Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Who is it? Who is it? Who is it?
The shadow dancing high in the sky
It's the white wings of Gatchaman
You stake your life and fly out
That's the Science Ninja Technique Firebird
Fly! Fly, fly, Gatchaman
Go! Go, go, Gatchaman
There is only one Earth
Oh, Gatchaman, Gatchaman
You stake your life and fly out
That's the Science Ninja Technique Firebird
Fly! Fly, fly, Gatchaman
Go! Go, go, Gatchaman
There is only one Earth
Oh, Gatchaman, Gatchaman
Jumbo Shakora The Ocean Devil King
Berg Katse, isn't Galactor's powerful new mecha,
Jumbo Shakora, completed yet?
Yes, Sir! It has finally been completed.
The only thing left to do is run the tests, which will include real battle training.
Imbecile! We don't have the time for that!
The International Science Organization's Mantle Project is steadily moving ahead.
Deploy Jumbo Shakora immediately!
lts target will be the Mantle Project's Central Lab,
its fuel tanker and three uranium storehouses.
You will succeed this time, will you not?
Yes, Sir! With Jumbo Shakora, there's no way I can lose!
You really will succeed, correct?
Yes, Sir, I will succeed.
Are you really sure you'll succeed?
Well, I think I'll succeed, probably...
Imbecile! What do you think will happen to Galactor if its leader is such a wimp?
Yes, Sir, my apologies.
Dammit! I'm doing the best I can, but Leader X treats me like dirt.
He at least express appreciation for my efforts once in a while.
I have to keep giving it my all!
This is all that despicable Science Ninja Team's fault!
Dammit! Just you wait, Science Ninja Team scum!
You look like you'll live up to my expectations.
Go, Jumbo Shakora!
Unidentified flying objects are still approaching this area at high speed.
All defense units take off immediately! Take off immediately!
Oh! There they are!
All units, take battle formation!
Piece of cake... They sure wasted our time.
Huh?
Oh no!
Captain, I've run out of fuel.
What?
Call off the mission! Fall back immediately!
Man, this stinks. It's strange we're not getting any fish.
Wonder if there's a shark in the area or something?
Well, I guess I'll give it one more shot.
If it's this bad next time, I'm going to call it a night.
Huh? What the heck is that?
What's wrong, Pops?
It's a monster!
Pops! Strange planes are flying this way!
Hey, they combined!
Are they refueling or something?
Help me!
Seiji! Ryu!
At around that time, the five members of the Science Ninja Team
were taking their first vacation in a long time at Dr. Nambu's summer house.
However, Galactor's appearance cut their vacation short,
and they were quickly called to Dr. Nambu's office.
Up until now, the ISO has moved the Mantle Project forward little by little
despite Galactor's attacks.
But at the same time, Galactor's attacks are getting more violent every day.
There's no doubt that this latest attack was also intended to destroy the Mantle Project.
If we let them beat us now, all the work we've done so far would be for nothing.
We absolutely must stave off Galactor's attacks.
And there's only one way to do that.
What is it?
Detect Galactor's attacks as soon as possible, and strike! That's the only way!
Doctor, for once, why don't we take the initiative to search for their base,
and crush them?
Yeah! It's boring always being on the defensive side!
But Jinpei, Galactor could attack while we're away.
Jun's exactly right.
This is Galactor we're talking about. We don't know when they'll attack or from where.
For now, run patrols in every direction. By the way, why isn't Ryu here?
He said he was going for a walk and hasn't come back. Shall I call him?
No, that won't be necessary. For now, just the four of you go on patrol.
Roger!
After receiving Dr. Nambu's orders, the four Science Ninja Team members
went on patrol in their individual mecha.
In the mountains,
on the sea,
and in the sky.
The eyes of the Science Ninja Team patrol didn't miss a thing.
But meanwhile, Ryu was...
Who did that?
Brother!
You have to come home, fast! It's an emergency!
Oh, it's Seiji! What are you doing here?
