History Trivia / ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman

Creator/AlanYoung ([[WesternAnimation/DuckTales Scrooge McDuck]], [[Series/MisterEd Wilbur Post]]) is his ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets'' voice. (Well his stutters anyway)[[note]]He also voices the BotP exclusive character 7-Zark-7, (or simply "Zark" for short).[[/note]]\\

JanetWaldo, ([[TheJetsons Judy Jetson]]) voiced her in ''BattleOfThePlanets''.\\

Creator/AlanYoung ([[WesternAnimation/DuckTales Scrooge McDuck]]) is his ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets'' voice. (Well his stutters anyway)\\

** Creator/MasakoNozawa ([[DragonBall Goku]]) can be heard in one of her early roles, as Ryu's brother Seiji (as well as other miscellaneous children). Meanwhile, Creator/GregAyres voices him in the ADV dub.

** Creator/KanetoShiozawa ([[SailorMoon Prince Demand]], [[FistOfTheNorthStar Rei]]) is Berg Katse in the OVA remake.

MasayaOnosaka is his OVA's seiyuu.\\

** KazukoSugiyama (Anime/{{Heidi}}) is Jun's original and most prominent VA.\\

** ToruOhira ([[TheGenieFamily Hakushon Daimao]], [[OnePiece Gaimon]]) voiced Dr. Nambu, while his ''G-Force'' counterpart alternated between being voiced by Jan Rabson and Gregg Berger.

FumihikoTachiki ([[PlayingAgainstType "It's]] [[{{Evangelion}} GENDO!"]]) is his OVA seiyuu.\\

RichardEpcar ([[VideoGame/CrossEdge Demitri Maximoff]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 Raiden]]) voiced him in the Harmony Gold dub of the OVA.\\

** Creator/MasakoNozawa ([[DragonBall Goku]]) can be heard in one of her early roles, as Ryu's brother Seiji (as well as other miscellaneous children). Meanwhile, GregAyres voices him in the ADV dub.

MichikoNeya, ([[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Hsien-Ko]]) is her OVA's seiyuu.\\

** KanetoShiozawa ([[SailorMoon Prince Demand]], [[FistOfTheNorthStar Rei]]) is Berg Katse in the OVA remake.

** MasakoNozawa ([[DragonBall Goku]]) can be heard in one of her early roles, as Ryu's brother Seiji (as well as other miscellaneous children). Meanwhile, GregAyres voices him in the ADV dub.

Creator/BarbaraGoodson, ([[MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita Repulsa]], [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]]) voiced her in ''G-Force: Guardians of Space''.

Creator/GreggBerger ([[AaahhRealMonsters The Gromble]], [[WesternAnimation/DuckMan Cornfed Pig]]) is his actor for ''G-Force''. Except for [[TheOtherDarrin some episodes]] where he's voiced by Jan Rabson (LeisureSuitLarry, Tetsuo in the first dub of ''Manga/{{Akira}}'')\\

** The OVA series has been dubbed twice, with a completely different cast for each version. The first dub was by Harmony Gold (through Urban Vision) in 1997, while the current 2013 dub was by Sentai Filmworks. The first dub had Eddie Frierson as Ken, Richard Cansino as Joe (he had previously voiced the Ken-equivalent role in EagleRiders), Lara Cody as Jun, Mona Marshall as Jinpei (after she'd also voiced the equivalent role in Eagle Riders), and Richard Epcar as Ryu. The later dub has the voice actors from the uncut ADV adaptation of the series, having reprised their roles. Pretty much all of the ADV actors besides those for the team were brought back, although [[spoiler: female Katse]] was recast with Claire Hamilton, as Laurie Gallardo was presumably unvailable.

** The OVA series has been dubbed twice, with a completely different cast for each version. The first dub was by Harmony Gold (through Urban Vision) in 1997, while the current 2013 dub was by Sentai Filmworks. The first dub had Eddie Frierson as Ken, Richard Cansino as Joe (he had previously voiced the Ken-equivalent role in EagleRiders), Lara Cody as Jun, Mona Marshall as Jinpei (after she'd also voiced the equivalent role in Eagle Riders), and Richard Epcar as Ryu. The later dub has the voice actors from the uncut ADV adaptation of the series, having reprised their roles.

*** Various directors were attached to the project and left, due to creative differences and Imagi constantly changing what direction they wanted to take the film in. Kevin Munroe (of the TMNT CGI film) was attached at one point, followed by Robert Mark Kamen, Paul Dini, and finally Jun Falkenstein.

*** The character designers went back and forth between having Jun resemble her TV series self and her OVA self, though her hair was shown to be brown in some CGI test footage.

** Just recently, however, SentaiFilmworks, the successor to ADV Films, announced their acquisition of the ''Gatchaman'' license and plan to release both the original anime and OVA. Whether or not the ''Battle of the Planets'' dub, the ''G-Force'' dub, the sequels, or Eagle Riders will also be released has yet to be determined, but for now, it's relieving to know that Gatchaman has finally been rescued and will be getting [[AvertedTrope a well-deserved rerelease]].

