Hi, just found this site on the net while looking for a Gatchaman boxset and thought I'd join! Hope to chat with you guys soon

Hello! That's a long name there...mind if I call you JVE? Welcome! I think you'll find that everyone here is friendly and welcoming! Take a look around, and beware of the rubber room!

Welcome to the site, JasonVsEveryone! (Jason was my favourite character in Battle of the Planets)

JVE is just fine with me Just chose the name as it was the title of a page that was my favourite part of the Top Cow comic series. Says it all really! And thanks for the warm welcome too!

Or we could just say Hello Jason! Great to see another Condor on our board! We Swannies loooove Condors.

Welcome JVE/Jason. Nice to see a new face around.

Oh my we have a new Condor around!!!! Hello Jase! And welcome! We so love to chat with Condors!

That name so suits Jason!!! I'll just call you Jas...

Welcome to the site JVE... great to have another Condor around.

Welcome JVE! The more the merrier... The instant I saw your name I thought, "I'll bet he took that from the Top Cow comic!"

Hi JVE I'm pretty new around here too, and I can tell you from first hand experience that you've stumbled into a great place. People here are very friendly and welcoming and it's been great fun this last week hanging out on the boards. I will warn you, it's addicting!

Jason and welcome to the insanity! Another Condor, huh?? Eh, what can I say?? I may be an Eagle at heart, but I can't deny the Condor!

Again, thanks for the nice welcome! <----- Honoured

Rubbing his hands in anticipation. "Ah a new vict.....member, please this way to the Rub....Reception Room where some Swans and female Condors, Eagles, Galactor, not mentioning Amy's name will lllooovvvee to frisk you."

Originally posted by Metaliant Rubbing his hands in anticipation. "Ah a new vict.....member, please this way to the Rub....Reception Room where some Swans and female Condors, Eagles, Galactor, not mentioning Amy's name will lllooovvvee to frisk you."

Geez, Met we should pay you for playing the Rubber Room reception's clerk. You are not even payed for saving the world! Poor Eagles. ( bad pun, hehehe)

Welcome JasonVsEveryone!

So JVE, tell us a little more about yourself. What part of the world are you from, which version of Gatch did you watch. You say you were looking for the Gatch box sets. Which ones do you have and which ones were you looking for.

Sorry about the delay, been crazy busy! I hail from London and grew up watching Battle of the Planets. I'm intrigued to watch it without all the cuts and censorship so I've ordered Gatchaman I (105 episodes?) from a website called uk2usa. Should be with me in a few days hopefully I already own the 1st Battle of the Planets boxset, released by Playback I believe. I'm also a massive comic fan and loved the BotP run by Top Cow, shame it looks like it's been canned *edit also forgot to say that I am a great fan of superhero cosplay (now to figure out where to get a decent Condor outfit!)

It took me four months, late 2006-early 2007, to watch all 105 episodes of Gatchaman for the first time, Jason, but there's nothing like watching Gatchaman for the first time, especially if you're familiar with BOTP. I hope your episodes come soon. After you've watched some, let us know what you think!

So we have another native of the British Isle do we, assuming you mean London, England and not London Ontario, Canada.

London England! East London to be precise

I haven't found any Condor costumes. I had to make one! But I'm sure you'll enjoy the ADV sets when you get them. THEY ROCK!

Saw your new avatar CD, loke it. Suits you.

Originally posted by Metaliant Saw your new avatar CD, loke it. Suits you.

Thank you Met. I just love the way the Owl has eyes only for me. Thanks to Springie for drawing Ryu for me and LB for making the Avatar.

Oh that turned out so cute, CD! Ryu *is* looking at you baybee! Perfect!

Glad you like it Springie. You will have to ask LB about the eyes though ... she said she moved them so he was looking at me.

That is a wonderful new avatar cloud! The girls did a lovely job of it. Very sweet and sexy.

ITA, it looks great!

Originally posted by gogirl212 That is a wonderful new avatar cloud! The girls did a lovely job of it. Very sweet and sexy.

Of course I just thought of this, I should be thanking TB for the Snowy Owl pic as well.

Hey, you're using the avatar! Springie's buff Ryu was just too good to resist trying it in an avatar If TB gets a chance to make a full body drawing of your Snowy Owl, more things will be possible. (I'd pass on the split-toed shoes, though -to me, they've never looked too comfortable!)

Wow i love the snowy owl birdstyle TB. CD it suits you.

