I love RARE shows like this. I wish The Hub, or CN would get blocks of these to air on weekend Mornings. Imagine the ratings they could get. All of us retro fans now have kids, nephews, etc.. We would watch, then get the kids in our family to watch. Networks would make money on shows they don't pay to produce now. I wish Discovery was open minded enough to make it's HUB network more available to basic channel line ups for those that don't want to buy or who can't afford higher tiered packages.
Ah the single greatest intro music in anime history! I am 37 and even though I'd love to go back in time to when i was a kid to watch this after school every day, I am happy I lived to be this age with those memories. Those of you in my age group who lived during that time (late 70's through the 80's) had the best entertainment in terms of cartoons. I feel sorry for the kids nowadays who have to watch the garbage on TV.
Damn I actually get goose bumps when I hear and see this! I would give up everything to relive those says of sitting 2 feet from that big ass tv with the knobs as big as my head, watching this right before I had to go to school! THIS WAS THE SHIT!
i was obsessed with this show. used to acctually dream that i was with them. wake up so disapointed. yes im almost 40 now. wasnt the evil guy really a chick? and the henchmen had cool flared pants and sub-machine guns. kinda like groovy waffen SS.
I'm 38. This was MY SHIT back in the day!!!!!!! I remember i had the biggest crush on the chick. and one guy (i think his name was mark) aways wanted push that missle button....LOL..to hell with talking.. great memories.
@Legendq2 Actually, it's a 70's cartoon from Japan named Gatchaman that was released in the U.S. as Battle Of The Planets in the late 70's, and then re-released as G-Force in the mid 80's.
Great job. Check out my new video, which is a trip back through my favorite Saturday morning cartoons of the 70s and 80s, and the memories they bring to life.
wow, this is the cartoon I watched with my colleagues over 20 years ago, and I remember we played the same roles in the school, everybody wanted to be Mark :) sweet sweet memories :))))
The song is cool! But the costumes, they look so gay! Leotards and wings!! come on!! :) These were the ancestors of the Ambiguously Gay Duo! Ahh, what the hell, I still like it!! :)
Fiery phoenix,their ship turned into a big fire bird that was invincible.They did it to get out the shit every week.What was the standing on each other and spinning round bit about?
Thanks for the tip..... I remember this when In was a kid, but I keep finding the one with the wrong names. When I grew up there names where MARK, Jason, Princess, Tiny and Keyop.
Sandy Frank lost the English distribution rights to Gatchaman and its dubs. ADV Films reacquired the rights but they went out of business this year. I don't know who knows it now.
@ tzford Search Spell G Force 2009 Trailer or G Force Trailer Or G Force 2009 TransformersLover11s Right Look on Your Message ThingHe Sent You a Thing and TransformersLover11 Is My Friend James Im John That's Are Names
I don't know how to explan that Something that was Made Back in 1978 Can Not Copy Something that was Made in 2009. It's NOT Possible. Ask Your Parents if it could happen and see what they say.
A couple of celebrities contributed to this series. Keye Luke (who played the blind temple priest in the Kung Fu tv series) voiced the "great spirit" and Kasey Kasem voiced Mark.
these were the good old days i remember putting on tights and cutting up bath towels for the capes me and my brother used to jump off chairs. Never did get the worldwind pyramid down though...hehehee :)
Of course i always rooted for G-Force but i was always in awe of the incredible machines that were created to destroy humanity and earth...even at 6 yrs old.
The episode with the spores that multiplied when set on fire and grew when wet was mindblowing.
yeah i think a lot of us had first crushes on princesses behalf. i know i did. i remember the one episode where she gets eaten by a plant, i was so friggin sad, lol!
I remember the G-Force fortress was underwater and their ships would torpedo out from it then blast out the surface of the water into blue yonder. Yep. One of my favs.
Fuck me dead! I haven't seen or heard this music in 28 years!! My brother and I used to run around and "play" G Force at our grandad's cane farm in the early 80's... I was always Jason!!!!!! :) Fucking good times!
We lived in Kansas City, Kansas at the time and there was a mobile home-type trailer parked in the lot in front of our neighborhood pool.
They asked us to watch the pilot and then asked us questions.
In return for our contribution they gave us candy or maybe ice cream and some toys - I don't remember exactly what, but after that I do remember watching the show every Saturday morning for a few years.
I had to be like 8-10 years old and totally forgot about this show until now.
I did a search here and this was the first video I found. It brings back memories of the show and something I had totally forgot about.
Me and my little brother were actually asked to participate in a focus group type-test for this show before it aired - It must have been in like 1978-79.
