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2 / 3- 39EP 39
Devilstar Spores Attack Women as Science Ninja Team Burns Infested Reservoir
Jun 24, 1973Katse releases Jigokiller spores from a Devilstar ship, targeting women on Earth. Jun analyzes a burned flower sample for Nambu, confirming it is an ancient flesh-eating plant with unknown weaknesses. Acting as bait in a protective suit, she is swallowed by a Jigokiller while Jinpei watches. The Science Ninja Team receives orders to destroy the plants at a reservoir supplying 10 million people. Despite hesitation over Jun’s potential survival, Ken orders fuel drops, and the God Phoenix ignites the flora with missiles. Inside the burning plant, Jun remains trapped as white spores are released, hiding secrets unknown to the team.
- 40EP 40
The Jigokiller plants attack the sewers while Ken searches for Jun and Nambu discovers their weakness.
Jul 1, 1973Jinpei mourns in Jun's empty shop while Nambu studies Jigokiller plants. These plants operate in the sewers, causing damage. Ken refuses to move out due to remorse over abandoning Jun. Red Impulse urges him to find her body. Ken's bracelet signals a location, prompting the Science Ninja Team to mobilize despite potential traps. They locate the signal in a Willy City subterranean base, ideal for the plants that thrive in darkness and water. The team breaks in and rescues a bound Jun. Meanwhile, Nambu finds his blood withers the plants, revealing they cannot withstand the Y-chromosome found in men. He gives Red Impulse a special Y-chromosome bomb. Red Impulse drops it, causing a Y-chromosome rain that withers all Jigokiller plants, ending the crisis.
- 41EP 41
Science Ninja Team rescues kidnapped rock band from Galactor's sonic weapon attack
Jul 8, 1973The Science Ninja Team visits a concert by Demon 5, who are kidnapped by Galactor. The villains force the band to perform murder music composed by X using a Sonic Mecha, causing city destruction and madness. The God Phoenix retreats after a counter-attack. Katse revives the operation, but the drummer embeds a Morse code signal in the performance. Jun detects this signal, revealing the Galactor base location. The team attacks the base to save Demon 5 before execution. They face the Sonic Mecha again but follow Nambu's advice to emit delayed sounds. This interrupts the mecha's magnetic waves, causing self-destruction. Demon 5 returns to performing safely while the team listens as ordinary citizens.
- 42EP 42
Ryu is captured by Galactor during vacation and taken to Jinjin prison for a recruitment scheme.
Jul 15, 1973While on vacation, Ryu hitches a ride with Galactor, who are transporting death-row escapees from Jinjin prison to join their ranks. Separated from his team because he removed his bracelet, Ryu is taken to the Galactor base. Nambu organizes a counter-operation where Ken, disguised as a commander, loads the prisoners onto the God Phoenix disguised as a transport plane to interrogate the Galactor leader. Ken is knocked unconscious after becoming a suspect, but the Science Ninja Team continues using a tape of Katse's voice. They deceive the prisoners with a fake landscape, returning them to the prison. Ryu reunites with his friends and reflects on a fellow inmate who longs to return home to his family.
- 43EP 43
Science Ninja Team Protects Peaceful Honeymoon Amidst Galactor Conspiracy
Jul 22, 1973Amidst a long war between Bien and Ameria, representatives Romina and Julia marry to symbolize peace. Galactor plots to disrupt this union and reignite conflict, deploying robots to capture the couple during their honeymoon. The Science Ninja Team serves as their bodyguards. Joe suspects a man at the airport but loses him near an old temple. After Romina and Julia are abducted, the team investigates the temple, where they battle a dove-shaped mecha. A sun ray reflected from Jun's compact causes the machine to self-destruct. Inside the secret base, the team finds Romina and Julia transformed into cyborgs. Refusing to live as Galactor's puppets, the couple chooses death to preserve peace. Embracing, they are struck by lightning, destroying the base and thwarting Galactor's evil scheme.
