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Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman Forever on Facebook has put up all 12 Infini-T Force episodes with english subs, and is up to episode 7 with Spanish subs too. https://www.facebook.com/KagakuNinjaTaiGatchamanForever/

I finally got around to watching both episodes 11 and 12 last night. Without giving anything away, that was totally awesome, and Ken is still the undisputed master of the dramatic entrance. I'm going to have to watch the entire series again now to try and pick up things that I missed on the first viewing. Bring on the movie! Isn't it interesting the way animation has evolved since Gatch and Battle hit our screens back in the days of flared jeans and big hair? When I first saw Battle, I thought the animation was amazing - it was detailed, it was airbrushed, and they did that cool multi-planar thing bringing the foreground and the background in and out of focus. Nowadays it looks terribly dated (and with a lot of reliance on the colour pink for some reason where the mecha are concerned) but it was always the story and the characters that carried it. (Except for Zark.)

I guess episode 11 also tells us why Ken didn't make any mention of his father beforehand. He was saving it all up for his Crowning Moment of Awesome so he could call on his Secret Super Power of Eagle Lecturing. Interestingly, I noticed that there appear to be two sets of subtitles depending on which site you watch the episodes on. The eps that I've streamed from the facebook page seem to have subs written by someone with a better command of English than the subs on the later eps that I viewed on watchcartoononline.com. The awesomeness of Ken's Eagle Lecture varies a little depending on who wrote the subs, but either way, that final accusation of bad parenting... Oooooh, that had to sting.

Just finally was able to watch it. It came out after I left to see my family and I didn't want to watch it on my iPad (I prefer bigger screens). Be sure to watch past the end music/credits!!!