Battle of the Planets is an American adaptation of the Japanese anime series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman .In April 1977 Sandy Frank attended the MIP-TV conference in Cannes. It was here Frank first encountered the Japanese animation Gatchaman from producer Tatsunoko Production run by the Yoshida brothers.Frank committed to release the series in the U.S. after he saw the success of Star Wars in May 1977. Battle of the Planets is the title of American adaptation of this series created by Frank. Frank authorized new footage and hired writers to add dialogue to fit the look of the animation, without reference to original scripts. Of the 105 original Gatchaman episodes, 85 were used in the Battle of the Planets adaptation produced by Sandy Frank Entertainment in 1978.
Alan Young as 7-Zark-7, Keyop, additional voices
Casey Kasem as Mark, additional voices
Ronnie Schell as Jason (regular voice), Tiny (episode 1), additional voices
Keye Luke as Zoltar, the Spirit, Cronos, additional voices
Janet Waldo as Princess, Susan, additional voices
David Jolliffe as Jason (episode 1), additional voices
Alan Oppenheimer as Commander Gorok, additional voices
William Woodson as the Announcer, additional voices
Alan Dinehart as Tiny (regular voice), Anderson, additional voices
Additional voices provided by:
Edward Andrews
Takayo Fischer
Frank Maxwell
Wendy Young
Battle of the Planets!
G-Force! Five incredible young
people with super powers!
And watching over them from
Centre Neptune, 7-Zark-7!
Watching, warning against
surprise attack by alien
galaxies from beyond space!
G-Force! Fearless young orphans,
protecting Earth’s entire galaxy!
Always five, acting as one!
Dedicated, inseparable, invincible!