Gatchaman Fighter

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{{Short description|Japanese anime television series}}
{{more citations needed|date=May 2008}}

{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Gatchaman Fighter
| image = Gatchaman F logo.png
| caption =
| ja_kanji = 科学忍者隊ガッチャマンF(ファイター)
| ja_romaji = Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman Faitā
| genre = [[Adventure]], [[science fiction]]
| creator = [[Tatsuo Yoshida]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = tv series
| director = Seitarô Hara
| producer = [[Ippei Kuri]]
| writer = [[Jinzō Toriumi]]
| music =
| studio = [[Tatsunoko Production]]
| licensee = {{English anime licensee
| NA = [[Sentai Filmworks]]
}}
| network = [[Fuji Network System|FNS]] ([[Fuji TV]])
| first = October 7, 1979
| last = August 31, 1980
| episodes = 48<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tatsunoko.co.jp/works/gatchaman-f |title= ｢科学忍者隊ガッチャマン F｣
|access-date=2008-07-19 |work=[[Tatsunoko Production]] |language=ja }}</ref>
| episode_list = List of Gatchaman Fighter episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|'''''Gatchaman Fighter''''' or '''''Gatchaman F'''''|科学忍者隊ガッチャマンF(ファイター)|Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman Faitā|Science Ninja Team Gatchaman Fighter}} is the direct sequel to ''[[Gatchaman II]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title= Ten Crazy Things from the Original '70s Gatchaman Cartoon We Hope to See in the New Movie|publisher= [[Topless Robot]]|url=http://www.toplessrobot.com/2013/06/10_crazy_things_from_the_original_70s_gatchaman_ca.php|access-date=2015-04-25}}</ref> In the continuing saga, a surviving fragment of Leader X mutates into '''Leader Z''', and recruits megalomaniac '''Count Egobossler''' to create an army to conquer the world. In order to defeat this new enemy, the Science Ninja Team Gatchaman return with stronger weapons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tatsunoko.co.jp/english/box06.html#2 |title= Tatsunoko Pro.|access-date=2008-07-10 |work=[[Tatsunoko Production]] }}</ref>

==Description==
Picking up immediately where ''Gatchaman II'' left off in storyline, the third and final series debuted a week later, running for 48 episodes. Aspects such as the animation, music, and mecha designs were further overhauled with ''F''.

==Plot synopsis==
After Leader X is seemingly destroyed for good at the end of ''Gatchaman II'', a fragment of him that survived grows and mutates into Z. With the head of the Egobossler family, Count Egobossler (and his two subordinates '''Mechandol''' and '''Kempler'''), Z is bent on destroying the Earth, and the Science Ninja Team, once more.

In the wake of Anderson's death, Dr. Nambu has become the new head of the ISO, while the team is now confined to the '''Gallatown''' (aka "G-Town") underwater base. '''Engineer Kamo''' is introduced, and after the '''New GodPhoenix''' is destroyed early on, the team receives the new '''Gatchaspartan''' as their mecha. The Gatchaspartan has a special mode as well, called '''Hypershoot''', that can only be utilized by Ken (with his new "Gatchafencer" sword).

As the series progresses, it is learned that the radiation exposure from constant use of the Hypershoot is slowly killing Ken, and that continued use would mean death. Meanwhile, Z plans to destroy the earth with an antimatter asteroid, codenamed "Poison Apple".

The final eight episodes of the series took a darker turn, with more death and destruction involved. These episodes were not included in the [[Eagle Riders]] adaptation, though a segment of #47 was inserted into one of the other episodes, and the opening sequence shows clips from the final scene of #48.

The mecha in this series became more like the standard anime mecha seen in other series around the time, rather than the 'bird' theme in ''Gatchaman II''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tatsunoko.co.jp/works/gatchaman_f/digest.html |title=科学忍者隊ガッチャマンF ダイジェスト |access-date=2008-07-21 |work=[[Tatsunoko Production]] |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420102621/http://www.tatsunoko.co.jp/works/gatchaman_f/digest.html |archive-date=2008-04-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tatsunoko.co.jp/works/gatchaman_f/chara.html |title=科学忍者隊ガッチャマンF キャラクター |access-date=2008-07-21 |work=[[Tatsunoko Production]] |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424145855/http://www.tatsunoko.co.jp/works/gatchaman_f/chara.html |archive-date=2008-04-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Episodes ==
{{main|List of Gatchaman Fighter episodes}}

==Adaptations and changes==
18 episodes of ''F'' were utilized for [[Eagle Riders]], and went through the same edit procedures that episodes of ''II'' had gone through, though [[Saban Entertainment]] also began merging some episodes together, and adding scenes from otherwise-untranslated episodes in new context into others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ex.org/1.1/12-riap_1.html|title=RIAP Writes|access-date=2016-04-21|work=EX|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511145300/http://www.ex.org/1.1/12-riap_1.html|archive-date=2008-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2015/01/17/gatchaman-complete-collection-bluray-review/|title='Gatchaman Complete Collection' BluRay Review|first=Ollie|last=Barder|website=[[Forbes]] }}</ref>

Count Egobossler's name was changed to '''Happy Boy''' (for the grin-faced mask and his laughing) in the dub, and his origin was also rewritten. Originally, Egobossler was the son of the original Count, but killed his father (after he witnessed his mother being murdered by him) and imprisoned his brother, becoming the new Count in the process. In ''Eagle Riders'', Happy Boy was instead the new form of '''Mallanox''' (originally named '''Gelsadora''' in ''Gatchaman II''), transformed by Cybercon in a new attempt to defeat the Eagle Riders.

Ken's deterioration was also toned down in the dub, with a few select episodes dealing with the plot point translated. In ''Eagle Riders'', '''Hunter''' is cured of the illness before the end of the series, while in ''F'', the supposed cure was not effective for long, and Ken's condition worsened.

The final eight episodes, which dealt with the death of Nambu, Ken on the verge of dying from use of the Hypershoot, Z's "Poison Apple" plan, and the team's final confrontation against Z, were not included. Instead, episode 15 (''Hell's Burning Ambition'') was used as the series finale.

On March 21, 2017, [[Sentai Filmworks]] announced their license for the series. They released an uncut, subtitled DVD set on July 4, 2017.<ref name="Sentai">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-21/sentai-filmworks-to-release-gatchaman-fighter-on-dvd/.113719|title=Sentai Filmworks to Release Gatchaman Fighter on DVD|publisher=Anime News Network|date=March 21, 2017|access-date=March 21, 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* ''G-Force'': Animated ([[TwoMorrows Publishing]]: {{ISBN|978-1-893905-18-4}})

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081016022502/http://www.junsjoint.net/eagleriders/ ''Eagle Riders Episode Guide'' - American adaptation of Gatchaman II and Gatchaman Fighter by Saban]
* {{ann|anime|1220}}
* {{IMDb title|0185081}}

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