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Posted by gatchamarie on 24-03-2010 at 08:26:
Gatch II was there to prepare the terrain for the Swan/Eagle enforcement in their relationship! ... that's what I like to think! The Swan had ample time to think about her true sentiments! Not that the Condor hadn't been a good option, but the Eagle was always her Eagle for Jun!
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 24-03-2010 at 14:22:
Actually, I think it was more fan service. By the end of the Gatchaman series, Tatsunoko had realized that Joe was their most popular character, and that's why many of the later episodes began focusing on him. When they were launching Gatchaman II, they wanted to capitalize on that and made the show more Joe-centric, which apparently included some swoony scenes with the Swan. (And now James will step in and correct me, because I'm sure I've gotten something wrong in that statement. 
James! )
Also, I recall James saying that originally they had planned for Jun to discover Joe's secret (that he was a cyborg) and reveal it to the others. That got dropped, and instead we got Mrs. Mary Sue, Dr. Pandora. Blaaaaah... [insert 
noise here]
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Posted by gatchamarie on 24-03-2010 at 15:45:
Your statement makes a lot of sense, TJ, and, in fact, I've read something similar some long time ago, where I can't recall! And you surely have something against "Miss Perfect"! ... mind if I join your clan anti-Dr. Pandora?! (even though I sincerely didn't see her that bad, at least not all of the time!)
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Posted by tatsunokofan on 24-03-2010 at 18:14:
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This is a popular fan myth that has never had any solid support. The decision to have Joe dying came from Hisayuki Toriumi, not a nebulous "Tatsunoko," and was apparently done to give the series a tearful farewell scene to help build up the drama of the last episode, not because Joe was the "most popular character."
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This is another fan myth. While the Planning for Gatchaman II does certainly focus a lot on Joe, there wasn't anything that stated that they wished to make Joe the main focal point of the series. My impression is that it came about organically as the story developed, not as a pre-planned situation. You will also notice that, once they started moving away from the intention to make the series only 26 episodes long, they quickly wrapped up and tossed aside the "Joe the Secret Cyborg" elements from the Planning and we start seeing more episodes focusing on Ken.
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No, what I said was that Jun was going to be the first to discover that Joe was a cyborg, and that eventually Dr. Raphael would reveal Joe's secret to the other characters.
James
Posted by lborgia88 on 24-03-2010 at 18:35:
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That sounds marvelous to me. Your recap for Gatch F ep.46 explains it so well, and I'd love to read your descriptions of other Gatch F episodes -I, comparatively, know so little about them!
Posted by lborgia88 on 24-03-2010 at 18:47:
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I certainly took advantage of the scenes in episodes 16 and 29 (the North Wall ep) when writing Joe/Jun. If one is trying to stay close to canon, there's almost nothing Joe/Jun in the first series to work with!
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I've often wondered if episode 16 was meant to be the beginning of Jun figuring out that Joe was a cyborg -she saw enough (him ripping into a tank with his bare hands) to make it seem like she'd be realizing that something was definitely different about him.
Posted by tatsunokofan on 24-03-2010 at 19:00:
Hi all!
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I've assumed that as well.
James
Posted by gatchamarie on 24-03-2010 at 19:29:
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Thanks, LB! I will try to do my humble best!
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Posted by gatchamarie on 24-03-2010 at 19:30:
Thanks for the clarifications, James! Gatch II is a far away memory!
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 24-03-2010 at 20:16:
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Oh no, she's not *that* bad. After all, I grew up being subjected to the tortures of 7-Zark-7, so next to that Dr. Pandora is quite refreshing!
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 24-03-2010 at 20:18:
Thank you for clarifying, James! 
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Posted by gatchamarie on 25-03-2010 at 08:01:
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