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2 / 2- 91EP 91
Galactor infiltrates Crescent Coral Base with a homing device while the Science Ninja Team investigates.
Jun 23, 1974After a passenger ship carrying ISO engineers is destroyed by torpedoes, Nambu deploys the Science Ninja Team for patrol. The God Phoenix encounters crab-shaped tanks, allowing a Galactor submarine to attach itself to the aircraft. The tanks retreat, and the team returns to base under orders. The submarine infiltrates Crescent Coral, where disguised Galactor members kill engineers and install a homing system. Nambu suspects the device and assigns Ken and Jun to locate it while Joe and others hunt the submarine. Ken and Jun discover the disguised enemies but are forced to watch them detonate the submarine, destroying all clues. The base's complex layout makes finding the tracker difficult. Meanwhile, the God Phoenix searches the seabed without success. Katse laughs confidently as torpedoes are launched toward Crescent Coral.
- 92EP 92
Crescent Base sinks as the team destroys their former headquarters to prevent Galactor from retrieving data.
Jun 30, 1974Torpedoes strike the Crescent Base, causing it to sink while engineers hesitate to abandon their research. Ken and Jun persuade the staff to prioritize their lives and escape. Inside, Nambu destroys data but becomes trapped under a fallen computer. The God Phoenix detects explosions and returns, but a second torpedo attack traps the aircraft in the hangar. Ken and Jun reach Nambu’s room, yet the power outage prevents entry. As the base tilts into a trench, the God Phoenix breaks free. Joe and Jinpei navigate flooded corridors to join Ken and Jun. Using a burner from Joe’s airgun, they open the door and rescue Nambu. The aircraft separates from the sinking structure. The Science Ninja Team watches the base descend, but Nambu warns that Galactor could retrieve the data. Consequently, Ken fires Bird Missiles, destroying the Crescent Base completely.
- 93EP 93
Katse launches underground torpedoes while the Science Ninja Team infiltrates the base to retrieve critical data.
Jul 7, 1974Believing the Science Ninja Team dead after a major defeat, Katse receives orders from X to eliminate them completely. While the team recovers at Nambu's villa, a tourist city is attacked, prompting Nambu to leave the defense to U.N. forces. Katse, convinced the team is gone, proceeds with an operation using underground torpedoes to destroy U.N. bases. Nambu deduces the launch site and sends the team to infiltrate the facility. Inside, Joe attaches detectors to the torpedoes. During a celebration where Katse holds a tape with X's conquest plans, the team appears and steals the tape. Katse triggers the torpedo launch and base destruction before fleeing. The God Phoenix pursues the mecha, firing a Bird Missile equipped with a transmitter that guides the torpedoes back to Nambu. However, the tape disintegrates into white smoke upon playback.
- 94EP 94
The Electric Devil Beast Angler Attacks the Torasshuu Power Plant
Jul 14, 1974Nambu tasks Dr. Komibe with testing a space capsule at the Torasshuu power plant supplying Utoland. Ken and friends bid farewell to Ryu, whose father is ill, while Joe rescues a child from an accident. Katse forces a recharge of the mecha Angler, causing a city-wide blackout. Suspicious, the team investigates the plant, where Katse, disguised as Komibe, traps them in an incinerator and plants a bomb. They escape via Nambu’s capsule and defeat Galactor reinforcements. Jun and Komibe restore power, while Ken uses Jinpei’s discovered bomb to destroy Katse’s fleeing mecha. Ryu learns his father has recovered, and Joe is relieved the child’s surgery succeeded.
- 95EP 95
Jinpei investigates ancient ninja ruins in the Jupiter mountains while seeking his true origins.
Jul 21, 1974Jun tasks Jinpei with investigating strange corpses in the Jupiter mountains, where they discover ancient ninja ruins. Jinpei, celebrating a self-chosen birthday, feels upset that Jun is absent. He travels to the mountains to find his real birthday and origin, staying with an old man. The man reveals he was a ninja who opposed Katse, resulting in his blindness and the death of his family, except for a three-year-old son who went missing. Before dying, the man warns that knowing one's origin is not fortunate. Jinpei reunites with Ken and Jun, who infiltrated the ninja base. They battle the Galactor army and defeat a giant demon formed by united ninjas using the Tornado Fighter. Although Jinpei learns nothing about his past, Ryu gives him a crushed birthday present, which Jinpei accepts with satisfaction.
