Hi...newbie here....

Hi....I'm freddok--a newbie to this site, but not a newbie to either Battle of the Planets/Gatchaman (which I have been watching since about 1980/81) or to anime fandom (been watching anime since the first anime boom of the late sixties and am old enough to remember when Giants were in the Earth and you could catch Astro Boy, Space Giants, Speed Racer, Marine Boy, et al.

I've been doing fanfic drabbles with BOTP ever since about the early 80's--it is the second anime series I have been inspired to write fics about; the first being the show that let me know anime was back-namely, my beloved Star Blazers/Space Battleship Yamato (but please don't hold it against me that I like space battleships and willowy space goddesses along with Bird Ninja).

Only recently have I been getting my BOTP fics out there...and admittedly, in a somewhat alternate universe that also crosses over here and there into my alternate SB universe and has Gatch happening in the world chaos of about the 2060-80 time period, and the events of BOTP happening around 2218-22....If anyone is interested in my fic in progress on fanfic.net and my website, I'll post links and can put it up here-have plans for several BOTP and Gatch fics in my head.

Fave characters: Ken/Mark, Jun/Princess, Katze/Zoltar, Joe/Jason, Nambu/Anderson, Count Egobusslar (did I get the spelling of his name right?)

Most loathed character: 7-Zark-7 (darn Orwellian 'bot with his mind probes and smarminess)

Favorite BOTP/Gatch moment: The first Gatchaman theatrical feature (how I first got to see Gatch uncut in its original form)

Hope I have not gone on too long--I have some tech questions about the show I hope to find answers to, first....what is a good place to post them (if I cannot find a spot myself?)

Best wishes....

Freddok

Welcome freddok, nice to see another newbie joining the crowd. I am one of those who started watching BOTP and then discovered Gatch many years later.

I will have to see if I can find time to get over to FF.net to read some of your fics. I am always interested in reading work from new members, as I am sure you will find a lot of us are.

Please feel free to post a link to your website, or stories, to make them easier to locate.

As for the tech questions you have you could post them in the general forum section or even feel free to post them right here in this thread. Best luck getting them answered.

Enjoy searching the site.

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Welcome to Gatchamania, Freddok! Glad to see you and I look forward to you joining our conversations

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Welcome Freddok. Ooo sounds like you had a lot of the same favs I had growing up. Speed Racer was a definite before Battle of the Planets came on the scene and loved loved loved Star Blazers. Only time I got to see it was when I was visiting my Grandmother in Northern KY. That is until a friend of mine got me hooked on the APA Bird Scramble and even sent me tapes to see it from the beginning.
Can't wait to see your fanfics. I love reading fanfics. You're lucky there are a lot of talented writers at this site you'll love their stories too. UW, Maddie and Springie are defniitely a few of them.
I've only been at this site since July and I definitely love hanging out here. Hope you do too.

Welcome, Freddo -nice to meet you!

A big Freddock! You surely came to the right place!

As many now know, my story is a teeny weeny different from yours, as I've grown up watching Gatchaman instead of BotP! I had only watched a couple of BotP episodes before discovering the real Gatchaman in the '80's on Italian channels, and I was totally hooked by it! Even then, at such a tender age, I knew 7-Zark-7 was no good and I was very happy to have been able to discover the real thing, which enabled me to forget all about that horrid tin!!!

Having said the above, I don't mind reading BotP related fanfics! As long as I can concentrate on the main characters I'm okay ... even though I always have the tendency of comparing them to the Gatchaman main characters! As Pufles very rightly said, you'll find many awesome, and talented writers here, and you're more than welcome to add in your work! Maybe, if you'll stick with this bunch of ours, you'll also be intrigued to write more Gatchaman fanfics !! Your favourite characters match mine (highlighting the Eagle as hero, and Egobossler as villain!), not leaving out Star Blazers and the other anime you've mentioned! Oh, you're taking me waaaaay back with those good old memories!

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Welcome Freddok! I just answered your questions as best as I could. However, I'll add this bit of advice: when writing fanfic -- go light on the tech stuff except when needed for character or plot building, or to help the reader visualize something that they are not familiar with.

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Also, thanks to Clouddancer and Transmute Jun for what you have provided in response to my questions.

FREDDO