a lot of people in the 90's who grew up watching Battle of the Planets. I wondered how they feel about watching Gatchaman in it's uncut & subtitled form.
Battle of the planets.
We used to call it G-force back in the days as a nickname
@@mdo7 I'd say give me a chance to see it dubbed or subbbed so I could follow the story.
I remember seeing G-Force when it aired on Cartoon Network in the 90s. It was very strange, and felt very random at the time, to see those characters a full decade plus later when Tatsunoko vs. Capcom came out on the Wii. Under their original branding and names no less.
Such an underrated game! I’d love a sequel but I’m fairly certain this will never occur.
Yeah, me, too. I was working at a video game store when Tatsunoko vs Capcom came out and I was like, “Oh, shit! It’s G-Force!” It was a pretty good fighting game.
That's the most underrated game in the Vs capcom franchise, good shit.
I never expected Tatsunoko vs Capcom to reach the USA, but it did. Thanks to the internet age, not many good video games get stuck over there.
Many years before this game came out, I joked about creating "Gatcha Man."
When the game came out, I thought "What do you know, I think I got my wish."
I watched Battle of The Planets when it originally aired granted being ages 2 - 5 makes for a psychedelic memory compilation of what the series was about. They were always on my mind and frequently the subject of my early artistic exploits.
Exactly! I remember it as battle of the planets first and then G Force! Didn't understand as a child why their names changed in the 80's! I remember them as Mark, Jason, Princess, Keyop and Tiny.
@@crw3673 I only ever saw it as G-Force on Cartoon Network. I never even knew Battle of the Planets or Eagle Riders ever existed.
He left out in 1985 Mazinger Z was localized as "Tranzor Z" not to mention Jim Terry's Force Five and Space Battleship Yamato aka Starblazers. Also Time Bokan got localized (but not all the episodes).
@@crw3673 for me it'll ALWAYS be Battle of the Planets !
even tho i own most of the uncut original Gatchaman collection series on dvd, i wish it was the BotP.
@@darthpaul99 its odd cuz their called "G-Force" in BotP.
Battle of the planets and G force absolutely shaped my childhood
It was Battle of the Planets for me. It was one of the earliest cartoons I can remember watching and definitely my favorite at that time. (See my avatar, I’ve used it for years.) I’ve tried for years to connect with people over it but most of my cohort don’t remember it.
I remember watching it before school when I was in kindergarten. I loved it! Then Transformers/He-Man/GI Joe happened and I went in that direction.
Exactly! One my earliest childhood memories of cartoons was Mark, Jason, Princess, Keyop and Tiny!
I still remember watching it as a kid on weekdays late in the afternoon. Every Friday my school would have art class and I used to look forward to it, so I could try to draw the Phoenix.
Sometimes me and my group of friends would pretend to be the characters and fight pretend bad guys. My friend from school, who was one grade above me, would be Mark (the leader) and I always played the part of Jason (because I loved race cars and thought he was cool. Whenever we took on those roles, we would disagree about everything, since it seemed like they argued a lot on the show.
I love Gatchaman!😍😍😍😍😍 I remember and I have 7 dvd of the Yamato Video!
6:38 The voice over in the commercial is Junpei Takiguchi (1931-2011) who was the voice of the mysterious boss Dokorobei of the Dorombo trio in Tatsunoko's "Yatterman" (1977-79). He also voiced other characters across the "Time Bokan" universe including Perasuke in the original "Time Bokan" (1975-76).
I was the G buckle person definitely wasn't Eagle Riders but BotP was definitely the most well known in my house
Saw somebody redub an episode at a convention one time. Used only Cajun voice actors it was quite possibly the funniest cartoon I've ever seen
Name a channel that only posts bangers…..you’re on it ! It’s this one. 👏👏
I loved BotP as a kid. SuperFriends was starting to get a bit stale, and G-Force was a team of heroes, that was a bit more down to Earth & tangible. Instead of having magical powers, that cancelled out the bad guys, G-Force was agile and adept. They were good fighters. They may or may not have been actually bulletproof, but they moved so fast, they were hard to hit. Having never seen a Kung Fu movie before, this type of fight choreography was entirely new to me. I liked the chemistry that the team had. I liked the characters.
