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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Turgenev" data-source="post: 721934" data-attributes="member: 6733">re:Battle of the Planets/G-ForceVery true. The series had a kill ratio that would probably match any current Hollywood action flick. Hell, even one of the main characters dies at the end of the first series (sure he is brought back as a cyborg in the 2nd series but I'm only talking about the first series here). <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> The original Gatchaman series is very different from the American versions. The violence in the original series is something else when you consider it was originally aired in 1972-1974. Civilians died left and right when the mecha monsters showed up (people were stepped on, or blown up, or sometimes both <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />). Course, then there are of those "robot" planes that would get destroyed fighting the villain mecha... in the original series you would often get a glimpse of the pilot screaming just before his craft would explode. Other stuff was edited out for the North American market, such as...Jun (Princess in Battle of the Planets) kicking the evil green guards in the groin during the fight scenes. This didn't happen in every fight scene, but it is there. I also remember two episodes where Jun gets a bit excited/hysterical and Joe (Jason) or Ken (Mark) slap her to calm her down. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" />The main villain was a hermaphodite who could change from one gender to the other (course this was hinted at in the North American versions but never developed like in the orginal). He was actually twins who were mutated and fused together by an alien force who was manipulating the bad guys for his own plans.Jinpei (Keyops, i.e. the kid) swore a streak of profanity that surpased any of the adults on the show (which is saying something since Joe used to swear a lot also <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ). Course Jinpei was only saying 'sh*t' (or the Japanese equivilant) all the time, but still. That's why his Battle of the Planet's version had the strange speech pattern - to make up for the fact that the character is speaking but they edited out his dialogue. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />That leads us to 7-Zark-7 (the annoying r2d2 look-alike who watched everything from his underwater base) - this was an American addition to replace scenes that were edited out for its "violent" content.Obviously, Batttle of the Planets was one of my favourite cartoons as a kid (and Gatchaman is stilll one of my favourite cartoons). Others would include...60s Spider-ManRocket Robin Hood Scooby Doo (can't stand Scrappy Doo though)The Real Ghostbusters (loved the Collect Call of Cthulhu episode)Fat AlbertThe Godzilla Power HourSpider-Man and his Amazing FriendsDungeons & Dragonsand the list goes on and on... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Cheers,Tim</blockquote>

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