- 96EP 96
The Science Ninja Team infiltrates the submerged Galactor base hidden within a cave.
Jul 28, 1974ISO intelligence locates the Galactor Headquarters near the Lelo River gorge, forcing the team to travel by canoe while Ryu remains behind with the God Phoenix. After an unknown man interferes with their journey, he is captured by Galactor, who use him to lure the ninja team into their underground base. Jinpei narrowly escapes a closing ceiling trap, but Ken and the others are captured. Ryu secretly flies the God Phoenix to the site despite initial hesitation. The captured man, revealing his willow was destroyed in a previous battle, helps the team by opening the ceiling. Jinpei drops a bomb to free his comrades, and they escape with the man. Ken then destroys the base with a missile, while the rescued man reflects on the heavy burdens of his role in the conflict.
- 97EP 97
Leona 3 faces imminent crash as the Science Ninja Team investigates sabotage and missing personnel.
Aug 4, 1974The two-man rocket Leona 3 launches from the U.N. site to explore the Milky Way Nebula, but the real president is found dead and the vehicle deviates from its course. With control mechanisms failing, the rocket threatens to crash on the Shaku peninsula, endangering 20,000 people. The Science Ninja Team searches for Nambu, a key developer who was abducted and imprisoned in a local atomic power plant. Katse traps the team with Nambu and escapes in a devil star disc plane, claiming the rocket will strike the facility. After narrowly escaping the plant, the team realizes the rocket's trajectory cannot be corrected. Nambu instructs them to destroy the vessel, but the crew has already severed contact. Ken ultimately presses the button, causing Leona 3 to disintegrate, leaving only a rosary to descend to Earth.
- 98EP 98
Joe encounters a mysterious woman and faces a new mecha threat while hiding his condition.
Aug 11, 1974Joe collides with a woman who reminds him of his mother, but blinding light causes fear. Meanwhile, God Phoenix struggles because G-2 is missing. Upon returning, Joe hides his physical issues and acts aggressively toward Nambu. Nambu tasks Joe with rescuing air pollution specialist Mekker, who develops mechas, and asks Ken to assist secretly. Joe launches a Bird Missile while God Phoenix infiltrates the enemy mecha unnoticed. Inside, Joe accuses Mekker of using poisonous gas to kill people. Mekker claims Galactor appreciated him while the world ignored him. Joe provokes Mekker to draw his weapon, but blinding light strikes again. Ken intervenes to save Joe. Katse’s voice emerges with gas, revealing Mekker’s manipulation. Ken and others escape with Mekker, destroying the base and mecha. Joe later visits the woman, fearing his illness will remove him from the Science Ninja Team and prevent his revenge.
- 99EP 99
The Science Ninja Team infiltrates a base while Joe struggles with impaired vision and self-doubt.
Aug 18, 1974The Science Ninja Team pursues Katse to a base where X orders his termination. After Joe’s blind Bird Missile destroys the fortress upper section, the team enters but triggers a trap burying them in sand. They escape via tornado fighter, yet Joe’s condition hinders their efforts. Ken notices Joe’s distress and keeps him in the God Phoenix. While Ken and others find an ammunition room, X traps them in a drill-equipped chamber descending toward magma. Ken contacts Joe, requesting a timed Bird Missile strike below the drill. Despite Joe’s lack of confidence, Ken entrusts him with their lives and provides coordinates via bird scramble. Joe prays for clarity, regaining normal vision momentarily to launch the missile. The team survives, but Ken feels unease seeing the blood on Joe’s hand.
- 100EP 100
Science Ninja pursues Katse to a base where X orders his termination
Aug 25, 1974The Science Ninja tracks Katse to a specific base location. Upon arrival, the character X issues a direct command to Katse. This order explicitly instructs Katse to terminate the Science Ninja Team. The narrative focuses on this confrontation and the subsequent directive given by X regarding the team's elimination.
