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Gatchaman Episode 9: The Devil on the Moon

February 22, 2014 Leave a Comment

The Science Ninja Team travels to the Moon to stop Galactor’s scorpion mech from throwing rocks at the Earth.

Scorpion mech

Galactor’s scorpion mech on the Moon

Episode Summary

Galactor launches several rockets into space that transform into a giant scorpion mech. It lands on the Moon and starts shooting moon rocks straight at Earth, demolishing a city upon impact.

People running from falling meteors

A city is destroyed

Ken and the rest of the team suit up and launch in the God Phoenix, which goes into space for the first and only time in the series!

God Phoenix approaching scorpion mech

The God Phoenix chases after the scorpion mech

The God Phoenix fires Bird Missiles at the scorpion but they have no effect; the scorpion rolls into a ball, plummets back to Earth, and causes a colossal explosion on the surface.

Galactor commander

The Galactor commander looks like a clown with a plunger on his head

New Orders

Nambu gives the team new orders: leave the scorpion to the security forces and find/destroy the Galactor base that’s controlling the scorpion.

Red Impulse jet

Red Impulse lends a hand

Ken quickly locates the base by tracing radio signals the God Phoenix intercepted while in space.

Submarine underwater

The Galactor base

Ken and the others – sans Ryu – sneak into the base, beat up a bunch of guards, and destroy computer equipment – the scorpion is neutralized.

Team in base

Inside the base

Thoughts

This episode was above average. Galactor came across as threatening this time around and actually succeeded in destroying a couple cities; the fact that the God Phoenix had to go into space made for a more epic than usual scenario. Footage of God Phoenix breaking the atmosphere was used in many Battle of the Planets episodes.

Ken under pressure

Ken withstands the g-forces

Red Impulse reappears for the first time since episode 5 but doesn’t get any lines. We’ll see more of him in the next couple episodes.

Nambu, guy, and Anderson

You know something big’s going down when these three are looking at you like that

The ending felt a bit rushed, and there’s a weird moment where the God Phoenix gets stuck in a mid-ocean ridge formation in one scene, then is fine in the next with no explanation. Katse and Leader X also have a really generic in the opening that feels like a waste of screentime.

Rating

4 out of 5 eggs rating

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Series: Gatchaman Decade: 1970s Filed Under: TV Show Reviews Tagged: animated, anime, sci-fi, superheroes

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