It's Dad! He got shipwrecked out at sea!
Dad did? When? Where?
Last night! We think near the Amana Islands!
Everyone's out looking for him right now!
So I came to get you, Ryu!
All right, I'll be right there.
This is G-5.
Galactor is heading for the Mantle Project's Central Lab.
Head for the site immediately.
Hello? Are you listening? Hey!
Understood. I'll be right there.
Seiji, something very important has come up, and I can't go.
What?
Brother, you must be kidding! You're kidding, right?!
Dad might die! You're kidding, right?!
I'm not kidding. It's the truth. I can't go.
Brother! What's this urgent business you've got?!
What could be more important when we don't know if we're going to find Dad dead or alive?!
And you call yourself a human being?!
Are you saying you don't even care what happens to Dad?! Huh, brother?!
You don't have to stay for long.
Just attack as much as you can in a short time.
Yes, Sir.
Hurry up! Give it more speed!
Yes, Sir!
Attention Science Ninja Team. Attention Science Ninja Team.
Galactor's mecha is continuing to advance toward the Mantle Project's Central Lab.
It is picking up speed.
All units, hurry up!
It's just like Dr. Nambu said.
Those Galactor scum have had the nerve to show up.
Here we go!
All men to defensive positions! All men to defensive positions!
Galactor is approaching!
Don't hold back! Crush them with everything you've got! Attack!
Captain, the Science Ninja Team is coming.
All right! Split into two groups and commence attack!
Here they come!
Everyone combine into the God Phoenix.
We'll attack them with a Super Bird Missile.
Ken! Ryu hasn't come yet!
What? Ryu hasn't ?!
Seiji, let me go. I have to leave!
No! We're going to look for Dad together! Seiji, let me go. I have to leave!
No! We're going to look for Dad together!
We're going to look for Dad!
I said, let me go!
Seiji!
Brother! BROTHER!
You big jerk! Brother, you big jerk!
Seiji, Dad, please forgive me. I have to go. You big jerk! Brother, you big jerk!
Seiji, Dad, please forgive me. I have to go.
PLEASE FORGIVE ME!
Okay, we can't wait for Ryu any more.
We'll attack in our own separate mecha.
Roger!
Let's see if you can stand up to my Condor Machine.
The lab!
Run away!
Save the lab!
Oh no!
Dammit...
The silver lining is, at least it was the Central Lab that they attacked.
If it had been a uranium storehouse, it would have been a huge blow.
Dammit! It's all Ryu's fault!
If we had been able to use Super Bird Missiles, this wouldn't have happened!
I'm sorry.
Ryu, is that all you have to say for yourself? Because of you...
That's enough.
Yelling at him for something that's already happened won't do any good.
Be more careful from now on.
Yes, Sir.
Something's not right. Something must have happened to Ryu.
A few days later, the Science Ninja Team was ordered to guard a Mammoth tanker
which was carrying special fuel needed for the Mantle Project,
and they deployed for the rendezvous point.
Listen guys, don't let your guard down this time!
Leave it to me. I'm not gonna let them get away with doing whatever they want!
Let me fire a Bird Missile once in a while, Joe!
That's not something for kids.
I'm not a kid any more!
My dad is somewhere in this ocean right now...
Ryu! Hurry! Come help me!
Ryu!
Dad! Please be alive!
As soon as this mission is over, I will come and rescue you!
Until then... Until then... Survive!
If you die I'm gonna be really angry, Dad!
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
Gatchaman
This is strange.
We should be at the rendezvous point with the Mammoth tanker by now.
The radar doesn't show anything.
Jun, confirm our current location.
Okay!
We are currently 100 kilometers east of the rendezvous point.
We're going off course!
What?
Hey, Ryu, we're off course!
Ryu!
What is it? What's wrong? Ryu!
What is it? What's wrong?
Ken! I just received a report that the tanker is being attacked by Galactor.
What are you guys doing?!
