Hi all! Nippon Television has launched their website for the "Full 3DCG" Infini-T Force TV series, and with it, they've given us some information. http://www.infini-tforce.com/ The biggest news is that the series will be starting in October of this year, airing on Nippon TV, of course. The site, which is little more than a front page with the Infini-T Force promotional image at this point, also lists some voice cast and staff information. At this point, the only cast member announced is that of Gatchaman/Ken Washio. He will be played by Tomozaku Seki, a veteran with 24 years in the voice acting business. On the production side, the Chief Director is Kiyotaka Suzuki, the Series Composition is by Toshiya Ono, the Suit and Mechanical Designs are by Koji Nakakita, Character Establishment is by Ito Ogure (Who is better known by his pen name, "Oh! Great"), and the Hero Design Establishment is by Keiichi Saito. We will likely get more news when the Anime Japan trade show is held in Tokyo in late March. James

so glad to hear that this project is moving forward! Thanks for the information, James!

Curious to see where they'll take it and if more of the characters from each of the shows will show up.

This show sounds interesting. I know very little about it, barely heard of it to be honest. Is there any story outlines relating to it?

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Hi all!

Originally posted by Ebonyswanne This show sounds interesting. I know very little about it, barely heard of it to be honest. Is there any story outlines relating to it?

There are two earlier threads about Infini-T Force on this site that will give you some further info. The first is on the Infini-T Force manga, which can be found here: http://gatchamania.net/thread.php?threadid=5041&sid= The second one is on the initial announcement for the Infini-T Force TV series, which came nearly a year ago: http://gatchamania.net/thread.php?threadid=5069&sid= In those, you'll find a brief description of the story of the manga. The TV series is supposed to have a different storyline, but what that story will be has not been announced yet. Check further down in both of those threads, and you'll find links to a pair of short promotional videos, one for the manga and one for the TV series. It's well worth taking a look at them both! I hope this helps! James

Its looking good. I'm more interested in this series than crowds. I'm wondering if the Condor gets a look in...

It's good to see that the actor voicing Ken is a fan!

Pretty cool, James! Thank you for the info!

My only complaint on the visuals is that Ken in civilian mode doesn't really look like the original Ken, but I've got an otherwise open mind on this one. (I got the first manga.) I have the feeling that maybe he's supposed to be the "big brother" to the others? Maybe that would explain why he has an older look.

Hi all! A small bit of Infini-T Force news came from Nippon TV today. The network announced that they will be starting "AnichU," a 1 hour block of anime airing during the late night hours (Which generally means sometime after midnight). This block will be starting in July, with a series named "Nana Maru San Batsu." Come October, this series will be replaced by the premiere of "Infini-T Force." This news tells us a couple of things. By airing the series in late night hours, it indicates that the series will be aimed at an older audience (High school and above), not kids. This is the same kind of time period that Gatchaman Crowds originally aired, as an example of the type of stories that air in those hours. Judging by the run of "Nana Maru San Batsu," starting in July and ending for "Infini-T Force" in October, in appears that NTV will be following the typical late night anime pattern of 12~15 episode runs. We should probably expect "Infini-T Force" to have a similar duration.

Originally posted by ChrisW My only complaint on the visuals is that Ken in civilian mode doesn't really look like the original Ken, but I've got an otherwise open mind on this one. (I got the first manga.) I have the feeling that maybe he's supposed to be the "big brother" to the others? Maybe that would explain why he has an older look.

If you were familiar with the characters from "Casshan," "Hurricane Polymer," and "Tekkaman," you'd likely feel similarly about the new civilian looks for those characters as well. Of course, we don't know that the anime "Infini-T Force" versions of these characters will look the same as their manga 'Infini-T Force" counterparts. We'll have to wait and see. Hopefully we'll know more after Anime Japan next weekend. James

Crossing fingers. Yeah, I've seen those characters REALLY briefly before but I'm not nearly as familiar with them.