Questions regarding Gatch F

Can someone please help me in answering the following questions?

1. Was it ever mentioned, or described, in the Gatch F series that the Snack J was destroyed or damaged during the final war?
2. During what season of the year did the final battle take place (i.e. last episodes of Gatch F)?
3. What was the last base called (i.e. the base from which they took off to destroy Sosai Z and where Kamo was monitoring their final mission)?

Thank you beforehand for any answers to my questions and sorry for bothering you! Even the slightest hint would be helpful as memories from my childhood are not very clear and no episode that I own of Gatch F includes the above. The screencaps and writeups regarding Gatch F that I found on the web did not help either ... maybe I need to do more searching!

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RE: Questions regarding Gatch F

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Hi all!

Well, these have been partially answered, but here goes anyway.

1. As has been pointed out, the Snack Jun did make an appearance in Gatchaman Fighter #1, but that was the only time it appeared throughout the third series. Interestingly, the design used for it was different than the way it looked in Gatchaman II. Tatsunoko did do model sheets and color art establishment for the interior and exterior of the place, so it seems likely that they had intended for it to appear more than the one time, but the way the series went pretty much eliminated any scenes of the Ninja Team members relaxing in their civilian lives.

Anyway, here's what the place looked like:

The exterior;





The interior;







What happened to the Snack Jun after the first episode is never said. If it was located in New Jork City (Which seems likely, considering that it didn't seem as though anyone had to travel far to get to the I.S.O. Headquarters in the first episode), it could very well have been destroyed or damaged during any of the numerous disasters and attacks that befell the city during the series, but its final fate was never specified.

2. This question has come up before, and the answer is that they never specified what season it was when the series ended. They showed various climates in different episodes, but this was related mostly to the different locations they were at than a specific season. Besides, depending on what hemisphere they were in, it would be the opposite season from what was happening in the other hemisphere, and since the series was more global than regional, the seasons weren't a major concern.

3. That would be the Space Center. It wasn't really a base in the same sense that Crescent Coral Reef, G-Town, and Gatchaman Base were. It was more or less a convenient location to use for what they needed, which was a place to launch into space.

I hope this helps!

James

Thanks a lot, James! It helped more than you can imagine! Those pics of Snack Jun are so detailed and, obviously, you're right about the Space Center! With your aid I finally can put my mind to rest about my uncertainties regarding the final ISO premises ... I was worried that my translations from the Italian language could have been inaccurate, but this one matches perfectly as it was also called "Centro Spaziale" in Italian which is translated as "Space Center" literally speaking!

Ebony, you're right in saying that it's a benefit that gaps were left in order for fic writers to fill them up! I just wanted to make sure that the questions I asked were truely gaps and not part of my absentmindedness!

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James, your info and wealth of piccs are certainly a blessing to the rest of us.


Ebony, and Gatchamarie I too like the idea that fanfics fill in some of the missing spaces, but also like you, I tend to wonder how much is related to Gatch cannon. Not that I tend to write in that form.


Ebony, going with the comment about different parts of the world experiencing different seasons, my B/H and I got into a friendly disagreement about that last night... thanks to you and Maddy I won!

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