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Gatchaman Fire Strikes as God Phoenix Falls to Jellyfish Mecha Attack
Jan 6, 1974Katse 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.
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The God Phoenix investigates a radioactive island and confronts the disguised Galactor agent Katse.
Jan 13, 1974The 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.
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The Science Ninja Team investigates disappearances in the Ohara desert tombs.
Jan 20, 1974Galactor 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.
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Mummified corpses prompt Nambu to order the Science Ninja Team to investigate the cause of the ongoing damage.
Jan 27, 1974Nambu 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.
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The Invincible Leader X
Feb 3, 1974After 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.
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A swarm of mini iron beasts attacks while Toda's research is ignored by authorities.
Feb 10, 1974Entomologist 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.
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The Science Ninja Team pursues Katse through a jungle trap and a mammoth mecha.
Feb 17, 1974After Katse escapes in a rocket then switches to a car, the Science Ninja Team follows him into a jungle. They split into three groups to search for him while X sends a commando unit and sets traps. Joe criticizes Ryu for being unprepared, but Ryu defends his empathy for a wounded deer. Jinpei finds Katse but is captured by the commando unit. Joe and Ryu discover Jinpei is about to be sacrificed near an ice-covered mammoth. They rescue him and corner Katse, who has disguised himself as a Shinto priest. Katse retreats into a mammoth mecha and attacks the team. The God Phoenix saves them, and Joe prepares to fire a rocket at the mecha but hesitates upon seeing deer below. Instead, they lure the mecha into the mountains and trigger an avalanche with a rocket, destroying it. The team mistakenly believes the nearby jungle traps indicate the location of the headquarters, which remains hidden in fog.
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Jun loses her shoe to Galactor who analyze it to reverse her transformation while she infiltrates their base.
Feb 24, 1974A mammoth emerges at an amusement park where Jun and Jinpei are visiting. Jun’s shoe gets stuck in a mecha and is taken by Galactor. Nambu suggests analyzing it to find the transformation secret. Katse orders the shoe examined, revealing the electrical frequency that turns it into a white boot. X directs Dr. Mizuno to create a reversal weapon. Galactor recruits sixteen-year-old girls for a beauty center to find G-3. Jun applies despite knowing it is a trap. After other candidates are captured and sedated, Jun feigns sleep and sends a bird scramble signal. She is taken to the base and questioned by Katse. The God Phoenix arrives just in time. Jun rescues the girls, retrieves her shoe, and boards the mecha. Katse launches rockets, but Ken’s guidance system causes them to return, destroying the base and the enemy machine.
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Ryu's father reveals a Galactor mech weakness during a rescue mission on an Amana island.
Mar 3, 1974After Ryu's father's boat sinks, Ryu fails to report for duty due to distress, leading to house arrest. Ken and Jun secretly depart in the God Phoenix to search for the missing father. They locate him on an Amana island, where he unknowingly reveals that the Galactor mech's interior is exposed when its small planes detach. The team then targets a uranium store within the mech. Ryu executes a precise rocket strike during the plane detachment phase, successfully destroying the enemy machine and proving his capability despite earlier reprimands.
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Joe misses the race and loses his form while the team faces a Galactor trap in the underground city.
Mar 10, 1974Joe arrives late to Nambu after finishing a race, transforming en route and attracting the Megazainer. High-frequency waves strip his powers, forcing him to retreat while Dr. Misuno fears an explosion. The other four members enter a burnt subterranean city to investigate suspicious signals, falling into a Galactor trap. Joe reports the transformation-undoing weapon to Nambu, who fails to reach Ken. Ken is deceived by Katse’s disguise and struck by the Megazainer but is narrowly saved by Red Impulse members. Jun, Jinpei, and Ryu are captured for high-frequency exposure. Joe rescues them, prompting the Red Impulse commander to fire a rocket that reveals Ken’s true identity. Ken and his friends overload the Megazainer, causing it to explode. As Red Impulse pursues Katse, Joe tosses his cap to Ken, who stares at it in silence.
