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
Duel on Galactor Island
May the spirits of Giuseppe Asakura and his wife Katerina rest in peace.
Are you their relative?
No, looks like this isn't the grave I'm looking for.
I feel sorry for the guy under this grave.
He was a big boss in Galactor who rules B.C. Island here,
but he was assassinated by someone ten years ago.
Even a big Galactor boss like him met a pathetic end.
It's been ten years since his death,
but no one has ever visited his grave to put flowers on it.
Fate meant for you to stop by this grave.
Won't you leave some flowers for them?
It's none of my business.
This is 707 on B.C. Island.
A suspicious looking man just showed up at the gravesite.
Understood. Send pictures of his face to headquarters right away.
All right! I've put a tracer on his car.
Stand by until you hear from us again. Over and out.
I wonder who that guy is?
A microfilm taken by the grave keeper
was immediately sent to Berg Katse.
What? A mysterious man?
Yes, Sir! 707 on B.C. Island has just transmitted us a photo of him.
This man looks like him. He looks exactly like Giuseppe Asakura!
Huh? But I thought he didn't have any living family members, Sir.
Exactly, because ten years ago, his wife and child were killed by Galactor too.
So could he have just been a tourist who happened to be walking by?
No, I seriously doubt that. It's obvious this man is disguising himself.
And he's not very good at it.
How did you figure that out, Sir?
Wearing disguises is my specialty. I'd be ashamed if I couldn't figure that out.
This bothers me...
I confirmed the death of Giuseppe Asakura and his wife myself,
but I've never seen the body of their child.
Sir, if I'm correct, 705, who's the current mayor of B.C. Island,
confirmed the body of their child.
What does this mean?
All right, I'll go to B.C. Island too!
I'd like to ask 705 in detail about what happened back then.
B.C. Island is small enough that you can drive around the entire island in three hours.
It is famous as a summer retreat with a southern island atmosphere,
but underneath that veneer,
it is an island of evil which is under the total control of Galactor,
and is also known as Galactor Island.
Well, well, thank you so much for coming, Lord Katse.
Mayor, you were the one who reported the death of Giuseppe's child, weren't you?
That is correct, Lord Katse.
Are you absolutely sure about that?
Yes, Sir, without a doubt.
A medical doctor was present at the time and he declared the death.
A medical doctor?
So you're telling me that the child died at a hospital?
Yes, Sir. You ordered us to assassinate Giuseppe Asakura, who betrayed Galactor,
along with all of his family members, Lord Katse.
And following those orders to the letter, we shot Giuseppe and his wife to death on the beach
and blasted their child with a bomb.
However, the child was still alive.
Just when we were about to finish him off,
people who had heard the commotion started gathering around.
Right then, a traveling scientist who claimed to be a licensed doctor arrived on the scene
and took George to the hospital.
So that man examined the child?
Yes, Sir. And a week later, George died.
Do you know who the traveling doctor was?
Well, it happened ten years ago, so...
But wait a moment, I do have it in my records!
Oh, here it is! The doctor's name was Nambu...
What?!
It was Kozaburo Nambu. I have his signature too.
Nambu?! You moron!
Why have you been hiding this from me up until now?!
Huh? Is something wrong with this Dr. Nambu?
It's Nambu from the International Science Organization!
That same Kozaburo Nambu is the man who's been controlling
the Science Ninja Team from behind the scenes!
What's the matter? Aren't you going to go on patrol yet?
Joe is missing.
What?
We looked everywhere, but he's nowhere to be found.
We tried to contact him through the bracelet, but no response.
What about his car?
Yes, Sir, G-2 is in its bay inside the God Phoenix,
and that makes us even more worried.
Jinpei...
I don't know anything.
Are you sure? You're the only one who doesn't look worried about Joe.
Really? But that's not true. I'm so worried...
He's acting like he doesn't know anything! You know you're no good at lying!
I'm telling you, I don't know anything...
Isn't this strange? Why did they bury the child here, a long way away from his parents' grave?
Well, we let Nambu take care of everything.
Open it!
I knew it! George is still alive!
To make it even worse, the man who saved him was Nambu!
It's possible that George is a member of the Science Ninja Team.
Mayor, do not let that traveler who showed up at Giuseppe Asakura's grave the other day
leave this island, you hear?
