"G-Force: Guardians of Space" - "Toonami Midnight Run" Intro (2000)

[CNFanLDEalt]

I believe Gatchaman also brought forth Saban Brands' Eagle Riders.

[Erador]

Man... I remember when G-Force was on REGULAR Cartoon Network years before this, again at like 2 or 3 in the morning along with Speed Racer. That was before Toonami had even come out yet. I guess I was 6 or 7. That was one of my absolute favorite shows on there and I was always disappointed cus they almost never showed it during the day when I could catch it. I was usually up all night if I was staying with a babysitter or something... memories

[SuperAdventures]

@Erador It used to air up to 6 days a week (afternoons and late night re-runs) when it first premiered on CN in early 1995. After a couple of runs (or for some other reason), it was relegated to late nights, then weekends only by 1996. The TMR airing was very brief; only a handful of episodes were aired between January-March 2000.

[booyah344]

WELL OFF TO PLAY TATSUNOKO VS. CAPCOM

[Chaos2ThaWorld1]

i was wrong i do remember that show when i watch it on yutube months ago it was when i was a kid

[188metalhead881]

If I'm not wrong, the girl has a yoyo, right?

[roguelead72]

@188metalhead881 Believe it or not the yoyo was developed as a weapon before it became a toy. And it was actually more like a whirlygig.

[HumanDaikon]

What episode is that clip at the end from where it shows all 5 of them individually except Ken, and Ace says "OK, let's go! G-Force!"?

[SuperAdventures]

@HumanDaikon Episode 15, "The Giant Jellyfish Lens". The original Gatch version of that episode is up here on YT if you want to check it out.

Scenes from this intro are culled from the first 20 episodes (not all of course) of "G-Force", including one of the pilots, which are up on my videos!

[TurtleDove81]

I used to watch G Force on MTV years ago....I never knew it was on Toonami, I recall outlawstar,etc

[JUWON4LIFE]

I didn't know this was in english awesome!

[Chaos2ThaWorld1]

i dont even remember that show on toonami but i saw those characters fist time in the tatsunoko vs capcom game

[188metalhead881]

Geez been looking for this cartoon for years, first time I see it in like 13-14 years.

[GIR177]

@188metalhead881 have you played tatsunoko vs capcom?

[188metalhead881]

@GIR177 No, have only played marvel vs capcom.

[solrwavz]

noobs.

[XINKAI]

bad ass show thats making its com back in a bad ass game

[silencecrow0]

I think Toonami should be the channel just like Boomerang for example.

[onmirob]

G-Force is the first anime i saw as a kid,i'm watched it everyday after school on cartoon network.

[kazuya246]

this show was the coolest thing in the world back in the day

[XINKAI]

@kazuya246

this, thunder cats, and voltron, then sailor moon, robotech, and DBZ, then Gundam, then toonami just started to get crazier and crazier with the awesome shows it was dishing

[DaPrincess007]

The intro music used on this promo was also used for Sailor Moon at one point in 2000 for the Sailor Moon bumpers...Those are almost impossible to find, though...

[SuperAdventures]

Good to know, thanks.

This obscure airing of "G-Force" on "Toonami Midnight Run" (at what, friggin' 3-3:30AM?) was so under the radar; I wished I had known about it. I'm surprises anyone even catched these intros, much less was up watching TMR late into the night.

[DaPrincess007]

Surprisingly, I've never watched G-Force beofre. I happened to click on this intro looking for the original Sailor Moon intro w/ this music...LOL

[Z3R0FiR3]

No, It was usually played around 1am. I remember Speed Racer being played after it.

[SaulFernandezPrieto]

OMG! So many Great Cartoons, and they are showing CN Real now.....please stop talking about them...it makes me sad : (

[kn00tcn]

@DaPrincess007 go to toonamiarsenal, they've been posting them for years

[britfrenir]

I saw this was back on WFLD Fox 32 Chicago like it was in the 80's, but with different voices.

[britfrenir]

I rememb G Force and saw on here that this version was copyrighted in 2000 which I thought maybe that I first saw it in the 90's or 2000 or later. I told my niece that I saw first saw it when it was called "Battle Of The Planets" and the voices where different. There is a channel with B O T P. Casey Casesum's voice was on there too.

[Chavezz]

man fire bird mode was the shit

[freckleburger]

Tatsunoko vs Capcom 8D

[bucktown95]

I remember running to the tv set whenever I heard the corny opening, they went as far as to list the names and do profiles in the intro, Dirk Daring ''bold as a hawk'' LOL.

[guyveromega27]

In the original Gatchaman they were known as: Ken the Eagle, Joe the Condor, Jun the Swan, Jinpei the Swallow, and Ryu the Owl. In the seventies when they were brought over to the US they were Mark, Jason, Princess, Keyop, and Tiny. Re-done again in the 80's (Only God knows why) Changed again to Ace Goodheart, Dirk Daring, Agatha June, PeeWee, and HootOwl (Hootie). I guess they called him Hootowl as an excuse to shorten it to Hootie. Eagle Riders I think used some of the original names.

[TwilightLink77]

No the names were change in Eagle Riders except Joe the Condor.

[guyveromega27]

What were they?

[TwilightLink77]

They were Hunter Harris (Ken),Joe Thax (Joe),Kelly Jennar (June),Mickey Dugan (Jinpei),Ollie Keeawani (Ryu)

[alphonsojones]

does any one remember which episdoe it was when one of glactor's henchmen hop unto his spacecraft just as he was leaving and galactor kicks him and shouts "Fool.....infidel" lmfao that was so funny i would like to watch that episode again.

[theory24]

wow, its been a while since ive seen the old tom...

[MechaBlazeEagle]

I miss the old Tom!