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Science Ninja Team confronts brainwashed citizens and Berg Katse's resource theft in Dokual
Mar 17, 1974The Science Ninja Team travels to the resource-rich nation of Dokual to protect its president from Galactor's threats. After hiding the God Phoenix, they infiltrate the presidential residence, where they detect a Black Bird disguise by observing the cane's position. Escaping lethal traps and poisonous gas, the team is attacked by brainwashed citizens emitting radio waves. A boy, immune to the signals because he uses the subway as a playground, rescues them. Following the sewer system to the signal's source, the team destroys the broadcasting mechanism and fights Black Birds. Berg Katse then reveals he has stolen the country's resources and rigged the base to explode upon destruction. The team suffers their first total defeat, finding solace only in seeing the rescued boy reunited with his mother.
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Joe's Traumatic Dreams and the Galactor Submarine Ambush at Marin Saturn
Mar 24, 1974Joe suffers from nightly nightmares of his parents' death, leading to severe exhaustion. Ken and Joe investigate a research institute in Marin Saturn, located 10,000 meters below sea level, after it loses contact. During the descent, Joe hears a radio message about a mysterious submarine, triggering a nightmare that causes him to destroy the device. The submarine is actually Galactor, whose members have infiltrated the institute as engineers. They ambush Ken and Joe, taking them to a carrier and a gas chamber. Ken escapes to destroy the carrier, causing an explosion. He rescues Joe, who stands motionless before the flames. Ken forces Joe to face the light, restoring his memory. Joe reveals he is a Galactor child. They escape in the Marin Saturn, discover captured engineers dead in ghost water, and Ken reports this to Nambu. Joe questions Ken about his secret, to which Ken replies, "You're the Science Ninja Team G-2." The two watch the sunset from the vehicle.
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Science Ninja Team Investigates Spy Boronbo and Galactor Data Theft
Mar 31, 1974Nambu tasks the Science Ninja Team with investigating ISO scientist Boronbo, suspected of spying for Galactor. Ken infiltrates the spy’s circle, learning Boronbo’s daughter is held hostage. Boronbo imprisons Ken and flees with stolen data. Joe and the team locate Boronbo’s car near the ISO headquarters, revealing an underground base entrance. After the team is ambushed, Ken pursues Galactor commander Katse into a moving mecha. Katse attempts to destroy Ken with a timebomb while escaping with the data. Ken rescues Boronbo’s daughter and escapes the collapsing base. Boronbo had programmed the data to self-destruct upon a switch activation, baffling Katse. Ken reunites the daughter with her father. Later, Rumi seeks her unknown benefactor. Ken, having reverted from his Gatchaman identity, silently watches Rumi pass him and retrieves her dropped rose.
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The Science Ninja Team investigates robot peacocks and a presumed death in Assham.
Apr 7, 1974An uprising in Assham prompts the Science Ninja Team to investigate a leader shot by a confusion ray. Ken and Jinpei discover the national birds are robots that attack them with the ray. Ken saves Jinpei but is captured by the Peacock Devil, who destroys his hidden car. The team mourns Ken after a broadcast shows his destruction, but the mecha reappears. The God Phoenix battles the enemy and is hit by the ray. Ken escapes the wreckage, damages the mecha's hull, and instructs Joe to launch a timed rocket. The explosion destroys the machine, and Ken survives. Jun returns his boomerang as the team celebrates his survival.
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Joe seeks refuge with Father Alan while evading Galactor forces on BC Island.
Apr 14, 1974Katse investigates BC Island after a man resembling Giuseppe Asakura visits his grave, discovering an empty tomb for Giuseppe's supposed deceased child. The island-wide manhunt targets Joe, who escapes to a church and seeks shelter from Father Alan, an old friend. During treatment, Joe learns Alan was engaged to the Devil Star girl he killed. As Galactor forces breach the church, the Science Ninja Team arrives to confront the enemy. Alan then confronts the team, demanding to know Joe's identity as the Condor. Ken admits the truth, but Joe shoots Alan before the trigger is pulled, only to find the gun empty. Joe laments losing the island's most vital figure, leading to a solemn funeral for Alan while the God Phoenix departs.
