Battle of the Planets (1978) is an animated television
cartoon from Sandy Frank Entertainment originally produced
in Japan in 1972 under the name Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman
(lit. Scientific Ninja Team Gatchaman). It consists of
85 of the 105 original Gatchaman episodes. Battle of the
Planets casts five young people as G-Force, consisting
of Mark, Jason, Princess, Keyop, and Tiny. G-Force protects
Earth from planet Spectra and other attacks from 'beyond
space'. Their main ship is called The Phoenix, which can
separate into five small ships, each operated by one team
member. The Gatchaman series was edited for US TV broadcasting
standards, removing scenes of violence, and replacing
the lost time with an R2-D2 type robot named 7-Zark-7
to fill in the plot holes left from editing. The show
was a favourite with the juvenile audiences of the time
and decades later it continues to bring in new fans.
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