BarbaraGoodson, ([[MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita Repulsa]], [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]]) voiced her in ''G-Force: Guardians of Space''.

BarbaraGoodson voiced him in ''G-Force'', pulling [[TalkingToHimself double work]] as him and Jun.\\

GreggBerger ([[AaahhRealMonsters The Gromble]], [[WesternAnimation/DuckMan Cornfed Pig]]) is his actor for ''G-Force''. Except for [[TheOtherDarrin some episodes]] where he's voiced by Jan Rabson (LeisureSuitLarry, Tetsuo in the first dub of ''Manga/{{Akira}}'')\\

HeyItsThatGuy: His upcoming 2013 Live-Action actor is confirmed to be Tori Matsuzaka AKA [[SamuraiSentaiShinkenger Takeru Shiba/Shinken Red]].
** IsaoSasaki is the Japanese voice of Joe. He's primarily known as a singer that has performed more than a few anime and {{tokusatsu}} [[GetterRobo theme]] [[HimitsuSentaiGoranger son]][[JAKQDengekitai gs]] among others. This includes the theme songs to Gatchaman II and Gatchaman Fighter.\\

** The OVA series has been dubbed twice, with a completely different cast for each version. The first dub was by Harmony Gold (through Urban Vision) in 1997, while the current 2013 dub was by Sentai Filmworks. The first dub had Eddie Frierson as Ken, Richard Cansino as Joe (he had previously voiced the Ken-equivalent role in EagleRiders), Lara Cody as Jun, Mona Marshall as Jinpei (after she'd also voiced the equivalent role in Eagle Riders), and Richard Epcar as Ryu. The later dub has the voice actors from the ADV series dub reprising their roles.

Creator/MonaMarshall voiced him in both Saban's ''Anime/EagleRiders'' and in the Urban Vision dub of the OVA.\\

RichardEpcar ([[VideoGame/CrossEdge Demitri Maximoff]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 Raiden]]) voiced him in the dub of the OVA.\\

** Italy's dub of the first Gatchaman series adapted from "Battle of the Planets", but the two sequel series stuck closer to the original source material [[note]]The Italian "Battle of the Planets" adaptation did manage to dub the final four "Gatchaman" episodes and the other unused stories, although it suddenly broke continuity with having no Zark sequences and completely different title cards compared to what Sandy Frank Film Syndication had provided. It was able to adapt these episodes due to the fact that Tatsunoko had negotiated a licensing deal with Italy prior to Sandy Frank's worldwide contract, although it had taken this dub longer to get through production. [[/note]]. Even so, an Italian version of "Eagle Riders" was also produced.

** Italy's dub of the first Gatchaman series adapted from "Battle of the Planets", but the two sequel series stuck closer to the original source material [[note]]The Italian "Battle of the Planets" adaptation did manage to dub the final four "Gatchaman" episodes, although it suddenly broke continuity with having no Zark sequences and completely different title cards compared to what Sandy Frank Film Syndication had provided. It was able to adapt these episodes due to the fact that Tatsunoko had negotiated a licensing deal with Italy prior to Sandy Frank's worldwide contract, although it had taken this dub longer to get through production. [[/note]]. Even so, an Italian version of "Eagle Riders" was also produced.

** Italy's dub of the first Gatchaman series adapted from "Battle of the Planets", but the two sequel series stuck closer to the original source material [[note]]The Italian "Battle of the Planets" adaptation did manage to dub the final "Gatchaman" episodes, although it suddenly broke continuity with having no Zark sequences and completely different title cards compared to what Sandy Frank had provided[[/note]]. Even so, an Italian version of "Eagle Riders" was also produced.

** Jun was originally slated to be the second-in-command of the team. Sometime during production, her number was swapped around with Joe's. A blooper in one episode even shows her with a "2" on her shirt, used from the original model sheets, the show's ending theme even shows her standing next to Ken as his second instead of Joe. Jinpei and Ryu's numbers were also swapped around.

** Early drafts of the series (back when it had working titles such as "Birdman") had the lead hero named Ken Hayabusa, while the others had the names "Joe Takano", "Jun Shiratori", "Jinpei Tsubakurou", and "Ryu Washio". Jun's initial weapon was to be a fencing sword, while her hair was much shorter. At some point, Joe was to be a ''gardener'', rather than a racer. A remnant of the idea appears in the wrecking-ball episode, where one frame of Joe depicts him with a flower hanging out of his mouth, based from the older model sheets. [[http://calezane.home.xs4all.nl/archive/gscans/gscans.htm A set of other early designs in Gatchaman Material]] show that Jun also had a much different civilian uniform than the boys at one point (a pink "3" hoodie and white leggings), along with Ken and Joe wearing jackets over their numbered T-shirts.