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Galactor Targets the Crescent Coral Reef with a New Detection Device
Apr 21, 1974Dr. Misuno of Galactor creates a device to detect the electrical waves emitted during the Science Ninja Team's transformation. Galactor uses this to track the team and rebuilds previous mechas to attack. The Science Ninja Team reunites in the God Phoenix to fight the mechas, but Nambu suspects a trap and orders a retreat to the Crescent Coral base. Despite their efforts to evade detection, the base is surrounded by crab-shaped bulldozers targeting its propulsion system. G-4 mobilizes to defend the base, allowing the team to defeat the mechas. Although the base is saved, Galactor successfully detects the Crescent Coral's location and learns its secret ability to change position, bringing the enemy closer.
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ISO Factory Drill Threatens Massive Earthquake Amid Galactor Ambush
Apr 28, 1974Galactor attacks an ISO subterranean factory, causing a uranium-powered drill to fall into an Earth crack, threatening an earthquake exceeding magnitude 8. The Science Ninja Team, accompanied by geologist Dr. Karig, uses an Earth investigation car and G-4 to retrieve the drill within a 10-hour limit. Ken lures a mecha away as bait, destroying it with a time-bomb boomerang. The team encounters a rock barrier, but Dr. Karig is revealed as a spy for Katse, who holds his family hostage. Katse orders the monkey to sever a cable to stop the drill's descent. However, Ken detonates a time bomb, halting the drill's fall. Dr. Karig is buried and killed in the explosion. After the drill is recovered by a crane, Jinpei destroys the receiver on the monkey's collar.
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Demon attacks a cargo plane with his spiderweb mecha to expose the Science Ninja Team.
May 5, 1974Scientist Demon attempts to sell his invention to Galactor by attacking a cargo plane, targeting his rival Nambu from their school days. He forces Nambu to reveal the Science Ninja Team's identities as a condition for the deal. At an airfield, Demon photographs the team's faces using a hidden camera in his eyepatch and detonates a bomb, causing the team to lose confidence. The God Phoenix escorts another plane, guided by Ken to fly into the mecha's web. The G-4 uses a buzzsaw to cut the threads, allowing the Phoenix to reach the cockpit. Demon shoots at Jun, breaking her bracelet and reversing her transformation. Ken and Joe shield Jun with their capes. Demon triggers a self-destruct mechanism while handing over the photo. The team escapes and views the image, which only shows the legs of five people flying away, confirming their secret identities remain safe.
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Science Ninja Team intercepts Galactor spies in Utoland City while Jinpei befriends Dave.
May 12, 1974Galactor agents infiltrate Utoland City by walking past the distracted Science Ninja Team guards. Jinpei hires a hippie named Dave to work at a restaurant, then leaves in his buggy and is stopped by a suspicious policeman. Jinpei flees and gets injured, leading Dave to care for him like a father figure. Joe suspects Dave and observes him communicating with Katse. The team uses Dave as bait for a trap, but Jinpei overhears the plan via his bracelet and goes alone to the ambush site. The other team members and Dave rush to help. A Chessknight mecha appears, and Katse forces Dave to reveal the team's true faces. Dave refuses, rescues Jun and Jinpei from a collapsing bridge, and Katse destroys the structure. Jinpei is saved by the G-5 craft and believes Dave was a friend, not a spy, as he cries on Jun's chest.
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God Phoenix investigates the artificial sweetener Shugare crisis linked to arms dealer Gilman.
