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G-Force, 1978
Posted on December 20th, 2009 by steve
Another sort of Star Wars-influenced adaptation.
I used to watch this early mornings before heading out to school, often missing the ends of episodes. Didn’t know much about it until I looked it up tonight.
Battle of the Planets (1978) was a reworking of a 1972 Japanese program called Gatchaman. Redubbed and reedited with Star Wars-like elements, the Gatchaman team became ‘G-Force.’ The American version was heavily sanitized to remove ‘graphic violence, profanity and transgenderism.’ Wow. And the original show had an environmental theme, sort of lost in translation.
More details on the Wiki page here. American show titles (above), original Japanese titles (below). Interesting contrast.