Though the original show seems to be far more fitting, for a mature audience, I still like the adapted characters better. They weren't so serious & intense. I even liked the robot. He helped me feel like I was part of the story. Like him, I could never participate in the action, but I could cheer the team on, from the sidelines. That said, the show really hasn't held up nearly as well as other vintage adapted shows. It's a lot harder to get into the show as an adult, than something like Star Blazers.
I found the OG Gatchaman DVDs on Amazon after watching a few on HI-Dive (no longer there) and was BLOWN AWAY!...BotP was my favorite as a kid ( the opening soundtrack still makes me smile). I had a HUGE crush on Jason as a kid, but my adult self understands Joe more.
Sweet monkey jesus.... I had no idea Saban did this..... as a kid who grew up in the early 80s watching Battle of the Planets, I feel like they shat on my childhood lol
@@DomH75 It's on Amazon in both DVD and Blu-ray format, but it's $$$.
I've mentioned this before, but Battle of the Planets is literally the first of any animation I can remember. I always wondered what the differences of G-Force and Eagle Riders were, so thanks for educating us!
The '94 OVAs were great (edgelord Joe in the Batmobile and all), alas the later Gatchaman Crowds was....a thing that happened.
This is the first I've seen you bring this up
As a little kid, the 1972 date at the end of BATTLE OF THE PLANETS really confused me. 7-Zark-7 is clearly inspired by the idea of R2-D2 & C-3PO from 1977s STAR WARS rolled into one... so how could BotP pre-date the film that had inspired it? Years later, I discovered that 7-Zark-7 (and several other elements) were added in 1978... *after* STAR WARS! Now it makes sense. 👍
actually George Lucas went to Japan to try to have toei help produce the effects for star wars in 72 and that is where he got the idea of Vader from Hakaider a villain in the show android Kikaider
@@DragonZeron actually you’re “actually” has nothing to do with what he was saying.
Exactly! If you was to watch gotchaman on UA-cam, you would see how the 7 zark 7 clips were used as a filler for the violent parts of the episode! Apparently these cartoons were designed for adults or the government didn't have a problem with minors/teenagers watching violent cartoons?🤔
@@JazGalaxy 👍👍👍
Now would be the perfect moment to try and explain Infini-T Force.
Maybe it ripped off the American style of mish mashing different series. And it's aimed for that luxurious teenage girl demographic, so that's always fun.
i loved G-Force - i would run home from school to watch it
when Eagle Riders came out i was really confused, then it was off the air and i wondered if i just made it up in my head
I was a Battle of the Planets kid, 5 years old in 1978. I don’t remember the plots of the show but I remember specific images. The old theory that you may not remember the specifics, but you remember how it made you feel. I loved the show, to me it was like superheroes and Star Wars put together.
Perfectly stated
Yep. This and Star Wars shaped my childhood. Then add a sprinkle of Star Blazers and Speed Racer. Battlestar Galactica came along a few years later and we had Buck Roger's with Erin Gray. Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman brought many of us into puberty. We finished things off years later with Robotech. Golden Age of television if you ask me.
It was G-Force for me in 1995, Saturday Afternoons on Cartoon Network. 13 year old me was in love with Aggie for obvious reasons. Had no clue about Gatchaman or Battle of the Planets until the 2000s and even less of a clue about Eagle Riders until today. I’ll get a look at Gatchaman and the sequel series when I get some down time. Thanks for the vid. You guys rock.
G-Force was how I got into Gatchaman. I remember getting blank tapes and record all the episodes I watched as a kid on Cartoon Network. I bought the DVDs when ADV did new dubs in the early 2000s of the 1st series, until they went out of business. I also love that Alex Ross did all the artwork for the box sets. I'm glad Sentai Filmworks released the entire ADV collection on Blu-ray.
