Gatchaman
- The Movie (1978/Sentai Blu-ray)
Picture:
C+ Sound: C+ Extras: D Film: C+
The
Earth is in danger as the mysterious Alien X and Berg Katse with
their mutant army continues to create weapons of mass destruction.
Only Gatchaman, the Science Ninja Team can save the world.
Backed by the greatest scientist in the world, Dr. Nambu, they fly in
to action with their mighty ship God Phoenix to defeat the mutant
armies and their alien overlords. This is the 1978 movie version of
the international animated hit 1972 TV series.
Before
Power Rangers there was Gatchaman, a group of winged
costumed heroes to fight the terrorist organization know only as
Galactor, they create various machine monsters and threaten to
destroy the world unless the world leaders summit to their demands.
Only Gatchaman stands in their way, backed by the greatest scientific
minds of mankind Ken the Eagle, Joe the Condor, Jun the Swan, Ryu the
Owl, and Jinpei the Swallow, lead the fight to stop the various
doomsday machines which cause natural disasters all over the
world.
Also known also as Battle Of The Planets in the
U.S. in truncated form, this was a series someone dug up from cold
storage, you could tell from the character design it was from the
1970s and when people feared the abuse of nuclear weapons and power
would destroy the world [more than now apparently]. But you could
also see how this series greatly inspired more modern series such as
the Power Rangers.
The
1.33 X 1 digital High Definition image can be a bit rough and dated,
not looking as good as Sentai's Blu-ray set of the series, plus the
lossless DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 2.0 Mono in both Japanese and
English also show their age, making the combination good at best.
Extras only include trailers, but for more on that original series,
nicely issued on Blu-ray by Sentai, go to our coverage at this
link...
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/12561/Gatchaman:+Complete+Collection+(aka+Science
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Ricky Chiang