- 44EP 44
Science Ninja Team faces Galactor's Arkeo in Moroi City with Red Impulse aid
Jul 29, 1973Galactor's Arkeo attacks Moroi City, but Nambu deems the Science Ninja Team unfit for combat against the mecha's shock wave. Despite standing by orders, the team mobilizes anyway and suffers damage until Red Impulse intervenes. Ken defiantly offers his bracelets to the new squad, leading to their transfer to a South Sea base for rigorous training. While the others observe, Ken bonds with the commander, unaware he is his father. Ken eventually grasps the training's purpose through a water ripple analogy, realizing how to penetrate the shock wave. When Arkeo announces another assault, the God Phoenix departs with Red Impulse. They successfully destroy the mech by breaking through its defense and bombing it directly, securing victory while Ken remains ignorant of his commander's true identity.
- 45EP 45
The Night Fog Sea Lion Ninja Team
Aug 5, 1973Galactor besieges an ISO island to steal high-energy ore, prompting Nambu to prioritize worker safety over the material. The Science Ninja Team infiltrates the fog-shrouded site, using G-4 to evacuate laborers by hiding them among seals. Although the rescue succeeds, Galactor’s mecha steals the ore and captures the workers as hostages. Katse threatens execution unless the team reveals itself. The Ninja Team appears atop the God Phoenix, but a baby seal Jinpei brought along jumps into the sea, distracting the enemy. Seizing this moment, the team launches a counter-attack, successfully reclaiming the stolen ore from the mecha.
- 46EP 46
Ken is forced to fly a plane, loses his radio, and pursues a traitor to a Galactor mine.
Aug 12, 1973Ken is coerced at an airport to pilot a two-seater aircraft by an armed man. During the flight, Ken attempts to disarm him, but the man shoots a wire, causing a crash. The man escapes with the sole parachute, claiming he will sell information to the ISO. Ken’s radio bracelet is damaged in the landing. Ken spots a Galactor Mecha and follows the man to an abandoned Galactor mine in a valley. Both are captured and hung in an old well. The man, a Galactor traitor, reveals a tape recording a conversation between Katse and a foreign Prime Minister. Ken transforms to rescue the man and defeat the Galactor members. An explosion severely injures the man, who has seen Ken’s true identity. The surviving Galactor commander attacks with a mecha. The man gives Ken a smashed tape and a message for his mother in Hontwall, then sacrifices himself and the commander by falling into the valley. Only the name Arthur Kelly remains.
- 47EP 47
The Devil's Airline
Aug 19, 1973Director Anderson transports a critical ultracomputer core via private jet to the Jetol plateau research institute. Galactor intercepts the flight, with disguised Katse replacing a stewardess and hijacking the aircraft. After eliminating the pilot, Katse steers the plane toward Galactor’s base using radio guidance. Director Anderson sends a Morse code distress signal, prompting the Science Ninja Team to pursue in the God Phoenix. They are led into a trap at the enemy stronghold. Anderson ejects safely, but the computer core remains inside. A battle ensues where the Science Ninja Team’s superior teamwork allows them to retrieve the component. They destroy the base with a rocket and proceed to the research institute.
- 48EP 48
The Camera Iron Beast Shutterkiller attacks ISO institutions while the Science Ninja Team investigates.
Aug 26, 1973Galactor deploys the Shutterkiller to copy and destroy ISO institution data. The Science Ninja Team guards a target, feigning defeat to pursue the mecha in the G-4. Jinpei locates the desert base and digs underground, joined by his teammates who infiltrate the facility. They discover a factory restoring stolen data and split up to destroy it and find Jinpei. He is abducted by a spaceship transmitting rays from the mecha. After Jinpei is rescued and the factory destroyed, the villain Katse escapes in the mecha. Ken and the others attach a wire to track him. When Katse attempts to fire an electronic laser flash, Ken throws his boomerang into the shutter mechanism. The laser reflects inward, destroying the mecha. The team returns to base with a damaged hull, but Katse vows to return.