Remember watching G Force on Cartoon Network and seeing this come out a year or two later. Needless to say despite understanding it was a sequel series the name changes had me very confused
Thats where I started with g force. Like 1996 or something like that it was on. And it was on at a later date too.
I keep thinking Toy Galaxy has exhausted all the good stuff, and I am continuously and pleasantly surprised. Also, I love the dry comedic commentary!
Having seen all of these adaptions there’s no contest with Battle Of The Planets. The superior voice cast and fantastic music left the others well behind. It’s now stuck in “development hell” for a movie, possibly explaining the lack of 40th anniversary or even general merchandising. Still hoping it will get a blu-ray release (the Gatchaman blu-ray looks fantastic)
I went and got the Gatchaman funko pops, sadly Jinpei/Keyop and Ryu/Tiny aren't part of the set
I loved this cartoon as a child growing up in the 70's and 80's! You explained a whole lot of the confusion I had with the name changes. I love this UA-cam channel cause it explains a lot of the history and backdoor shenanigans that goes on behind the scenes of cartoons!
Battle of The Planets is how I first encountered it as a kid in the 70's.
Once I got older, G-Force just felt wrong because it differed so much from the ingrained memory of BoTP.
I vaguely recall the name Eagle Riders, but have no memory of watching it, but I was working full time by then, so it would have been easy to miss.
I did pickup Gatchaman on DVD when it came out, but I've yet to sit through it. Only recently learned of the sequel series.
Who would have expected this episode to be Toy Galaxy's Avengers? All those episodes leading up to Eagle Riders. Are you ready to smash the Box Office, Dan?
I have to give a lot of credit to Saban thinking they can get a pre-80's anime out in the 90's. After all, they had the 1969 series Hakushon Daimao dubbed for Western audiences about that time as well as Bob in the Bottle. Didn't actually air in the US, but still. A 1969, very limited 60's looking anime that was new outside Japan 20+ years later. As far as Gatchaman goes, I'm very happy that anything relating to it actually has to go through Tatsunoko Pro instead of some American based middle man company. They released Funko pops of them recently (only 3 of them, though) and that was the copyright. Same deal with Speed Racer, as their American companies have since folded.
I was introduced to Gatchaman when it was Sandy Frank's Battle of the Planets when I was about 7 years old. It is still one of my favorite shows, and I have the lunch box that is in your background to prove it! I would love to see a great adaption of Gatchaman take the US by storm.
The lunch box was awesome! Wish I still had mine.
Lol.that lunchbox...u had one too? I was obsessed with mine back then... memories...lol!!!
Wow this is one of the earliest cartoons I can remember watching. They used to have this, Thundercats, and a show about plants that would create tanks and cars, as part of a programming block here in Mexico.
Yep, the one about the plants is called Jayce. I loved it as a kid, then mostly forgot about it until Toy Galaxy did a video about it. Big time nostalgia for me!
The plant one is jayce and the wheeled warriors
Classics all of them, and let’s not forget Dungeons and Dragons. The Latin American branch of Cartoon Network used to marathon the hell out of G-Force in its early days.
Fue en XHGC canal 5 por ahí de 1992, Jayce y los guerreros rodantes era el show después de los Thundecats, ese show algo interesante fue una de las primeras series animadas que fueron dobladas al español en Venezuela.
I discovered in as G-Force on Cartoon Network as a kid and only remember seeing promos for Eagle Riders, but thinking it was just another version of the same series I'd already seen I never bothered to watch it.
Thanks for showing this! I actually know about Tatsunoko and Gatchaman not from Saban, but rather the collaboration of Tatsunoko and Street Fighter in the late 2000s. That version they did keep Gatchaman
Toy Galaxy's Gatchaman Adaptation Saga continues!
I'm obsessed with Gatchaman lately. "LOOK FORWARD TO IT!"
I used to have annual vacations to visit family in Peru when I was growing up in the '90s, and that is where I first encountered and immediately fell in love with G-Force. It was so freaking cool! One of my first exposures to anime in general, too.
Eventually saw Battle of the Planets playing on the Sci-Fi Channel back in the UK, maybe early '00s. Yikes. That was...some pretty heavy-handed adapting.