[rikard838]

may the whores who destroyed gatchaman burn in hell!

They owe me money because i was folled and bought this poor-mans version of gatchaman!

[Argo2Eternal]

I've heard of two different sets of names for the characters ie Ace Goodhart/Jason, Hoot Owl/Tiny and Agatha Jane/Princess. Which is correct? Thanks

[Funkgun]

Depends if you watched Battle of the Planets, or G-Force. BOTP the names were Princess, Tiny and Jason, I believe. and in G-Force the names were changed to the others. And in the Original Gatchaman There original names are different again. I think Jason was called Ken, I can not remember the actuall Japanese names for the others.

[Argo2Eternal]

Thanks. The version that I discovered a few years ago had Jason, Tiny, Princess and I want to say the other two, but I can't remember them. I then heard of the different names.

Somehow, I would want to be known as Tiny instead of HootOwl anyway.^-^

[KilljoyRamp]

lol Hootowl? Yeah i like Tiny a little better too.

[ZechsMerquise27]

I rented the entire original uncensored Gatchaman series from netflix. Joe Condor rules.

[MrRadaikon]

it may have been cheap and corny but it was my first intro to anime

[thcman4]

i miss old toonami.....

[fuun123]

good news guy!g force is going to be a movie! from the same creators of tmnt

[trideegurl2]

i am so hoping they do a good job on that, tmnt was awesome, so so far its good news!!! :-)  YAY!!!

[SuperAdventures]

I've uploaded the first and sixth episodes of "G-Force", the 18th (actually pilot) episode (in Spanish) and high-quality versions of the "G-Force" intro and outro. Check my videos section and the video responses on this page.

[441129]

i agree with comodo24

[tantrumania]

stupid intro

[SuperAdventures]

Unfortunately and ironically, the original English episodes of "G-Force" are quite hard to come by, while foreign-language versions are EASIER to get because "G-Force" had more of a fanbase (still not as much as BotP though) internationally. I too pray for a series DVD release. BotP & Gatch got one, why not G-Force? Our fanbase may be small, but we still want it!

[SatoshiSonic948]

That was the first anime I watched ever. I sure do miss it.

[mmmpie]

LOL

[therosesword007]

thats one of the best shows on toonami back in the days I sure do miss it.

[comodo24]

TOONAMI went into a shit hole and they only have crap now! its a good thing we still have AdultSwim!

[Kantreth]

I miss Robotech. I don't remember a thing about it now, but as a small child I completely knew the storyline... *sighs*

[SuperAdventures]

Yep, I know which in most people's eyes would make the G-Force dub completely redundant now. But just like there are people who prefer Streamline's "Akira" dub over the brand-spankin' new Pioneer dub, I still have a soft spot for the "G-Force" dub even though it's now been outclassed.

[greensucksbluerules]

It's ironic you would mention Akira given the fact that the Streamline voice overs for Kaneda, Tetsuo, and Kaori/Takashi were all in G-Force. The OVA also had some actors from the Streamline dub- Kei and "Yuji Takeyama" (no clue who that is, but he was in it!), along with Takashi's Pioneer actress.

[Scentless]

Every episode of Gatchaman is available on DVD in the US now.

[TVLubber]

But G-Force should be on DVD as well. I wish it would.

[dopeass3d]

Where can I get it?

[toonamiworld12]

tom 1 looks gay in this midnight block

[CartoonNetworkdot]

He does not!!!

[Ian16545]

Oh, boy, what I wouldn't give to see it on the air again...

[spartan2600]

i loved that show.

[SuperAdventures]

This is "G-Force:Guardians of Space", the '80's dub of Gatchaman most known for airing on Cartoon Network. "Battle of the Planets" is from the late '70's and notably features the R2-D2-like "7 Zark 7".

[bd8024]

7zark7 had a dog too, but i forget it's name.

[fuzzywzhe]

> 7zark7 had a dog too, but i forget it's

> name.

I think it was 1rover1

You know, 25 years later, and I still hate zark. Somebody needs to give that stupid robot a good beating.

[vaderundershorts]

i hated 7Fart7 even when I was a kid. I always wondered why R2-D2 was in Battle of the Planets. Such a bunch of horse crap. Yes, that dumb dog with the flying tail was 1Rover1... or as I like to remember, 1Boner1.

[supa250]

the robot was used a narrator of sorts to "fill-in" the scenes and/or material cut from the original Gatchaman and they chose the R2-D2 template due to the popularity of Star Wars that had just debuted a year before BotP.......now you have more detailed info to be pissed at :) :P

[TailseLuigi]

the name is batle of the planets or g-force? i saw both

[fuzzywzhe]

> the name is batle of the planets or g-force?

> i saw both

Both. The original show was Gatchaman. Gatchaman was in Japanese and it was pretty violent.

The show was picked up by US interests, butchered, and this is the result. Battle of the Planets and G-Force were still breakthrough in American television, but they are very watered down versions of the original.

Gatchaman was a saga, over 100 episodes, and not nearly as child oriented.

[SuperAdventures]

Yeah, but only 13 out of its 85 episodes in total.

[ShotByABazooka]

actually they do have it on dvd

[Cerisatempest]

I remember this intro. I never did get to see much of G-Force either time on CN (the first time, I came in late to the series. The second..well, I don't think it lasted too long). Thanks for uploading this. Despite BOTP being better in some aspects, I still have a place for this dub (and the original Gatchaman)..

[Number1BSArtist]

The show is Battle of the Planets.

[SuperAdventures]

Definitely not this show. They haven't shown it pretty much since early 1997. And that was the last time the show has aired in it's entirety in the U.S on a national scale too. No DVD boxsets, NOTHING.

[dubarry3]

fuck cartoon network . what is that crap they show on that channel now .