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Science Ninja Team Gatchaman

Dare da? Dare da? Dare da?

Sora no kanata ni odoru kage

Shiroi tsubasa no Gatchaman

Inochi wo kakete tobidaseba

Kagaku ninpou hi no tori da

Tobe! Tobe, tobe, Gatchaman

Yuke! Yuke, yuke, Gatchaman

Chikyuu wa hitotsu

Chikyuu wa hitotsu

Oh, Gatchaman, Gatchaman

Inochi wo kakete tobidaseba

Kagaku ninpou hi no tori da

Tobe! Tobe, tobe, Gatchaman

Yuke! Yuke, yuke, Gatchaman

Chikyuu wa hitotsu

Chikyuu wa hitotsu

Oh, Gatchaman, Gatchaman

Matangar The Armored I ron Beast

Jeez...

You're the man, Joe! With this, Berg Katse has nothing on us!

What are you talking about? This isn't good enough.

If you want to kill Berg Katse, you have to do it in one shot.

You're right. He's surprisingly quick, so we have to hit him to kill.

And besides, when it comes down to it, that monster called Leader X will show up too.

Exactly! That's why we have to hit him within 1 /100, no 1 /200 of a second!

That's enough, Joe. We're here to do maintenance on our mecha.

We didn't come here for shooting practice.

I know, I am doing maintenance on my mecha.

It looks like this cylinder could probably rotate faster if I buffed it a little bit more.

You don't get it at all, do you?

I'm not telling you to clean the weapons.

For me, this is more important.

Maybe we should never have equipped our mecha with weapons.

Give me a break! You're the one who wanted them first!

Yeah, you said we weren't just in a race against Galactor, big brother.

Yeah, you're right,

but lately the idea of using weapons has been frightening me.

Huh?

Then you might as well give up on taking your revenge for your father's death.

Let me handle Berg Katse for you.

Ken!

That's odd, Ken doesn't look very good.

He must be tired. He'll be fine if he gets some rest.

But I'll still do it.

A single shot right to Berg Katse's temple. Boom!

What's the matter, Lord Katse?

My temples hurt.

You haven't slept for days. You must be exhausted.

Exactly! Decline in the quality of Galactor workers, Leader X's anger...

Everything I have to deal with is unpleasant.

Isn't it about time for you to retire?

Dr. Finger! What's with your arrogant attitude?!

Berg Katse, I was sent by Leader X.

What? He hasn't told me anything!

I supposed not.

It seems he's ready to finally abandon you, who has continued to fail him.

What did you say?!

Calm down. I've developed a mecha to defeat the Science Ninja Team

who have been interfering with Galactor's mission.

And I told Leader X that I would volunteer to play the big role

in defeating Gatchaman and the others.

I'll be damned if I let a person like you destroy the mecha I developed.

So... So what did Leader X say?

Why would he even disagree?

He put his complete trust in me as a scientist.

And he even promised me that he will let me take over your post if I succeed.

There's no way he would do that!

If you don't believe me, why don't you ask him directly yourself?

There's a television-phone right there. Why don't you call him?

I understand. Dr. Finger, do whatever you want.

Very well! Now, make sure and clean up this room.

It should become my office within a day or two.

Lord Katse, are you okay with this?

He's a fool! He's definitely underestimating the Science Ninja Team!

If he thinks he can defeat them with only the power of science and weapons,

he's dead wrong!

Confidence!

All of you are lacking the confidence that you can defeat the Science Ninja Team for sure!

And that's because somewhere in your heart you believe that it can't be accomplished.

Be confident. Believe in me and the mecha I developed.

Now move out!

I'm not the type of person who runs away at the last moment like Berg Katse.

Trust me and follow me!

Just do whatever and mess it all up!

I'll take a vacation while you're at it!

Dad...

I might not be able to take revenge for you.

I don't understand it anymore. What is peace anyway?

Will peace come if we defeat Galactor?

Men like Berg Katse are everywhere in the world, I think.

Even if Galactor is eliminated from this world,

I know another evil organization will be born.

I wonder if peace may never come after all?

And for such an indefinite thing, look Dad,

my hands are stained with blood!

Dad!

Ken!

I thought you'd be here. I got no response no matter how many times I paged you by bracelet.

I figured maybe you were here so I came to check.

Anything wrong?

A Galactor iron beast appeared at the port on Micron Island.

What?

As you can see,

there's a dead volcano at the heart of Micron Island.

And it's surrounded by a city divided into seven districts.

In other words, this Micro volcano can be seen from any part of the city.

And now Galactor's iron beast Matangar sits right on top of the volcano.

What are they after?

They are issuing a challenge to the Science Ninja Team.

That Berg Katse scum is trying to be smart with us, huh?

No, it's not Katse this time.

What?

This is a tape delivered to the ISO. Take a listen.

Members of Science Ninja Team, I am Dr. Finger of Galactor.

