Gatchaman Live Action Movie Battle of the Planets G-Force Science Ninja Team (Japanese Movie with English Sub - All Region DVD)

It isn't an accurate adaption of the anime but it is an entertaining sci fi movie

I bought this for nostalgic reasons. I watched Battle of the Planets when I was a kid. I'm not familiar with the story lines of Gatchaman, or any of the other cartoon series.The subtitles weren't great, but you can basucally follow what they're saying. Even the few English words were different in the subtitles. Go figure. Personally, I'd rather see it dubbed over so you can focus on the movie.I wasn't impressed, but I wasn't disappointed either. The biggest letdown was the design of the Phoenix.

I saw this movie a while back on another video streaming site . But could not find it again . I loved it the first time I saw it and I finally got smart enough to check Amazon and wow I found it . It's just an awesome movie . It steers in a different direction than the anime cartoon but I feel that's what made it more interesting to me . It just made it feel like a totally different movie from the anime .

Captioning was either weak or too literal. Sometimes...this stuff just doesn't translate well. But I'm too much of an old school G-Force (Battle Of The Planets) guy to care. I still love it!

I'm a huge fan of the original Gatchaman anime and was very excited to see this live-action adaptation. Sadly, I was very disappointed. As I was watching, I felt as if the director, producer, and writers, have never seen a single episode of Gatchaman. The characters are not true to the original, especially the story's nemesis, Berg Katse, who was a complete disaster in character translation. The actors and actresses they chose to play the parts are hokey and lack any kind of charisma. The whole movie plays off as if you're watching Power Rangers or Mortal Combat. If you've never seen any of the original Gatchaman anime (or Battle of the Planets) then you might like this movie. Otherwise, someone seriously needs to remake this to a more accurate account of the original anime.

When i first saw this come out in japan i was so excited and tried in vain to find a leak somewhere to watch it. i was so happy when my checking finally lead to a purchase. It's just as cheesy as you would expect, the fighting scenes are way computerized and the gatchaman i remember as a child. The captioning is a little off but it's simple enough to rearrange to make the sentence make sense. i loved gatchaman as a kid so i was not disappointed with this movie. Great for nostalgia purposes and with it being Japan it is cheesy in parts. i will give you a hint and say that like Marvel movies you will want to watch until the end credits, it's only five seconds about, but it makes me think enough to wonder!

There has been a trend in live action remakes of japanese animated series and some of them have been terrific and respectful of the source material, this is not one of those. Unlike the live action yamato this diverges heavily form the original story adding characters and such that dont really fit. the story is disjointed and hard to follow partially because it makes no sense and partially because of atrocious dubbing.While bad it had some enjoyable moments and some charming elements your money is best spent elsewhere especially if you are a gatchman fan.not so bad that i wouldn't burn the dvd for warmth if stranded in the arctic but pretty bad

I like the way the animation has been translated to the big screen. To some degree it has the feel of a more adult version of a Power Rangers movie. That may not be surprising since Gatchaman was one of the shows that laid the foundation for team shows like the Power Rangers. But I do expect that a movie made in 2013 would have special effects that significantly go beyond what movie goers saw in the 1995 "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie" theatrical release.Having said that, the story is more compelling than any that I recall from the original series. The acting and dialogue is better than I expected with a good balance of humor and drama. Tori Matsuzaka is competent as Ken but Go Ayano really owns his role as Joe. Ayame Goriki and Tatsuomi Hamada do well with what lines they are given but I really think Ryohei Suzuki as Ryu is the weak link here.If you are a fan of the genre or the original TV show this is worth your time. But this is not a place for a newbie to start.

huge fan of the Watchman series. i have the cartoon box set. I wanted to get this live action version. its got its good and bad. first off its subtitles in english and the other is that in the very beginning and at the very end are they in their costumes/super powers. Its more dialogue than action...this is just my opinion on this. If you are a die hard fan, you will most likely enjoy this live version.

Fun movie, campy and cartoony and I enjoyed it. Just hard to appreciate it having to read subtitles, you miss some of the action and scenery. Other than that it was great to revisit a childhood memory and not be let down.

this movie is fricken awesome! it brings good memeries of watching the cartoon g-force(battle of the planets), too have a live action version is even better the story was good for a live action film, the characters had their ups and downs but came together as a family to save the earth and each other, despite what other people say this is a good action movie and i hope they make more! good job japan! BIRD GO!