Yes, Sir! Go!
Capture him!
If you can't capture him, then kill him! I don't care!
Now that I think about it, Jinpei, you're the last person who was with Joe.
Jinpei!
Why aren't you saying anything?
Is it something you can't even tell us?
I see...
Everyone, don't blame Jinpei so much.
I'm sure he made a man-to-man promise with Joe.
I know where Joe went.
What?
Today is the anniversary of his parents' death.
So Joe has...
He's probably gone to visit their grave.
Joe has been fighting Galactor with a sadness in his heart that he can't talk about, even with you.
I assume he's gone to pour that agony out onto his parents' grave.
A sadness that he can't talk to us about...
Ken, any idea what it is?
Yeah, kind of.
But it's been ten years since then.
What made him want to go visit their grave all of a sudden?
I'm a poor beggar...
Please, Father...
My church is right around the corner.
Please feel free to see me any time you need some help.
Thank you, Father.
Watch out for those three beggars down there.
I'm a poor beggar...
Please, Sir...
Nothing's changed. Everything is just like it was ten years ago.
I knew you'd come here.
George Asakura, a.k.a. Bad Boy Joe. I've been waiting for you.
Don't you recognize me, George?
It's me. The same kid who used to punch that bag with you. It's Alan!
I've always wanted to see you again.
Officially, you're dead.
You even have a grave in the public burial grounds.
But I always believed you were alive out there somewhere.
Galactor dug up your grave a little while ago.
All they found in the coffin was a bunch of rocks.
George!
Alan!
The Maguey, which they say blooms only once every fifty years, has bloomed this year.
People call it the Century Plant,
but I just can't shake this ominous feeling that I'm having.
This island is already ominous enough without that. It's a devil's island.
Right after you disappeared from the island,
I was saved by a priest from a church.
He took me in, and I started going to school.
Now I've taken over his job, and have become the church's priest.
I'm impressed, Alan.
I've been working hard so that the kids on this island won't end up being like we once were.
Stealing, setting fires and fighting...
All of our past doings are things it shames me just to remember.
We acted up all the time back then, huh?
Remember, we used to use this rundown building as our hang-out.
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Gatchaman
George, what made you come back here?
I came to visit my parents' grave.
Is that all?
Are you sure you didn't come back to get revenge for your parents?
If that's the case, then don't do it, just leave this island at once.
Huh?
I don't know what you've been doing all these years,
but I tell you it's no use fighting Galactor in this town all by yourself.
The Mayor and even the police are working for Galactor.
It's too late! They don't mean to let me leave this island.
George!
Alan, I'm glad I got to see you again. Take care!
George! Come to the church if you need help!
Meanwhile, at the Coral Crescent Base,
Ken was telling Dr. Nambu and the others about Joe's past,
which he had found out when they were diving in the Marine Satan.
I see. I never knew that.
Who would have thought Joe was the child of someone from Galactor?
Jinpei! Joe is our friend.
His parents are his parents, and Joe is Joe.
I know that! I didn't mean it that way!
That must have been tough on Joe.
I visited B.C. Island ten years ago, on the way back from attending an academic conference.
That was when I found out about the existence of Galactor.
Galactor was after Joe's life, but I took him off the island with me.
Is it possible that Joe...
Exactly! I think so too.
Doctor!
Right! We need to take this opportunity to crush B.C. Island,
which is one of Galactor's training facilities.
All right, Science Ninja Team, move out! Launch the God Phoenix!
Roger!
Who's the lucky person who's going to get this last bullet?
Joe didn't fool himself that he could destroy the organization on B.C. Island alone.
But he knew that it was his fate to keep on fighting until the day
when all the memories of his disturbing past disappeared.
Damn it!
Hey, there he is!
Go after him! Hey, there he is!
Go after him!
Get him! Get him!
George!
Let me hide here, Alan, please...
You understand now, don't you, George?
The enemies on this island aren't the kind you can easily defeat by yourself.
Besides, using violence against them is meaningless.
Leave Galactor to me, and leave this island quickly.
That's fine with me, but when are you planning to defeat Galactor?
Tomorrow? A year from now? A hundred years from now?
That... depends on God's will.
Who's this?
She was my fiancee.
Was?
She's not here anymore.