May 19, 1974With the global sugar reserve depleted, the artificial sweetener Shugare becomes a target after an arms dealer named Gilman buys the entire supply. The God Phoenix investigates a message about Shugare in the Bikkuiero mountains, discovering a crashed cargo plane. Evidence points to Gilman, who is identified via the black box as the purchaser. Jinpei and Ryu infiltrate a location by posing as royalty to find ant assembly sites, but are captured by Gilman’s secretary, Mei, and taken aboard a submarine. Ken refuses to help, suggesting they lead captors to the main base, and follows the vessel. At a sea relay station, Katse, disguised as Mei, shoots Gilman and plans to reload Shugare. Jinpei and Ryu escape, rejoin the God Phoenix, and evade rocket fire that destroys the station. Ryu disables the submarine, which is then destroyed by a Bird Missile.
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Jinpei rescues abducted Maria amid Galactor trap and Patogila attack
May 26, 1974Jinpei falls for a mountain girl who is revealed to be Maria, a millionaire's abducted daughter. He rescues her alone, drawing police suspicion due to his unknown identity. Police chief Galactor agent Katse orders Patogila to expose Jinpei at an amusement park trap. Meanwhile, the God Phoenix is diverted by a crayfish mecha and cannot contact Jinpei due to radio interference. The Science Ninja Team, suspicious of his absence, arrives with a dummy. Jun throws the dummy to distract enemies while Jinpei transforms and joins the God Phoenix. They defeat Patogila using Bird Missiles. Jinpei later visits the hospitalized Maria, resolving to avoid her until Galactor is defeated to protect her safety.
- 88EP 88
The Iron Beast Snake 828 and the Mystery of Katse
Jun 2, 1974A Galactor staff member imprisoned for guessing Katse's secret directs the Science Ninja Team to investigate his former female pupil. Ken and Jun visit her school, learning from Professor Howard that the student had an IQ of 280, changed schools annually, and was originally male. After a rocket attack on the professor, Joe and the others battle a mecha while Ken assists in their escape. Meanwhile, the Galactor commander infiltrates the prison and kills the informant. The team confronts this tough commander, who collapses after Joe pierces his windpipe with an airgun. Following the trail, Ken and the others find Professor Hume dead, realizing the unremarkable old man they passed was Katse in disguise.
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Ryu and Jinpei set a coral reef trap for Galactor's forces using a special dye.
Jun 9, 1974Ryu mocks Jinpei as he uses the G-4 machine to shape a coral reef into a crescent bait for Galactor. Nambu provides a special red liquid that marks targets on radar. Galactor’s spy satellite detects the reef, prompting sea bottom tanks from various bases to advance. Jinpei fires the dye, revealing the base is fake and disabling the radar. The tanks retreat, but G-4 tracks them to six individual bases, which the Science Ninja Team destroys. Jinpei pursues Katse’s large mecha back to the main base. Katse detects the pursuit via X, fires torpedoes, and triggers self-destruct before escaping. Ryu worries about Jinpei and follows him. Ryu shields G-4 from torpedoes, getting hurt, and they surface together to escape the explosion. The other members corner Katse’s plane but find only a puppet inside. Katse escapes again, but Ryu and Jinpei remain cheerful.
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Science Ninja Team confronts Matangar, an armored mecha threatening Mikron Island cities.
Jun 16, 1974A dispute arises between Joe and Ken regarding weapon usage. Ken reflects on future evils while visiting his father's grave. On Mikron Island, the mecha Matangar threatens to destroy cities every 12 hours unless the Science Ninja Team appears. Ken analyzes photos to find a weak point, noting that destroying the armored beast could obliterate the island. He identifies a small vent and requests a special bullet. The Phoenix hovers above as Joe aims the Condor Machine. Ken directs Joe to shoot the bullet through the one-centimeter vent, igniting the interior. Matangar clutches the Phoenix and moves toward the sea. Ken bets that the belly armor is thinner, ordering Jun to fire a rocket from the top dome. The rocket destroys the mecha, confirming Ken's assessment.
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- 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.