Get to the site immediately, you fools!
Sorry, Ken, I spaced out.
That doesn't matter now! Take us there at mach five!
Roger!
Ryu!
You fools!
It's Berg Katse!
I was so looking forward to a good fight with you, but you were late!
You didn't get scared and come late on purpose, now did you?
Thanks to you, I've been able to destroy two out of our three targets.
All that's left now are the uranium storehouses!
Be sure to come then! Our Jumbo Shakora will take you on.
That is, if you have the guts!
Jeez, he's even got the nerve to be pretentious.
Katse you big dummy! Why don't you just die?!
You fools!
Do you think saying, “Sorry we failed,” will get you off the hook?
Think long and hard about what you've done!
If you'd fought with everything you had but still failed, I wouldn't say anything.
But what happened here?! There's no excuse for you to space out and be late!
I don't know what happened, but you must not let personal problems interfere with your duty!
That is the fate of the Science Ninja Team!
Try to put yourself in my position! I've been trusted to protect the peace of the entire world!
You don't understand us at all, do you?
What? What was that supposed to mean, Ken? Come right out with it!
I understand exactly what your position is, Doctor.
"Galactor has shown up, deploy immediately!"
"Galactor has shown up here this time, hurry up and go!"
Yes, you do have to give us appropriate orders,
and we have to quietly obey those orders.
But we are not robots! We are humans! Humans with real flesh and blood!
Ken, please stop!
Doctor, it was all my fault. If I had just been more focused...
I'm not cut out to be a member of the Science Ninja Team after all.
I guess being a fisherman is more my thing.
Ryu! I will not allow you to act on your own!
For now, you are all forbidden to leave here until you receive orders.
Take the time to think about this.
Doctor...
Jun?
What? Jun?
What?
Do you suppose I said too much?
Don't worry about it.
I think it's good for the doctor to get talked back to once in a while.
That was unusually blunt for you, Jun.
More importantly though, don't you think it's strange, Ken?
What?
The way Ryu's been acting! Doesn't it seem like something's bothering him?
Yeah, you're right. I thought it was strange too. I wonder what happened with him?
It has to be something really bad to get Ryu so depressed.
Hey, Lady, do you know where my brother, Ryu, is?
Brother Ryu?
Huh? You're Ryu's ... You must be Seiji, right?
I haven't seen you in a long time! But why did you come here?
I came to get my brother.
I told him our dad was shipwrecked in the ocean somewhere,
but Ryu just ran off somewhere.
Your dad was shipwrecked?
So that was it... That's why...
Dad!
Okay, I understand!
I'll request UN Forces to rescue your dad and his crew.
Really?
Yeah, I promise.
So hurry on home, okay, Seiji?
Okay! Thanks!
Ryu! Why are you just sitting there when you don't know if you'll find your dad dead or alive?
We're heading out. Hurry up. Where did everyone else go?
We're right here, Ken. So did Dr. Nambu order us to deploy?
No, I'm giving the order.
Ken, you can't do that!
I don't want to cause anyone trouble on my account.
Ryu, if I was in your situation,
I'd fly off right away no matter what,
even if it meant being kicked off the Science Ninja Team.
Besides, protecting the Earth from Galactor and saving shipwrecked people
are both duties of the Science Ninja Team. Don't forget that.
But big brother, what do we do if Galactor attacks while we're gone?
We'll think about that when it happens. I will take responsibility.
Ken...
Don't just stand there! Move out!
Roger!
Ignoring Dr. Nambu's order,
Ken took the rest of the team and flew to the Amana Islands.
It's the Doctor! I'm not involved in this, okay?
I've just received a report that a fishing boat was shipwrecked near the Amana Islands.
I want you to go rescue the crew immediately.
With the way you are now, you could never win against Galactor,
so I think something like rescuing shipwrecked people is the most appropriate mission.
Now that I've given this order, I will not accept one more failure. Understood?
I get it. Dr. Nambu must've been listening to our conversation.
