Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman

The Science Ninja Team faces a Galactor mecha trap involving uranium ore data and a decoy case.

Jinpei 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.

Science Ninja Team investigates mysterious dinosaur skeleton and Galactor missile base in Inderia.

In 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.

Ken assists a Red Impulse commander in Huntwall to expose a Galactor conspiracy involving the defense minister.

The 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.

A final farewell to the Red Impulse character

Farewell, Red Impulse

A 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.

Ken confronts Galactor at ISO conference while team faces Katse's ice trap

Katse 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.

Galactor uses mini-submarines to pollute the Tarushia Sea with PCB, forcing Ken to infiltrate their operations.

Galactor 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.

Koji abandons his mission to destroy a missile base and faces orders to assassinate a president.

Jun 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.

Released sniper Mike Miller uses a freeze tank to attack the Science Ninja Team near the south pole.

Mike 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.

Ken pursues the stolen Jet Cutter inside a cave while battling Mekabutta's intense heat.

After 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.

Ken and Jun infiltrate a hidden base to stop Doctor Ogawara's new mecha Komaking.

After 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.

Science Ninja Team G-6 joins the team after a Galactor pilot sacrifices himself to destroy a mecha.

A 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.

Ken encounters his father's Red Impulse planes and discovers a Galactor deception.

Ken 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.

The Science Ninja Team uses robot decoys to infiltrate the enemy base.

Nambu 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.

Professional baseball players vanish during stadium blackouts as the ninja team investigates a subterranean Galactor plot.

During 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.

The Science Ninja Team uncovers a deadly plot involving poisoned Christmas gifts.

One year after Flanbel escaped Dictator General Somure, Galactor threatens the Prime Minister with death. The Science Ninja Team infiltrates the mansion via a secret back door. On peace memorial day, the governor distributes presents to children, but the Suimusa group sees their gifts stolen by upper city youth. That night, the team finds families dead from poison gas in the presents, revealing the governor serves Somure. Meanwhile, the Suimusa group attempts to destroy a snowman at the celebration site to vent anger. The snowman is actually Galactor's mecha in disguise. Galactor mistakes the Suimusa group for the Science Ninja Team and captures them. The ninja team arrives, rescues the group, and boards the God Phoenix to escape the pursuing mecha. Inside the machine are Somure and the governor. The God Phoenix buries the mecha with them and departs. The team offers to make replacement presents, but the Suimusa group states that fighting alongside Gatchaman was the best gift. Children's voices echo that justice will win.

Super Bem the Composite Iron Beast

Stolen brains of doctors are used by Galactor to create Super Bem. The Science Ninja Team tracks the monster Bem, who merges with Dr. Yamashina's X1 robot. Nambu reveals the brain is fake, allowing Ken to sabotage the energy source. Katse orders self-destruction, causing an explosion. The God Phoenix escapes using the Firebird.

The Science Ninja Team guards the Monarins queen against Katse's assassination plot during a fashion show.

The queen of Monarins supports the Science Ninja Team financially, prompting Katse to attempt her assassination. The team assumes guard duty at a fashion show while Ken and Joe investigate the palace, where they are attacked by finger-ring bombs. Ken adapts to the threat using local roller game techniques, while Jun works as a model. Katse and the Devil Stars infiltrate the event, replacing participants and threatening the queen. She calls for the Science Ninja Team, who successfully evade the bombs through special training. Realizing he is outmatched, Katse escapes alone in a mole tank.

Gatchaman Fire Strikes as God Phoenix Falls to Jellyfish Mecha Attack

Katse defies Sosai X to prioritize conquering Earth over destroying the Mantle Plan, earning the rank of President Z. X secretly mocks this title as a symbol of murder while Galactor attacks Mantle Plan institutions with a jellyfish mecha. The damaged God Phoenix is forced to land in the desert and explodes. While the ISO rebuilds the vehicle, the Science Ninja Team receives new defensive weapons, which Nambu clarifies are not for killing. When the jellyfish mecha targets ISO headquarters, the revived God Phoenix is deployed. The team defeats the enemy in a mountain region using individual mecha weapons and Super Bird Missiles. Despite the victory, Ken doubts that developing new weapons will ever bring true peace.

