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Gatchaman (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Gatchaman '94
Tecno Ninja Gatchaman (Italian)
ガッチャマン (Japanese)
독수리5형제 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: A.D. 2066 - Shortly after a small country separates itself from the United Nations, members of the International Science Organization mysteriously disappear without a trace. Renowned scientist Kouzaburou Nanbu realizes that the secret organization known as the "Gallactor" is making its move to conquer the world. To counter this terrorist group, he prepares his ultimate weapon: five brave heroes that comprise the Science Ninja Team - Gatchaman.
User Ratings: 69 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:3)
 Very good: 11 votes (dub:5, sub:5, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Good: 23 votes (sub:15, dub:6, raw:1, ?:1)
 Decent: 15 votes (sub:9, dub:6)
 So-so: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 219 users, rank: #3635 (of 9508)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.551 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.69, rank: #5519 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 6.505 (Good−), rank: #5582 (of 9647) (seen all: 6.57 / seen some: 6.29 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.669 (Good−), rank: #4648 (of 7268)
Running time: 45 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 3
Episode titles: We have 3
Vintage:
1994-10-01 to 1995-04-01
1997-07-29 to 1997-09-16 (USA)
Ending Theme:
"Let's Fly" by Lance Matthew
Insert song:
"Gatchaman '94" (ガッチャマン '94) by Ichiro Mizuki (eps 1-2)
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 1
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 1
Review:
Gatchaman Collection DVD (Jan 12, 2002)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Gatchaman - Complete Collection [TV + OVA] (Blu-ray) 2013-10-29 (from $149.57)
    Gatchaman - Collector's Edition [TV + OVA + Movie] (Blu-ray) 2019-04-30
    Gatchaman - Complete Collection [TV + OVA + Movie] (Blu-ray) 2023-09-26 (from $76.87)
DVD (Region 1)
    Gatchaman - Collection (DVD) 2001-07-17 (from $11.00)
    Gatchaman - Complete Collection [TV + OVA] (DVD) 2013-10-29
    Gatchaman - OVA Collection (DVD) 2013-10-29 (from $87.99)
VHS
    Gatchaman 1: Dragon King (Dub.VHS 1) 1997-07-29 (from $3.99)
    Gatchaman 2: Red Spectre (Dub.VHS 2) 1997-08-26
    Gatchaman 3: Final Countdown (Dub.VHS 3) 1997-09-30 (from $9.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Storyboard:
Hiroyuki Fukushima (eps 1-3)
Yasuomi Umetsu (ED)
Episode Director:
Akihiko Nishiyama (eps 2-3)
Keitaro Motonaga (ep 1)
Original creator: Tatsuo Yoshida
Character Design: Yasuomi Umetsu
Animation Director: Yasuomi Umetsu (eps 1-3)
Mechanical design: Kimitoshi Yamane
Executive producer:
Ippei Kuri (Tatsunoko Production)
Minoru Yoshida (吉田 稔; Nippon Columbia)
Producer:
Hirotoshi Ōkura (Tatsunoko Production)
Takashi Yoshida (Nippon Columbia)

Additional Music: Bob Sakuma
Animation: Yasuomi Umetsu (ED)
Insert Song Arrangement: Goji Tsuno
Insert Song Composition: Asei Kobayashi
Insert Song Performance: Ichirō Mizuki
Key Animation: Yasuomi Umetsu (eps 1-3)
Planning:
Kouki Narushima (Tatsunoko Production)
Toshimitsu Suzuki (ARTMIC)
Production Desk: Toshikatsu Tokoro (eps 1-3)
Theme Song Composition:
Bill Meyers
Maurice White
Theme Song Lyrics: Brock Walsh
Theme Song Performance:
Ichirō Mizuki ("Gatchaman no Uta '94")
Lance Matthew (ED)
Fumihiko Tachiki as Ryu the Horned Owl (G-5)
Kaneto Shiozawa as Berg Katse
Kōji Ishii as Joe Asakura the Condor (G-2)
Masaya Onosaka as Ken Washio the Eagle (G-1)
Michiko Neya as Jun the Swan (G-3)
Rica Matsumoto as Jinpei the Swallow (G-4)

Ikuya Sawaki as Dr. Kōzaburō Nanbu
Nobuo Tanaka as Sosai X
Unshō Ishizuka as Red Impulse
Yonehiko Kitagawa as Anderson