Wow, it seems like yesterday for me. Two voices that really stood for me was Alan Young (7-zark-7) who was also Wilbur from Mr. Ed the Talking Horse. The other, the late Keye Luke (Zoltar) who was the wise blind master in the tv show Kung Fu and also played Charlie Chan's #1 son way back in the 1940s.
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I loved this series as a kid. Speedbuggy mentioned Gatchaman. Please, if you liked BOTP as a kid, invest in the Gatchaman box set. Sandy Frank simply took Gatchaman and edited out the heavy stuff that the UK censors wouldn't have liked and filled in the lost time with the insufferable 7-Zark-7. I have the Gatchaman stuff and the story is a lot stronger than the old G-Force stuff. G-force was fine when I was a kid, but I like making folks think my tastes are a bit more adult now!
I absolutely loved this show as a kid. It wasn't until a few years ago that I learned that it was taken from a Japanese cartoon called Gatchaman, which was more adult-oriented.
Ah memories, though i don't recall Prince Planet. How bout these Star Blazers (Yamamoto), Dangard Ace and Mazinger Z! Oh man my age is showing, oh well, it's all about the celebration of our youth!
A couple of other anime series I remember that predate GFORCE
Kimba the White Lion
Marine Boy
Speed Racer
Tobor the 8th Man (or 8 man)
Prince Planet
I'm sure there were more, all it takes is someone or something to jog the memory.
I found this group due to an article posted on a Linux Website on computer graphics.
Apparently there is going to be a full length CGI based G-Force movie in the works to be released in 2008 and a full length CGI AstroBoy film slated for 2009.
It was much later (1966) that some of the local broadcasters on the UHF frequencies started airing cartoons (a.k.a Kids programming)in the early afternoon.
I got out my trusty butter knife and started experimenting with the connections on the back of the set and discovered a whole new world of TV beyond channels 3, 5 & 8.
Anyone remember a tv show called grandad? I'm sure it had clive dunn in it and the theme started 'who's that walking down the street...'. Either he was a caretaker or there was a caretaker in it, he lived by a hall? This sounds weird - did I imagine it? the theme tune also went 'playing the piano in the strangest manner, the words are right but the tunes are wrong'. Does anyone know what i am talking about???
Wow, great to see that people still remember this oldie but goodie. I even liked the Japanese version (Gatchaman). They SHOULD dedicate network for all the 80s shows, but kids in South America now get the benefit. 80's had the best cartoons as well as toyline. Today's stuff is simply retarded. Too many goofy Disney shows, an abundance of reality shows, all retarded. What happened to Saturday morning cartoons, where you couldn't decide what channel to stay on cause ALL the good shows were on??
So right Dom Rico, I miss my KTLA saturdays. Now you got me thinking of the JC PEnny wishbooks of the 80's as well, now like 4 pages of toys, then like 15-20 pages with Star Wars and GI Joe getting like 6 pages each.
Lol, good stuff! I have a whole wall of Star Wars action figures (in their box) and a mess of T-Formers all in their box. Not to mention Voltron and Robotech. It's the only thing I look at nowadays to remember my youth. Cartoons today pale in comparison to the cartoons of yesteryear. I resort to finding my shows on Best Buy shelves or Amazon. At least I can watch them whenever I please. Still, I prefer them to put it back on the tube and replace the garbage on TV nowadays..
i still remember watching this when i was just 4 years old, im now 32 and i also believe cartoons like these we should have more of today.sadly i had to grow up :-(
My question is why don´t networks make cartoons like this with serious themes anymore. Today it´s all about how ridiculous
situations can become. Everything is so kiddy like. Kids can learn good adult values from cartoons of this sort like trust, honor, and commradatry (hope I spelled it right). The network executives are really missing out and have reduced themselves to producing garbage.
You are expecting way too much of our children and the people (companies) who influence them. Why should they have to think about anything? They (our children) don't need to think while they're in school, why should they have to do so while watching cartoons? You're just out of touch...
I hope you caught my sarcasm, I agree with you 100%, bro.
They just don't make cartoons like they used to, back in "the good ol' days". :)
LOL! Someone said the same thing of expecting too much of the kiddies these days when I mentioned She-Ra and He-Man on another site, but they really meant it.