I'd love to watch through a sub of Gatchaman one of these days, but that's a whole lot of episodes... At least I can marvel at the gorgeous artwork that the extremely talented Alex Ross has made for the series. That was one hell of a surprise, and a very pleasant one, too.
For me it was G-Force on KPLR. In my memory it aired just after Voltron in the afternoons and with the similarity of the character tropes I assumed they were somehow related. Years later I saw Battle of the Planets for the first time and was throughly confused.
Watch the original Gatchaman and be blown away!
One early morning in 1982 I woke up begrudgingly to go to my first year of elementary school and saw this (As Battle of the Planets) on tv and I was pretty enamored with it. Just a few years later Robotech, Voltron, Tranzor Z and the Transforners followed. I’m glad I got to experience it all happen on US tv.
There was an original uncut version of the first gatchaman series available in the US with subtitles & a new US dub which was hilarious also famous artist Alex Ross did the covers for each volume and I still have them
ADV Films produced a complete, uncut dub of the original Gatchaman during the mid 2000s. Sentai Filmworks later rereleased the series as a complete boxset on Blu-ray.
I saw reruns of G-Force and Battle of the Planets in the early 90's then around 96 my uncle showed me the 90's Gatchaman series. That was when I got hooked.
Gatchaman was the totally unfiltered version of G Force and Battle of the planets! When I saw gatchaman, I loved the series more!
@@crw3673 Same!
Also, Rhino Entertainment did a streight translation of Gatchaman in the early 2000s, so what you ask for in the end is already done. I have the first few DVDs, which amount to like the first 15 episodes, I don't think they ever finished the series. As a bonus, the corresponding episode of Battle of the Planets was included on each Disc along with whatever episodes of Gatchaman were on the DVD.
Awesome video. 😮💨I’ll admit it was Eagle Riders that introduce me to the whole Gatchaman franchise. After the show’s quick cancellation, I was so confused at the time seeing all these titles, Gatchaman, Battle of the Planets, & G-Force on the DVDs and Comics. I didn’t know what the hell was going on which was which. But for how brief it was, Eagle Riders were on early Sunday mornings just before the “Amazin! Adventures” cartoon block & instantly became a fan upon seeing it. Later on I started to collect the Gatchaman DVDs and Battle of the Planets comic books.
I'm always confused by G-Force debuting in 1986 because we got Battle of the Planets in the early 1980s and all of us called it G-Force at recess. But that series will always hold a special place in my heart because it was the first non-Saturday/Sunday Morning cartoon we got. I completely missed Eagle Riders somehow though with only 13 episodes, that's kind of easy.
Same.
My first exposure to this franchise was Battle of the Planets reruns in the early 1980s and then I watched G-Force and Eagle Riders in the 1990s before finally getting to watch the original Gatchaman on DVD in the 2000s.
That was my experience also
I remember when Eagle Riders aired originally. It was broadcast at like 6am, and I think I saw less than half a dozen episodes air. I think I caught every broadcast, but they re-ran episodes multiple times and played them out of order before it mysteriously disappeared.
I saw Battle of the Planets exactly once as a kid. My mother was rather protective at the time, and had far stricter rules about what I could watch than the politicians had, so I wasn't allowed any Anime (Mother's own words were that they were too violent, and lacked good moral messaging, often preaching a 'win at all costs' mentality she found reprehensible). I wasn't even allowed to watch Speed Racer! Admittedly I sneaked over a friend's house to do exactly that, at least until Mom caught on, but still... So I never really saw much of any of them until I heard about Gatchamen as an adult and put the pieces together thanks to programs like this one.
Watched this series for the first time when Battle of the Planets hit American airwaves in September of 1978.
I was ready for it, too, after a decade of the usual Saturday morning Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
Even the soundtrack was and still is great - the intro theme music is the best of any animated series I can remember.
Decades later, in 2001, I was surfing the Internet about Battle of the Planets, bought a disc set of the original Gatchaman series and learned what it was really about back in 1972 - 1974.
