Hi

I have been lurking for a couple of months so thought I had better register and introduce myself. I have mainly been lurking on the episode of the week board so far and have really enjoyed reading the summaries.

My sisters and I were huge fans when we were kids. I was Mark, my next sister was Jason and my baby sister had to be whoever was needed in that particular episode.

We pretty much lived the game for a long time which meant my mum had to take us everywhere in plastic helmets, cape and wellingtons and refer to us girls as Mark and Jason in public!

I only discovered Gatchaman a couple of months ago. I was looking for cartoons to show my airplane/spaceship/rocket mad sons and found Battle of the Planets in the library and they had a Gatchaman ep on it.

Ever since I have been watching eps on youtube whenever I can find the time.

Welcome, Palynerd! Jump right in and enjoy the conversations!

Hav you seen much Gatchaman other than that episode?

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Thanks Cep

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Through Amazon, you should be able to get the DVDs.

Welcome.

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Nice to meet you, Palynerd! I too was a BOTP fan in the 70s, and didn't discover Gatch until 2006.

Do your sons like Battle of the Planets and Gatchaman? It's always good to make new, young converts!

I know it surprised a lot of people, me included, when I first learned about it. "Joe/Jason can't die !!!!!!" It took me almost a year to want to watch the eps where he dies.

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Saw the first couple eps of Eagle Riders and read stuff online.

Actually, it was an ad trailer for OAV Gatchaman that gave me the 'right' name to search. Seriously, ever search 'G-Force'? Of course, that I first search in 1997 probably didn't help. A year later and I probably would have hit a coupld BotP sites, at least.

And yes, I did read the copyright info in the teeny-tiny print in the credits of GoS, so I knew I was looking for a Japanese original somewhere along the line. What really impresses me about Gatchaman is that it was translated THREE times -which says a lot about its heart.

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That is the only thing that made me happy was hearing that he survived, of a sort, and returns to the team.

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When I told my sister her reply was "Oh no not my darling Jason... dont think I can bear to watch!" I am actually glad they didnt air those eps in Aust we would have been pretty upset.

I had more of a thing for Mark so I dont think I would have been as upset as my sister. Watching BoTP as an adult I prefer Jason, but with Gatchaman it is still Ken even if he is probably half my age lol