The Evil White Sea is the 57th episode of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
Plot Summary[]
Mike Miller, an old man and sniper, has been released from prison after 35 years. Galactor gives him a small tank with a freeze gun on board and orders him to eliminate the Science Ninja Team.
Three observation satellites high above the south pole are shot down. Guessing that this is Galactor's fault, the Science Ninja Team heads towards the area. Katse is awaiting their arrival, accompanied by a small tank. Joe tells Ken to pursue Katse and goes after the tank, but Mike aims the freeze gun at him and freezes him along with the G2 car.
The rest of the team heads out in order to fight in their individual machine, but when Ryu sees how Jinpei is done for, he heads towards the tank without thinking and the G-5 gets frozen as well.
But when Mike aims at Jun, he hesitates one moment and the bullet misses. Besides, the gun is starting to burn because of the continuous use. The fire is fanned by the G1 and the fallen over tank goes up in flames. Ken and Jun approach Mike. He asks them why they didn't fight using weapons.
Ken answers that their individual machines are not equipped with weapons that Katse gave him. Mike shows Ken the cores of the bullets he secretly took away and tells him that his comrades are not dead and they will be thawed out eventually. He also says that he missed the shot at Jun, because he saw in her figure an image of his daughter from whom he was separated from 35 years ago. Then he dies from his wounds.
Inside the God Phoenix, which is on its way home, Ken says to his friends that if they wished for weapons, it wouldn't be them to try outdoing Galactor.
Staff[]
- Screenplay: Takeo Matsuura and Hirohisa Soda
- Director: Hisayuki Toriumi
- Mecha Design: Kunio Okawara
- Animation: Koji Sugii, Akio Kikuchi, Shigeru Kato
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
- Mike Miller: Hiroo Oikawa
- Commander: Takuzo Kamiyama
- Narrator: Hideo Kinoshita
- Member: Tessho Genda (as Mitsuo Yokoi)
- Prison Guard: Bungo Nakano
- Controller's Voice: Takemi Nakamura