I've also seen a few clips of the 2005 English Dub of the original Gatchaman and I like what the voice actor did with Berg Katse.
I was in my teens when Eagle Riders came out. I distinctly remember skipping it because I thought it was just a new localization of Gachaman which I had already seen in various forms as a kid. Kinda kicking myself now for not at least checking it out.
As a kid Gatchaman, as a teenager I realized they were also know as Battle of the Planets from their comic book run and cross over with the Thundercats. Love this series!
The bought back celebration absolutely killed me. The reference to Sailor Moon should have incremented the "covered this" meter :)
I started with Battle of the Planets when I was 5-6, and later got my hands on the subtitled version of Kagaku Ninja-tai Gatchaman, and couldn't go back. just this year I finally got Gatchaman II and Gatchaman Fighter with good english subtitles. I love the original Japanese characters, though I do still hold a place in my heart for 7-Zark-7 and the voice cast of BOTP. This show and G-Force were laughable mangled adaptations of the source material best forgotten.
I remember Battle of the Planets being shown here in the UK on Saturday mornings in the late 70s'/early 80's. One of my favourite childhood cartoons.
9:35 _”…Hootie_ to his friends.” 😄
I Remember getting "Battle of the Planets" ('79-'81) fell in love with those guys Gatchaman came to me later...great video explains a lot
Always blown away by the production quality of these videos 🍻
G-Force was my entry to to this whole series. Of course being (somehow) close to Japan and access to bootleg stuff, I eventually discovered Gatchaman.
Oh wow. I was born in '74 and so I grew up with BOTP. I didn't even know about G-Force or Eagle Riders until a friend said that he loved G-Force. When I said, "You mean BOTP," he had no idea what I was talking about. Wish I'd never found out.
I've watched all of the different series/adaptations from the 70s,80s & 90s...."Battles Of The Planet" is still the only one that stands out in my mind as a kid & still my favorite even to this day.I think that iconic BOTP theme music might've got stuck in my head...still one of my favorite cartoon themes along with Thundercats,Silver hawks,Jayce & the Wheeled Warriors.
I knew it as G-Force, loved the end song so when Eagle Riders came about I thought it was butchered to hell not knowing that G-Force was not even the original. Found out many many years later about Gatchaman...still have G-Force in my heart though.
I vaguely remember it as "G Force" on TBS. I was really young so I don't recall any of the plots. I just knew it had a cool shop that could turn into fire. That was enough for me at the time. LOL
I watched it as G-Force when I was a kid. Later in life I saw promotions for a newer version called Gatchaman. Still later I saw revivals for Battle of the Planets. This is my first time hearing of Eagle Riders.
Thanks for this. This is one of my all time favorites series. I didn't know there was that much to it after G-Force.
As a kid growing up in the S.F. Bay Area in the 70’s, Speed Racer, Battle of the the Planets, and Starblazers, were my first introduction to Anime.
Thank you for sorting this all out! Growing up I saw Battle of the Planets and G-Force and I was confused about all of this.
I grew up watching anime, which is why I'm such a huge fan till l this day. I'm 50y/o now, & I remember seeing BOTP for the West time in 2nd grade, [1982], then retroactively watching Gatchaman. If still holds a special place in my heart
Prepare to be shocked because I did indeed discover this franchise through Eagle Riders and became very confused when I found it some time again as Battle of the Planets and again again as G-Force
Well, you've Battle Of The Planets, G-Force: Guardians Of Space, now Eagle Riders, now you can finally do Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. And I'm still waiting for The Six Milion Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman!
Not to mention Thundarr!!! C'mon, Dan!
Same here!
Oh hell, Eagle Riders, he we go down this rabbit hole. Yet another Gatchaman adapt. I genuinely watched this show and eagerly awaited new episodes, I knew it's origins and visited the fan page Home of the White Shadow back in the early 90's frequently for Gatchaman news.
God, I wish I could see all the original Gatchaman series in all it's glory💖 The "We've Already Covered That" Counter made me think my phone was going crazy😂🤦♂️
You can they put out a complete collection not that long ago.
