Kagaku Ninja-tai Gatchaman Episode 1 - Gatchaman Tai Turtle King

Other Names: Kagaku Ninja-tai Gatchaman, G-Force, Scientific Ninja Team Gatchaman, Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman, Battle of the Planets, 科学忍者隊ガッチャマン, Gatchaman, Comando G: La Batalla de los Planetas, La Force G: La Patrouille des Aigles

Episodes: 105 / 105

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Type: TV

Show Info: Kagaku Ninja-tai Gatchaman

Episode 1 Plot: A huge turtle-shaped mecha, the "Turtle King", attacks a uranium storage facility. The International Science Organization (ISO) and the delegates of various countries are very concerned. Nambu, the only person who previously knew of Galactor, now officially announces the existence of both this criminal organization and the Science Ninja Team that has been formed to defeat it. The Science Ninja Team receives Nambu's orders, unites in the "God Phoenix", and flies off right away to a missile-launching base where the mecha was sighted. Ken stops Joe, who's eager to get into his first real fight. Ken takes Jun along and they sneak inside the mecha. With Ken's help, the God Phoenix then enters the mecha, and Joe, Jinpei, and Ryu join the battle against the Galactor members. Elsewhere, the commander of the mecha tells Bergu Kattse, the second-in-command of Galactor, of the Science Ninja Team's existence. He then relays the message to Sosai X, a supernatural being who leads the criminal organization. In accordance with X's instructions, Kattse orders the Science Ninja Team to be destroyed, which is to have the mecha make a suicidal plunge, taking the God Phoenix with it, thus burying the Science Ninja Team. But at the very last moment, the God Phoenix escapes the mecha by using the Firebird Effect, melting the enemy ship.