Rating: 
Summary: A classic
Review: I have very fond memories of BOP from the 80's. Just hearing the opening theme song gave me back my childhood if only for the time it took to watch. But to be honest it is the Gatchaman episodes that make this worth while for anmie fans who prefer to see this series as it was originaly intended. The G-force version (...) just doesn't measure up to the vocal talent from BOP. The music was also changed making it a very dull experience.
Rating:
Summary: A classic
Review: I have very fond memories of watching this show when I was young. I have watched the second volume these DVD's (not sure why it came out before the first) and it's still awesome. Each DVD includes two episodes of the the Sandy Frank episodes from the 70's, plus the original Japanese episodes with English subtitles and one episode of G-Force, the redubbing that was done, I believe, in the 90's. Lots of fun. Enjoy!
Rating:
Summary: A big surprise
Review: I ordered Vol. 1 of the "Battle of the Planets" DVD wanting to re-live some childhood memories of watching this show after school. It was nice to see the "G-Force" team in action after some 20 years. The episodes are great, that is until you watch the original "Gatchaman" episodes on which they were based. Then you realize just how much your childhood viewing experience was shortchanged.
Put simply, the American version pales in comparison. As a viewer you will get to see just how how much drama, action and pathos were excised from these cartoons because of violence concerns by U.S. broadcasters. Many of those edited scenes were replaced with narration by "7-Zark-7", an "R2D2" rip-off created no doubt to capitalize on "Star Wars" which had been released a year or so earlier. Watching some two decades later, you realize just how jarring this proved to the show's pacing. "Gatchman," however, moves at a more rapid clip.
I almost forgot to mention, that "Gatchaman" was set on Earth and there were no 'battles' with other planets. That said, you also realize just how awkward the premise of "Battle of the Planets," was. I gave the DVD 5 stars, but only for the "Gatchman" episodes.
Rating:
Summary: A big surprise
Review: I ordered Vol. 1 of the "Battle of the Planets" DVD wanting to re-live some childhood memories of watching this show after school. It was nice to see the "G-Force" team in action after some 20 years. The episodes are great, that is until you watch the original "Gatchaman" episodes on which they were based. Then you realize just how much your childhood viewing experience was shortchanged.
Put simply, the American version pales in comparison. As a viewer you will get to see just how how much drama, action and pathos were excised from these cartoons because of violence concerns by U.S. broadcasters. Many of those edited scenes were replaced with narration by "7-Zark-7", an "R2D2" rip-off created no doubt to capitalize on "Star Wars" which had been released a year or so earlier. Watching some two decades later, you realize just how jarring this proved to the show's pacing. "Gatchman," however, moves at a more rapid clip.
I almost forgot to mention, that "Gatchaman" was set on Earth and there were no 'battles' with other planets. That said, you also realize just how awkward the premise of "Battle of the Planets," was. I gave the DVD 5 stars, but only for the "Gatchman" episodes.
Rating:
Summary: all of them
Review: I tell you besides DBZ G-Force is my all time favorite cartoon. It str8 brought back alot of my memories while I was little getting up in the morning getting ready for school. G-Force was the cartoon that made me fantasize about being a superhero. Then they brought back in 1994 on Cartoon Network. Then all of sudden it went off the air. G-Force is a cartoon I'll show my kids.
Rating: 
Summary: Wow.
Review: I threw on this DVD and watched it for about 10 minutes before realizing how poorly 7-Zark-7 had aged :). Then I watched the original Japanese "Gatchman" episodes and the magic was back - so THIS was the reason I would wake up at 6 am when I was 5 years old! Can't wait for the rest of the series (hopefully they'll keep it coming); if only they'd put out 4 Japanese episodes on a DVD and toss the American versions... oh well.
Rating:
Summary: Love the old cartoon
Review: I was please to find out they re-released this on DVD. Brings back some of my childhood..
Rating:
Summary: A dream come true!
Review: I'm a long time Gatchaman spanish fan. I watched BOTP en spanish TV in 1980, but when I readed the "true" story behind, the Gatchaman series, I started to look for it.
Now, 20 years later, thanks to Rhino, I get the ultimate Gatchaman, a DVD including all versions of the episodes (Gatchaman english subtitled/BOTP/G-Force). Great quality, great sound, great anime!
Thanks, thanks, thanks!
Rating:
Summary: BotP comes to DVD--but Gachaman Rules
Review: I, with the other viewers, purchased the BotP DVD ready to expierence what I believed to be the best animated series of my childhood. Now, being an adult, I watched the video and noticed huge discrepencies in the flow and story-line--not to mention the graphically inferior and audibly horrendus 7-Zark-7 and his mut 1-Rover-1. The musical score was great, and gave me the chill bumps I was looking for...But then, I looked at the special features. Innocently enough, I watched Gatchaman, the original uncut version of the series. My jaw hit the floor. The missing and confusing segments are all explained, without the zainy droids. In addition to more closely matching the Japenese culture (violence, adult themes, etc) I got a more omplete sense of the characters that I loved as a kid---now with its uncut glory. In the end, you will buy BotP to relieve the series as an American child, but you will end up loving Gachaman because of the more complete and uncut story line. Were I to review BotP ignorant of Gachaman, 3 out of 5 stars, mainly because $... is too steep for just 2 episodes. Having the Gachaman episodes makes it worth the price of admission. Don't worry, there's english subtitles for Gachaman. In the future, I hope more episodes are released to a volume. I want the complete set!
Rating:
Summary: Great DVD especially for a classic show.
Review: If you like the classic anime then these are the DVDs to get. Ydo not just get Battle of the Planets version but also the Gatchaman & G-Force. ALL THREE SERIES!!!! I can't understand how anyone can complain. Definitely one of the few classic series done right the first time. I tried to be more brief than the other long winded brief guy below. ;)
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