- 101EP 101
Ken and Jun investigate suspicious helicopter activity while Joe recovers his confidence.
Sep 1, 1974Ken worries about Joe, who fears being sidelined, but their argument is interrupted by Nambu regarding tapped ISO circuits and interfering waves. Jun suggests using bracelets to locate the enemy, but Joe attempts to flee until Ken stops him. Ken volunteers to go with Jun, leaving Joe on standby with his airgun. Suspecting a helicopter at ISO headquarters, they board it to reach a base and retrieve a tape from Katse, only to find it already copied. They pursue a Devilstar disc into a swamp, where Galactor mobiles capture them. Joe, tracking his airgun’s transmitter, shoots their ropes and destroys the enemy vehicles. When the mobiles merge into a mecha, Joe pilots the G-2, dodging light rays and destroying the head with the Condor Machine. Joe’s bold smile returns, though he struggles with conflicting self-confidence and puzzlement.
- 102EP 102
A Reversal! Checkmate X!
Sep 8, 1974Ken acts alone to rescue Nambu from a mecha trap, unaware Joe is being watched by the Female Commander. Galactor abducts Nambu, who taunts Katse about his hidden identity. Joe arrives to save Nambu but is shot by the Megazainer, losing his transformation and consciousness. The Science Ninja Team arrives via Joe’s message, defeating the guards. Joe wakes to shoot the Megazainer’s airgun wire, causing an explosion that reveals Katse’s face. Nambu shares a secret about Katse’s twin origins. X appears, and Ken hesitates before throwing his boomerang at the fleeing enemy. The team is awed by X’s power.
- 103EP 103
Joe faces terminal illness and Galactor while racing to find their base.
Sep 15, 1974Joe’s illness worsens, prompting him to race to overcome his fears, but he is captured by Galactor and confronted by Katse. After refusing to betray his comrades, Joe fights back and escapes from a mecha, only to collapse and be hospitalized. He learns he has ten days to live. Meanwhile, Galactor initiates a final operation using earthquakes as bait. Nambu investigates the seismic activity, leaving Joe behind for medical checks. Joe convinces Ken to take the G-2 car and escapes the hospital when Nambu is distracted. Using clues from Katse, Joe travels to Cross Karakorum, believing it to be the enemy headquarters. His communication bracelet is destroyed by a bullet during the journey. Surrounded by Galactor forces, Joe fights valiantly but is ultimately overwhelmed by gunfire. Simultaneously, astronomers observe the extinction of a star selector in the Andromeda nebula.
- 104EP 104
The Evil Grand Black Hole Operation
Sep 22, 1974The God Phoenix destroys the mecha bait, prompting Nambu to order a search for Joe. X, agitated by Selector’s disappearance, threatens to extinguish Earth and orders Katse to activate a mantle timer. The Science Ninja Team is recalled as reports of neutron reactions and Galactor’s nuclear explosions in the mantle surface. Ken receives a Morse code message from Red Impulse members inside the discovered headquarters. Despite Nambu’s suspicion of a trap, the team follows the signal. Joe, temporarily revived, attacks Katse with a feather shuriken, which is drawn into a machine. The God Phoenix arrives but faces dense fog. Red Impulse guides the team into a trap, collapsing under fire. The Ninja Team retreats, driven by their comrades' will, and splits up to find the entrance.
- 105EP 105
Earth's Destruction! 0002
Sep 29, 1974The Science Ninja Team searches for the Galactor base entrance amidst fog and stone statues while Joe defends Jun from attackers. After revealing the location to his comrades, Joe is left behind as Ken, Jun, and others infiltrate the facility. They confront Katse, but Sosai X interrupts to announce the Black Hole project has begun, threatening Earth's destruction in 30 minutes. X reveals his plan changed after his mother star disappeared and escapes in a pencil-shaped ship. Despairing, Katse jumps into magma, believing he was deceived. Unbeknownst to the team, Joe's earlier shuriken dislodges a gear, stopping the mechanism via an internal molecular bomb. Nambu later reports Galactor's destruction, warning that evil can reside within anyone.
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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.