Originally posted by JasonVsEveryone Sorry about the delay, been crazy busy! I hail from London and grew up watching Battle of the Planets. I'm intrigued to watch it without all the cuts and censorship so I've ordered Gatchaman I (105 episodes?) from a website called uk2usa. Should be with me in a few days hopefully I already own the 1st Battle of the Planets boxset, released by Playback I believe. I'm also a massive comic fan and loved the BotP run by Top Cow, shame it looks like it's been canned *edit also forgot to say that I am a great fan of superhero cosplay (now to figure out where to get a decent Condor outfit!)

hey there neighbour!! I am from South london So Jase, what helped you to rediscover your joy of BOTP and decide to head over here? btw you will love it here we have such talented artists and writers and we have a font of knowledge for all things Gatch called James CD that is one amazing avatar!

Well hello neighbour!!! I've always loved Battle of the Planets from when I was a kid and it was brought back to the fore by the comic book series (wasn't too keen on the crossovers, even though BotP/Witchblade was very easy on the eye). Apparently as we speak my Gatch DVD's are winging their way to me from Malaysia so I'll have a good watch when they arrive I look forward to checking out the plethora of fics you have on here and all the art too!

So we have some people who hail from London! That's brilliant! I love London, used to visit it often when I was young because my father was born there. He just recently came home from a 8 week vacation to England. I'm so envious! Last time I visited was in 2001 (pre-9/11). I hope to go back again someday. P.S. Love the new avatar CD!

Great avatar, CD!! It's perfect for you! Jason, enjoy the videos! They're quite amazing when you watch them! Just be sure to watch the subs too, as some of the English translation is "interesting" (Jigokillers, anyone?? How the heck do you get away with changing "JUN!" to "GALACTOR!" in such a poignant scene????)

Jason watching Gatchaman is an eye opener! Its a better story and more violent...

Originally posted by Hinotori Jason, enjoy the videos! They're quite amazing when you watch them! Just be sure to watch the subs too, as some of the English translation is "interesting" (Jigokillers, anyone?? How the heck do you get away with changing "JUN!" to "GALACTOR!" in such a poignant scene????)

Got my DVD's through on Saturday Hino and you're not kidding about the "interesting" subtitles! They came from Malaysia so I think the English subtitles have been translated from the Chinese ones resulting in some sort of crazy Engrish :/ All the names of the characters are different too. Ken = Sean Joe = Alex Jun = Jenny Ryu? (Tiny) = Dragon Jinpei = Sting You kind of have to sort out the grammar and spelling mistakes while watching it which keeps the old synapses firing constantly! Also Fiery Phoenix (God Phoenix?) is called something like "Flamingo Flame"! Made me chuckle as I was watching it in any case

Flamingo Flame? Ha! I guess it's not the ADV versions that you're watching. Well, the team has had their names changed for the many incarnations of Gatch over the years, but Sting? That ranks up there with "Ace Goodheart" when it comes to jarring name changes. Subtitles aside, how do you find Gatchaman comparing to Battle of the Planets?

Originally posted by lborgia88 Well, the team has had their names changed for the many incarnations of Gatch over the years, but Sting? That ranks up there with "Ace Goodheart" when it comes to jarring name changes.

But to be fair, it's the 'coolest' name the Swallow has ever had!

Hey, at least they translated Ryu's name correctly!

[/quote] Got my DVD's through on Saturday Hino and you're not kidding about the "interesting" subtitles! They came from Malaysia so I think the English subtitles have been translated from the Chinese ones resulting in some sort of crazy Engrish :/ All the names of the characters are different too. Ken = Sean Joe = Alex Jun = Jenny Ryu? (Tiny) = Dragon Jinpei = Sting You kind of have to sort out the grammar and spelling mistakes while watching it which keeps the old synapses firing constantly! Also Fiery Phoenix (God Phoenix?) is called something like "Flamingo Flame"! Made me chuckle as I was watching it in any case [/quote] OMG!!! Its a wonder they managed to get it translated at all...

Originally posted by JasonVsEveryone

Originally posted by Hinotori Jason, enjoy the videos! They're quite amazing when you watch them! Just be sure to watch the subs too, as some of the English translation is "interesting" (Jigokillers, anyone?? How the heck do you get away with changing "JUN!" to "GALACTOR!" in such a poignant scene????)

Got my DVD's through on Saturday Hino and you're not kidding about the "interesting" subtitles! They came from Malaysia so I think the English subtitles have been translated from the Chinese ones resulting in some sort of crazy Engrish :/ All the names of the characters are different too. Ken = Sean Joe = Alex Jun = Jenny Ryu? (Tiny) = Dragon Jinpei = Sting You kind of have to sort out the grammar and spelling mistakes while watching it which keeps the old synapses firing constantly! Also Fiery Phoenix (God Phoenix?) is called something like "Flamingo Flame"! Made me chuckle as I was watching it in any case

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