She was killed by Joe the Condor, one of Science Ninja Team.
What?!
Poor girl...
She tried to leave Galactor but they wouldn't let her,
because her parents and siblings were all working for Galactor.
In the end, she took her final mission,
and she was killed by Joe the Condor.
What's wrong, George? You don't look very good.
Huh? No, I'm okay.
Here, I made coffee. Would you like some?
Yeah, thanks.
After all the suffering you've been through,
how can you still leave Galactor up to God's will?
George, I've been in pain too.
You don't know how many times I've thought about forgetting my God and grabbing a gun.
But Galactor isn't the only thing I hate.
I hate the Science Ninja Team too!
Since they fight against Galactor,
people treat the Science Ninja team like they're messengers of justice.
But to me, both Galactor and the Science Ninja Team are enemies who
took my fiancee away from me!
So do you intend to kill Joe the Condor?
What good would that do?!
George, what do you think getting revenge will accomplish?
It won't bring the dead back to life! You'll just feel emptiness!
Listen, give up on it like I did.
Just leave this island quietly. Please.
Let me get some rest. I'm sleepy.
Yeah, you probably should rest. Sleep and think it over.
I'm going to school now. I'll be back in the morning.
School?
I get the children from poor families together and teach them,
in the hope that none of them will end up like we were back then.
Yes, Lord Katse. I know where George Asakura is.
Things should be taken care of shortly.
Nah, that church never really fit in on this island anyway.
Yes, I'll talk to you again later.
There he is!
Don't let him get away! There he is!
Don't let him get away!
Why... Why don't they just finish me?
You've hurt too many of our comrades.
We'll have you bleed every last drop of blood in your body, dying nice and slowly!
That's the end I deserve, huh?
Your grave was dug for you ten years ago.
And this time you'll end up in it!
I won't let you do that, Galactor!
Who's there?
Science Ninja Team, Gatchaman!
What?!
As long as Galactor exists in this world,
five pairs of wings will steal close without being seen!
Damn you!
Joe!
He's bleeding badly! If we don't treat him quickly...
Leave me alone.
The blood I'm bleeding now is the Galactor blood that's been stagnating inside my body!
I want to bleed all of it so that I can feel clean.
Joe...
Which one of you is Joe?
You must be the Science Ninja Team.
Which one of you is the one called Joe the Condor?
Spit it out!
I'm asking which one of you is Joe the Condor,
the one who murdered my precious fiancee!
Alan!
George, you've stirred my blood.
Seeing you crazed with the thirst for revenge set my hatred on fire!
Alan!
I'm Joe the Condor. What do you mean to do?
I'll kill you!
Stop it, Alan!
Alan!
Why? I held on to this last bullet.
Why did I have to use it against you?!
Joe, it looks like this priest knew who Joe the Condor was.
There are no bullets in this gun.
You idiot! What does your death accomplish?!
You're not like me! This island needs you!
Were you... Were you trying to convince me to forget about revenge,
even at the cost of your own life?
The funeral service for Father Alan was carried out in grand style.
People all over the island who had been afraird of Galactor up until then
stood up bravely and rushed to the church in great numbers.
Look at that, Joe. Father Alan's efforts weren't meaningless.
By the time those kids grow up,
Galactor will be gone from this island.
Why, Alan? What made you pick up the gun?
I don't know. He died without a word.
Did he do it on impulse because he found out that Joe the Condor,
the one who killed his fiancee, turned out to be his childhood friend?
Or was he trying to tell us that the fight we say is for justice
is still something unforgivable and meaningless?
Yes, Sir, Lord Katse! Please accept my deepest apologies!
Of course! I will take complete responsibility for this!
The death of Father Alan was a great shock to the members of the Science Ninja Team.
It taught them the difficulty of fighting in the name of justice,
and taught Joe the emptiness of revenge.
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
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Protect the Earth under the shining sun
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, Gatchaman
Berg Katse gloats.
Galactor pinpoints the electric waves that the Gatchaman team emits when they transform
and develops a fearsome mecha that's capable of detecting their location.
And then they finally discover the Crescent Coral Base and start an all-out attack
by sending out every iron beast mecha they have.
What does destiny have in store for Gatchaman and the base?
Next time on Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: “Aim at the Crescent Coral Reef!” Look forward to it!