7/10
One Of The First Anime Dubs I Saw
8 February 2022
I actually remember seeing this dub of Gatchaman on Cartoon Network as a kid. G-Force: Guardians of Space is the second English dub of the first Gatchaman series, the first dub being Battle of the Planets, which, while having some good VAs like Casey Kasem, was heavily censored. Sandy Frank Productions and Turner Corporation teamed up for this (the former responsible for Battle of the Planets) with the aim of making a more faithful dub (albeit with some edits to keep the violence from getting too intense, as Gatchaman does has moments like this).

While I did like this as a kid, as an adult who now has the ADV dub of Gatchaman, I can see why this is usually bashed (even though I still like this). The characters are given names like Ace Goodheart, Dirk Daring, and Dr. Benjamin Brighthead, which will remind people of the silly dub names from 60's anime like Astro Boy and Gigantor (which had names like Dick Strong and Dr. Elefun). Also, the dub only does 85 episodes, and has no ending (although from what I heard, the ending for Gatchaman was dark to the point where no editing can make it kid-friendly, so it's for the best).

However, despite these shortcomings, this dub is good for being a near-accurate dub of the original Japanese source material, and despite having that song that sounds like techno, most of the Japanese soundtrack is intact. Plus, the voice acting is good, if not flawed (as sometimes, the voice does match the characters' lip movements).
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