Oh my God...this was I think my favorite all time cartoon from when I was in elementary school. I totally forgot the name. Googled G-Force and found. Good God. I would rush home after school to watch this.
a while back a saw old episodes re-edited and with different music...i guess they were trying to reach a new audience but in the process ruined a great show.spectra rules.
im starting to question my own memory...i remember 7 sark 7...i remember the little one talking with beeps and monkey noises and the fattish one talked like he was dumb...am i right at all,im confused...help me
Actually came out after Star Wars. 7 Zak & was a deliberate take off on R2D2 to capture that same type of interest. As blueeyes said, there was no 7zark in the original Gatchaman (Japanese Version). Even the names of the kids were different. Casey Kasem was the voice of Mark (Dude in the white outfit). Speaking from a prely musical standpoint (i'm a former band geek) the score for this theme is awesome: wailing trumpets, complex string instrumentation. Killer theme song! G-force rules!
i wonder if enough people like this to warrent a live action movie...they would make it rated PG but they should make it R.kids that used to like it are now much older and would like a violent,serious version
I remember this too in the late 70's or ealry 80's. I was in highschool in 1979 and in the early 80's. in the 90's and later they changed the voices even Kee-yops to not having the beeps and monkey voices. The voice of 7 Zark 7 sounded like the man who played Less Nessman on "WKP In Cincinatti". My sister who is over a year younger than I am thought he was cute, The opening credits reminds me of "Super Friends" or almost like it. .
I could tell it was Casey Casum because I saw him on tv shows and it souned like the way he talks when not doing voices for cartoons. I this show was back in the 90'sor 2000 or later and Casey Casum's voice was replaced along with some of the other voices if not all of them.
I always thought Mark and Jason (I could not ever tell them apart) were super-hot! something about those tights and chiseled jawline ...
papoutsothiki 3 months ago
This was one of my favorite cartoons when I was a kid...love the theme song...brings back some great memories!
imhischild29 3 months ago
ini film waktu saya kecil... senang sekali dulu..
razezkhan 3 months ago
I'm the big 40 and I remember this stuff.It brings back alot of good memories.Thanks for posting.
bosh484 3 months ago
Oh yeah the Princess Panty shot,Loved it when I was 14(Way HORNY!) ,and still love it now
thebossbeat 7 months ago in playlist FILM G-FORCE
36 yrs old here and I remember watching the hell out of this cartoon as a kid.
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AethelwyneMartha 8 months ago
I forgot about this show....and it was this the UK version...why do all these old cartoons have Us and UK versions anyway?
originaldelta 8 months ago
I loved this cartoon growing up...those were the days!!
imhischild29 8 months ago
What a riot, I love this!
robbkcmo 8 months ago
i grew up with them......man time goes by very fast
discusvis010 9 months ago
I remember a show from the 80's where one of the villains carried his head around with him under his arm... Is this that show?
miatageekscott 10 months ago
@miatageekscott No, it's not. It sounds like you're remembering Count DeCapito from "Tranzor Z", a mod-eighties English language dub of Manzinger Z.
dngillikin 9 months ago
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AngeluuAlidaji639 10 months ago
lol watched it every morning b4 school
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I love RARE shows like this. I wish The Hub, or CN would get blocks of these to air on weekend Mornings. Imagine the ratings they could get. All of us retro fans now have kids, nephews, etc.. We would watch, then get the kids in our family to watch. Networks would make money on shows they don't pay to produce now. I wish Discovery was open minded enough to make it's HUB network more available to basic channel line ups for those that don't want to buy or who can't afford higher tiered packages.
hootyhaha 11 months ago
this when anime had great stories!
nmsugarbear69 11 months ago
NERO INNOCENCE
TheOneRealDJ 1 year ago
Ah the single greatest intro music in anime history! I am 37 and even though I'd love to go back in time to when i was a kid to watch this after school every day, I am happy I lived to be this age with those memories. Those of you in my age group who lived during that time (late 70's through the 80's) had the best entertainment in terms of cartoons. I feel sorry for the kids nowadays who have to watch the garbage on TV.
hamanu666 1 year ago
Damn I actually get goose bumps when I hear and see this! I would give up everything to relive those says of sitting 2 feet from that big ass tv with the knobs as big as my head, watching this right before I had to go to school! THIS WAS THE SHIT!
lamareaton 1 year ago
I just loved this show....it was compulsory viewing after school. I cried when it finished. Ah, the memories.
pwidty 1 year ago
I just loved this show....it was compulsory viewing after school. I cried when it finished. Ah, the memories.
pwidty 1 year ago
Love it
emmabeer30 1 year ago
i was obsessed with this show. used to acctually dream that i was with them. wake up so disapointed. yes im almost 40 now. wasnt the evil guy really a chick? and the henchmen had cool flared pants and sub-machine guns. kinda like groovy waffen SS.
