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Apart from Doctor Who, I loved Battle of the Planets. I had no idea it was a Japanese anime until in the early 90's when I discovered that it was called Gatchaman and that it was completely different in tone from the child friendly cartoon I watched during the Summer holidays. Gone was 7-Zark-7 (a blessing in reality as he was annoying!!), the names of the characters were different and the storyline was darker with people dying regularly in episodes. I got hold of information on the internet that somebody in Texas was selling the final 5 episodes of Gatchaman on VHS tape (they had never been broadcast in the UK as part of BOTP), I just had to buy this tape no matter what. I eventually managed to pay this guy with an international money check (no PAYPAL in those days) and a month later the tape arrived. Upon viewing the tape I was immediately struck by how much superior Gatchaman was to BOTP and the death of one of the major characters really shocked me. I still like BOTP but give me the uncensored Gatchaman episodes anyday.
Apart from Doctor Who, I loved Battle of the Planets. I had no idea it was a Japanese anime until in the early 90's when I discovered that it was called Gatchaman and that it was completely different in tone from the child friendly cartoon I watched during the Summer holidays. Gone was 7-Zark-7 (a blessing in reality as he was annoying!!), the names of the characters were different and the storyline was darker with people dying regularly in episodes. I got hold of information on the internet that somebody in Texas was selling the final 5 episodes of Gatchaman on VHS tape (they had never been broadcast in the UK as part of BOTP), I just had to buy this tape no matter what. I eventually managed to pay this guy with an international money check (no PAYPAL in those days) and a month later the tape arrived. Upon viewing the tape I was immediately struck by how much superior Gatchaman was to BOTP and the death of one of the major characters really shocked me. I still like BOTP but give me the uncensored Gatchaman episodes anyday.
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