In North America, "Battle of the Planets" series was produced in 1978 by Sandy Frank Entertainment, adapting the 1972 Japanese anime series "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman".
Premise follows 'G-Force', 'Mark', 'Jason', 'Princess', 'Keyop' and 'Tiny', who protect Earth from planet 'Spectra' and other attacks from beyond space, led by the evil 'Zoltar' who receives orders from the wraith-like 'Luminous One'.
The main ship of the G-Force team is the 'Phoenix' deploying four smaller vehicles, including a futuristic race car with various hidden weapons, the 'galacti-cycle', the 'Space Bubble' all-terrain submersible tank and a futuristic jet fighter.
The G-Force team themselves would use a combination of martial arts skill, ninja-like weapons and 'cerebonic' powers to dispatch enemy soldiers, with bird-like costumes that include capes that fan out, enabling gliding from great heights.
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