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
Gatchaman 20 Years Later
As you all know, we at the International Science Organization
have been researching ways of developing pollution-free energy
from underground magma and the Earth's mantle.
And we have recently discovered equations which will allow us
to condense a specific area in the mantle and make it explode.
The one who developed them is this man,
a member of the International Science Organization named Dr. Maxim.
However, if that condensed mantle were to be used in war,
it would release more energy than an atomic bomb or hydrogen bomb,
and kill off the entire human race in an instant.
If something's that dangerous, I think you should just not make it.
The many famous physicists who discovered atomic energy
never intended it to be used to make a weapon of war either.
They performed that research for the benefit of mankind.
But it was used by thoughtless people for war.
We do not want to repeat that tragedy again.
And so we have decided to sink the data used to get the equations
in the bottom of the Arctic Sea.
The bottom of the Arctic Sea? That's good.
Because it would be horrible if Galactor got its hands on that data.
Just thinking about it gives me chills.
But Doctor, why do you have to sink it at the bottom of the Arctic Sea?
That data was recorded onto microfilm
via a complete recording device, using a kind of magnetic action.
Because of that, it's resistant to fire,
and it can't be easily demagnetized like data from a normal tape recorder.
I get it.
If you sink it in the Arctic Ocean,
its magnetic phenomenon will cause the data to be naturally erased.
Exactly. And Ken, I would like you to perform this mission by yourself.
By myself?
Dr. Maxim will be with you of course.
It's a long distance to the Arctic Sea.
So if all five of you went, there's no guarantee that Galactor wouldn't notice.
I understand what you're saying, Doctor,
but will the rest of us basically be unemployed while they're gone?
That would be fine, but you could quietly guard Ken and Dr. Maxim.
I get it. Then let's hurry up and get going.
Departure is tonight. Please be as careful as possible about Galactor.
Roger!
A frightening byproduct of the Mantle Project, which could obliterate the Earth in an instant...
In order to destroy the data, Ken flys to the Arctic with Dr. Maxim,
while the God Phoenix secretly guards them from high above.
I wonder what in the world this is?
It doesn't look like it has anything to do with the data.
Not to mention, I haven't seen anything that looks like data from the Mantle Project.
Is there anything wrong, Gatchaman?
Even Galactor wouldn't notice our movements this quickly, right?
I cannot let my guard down. They have spies everywhere.
By the way, Doctor.
What is that transparent capsule in the cargo bay below?
Oh, it's my gallows.
Gallows?
I hope I don't have to use it though.
Our altitude is decreasing. Give it more throttle.
Increasing throttle.
Captain! The throttle's not responding!
What?
Doctor, put on your seatbelt, quickly.
Right...
What's going on?
The throttle isn't working.
Please move aside.
I knew it. It's missing screws.
Not good! If we don't do something, we're going to crash.
I hope this works.
Okay, pull it gently.
No good! We're going to crash!
Please calm down.
Pull up! Bank to the left!
Pulling up!
Banking to the left!
Full throttle!
Yes, Sir!
Relax later! Confirm our current location!
Did something happen?
Yes, there was a technical problem, but it's okay now.
I wonder how that happened? We must have ordered a pre-flight inspection.
I know! Galactor has spies even among the mechanics!
Which means they already know everything we're doing.
Joe! The transport plane has landed.
All right, got it.
Ryu, we'll land too, someplace that's far enough away.
I know.
Okay, let's get this done before Galactor finds out what we're doing and comes.
I'd like you to help me too.
What's going on?
The transport plane's falling into the ice.
Big brother!
Ken! Big brother!
Ken!
Doctor, this way! Hurry!
Big brother...
Where am I?
My head's throbbing.
What's this?
Where in the world are we? What's this?
Where in the world are we?
What's this?
I've never seen this city before.
I can't believe there's a city like this on Earth.
Let's get out of here and take a look.
But from where?
What's with this room? There's no exit.
What a shock. It's like we've ridden a time machine and come to the future.