- 49EP 49
The Science Ninja Team faces a Galactor mecha trap involving uranium ore data and a decoy case.
Sep 2, 1973Jinpei infiltrates a Galactor base after spotting their emblem on a car but is captured while trying to contact Ken. Simultaneously, Katse threatens to destroy ISO headquarters unless the Science Ninja Team surrenders uranium ore data. Nambu mobilizes the team despite suspecting a trap. During the handover, a mecha attacks the God Phoenix, but Ken redirects missiles using nearby lobsters. The team releases a case into the sea, which the mecha retrieves. Jinpei escapes the base and signals the team’s location via a bird scramble. The team infiltrates the base and rescues Jinpei. Galactor triggers the ISO explosion switch after realizing the case is empty, but Jinpei’s trick causes the Galactor base to explode instead. The team remains unaware of Jinpei’s role in the destruction.
- 50EP 50
Science Ninja Team investigates mysterious dinosaur skeleton and Galactor missile base in Inderia.
Sep 9, 1973In Inderia, annual droughts and floods hinder a dam project. Mysterious incidents near a shrine delay progress, prompting the Science Ninja Team to investigate. A skeleton named Torakodon appears, and Galactor sabotage, including a plane explosion, signals their interference. Jinpei and Ryu encounter a murder linked to a golden coin depicting a shrine passage. Ken investigates the shrine, discovering a Galactor base in its cellar. The group learns Torakodon distracts people from missile construction. They infiltrate the base, destroy the missiles, and defeat the Galactor members. After leaving the matter to local police, the team departs. As Katse arrives in Inderia, the base explodes before his eyes, concluding the mission.
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Ken assists a Red Impulse commander in Huntwall to expose a Galactor conspiracy involving the defense minister.
Sep 16, 1973The Science Ninja Team visits Huntwall under Nambu’s orders, but Ken suspects foul play when a man in a white suit evades police. Ken aids the fugitive, who is revealed to be a Red Impulse commander fleeing Galactor agents. After Ken’s Cessna is attacked, the commander explains his decade-long mission to stop Galactor, having abandoned his family. He recruits Ken to retrieve evidence of a secret agreement between the defense minister and Galactor. They infiltrate the minister’s mansion and secure the incriminating film before being discovered. The commander instructs Ken to deliver the proof to the president while he creates a diversion. The next day, during the president’s birthday party, the Galactor mecha Kataroller attacks the manor. Although the mecha lifts the building, the Science Ninja Team ensures everyone escapes safely. With the assassination attempt thwarted, Ken receives news that he may finally meet his father, leaving him filled with hope.
- 53EP 53
Farewell, Red Impulse
Sep 30, 1973A Galactor rocket explosion in the Van Allen belt triggers a global crisis, with the group demanding surrender within 24 hours to launch a restoration vehicle. World leaders convene under pressure while Nambu locks the doors, urging faith in the Science Ninja Team. The team mobilizes to retrieve the rocket, but Ken infiltrates the facility alone. As Galactor switches to manual control, Ken signals his allies while sleeping workers rest, only to face Katse’s gun. Ken transforms, but the Red Impulse commander also arrives, pointing his weapon at Katse. The God Phoenix intervenes, causing Katse to flee and the defense minister to fall to his death. Ken volunteers to pilot the rocket, learning that Red Impulse is his father. Despite their reunion, the commander ejects Ken, enters the rocket, and launches it into the sky, saving Earth.
- 54EP 54
Ken confronts Galactor at ISO conference while team faces Katse's ice trap
Oct 7, 1973Katse targets global uranium facilities, prompting a world conference at ISO guarded by the Science Ninja Team. Ken, grieving his father, discovers a body with an Atarii flag and captures the disguised Galactor agent. He tortures the man for the base location, angering Nambu before leading the team away. They are ambushed by Katse and trapped in a melting ice chamber. Blamed by Joe for his revenge-driven actions, Ken is calmed by Jun’s reminder that he is not alone in his loss. The team escapes, destroys the base, and pursues Katse’s Mecha in the God Phoenix, ultimately demolishing it with missiles.