Ai Orikasa as Berg Katse (female; ep 2)
Daisuke Gouri as General Clintos (ep 2)
Hidekatsu Shibata as Soldier (ep 3)
Hirohiko Kakegawa as
Count Losmandos (ep 2)
Giuseppe Asakura (ep 1)
Hisao Egawa as Submarine Captain (ep 2)
Isshin Chiba as
Galactor (ep 1)
Operator (ep 3)
Submarine Operator (ep 2)
Junko Iwao as Jupiter Ninja (ep 2)
Kazuhiro Nakata as Galactor Commander (ep 1)
Kōichi Tōchika as Galactor (ep 3)
Kouji Tsujitani as Alan (ep 2)
Kunihiko Yasui as Galactor (ep 3)
Masaharu Satō as Dr. Kirkland (ep 1)
Megumi Terase as Caterina Asakura (ep 1)
Naoko Ishii as Stewardess (ep 1)
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Devil Snake Commander (ep 3)
Shigezō Sasaoka as Kerry Beoluke (ep 1)
Shinichirō Miki as Blackbird (eps 1-2)
Takashi Nagasako as UNF Operator (ep 2)
Takehito Koyasu as Dr. Kessler (ep 1)
Takeshi Aono as Dr. Donaldson (ep 2)
Tomohisa Asō as Doctor B (ep 1)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Secretary-General (ep 3)
Toshihiko Nakajima as Chairman Müllen (ep 2)
Unshō Ishizuka as Kentaro Washio
Yasunori Masutani as Galactor (ep 3)
Japanese companies
Animation Cooperation:
FAI
K-Production
Backgrounds: Studio WHO
Film Laboratory: Imagica
Finish Animation: Suzuki Animation Planning
Finish Animation Cooperation:
FAI
K-Production
Key Animation: Tama Production (ep 3)
Music Production: Columbia Music Entertainment
Photography: Studio Boston
Photography Assistance:
Adlib
Azuhata Production
Production Cooperation:
Artland
ARTMIC
Script: ARTMIC (eps 1-3)
Series Composition: ARTMIC
Titles: Maki Production
English staff
English cast
ADR Director:
Charles Campbell (Sentai dub)
Steve Kramer
Script:
Charles Campbell (Sentai dub)
Steve Kramer
Translation:
Anna Exter (Sentai dub)
Jimmy Yamasaki
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi (Sentai dub)
John Ledford (Sentai dub)
Mataichiro Yamamoto
Producer:
David Del Rio (Sentai dub)
John Ledford (Sentai dub)
Sara Redmon

Art Manager: Larry Koteff (2019 Sentai release)
BD Authoring:
David Williams (Sentai re-release)
Joel McCray (2019 Sentai release)
Ryan Anthony (2023 Sentai release)
Casting Director: Melora Harte
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes (Sentai re-release)
Final Mix And Sweetening: Bryan Franklin
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams (Sentai dub)
Menu Design: Larry Koteff (Sentai re-release)
Mixing: Matt Wittmeyer (Sentai dub)
Packaging: Alma Aroustainain
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff (Sentai re-release)
Production Assistant:
Brittany Deans (Sentai dub)
E.W. Rector, III (Sentai dub)
Holly Dorsett (Sentai dub)
Jessica Williams (Sentai dub)
Kayla King (Sentai dub)
Production Coordination:
Dee Gomillion
Janice Williams (2019 Sentai release)
Production manager:
Joey Goubeaud (Sentai dub)
Scott Narrie
Son Phan Le (2019 Sentai release)
QC Manager: Crystal Ruiz (2019 Sentai release)
Recording engineer: Jack Grillo
Sound Design: Matt Wittmeyer (Sentai dub)
Subtitle Script & Timing: Christopher Williams (Sentai re-release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Sentai re-release)
Title Design: Alma Aroustainain
Brian Jepson as Joe the Condor (Sentai dub)
Eddie Frierson as Ken the Eagle (G-1)
Edwin Neal as Berg Katse (Sentai dub)
Kim Prause as Jun the Swan (Sentai dub)
Lara Cody as June the Swan (G-3)
Leraldo Anzaldua as Ken the Egale (Sentai dub)
Luci Christian as Jinpei the Swallow (Sentai dub)
Mona Marshall as Jimmy the Falcon (G-4)
Richard Cansino as Joe the Condor (G-2)
Richard Epcar as Rocky the Horned Owl (G-5)
Victor Carsrud as Ryu the Owl (Sentai dub)

