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[[File:Gatchaman1.jpg|thumb|192px|Gatchaman OVA]]
 
[[File:Gatchaman1.jpg|thumb|192px|Gatchaman OVA]]
   
'''''Gatchaman'''''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">(ガッチャマン<sup style="line-height:1em;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets <span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">?</span>]</sup>)</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> is a three-part </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_video_animation original video animation]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> (OVA) based on the popular 1970s </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime anime]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> </span>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatchaman Gatchaman]''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">. It was released in Japan and the United States during the mid-1990s. This version of </span>''Gatchaman''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> is set in the year 2066 where the evil leader of the nation of Hontwall is threatening to take over the planet. Scientists from the International Science Organization are disappearing and only five teenage heroes, the Science Ninja team, can stop the disaster.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatchaman_(OVA)#cite_note-2 [2]]</sup><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> The OVAs were licensed by </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Vision Urban Vision]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> through </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony_Gold_USA Harmony Gold USA]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> and were released on VHS and DVD. At </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime_Boston Anime Boston]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> 2013, </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentai_Filmworks Sentai Filmworks]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> had announced that they have rescued the OVA series along with the original 1970's series for a DVD re-release in October.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatchaman_(OVA)#cite_note-3 [3]]</sup><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> The series was made available for streaming through </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crunchyroll Crunchyroll]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatchaman_(OVA)#cite_note-4 [4]]</sup>
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'''Gatchaman''' (ガッチャマン) aka ''Gatchaman '94'' is a three-part (OVA) reboot/remake based on the original anime. It was released in Japan and the United States during the mid-1990s. This version of Gatchaman is set in the year 2066 where the evil leader of the nation of Hontwall is threatening to take over the planet. Scientists from the International Science Organization are disappearing and only five teenage heroes, the Science Ninja team, can stop the disaster. The OVAs were licensed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Vision Urban Vision] through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony_Gold_USA Harmony Gold USA]and were released on VHS and DVD. At [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime_Boston Anime Boston] 2013, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentai_Filmworks Sentai Filmworks] had announced that they have rescued the OVA series along with the original 1970s series for a DVD re-release in October of that year.
 
 
   
 
There are two dubs of the OVA: The original Harmony Gold/Urban Vision release from 1997, as well as the 2013 dub by Sentai Filmworks. The latter reunited the cast of the ADV Films dub of the Gatchaman series, and was done to maintain consistency with that version.
 
There are two dubs of the OVA: The original Harmony Gold/Urban Vision release from 1997, as well as the 2013 dub by Sentai Filmworks. The latter reunited the cast of the ADV Films dub of the Gatchaman series, and was done to maintain consistency with that version.
   
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==OVA Episodes==
   
   

Revision as of 02:16, 21 January 2014

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Gatchaman OVA

Gatchaman (ガッチャマン) aka Gatchaman '94 is a three-part (OVA) reboot/remake based on the original anime. It was released in Japan and the United States during the mid-1990s. This version of Gatchaman is set in the year 2066 where the evil leader of the nation of Hontwall is threatening to take over the planet. Scientists from the International Science Organization are disappearing and only five teenage heroes, the Science Ninja team, can stop the disaster. The OVAs were licensed by Urban Vision through Harmony Gold USAand were released on VHS and DVD. At Anime Boston 2013, Sentai Filmworks had announced that they have rescued the OVA series along with the original 1970s series for a DVD re-release in October of that year.

There are two dubs of the OVA: The original Harmony Gold/Urban Vision release from 1997, as well as the 2013 dub by Sentai Filmworks. The latter reunited the cast of the ADV Films dub of the Gatchaman series, and was done to maintain consistency with that version.

OVA Episodes

Notes

  • In the first OVA episode, the door on Ryu's boat rental shop has a life preserver ring with the numbers "19 72" on it. This is a reference to the year the original series debuted.
    OVA Easter egg

    A little easter egg for the fans...