motorfly 1 year ago
i was obsessed with this show. used to acctually dream that i was with them. wake up so disapointed. yes im almost 40 now.
motorfly 1 year ago
I'm 38. This was MY SHIT back in the day!!!!!!! I remember i had the biggest crush on the chick. and one guy (i think his name was mark) aways wanted push that missle button....LOL..to hell with talking.. great memories.
megatron0357 1 year ago 11
@megatron0357 Her name is Princess and it was Jason,not Mark, who always wanted to shoot the missles.
thespiswolf 7 months ago
@thespiswolf THANKS DUDE! Great memories. Yeah Jason was quick to launch some missles. Other dude always stoppin him. Thanks again bro.
megatron0357 7 months ago
im 42 yrs old this bring back memories
lilnate201001 1 year ago
man i miss the 80's
ronbond2 1 year ago
used to wet my pants after school over BOTP when i was a kid. they dont make em like this anymore
crabfancer 1 year ago
man i used to watch this after school,i wish i was young again
busdriver1701 1 year ago
this shaped me! Legendary stuff from my childhood.
Benjpeter001 1 year ago
80's??? LOL you better try that again.....late 70's. I watched this as a kid.
Moraveck10 1 year ago
Another awsome 80's cartoon!
Legendq2 1 year ago
@Legendq2 Actually, it's a 70's cartoon from Japan named Gatchaman that was released in the U.S. as Battle Of The Planets in the late 70's, and then re-released as G-Force in the mid 80's.
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ZerlinHits 1 year ago
This was the series that got revamped into Eagle Riders?
nije1x 1 year ago
@nije1x They later re-named it G-Force but w/the same characters.
Shiftworker247 1 year ago
gotta love the classic music
omega3677 1 year ago
the spanish version its a lot cooler than this....
jufrabappa 1 year ago
Haha I haven't seen this for like 25 years. I guess it never left my memory as I just thought to look for it now.
germanicelt 1 year ago
this was my shit next to voltron. the child hood memories are over flowing right now
g.i. joe, heman, transformers, thundercats, silver hawks, justice league, gobots, robo tech, mask, centurions. these were timeless classics.
wq8t1 1 year ago
from the early 70's not 80's
drseussisdeaddd 1 year ago
this is from the early 70's not the 80's
drseussisdeaddd 1 year ago
Man!!!! That was a show!!!! I miss it so much and I'm 35 now lol. Thanks for sharing.
djzee1000 1 year ago
So badass. This is too hardcore for the kids of today, their feeble minds just couldnt handle it . btw I see her pantsu...
700gsteak 1 year ago 2
wow, this is the cartoon I watched with my colleagues over 20 years ago, and I remember we played the same roles in the school, everybody wanted to be Mark :) sweet sweet memories :))))
twrdzl 1 year ago
who was the voice of mark? Kasey Kasem of American Top 40 fame. he was shaggy, robin, and married a hot babe named Jean.
bebito1a 1 year ago
The song is cool! But the costumes, they look so gay! Leotards and wings!! come on!! :) These were the ancestors of the Ambiguously Gay Duo! Ahh, what the hell, I still like it!! :)
RTD8481 1 year ago
Fiery phoenix,their ship turned into a big fire bird that was invincible.They did it to get out the shit every week.What was the standing on each other and spinning round bit about?
BenPN1000 1 year ago
@BenPN1000 tornado fighter
geardog24 1 year ago
Does this ever bring back memories...
DAL1989 1 year ago 2
WOW,what a theme tune i used to love this cartoon
dmcharlo 2 years ago 2
sik cartoon
eazyrasta 2 years ago
Thanks for the tip..... I remember this when In was a kid, but I keep finding the one with the wrong names. When I grew up there names where MARK, Jason, Princess, Tiny and Keyop.
toriano33 2 years ago
i cant Believe i used to watch this... lol
angelgirl7473 2 years ago
I used to watch this too lol even though in my heart of hearts at age 26 i might have been a bit too old for it. lol
007bondspy 2 years ago
ah, I used to watch this show when I got home from school back in 1981.......How come I can't see replays of this on any network in Canada???
roamer77 2 years ago
Sandy Frank lost the English distribution rights to Gatchaman and its dubs. ADV Films reacquired the rights but they went out of business this year. I don't know who knows it now.
animeuserone 2 years ago
siiigh.memories
victordls 2 years ago
I remember this cartoon and I'm 36 I remember sitting in front of the 19" TV to see it when I was a kid.
