Who is Gatchaman?

However, the free world has a powerful defense with the superhero team Gatchaman. Organized by Kôzaburô Nambu under the aegis of the International Science Organization and led by Ken Washio (Ôwashi no Ken), it is determined to prevent Galactor from winning. — Kenneth Chisholm Gatchaman is back - big time on DVD!

Is Gatchaman a fighting Shonen?

So in a way it was giving off the first signs of a much later established genre, that of the Fighting Shonen. Gatchaman can roughly be seen as the Japanese version of Batman as it established the anime superhero equipment.

What happened to Gatchaman?

In 2007 Sandy Frank's long-term contract with Tatsunoko Productions (owners of the Gatchaman franchise), which gave it all domestic U.S rights to the first Gatchaman series and its English adaptations, lapsed and all video releases went out of print.