- 55EP 55
Galactor uses mini-submarines to pollute the Tarushia Sea with PCB, forcing Ken to infiltrate their operations.
Oct 14, 1973Galactor forces Nambu and the Science Ninja Team to choose between their lives and sea pollution by PCB. The God Phoenix pretends to agree, but Ken discovers three tankers controlling mini-submarines and sneaks aboard using a loaded mini-sub. Inside, he finds cleaning work for returning submarines and is discovered by Galactor. After defeating enemies, Ken pursues Katse as the tankers merge into a huge tanker emitting a magnetic force that cracks the God Phoenix. Katse activates a self-destruct mechanism and escapes via a rocket through a floor passageway. Ken and Galactor members exit into the sea, where the members die upon touching the flowing pollution matter. Ken is narrowly saved by a mechanical arm from the God Phoenix. Finally, Galactor releases cleaning capsules into the sea, restoring its former beauty.
- 56EP 56
Koji abandons his mission to destroy a missile base and faces orders to assassinate a president.
Oct 21, 1973Jun is attacked by bikers until Koji, a childhood friend and former race champion, rescues her. Now a Black Bird commander, Koji travels to destroy a missile base but flees without planting the bomb, remembering Jun. Jun reports his absence to Nambu but defends him against claims that he is a Galactor. Katse orders Koji to assassinate a president during a bike race. Jun reluctantly attends with Ken, who promises to help save Koji. Joe foils the assassination attempt with sharpshooting. Koji hides in an officers' mansion where Jun witnesses Katse giving him new orders. The Black Bird bikes transform into a snake mecha and attack the God Phoenix. Jun launches missiles to defeat the mecha. After losing to the Science Ninja Team, Koji accepts his defeat as punishment for his past crimes.
- 57EP 57
Released sniper Mike Miller uses a freeze tank to attack the Science Ninja Team near the south pole.
Oct 28, 1973Mike Miller, a sniper released after 35 years, receives a freeze tank from Galactor to eliminate the Science Ninja Team. After satellites near the south pole are destroyed, the team investigates. Joe and Ken pursue a tank, but Joe is frozen in the G2 car. Ryu attempts to save Jinpei but freezes the G-5 as well. Mike hesitates to shoot Jun, missing because he sees his long-lost daughter, and his weapon overheats. The G1 ignites the tank, killing Mike. He reveals he took bullet cores to prove his comrades are alive and explains his hesitation. Ken reflects on their non-lethal approach aboard the God Phoenix.
- 58EP 58
Ken pursues the stolen Jet Cutter inside a cave while battling Mekabutta's intense heat.
Nov 4, 1973After the ISO's pollution-free Jet Cutter is stolen, Nambu orders its recovery, but Ken protests the decision. Moved by Jinpei's tears, Ken reluctantly joins the mission. He and Joe enter a cave where Mekabutta hides, facing attacks from statue-like surveillance devices. Ken ignores Joe's caution and enters deeper, discovering the Galactor base before being knocked unconscious by a high-voltage grating. Upon waking, Ken learns Mekabutta is heading toward a uranium mining factory. The God Phoenix pursues the enemy, which uses the Jet Cutter to emit 40,000 degrees Celsius heat from four sides. Ken employs the multiple firebird figure to withstand the barrage, causing Mekabutta to self-destruct from overheating. On the return journey, Ken apologizes for his hotheadedness, and Joe suggests that defeating Galactor one by one will eventually corner Katse.
- 59EP 59
Ken and Jun infiltrate a hidden base to stop Doctor Ogawara's new mecha Komaking.
