Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: The Movie

Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: The Movie
Directed by	Hisayuki Toriumi
Produced by	Toshio Suzuki
Written by	Jinzō Toriumi
Based on	Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Starring	Katsuji Mori Isao Sasaki Kazuko Sugiyama Yoku Shioya Shingo Kanemoto Tōru Ōhira Mikio Terashima Nobuo Tanaka
Music by	Koichi Sugiyama
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release dates	May 12, 1978 (1978-05-12)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: The Movie (科学忍者隊ガッチャマン 劇場版, Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman: Gekijōban) is a 1978 Japanese anime science fiction film and a version of the anime series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.

Plot

Sosai X traveled millions of light years to reach the planet Earth and creates a mutant Berg Katse. 30 years later he is the leader of the terrorist organisation known as Galactor. They want to conquer the world. Since Galactor controls the mechanical monster "Turtle King," the nations of the world live in fear.

Earth's only hope lies with five teenagers who can move like shadows. They are Gatchaman, five superheroes who arrive in their spaceship "Godphoenix" to stop Galactor's Machiavellian plans of world domination.

Cast

Character	Japanese	English
Ken the Eagle	Katsuji Mori	Leraldo Anzaldua
Joe the Condor	Isao Sasaki	Brian Jepson
Jun the Swan	Kazuko Sugiyama	Kim Prause
Jinpei the Swallow	Yoku Shioya	Luci Christian
Ryu the Owl	Shingo Kanemoto	Victor Casrud
Dr. Kozaburo Nambu	Toru Ohira	Andy McAvin
Red Impulse	Hisayoshi Yoshizawa	John Tyson
Berg Katse	Mikio Terashima	Edwin Neal
Leader X	Nobuo Tanaka	Charles C. Campbell
Director Anderson	Teiji Omiya	Marty Fleck
Sabu	Hiroya Ishimaru	Chris Patton
Narrator	Kiyoshi Kobayashi	George Manley

Further reading

• G-Force: Animated (TwoMorrows Publishing: ISBN 978-1-893905-18-4)

External links

• Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: The Movie at IMDb
• Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: The Movie (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia