Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: Gatchaman II
Peace has been restored to Earth... but not for long. After two short years, Sosai X announces his return by crashing into and sinking the cruise ship Queen Margaret; kidnapping one of the survivors--a four-year-old girl named Sammie Pandora, and force-growing her into GelSadora, the next general of Gallactor. The Syndicate restores its forces and begins capturing military and scientific experts, leaving the ISO no r
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season overview
Peace has been restored to Earth... but not for long. After two short years, Sosai X announces his return by crashing into and sinking the cruise ship Queen Margaret; kidnapping one of the survivors--a four-year-old girl named Sammie Pandora, and force-growing her into GelSadora, the next general of Gallactor. The Syndicate restores its forces and begins capturing military and scientific experts, leaving the ISO no recourse but to revive its own first line of defense: the Kagaku Ninjatai.
But with Condor Joe missing and presumed dead, things aren't quite the same, and even with new weapons and vehicles, the team is at a loss. Dr. Nambu compounds the problem by bringing in a new G-2, Getz the Hawk.
Episode Guide
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Governor X Counterattack
Oct 1, 1978 · 24 min
A shining object collides with the luxury liner Queen Margareth. A child with special chromosomes is abducted from the sinking ship. Governor X has returned and with the help of hi
Mysterious Feather Shuriken
Oct 8, 1978 · 24 min
.. and the team doesn't know what to do. But thanks to a bomb somebody installed in the robot statue it is destroyed, and the team sees Getz killed by a feather shuriken. They purs
Black Knights from Hell
Oct 15, 1978 · 24 min
Somebody sneaks into Galactor's Headquarters and a plan to build a huge base in San Frangeles is relayed to the Science Ninja Team. Ken and the others are baffled at the voice of t
The Return of Joe?!
Oct 22, 1978 · 24 min
In the country Amelia, between the cities New Jork and Scratton, there's the Dera Desert. Below that desert, Galactor is building a scecret base which is supposed to become a very
The Big Attack of the Mysterious Cavemen
Oct 29, 1978 · 24 min
In the underdeveloped jungle country Fruginia, a village is destroyed by cavemen. Soon after, Neanderthal cavemen attack the country of Amehon, which is 200 kilometers away. They a
The Shocking Pyramid Power
Nov 5, 1978 · 24 min
South of the Road Island, accidents involving ships and airplanes keep happening. There are no clear messages and the cause of the accidents is unknown. The Science Ninja Team susp
The Terrible Mutant Operation
Nov 12, 1978 · 24 min
Sosai X's voice resounds: "Did you see that, Gel Sadra? This is the space plant Redda which I manufactured". Through Governor X's mysterious extraterrestrial science, the artificia
The Firebird of the Moon
Nov 19, 1978 · 24 min
A dark Galactor satellite keeps stealing space satellites and destroying them. It can absorb radiowaves, infrared waves and light, thus it is able to evade any radar. First a satel
The Downfall of Berg Katse
Nov 26, 1978 · 24 min
Gel Sadra plans to destroy the Science Ninja Team with the Supermissile "Sea Tiger", from which it is supposedly impossible to escape, even if detected. However, Governor X loses h
Snowstorm at the Equator
Dec 3, 1978 · 24 min
Suddenly, the islands in the South Pacific Ocean are surprised by strange weather. Tens of thousands of people freeze to death because of the wind, snow and icy cold. This is cause
Struggle! Hypernium 600
Dec 10, 1978 · 24 min
Because of a defect in their car, Ken and Jinpei have a breakdown in the desert. A young girl named Julia takes them in her car. She tells them that she's on her way to the harbor
The Secret of Dr. Raphael
Dec 17, 1978 · 24 min
Observatories and weather stations all over the world are attacked by UFOs. Additionally, authorities in the field of space communication are assassinated one after the other. Even
G-2`s Youth
Dec 24, 1978 · 24 min
Joe has sneaked alone into a Galactor base, searching for Governor X. A mysterious girl named Cathy appears before him and tells him that Governor X has moved to the volcano Vesuvi
Red Impulse of Space
Dec 31, 1978 · 24 min
A mysterious UFO flies over cities and mountainous regions all over the world. Additionally, airplane passengers who vanished half a year ago appear again, without memory. Because
The Pure Heart of G-5
Jan 7, 1979 · 24 min
Galactor's cruise missile crashes and explodes in a fishing village. Its inhabitants have disappeared. Ryu is sent to investigate and saves a girl named Yuka who is pursued by the
Blackout Joe
Jan 14, 1979 · 24 min
A Galactor traitor steals a secret micro file from a base and gets it to the ISO headquarters. In order to decode the file, Joe goes to the Ongurei Research Institute where they ha
The Devil's Equation
Oct 21, 1979 · 24 min
An experimental city named Seatoland that swims in the ocean, has been built by the ISO. It is attacked by a Galactor monster called Umiba, and faces total destruction. When this m
The Spaceship that Doesn't Respond
Jan 28, 1978 · 24 min
A spaceship is being repaired by Jun. Jinpei releases a safety button because he is threatened by a gun, causing the spaceship to take off. The robot threatening Jinpei turns out t
Trap in Another Dimension
Feb 4, 1979 · 24 min
Communication with police and military forces in the highland of Oshia keeps getting cut off. Joe has been behaving strangle as of late, and as Ryu follows him, he disappears in th
G-Town's Critical Moment
Feb 11, 1979 · 24 min
Tojo island, in the country Rizoto, sinks into the sea because of mysterious movements in the Earth's crust. Jun has gone to investigate the small islands in the vicinity and goes
Youth's Broken Wings
Feb 18, 1979 · 24 min
Ken goes to the luxurious residence of his old friend Karl III, with whom he had lost contact. Karl is the successor to the leadership of a group of 300 enterprises in the whole wo
Mysterious Stonehenge
Feb 25, 1979 · 24 min
People keep collapsing everywhere. 20,000 humans die of unknown causes. Since radioactivity has been detected at the same time, the Science Ninja Team starts searching for its sour
Love Vanquished at the North Pole
Mar 4, 1979 · 24 min
Big movements of the Earth's crust occur at the North Pole. Immediately thereafter, the adventurer Shimomura leaves Greenland on his way to the North Pole. He is reported missing o
Suspicious G-2
Mar 11, 1979 · 24 min
Galactor releases test waves of the solarshifter. At the same time, in the city of Owari, accidents due to anomalities in the main computer keep happening, which provoke a panic. T
The Cyborg's Sorrow
Mar 18, 1979 · 24 min
A spaceship from Earth is suddenly attacked by meteorites, and the Science Ninja Team hurries to the bottom of the sea, to the spot where the meteorites fell. But there, mysterious
Mysterious Private Secretery Pandora
Mar 25, 1979 · 24 min
The Science Ninja Team departs to pick up Dr. Pandora, who is supposed to become Dr. Nambu's secretary. In order to remain inconspicuous, they put Dr. Pandora and her car in a truc
Dr. Nambu's Death!
Apr 1, 1979 · 24 min
The Science Ninja Team hurries to the hospital. When Dr. Pandora announces that she's giving the orders now, Joe tries to shoot her. Ken stops him. Because the person who shot Dr.
Love Stolen by a Feather Shuriken
Apr 8, 1979 · 24 min
In the city, Joe is attacked by a female biker. She says "ask the feather shuriken, why this happened" and escapes. Later, upon Dr. Nambu's order, Joe moves out with his comrades t
Life or Death! Evil Demon North Wall
Apr 15, 1979 · 24 min
Galactor has built a base on the mountain K3 which is located in the Himalayas. From there, a magma mega cannon shoots through the Earth and attacks cities all over the world. The
Ryu's Homecoming
Apr 22, 1979 · 24 min
Because his father is hurt, Ryu gets into the Horned Tank and goes back to his native fishing-village. However, in the sea around the village, Galactor plans to destroy a gas chamb
The Eagle is Shot Down
Apr 29, 1979 · 24 min
In G-Town, the G-1 has been altered in order to reduce its mach resistance and enter the atmosphere more smoothly. Ken boards the G-1 immediately and goes out on a test flight. But
G-1's Andes Love
May 6, 1979 · 24 min
The information arrives that there's a secret Galactor base in the Andes. Ken and Ryu go to the Andes in disguise in order to contact the intelligence member Yupanki. However, Gala
G-1's Anger
May 13, 1979 · 24 min
A big earthquake suddenly happens in New Joke. But the inhabitants are not the only ones who are shocked - so is Gel Sadra. She never gave this order! This operation has been under
The Evil Iron Beast of the Amazon
May 20, 1979 · 24 min
In a Galactor base at an upper course of the Amazon, a new weapon using Hypertonium is produced. The base is protected by the mechanical plants which surround it and push back any
Berg Katse's Legacy
May 27, 1979 · 24 min
Joe saves the son of Kaiser from an approaching car and becomes his friend. Together they play soccer while Kaiser draws Joe. But Kaiser is a former Galactor member and the only on
Sorrow of the Underground City
Jun 3, 1979 · 24 min
In an underground ISO city in Siberia that uses mantel energy, a huge explosion takes place which results in a high level of radioactivity. Causing this has been Megatonra, a monst
Burn! Wings of Steel
Jun 10, 1979 · 24 min
Jinpei has left to bring a detector to a secret ISO research institute in the Rakki mountain chain. When he is almost there, an earthquake hits. Jinpei sees a young orphaned puma a
Electromagnetic Mecha Iron Demon Dragon
Jun 17, 1979 · 24 min
Dragon Island, where once upon a time a dragon was supposed to have shown itself. Again an informant disappears who has been visiting and investigating this island. Is something th
Crimson Condor
Jun 24, 1979 · 24 min
Nuclear experiments have taken place in the Straits of Gibraltar. The experiments are for the development of a new energy by Galactor. Nambu sends the Science Ninja Team to that sp
Fierce Battle! Evil Animal Operation
Jul 1, 1979 · 24 min
Dr. Pandora conducts an experiment for a machine which enables humans to communicate with animals. The Science Ninja Team spends some peaceful time at a national park with animals
Gatchaman vs. GelSadora
Jul 8, 1979 · 24 min
Gel Sadra builts a beam cannon in a secret base. Governor X sends the main component by subterranean rocket from his headquarters to Gel Sadra's base. But the rocket goes out of co
The Observatory that Moves in the Dark
Jul 15, 1979 · 24 min
Richman the Second gets the international scientific peace prize for the development of a solar telescope. Dr. Pandora has come to the inauguration party as Dr. Nambu's companion.
Invaders From Mars
Jul 22, 1979 · 24 min
While investigating Mars, an Earth satellite is blown up, and a second space base on Solkila Island is destroyed as well. But the culprit is not Gel Sadra. She faces the fact the G
Fight! The Evil Base on Mars
Jul 29, 1979 · 24 min
Unusual weather conditions are occurring because of natural disasters on the sun. Dr. Nambu suspects that this is a test of Galactor's solarshifter plan. In fact, its only the firs
Evil of the Solar Shift Plan
Aug 5, 1979 · 24 min
Through Ken's death defying attack, the Mars base has been destroyed. But Governor X does not want to give up on the Solarshifter plan and orders Marstora to repair the base within
Gatchaman Unmasked
Aug 12, 1979 · 24 min
The ISO and the UN have developed a special radar to search for the main beam cannon. But Galactor learns about this, and during one of their attacks, Chief Anderson is badly hurt.
Certain Death! Two Firebirds
Aug 26, 1979 · 24 min
Because of the Solarshifter plan and the consequently unusual weather, icebergs break out one after the other at the North Pole. In order to stop a huge iceberg, G-Town goes to San
History's Largest Tidal Wave
Sep 2, 1979 · 24 min
One disaster after the other occurs all over the Earth. In order to help and to understand the situation, the ISO travels from one location to the other. But that center for peace
Burn! Condor
Sep 9, 1979 · 24 min
The persons Governor X fears most are G-2, Condor Joe, and Dr. Raphael. Before his plan can be realized, those two have to be eliminated. Galactor choses Joe before his transformat
Mystery? Mystery! GelSadora's Mother
Sep 16, 1978 · 24 min
Since she has no childhood memories, Gel Sadra wonders about her own past and goes to ask Governor X. He answers "This goes without saying. You have been grown in a growth machine
The Sorrow of GelSadora
Sep 23, 1978 · 24 min
Gel Sadra views pictures of her family and cries. Elsewhere, the team is sad about the loss of Dr. Pandora. And Joe's energy is diminishing. Because Dr. Nambu knows techniques to r
The Downfall of Governor X
Sep 30, 1979 · 23 min
The Solarshifter plan is progressing very well in its Solar System-wide scale, and unusual phenomena keep occurring everywhere. Gel Sadra is being pursued and wounded by Galactor.