Reception
Gatchaman has a cult following despite its rarity. There are fans of the original (and Japanese) version as well as fans of Battle of the Planets. The adaptations of G-Force: Guardians of space and Eagle Riders do not have the same success. Guardians of Space (and the OVA dub) have mixed reviews while Eagle Riders are generally negative. Furthermore, the ADV English dub of the first installment of Gatchaman has mixed reception regarding the dub of Sosai X, Berg Katse, and background characters. A few have responded negatively to Americanized elements, Berge Katse's flamboyant voice as well as dubbing the background characters with dimwitted voices, and the fact that Sosai X's dubbed voice does not match his original voice. Others are not bothered by these considering the fact that Katse is flamboyant in appearance such as wearing lipstick and containing both genders as well has having two brains. Additionally some of the background characters for example have been drawn with buck teeth which would make sense for their speech to contain whistling, lisps, or otherwise "dimwitted" sounding voices. To this day the animated film, Gatchaman II, and Fighter are not dubbed in English.
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“To the United States the Third World often takes the form of a black woman who has been made pregnant in a moment of passion and who shows up one day in the reception room on the forty-ninth floor threatening to make a scene. The lawyers pay the woman off; sometimes uniformed guards accompany her to the elevators.”
—Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)
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—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)
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