Andy McAvin as Dr. Nambu (Sentai dub)
Charles Campbell as Leader X (Sentai dub)
John Tyson as Red Impulse (Sentai dub)
Michael McConnohie as Dr. Kouzaburou Nanbu
Ralph Vortrian as Lord Zortek
Robert Kline as Solaris

Bentley Jet as Male News Anchor (Sentai dub; eps 1, 3)
Blake Shepard as Jupiter Ninja (Sentai dub; ep 2)
Bob Papenbrook as Father
Brando Austin as Submarine Captain (Sentai dub; eps 2-3)
Claire Hamilton as
Female Katse (Sentai dub; ep 2)
Jupiter Ninja (Sentai dub; ep 2)
Clint Campbell as General Clintos (Sentai dub; ep 2)
David Matranga as
Alan (Sentai dub; ep 2)
Count Los Mandos (Sentai dub; ep 2)
David Wald as Dr. Donaldson (Sentai dub; ep 2)
Edwin Neal as Duke Rector (Sentai dub; ep 2)
George Manley as
Devil Snake Captain (Sentai dub; ep 3)
Narrator (Sentai dub)
Kim Prause as Female News Anchor (Sentai dub; eps 1, 3)
Leraldo Anzaldua as Dr. Kesslor (Sentai dub; eps 1, 3)
Lowell Bartholomee as
Commander Poolack (Sentai dub; ep 3)
Dr. Kirkland (Sentai dub; eps 1, 3)
Mark X Laskowski as President Beoluke (Sentai dub; eps 1, 3)
Marty Fleck as Director Anderson (Sentai dub)
Michael Forest as Chief
Michael Reynolds as Braddock
Rob Mungle as Galactor Captain (Sentai dub; ep 1)
Tony Pope as Galacter Commander
Wendel Calvert as Secretary General (Sentai dub; ep 3)

Brittany Deans (Sentai dub)
English companies
Disc Production: Sentai Studios (2019 Sentai release)
Distributor:
Distribution Solutions (North America; 2023 Sentai release)
Section23 Films (North America, 2013)
Ventura Distribution (Urban Vision DVD)
DVD Authoring & Encoding: 3rd Sector Entertainment
DVD Menu Design: 3rd Sector Entertainment
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (English & Japanese available; expired)
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
Hulu
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
Harmony Gold USA, Inc. (Master License)
Sentai Filmworks
Urban Vision (expired)
Production: Seraphim Digital (Sentai dub)
Recording Studio: Wally Burr Recording
Trailer Edit: Action video Productions
Trailer Music: RPM Entertainment
Updated Translation: New Generation Pictures
Voice Production: Sky Quest Entertainment
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Korean cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Déclic Images
French cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Dubbing Director: Stefania Patruno

Dialogues: Enrica Minimi
Claudio Ridolfo as Ken l'Aquila
Luca Semeraro as Joe il Condor
Patrizia Salmoiraghi as Jun il Cigno
Pietro Ubaldi as Ryu il Gufo
Simone D'Andrea as Jimpei la Rondine

Augusto Di Bono as Supremo X
Marco Balzarotti as Dott. Nanbu
Massimiliano Lotti as Anderson

Aldo Stella as Lectar
Diego Sabre as Kesler (ep 1)
Enrico Bertorelli as Segretario (ep 3)
Giovanni Battezzato as Beoluke (ep 1)
Guido Rutta as Mulen (ep 2)
Lorella De Luca as Madre
Luigi Rosa as Alan (ep 2)
Maddalena Vadacca as Zoltar (voce femminile)
Marco Balbi as Donaldson (ep 2)
Mario Scarabelli as Cartland (ep 1)
Mario Zucca as Comandante (ep 3)
Oliviero Corbetta as Zoltar (voce maschile)
Orlando Mezzabotta as Professor A.
Raffaele Farina as Padre di Ken
Sergio Romano' as
Padock
Prof. Berlin
Stefano Albertini as Losmandos (ep 2)
Vladimiro Landoni as
Clintos (ep 2)
Comandante (ep 1)
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Man-Ga
Distributor: Yamato Video (Italy)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Dubbing Director: Roni Abario
Alejandro Lim as Joe (G-2)
Bon Reyes as
Berg Katse
Jinpei (G-4)
Leslie Paraboles as Ken (G-1)
Maynard Llames as Ryuu (G-5)
Rowena Benavidez as Jun (G-3)

Jay-r Flores as Dr. Nanbu

Bon Reyes as Red Impluse
Carlos Alalay as Lord X

Tagalog companies
Broadcaster:
HERO TV

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