The Amana Islands...
This is the world's second largest archipelago, with about 6,000 islands of various sizes.
Somewhere in this deceptively peaceful-looking sea, Ryu's father was calling for help.
Ryu was anxious.
If we've already searched this much and still haven't found him,
we might be too late.
Joe!
I know my dad is alive!
Of course he is.
Your dad's been hardened by the sea's training.
He's probably enjoying a nice swim right about now.
You silly, you said way too much.
There's smoke! I can see smoke!
Where?
Ryu!
Yeah! Ryu!
Yeah!
Hey! Over here! Over here! Hey!
Hey!
Dad...
Thank you! Thank you! I thought we were goners!
Wow, I've heard about you, you must be the Science Ninja Team, huh?
Such fine young people...
I have a son who's about the same age as you,
but he's worthless, he eats like a pig and he's got no brains.
I wish I could get him to take a lesson from you guys!
What are you saying?
Just spilling everything on his mind...
I took after you, Dad.
You had me worried sick, and here you are perfectly fine.
You jerk! You jerk!
Are you one of the Science Ninja Team too?
Yeah...
I saw Galactor's beast with my own eyes.
When the jet planes left, I got a good look at the machinery inside.
I'm sure those jets use the beast to refuel.
So I think if you attack the main body of the beast, it might be a cinch to beat them.
A UN patrol ship will be here to pick you all up in about two hours.
So please have a little more patience until then.
Yes, this is Gatchaman.
This is Nambu.
I've received information that Galactor has begun to move on the uranium storehouses.
Understood.
I'm counting on you.
Captain, the Science Ninja Team is here.
All right! Launch the attack ships!
Come on, I'll blow you to bits with Super Bird Missiles!
You idiot! What are you running away for?!
If we fought all those small-fry, it would never end.
I'm telling you, just leave it to me.
The Science Ninja Team is probably panicking!
We should use this chance to attack the uranium storehouses.
It's a complete victory for Galactor!
Captain! Behind us!
What?
Dammit! Counterattack!
That thing's huge! It will really be worth destroying! Let's go!
Why are you stopping me, Ryu?
I'll do it.
Damn Shakora monster...
Blast it to pieces!
Here we go!
What do we do, Boss?
Call me captain! CAPTAIN!
Take that thing apart, fast!
What should we do?
It's no use! Run away! Run away!
Hey! Get back here! And you call yourselves members of Galactor?! Hey!
Hey, wait, don't leave me behind!
What's wrong? What happened?
Sir, their new missile...
We did it! That's the Super Bird Missile for you!
Oh no, the jets are coming back!
Don't panic, just watch.
After them! Don't let them get away! Get revenge for Shakora!
Damn, I have no fuel!
Looks like they've run out.
It's over.
Dad!
Seiji!
Dad!
Look Seiji, that's Gatchaman. They saved me and the crew.
Really? Gatchaman?
Gatchaman, thank you! Thank you!
They really are fine young people.
On the other hand, I wonder what Ryu is doing right now?
Such a thankless son...
The fight ended with victory for the Science Ninja Team.
However, for Ryu, there had never been such a painful, difficult and long fight.
But the battle will continue,
until the day they banish Galactor from the Earth completely.
Whoosh, Whoosh, Whoosh, Whoosh
Roaring engines, ninja of science
Destroy Galactor
Evil of the world
Fly with the Ninja Technique Tornado Fighter
Protect the Earth under the shining sun
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, Gatchaman
Protect the Earth under the shining sun
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, Gatchaman
Just as predicted by Leader X,
Galactor scientist Dr. Misuno uses Jun's shoe to develop a new weapon
which breaks through the Gatchaman team's Birdstyles.
Berg Katse attacks Gatchaman and the others with this special mecha.
Will Gatchaman's true identity be revealed by the clever trap?
Danger closes in on the Science Ninja Team.
Next time on Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: "The Bracelets Exposed" Look forward to it!