Gatchaman II episode recaps - Episode 9

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Episode 9:

Sosai X converses with Gel Sadra. Gel Sadra clicks on a console and a massive ship apppears on the little view screen. It sounds like she calls it the "Super rooper". It's been anthropomorphised and has menacing looking teeth and eyes which we see in a cool shot that makes it look like it cruises over Gel Sadra's shoulder. Gel Sadra says something about the science ninja team, probably thinking that it's their doom. Sosai X appears to have different ideas, his tone sounds like he's explaining something to a child.



We see an ice cliff and ice floes in the ocean. The God Phoenix is taking off underneath the water (have they found G-Town?) A radar screen shows a flashing dot moving towards the North pole. We see another shot of the God Phoenix moving underwater, cut to the Galactor ship with the big teeth.



Sosai X and Gel Sadra continue their conversation as green tentacles make an underwater appearance (reminds me a little of the tentacles from a Gatchaman I episode) And, well it is, we see Jinpei coming across an underwater base in his G4 (the original one) as a big anemone mecha creeps up behind him (So it was Episode 8 of the original series - Secret of crescent coral, I'm guessing this episode will be about trying to find G-Town)



We see the mecha swallow Jinpei, and Katse, the original phoenix and the wicked jaunty trumpet music (This must have been a cheap episode to make :P ) There are some explosions, Katse laughs, Ken smahes out some bird missiles, and the anemone explodes in a shower of tentacles. The team enter the now lifeless anemone mecha and take out the trash (I think that this is the first time that we see Jun's panties, did they make a decision to cut that out in the later series?) Katse is swallowed by one of the anemone's walls and makes his escape (creepy).



Gel Sadra has been watching this (and she's probably thinking, so my predecessor wasn't any better at this, yay! : ) Sosai X says something about Gatchaman, Gel Sadra looks horrified. We see the original God Phoenix return to Crescent Coral base (and yes, there is a fish parade : ) There's some talk about Berg Katse and now the animators have returned from their holiday and we see the toothy Galactor ship making its way through the ocean.



I was wrong, the animators just popped in to say hi before going back on holidays. We're back with another flashback, Katse inspects a moth/bat looking mecha and he believes that this time it'll be enough to defeat the God Phoenix. The mecha takes out part of a city with a tornado like wind. UN Forces might as well not have shown up (It's episode 44 - Galactor's written challenge) We see the original God Phoenix take off from the Crescent Coral base (I'm guessing that Sosai X is making some kind of point about where the science ninja team comes from and how to destroy them, I thought that they already knew all about the Crescent Coral base though)



The shockwave from the mecha shocks the team in glorious multicolour waves and the God Phoenix crash lands in the ocean. It takes on water and it looks like the team is in serious trouble.



Commercial break!

Great review,. CM! Ah, so you saw the hint that Joe's not all he seems! This one's hard to miss, huh?

At this time in the series, the plan was to have Jun figure out Joe's 'secret' and confront him with it, then encourage him to tell the others, with her support. You can see the seeds of that idea in this episode. However, that flew out the window when they decided to extend the series to 52 episodes and add in new characters and plotlines... hence all we get is a quick reveal *much* later on and from another source. Too bad! I think Jun is a smart cookie and she should have figured it out... for that mater, so should the others have done.

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Unfortunately, Jun starts to lose that kickass attitude when they replace her with Ms. Mary-Sue Pandora. Ugh...

If you're talking abut the 'Ryu trapped in another dimension' episode, then yeah, Ryu's suspicious of Joe's indestructible nature. No man crush. Ewwww.... makes me gag just thinking about it.

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LOL.... Dr. Pandora's name isn't *really* Mary Sue (it's Sylvie) but as you watch, you'll see why I'm convinced that she's someone's Mary Sue. And now that you know what a Mary Sue is...

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Marie, all of the truly terrible characters in Gatchaman die by being shot off in a rocket into space.

Why should Pandora be any different?

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great gif LB!

I agree with you on liking her strong character, but not liking that she could "do everything," and some of it better than the SNT could.

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Oh, that's such an awesome gif, LB, and I totally agree with what you said about Dr. Pandora! That's the same way I feel about her!

TJ ... by refreshing our memory regarding episode 42 you managed to instantly add another reason, at least for me, to hate her!! ... she falling all over my, and especially Jun's Ken ... no way!!!! That's adding insult to injury!

This notwithstanding, she did leave an empty spot in Joe's and Ken's hearts after her death, and at the beginning of the third series, after all! Both of them talked so longingly about her! But that lasted only for the first episode ... after that, they forgot all about her!!*grin*

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LB, that gif is a riot! I agree, Pandora is annoying. I had to laugh at Jun's reaction when they first met her...she was not a happy Swannie!

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