The DVD sold here looks to be the "Hong Kong version" aka a version that is not quite official. The disk itself is good quality, no extras but the subtitles are bottleggy and are not that good. Its especially weird throughout that Condor Joe (aka Jason on BoP) is called "Joe" throughout the movie but the subtitles constantly refer to him as "George." What's especially weird is that there's an infographic IN the movie which also names him as "George." So.. I don't understand. Many of the subtle nuances are lost.The story is dense. Unfortunately, it completely removes the team from any familiar context from the show, which I think is a mistake. For example, the team dynamic as seen on the show is not very strong here. Ryu is not quite the big, loveable giant, Joe is not quite the angry, aggressive #2 as he was on the anime and Ken is more of a stereotypical tormented hero. Ken and Joe share a love interest which is NOT Jun, which further makes it weird. The less said about Berg Katse, the better.But, lots of action, the FX are decent, although I thought some of the suits looked bad (Ken in particular had all the wrong colors). So.. worth a watch if you are a fan but as a fan myself, I can't say this was much more than mediocre and kind of disappointing.

Phew... okay, um, I'm going to lead my review off by saying that this is NOT the best anime to live action flick ever made. I am going to say that it earned a four star rating based on nostalgia alone. The story is pretty standard, and the over dramatic emotional outbursts (seriously, come on, Japan...) kinda bog it down.But it's friggin G-Force, man! I was a nut for this show when I was a kid, complete with running around the backyard with a towel over my shoulders (sorry, Mom) and making whooshing sounds. Worth a look, if you're a hardcore fan of the pre-Voltron classics.

Went in to this with great trepidation. To a big sirpise, the show was very well done. Good afects good proudution value. The story was the only thing that had nothing to do with the originl story.

I loved the movie and it was so awesome to see the characters brought to life in such a great and fun why. My only gripe was at times the subtitles were really hard to understand, which for me makes movies I have to read more taxing. But There is no news when this movie will get a US release so any fan that wants to see this movie as bad as I did this is small and rather trivial problem. The subtitles are not to bad so if you are dying to see this you won't regret getting this copy till the real release hits

Nice video, a bit cheese but I was expecting the movie to be like that, it brought me memories of my childhood. I think the actors did a good job I just wish there will be more action.

I can remember rushing home from school, turning on the TV and running outside to adjust the antenna so we could watch BOtP. It was campy as all get out and Zark drove me crazy. 1Rover1 wasn’t much better. I’ve collected all the various embodiments of the Gatchaman series and gotten my kids and nephews addicted to it too. I was so disappointed when the anime movie was dropped. When the live action movie premiered in Japan I looked up the cost of air fare, I was so excited about seeing it! I didn’t get to see it in theaters but the blueray I managed to aquire is fantastic! I’ve watched it every night for the last two weeks but I really wanted to understand what they were saying other than arigato, k’so and Baka so I had to have this one even if it is confusingly subtitled in some scenes. If you ever loved any of the incarnations of Gatch, this movie is a must have!

There are two main action scenes, once at the beginning to introduce the characters and at the end to climax the conclusion.The rest of the time was filled with a flashback love plot, not love triangle.I loved the original anime so even with slight campy CGI (reminded me of Matrix 3, when Neo was fighting Mr. Smith)I still enjoyed the movie. It is about re-living your childhood in a live action version. I cannot be too harsh. just enjoy!!

I had to see this movie since I have loved "Battle of the Planets" since childhood. I've also seen the original Gatchaman version of the series (with subtitles) and enjoy these even more. This movie started great but finished up a bit weaker than I had hoped. Berg Katse was completely different than I was hoping for. I actually liked the actors and found I liked Jinpei and Ken in the movie. Joe/Jason had always been my favorite in the series. Definitely worth watching but I had hoped for a little more of my childhood happiness...

I grew up watching G-Force (Gatchaman) as a kid. It was amazing then, and it's amazing once again. This movie has some of the most over the top super hero action I've seen. If you can imagine it in a cartoon/anime, it happens here, with real people. Some may be less than happy that while the movie has English subtitles, I don't believe it's localized for Western audiences. What this means in basic terms is that some of the subtitles won't make as much sense as they would if they were written for a Western audience. This actually makes it even better to me, as I don't have to wonder if the dialog has been dumbed down for me.