From: z_falkrg@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Battle of the Planets
Date: 23 Jul 92 16:56:58 GMT
Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University


>>Does anyone remember this cartoon?  It used to be my favorite cartoon while it
>>was on.  However I can't remember a thing about it except that some small kid
>>always studdered "princess" at least once during the show.  Does anyone
>>remember the other character or the villians?
>>-Brian G.
>
>This was posted in another newsgroup.  I do remember it being a good cartoon
>but I can't fill in the details (American or Japanese).  Can anyone help?
>
>C.GIbbs

This was one of my favorite shows as a kid.  I used to watch it
religously (sp?).  
	The show centered around a group of 5 kids who fought off alien
invaders from the planet Spectra in the Crab Nebula.  The group, called
G-Force, was based in an underwater builidng underneath a crecent shaped
(artificial) island.  There was a robot coordinater called 7-Zark-7 who had a
magical monitor that could see anywhere he wanted.  (there was also a robot
dog-companion for Zark, cannot remember his name.)  A human administrator,
Anderson I think, was also on this base.
	The group flew around in this really kick-butt ship called the Phoenix. 
This ship had missiles, spaces for each of the five members private vehicles,
and could turn into a firey bird called the Firey Phoenix.  
	The team members were Mark (leader), Jason (hothead), Tiny (overweight
and piloting), Princess (Tech support), and Keyop (annoyance).  Mark (whose
voice actor was Casey Casem...yes American top 40) had a eagle costume and an
exploding, bladed boomerang for a weapon, and a small fighter for a private
ship.  Jason had a falcon/hawk costume, bladed quills for a weapon, and a
kikkin car for a ship.  Princess had a dove costume, an exploding yo-yo for a
weapon, and a motorcycle for a ship.  Keyop, the stuttering one, had bolas,
dressed like a sparrow, and had a bug-looking ATV.  Tiny was dressed like an
owl, piloted the Phoenix, and didn't have a special weapon I think.  
	Each of these costumes allowed them to "fly" and glide.  They also had
a really interesting attack.  All five members would group up in a human
pyramid arrangement, start spinning, and literally blow their opponents away.
	Thier major foe was a person called Zoltar.  Zoltar is always wearing
a mask so you assume Zoltar is male, but, later in the series, they hint that
Zoltar is female.  A real mind-scrambler for Mark.  Zoltar was number 2 in the
Spectaran hierarchy.  The supreme leader was this energy-being that Zoltar had
to bow and scrape before.  Spectra is a dying planet in the Crab Nebula, and
the Supreme Leader has determined that the conquering of Earth will solve all
their problems.  (ed.  You know, for a dying planet, they had no problem in
building MANY enormous mechs to conquer the earth with.)

	That was the "original" American airing of this show.  Not a lot of
blood or killing, but lots of ship combat and butt-kikking.  There was another
dubbing that I have seen one episode of that had different voice actors, more
blood and violence, and a generally harder edge to it.  I would really love to
see more of the second if there are any out there.

	Hope this helps...

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