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Battle of the Planets

  • TV Series
  • 1978–19801978–1980
  • TV-Y7TV-Y7
  • 30m
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7.5/10
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Battle of the Planets (1978)
A five-member superhero team called G-Force fights to defend Earth and its space colonies from the threat of the planet Spectra.
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A five-member superhero team called G-Force fights to defend Earth and its space colonies from the threat of the planet Spectra.A five-member superhero team called G-Force fights to defend Earth and its space colonies from the threat of the planet Spectra.A five-member superhero team called G-Force fights to defend Earth and its space colonies from the threat of the planet Spectra.
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  • Stars
    • Alan Young
    • Keye Luke
    • Ronnie Schell
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    • Alan Young
    • Keye Luke
    • Ronnie Schell
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    • 27User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Alan Young
    Alan Young
    • 7-Zark-7as 7-Zark-7…
    85 episodes85 eps • 1978–1980
    Keye Luke
    Keye Luke
    • Zoltaras Zoltar…
    85 episodes85 eps • 1978–1980
    Ronnie Schell
    Ronnie Schell
    • Jasonas Jason…
    85 episodes85 eps • 1978–1980
    Janet Waldo
    Janet Waldo
    • Princessas Princess…
    85 episodes85 eps • 1978–1980
    Casey Kasem
    Casey Kasem
    • Markas Mark…
    85 episodes85 eps • 1978–1980
    Alan Dinehart
    • Tiny Harperas Tiny Harper…
    85 episodes85 eps • 1978–1980
    Alan Oppenheimer
    Alan Oppenheimer
    • Additional Voicesas Additional Voices
    85 episodes85 eps • 1978–1980
    Takayo Fischer
    Takayo Fischer
    • Additional Voicesas Additional Voices…
    85 episodes85 eps • 1978–1980
    William Woodson
    • Narratoras Narrator…
    85 episodes85 eps • 1978–1980
    David Jolliffe
    • Additional Voicesas Additional Voices…
    85 episodes85 eps • 1978–1980
    Edward Andrews
    Edward Andrews
    • Dr. Baxteras Dr. Baxter…
    4 episodes4 eps • 1978–1979
    Frank Maxwell
    Frank Maxwell
    • Dr. Harlanas Dr. Harlan…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1978
    Wendy Young
    • Peruas Peru
    1 episode1 ep • 1979
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    • Trivia
      Most footage comes from an existing Japanese anime series known predominantly as "Gatchaman", but the series content was tweaked for an American audience, including a reduction in violent scenes. To offset the removed content, the character 7-Zark-7 was added and had a role that tied the altered story together.
    • Quotes

      [opening narration]

      Narrator: Battle of the Planets! G-Force, five incredible young people with superpowers! And watching over them from Centre Neptune, 7-Zark-7! Watching, warning against surprise attacks by alien galaxies from beyond space. G-Force! Fearless young orphans, protecting Earth's entire galaxy. Always five, acting as one. Dedicated! Inseparable! Invincible!

    • Alternate versions
      The UK DVD box set of the entire series contains several alternative versions of several episodes:
      • 'Battle of the Planets: The Movie', a 68 minute feature editing together several episodes onto one storyline: 'Attack of the Space Terrapin', 'Big Robot Gold Grab', 'Ghost Ship of Planet Mir' and the 'Invasion of Space Centre' episodes'. The G-Fore team's adventures here are all earthbound, and include scenes of violence and loss of life originally edited from the TV series. 7 Zark 7 is played by David Bret Egen instead of Alan Young.
      • 'Mini Feature', a 40 minute short combining the 'Invasion of Space Centre' episodes. This feature includes violence and loss of life originally cut out of the TV series. It also includes an alternative character introduction separate from the TV series, and a new club version of the theme music.
      • The episode 'Rescue of the Astronauts', with an additional character introduction, introduction sequence and the club version of the theme music.
    • Connections
      Edited from Gatchaman (1972)

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    y'all make me feel so old...
    Reading the comments here, I felt so old. A recent marathon on "Boomerang" brought me back to my teen years. I was weird, and old enough to remember the original showings of "Astro Boy", "Gigantor", "Kimba, The White Lion", and other early anime on US TV. It had been awhile, and I found this, (this is before even "Star Blazers" or "Robotech"). I was a freshman, (perhaps a sophomore), and this showed up in syndication, pry out of Kansas City. I caught every episode I could. It had obviously seen some editing, yet suprising moments of violence remained now and then. Over the years, I've found that 7-Zark-7/1-Rover-1, were padding to cover time lost when violence was removed, (Mark and Princess's weapons were quite nasty, especially Princess's yo-yo!). I've wandered into the TBS "G-Force" a time or two, and, while potentially truer to the source, it just doesn't have the class of this. The soundtrack is very good, and probably quite desired by fans. It didn't change my life, but it was a fun program to watch often. I hope that the Boomerang marathon, which must contain the whole damn thing, is a sign of it's renewed availability. Japanese animation in America, without the incessant merchandising! Geez, this is before "Transformers", or "Go-Bots"! Nice to see it again!
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    • Apr 25, 2004

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    • Release date
      • September 18, 1978 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Japan
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Comando G
    • Production companies
      • Gallerie International Films Ltd.
      • Tatsunoko Production
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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