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My favorite character has always been G2.
In BotP, I identified with Jason's being misconstrued as the hothead; common words from my parents were, control your temper, engage brain before mouth, and, it's not what you say but how you say it.
It made me feel better to see that you could have a bad label and still be a good person.

Almost twenty years later, I found Gatch, and an older G2, Joe. I'd mangled my vision of Jason's character over the years through overidentification. Joe's character gave me a fresh perspective to work from for an older and more mature me.
He was more opinionated, stubborn, his heart wasn't always in the right place, sometimes he needed reminders, but he did what he had to for his beliefs.
In adulthood, I could really identify with the deeper feelings of triumph and loss, and living with your mistakes, that come with living as best as you know how.

I love all the characters, but the one for whom my perception changed most is G5.
Tiny was everything I hated about myself; fat, sleepy, and left behind. Though I knew he was a good guy at heart, I could never like him much for those reasons.
That's since changed. There is so much more to the G5 character than first impression offers and he now holds a warm place in character studies and fanfic.

Fan art is from Gatchaman series. Some are just sketches, but the computer art is drawn from my thoughts on the fanfic, Darkest Days. I doubt there will ever be a G4 because true cartooning isn't something I can do, but there is always hope, as I would like to complete the series in both writing and artwork.


Gatchaman OAV cd cover

Gatchaman is a Seventies anime released in the states as Battle of the Planets. Five young members of G-Force were saving the world from Spectra using their incredible powers.
The original Gatchaman is the Kagaku Ninja Tai, team of five young ninjas, who fight Galactor. It has violence, is unpolitically correct, the heroes don't always win the day and a main character dies. And though fighting a war is a large part of the series, it took itself further than standard anime. It gave the characters life. Gatchaman is Eagle Ken, their leader. Condor Joe, second in command and gunner. Swan Jun and Swallow Jinpei, tech wizards. Owl Ryu, strongman and pilot of the God Phoenix.

The following fanfics are set in the Gatchaman and Battle of the Planets universe.

Darkest Days - This link goes to the Gatch archive; look under Sal.

Love Songs - A short lighthearted piece about Jun and Joe.

Midnight - A Blackbird a touch off center.

Mirrors - Introspection between friends.


You can find some of my fanfiction as well as many others at the Gatch Fanfic Archive. Some of my fan art, including some not seen here, can also be seen at Gatchaman-Home of the White Shadow.

I run the web site Beta Readers G, for writers of fanfiction. There is also more on the BotP and Gatch series and characters as well as writing tips and essays.



Fan Art

Gatchaman and Battle of the Planets.

Ken G1 Jun G3 Joe G2 Darkest Days - Joe in Ken's room
G2 Jun G2 Ryu G5
Joe Jason and his car Mark - thinking too much Jason and Keyop held at bay by Galactor
Joe and Jun - Thank you Joe
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