FireyBlaze101 2 years ago
I bet many people in their late 20's and 30's would have seen this as kids. I did at least 27 years ago when I was 7
dynasue77 2 years ago 12
@dynasue77 indeed :)
jbgoodsoul 1 year ago
how i use to love watching this and voltron in the 80s
sean2712 2 years ago 2
actually if you watch the japanese originals there were blacks sorry cap. you must be thinking of leave it to beaver
rdumorne 2 years ago
This was a 70s cartoon shown in the 80s. I remember running home from school to see this on Fox 5 in 1979.
JediKnightDiscoMike 2 years ago
You must not live too far from me- I did the same thing in the same time. I'm from Manassas, Va...
PatrioticPirate 2 years ago
Those were the days... no blacks.
captainbillshatner 2 years ago
AWWESOME DAYS..Thanx for posting..
MOLYBDENUM23 2 years ago
Exceptional Superfriends theme knockoff. Bravo! Loved this as a kid.
producer4real 2 years ago
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TransformersLover11 2 years ago
Wow...lol. This cartoon is older than the Guinea pigs movie. Plus, your typing is atrocious, have a nice day.
Rainoshi 2 years ago
Ummm G Force was made about 28 Years ago. So Unless the People that Made that Guerbal Movie was psychic You really have your Facts backwards LOL.
tzford 2 years ago
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Weegee7889 2 years ago
I don't know how to explan that Something that was Made Back in 1978 Can Not Copy Something that was Made in 2009. It's NOT Possible. Ask Your Parents if it could happen and see what they say.
tzford 2 years ago
I loved that ship...and whatever weapon Ace threw.
BigNastyCurve 2 years ago
I loved this cartoon too, came out around the time star wars came out. I think it was called the Phoenix, and i loved the theme song too.
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renarsChozha 2 years ago
Of course authentic Gatchaman frome the 70's...quite lovely. More please!
ronito6 2 years ago
Err...this Sandy Frank abomination / version came out in 1978/79.
Which is when it aired in all its 7-Zark-7 stupidity on channel WSNS Channel 32
Oops!
Back to the hellish 70's where you belong beast.
ronito6 2 years ago
The 70s was a fun time to be alive and young. Most of us that were kids then enjoyed this show. It was an anime' style cartoon designed for kids.
ACLTony 2 years ago
A couple of celebrities contributed to this series. Keye Luke (who played the blind temple priest in the Kung Fu tv series) voiced the "great spirit" and Kasey Kasem voiced Mark.
ACLTony 2 years ago
LOL, fanservice shot at 1:11
richintalent 2 years ago
you hentai lolz
theredpuppy7 2 years ago
g force was good but marine boy and speed racer killed everything.
executionerofgod 2 years ago
these were the good old days i remember putting on tights and cutting up bath towels for the capes me and my brother used to jump off chairs. Never did get the worldwind pyramid down though...hehehee :)
darthrageracer 2 years ago
so cool
pnice16 2 years ago
laugh my ass off! as archie bunker would say, those were the days!
executionerofgod 2 years ago
Haha, I made a G Force helmet out of a paper bag! 30 years later and I can still remember it...
KevyNova 2 years ago
The 1 reason i got into japanamation!
Of course i always rooted for G-Force but i was always in awe of the incredible machines that were created to destroy humanity and earth...even at 6 yrs old.
The episode with the spores that multiplied when set on fire and grew when wet was mindblowing.
It still surprises me 30 yrs later
escdelesp 2 years ago
god i use to love this ha ha
THEMIGHTYPIE 2 years ago
1:12 = beat off material. so hot.
westmeat 2 years ago
I hear that.
I was young and impressionable when this show aired.....
Oh yes.....
BTPossum 2 years ago
yeah i think a lot of us had first crushes on princesses behalf. i know i did. i remember the one episode where she gets eaten by a plant, i was so friggin sad, lol!
spadehatesscrewtube 2 years ago
I was in love with Princess as a kid, it was the short dress! *swoon*
RichXbox360 2 years ago 2
This is 1 of the earlyest cartoons i can rermember from my childhood. I think i was between 4 and 6 years old.
Thanks for the memorys.
TheFreedom035 2 years ago
CHILLS! Very Nice!
timod72 2 years ago
brings back the memorys of childhood, thanks for posting
Tote1883gas 2 years ago
I remember the G-Force fortress was underwater and their ships would torpedo out from it then blast out the surface of the water into blue yonder. Yep. One of my favs.
emadisone 2 years ago
I just love that wicked theme music. Giant fanfare and then blasting away with rock symphony. Kick ass.