Nov 11, 1973After a fishing boat is wrecked near Ghost Island, Ken and Jun investigate on Nambu's orders. They witness defeated Galactor mechas being consumed by a waterspout, confirming the existence of a secret factory. Disguising themselves as Galactor members, they infiltrate the base where Doctor Ogawara and Nakamora are presenting the new mecha Komaking to Katse. Ken boards the machine while Jun secretly follows. The God Phoenix battles the waterspout generated by Komaking, but Ken and Jun destroy its power generator, causing the mecha to collapse. Ken captures Katse in the command room and returns him to the God Phoenix. Upon removing Katse's mask to fulfill a long-held wish, Ken discovers Nakamora's face underneath. Katse has already fled, leaving Ken to weep in anger until his father's words provide encouragement.
- 60EP 60
Science Ninja Team G-6 joins the team after a Galactor pilot sacrifices himself to destroy a mecha.
Nov 18, 1973A crashed Galactor machine leads the Science Ninja Team to a memory-loss survivor who bonds with Jinpei. Upon hearing Galactor’s name, he reacts strongly, and a motorcycle ride with Ken triggers memories of the enemy base and his own affiliation. Though initially reluctant due to his identity, he agrees to help infiltrate the mecha. Inside, he locates the weapon’s weak point but is captured and ordered to kill Ken. Choosing his destiny, he shoots the commander while being struck by Ken’s boomerang. Before dying, he reveals the location of the reverse mechanism, enabling the team to destroy the machine. Ken reports this heroic act to Nambu, confirming the mecha’s destruction through G-6’s sacrifice.
- 61EP 61
Ken encounters his father's Red Impulse planes and discovers a Galactor deception.
Nov 25, 1973Ken flies over Hontwall in his G1 plane and spots three Red Impulse aircraft, recognizing his father inside one. Ignoring Nambu’s warnings, Ken follows the commander to a new base. Nambu dispatches the God Phoenix to investigate, but it is captured by a mecha without a pilot. At the base, the figure claiming to be Ken’s father explains he was searching for Galactor headquarters and asks Ken to deliver a briefcase to Nambu. Upon receiving it, Nambu reports that the God Phoenix has gone silent. Suspecting deception due to the commander’s suspicious remarks, Ken returns to the base. He realizes the commander is actually Katse in disguise, who had planted a transmitter in the briefcase. After a struggle where Katse escapes, Ken is imprisoned with his captured teammates. He breaks out, contacts Nambu to discard the briefcase, and attaches a small transmitter to Katse. The Galactor base and the pursuing mecha attack each other and are destroyed.
- 62EP 62
The Science Ninja Team uses robot decoys to infiltrate the enemy base.
Dec 2, 1973Nambu creates super robots to trick Galactor into revealing their base location. Ken replaces a robot decoy to infiltrate the enemy stronghold. After being frozen and transported, Ken signals the God Phoenix. The robots explode when exposed to high voltage, exposing the ruse. Ken sabotages the enemy mecha by jamming its propulsion system with debris, causing it to crash and burn. His comrades believe he has perished while watching the destruction from the God Phoenix. However, Ken survives the fall by using a robot cape as a parachute. The team witnesses his safe descent, realizing he escaped the fatal crash. This successful infiltration allows the Science Ninja Team to gain crucial intelligence on the enemy's operations and location.
- 63EP 63
Professional baseball players vanish during stadium blackouts as the ninja team investigates a subterranean Galactor plot.
Dec 9, 1973During a baseball match, players disappear amid power outages, prompting Nambu to suspect Galactor. The Science Ninja Team guards the stadium, but ball boy Jinpei vanishes too. Ken and Jun fall into a secret underground base after the ground splits open, joining Jinpei in a cell. They learn brainwashed players are being trained for Galactor. After escaping, they learn Katse plans to detonate a hydrogen bomb during the evening game if a home run hits the backscreen. Ken alerts Nambu while Joe and Ryu search for the device. As the game begins, a home run is hit. The ninja miss their shots, but Ken’s boomerang pierces the ball just before it strikes the backscreen, preventing the explosion.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many episodes does Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman have?
- Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman has 105 episodes.
- When did Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman come out?
- Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman came out in 1972.
- Which studio made Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman?
- Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman was produced by Tatsunoko Production.
- Who directed Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman?
- Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman was directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa.
- Is Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman finished?
- Current status of Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman: Finished.