The original Gatchaman is worth your while; it had more character development and more serious than the US interpretations.
@@TheHKZero Of the original series?
@@babytoshiro7014 Yes including the OVA's.
Though i had to double check, they do seem to be sold out at the moment as it apparently came out 2019 for a limited re-print. You can find it on Sentai Films website and maybe one day it will be back up for sale.
@@TheHKZero Thank you very much. I really want that collection
Prepare to be shocked. My first exposure to Gatchaman was actually with Eagle Riders, and then later I saw Chojin Sentai Jetman. What? What do you mean Jetman wasn't a live action Gatchaman?! Other than that I think my most experience with Gatchaman was playing Tatsunoko vs Capcom on the Wii
Japanese cartoons (anime) in the 70's were light years better than the limited tv animation from anywhere else at the time. Speed Racer, Astro Boy, Kimba: The White Lion and Battle Of The Planets were watched by my friends and me.
That "we've already covered that counter" is really just making this a Clip Show.
Down here in Aus, we had Battle of the Planets in the 80s before Eagle Riders was a thing
I only recalling seeing this as Battle of the Planets in the late 70’s maybe to 1980. I do remember also calling G Force, but I don’t recall it being on later in the 80’s to hear it called G Force.
Gatcha Man sounds like a superhero who has to spin a wheel to determine which random power he will have that day, unless he uses gatchacoin to get another spin.
Shocker: I have the 13 episodes of Eagle Riders on tape. I also have all the Gatchaman episodes (original, 2, Fighter, feature and OVA) on disc and blueray.
And now I know why I thought these characters were called Eagle Riders when I saw them in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom on the Wii. Must've caught some of the episodes back then.
It will always be Battle of the Planets in my heart. I want that theme song played at my funeral when the slide show of life is shown.
You are the best and the worst!! Super deep rabbit holes into my childhood!! I just watched 3 videos, of yours, about this show/ series of shows. But now I gotta watch the Pole Position episode. I'm 42, and I know that theme song still! Keep up the amazing work!! Gatchaman!! Original 5 person team!
Oddly enough, I first encountered this show as G Force on Cartoon Network around 1996 (I think?).
What a strange journey this property has gone through. Thank you for all the videos covering it!
My first exposure was G-Force, back before Cartoon Network was an actual channel, when it was a block of cartoons on TBS on weekends. I still remember all those ads of Hanna-Barbera characters telling each other to call their cable provider to ask about getting Cartoon Network.
I'm leaning towards G-Force as that rings the happest bell in my Childhood memory, plus, i remember seeing Eagle Rider and being like "Hey, isn't that G-Force!?"
I am shocked, SHOCKED, that Toy Galaxy has never devoted a video to "Inspector Gadget", one of my favorite series of the 80s !
I second an Inspector Gadget video. It did have a fair amount of merchandise back in the day. Then there was a teeny run of cartoon specific stuff when that movie came out.
For me, first came Speed Racer, then came Star Wars, then came Battle of the Planets. The late 70s were an awesome time to be a kid!
I was a wee lad when Battle of the Planets came out. Many years later, I caught the original Gatchaman. Wow, was that a different show.
I grew up on Battle of the Planets, But I like every version of Gatchaman in America including the Original Gatchaman which is now dubbed in English. I wish they would dub Gatchaman II and Gatchaman Fighter as well!
Shout out to the real content creator keeping millions of kids calm after school and on Saturday mornings....
Man, would it kill Saban to do something completely original for once!?
This kills the studio.
I love watching toy galaxy while eating breakfast. Exciting enough to keep me awake in the morning, but not too exciting that it will cause me indigestion.
This part didn't make sense: "Nearly 16 years old at the time, the animation was getting dated, but not any more than Ronin Warriors, which had been adapted a year earlier in 1995." Samurai troopers was only 7 years old in 1995, so the animation of Gatchaman II and Gatchaman Fighter certainly was more dated. Am I misunderstanding something? Great video as always, though. Thank you!!
