"G-Force: Guardians of Space" (1986) - Opening

"G-FORCE: GUARDIANS OF SPACE" IS A COPYRIGHT OF SANDY FRANK ENTERTAINMENT. UNDERLYING PROPERTY ("SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN") IS A TRADEMARK AND COPYRIGHT OF TATSUNOKO PRODUCTION CO.,LTD. ALL OTHER TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS & LICENSES HAVE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED. NO INFRINGEMENT INTENDED.

This is the opening sequence to "G-Force: Guardians of Space" (1986), the second of three English adaptations to Tatsunoko Productions' "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman" (1972), following Sandy Frank Entertainment's initial effort "Battle of the Planets" 1978 and preceding ADV Film's recent uncut, unedited release, known as just "Gatchaman" (2005).

The opening to "G-Force" utilizes some pieces of the original "Gatchaman"'s openings, but also utilizes scenes from the first episode and most notably the two designated "pilot" episodes to this adaptation (Episodes 18 and 85, the latter originally Gatch Episode 87), ending with a slide of the "G-Force" title screen which unfortunately is not animated (most likely due to the tight budget the dub was produced on).

Unlike its "Gatchaman" and "Battle of the Planets" breathren, "G-Force" didn't have title cards at the beginning of its episodes which made following the show and its' individual episodes quite difficult. Foreign-language dubs of G-Force attempted to correct this oversight by having the narrator announce the episode title at the start of each episode.

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[StevePonders]

I'm surprised Disney didn't get sued.

[SuperAdventures]

The domestic rights holder to Gatchaman (Sandy Frank Entertainment) had lost those rights by the time Disney's "G-Force" came out. Besides, enough time had passed between when BotP and G-Force aired and when Disney's movie came out, so they got away with giving it that title and not confusing people. :)

[hoggy2much999]

Battle Of The Planets has the far better opening.

[SuperAdventures]

BotP has superior production values over G-Force I admit, but the show's bowdlerization of Gatchaman sucked.

[hoggy2much999]

I was just looking at your description and you say that G-Force is the second of 3 English adaptations of Gatchman following BOTP and Gatchaman 2005.

That is wrong as you have made no mention of Eagle Riders which was the third adaptation of Gatchaman.

So your description should read that G-Force is the second of FOUR English adaptations of Gatchaman.

The correct order is Battle Of The Planets, G-Force, Eagle Riders, Gatchaman 2005.

[SuperAdventures]

Eagle Riders was an English adaptation of Gatchaman II and Fighter, the sequels to the original, which is why I didn't include it. The original Gatchaman in and of itself had 3 English adaptations.

[Jay Con]

Nah this version is crap lol

Mark

Jason

Tiny

Keyop and

Princess

Thas what I remember

[Yaenipponcover]

lol I remember the background music in this was basically the entire soundtrack of the show xD

[joshuaorro]

I wonder if Jerry Bruckheimer ever watched this show

[amin badai]

Ni film ane msh kcl, keren bngt.

[joshuaorro]

that music is awesome

[Tommy Luna]

Yup, dats what I know

[Stealthbat007]

Ahh, sweet, Sweet Memories!