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Gatchaman

In the near future, Earth finds itself under attack from the powerful and vicious terrorist organization Galactor, which is lead by Sôsai X and his immediate human subordinate, Berg Katse. With its massive resources and advanced technology, the group seems overwhelming. However, the free world has a powerful defense with the superhero team Gatchaman. Organized by Kôzaburô Nambu under the aegis of the International Science Organization and led by Ken Washio (Ôwashi no Ken), it is determined to prevent Galactor from winning.

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Masaya Onosaka
Ôwashi no Ken
Kôji Ishii
Kondoru no Jô
Michiko Neya
Shiratori no Jun

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Episode 1

Gatchaman vs. Dragon King

Tue, Jul 29, 1997

Earth is in political turmoil. Several governments have chosen to take sides. Some for good & some for bad, but under it all is the shadow of a darker presence. This dark presence has been on earth a long time & has now started to enact a complex plan to convert the earth for their own purpose. Dr. Kozaburo Nambu has been working on investigating this dark group & tracking the organization's actions. Knowing that sooner or later they would have to take some sort of action to stop this dark organization he also formed an "elite" group of five individuals formally called the Science Ninja Team or Gatchaman. In the 1st installment there has been an odd weather phenomenon occurring at the same time and place where prominent scientists & officials have been abducted & then never heard from again. Gatchaman is officially activated for the 1st time & called to investigate these occurrences & attempt to locate the enemy base. Nambu though having some foresight that the dark organization may have infiltrated into some areas of government. It seems that the organization has gotten much farther then he could have expected. So now a rescue of Dr Nambu is also needed.

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