He's saying that Ronin Warriors was adapted in '95, not animated in '95.
He's saying the animation in Samurai Troopers (1989) was as dated as Gatchaman F (1979) when they were both aired in the mid-90s. But that doesn't make any sense. They were made 10 years apart, so Gatchaman F looks much more dated.
Glad I’m not the only one who remembers when this show was called Eagle Riders and aired next to Samurai Pizza Cats and Ronin Warriors.
I was first introduced to the series as G-Force on Cartoon Network. Then I found a Gatchaman video at Blockbuster, which I assume was the 1994 OVA but I cannot remember. Never had heard of Battle of the Planets before, though it's original run ended three years before I came on the scene, until years later. And never heard of Eagle Riders until I saw this video posted.
I couldn't help but notice no "ding" when you mentioned Inspector Gadget in the "We've Already Covered That" section. I personally would love to see an episode covering it as it was one of the very first cartoons I can remember waking up before the sun to watch before school or on weekends (alongside Sonic SatAM). also I know you guys did a Toonami episode but I would also love to see a video covering the DragonBall franchise - its various dubs, the controversies surrounding the violence, the fact that Canada attempted to bring DragonBall to the West long before they struck gold with Z only to have young upstart Gen Fukunaga and his newly-formed company Funimation wrenched it away from them. seriously, the amount of merch alone is worth a channel about toys and the shows that were made to sell them to cover...please?
I highly recommend the Inspector Gadget episode at poparena's channel in their Nick Knacks series, which is working chronologically to cover all series ever aired on Nickelodeon.
I grew up as a G-Force kid. My local station aired it. No clue if episodes were aired in order or to completion. Toonami airing it years later came as no surprise to me. Little did I know there would be many many many BoTP kids who saw the Toonami airing and were utterly confused.
Grew up watching Battle of the Planets in Canada. I saw this version when I lived in the States during the 90's. They changed everything!! Story lines and even completely different names. Boy was I ever PISSED.
I found out about it as Eagle Riders. I was so confused years later seeing the other shows. For me, anime in the 90's was only accessible through broadcast television so I missed out on whole chunks of story arcs or animes and didn't have anyway to put pieces together. This channel has really filled in a lot of blanks. Thanks!
Battle of the Planets, Starblazers, Captain Harlock, Force Five, and Speed Racer were my introduction to anime in the early 80s before Robotech blew my 12 yo mind in 1985.
I absolutely loved Battle of the Planets, and was astonished when, more than a decade later (still watching cartoons, of course) I stumbled across Eagle Riders! I don't know anyone else who remembers this iteration, though. Ah, to go back to when cartoons were fun. Or existed.
That I know of Gatchaman, Gatchaman 2 and G Fighters have been released in the west in its original form before but most recently by Sentai! film works they release all 3 series and the OVA in sub form and a partial dub.
No release of live action adaptation in the West.
It's like they did this ignoring their first comeback album in 2004, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending which is brilliant.
for sheer irony Chojin Sentai Jetman the 15th Super Sentai series had elements seem to be inspired by Gatchaman mostly the bird costume motifs and it was originally meant to be adapted into the first Power Rangers by Saban but instead picked the 16th series Kyoryu Sentai Zyurager, Saban did almost have a bird themed superhero show before Eagle Riders!
I prefer BOTP to all the others, their voice actors, did a great job! And there names just made more sense, like Mark instead of Ace Good Heart or whatever it was! And Zoltar was easier to say versus his original name. Plus, look at it this way, BOTP ...they were your real Power Rangers, before their were Power Rangers!
Battle of the Planets. :-) Loved it as a kid. I bought all the Gatchaman releases on Blu Ray (well, not the live action one, I guess).... still going through them. What's amazing is how Gatchaman had so much more violence... but I still loved BotP.
I wasn't born until 79' and had no idea of Battle of the Planets, G-force. It wasn't until Eagle Riders that I saw this adaptation along with Dragon Ball Z, the Why Why Family and the rest for that time slot. Even then something looked WAY off about the show.