Defenstrator 2 years ago
HOLY SHIT... oh this brings me back... I always thought silverhawks was a bite off of this cartoon, alot of similarities...
jaeaxp 2 years ago
Fuck me dead! I haven't seen or heard this music in 28 years!! My brother and I used to run around and "play" G Force at our grandad's cane farm in the early 80's... I was always Jason!!!!!! :) Fucking good times!
jammett08 2 years ago 2
This was my shit as a kid!
pettway2000 2 years ago 2
I loved when they changed into the pheonix! man I missed thi cartoon, my favorite one was jason.
shawn625 2 years ago
anyone got the game for wii? it has the japanese name, tatsunoko v.s. Capcom
Raize9593 2 years ago
Remember Star Blazers? =^.^=
13rikku 2 years ago
this was da shit! fuck i'm old!
bigrich537 2 years ago 21
I feel the same way.
doubleg137 2 years ago
lmfao!
bigrich537 2 years ago
@bigrich537 xD I thought the exact same fkn words! xD
mfuji02 1 year ago
the show ran from 1978 to 1985 cant wait to see the movie
keighleyrob 2 years ago 2
We lived in Kansas City, Kansas at the time and there was a mobile home-type trailer parked in the lot in front of our neighborhood pool.
They asked us to watch the pilot and then asked us questions.
In return for our contribution they gave us candy or maybe ice cream and some toys - I don't remember exactly what, but after that I do remember watching the show every Saturday morning for a few years.
MillionaireWannabe 2 years ago
I had to be like 8-10 years old and totally forgot about this show until now.
I did a search here and this was the first video I found. It brings back memories of the show and something I had totally forgot about.
Me and my little brother were actually asked to participate in a focus group type-test for this show before it aired - It must have been in like 1978-79.
MillionaireWannabe 2 years ago
Wow, it seems like yesterday for me. Two voices that really stood for me was Alan Young (7-zark-7) who was also Wilbur from Mr. Ed the Talking Horse. The other, the late Keye Luke (Zoltar) who was the wise blind master in the tv show Kung Fu and also played Charlie Chan's #1 son way back in the 1940s.
ACLTony 2 years ago
gotta be the best oping intro to any cartoon
keighleyrob 3 years ago 15
SO TRUE!
acarch 2 years ago
@keighleyrob up there with the superfriends -_-
mfuji02 1 year ago
great cartoon. loved the show. check out dyno man, a live action pre power rangers deal that's hysterical.
cruxzula 3 years ago 2
it was a lot older than 1986 like most of these clips say, i used to watch it in junior school so that was pre 1981
evagarth 3 years ago
I watched this after 3 grade in 1978. So yeah it's older!
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inuyasharules19 3 years ago
this blew me away as a kid. Wow.. the nostalgia. havent see it in 26 years!!!!!
danos1011 3 years ago
I loved this series as a kid. Speedbuggy mentioned Gatchaman. Please, if you liked BOTP as a kid, invest in the Gatchaman box set. Sandy Frank simply took Gatchaman and edited out the heavy stuff that the UK censors wouldn't have liked and filled in the lost time with the insufferable 7-Zark-7. I have the Gatchaman stuff and the story is a lot stronger than the old G-Force stuff. G-force was fine when I was a kid, but I like making folks think my tastes are a bit more adult now!
junior1138 3 years ago 3
This cartoon was a classic, i loved this growing up, hands down the 80's was the best decade ever for cartoons.
4321tim 3 years ago
That sent shivers down my spin. I would get sooo hyped when I heard the beginning. Thanks for taking me back. I still feel the hype :)
artonytony 3 years ago
mind control
PhilippeDeChampaigne 3 years ago
The Spanish version of the show had all of the violence that was banned in the English version. Lots of blood. :)
66612345678 3 years ago
I absolutely loved this show as a kid. It wasn't until a few years ago that I learned that it was taken from a Japanese cartoon called Gatchaman, which was more adult-oriented.
speedbuggy 3 years ago
This was my outright fave cartoon when i was a kid.. it'll always be special to me. >:o)
evilednaface 3 years ago
OMG....I couldn't wait to get home to watch this after school. This was the best show.
tomblue12sbc 3 years ago
old cartoons pwn :D
Abbadon3210 3 years ago
I remember back than when i was 10 and i loved to watch it
Nicole82170 3 years ago
7 Zark 7 was the real star of this toon.
iqwaxzi 3 years ago
This was a cool cartoon.
cne08 3 years ago
Is that Lisa's sister?? (Lisa Frank, getit?!)Or Gary's sister?
yaywhewclips242 3 years ago
Ah memories, though i don't recall Prince Planet. How bout these Star Blazers (Yamamoto), Dangard Ace and Mazinger Z! Oh man my age is showing, oh well, it's all about the celebration of our youth!
