I never saw the toon but I read the Battle of the Planets comics that came out in the early 2000's, I dug them quite a bit and thought the designs were really friggin cool.

So how do I educate myself more on them? Is there something I need to download and watch?

That would be awesome, and would work really well.

Watch the OVA, that was pretty awesome, the classic stuff can get a little dated, very G1 style stuff. I love the God Phoenix through out the different rendition of Gatchaman

SIC Gatchaman!

Saw and liked the first OVA,liked the few eps of the original I saw on Youtube,like them in TvsC.

With the new movie coming, maybe it's time to revive this old thread :lol Anyone know if the series is on Youtube?

I for one, have always been fascinated by Gatchaman, but could never figure out where to start with. The movie is definitely a good start, but can anybody suggest something that's already out there?