By the time this tape gets to you through the International Science Organization,

we will have taken over Micron Island with our iron beast Matangar.

And every twelve hours, we'll attack one of the seven districts on the island.

However, our objective isn't the lives of the townspeople,

but the five lives of Science Ninja Team.

If you truly want the safety and peace for the people of Micron Island,

you shall hand over your lives to me.

He sounds pretty confident, doesn't he?

He sounds more intimidating than Katse.

Doctor, when did you receive the tape?

This morning.

Then they'll be launching the first attack soon.

Sir, we're ready to attack!

Very good, ten seconds untill the attack... 9, 8, 7, 6, 5...

4, 3, 2, 1 , fire!

Damn it! This proves that Galactor does have a bunch of men just like Katse, doesn't it?

Doctor!

All right, launch the God Phoenix!

Here it comes! That's the God Phoenix!

So they're here. Don't do anything just yet. Let's see what the God Phoenix does first.

Ryu, circle over from the left. Take aerial photographs!

What do you think you're doing, Ken? Why aren't we attacking?

Hey, one Super Bird Missile would take care of everything!

Are you blind or what?

Do you actually think the missile can do anything to that solid shell?

What? We'll never know unless we try it!

Ken, we can control the amount of gunpowder in the Super Bird Missiles.

Nothing is impossible, you know!

He's right, the enemy is just sitting there doing nothing!

It's our chance, big brother!

Ryu, turn back to Crescent Coral Reef!

What?

Can't you hear me?

I just asked you to turn back to Crescent Coral Reef!

I'm not convinced.

Tell me what's going on! Why do we have to withdraw?

Because I'm scared.

Because the man named Finger inside of the iron beast is frightening!

Ryu, this is an order! Head back to Crescent Coral Reef now!

Head back to Crescent Coral Reef now!

This is just ridiculous, Doctor!

I have no idea what the hell Ken is thinking!

And what's Ken doing?

He's developing the pictures in the darkroom.

Dr. Finger, you're way more fearsome and cunning than Berg Katse!

Science Ninja Team Gatchaman

Science Ninja Team Gatchaman Gatchaman

Science Ninja Team Gatchaman

All right, begin attacking the second district!

This is Nambu.

I understand, thank you for your call.

Doctor?

Iron beast Matangar has begun to attack the second district.

Dammit!

Joe!

Ken!

Hey, Ken! Matangar began the second attack!

I see, is it that time already?

What? Is that all you have to say?!

Joe, stop!

Let me go! Let me go, Jun!

I understand how you feel, but the people on Micron Island are in danger as we speak!

Big brother, now I'm forced to ask you this.

What's really going on with you?

What's making you act cowardly all of a sudden?

I bet he's chickened out.

I can't believe we've been calling a man like him our leader!

Wait, Joe!

Calm down, Joe. You don't know how to talk to people.

See, you have to more relaxed about it.

C'mon, Ken, just tell us what's up.

You know normally you'd be running out of the door right now.

So how come this time you've been so...

I don't know if I should call it � prudent� or... I mean...

Hey, Ken! What, are you too good to be talking to us now?

I'll kick your ass!

Ryu!

Take a good look at these pictures!

In order to blow up this solid iron,

how much gunpoweder do we need in a Super Bird Missile, Jun?

Let's see, at least one megaton.

But that much gunpowder will blow up the entire island!

So then we should use less gunpowder.

You said we can do that with Super Bird Missiles, right?

But if we do that, the Super Bird Missiles will bounce off the shell

and end up exploding right inside the town.

Big brother, isn't there a way to blow up only Matangar?

We can blow it up from inside Matangar! We're going to infiltrate!

But from where? Tell me where we're supposed to infiltrate from!

The head of this iron beast is withdrawn into its shell. Where is there an opening for us?

Well, umm... an opening...

I can tell that Dr. Finger guy has already analyzed Berg Katse's failures

and learned how we play our cards!

What are we supposed to do now, big brother? What do we do?

I don't know!

What are these white things?

Jun, blow this up for me. Do it right now!

I can't make it any bigger than this.

The white things you saw on the picture are

light leaking out from inside the iron beast, I think.

They're ventilation openings. The mecha must get its outside air through them.

I don't think we can get in there.

I wonder how big the gaps are?

They look like they're only big enough for a bullet at most.

Doctor, make some special bullets.

What are you planning to do?

We have to make it move.

If we can lure it to the ocean,

there will be any number of ways to deal with it.

The iron beast Matangar attacked every twelve hours without fail.

The people learned that Galactor's objective was to challenge the Science Ninja Team,

and their anger was shifted

to the Science Ninja Team who never came to their rescue no matter how long they waited.

Ken, it's completed.

Really, Doctor?

But there's only one.

A single shot...

Joe, this is your job.

Do you think you can shoot this bullet into that iron beast through a ventilation opening?