Eijianthony 3 years ago
A couple of other anime series I remember that predate GFORCE
Kimba the White Lion
Marine Boy
Speed Racer
Tobor the 8th Man (or 8 man)
Prince Planet
I'm sure there were more, all it takes is someone or something to jog the memory.
I found this group due to an article posted on a Linux Website on computer graphics.
Apparently there is going to be a full length CGI based G-Force movie in the works to be released in 2008 and a full length CGI AstroBoy film slated for 2009.
Should be fun.
doggydaddy59 3 years ago
kimba marine boy were great. speed racer is the greatest old tune. it was kinda too mature for kids. so was johnny quest
bigpunisherbx 3 years ago
I enjoyed BOTP as well as G-Force.
I remember watching AstroBoy back in the 60's
I believe that got me hooked on the Anime style.
It was much later (1966) that some of the local broadcasters on the UHF frequencies started airing cartoons (a.k.a Kids programming)in the early afternoon.
I got out my trusty butter knife and started experimenting with the connections on the back of the set and discovered a whole new world of TV beyond channels 3, 5 & 8.
doggydaddy59 3 years ago
they don't make em like this anymore! classic absoloutely brill!
vikasbhardwaj007 3 years ago
Anyone remember a tv show called grandad? I'm sure it had clive dunn in it and the theme started 'who's that walking down the street...'. Either he was a caretaker or there was a caretaker in it, he lived by a hall? This sounds weird - did I imagine it? the theme tune also went 'playing the piano in the strangest manner, the words are right but the tunes are wrong'. Does anyone know what i am talking about???
Chockabloke 3 years ago
Yes Clive Dunn, and he made that single. I'm not so clear about the program.
Do you also remember Chockabloc?
harper277 3 years ago
I was 10 years old when I use to wath this, you make me cry! what a memories!!!!!!
Fornax2008 3 years ago
Wow, great to see that people still remember this oldie but goodie. I even liked the Japanese version (Gatchaman). They SHOULD dedicate network for all the 80s shows, but kids in South America now get the benefit. 80's had the best cartoons as well as toyline. Today's stuff is simply retarded. Too many goofy Disney shows, an abundance of reality shows, all retarded. What happened to Saturday morning cartoons, where you couldn't decide what channel to stay on cause ALL the good shows were on??
DomRico77 3 years ago 3
So right Dom Rico, I miss my KTLA saturdays. Now you got me thinking of the JC PEnny wishbooks of the 80's as well, now like 4 pages of toys, then like 15-20 pages with Star Wars and GI Joe getting like 6 pages each.
Eijianthony 3 years ago
Lol, good stuff! I have a whole wall of Star Wars action figures (in their box) and a mess of T-Formers all in their box. Not to mention Voltron and Robotech. It's the only thing I look at nowadays to remember my youth. Cartoons today pale in comparison to the cartoons of yesteryear. I resort to finding my shows on Best Buy shelves or Amazon. At least I can watch them whenever I please. Still, I prefer them to put it back on the tube and replace the garbage on TV nowadays..
DomRico77 3 years ago
LMAO TRUTH^
fatboy226 3 years ago
@DomRico77 Amen, brother.
stymie00 1 year ago
LOL!
I had forgotten all about this 'toon.
It was a good one. One of my favorites, growing up, along with Speed Racer.
Don't know or not, but maybe it was made by the same folks? They had a lot of the same characteristics.
Thanks for the nice memories.
Peace.
stymie00 3 years ago
OMG I was 16 LOL wow the memories thanks
deathslullaby1 3 years ago
OMW. That brought back great memories. Battle of the Planets was always my favorite cartoon when I was little. Thanks for the memories.
robbyfan7 3 years ago
i still remember watching this when i was just 4 years old, im now 32 and i also believe cartoons like these we should have more of today.sadly i had to grow up :-(
LiLLinz28 3 years ago
I hear ya brother
mbarbram 3 years ago
a proot a preeet a proo too too a pree tee tee tee ! that was my fav one lol!
boulosjn 3 years ago
My question is why don´t networks make cartoons like this with serious themes anymore. Today it´s all about how ridiculous
situations can become. Everything is so kiddy like. Kids can learn good adult values from cartoons of this sort like trust, honor, and commradatry (hope I spelled it right). The network executives are really missing out and have reduced themselves to producing garbage.
vulture3112 3 years ago 3
Please, Vulture,
You are expecting way too much of our children and the people (companies) who influence them. Why should they have to think about anything? They (our children) don't need to think while they're in school, why should they have to do so while watching cartoons? You're just out of touch...
