Oddities...

Hi All,

Thought I'd set up a new thread to discuss the various whimsical components, inconsistencies, or whatever you want to call it, of our favorite anime (Gatchaman, BOTP, OAV, G-Force, etc.).

In the last thread, Cricket mentioned how it was funny that the BOTP team members, though supposedly having secret identities, refer to each other by their real names while in costume and I commented on how in their civilian dress they go about in their numbered t-shirts as if nobody else will pick up on it. Love it.


Also, and I know I'm talking to a better versed group on the details than I, but I always get a laugh (aside from the 70's ultra-fashion) how both Gatchaman and Galactor with such advanced technology still have to transcribe secret documents that look like ticker tape. In a few episodes it looks like the documents are being held on a beta vhs or 8-track tape.

Then there's the part that, at least for Gatchaman, Sosai X wants to punish humanity for messing up the earth's environment, yet the tactics that Galactor uses most often doesn't exactly look that ecologically sound either. Go figure. I love it anyway.

What are some other funny ones you notice?

True, cool outfits will make you forget everything.

There was one episode, maybe you guys know, where Ken, Joe, and Ryu get trapped by Galactor inside of a glass-like tube and spun around and are left nausious. The same episode they use that whirlwind techique where they're on top of each others shoulders to escape the Galactor enslaught. Maybe it's just me, but wouldn't it be just as dizzying?

Meridian is the font of all knowledge when it comes to these things and usually comes up with the answers

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Excellent observation Meridian. I guess part of my thinking was that since the Gatcha team are ninjas, they'd be able to handle that sort of thing. Good thing you are a Devil Star!

So, does anybody else have anything to contribute in terms of favorite quirks or character quotes on the show? Kind of like those sites where people post the inconsistencies or errors in movies like the "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy, just for kicks I think it might be fun to take a look at the episodes/scenes after people point them out.

Alright! I'll have to check those out.

grin .. it's not an inconsistency per se, but it always gives me a laugh when the mecha appears/lands/waves tentacles at the Phoenix, and Jun gasps and hides her eyes.

i mean, just what training did they GIVE the girl?

" Don't worry sweetheart, we don't expect you to have to fight the nasty old Galactor, you're just in charge of morale on the bridge!"

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But they can stick themselves to walls at will because of their Kagaku Ninpo Gecko manoeuvre! They have such control over their bodies that they can cause their body hairs to come out through their birdstyles, and split into multitudinous sections so tiny that they practically bond on a molecular level with the wall.

Puppy episode though, what were Tatsunoko thinking? Although the original ep isn't quite as bad as the G-Force version...

I always liked the way that Nambu was so calm and collected and professional and focussed in a crisis as long as somebody was around. And then as soon as he's on his own, he's tearing his hair out with stress.

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Seatbelts? On ships?

There's a grand tradition of not having them -- goes right back to the original Star Trek.

Couldn't mess with tradition, could they?

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its good to to see that it doesn't matter how a show is put together, film or anime, continuity will always be a problem.

its funny after watching the extent to which care is taken to ensure continuity that these things still happen, hell they even watch for it in post production but they still sneak through.

i think i must be blind to most coz the show i probably know the most, BtVS about suffered from it badly, notably different coloured clothing buti never noticed it happen without it being pointed out.

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when your surrounded by turkeys.......

ROTFLMAO!!

Best damned fistthumping bellylaugh inducing thread ive read in a loooong while! I love it!

and AHEM...but can someone PLEEEASE tell me how Nambu's/Anderson's amazing glasses manage to stay on his face?

And why is it in every BOTP episode, where the team have to warp speed to some outlandish new planet in peril, it just happens to always look like the same ??

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