Who are you?
What's that look in their eyes?
It's shock!
Their eyes look like they've had some sort of terrible shock!
Doctor, this way!
Oh no! This way!
Oh no, it's a dead end!
Not good...
So you're awake, Gatchaman and Dr. Maxim?
But you shouldn't move around without your doctor's permission.
Where is this place?
Go on, go away now.
They are your comrades who used to live on the surface.
What?
What do you mean by that?
Due to a certain shock, they've lost their ability to talk, and their will to live. Such pitiful people.
We've gathered them here and are taking care of them.
What was the shock? What happened?
It's been twenty years already.
They were defeated in their fight against us, Galactor!
What did you say?
Twenty years?
The entire world is under Galactor's control.
And this is an underground city which acts as Galactor headquarters.
You're lying.
Don't give me that nonsense!
I suppose it's only natural that you don't believe.
Or perhaps it's that you don't want to believe?
The times have changed,
while the two of you were in cold sleep in the Arctic ice.
Shut up! There's no way we would lose to you! That's nonsense!
Please calm down.
I will show you as much proof as you want, right now.
Please have a seat.
This vehicle is piloted automatically.
We will now be heading for the surface.
This is the place you used to live; the surface of twenty years ago.
How could you? You used a hydrogen bomb, didn't you?
No, something even more powerful.
What?
In other words, we used a special bomb that contained concentrated solar energy.
Solar energy?
That's right. As a scientist, you should know how powerful it can be.
But if you used that, it would destroy the entire Earth in one blow!
It would be the same as the Sun grazing the Earth!
Preposterous! That's impossible with the science we have now.
That's exactly it. The reason you were defeated by Galactor
is because you underestimated our scientific resources!
We warned you to obey Galactor,
but thanks to the International Science Organization,
our warning went ignored!
The International Science Organization... It can't be!
I can't believe it!
And how could it possibly be twenty years since then?
Back then, you were sealed up in the Arctic ice.
You went into a cold sleep, and continued living for twenty years.
Which brings us to today.
Twenty years, huh?
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Where are the fish, the beautiful coral reefs?
Is this even the same Earth?
Stop!
Is something the matter?
Dad... They buried you in a place like this?
Is something the matter?
Just go...
Hurry up and go!
There isn't even a trace of the peace there had been long ago.
The surface of the Earth and the depths of the sea
as Ken now beheld them had changed into a dead world.
To Ken, who had tried to protect the Earth at the risk of his life,
it is an overwhelmingly cruel sight.
What's that?
Berg Katse, you even had a bronze statue made of yourself. Well, isn't that something?
Gatchaman, there's something I'd really like to show you.
Who do you think that old man is?
Fly to the peaceful sky...
Your defeat in the battle with Galactor, caused him such a shock he became demented.
It's Dr. Nambu.
WHAT?!
Fly high in the great sky, my little flower petals.
You're lying! I don't believe it! This can't be Dr. Nambu!
Change it!
Yes, Sir. Change it!
Yes, Sir.
Whose graves are these?
The graves of the Science Ninja Team, who gave Galactor trouble right until the very end.
We built those graves in their honor.
They were our enemies, but we can admit that they met a splendid end.
Stop it already! Please, stop it!
But one more is still alive.
Alive? Who?
What was his name again? The smallest one?
Jinpei?
Yeah, that's right.
He works for Galactor's security police now.
Actually, he wants to see you, so he's on his way here right now.
What did you say?
Big brother! Is that you, big brother?
Jinpei?
Big brother! I missed you so much! Big brother!
You haven't changed at all, big brother. You're the same as you were twenty years ago.
I just can't believe that you're Jinpei.
I don't blame you.
It's been twenty years since then. A lot has happened.
Have a seat, big brother. How about some coffee?
You may go now.
Yes, Sir.
Big brother, you saw what the surface looks like, right?
Yeah...
In the end, we were defeated by Galactor.
It was right after you disappeared.
But that was all for the best.
The war is over, and it's peaceful now.
