Comments | frustratedpilot: And Once Again My Morale Crumbles

frustratedpilot

And Once Again My Morale Crumbles

Jul 12, 2009 21:10

The Japanese toy manufacturer Art Storm is set to release a set of diecast vehicle toys based on the hero machines of the classic anime series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, known better here by the titles Battle of the Planets and G-Force (no relation to the new G-Force movie about espionage gerbils). My interest is in the two fighter jets: the G- ( Read more... )

toys, ninja, fantasy, fandom, science-fiction, tv, gadgets, japan, stuff i want, anime, the 1970s

Comments 2

sins_of_pride July 14 2009, 19:08:37 UTC

I loved G Force when I was a kid.

I was excited when I heard of a movie called G Force being announced when it first was and then looked up info on it. Sad times.

I hope the Astroboy movie is going to turn ut well.

frustratedpilot July 15 2009, 04:32:34 UTC

There has been a live-action Gatchaman movie in the works in Japan for a couple years; it was announced at about the same time as the American Speed Racer. If it is imported, it's more likely to either stay Gatchaman or be re-named Battle of the Planets because at least as recent as a few years ago, there's been an American comic book version of Battle of the Planets.

PS: Put "gatchaman" and "smap" together in your search engine and see what you find! ;)