In just one shot?

Joe, don't think of it as a ventilation opening,

think of it as Berg Katse's temple!

What's the big deal about the Science Ninja Team?

They haven't even come out here since that visit earlier.

Yes, Sir. We never imagined things could go so smoothly either.

Strategizing is the key.

If you just run around haphazardly like Berg Katse, it will never work.

Damn it! What the hell is the Science Ninja Team doing anyway?

They start attacking viciously whenever I'm in charge!

Why aren't they attacking Dr. Finger?!

Lord Katse, exactly whose side are you on?!

Shut up! Whose side are you on? Dr. Finger's ?!

Dammit!

It's time.

Get ready to attack the fifth district!

Yes, Sir!

Huh?

Dr. Finger, it's the God Phoenix!

What?!

I'm counting on you, Joe. We have only one bullet.

Ryu, try to minimize the God Phoenix's shakiness!

I know! But the wind is...

Jun, what are the weather conditions?

This is the worst! Winds from the southeast at a speed of 25 meters per second!

Basically, the wind is blowing sideways from the right

between Joe's gun and the target.

Ken, why don't we change the angle?

I know Joe is an excellent shooter but this might be too difficult.

Unfortunately,

this is the only spot he can aim at the ventilation from.

Joe, the weather conditions are extremely bad.

Delay the shooting!

No, Ken. If we can't nail anything under any conditions,

we'll never defeat Berg Katse. Let me do it!

All right, let's do it!

It looks like they're aiming at the ventilation.

Are they crazy or what?!

They're 1000 meters away, the wind is blowing at 25 meters per second,

and the target space is barely one centimeter big.

Even if they managed to blast the ventilation, there would be no effect on us whatsoever.

So they're the Science Ninja Team, eh? Don't make me laugh!

Huh?

Sir, we've got a problem!

Fire is belching from the ventilation

and the flames are moving towards the engine room!

What did you say?! What the hell did they shoot?!

It seems to be some sort of chemical that ignites the hydrogen in the air.

Damn! Why didn't I think of that?

�Shooting shot,� that's the special bullet I asked Dr. Nambu to make.

Anyway, I'm very impressed, Joe!

Ken, Matangar's started moving!

We're unable to extinguish the fire!

Doctor, order an evacuation now!

We need to leave Matangar!

Please!

Shut up! Please!

Shut up!

lmagine what would happen if we report back to Leader X right now!

That would only make Berg Katse happy!

Don't you give up till the last second!

Damn, it's holding onto us!

So they're making a suicide attack on us, huh?

They're trying to crush us with water pressure!

In the water, pressure increases by about one atmosphere

every ten meters you go below the surface.

And the pressure the God Phoenix can withstand is 200 atmospheres.

In other words, up to 2000 meters below the surface.

Ryu, open the top dome!

The water will come in if we do that!

Actually, we should be fine because Matangar's nose is pressing against us, making it airtight.

Okay.

You're right, big brother. We're okay.

Jun, go get the Jun Rocket from G-3.

What's the plan?

Matangar's belly appears to be rather soft. I'm sure we can blast it off.

Who knows, maybe it only appears that way!

If it's made from the same solid material used for its back,

the Jun Rocket will bounce back towards us!

Either Matangar is destroyed or the God Phoenix is crushed.

It's a fifty-fifty chance!

Depth 1200!

Ken, the God Phoenix will reach its limit in another 800 meters!

Jun, hurry!

Roger! Jun, hurry!

Roger!

Will the God Phoenix be the first one to go down

or am I the one who'll be burnt to ashes first? It's even odds.

They should be reaching 2000 meters below the surface by now.

The God Phoenix will be finished soon.

Damn, it's hot... So hot...

Hot!

Fire!

We won the gamble.

It was indeed a life-or-death moment.

Ken called it a gamble.

However, the Science Ninja Team managed to survive their greatest crisis

because of the level judgment of their leader, Gatchaman,

who was quick to see a chance and seize it.

Shupa, Shupa, Shupa, Shupa

Unaru enjin, kagaku no ninja

Taosu zo Garakutaa

Sekai no akuma

Tobu zo ninpou tatsumaki faitaa

Taiyou kagayaku chikyuu wo mamore

Kagaku ninjatai Gatchaman, Gatchaman

Taiyou kagayaku chikyuu wo mamore

Kagaku ninjatai Gatchaman, Gatchaman

Kagaku ninjatai Gatchaman, Gatchaman

�Find the Location of Crescent Base!�

Berg Katse blows up a luxury cruise ship and sets a trap.

Gatchaman and the others move out right away,

but Galactor's commando squad follows them home

and the location of the Crescent Base is discovered at last!

Torpedoes fired from an A-type submarine silently approach the base!

The Crescent Base is in danger!

Next time on Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: �Completion of the Plan to Destroy the Crescent Base� Look forward to it!