That's right! We fought for peace.
Whether we won or lost, the result was still peace.
And that's enough, right, big brother?
And so you're one of Galactor's minions now?
Big brother...
I don't care if it was solar energy or a nuclear bomb,
all of the people on the surface of the Earth were killed because of it!
Joe, Jun and Ryu were killed too!
The same thing would have happened if we had kept fighting Galactor!
A lot of people died!
Stop fighting, you two. It's already happened, twenty years ago.
Exactly. The problem now is, how to protect this peace,
and make it grow even further.
The time has come for the solar energy power Galactor developed to be put into use.
What's so funny, Doctor?
Oh nothing, it's just that, now that I think about it, we were fools.
The concentrated mantle energy we developed is nothing compared to your solar energy,
yet we were so protective of that data.
That's not good. Where is that equation data?
Why?
No matter how old the equations are,
concentrated mantle energy is still pretty powerful.
If someone who wants to attack this peaceful Earth were to use it,
it would be horrible.
I see. It would be bad if there were other unscrupulous people like you.
Oh, that hurt.
Is the transport plane we were in still here?
The equation data is in there.
Doctor, wait. I just can't believe them.
Go take a rest in the cockpit.
But, Doctor...
Okay, give it power according to this meter.
Do exactly as I say, or else I will be burnt to a crisp.
Say, where is the data?
When you turn on the power, it will come out of my body.
Even though twenty years have passed, this is still...
It's finished.
Doctor, where is the data?
Stop the act already, Berg Katse!
What? What are you talking about, Gatchaman?
I'll give you credit for making it seem like twenty years have passed,
even though it's probably been less than two days.
But unfortunately, you overlooked one thing.
Even though it's been twenty years, this pin isn't rusted. How do you explain that?
Well? How about it?
I don't know what you're talking about.
I won't let you say you don't know!
Too bad.
Well done, Gatchaman. You saw through the ploy.
However, you will never leave here again.
I'll take you down with me!
I'm going to kill you! Stand up!
Oww! Help me! I was wrong!
A bastard like you... Dammit...
That's far enough, Gatchaman! A bastard like you... Dammit...
That's far enough, Gatchaman!
Now, hand over the condensed mantle energy data.
Dammit...
You figured it out just a little too late.
Now hand over the data.
Come on, hurry it up! Don't make me get hysterical!
Now be a good boy and hand it over.
Go check that out.
Yes, Sir!
The stars! The stars are so pretty!
How did you get here?
I contacted them just a little while ago.
Fire!
You're all okay? That's great!
Huh?
Oww...
You bastard!
This guy's got a weird face.
Emergency!
The Science Ninja Team has appeared.
Begin attack! Assemble in the hanger!
Why you!
I'll see you again, Gatchaman.
You coward! All you do is run away! Stupid!
This is...
A trick using 3-D movies.
They projected onto screens from all sides to make it seem 3-D,
and fool our eyes.
The ultra-modern city we saw outside was probably all a superficial trick too.
Oh no! It's a time bomb!
What the heck? Those buildings were just papier mache .
Now then...
Doctor, is that...
It's microfilm.
Doctor, it seems like you saw through Galactor's trick before me.
Yeah, there's no way science could advance that far in just twenty years.
But when you did that, you intended...
To die along with the data, didn't you?
I was saved thanks to you all. Thank you.
Even if it was only for a moment,
Ken and the others saw a world taken over by Galactor.
But there's no way Galactor would create a peaceful world.
Gatchaman, that's the duty of you and the Science Ninja Team.
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
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Ken and Joe get into a fistfight on the street in the early morning.
Ken wants to know the reason behind Joe's repeated mistakes.
Just then, Galactor steals data from the International Science Organization.
Joe desperately wants to redeem himself after his mistakes,
but Ken won't allow Joe to move out.
Ken and Jun, who sneak into the Galactor base,
are confronted by the evil guns of a sniper group.
Next time on Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: "The Sniper Group Heavy Cobra" Look forward to it!