I hope you caught my sarcasm, I agree with you 100%, bro.
They just don't make cartoons like they used to, back in "the good ol' days". :)
Loony Toons rock!
stymie00 3 years ago
LOL! Someone said the same thing of expecting too much of the kiddies these days when I mentioned She-Ra and He-Man on another site, but they really meant it.
hamstergeisha76 3 years ago
1.11 nice shot of princess. them were the days.
naturalselections 3 years ago 2
lmao
apolloodoutrinador 3 years ago
yeh, me used to go "thrup doop" and make dodgy noises lol Classic cartoon, one of my faves
cunnycunny 3 years ago
Oh my God...this was I think my favorite all time cartoon from when I was in elementary school. I totally forgot the name. Googled G-Force and found. Good God. I would rush home after school to watch this.
Aoudhubillahi 3 years ago
nobody i have spoken to about this knew what the hell i was on about. Thankyou for posting this. I thought i had imagined it!!
4456416 3 years ago
I was laughing since I was sensitized as a youth to have a g-force mentality. Now, its Bob the Builder. I think someone smartened up. LOL.
grubeci 3 years ago
a while back a saw old episodes re-edited and with different music...i guess they were trying to reach a new audience but in the process ruined a great show.spectra rules.
stonedcommander 3 years ago
This one is actually an edited, Americanized version - 7 Sark 7 never existed in the Japanese version.
blueeyesm2k4 3 years ago
im starting to question my own memory...i remember 7 sark 7...i remember the little one talking with beeps and monkey noises and the fattish one talked like he was dumb...am i right at all,im confused...help me
stonedcommander 3 years ago
omg I loved this so much as a kid
thanks for the memories
ashes2flames 3 years ago
WTF is this? a starwars ripoff? what is R2d2 doing there?
MiddleEasternBorder 3 years ago
im sure this came out before star wars....the villen was spectra.the bad guy allways got away.
stonedcommander 3 years ago
Actually came out after Star Wars. 7 Zak & was a deliberate take off on R2D2 to capture that same type of interest. As blueeyes said, there was no 7zark in the original Gatchaman (Japanese Version). Even the names of the kids were different. Casey Kasem was the voice of Mark (Dude in the white outfit). Speaking from a prely musical standpoint (i'm a former band geek) the score for this theme is awesome: wailing trumpets, complex string instrumentation. Killer theme song! G-force rules!
tarprinkle 3 years ago
but do you remember the little one talking in beeps and monkey noises...thats how i remember it...have i gone mad
stonedcommander 3 years ago
Yeah, but that was Kee-yop. the youngest G-force member. He was the little dude with the Bola weapon.
tarprinkle 3 years ago
i think i also remember them forming a human pyrimid and spinning like a tornado...i havent watched all the clips yet but mabye they show it.
stonedcommander 3 years ago
Yeah, that's this video at 1:03
tarprinkle 3 years ago
i wonder if enough people like this to warrent a live action movie...they would make it rated PG but they should make it R.kids that used to like it are now much older and would like a violent,serious version
stonedcommander 3 years ago
I remember this too in the late 70's or ealry 80's. I was in highschool in 1979 and in the early 80's. in the 90's and later they changed the voices even Kee-yops to not having the beeps and monkey voices. The voice of 7 Zark 7 sounded like the man who played Less Nessman on "WKP In Cincinatti". My sister who is over a year younger than I am thought he was cute, The opening credits reminds me of "Super Friends" or almost like it. .
britfrenir 2 years ago
Wow, didn't realize that Kasey Kasem voiced a character in this series. Nice trivia info, Tar.
By the way, he also voiced Shaggy in the Scooby Doo cartoons, which was another of one of my childhood favorites.
What I have to wonder now, is, what exactly were Daphne and Fred doing when they stuck Velma with Shaggy and Scoob? ; )
stymie00 3 years ago
I could tell it was Casey Casum because I saw him on tv shows and it souned like the way he talks when not doing voices for cartoons. I this show was back in the 90'sor 2000 or later and Casey Casum's voice was replaced along with some of the other voices if not all of them.
britfrenir 2 years ago
Gatchman/G-Force/Battle of the Planets leader Washoi is one of the characters in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom!
PantherCaruso 3 years ago