And it would be the mid 80s that G-Force Defenders of Space, another Gatchaman adaptation would grace us here in the west. Much the same way in how I viewed Voltron back in the those innocent days of the mid 1980s. The next year, we would get an adaptation known as Battle of the Planets and with all the Hanna Barbara-esque edits, the original essense of Tatsunoko’s work could still be seen. Maybe not to the caliber of say Speed Racer, but for those of you who saw the original Stars Wars film in theaters during 1977, you were in for a surprise. Gatchaman is one of the oldest series to have influence here in the west. OK then, how about a sentai task force that wears thigh high boots? After all superheroes wear only calf high boots, BORING! So what do we have to watch kids? How about Science Ninja Team Gatchaman? Bird… GO! Now, I love this stuff from Japan, what if they only had something to offer? Oh wait, they do? Lots of options you say.
Batman and some of X-Men are OK, but the way our media over here has portrayed ‘heroes’ has left me a little flat… i.e. I have never got the whole idea of the American superhero.
