Science Ninja Team, Number G-6 is the 60th episode of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
Plot Summary[]
During an experiment with Galactor's brand-new mecha titan, the research machine crashes. Katse commands the termination of the survivors.
The Science Ninja Team arrives at the crash site of the machine, and find it unclear what its purpose was but discover an injured young man and bring him back. The young man has lost his memory, but he and Jinpei become good friends. When the name of Galactor is said, the young man shows a strong reaction.
While the mysterious man rides with Ken on a motorcycle, they are attacked by Galactor and from that shock, the young man remembers the location of the base, the weak points of the mecha and also that he himself is a Galactor. Ken wants to go to confront the mecha titan, which looks like a giant bat, and takes the young man with them. The young man declines, suffering from the fact that he's a Galactor member. However, Ken convinces him to go with them. Jinpei addresses him as "Science Ninja Team G-6".
Ken and the young man sneak into the giant mecha bat. While Ken attracts the enemy, the young man seeks the device to reverse the flame and laser gun, the weak point of the mecha titan. However, he is captured by the commander and told to shoot Ken with the gun given to him. Ken tells him to think this over. The young man points the gun at him, saying that this is his destiny.
The bullet and Ken's boomerang fly away at the same time. The bullet pierces the commander, the young man is hit by the boomerang. He tells Ken where to find the reverse mechanism, then he breathes for the last time. In his report to Nambu, Ken tells the following: Through G-6's death defying deed, the mecha bat titan could be destroyed.
Staff[]
- Screenplay: Akiyoshi Sakai
- Director: Hideo Nishimaki
- Assistant Directors: Koji Nanke, Shigeyuki Ikeda
- Mecha Design: Kunio Okawara
- Animation: Tomonori Kogawa, Norio Hirayama, Ichiro Kimura
Voice Cast[]
- Ken: Katsuji Mori
- Joe: Isao Sasaki
- Jun: Kazuko Sugiyama
- Jinpei: Yoku Shioya
- Ryu: Shingo Kanemoto
- Dr. Nambu: Toru Ohira
- Berg Katse: Mikio Terashima
- Young Man (aka "G-6"): Akira Kamiya
- Captain: Tessho Genda (as Mitsuo Yokoi)
- Narrator: Hideo Kinoshita