The God Phoenix investigates a radioactive island and confronts the disguised Galactor agent Katse.

The God Phoenix travels to a southern island following a nuclear explosion that destroyed ISO research planes. Although records indicate high radiation, the team finds no radioactivity or damage upon arrival, yet discovers molten human figures in a tram. Joe deduces a nuclear experiment occurred. Suddenly, building walls loosen and radiation spikes, forcing the crew to flee in the God Phoenix. They pass through a radiation belt without using fuel, causing them to lose consciousness from the shock. Upon waking on a research ship, they encounter Nambu, who orders them to return to base. Ken realizes the fuel discrepancy and attacks Nambu, exposing him as Katse in disguise. Galactor’s plan to infiltrate the base via the God Phoenix has failed. Katse escapes in a disc-shaped plane.

The Science Ninja Team investigates disappearances in the Ohara desert tombs.

Galactor infiltrates Shosken, a region dominated by the Ohara desert, after communications with an investigation team vanish in ancient tombs. The Science Ninja Team disperses among locals to search, where Jinpei encounters a woman mistaking him for her deceased son. He learns of missing villagers near the devil's cemetery and investigates alone, discovering a Galactor base extracting uranium from quicksand. The abducted citizens are forced into labor there. Jinpei alerts Ken and the others, who help corner Katse, but Galactor uses villagers as hostages to force their release. As Galactor attempts to drop the hostages into the quicksand, Ken’s boomerang triggers the base's self-destruct mechanism. Katse and his men escape while the team rescues the hostages. The grieving woman collapses crying, unable to see Jinpei, who later returns to the God Phoenix and weeps on Jun's chest.

Mummified corpses prompt Nambu to order the Science Ninja Team to investigate the cause of the ongoing damage.

Nambu orders the Science Ninja Team to investigate mummified corpses. Joe saves a girl from mannequin mechas and takes her to the hospital. Ken blames Joe for not contacting him and distrusts the girl. Joe sees the girl running away and follows her. Ken finds plastic from her bed and connects it to Joe's message about a puppet cemetery. The team searches for a mannequin dumping place. Jun and Ryu are captured by Maya, who controls the mannequins. Ken and Jinpei sneak into the base using Ryu's Birdscramble and save the others. They defeat the mannequins. Maya was allowed to leave Galactor if she succeeded in terminating the Science Ninja Team. Katse shoots Maya for failing and leaves, stating it is not possible to leave Galactor alive. The mask falls from Maya's face. She tells the Science Ninja Team about the self-destruction of the base and murmurs that she would have loved living under the sun, then she passes away.

The Invincible Leader X

After an ISO investigation team is destroyed by a Yeti in the Himalaya, Jinpei travels there alone and discovers the creature is a Galactor mecha. He is captured and forced to work as a servant in the Galactor base, where he secretly transmits a distress signal. Meanwhile, the Science Ninja Team arrives at the location based on his message. Galactor attacks the team with missiles and flamethrowers, but Ken’s tactics trigger an avalanche that damages the base. The God Phoenix breaches the facility, allowing the team to confront Katse. When Ken removes Katse’s mask, X appears in a flash of light, revealing himself as the ruler of Galactor. The team is blinded and loses consciousness, waking to find both leaders gone, leaving the existence of X and the Himalayan secret unresolved.

A swarm of mini iron beasts attacks while Toda's research is ignored by authorities.

Entomologist Toda in Amazonia observes strange locust behavior but faces dismissal from officials. Jinpei returns to the region after hearing the account, revealing that Galactor is manipulating the insects via a guiding radio signal. The swarm assaults Toda’s hut, prompting Jinpei to capture the lead mecha locust and identify the transmission frequency. Communication with Ken is blocked by interference, so Jinpei uses pesticide to spray a bird head shape in a meadow. This signal summons the God Phoenix, which joins Jinpei and Toda. Anticipating this, Katse accelerates his scheme by deploying mecha locusts toward global capitals. Ken utilizes the Phoenix to emit the same frequency, luring the swarms to the sea where they are destroyed by a rocket. Only Ken and his team recognize the crucial contribution of the overlooked scientist.